I May Actually Be Losing My Mind

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

My streak of daily YouTube uploads lasted exactly two days, and for a whole host of reasons, today was…not encouraging.

There were some bright spots, sure (like a GREAT coaching call with a client who’s just crushing it with her medical writing business), but it was one of those days where I’m positive all my clients would dump me if they saw behind the curtain.

I’ll stop myself right here though and say that today was just ONE day, and it does not define me as a business owner. However YOUR day went today (or will go today, depending on when you read this), your success or failure doesn’t define you either.

I’m going to wake up tomorrow and get right back at it, because the score resets to zero.

That said, I was halfway through editing today’s YouTube video when I noticed a massive mistake that meant I’d have to go back and redo virtually everything I just did.

It’ll be up tomorrow, but yeah, still sucks.

And of course it was WAY too late to upload a different video…oh, and I deleted the rough footage of a BACKUP video I had, so no luck there either.

So I may actually be losing my mind over here, but I’d better find it before tomorrow starts because I’m gonna be right back it.

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Note: “Week Four” Runs From July 22nd to the End

Woke Up: 12:00PM

Sleep Quality: 70%

Pages Read: 60

Workout: Skipped the Gym Today (Yeah, Today Got Worse)

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Worked on Next YouTube Video

Worked on Reading Life Newsletter

Worked on Updating 3 Book Notes

Worked on Updating My Various Platforms

Had Client Coaching Call in the Afternoon

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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One of those days, man. I’m just going to pack it in, do some dishes, read a few pages, and rest up for tomorrow. Dream about something OTHER than how today went.

I mean it wasn’t horrible, I did get SOME good work done, it just wasn’t my best day.

But hey, it’s 4:29AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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