This is attempt number 695 to do this newsletter consistently. Allow me some grace because the last few months have been going brrrrr:
- My besties got married, and I was sick through the wedding of the decade.
- I quietly rage-quit my job when they reneged on their commitment to sponsor my work visa.
- There was a tiny period of soul-searching after that, where I was looking at perhaps moving out of the UK and going to somewhere like Bali and building the business my partner Ross and I have been working.
- Luckily, I got two amazing job offers soon after, and I’m joining what, honestly, in a lot of ways, is a dream job in June. My new boss has been a mentor for the past 2 years and is quite possibly the kindest, most accomplished woman in tech sales.
- I did my first solo trip traveling through Turkey for 10 days. Ate a lot of kebaps, baklava and…inhaled enough second-hand smoke to clog my nostrils for the rest of May.
- Oh and by the way—the business took off! We went from having 2 clients late last year and doubling that in April. Officially at full time income now and I am actually looking to incorporate the business in the next 2 weeks(any recs for doing this in the UK, let me know pls). Will this growth stick? Will we continue adding more clients as we build a team around us? I don’t know, but for now it’s pretty fucking exhilarating for 2 guys that thought back in Feb 2024 that it’d be cool to make a few extra quid off the internet.
Having two months (April and May) to run my own life – no calendars, no schedules, no deadlines, and just work on my business following my curiosity, going for walks in the middle of the day when I feel like it and it’s sunny out….that’s just given me so much joy that it doubles my conviction that the future is in running your own internet businesses, owning your calendar, working like a lion, and doing really creative work.
That’s what I’m excited about.
And in the next few days, I am:
- Exploring AI agents to automate parts of the business
- Vibe-coding a daily quiz that we’re going to launch as part of The Horizon Geopolitics brand
- Taking a copywriting course and justifying it as a business expense
Some personal growth
Guess what I’m figuring out for myself is that your blessings are also your curses. The most high agency act may be to surrender to the outcome, and do the thing anyway.
In work and in relationships.
Think Krishna said this first in the Bhagavad Gita. Then came Tony Horton (anyone do P90x back in the day? Do your best and forget the rest??)
Speak soon,