// the mood & vibes this week
— hi friends. two things are shaking this week.
— 1) having a lot of thoughts about our newsletter. as i've mentioned before, the process of being a creative online often means making decisions and then revising them endlessly. i'm starting to feel like my newsletter needs some changes, in that i'm not feeling as inspired to create it in this medium as i used to. i want to be spending my time creating things that have the biggest impact - on me, you, and on my own personal goals. so, i am marinating on the next iterations.
— 2) just sold a really cool treehouse for $2,325,000! at the end of march, we entered escrow on the topanga dream: an architectural treehouse on acreage, with a separate cabin + a recording studio that has produced emmy-award-winning music. she's gorgeous, and absolutely perfect for my creative clients.
— this one means a lot, as it's my first sale in topanga, a place that has become incredibly special to me. it's also quite frankly the coolest house i've ever sold, and that's a big deal. in the early days of my career (of which, i am arguably still in) it was all about planting seeds, working hard, delayed gratification, trusting the process. so it just feels really validating to have a moment like this. where i can be like wow, yeah, i did that, i do very much know what i'm doing. which is kind of a scary thing to share in and of itself.
— i feel like especially as creatives, we sometimes feel like we have to make it seem like we know everything there is to know about our field/passion/biz. that we're way farther along than we actually are. because sharing anything less than “i am an insanely-trained expert and have been doing this for 25 years” might make a potential client trust us less, or make us insecure in light of people with more years on us. when really, i feel like there's power in telling our unfiltered stories, and owning our process. because we really know a lot more than we think we do. i'd say without a doubt that my creative friends who do battle with self-doubt & imposter syndrome are probably some of the most talented people i know, with incredible taste/skill in whatever they do.
— so maybe it's a crapshoot. maybe all we can do is trust in our abilities, work our asses off, and give self doubt the heave-ho as many times as needed. that's my vow for this year, and i want that for you, too ;-).
— anyways! scroll for some juicy houses on the market and pics of my recent sale.
