May 14

May 14 Anti-Hustle Culture with guests Rachel May and Emily Golden

Main Topic: Anti-Hustle Culture with guests Rachel May and Emily Golden, book coaches and editors at Golden May Editing, and podcast hosts of the Story Magic podcast.

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Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates):

(Valerie): revamped website
Emily: ARC just came in "Crimson Tide: Up in Molten Lights", 20K in to new book;
Rachel: revising third book is slower than planned.

(Erick): Preorder up for Shadow Signals , front and back matter done

What are you reading?

Valerie: How To Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon (Lyn Slater)
(Not ready to give up on them, but struggling to finish them:) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) ; The Teller of Small Fortunes Julie Leong
Erick:
Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King), The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea, (Daniel Clowes) Patience
Rachel: Cassie Mint's new book, Wild Peak; the stack is waiting
Emily: Assistant to the Villain (Hannah Nicole Maehrer)

Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits):

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Segment 3 (Main Topic): Years ago, in the days before COVID, they met on Twitter through the #WritingCommunity hashtag. As fantasy writers, they immediately hit it off through beta reading each other’s work, which evolved into critique partnering, and then a mutual fascination with writing craft. They became obsessed with learning a) how stories worked, and b) how writers’ mindsets could help or harm their progress. Together they dove head first into book coaching and editing training, which ultimately resulted in Golden May. Please welcome Rachel and Emily.

Value is based in what you produce = hustle culture

Pitfalls of hunger to create and make an impact on world.

Make money, make a lot, make it fast

Sustainable success comes from the opposite place

Mindset is more important, untangle perfectionism and hustle culture

Generational/societal = capitalism ranked over all; "You are only valuable and worthy if you make money."

You can't rest because ...

If you do more, you make more money. We aren't machines. Burnout. Less effective. Care for yourself so you CAN work.

Mindset breeds shame is what drives the hustle culture .

Anti-hustle is about separating mindset from the "norm."

What did you do to separate and feel worthy?

1. Come down to earth: what are the stakes? Writing is not life/death situation. If I don't ..., then I'm not worthy and I'm gonna die. (Start reframe it)

2. Awareness. Hustle culture. Learn the opposite. (Amy McNee - We Need Your Art) Ask where these thoughts are coming from? Follow the threads. Reparenting inner child. Catch the thoughts in the moment. What's my programming? 1st thought: programming, 2nd thought: what I really believe. Talking to coworkers and family about "letting them down."

3. Join a community interested in anti-hustle. Reframe daily.

4. Devon Price "Laziness Does Not Exist", "Burnout" (Nagaski sisters)

5. Affirmations

6. What is your brain trying to tell you?

Rest is a learned thing. The Power of Ritual (Casper ter Kuile)

We all rest differently.

The tenants of anti-hustle culture:

Worth is not tied to our output.

Your success isn't determined by someone else's standards.

Body and Brain deserve rest.

"I don't have time to learn how to rest." Learned how to be productive in your body.

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