General Update: What I’m Doing & Not Doing

by SofiaWren April 14, 2024

Hope you are in good health.

My husband has been ill and so far so good–

I have not caught the worst of it but my brain does feel a little foggy today so we will see…
[Later update: yup totally getting sick!]

This weekly FunLetter will be a little different from my previous weeks

which were SUPER juicy & about writing and getting organized:

-10x your healing, writing this way: the encyclopedia of me

-morning and writing routines

-the wrong question to ask about forgetting good ideas

Click the titles above to revisit those emails if you missed any of them!

This is an update on what to expect from me going forward over the next few months.

The biggest thing is:

There will be no 6 Month Writing Group this summer.

If you are a long-time member of my community,

that may be a surprise because I’ve run writing groups every 6 months and every summer since 2021

but I have decided to take a break from that.

I have been straddling the line of burnout and overwhelm for a while especially since New Years. And this will help me fill up my tank.

Hmm what happened in January?

That is when I acquired a second business.

It needs a lot of love to get off the ground

which is taking a lot of my energy and bandwidth

so for my beloved Sofia Wren business, I have decided I need to focus on only a few projects at a time to be less overwhelmed.

But don’t worry, it will be back.

The next 6 Month Writing Group will open in November 2024.

What else am I doing?

I work with clients privately to write for your life, books and business content.

(You can read more about my 1:1 programs here including mentorship and custom packages.)
In May, I will open doors to the 3 month Digital Organization Membership!

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

It’s what I am most looking forward to right now!

Before doors open I would love to have 20 people on the waitlist so that I know there’s enough interest to fill the program.

If you haven’t joined the waitlist or already told me you are interested please do! Click here
I am pondering doing a free 21 day heartfelt writing challenge sometime in the summer.

Not sure when though. But it won’t be April. I kept thinking I’d do it the last few months but it’s just been too crazy. So we will see when I have the mental space.
This fall I’m planning to run a 6 week writing intensive for business owners.

We will enter a deep conversation with the soul of your business so you know what to write next for your book or biz content. I’ll lead you through writing exercises to make your business writing more powerful and of service. Plus you can get feedback on your writing if you want, too.

What else is going on?

I’ve been slowing down on writing for different websites–

although I’ll always try to show up for this weekly FunLetter, I have been slowing down sites like Medium and Linkedin. Just catching my breath lately.

I am also starting to play music again and upload music clips to my patreon.

I set up a keyboard in my living room!

I see it every day so it makes me want to play and sing.

Patreon is where I share music recordings, and bits of writing on privacy, personal development and other thoughts I have. You can access my patreon music and writing here.

I also took on a part time gig supporting virtual events that occur throughout the year.

That helps me out financially as the other business I got in January is taking my time and attention but not paying money right now. My second biz is also stealing time and focus away from marketing my Sofia Wren writing business, so that’s a double hit.

This new gig will help balance things.

I can take my time with the new biz, run my most exciting Sofia Wren programs, and it’s all good!

No matter what bills are getting paid.

SIDEBAR

There’s so much shame that some people feel picking up part time work as a business owner,

people feel like it makes them less professional or good at their job somehow,

but as a seasoned 10 year business owner, I can tell you that is BS.

Working a business is liberating but also hard and don’t ever let anyone tell you differently.

There are pros to showing up and getting a check.

Sometimes doing a little bit of both freelancing and working for someone else is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

But that’s just my opinion.

Ok ya’ll I’ll feeling kindof fuzzy headed today

so I’m going to encourage you again to check out any recent emails you didn’t get a chance to read:

-10x your healing, writing this way

-morning and writing routines

-the wrong question to ask about forgetting good ideas

And I feel like popping in a final note below. Let’s hope some of today’s FunLetter is fun for ya to read.

A decade ago, I got a coach to learn digital organization

(Actually, several)

Why? Primarily to keep my career going:

to finish projects, write, publish and live up to my potential as a writer or entrepreneur.

I just knew I could be doing more. Or doing it better. I felt like a mess.

So it surprises the heck out of me that now, I am more organized for my career and my favorite part of this,

the thing I most enjoy about being organized

are the LIFE benefits.

Organizing my journals!!

I put a lot of business and writing ideas in my journals so that’s why I started organizing them,

but I didn’t realize how valuable all the lifey stuff was going to be.

Self knowledge,

going through my journal and book notes,

finding bits of my writing that feel like art,

that resonate and help me today…

That time I forgot to trust myself and remembered how important it was,
that quote about self worth coming at the perfect time,
the time my career was successful but it made me feel really weird instead of good.

“Hey!” I thought reading my notes,

“You mean this happened to me before?

Only six months ago?

And I thought of a solution to this already?

That’s cool!”

Knowing what I forgot is gold,

and the feeling I get when I remember again is a rush I just can’t get over! So delicious.

So in the end being organized is good for my career as a writer and a businessowner

BUT ALSO

it’s great for me as a human being. <3

And I’m so juiced up and ready to share what is working for me

because I want everyone to have this feeling and finally make progress on what matters to you.