150 weeks of writing this newsletter
A bittersweet information to share with you
Hello hello my friend,
Today is 150th edition of Raw and Real. Yayyy!
Doing this constantly for 150 weeks straight (I think I had skipped one week in between). But other than that, a streak of almost 3 years. Wow.
Today I want to let you know I am taking a small break from this weekly Raw and Real.
I have been meaning to do this for the last 6 months, but I kept pushing myself, mostly because I did not want to disappoint people who wrote “please keep doing this, never stop”.
I promise I’m not stopping. But I need to pause.
Wish there was a reason I could point fingers at, that I could give you right now. But if you have known me well over these editions of Raw and Real, you sort of know how I operate with intuition.
Whenever I have prolonged working on something and delayed taking a pause, it has always robbed me of the love for that task. Something I do not want to be doing here, for what we have built.
No idea when and how I will come back. Maybe I should think of doing Raw and Real like seasons of Friends, with ~23-25 episodes per season, which amounted to half the weeks of the year.
While half remaining the weeks where there was no output was exactly where the magic happened.
I hope you’d respect my decision and also continue pouring your love when I do come back.
Btw, a few things:
I am never stopping writing. The daily blog will continue as it has been. You can come read there if you wish to. It’s crisp, punchy, and it’s strange that writing ~3,000 posts over the last 10 years has never drained me.
Every other thing I do in writing and work remains BAU. Just that this Raw and Real required a different level of thinking and planning, for which I want to pause.
It is intentional to make a specific post like this instead of disappearing without notice. If you are also planning to pause something you love but cannot because “you love it”, maybe this inspires you.
Please keep reading good books, going for nature walks, meditating, exercising, and doing excellent work. (At this point I have become your mom :))
And, lastly, here are some of my instant access ebooks. At a very special discount as my (temporary) parting gift for you. Read these any time you miss Raw and Real.
See you soon. Keep walking <3
Nishtha Gehija