Self-Employment Guilt & Florals? For Spring?
This week we're headed to Paris to celebrate Lauren's birthday, catch Taylor in concert, and eat our weight in cheese and croissants 🥐 (Have any must-visit Paris recs? Just reply to this email hit the comments section and tell us about them - merci in advance!)
But taking time off as a business owner or freelancer brings up a bunch of stuff. It can be hard to log off without being consumed by guilt or worry. (Laura didn't take a real vacation for the first 5 years of solopreneurship 😬 ) So this week we’re digging into the work-leisure equation and how to actually disengage - and why your business will be better for it.
Plus, we share the community events we’re excited about, the things we loved this week, and our thoughts on the Met Gala.
🪢 Laura & Lauren
Interesting Insights
The Quiet Guilt of Self-Employment
Chances are you started a business to have more control over your schedule. But when you’re your own boss, it can feel like every leisure moment should be spent making money instead.
Check out this BBC article on the work-leisure equation.
Relaxation Is the Secret Ingredient for Breakthrough Ideas
Monks, scientists, and assorted geniuses agree: If you want to come up with great ideas, relax.
Remember, Lin-Manuel came up with the idea for Hamilton while on vacation…
Things We Loved This Week
Laura’s Things
😃 Radical Optimism - The general concept and also the new Dua Lipa album.
👂🏻 These earrings, which I'll splurge on if (when!) I hit my revenue goals for Q2.
🧣 Scarf tying tutorials to help me look like a chic French lady and not like this.
👖 These pants which you could technically workout in, but look great with almost anything and are apparently incapable of wrinkling.
Lauren’s Things
📚 This life advice that I now live by.
🎨 This business card design I wish I'd come up with.
🚶 This article on NYC sidewalk rules that I think should be required in school curricula nationwide (and that raises the question "do I only articles that Alex Ording sends me?")
📺 The return of Hacks for its third season.
💃 Is it just me or was the Met Gala theme boring as hell this year?
To Tie Things Up…
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”
– Maya Angelous
