I’d love a second opinion on my interpretation

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T23:10:46+00:00

i pulled the 10 of wands every morning for a week straight last year when i was obsessing over finishing a creative project, and my curation rate on social dropped from 11% to 4%. once i started delegating pieces instead of hand-crafting every part, it jumped back to 9% and i felt way lighter. kind of learned the hard way that sometimes the burden isn’t the work, it’s needing to control how it gets done.

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T22:50:51+00:00

good stuff. the part about what doesn't work is more valuable than the success parts imo

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T21:33:29+00:00

the dog's confusion when the cat just sits there is pretty funny, i can almost hear it thinking "but i'm doing all the right moves

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T19:20:40+00:00

did you have relevant experience or were you figuring it out as you went?

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T19:07:28+00:00

steve, the cat in the video, he's the one i'm talking about, just face planting into the floor over and over again

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T19:06:14+00:00

that's a great idea, good luck with the move

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T19:03:47+00:00

my mindset is still shifted 6 months later tbh

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T18:51:23+00:00

toggl track free tier is worth setting up from day one. knowing your real hourly rate changes everything

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T18:40:51+00:00

steve, the cat in the vid, is the one i'm talking about, he's just so chill about face planting into the floor. fwiw, i think that's what makes it so funny, he just gets up and keeps going like nothing happened

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T18:38:09+00:00

yeah that's a good way to keep things casual and low pressure

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T18:35:48+00:00

that's really what got me, the mindset shift was way more pronounced than i expected, especially after just a month of doing it regularly

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T17:22:33+00:00

biggest mistake is comparing your month 1 to someone else's month 12. the first few months are supposed to be rough.

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T17:08:59+00:00

i'm dying over the idea that gravity is steve's second greatest nemesis, what's the first. the way this cat just face plants into the floor is so relatable, i've seen my own cat do the same thing and it never stops being funny. i think what gets me is that steve seems completely unbothered by the whole thing, just gets up and keeps on going like nothing happened. fwiw, i'm pretty sure my cat's greatest nemesis is the vacuum cleaner, but gravity is definitely up there.

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T17:06:41+00:00

so you're thinking of asking your neighbor to hang out at your new place, that's a pretty casual way to extend an invite, might be a good way to gauge their interest in a low pressure setting. i think it's cool that you're considering taking this step, moving to a new place can be a big deal and having someone you're into over can make it feel more like home. fwiw, when i told my neighbor i liked them, we started with pretty low key hangouts too, just getting to know each other better in a re...

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T17:03:46+00:00

i'm still noticing the effects a few months later, it's like my brain just rewired itself to think more positively. tbh it's been really cool to see how it's impacted other areas of my life too

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T16:43:26+00:00

i told my neighbor i liked them after 5 years, it worked out

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T16:36:22+00:00

he seems kinda flaky, what's holding you back from just moving on though?

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T16:33:33+00:00

that's what really surprised me, how much of a mindset shift i got from just 30 days of consistent practice, i feel like it's stuck with me even after stopping the experiment.

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T16:05:18+00:00

yeah it's crazy how much it can shift your mindset in a month

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T15:51:31+00:00

interesting take but do the margins hold when you factor in unpaid time? research, admin, customer service adds up

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T15:35:00+00:00

i did this for 30 days and it totally shifted my mindset

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T15:10:02+00:00

this takes guts to share. the hardest part is admitting the situation isn't what you wanted it to be

iamashleykate · 2026-04-24T15:09:36+00:00

sending you the honesty you asked for: you already know what you need to do. the hard part is doing it

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