Weekly roundup

Hellooooo!

What’s cookin’, good lookin’?

I saw this greeting on YouTube yesterday and couldn’t not use it!

I have been thinking a lot lately. Because I am not doing anything else. Reading has taken a backseat. I am not hosting challenges/content brunch sessions; work is more or less on autopilot now. But I feel the spark is missing! I finally made peace with the fact and then got to thinking, you don;t have to sit tight if you lost your spark.

Go find a new one!

So that’s what will do in Q2!

Work life

What have I been up to this week?

  • Wrote 2 AI newsletters

  • Outlined 5 content assets for a campaign

  • Wrote 1 blog for a Warehouse Automation Company

  • Edited 3 blogs for an Enterprise AI SaaS company

  • Wrote LI content for the founder of a Marketing agency

Goals

Find your Spark

Like the last 2 months, I couldn’t check off my goals for this month either. I was trying to force something that is no longer my energy.

I want stability. I want to focus on bigger and better problems in life. This journey was supposed to be an aid to a more fulfilling life, and I made it life itself.

Which worked great, and propelled me with the right energy in the right direction. But what next?

We find a new spark.

Something that motivates the creator within me, while also satisfying the hunger of ‘doing something’.

Few things on top of my head:

  • Take a 30-day art challenge

  • Build a few AI automations so it frees up my time (while I also upskill)

  • Build an app (i have been wanting to since last year) and scale it.

I have been in execution mode for the past 2 years. This year, I slowly shifted to strategy plus execution mode. By the end of the year, I was in 100% entrepreneur mode. Will spend the next 3 quarters experimenting, learning, failing, buidling and re-doing all of it over again!

But before that here are Q2 goals!

In case you missed it

My Q2 Goals

I hate myself for not clearly stating Q1 goals and hence not following through. I won’t set monthly goals for Q2 and see if it helps. Here are a few ideas on top of my mind

  • Watch an IPL match LIVE (RCB to be specific)

  • Move out

  • Build MCP of the app ( i feel i need it too now)

  • take 1 (no work) trip

  • Automate work with AI (what work, not sure. But I’ll find work that takes a lot of my time and work on automating it)

  • Update my website

Take a note and keep me accountable, will you?

Last Week

Previously on 10X

Last week, I announced this new format and got a couple of appreciative replies saying it helps them focus on sections that matter to them!

That’s it for this week.

Tell me your Q1 achievements and Q2 plans! I’d love to hear back from you :)

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Wish you the best!
-Nikita