Time Well Spent: 🥂 Happy Two-Year Bookiversary, Free Timers! 🎉
Hi Friends,
As I mentioned last week, the Free Time book turned two this month! And the podcast, although paused, turned three :)
I couldn’t have done it without you here reading, and the incredible teams at Ideapress Publishing and Together Agency—thank you from the bottom of my heart, for everything. ❤️
Between us, the book landed seven industry awards since its publication:
Now onto this week’s round-up + Plus extra goodies over the paywall rainbow at the end . . .
⚙️ Tips & Tools
😂 Nolen Royalty’s (aka eieio) BreakTime game via Chrome extension:
It’s Breakout (aka Brick Breaker) running inside Google Calendar. Your meetings are bricks. It (optionally) declines the meetings you destroy. See it in action:
📆 Upcoming Events
📘 New Yorkers: Speaking of Free Time, Together Agency co-founder
will be delivering a presentation taking us behind the design process of the Free Time brand at the upcoming First Round New York design conference in Brooklyn on May 10. I’ll be there too, if you want to join us! Marisol writes:also just published a great write-up of her recent re-read—she was indispensable to the editing, design, and brainstorming many of the book’s core principles nearly a decade ago!This is a one-day showcase of original first-round design presentations. It’s an exclusive opportunity to see behind-the-scenes of a client presentation — all the thinking, heart, and creativity that goes into big brand endeavors. And, drumroll please…I’ll be presenting our work for Free Time 💸 In person and remote access is available—use code FR-NYC-TOGETHER for a 10% discount.
+ Pair this with my three Free Time podcast conversations with Together Agency co-founder
.💻 Paid Subscribers: May 15 — Office Hours hang: ask me anything about a question or challenge in your business, and get input from fellow Heart-Based Business owners! 🔗 The link to register and attend is below the paywall in the footer of this email.
+ 🏝️ Does your business pass the Fiji Test? For my favorite systems and principles from the book distilled into a one-hour workshop to set even more time free this year, paying subscribers can also view the recording from yesterday’s workshop in the footer below the paywall👇
💬 Quote
“Great art, even good art, relies on the existence of individuals who are able to devote the lion’s share of their energy to producing it—in other words, professionals. Amateur creativity is no doubt a wonderful thing for those who engage in it. It should not be confused with the genuine article.”
—William Deresiewicz in The Death of the Artist: How Creators are Struggling to Thrive in the Era of Billionaires and Big Tech
🎧 I also enjoyed Bill’s 3 conversations on The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum
🤳 Pair these with Rebecca Jennings’ recent Vox piece, Everyone’s a Sellout Now.
💭 Questions
If you could only choose one aspect of your creative work to “go pro” on, what would it be? What is the one next step to develop your craft further and/or carve out more time to devote to it?
📝 Permission
To become a patron of the arts! How can you thank one of the professional artists who enriches your life by supporting their work? Buy them a coffee—or even better, invest in something they’ve produced.
Of course, with biggest thanks to all of you who are paid subscribers here at
— it means more than you know 😌🙏❤️🍩 Recent at Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h with Jenny Blake
Doh is where I let my inner emo out. For as many priceless moments there have been before, during, and after the Free Time book launch, earlier this week I shared the aspects I’m still insecure about. Subscribe to get part two at 11:11 a.m. tomorrow . . .
🎙 Three Favorites from the Free Time Archives
Although the podcast is currently paused, you can still browse the archives and subscribe here »
Here’s to setting even more time free! 🥂
❤️ With Gratitude,
P.S. Extra Goodies Over the Paywall Rainbow 🌈💰
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