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  • Day 30: The Cynic’s Guide 30 Day Challenge Concludes

    Day 30: The Cynic’s Guide 30 Day Challenge Concludes

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    I challenged myself to make up for lost time by sending an email every day for 30 days whilst simultaneously spooling up a hybrid art/marketing consulting business with a goal of getting $10k revenue booked in one month. Well… it worked?

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  • Day 11: But what about *second* day of rest?

    Day 11: But what about *second* day of rest?

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    It may not surprise you to find out that after 24 hours of feverish gastro I am still not 100 percent; I did in fact spend a chunk of today asleep.

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  • Day 9: Gastro no

    Day 9: Gastro no

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    This is as much fun as I make it sound

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  • Day 8: Sawing the Zs

    Day 8: Sawing the Zs

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    Sawing the Z’s Every day I teeter on the edge of not sending one of these out; every day (or night) I manage to do it anyway. A lot of the pain I experience, mental or physical,…

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  • Day 7: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reanimate

    Day 7: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reanimate

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    I’m now a full-time artist/writer/marketing contractor/consultant/dilettante

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  • Day 5: The Printing Press

    Day 5: The Printing Press

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    I have, true to my word, been absolutely smashing the website. As always when I make Website Stuff I feel like Homer when he’s been up all night eating cheese, or like Billy Joel Armstrong in Brain…

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  • Day 4: Curtains

    Day 4: Curtains

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    Maybe I just give fewer ducks these days.

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  • Day 3: The Midnight Method

    Day 3: The Midnight Method

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    Author, artist, entrepreneur, male model and playboy dilettante’s Joshua Drummond’s otherwise perfect life was marred by just one flaw: his inability to get up after 5 AM.

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  • Challenge Day 2 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 2 (of 30)

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    It’s late; I need to figure out a way to get these emails out before stupid o’clock. You know what doesn’t help? GODDAMN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME THAT’S WHAT.

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  • Challenge Day 1 (of 30)

    Challenge Day 1 (of 30)

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    For those who signed up for the Cynic’s Guide way back when, this new series may be what you were expecting (compared to whatever it is you got) it’s just me, trying on every damn self-improvement business…

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  • Challenge (30 day version)

    Challenge (30 day version)

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    Gidday! I’ve been caught in that loop where I think constantly about sending an email out to you all but then think “but no it has to be good” and consequently don’t send anything at all. If…

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