i sort of fell out o
[2022-03-25 10:30:25 PM] : i sort of fell out of my 30x500 practice a few years ago due to moving to the US (which was stressful & put a whole new ring on what "pressures of capitalism" means). lost my primary source of income a few days ago, and not really looking to go back to trading time for money in a job/freelance context. sooo i'm looking to try and get back into 30x500 habits. the thing is... and i'm sure ADHD peeps will relate, the "audience" i'm in (and the one that i researched & made a product for with 30x500 initially) does not trigger "excitement" anymore and feels, in a way, depleted. and it's hard to make an ADHD mind do something that it doesn't inherently want to (and especially when the said mind is also low-key burnt out because of the job in that exact field). anyway, was anyone in the same boat before and if so, how did you spice things up? idk if i could go with another audience (bc decision paralysis but also bc i'm not a part of any other "professional" aka $$$ audience), but i also don't know if the audience i'm a part of (sw engineer basically) can start feeling exciting again
tldr did 30x500, then i didn't, looking to get back again now but the "old" audience is not what the adhd mind binds exciting anymore (burnout + familiarity), if you have been in my shoes, how did you approach this?
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[2022-03-26 04:26:23 AM] : My circumstances are different but I, too, face the problem of choosing a suitable audience.
You can take inventory of your activities and interests - hobbies, favorite sport, mailing lists and discussion groups which you follow, Facebook groups in which you are a member, etc. Then see if anything jumps out.
Another approach is to take fixes to pains, which you identified for your original "audience", and check whether they can serve people beyond your "audience" without adaptations or with minor adaptations.
[2022-04-01 12:21:43 PM] : As Amy said in the lessons "this decision isn't a big deal" when talking about our niche. Every thing we do is practice and helps us get better.
Start a new with "fresh eyes" and more experience.
Remember, the niche you pick this time, isn't a big deal either. We can start a new as many times as we want until we stumble upon the thing that works for us.
There are no failures, only experiences.