i’ll share my broade
[2022-06-23 04:59:15 PM] : i’ll share my broader hangup then. i’m trying to figure out new ways to serve my audience. each time i go through the safari process, i can’t figure out how to pick pains to focus on. picking something just feels so arbitrary. but i pick something anyway. then i go through a cycle of:
safari -> focus on a pain -> start to create an ebomb for it -> realize that creating the ebomb feels unnatural and forced unlike my past ebomb work -> start over with safari and the cycle repeats
i don’t know why it’s so hard for me this time around. i’ve done it before so it feels like i should be able to do it again, but something’s not working
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[2022-06-24 08:41:57 AM] : noting the "feels unnatural" part here, since it seems like you're using it as an indicator that something is wrong or off compared to your past ebomb work. I wonder if the memories of early ebombs for a the part of your audience that feel natural now felt similarly unnatural early on and you just got better with more safari time + feedback loop.
I think the uncertainty of new territory is totally normal, especially when compared to a space where you've invested a bunch of time getting confident in your understanding of the audience and their problems!
[2022-06-24 08:42:32 AM] : good point, you may well be right!
[2022-06-24 08:46:24 AM] : reminds me of this: https://stackingthebricks.com/the-fear-of-beginning-again/
[2022-06-24 08:47:34 AM] : ah yes, i remember that one