Heyaa
How often do you procrastinate? You sit down for a project, open the file, and stare at it. You just can't seem to focus. How often does it happen?
Once a week? Twice a day?
I procrastinate every 10-15 minutesā¦ thinking of what to do with this lifeā¦ with this one life.
Maybe a chronic procrastinator I am. I start working on a project. Lose focus. Start another project. Lose focus again. Pick up the earlier project. Soon, I feel like doing something else. This goes on and on.
Itās not that I donāt work. Itās just that the work that takes others 3 hours, takes me 3 days, along with other work.
Instead of linear progress, my routine is full of peaks and troughs of multiple parallel projects.
About two months ago, though, I decided its time to upgrade life. I thought about dropping my side projects. And I did. I paused my bouquet of side projects and focused only on this newsletter and my book blog.
Then I forgot my resolutionā¦
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OK, back to my storyā¦
I forgot my resolution two weeks ago. And started another side project.
Yeah, I know. I soon realised I once again went off the track.
But Iām still on it currently.
Actually, last year, in November, I started designing a t-shirt for a bookworm friend. Whenever I had some idea, I created a new version or tweaked an existing one.
Two weeks ago, a design worth printing was ready after a few rounds of feedback and iteration.
Now, when she received the t-shirt, she liked it so much that she suggested selling the design. Four hours later, I had an online merch store ready for book lovers. It was a lazy afternoon. I didnāt feel like working. Andā¦ with each procrastination rises a new distraction.
So, here is my store: Book Blabber Merch Store hosted on Shopify.
Faced some initial hiccups, but things look fine now. Getting the hang of the platform. In the last two weeks, I fiddled with the settings and code and familiarized myself with things.
It doesn't have a lot of products currently. But will whip up more designs soon.
And you know, this side project helped me tick off two of my wishesā¦ i) setting up a merch store and ii) testing how Shopify works.
Now, itās time to test my advertising/copywriting skills and improve sales. If I can grow itā¦ great! If not, I already have a new skill for my clients: handling a Shopify store.
In the meantime, get your lazy buns up for some shopping. Hit Book Blabber Merch Store and fill up your carts. Shipping pan-India.
Here are two discount codes:
LAUNCH50 to get ā¹50 off on all orders, or
LAUNCH100 to get ā¹100 off if you buy above ā¹1000.
And that was all for today.
Bidding adieu.
Live long and prosper.
See you next week, with another story.