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Nathan Barry
I'm a designer who turned into a writer who turned into a startup CEO. My mission is to help creators earn a living. Subscribe for essays on building an audience and earning a living as a creator.
Hey Reader, I grew up in a family with six kids where there wasn’t a lot of money. Looking back, some years we lived on $25,000. We had everything that we needed, but it wasn’t until college that I went out to eat for the first time in my life. Money was always stressful. People like to say money doesn’t buy happiness, but a lack of money sure brings a lot of frustration. I vowed at a young age to make sure money wouldn’t be my primary problem. If I’m drowning, I can’t help other people. But...
Hey Reader, Often the hardest thing with creating content is coming up with new topics to write about. Whether it’s a newsletter, thread, or video script, the blank page can feel overwhelming. It’s much easier to start with a topic in mind. But where do you get ideas? I want to peel back the curtain and go behind the scenes on how I create content. Most of us have a core focus we tend to stick to. We usually have 3–4 main topics we cycle through and revisit from different angles. While this...
Hey Reader, If the story of your life was a book, how would you title the chapter you’re in right now? My friend and coach Dan Putt likes to ask this question, and I find it so helpful for zooming out from my immediate problems and thinking of the overall season. When Terry Rice asked me the chapter title question on his podcast, an immediate answer popped into my head: "Dreams realized". Surprisingly, I was reviewing my 2024 annual goals, and I think I'm going to miss almost all of them....