⏳ Erebus Growing | 0011 - A Complete Rebranding

Welcome to Erebus Growing, a weekly email where I share little snippets of life to help you change and grow into your highest life.

I had Friday off, and have the next couple of Fridays off. And each one of those, I’m using to work on Erebus Growing to build it and start making moves.

I’ve spent such a long time just ignoring my own work (or more likely just plain being lazy about it) and this time, it’s my time to focus on my businesses and building my life, with intention. After all, life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.

This past Friday, I totally rebranded Erebus Growing. You’re reading the new and refreshed version of the newsletter—one that will become my flagship newsletter with the solopreneurship plans I have.

Each week on Sunday evenings, as a way to bring you into a new week with intention and fresh eyes (particularly if you’re a 9-5 knowledge worker or at least hold a traditional 9-5 job as I do), I’m going to share three things with you:

• A meditation or lesson about a topic that’s been on my mind,

• A resource or source of inspiration that I’ve encountered over the past week, and

• A journaling prompt because journaling has been the best way to boost my personal growth.

It’s a new format, likely to change as all things do, but I’m excited to introduce it to you.

👨🏻‍💻 Meditation

Are you leaving the good in pursuit of the great?

Too often in our lives, we settle.

We settle for less than we deserve because we think we don’t deserve more.

We spend our lives making ourselves smaller for some unknown reason—like we don’t deserve to take up space in the world.

You deserve more than you think, so much more.

And what I don’t want you to do is settle for the good because, well, it’s good enough.

It’s hard to break that belief that we shouldn’t have more than others around us.

But here’s the truth—

You should.

Because when you have more, you can share more with those around you.

And then they share more with others and it becomes this endless ripple across communities, cities, and the world.

But to do that, you have to look at the good, appreciate it and thank it, and then leave.

You have to pursue greatness in your life. And others will try to stop you.

Others will try to hold you back and say: “You think you’re better than us?”

Let them.

Because they don’t know your life. They only know where you’ve been, not where you’re going.

And that makes a difference.

Embrace the unknown, gather the courage, and take the leap of faith into greatness.

Because it’s only in moving forward that you can find greatness and let it change your life forever.

📚 Inspiration and Resources
Every week we all consume content and I share my favorites here.

Listen
Lofi music has become a staple in my 9-5 for background noise. My new favorite over the past few weeks is from Lofi Everyday called Stop Overthinking 💦 Lofi songs that makes you feel positive. (but I need to make TOTALLY clear that I did not click on it initially because of the underwater scene with fish… 😇 promise.) Give it a listen here.

Read
I’m starting to dive into the process of building a second brain. I will make no effort to pretend I’m even a novice in understanding it all. So, I pulled an article that’s on my “To Read” list for this week from Tiago Forte, the author of Building a Second Brain, to share with you. Unsurprisingly, it’s called Building a Second Brain: An Overview. Give it a read here.

📓 Journaling Prompt
Journaling is one of the most important things to do when exploring our own lives. A new prompt for you to use this week is below.

What is one area in my life that I know I want to change? What is causing me to hesitate?

Until next time, I wish you enough and send you off with love and a sense of urgency in your life.