Impulse and what to do with it...

Notes from the Sea - January '25

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Hi all,

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Welcome back to Notes from the Sea. A short chatty connect from the Northumberland Coast. I put this newsletter on a short hiatus whilst I figured out how to show up in new places. It’s back now and will come out every other month.

On January…

Because I plan my years out in Spring, I already have a plan for this chapter. I find it easier that way because my energy in winter can be quite sloth like and a little wandery. I like to lean into that; go down a few digital rabbit holes, nest, knit, play with the kids. Take ages to decide what tea to drink. We are of course fine to be fast or slow. To be enthused or confused.

So I’m connecting with my members and a new co-hort in my own and my coach’s business mastermind. I have a trip to London planned in Feb and a trip over seas in March. I also felt SUPER impulsive on Christmas eve and wrote a card for Dave and the kids to open at Christmas dinner that read;

“We’re going to Disney World in 2025”.

I’d flip flopped about it because it will be busy and Paris will be cold in Winter but maybe we’ll fly to Florida and do it a different way. Either way I’m excited. I love having things to look forward to especially when everything feels a little stagnant and slow.

On Impulse…

Running an online business over the holidays is super interesting because you tell yourself you’ll rest. You know you’ve done ‘enough’ yet it’s a unique time of year in that it’s VERY busy online. People are around to digest things, read things, buy things.

There is opportunity to connect, create and sell your beautiful offers.

I leant into that and into the fact a few of my posts had a higher click rate that usual and magicked up something very special I (secretly) hoped for in 2024

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Over 70 new paid subscribers arrived over the holidays and it’s a joy to know I’ll have more online pals to talk creativity and self seeding our business with. Yay! Thank you if you are one of them.

And in life…

This morning, I woke up (later than usual) to snow. Enough to build a snowman. I was half way through my morning coffee when I realised that it was raining. It was now or never. I bundled my daughter into rainbow knitwear and pink snow boots and said where do you want to go…?

I couldn’t wait. The snow wouldn’t wait. This Elsa obsessed four year old was delighted! The blank canvas was all we needed 2025 to bring…

So yes impulse, sometimes it serves us, other times we need longer to sit with decisions. There’s a high that comes with acting on impulse and things working out. Sometimes in a way more special than you could have ever imagined! I’ve had to lean in to feeling ‘safe’ ¹to act on impulse but, so far I’d say she’s a true friend.

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If you feel called…

²I am so excited to be delivering a mastermind programme with a vibrant set of creative business owners. We have mentors, garden designers, journalists, makers, writers, coaches. There are two spots left and I’m closing enrolments on Wednesday. It’s everything I’ve learnt about online business combined with twice monthly mentoring, group calls and a course for those who want to up-level their Substack and wider eco-system for business success in 2025.

❄️ Winter Journalling prompts… 🌀

Choose one or two that speak to you that you’d like to sit and think about and/ or write on?

1. Feeling grounded looks and feels like…

2. Feeling held this season looks and feels like

3. Feeling expansive is…

4. Being magical is…

5. A word or two about impulse in me…

Circle back and drop a note in the comments if you’d like or join our 365 Days of Creativity in Chat?

Ok, heading out to sort roast dinner and uniforms.

See you back here in a couple of months?

Paid members, the archive is open to you. There’ll be a new part of my blog series I’m turning into a book - “How I made $100k in 2024” out this week. If you missed those, they are all here. I’m not emailing them all out.

Claire

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1. See my new anthology ‘The Rejection Palace’ for more on this topic. I have so much to say but later… much later.

2. If you feel called is something

Lauren Barber

would ask us when I was in her group programme ‘The Mothermind’ - It was one of my absolute highlights of 2024 - Lauren’s gentle approach to creative business, breakthrough approach to Human Design and space holding was so nurturing and soulful. Go check out her offerings.