How I've Been Getting Ready to Work Less and Make More in 2025
It's going to be a year of peaceful productivity
I’ll be honest. I’ve been sick this week and taking some serious downtime. Very little writing has been done, but lots of reading/listening/watching happened instead. Sometimes that’s just easier when you’re under the weather.
Here’s how I’ve been getting ready to re-organise my working life in 2025.
I’ve been easing back into studying (because I’m determined to be a sixty minute student in 2025) with the HERO Framework Course I started before Christmas. This course is all about helping marketers craft authentic stories and messaging that cuts through the noise and drives meaningful results. Effective, well-thought-out marketing is an easy route to getting lots of eyes on your work with less effort, so it’s key to working less but earning more.
I’ve been going back over my Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course. This course is what put me on the road to earning good money through affiliate marketing, several years ago, but it comes with lifetime access and regular updates, so it was time to dive back into the updated modules and modernize my affiliate marketing methods. Affiliate marketing is perhaps the easiest way to earn good money with very little work as you don’t have to make your own products or deal with updates, sales pages, returns, or anything else.
I’ve been listening to Slow Productivity from Cal Newport, a true master of the art of being productive without burning yourself out. I’ve had this book in my Audible library for a while, but it was definitely time for a re-listen as I transition into a softer, easier (but still productive) life in 2025.
What are your plans for the coming year. In fact let’s see a show of hands.
Some thoughts from others I’ve been enjoying this week
How I Became a Bestseller By Giving My Work Away for Free by
What are your options as a writer for making money these days? by
45% Of Substacks Fail, And The Letter Fitzgerald Sent His Daughter by
3 x 2 Minute Jobs To Save Your (Substack) Sanity by
What else I’ve been up to this week
Listening to: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport, plus lots of Substack Podcasts
Watching: Too much Amazon Prime (random shows, documentaries and movies - did I mention I’m sick?)
Working on: Finally making a Hero Post for the newsletter, and updating by storefronts a little (Gumroad and Amazon)
This week’s Medium post
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