Filling My Cup with a Summer "Reassess" Sabbatical of Sorts

Why I'm pausing my newsletter for the summer

Hi friends! This is not the typical Friday newsletter, but I’m excited to share it (albeit it being a potentially rash decision). This may be completely out of left field or may be an obvious move depending on how well you know me or are able to read my vibe on social media, but I am *burnt* out. To a crisp.

I recently came to the realization that I dont feel happy with work. This is going to be a much longer conversation in a few weeks in a solo Conversations With Cam episode (that I have yet to record), but I feel like there is a lot to reassess and reevaluate. Long story short, I feel like I’ve leaned fully in, given it my all, and came up feeling a little like “if I’m not happy, what is the point?”. This doesn’t mean I’m throwing it all away (at all), but it does mean that I need to actively take the time to step back, reassess what I enjoy, reevaluate how I’m spending my time and money, and really get to the bottom of why I’m doing certain things. Because, quite honestly, I feel like I let my ego take the front seat recently and that’s not who I am or want to be.

All that being said, and the reason I’m sending this email, is because I am embarking on a Summer Reassess. I want to laugh more and play more and enjoy my time with my kids and feel present instead of thinking about the 10,000 things I want to do and feeling like I’m drowning. With the help of a career coach, endless voice notes and calls to friends, lots of workshops with my team, and many of post-bedtime chats with Joe, I hope to really get to the bottom of what lights me up and sparks joy and makes me actually happy and lean into that. Because of this, I am going to pause as much as I feasibly can and this newsletter is one of those things.

SO - I am going to take a summer break from my Substack. This may end in me randomly sending out an email because I have a lot on my mind that I want to chat about or I may go fully dark through September - only time will tell. There are no rules! This is the greatest benefit of working for youreslf that I fear I have forgotten.

*If you are a paid subscriber, don’t worry - there is nothing you need to do! All payments on the backend are being put on pause*

All that being said, I hope you all have an amazing summer and find joy in doing whatever makes you happy!!! Don’t forget to fill your cup!!