A Self-Builder Reminder: Don’t Build Yourself Into Isolation

byrobert2704

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5 months ago

Hey folks — I know I’ve been quiet lately... here’s why. I’ve been heads-down building a side project that’s finally starting to take shape.

Just wanted to check in and say I haven’t fallen off the planet — just deep in creation mode.

As I was wrapping up today, I asked GPT a simple question:

Just for a feel-good send-off — can you list what I’ve accomplished today?

Here’s what it came back with:

And yup — it even remembered I had a glass of wine. I’d asked for an emoji to represent chardonnay or white wine (not red). It couldn’t deliver exactly… so it gave me this for my Facebook update:
🍷 (yes, it’s chardonnay — don’t let the emoji lie to you 😄)

When you’re head-down building, don’t forget to look up sometimes.

I saw a #buildinpublic creator the other day — on day 13 of a daily video challenge — looking visibly burnt out. He talked about how isolating it felt. That stuck with me.

Even when we’re building solo, we’re not meant to do it in isolation.

So this is me showing up to say: I’ve missed checking in here. And I’m reminding myself not to disappear for too long next time. Being part of a community — even just a little — helps keep us grounded.

Hope whatever you’re working on is moving forward… and if it’s not, you’ve got people here to lean on.

Hope you’re all doing well.
— Robert