The Best of 2021 + Important Announcement
Hi friends of The Far Insights,
As we wrap up 2021, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned throughout writing these letters.
The Far Insights was not in my 2021 goals at all (💬: your goals evolve so don’t sweat if your 2022 goals aren’t perfect)
It just so happened one day I dabbled with a few names to describe my thought process… then this one popped up, and I just did it!
At that time (the initial stages), the plan was to write and reflect on life through K-dramas + document my K-pop fangirl life.
Fast forward today, 6 months later,
The Far Insights has grown into a niche I have always been so particularly interested in besides travel: self-development.
But first, I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for coming along on this journey, subscribing, opening your mails, reading and sharing The Far Insights. 🙏🏼
To wrap up the year, here are five of your favorites, according to analytics:
Everyone must have come across this type of person in their life 👁
Maybe sunk costs are another form of old habits die hard. 🤡
My favorite of all. So much I couldn’t get over it. 💜
A little K-pop + your gut instinct is entertaining. 🥳
Everyone wants that quick-fix 🌪
Writing is therapy
📣 in case nobody has ever told you before.
The very reason why people do “brain dumps”, or “journal” is because it is therapeutic.
Writing brings clarity, it unveils problems, and unravels the solutions one need. It is a way to make sense of the messiness one is going through at the moment.
That is exactly what The Far Insights is to me.
It has brought light upon everyday life issues and may have helped you in one form or another.
The Far Insights is, my alter ego.
On stepping back
Now here comes my announcement,
Goodbye... 🤧
I don’t know exactly how to say this, but how do you know when something is finished is something only your gut feeling can tell.
Is 6 months too early to make a decision? I think so, however...
Here are the contexts of my goodbye:
I need some time to step back to make sense of how would should The Far Insights move forward.
January is a month I’ve planned for the past two years. Definitely a more unpredictable one than the past month. I’m also not confident I can write because for the past 3 weeks, I’ve struggled so much in doing so. Let me reframe: I don’t want to feel the pressure to publish things in January.
Maybe The Far Insights will come back after that, maybe much more later than that, maybe not at all, maybe The Far Insights needs to go through a transformation. Truth is, I don’t know. I don’t have the answers now.
The data of previous letters do not justify much for the time I’ve invested in this endeavor.
I have life admin tasks accumulated over the past years that require serious attention from me now to get my life in order.
When you’re in a new place, you see things from a different perspective. I see things I haven’t seen before.
Two thoughts that are in conflict with me now:
The need to consistently publish
The need to take a break when it is necessary.
Right now, number 2 has been revealing itself in many ways. But my heart is set on number 1.
A never easy decision because to a certain degree, I’ve brainwashed myself with how sacred number 1 is because I know consistency is the sauce to professionalism and “making it”.
But sometimes, diversions are required. And to pivot requires one to take a step back once in a while.
Timing
Outside of The Far Insights, I have been working non-stop (most weekends, nights, and even public holidays) for the past 3 years. I am human too.
With everything coinciding with January—a month I’ve planned to savor every minute without worries on other “work” matters, I think it couldn’t be much more of a perfect time for me to actually step away from both social media and weekly letters.
Saying goodbye after month 6 doesn’t make sense, but..
To follow the rhythm of your life’s timing. 😌
I have to honor my truth, the current timing and limitations presented to me.
Trusting the process
Right now, I feel the process is to step back, and not publish anything for a while.
Like everything in life, there is a time to experiment without question, and there is a time to evaluate. Now, it’s time to evaluate.
With that, I would like to seek your help in filling out this survey. It wouldn’t take more than 10 minutes of your time.
Elsewhere
P/s: In case you’re still planning your New Year’s Resolution Goals, check this out. You might learn a thing or two from my own mistakes.
Pp/s: Uhm, I might be active here instead in January.