I'm operating in a heck of a lot of audacity & delusion in Q4. Maybe even some cringe.

The truth is, letting my feelings (read: grief & caregiver burnout) lead the way has only kept me playing small.

And if we’re honest, most of us are too quiet about what we actually want, right?
We wait until it’s proven or less embarrassing to pursue.

Doing this behind the scenes would be:
1️⃣ easier
2️⃣ less pressure
3️⃣ preferred

But instead, I’m doing the opposite and sharing it with you with the hope that it inspires you, too. I’m breaking that down in this email.

This, my friend, is the AUDACITY > OVERTHINKING era. LFG 🔥

Aren’t you glad you don’t ALWAYS get what you pray for?

I can plan myself silly.

But the energy of planning hasn’t always offered me the results I actually wanted. Ofc I’d pray for these things, too. But I am so grateful that many of them didn’t work out for me because I didn’t really want them.

One of the many gifts of grief (my mom died suddenly at 59 almost a year ago, if you’re new here), for me at least, is the option to pause and re-evaluate everything.

And one thing I realized is that life is just way too damn short to follow the energy of a good plan versus “set me on fire” joy.

When I operate in that energy, God has always met me there. So the spirit of this is to removing the desperate energy of a plan and to make feeling joyful the goal.

This is a guiding principle for this challenge.

What do you love enough to do for free?

For me, that’s creating. I’m not creative but I’ve always been a creator. Not in an artsy sense. I’ve used this love in HR, with trainings, with my kids, and with content.

I don’t need to tell you about the creator economy. I’m sure you know enough already. But this challenge is leaning into my creator energy big time in 2026.

Of the many income streams that I’ve created for myself over the past 3 years, being paid to create has been my favorite.

My focus for Q4 will be simple: paid workshops/partnerships to companies/orgs that support commission-based independent consultants and entrepreneurs.

This has been one my favorite ways to make money.

In 2026, I’ll be expanding my creation reach further like UGC and brand deals.

I hope that you see that being paid to create content doesn’t require you to have a massive audience or become an influencer. Or have to spill all of your tea about your personal life online.

My activity target is to pitch 10 companies per day.

I’m posting/reposting across my socials and YouTube first strategy for LinkedIn.

It brings me more joy to create in a pressure-less way. So I’ll be focusing more on my interests as the niche. And because I am my own target audience, I don’t feel like that’s a stretch to deviate from just entrepreneurship.

My activity target is 3 posts per day. Plus updating in this email

You can expect a daily update on my activity targets and outcomes Monday-Friday.

The emails won’t be this long most of the time.

I’m excited to kick this off. Let me know if you’ve got any questions about any of this. See you tomorrow.

-Nesh