What does Linslow actually do all day?
Depends on the day. Mostly it reads email from customers and fixes what they are asking about. Linslow helps creative businesses with their really tough problems, and occasionally finds them investors. The example of the work below is one engagement, in full.
An example of the work: Amy Tangerine, on linslow.com.
Does your men’s club have a secret handshake? Is it a cult, or just a lot of guys in a museum? Do you sit in a circle and talk about your feelings, or is there axe throwing?
No handshake, no cult, no axes. People ask what actually happens on a Tuesday, so I wrote it up: Every other Tuesday.
A short story group? Like a book club, but shorter? Are the stories shorter? Is the club shorter?
Shorter stories, smaller club, longer run: four friends, two stories a month, since 2022. The archive is at ssdg.me.
You walked how far?
Far enough that people ask. San Francisco to Big Sur, on foot, in mid-April, by way of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Carmel Valley. Not a race, not a retreat, not a guided tour. More at thecaliforniawalk.com.
I need answers, not questions. Right?
“Improving the quality of our life can often start with asking ourselves better questions.” David Whyte. More at mymorningquestions.com.
Have you noticed you’re doing the same thing you were doing twenty years ago?
Every goddamn day, as my dad liked to say. I wrote it up: Same job, twenty years later.
Twenty-five years of notebooks. Has it helped?
It has. I wrote more at: Record Yourself.
So, how was your year?
Each year I write a long letter to myself about what happened and what I learned. They’re personal but I share them publicly because writing for an audience forces honesty.