Why You Need Friction in Your Editing Business

As today’s fast-paced world races toward AI and hyperproductivity, I find myself wanting to slow down and take a different route. However, every once in a while, I start to second-guess myself. Am I making things harder by not maximizing every minute of my life? Should I be doing things faster?

This is a topic that’s been on my mind for a while, so I wanted to open up an honest discussion about it in this episode of The Modern Editor. Specifically, let’s talk about when friction can be good for our lives and editing businesses.

Important Sections:

• (1:42) Does Convenience Drain Meaning Out of Life?
• (4:30) How Friction Adds Humanity to Our Editing Businesses
• (6:27) Experience Can’t Be Rushed
• (7:22) You Don’t Need to Take Friction Out of Your Business
• (8:10) When Friction is Unhelpful
• (10:10) There Are No Shortcuts to Experience
• (12:20) Find Your Community in the Freelance Editors Club

Resourced Mentioned

• Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
• Tiny Habits™ Method

Work with Me:

• Grab the Editing Contract Template
• Join the Freelance Editors Club