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Pez's avatar

It’s funny how most of these things I been implementing in my social impact project and my work, in how I relate to my peers and how I engage with promotion and accessibility of the content we make. But when it comes to me…. I’m the first person to push myself so hard I get sick, I’ve been treating that in therapy for a long time and got way better, but the balance is never right in my side. Even when I know it, even when I try, even when I’m conscious and I remind myself “if you burnout then the system wins”. But it’s always the hardest part, which makes everything unsustainable (even my beautiful social impact project). I think I tend to underestimate the generational trauma of living in a third world country where all my previous generations struggled so much to get anything, so now in my mind it’s like the only way to get things is to struggle so much. Anyway, amazing words 💕 thank you!

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

I SO hear you. That ingrained pressure to constantly perform at insanely unrealistic levels is something I struggle with sooooo much. I often wonder if it’s possible to not face these levels of burnout, overwork, etc in the current system. It’s designed for us to function in humanely. Ugh giving you a hug!

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Emma Del Rey's avatar

To our workshop idea for the studio, many of these beautiful (and supportive) pieces you have been writing could be workshops. And yes I am thinking about work (but it doesn’t really feel like work) on my day off 🤣

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

Haha! YES! I was just thinking about this earlier today- being able to gather w/ others around these topics + chat it out or work out things together would be sooooo wonderful

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Marisa Guthrie's avatar

There is so much here that echoes my own work and made me want to shout from the rooftops Natalie!

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

We are on the same wavelength!

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Marisa Guthrie's avatar

Yes!

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Carly Jean Puch's avatar

Yes Natalie!

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

🌈🌈

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

🤠🤠

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Cara Helene's avatar

Thank you for articulating the tension and perspective I’ve felt in my bones as I’ve been working to relaunch my practice after hurricanes last Fall.

I feel like I’m in this weird dance of staying true to my values… at the expense of actually making enough to support myself which doesn’t feel great either.

I’ve worked for myself for 12 years, but this last year has been the most challenging by far as I’ve scraped off even the (very masculine) ethical marketing work I studied. I so appreciate the ideals you outlined here as I am finally trusting my own inner compass to find my authentic path forward for a sustainable practice.

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

Yes!! The last few years have definitely been intense to navigate… and it seems like it’s just going to keep being as such. It 100% is so much about trusting yourself and your path through it.

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Melanie's avatar

Wonderful read - presence over perfection - love it!

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

Thanks so much, Melanie!

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Cloé's avatar

A beautiful impactful piece and stance as a business! Very inspiring, full of ideas to look at things differently, I loved it!

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

So glad you enjoyed this :) thank you

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Mansi's avatar

Natalie, I suppose this is another one of the universe’s whispers today…or maybe the substack algorithm picked this for me to read based on everything I’ve been sharing recently. Regardless, thank you for sharing/echoing/validating what I have been feeling in my bones, practicing with intention and holding with integrity.

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

Thank you, Mansi! So glad this resonated for you

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SANDRA SPENCER's avatar

So much to think about. Thank you the reminder.

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

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Yaz's avatar

YES to all of this!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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Natalie Brite | DoGoodBiz's avatar

I know you get it!

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Juliana S.'s avatar

This was such a good read because it does feel weird to share your work while the world is on fire 🫤🌎

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