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✨ I wrote a letter to 10-year-old me
Published 21 days ago • 4 min read
Heyy Reader, How has your week been? One more month till we start the final quarter of the year! Let's make the most of it 👍
Highlights for this week: ❇️ What would you tell your younger self? 🦄 Creator of the week - Andrea Marquez (@andsiosa) 🤖 Weekly Prompt: Weekly Goal Check-In Template 🧃 Creator Juice is launching this week! 🖼️ Fun AI-Generated Images of the week: Miniature Diorama
❇️ A letter to your younger self
We are so focused on the future, sometime's looking at how far we've come can help us with the next leg of the journey.
This thought came to me as I was working on the letter for last week and I saw made this AI image of me sitting with my younger self.
I couldn't help but be emotionally drawn to the kid who had no idea what his life would turn out to be.
I distinctly remember during that age, picking up a fallen eyelash to make a wish (Idk if you did that as a kid where if an eye lash fell, you would pick it, put it on the top of your palm, cover it, make a wish and blow it away).
My wish was to have a play station. Lol
Younger me would be so excited to see where I live, the toys I get to play with as part of my work and all the amazing people I had the fortune of meeting on this journey of life.
I'm sure he wouldn't believe that I live in a place where it snows. That was another dream of ours, to see snow. Now I live in it. 😂
Try this exercise for yourself and see what comes from it. What do you have to lose?
Prompt: Write a letter to your younger self, describing what your life is like now Tell them about all the amazing happy things that have happened in your life over the past many years. It should just take a few minutes... but it will be worth it.
🦄 Creator of the week - Andrea M.
Andrea Marquez (@andsiosa) is a Venezuelan designer based in Miami and Art Director at ZAG Creates, where she blends animation, UX/UI, and AI tools to speed up the creative process without cutting corners on craft. I've been inspired by how she's been experimenting with different mediums to bring ideas to life: 1. Turning 2D characters into 3D models and 3D printing them 2. Making a retro game using vibe-code tools like Cursor 3. She executes more than plans which has been inspiring.
If you're looking for motivation, this week you can be inspired by Andrea's approach and ask yourself "What is 1 idea I've been sitting on that I have not executed yet?" and START working on it! Check out her profile for details here.
🤖 Prompt: Weekly Goal Check-In
If you are looking to get some support on your goals then try this prompt for the coming week!
"You are creating a weekly check-in template for coaching accountability. Use the context below. Context: Goal type: [goal type] / Individual or team context: [context] / Review cadence: [cadence] / Success metrics or progress indicators: [metrics] / Tone guidance: [tone]. Instructions: Create a repeatable template that surfaces what matters quickly. Include sections for progress, blockers, insights, decisions, and next commitments. Keep it concise enough to complete every week. Make the prompts specific enough to prevent vague updates. Include optional coach or manager follow-up prompts. Output format: Weekly check-in template / Brief instructions for use / Optional coach follow-up prompts. Missing information policy: Proceed with assumptions unless the review cadence or context is unclear. Quality bar: Fast to complete, hard to answer vaguely, useful for real review conversations."
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🧃Creator Juice: We're launching!!
Our first new episode is launching this coming week. It's so new that we haven't even decided if it's going to count as episode 1 of a new season or add to our existing count. Either way, you are the first to know about it!! 😄
We have some amazing guests lined up and the conversations have been extremely valuable. I mean it.
I hope that listening to an episode feels like you're in the room with us. I'd love for you to be a part of this journey so stay tuned for fun ways for you to get involved with how we build the show.
Prompt - Replace anything within [brackets]: Miniature diorama photography. A tiny [YOUR SUBJECT OR THEME] scene built inside [YOUR CONTAINER, e.g. a teacup, matchbox, snow globe, seashell, mushroom cap]. Museum-quality handcrafted miniature details with visible base edges. Theatrical spotlight lighting from [LIGHT DIRECTION, e.g. the side, above]. Warm, nostalgic mood. [YOUR COLOR PALETTE] tones. Macro lens, shallow depth of field, hyperrealistic textures. 4K, ultra-detailed.
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You don't need to quit your 9-5 to build your personal brand. You just need a 5-9 that works.
Every week, you'll get actionable tips to optimize your life, become a 5to9 Creator, and build your personal brand, all in a less than 4-minute read.
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