Consolidating Projects
I have too many pots on the stove.
The magazine, the podcast, the ramen website, my own writing, the shop...
I can't do all of that on my own.
So.
If Hardcopy doesn't take off by the end of the year, I'll just sunset it after Christmas and reinforce focus on writing and the magazine. I have three halfway written books I want to publish in the next few years and they won't get finished if 90% of my free time is spent shipping stuff.
That podcast is dead. It takes entirely too much time to sit and record and edit all for nothing. Essays would serve this information better.
Noodlist takes zero time and will stick around for a long time.
If Hardcopy does manage to take off by the end of the year or I get a physical store then I will need to either find someone to take over Y2K Quarterly or close the magazine after this year.
My own writing is sitting here collecting dust waiting for me to be finished with everything else going on in the house and just never gets touched. I tried setting up writers hours and sprint blocks and all that and I still end up missing them because we have something else going on and I don't have time to sit at my desk for a half hour straight.
That will be fixed, no matter what. If I have to shut down the magazine, the shop, and everything else so be it.