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✍️ Desk of Amy Suto: The Power of Mastering the Fundamentals

✍️ Desk of Amy Suto: The Power of Mastering the Fundamentals

The life-changing benefit of mastering the basics.

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Amy Suto
May 15, 2024
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Happy Wednesday! Today, ✍️ From the Desk of Amy Suto paid subscribers will get an exclusive issue about…

✨ How basic self-care increases your success

🧪 How burnout is the cost of neglecting the basics

📚 The massive domino effect of doing something as simple as drinking enough water every day

☀️ Thoughts from Morning Yoga Classes in Kyoto, Japan

A few mornings per week, I find myself in a yoga class in the heart of Kyoto. The windows are open as sun streams in, warming the wooden floors of the studio.

I feel a kind of calm here in Kyoto that’s precipitated by long walks through the Imperial Gardens, mornings spent meditating and stretching during yoga class, and afternoon work sessions where I mindfully complete everything on my to-do list.

Each week, I’m writing and editing my fiction, working on my freelance projects for my ghostwriting clients, working with my coaching clients who want to learn how to become freelancers, writing this Substack, submitting my writing to contests and residencies, and exploring Kyoto while planning upcoming travel.

It’s a lot — and I wouldn’t have been able to “do it all” unless I mastered the fundamentals, first.

Here’s the stupidly simple truth of what’s been holding you back from finding the success you’re after in your life and your writing:

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