Maria Potoroczyn
Building A Rainbow Life and Sabbaticals
Episode Notes (by minute):
1:30: How Maria loves that sabbaticals kind of force you to unplug from all of the noise of work and constructed identities
3:00: How her sabbatical helped her uncover her “organic yearnings” of being in nature, her love of reading, and her love of learning for the sake of learning
5:00: How Maria is focused on “not rushing” these days, compared to her life pre-sabbatical
8:00: How certain seeds and projects germinated during her sabbatical are continuing in her life post-sabbatical. Her newsletter, Amble, is one example of this.
10:00: How Amble was born out of her anger towards hustle culture
12:00: How Maria wrote a manifesto for herself, where she is committing to being her own cheerleader
21:00: When Maria hit a wall and was super burned-out from work
23:30: How Maria is focused on building a rainbow life now, which is a version of a portfolio life
27:00: How Maria made a decision not to build a VC-backed company to focus on charting her own path instead
31:00: How Maria and David both think about what to write about in their newsletters
35:00: How Maria and David both think about presence and where it may come from for us
42:00: Why it’s important to not multi-task, but to create compartments in life to fully focus on what you are working on in that moment
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 11/9/23