Written by Shane Allen

 Not Enough Hours in the Day:

Hey guys, my name is Shane and I’m the editor of Populist. I never really wanted to make this magazine about me so I never showed my face or made myself too present in any of the content. But everything you see on Populist with maybe a few exceptions were made by me. The website, the interviews, the videos, the Instagram. I’ve treated the platform as a place to house all of my extracurricular activities and passion projects. I’ve never made a dollar off of this and never really wanted to, it’s always been just fun for me.

But as of recently, I’ve been feeling a lot more pressure from myself to make this a legitimate thing that resembles some sort of business. I love making things but I am no businessman. So all the things it requires to do so is so foreign to me. But I will start to try my best. I’ve been making so many things and not being able to finish any of it because I keep just starting new projects. Also, I have a career outside of this thing and responsibilities and bills to pay. 

But recently I’ve been making a bunch of stuff and not being able to finish and I’ve been putting so much pressure on myself to do it all. I come to the same conclusion every day of my life, that there are never enough hours in any of them. I want to finish everything in a day but unfortunately, that’s not possible. And when I don’t finish those things I get really down on myself and start thinking I’m lazy, when in actuality, is the opposite of the case. 

So I’ve been trying to be easy on myself and set smaller goals for myself. Take on less and plan better, focus more. Because there will never be enough hours in the day, so with the ones that we do have, you should spend them wisely and focused. If you feel a lot of pressure with all the stuff you’re doing, just look at your to-do list, block out everything but the top task, get it done and repeat. Don’t pay attention to the mountain and try to just focus on the next 10 feet you need to climb. 

My friend Kevin would always say that 1% a day will eventually add up to 100%.

With all that being said. I can wait to release all of the stuff I’ve been working on this past year. Also being a little more present, consistent, ambitious, and vulnerable. I’m going to be putting myself in these things a little more nad enjoying myself while doing so. Don’t know if anyone will ever even read this or if the thing even has a real following. But thank you for even getting this far and riding with me. Journal over.