David McIlroy is a writer and solopreneur from Northern Ireland. He is the author of Substack publications: How to Write for a Living, The Solopreneur Stack and David McIlroy Fiction.

"All writers should be paid." - David McElroy

Episode Takeaways:

-David shares his journey from hobbyist writer to professional.

-Email lists are vital for writers and solopreneurs.

-Challenging the importance of social media

-Future trends: prioritizing authentic connections and simple storytelling.

-Consuming quality content (movies, books, television) fuels creativity.

-How to find a balance between business and creativity for people who work for themselves.

Women lie. And so does the beauty industry.

This has become increasingly clearer the older I’ve gotten. Because I find myself doing it too.

Beauty enhancement tools that society thinks we need are not solutions, they're beauty bandaids.

No matter how much sleep you get, supplements you take and meditation you do, if your heart isn’t in the right place, you aren’t going to feel vibrant and alive.

I felt curious to discover what was behind this tug inside me to want to look poreless with bright, awake eyes like the beauty billboards.

Why did I want to look rested?

Why didn’t I want to be rested?

Read the rest of this essay HERE.

After a YEAR LONG HIATUS the Cageless podcast is back and now on Substack!

This episode is from the vault with the coolest Erick Amezcua. We talk about

* the repercussions of the internet

* belonging

* the nuclear family

* physics

* manifestation

* science

* entrepreneurship

* the Bible

* being in the age of TikTok spirituality

Grab a $7 subscription to the Cageless Newsletter for the full video version of the interview :) It was a fun one.

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