Simone Stolzoff

So for example, one thing I've been doing for myself recently is I hate marketing.

Like I hate having to try and push a buck onto people.

I like to be the sort of like the writer behind the scenes.

In today's day and age, we need to be able to promote ourselves.

And so one experiment that I've done is I'm just going to post an Instagram reel every day for 30 days and of just me talking and just an experiment.

And what I'm going to learn is whether this is something I want to continue with, whether this is something that is actually has an ROI for me or not.

I think when people are experimenting with different career paths, they could use that experimental mentality.

So often we think that these decisions are life or death.

They're so black and white.

When in actuality, you can prototype the decision that you want to make.

Say you're considering a move.

Go to the city that you want to move to and spend a week in an Airbnb and see what that feels like.

Say you're considering making a career switch.

Try to get proximate to the actual experience of doing that work.

Go intern or shadow someone as opposed to thinking that it's just something that you have to design the right thought experiment.

How can you prototype it?

I'd never thought about that.

Or just shadow someone that does that work for a day.

As opposed to just making it in your mind, try and make it in the real world.

I wish I hadn't said that.