Thursday, September 18, 2025
Happy Friday!
I’ve spent the past week hanging out in Barcelona with my wife and a few others.
We saw some of the top Gaudi sights, including Park Guell and The Sagrada Familia…
Took a day trip up to the mountains of Montserrat…
(where we got to hear the boy’s choir sing in this beautiful basilica with amazing acoustics… so cool)
And made sure to conduct some aggressive sampling of the local rosé 😜
Here’s one of my favorite pics from the trip so far:
That's because the Sagrada blew me away.
Seeing it left me dumbfounded.
The sheer creative force required to even conceive of something like that is hard to comprehend.
Highly recommend it if you're ever visiting Barcelona.
Anyway, today we flew out to Mallorca, where I’ll spend the rest of my vacation exploring the island, reading and relaxing on the beach…
And living spontaneously in a way I never would back home in Toronto.
It’s everything I desire from a good holiday…
Most important of all:
Being able to disconnect.
You see, I’m not stressing about what to write about…
Or scrambling to get my newsletter out each day.
That’s because I batched (almost) all of my emails for the trip last week.
This is one of the biggest benefits of running an email-based business…
And having a step-by-step system to produce good emails predictably and consistently.
You don’t always have to be “going live”...
Coming up with clever and business-themed content to post on your IG stories…
Or feeling guilty about going radio silent.
If you’re going on a road trip, hosting friends from out of town, or spending a few weeks on the Mediterranean…
You can write and schedule all your emails in advance…
Then kick back and enjoy…
Knowing your emails are out there building “know, like & trust” and selling for you.
Like I did last week.
Some food for thought as you design your dream lifestyle :)
Jim Hamilton
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