Mikey Hayes
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Watching Doesn’t Count
Content styles like vlogs, reactions, and reviews are extremely popular and it seems like we’ve become satisfied with consuming, as opposed to experiencing both the novel and mundane. In practice, we are content with trading the ability to experience a new restaurant, purchase a good, or visit a landmark for the ability to
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Open Notes [No. 10] - May 29, 2025

Middle Ground Compendium [No. 181] “Pocket Pad”
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Taming The Beast
While artists have many directives, a core component of our calling is found in taming the beast of our creative inclinations. On the surface, taming the beast may sound restrictive (or just weird) but in reality, it's nothing more (or less) than focusing our creative efforts, which eventually becomes the mechanism by which we learn
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Open Notes [No. 13] - June 12, 2025
Sublime is an ethos-driven company.
Here is what we believe:
Intention > Attention
The destruction of our attention compromises our ability to make sustained progress on anything worthwhile.
You don’t need to go live in a cabin or swear off Netflix. You just have to live more deliberately.
We are entering the post-information age. The barrier is no
Go read this book it’s one of the rare ones.