Redim Ameti

@WriteAlready Miss you habibi

I write a lot. I honestly couldn’t tell you how many words I’ve written in the last year, but it’s a lot. Hundreds of thousands, easily. Around 15 clients. Every day, I sit down and write for someone else. Some of it’s done really well too. Posts that reach a couple hundred thousand people. Millions of impressions across everything. The kind of results I used to chase when I first started. And somewhere in all of that, I stopped writing for myself. Not all at once. It wasn’t some dramatic decision. It just sort of faded. I used to write constantly. A weekly newsletter. Posts every day. I even wrote a full manuscript that’s still sitting untouched. It was never about performance back then. I just liked putting things into words. Now when I sit down to write, there’s this voice that shows up almost immediately. What’s the hook? Where’s the payoff? Why would someone keep reading this? And it’s not wrong. That voice is the reason I get paid to do this. It’s the reason the work performs. But it’s also the reason I don’t really feel like I’m writing anymore. I’m constructing something, shaping it, positioning it, making sure it lands. Which is useful, just not always honest. I think what I’ve been missing is a place to write without any of that. No hook. No lesson. No reason for you to read this. Just the act of sitting down and putting something on the page because I feel like it. Even saying that feels strange, because I’m still posting it, which means some part of me does care if people read it. I don’t think that ever fully goes away. But I also know that the moment I start thinking about likes or replies or whether this is good, something shifts. The writing tightens up. It becomes more careful, more aware of itself. And that’s the part I don’t want right now. I just want somewhere I can show up and write like this. A little messy, a little unfinished, maybe even something I don’t fully understand yet. Not because it’s valuable, just because it’s mine.

I lost you @Cimone_Louise but I don’t want to interrupt

@NFTMentis Thank you brother ☺️ Likewise, I hope you are doing well!

@redimameti You wear the beard well bro. Good to see you! 🤓

I’m a 27 year old Muslim living in Australia ☪️🇦🇺 Practicing Islam in modern western society has challenges—so I'm building my creator business to get more control of my time and environment in shā Allah. If you're a creator too, here's a reminder ✍️ Next time you sit down to create, start with Dhikr. Allāh is Al-Khāliq (The Creator): The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence. So remember that every idea you bring to life is a small reflection of His infinite creativity.

@therapy_bites Great to hear from you!

@redimameti Great to cya, Redim

@patkitch Yes, this perspective really simplifies the whole creative process. If it’s divine (it is), we can’t individually take credit for any of it: - The ideas - The doubts - The finished result The creator is just a vessel for the Creator.

@redimameti Yes, it begins with a form of worship... We then fully release the creative power within us.

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@theandreboso My 2 cents even though you never asked: I’ve weirdly found a daily newsletter easier to sustain than a weekly one. I guess it’s easier to do anything every day than it is once a week, because that muscle is being flexed more often.

I really believe that 2025 will be the year of personal newsletters so today I’m starting to work on my goal of going email first. Some brainstorming in public: - I want to write about interesting marketing stuff that's been on my mind this week - I’ll keep it really short so people can read it quickly - It’s for people who’ve been following me on social media and appreciate my content - I need to find the right balance between being interesting for readers and adding a personal touch - I have to come up with a well-defined format - I believe one email per week is a pace I can sustain over the long term - I thought about merging it with Zero to Marketing but people love that format so it’s probably better to keep them separate - I don’t trust the current state of social media platforms at all so the sooner I start the better Since this year is all about moving fast and shipping imperfect things here’s a basic signup form I just created to pre-subscribe: andreboso.beehiiv.com

@Wise1Philosophy Love. Lessons. Change. 👀

Bit of fun. What do you immediately see?

How To Make 2025 The Year You "Lock In" I'm out for dinner with my family this past weekend just having polished off my grilled chicken w/ mushroom sauce, when I make the risky decision to test my stomach with dessert. I ended up smashing down a refreshing Acai bowl topped with banana, strawberry, granola and peanut butter. What I'd forgotten was my digestive system's speedy refusal of the last Acai bowl I had over a year ago. (For those who were around then and were wondering what happened to my smoothie bowl obsession, now you know). Well, I'll spare you the details... But I've been paying for my decision, lol. Anyway, being unwell is the perfect time to rest, recover and hit reset. I've been listening to a beautiful talk from Islamic Scholar Hamza Yusuf, which blew my mind when it comes to understanding how focus and distraction work. The title is 'Mindfulness: Your Thoughts are Your Reality'. Which on the surface, might not seem like the type of video to help you "lock in". But mindfulness is all about paying attention to what your what your "mind" is "full" of. Auditing the patterns of my own thinking is helping me determine what stays (if it's serving my goals) and what goes (negative programming). I wholeheartedly recommend taking a listen yourself. Some topics covered in the talk: * The origins of mindfulness (Buddhism) and it's similarities to the Islamic practice of Dhikr. * The etymology of the word "distraction", and what it tells us about modern challenges we face around it. * The importance of time. Also: intentions, priorities, death as a reminder, and many more profound gems that will help you to lock in with your goals without sacrificing the divine. Here's the link: ​youtu.be/oO5KDkC49_8?

@StevenBoutcher Yep exactly. When I cook up something viral for top of funnel, with mass appeal, but also clearly aligns with my ideal avatar—it converts.

@StevenBoutcher Sometimes if the right post goes viral, it does equal a bump in subscribers for me. But for the most part, consistency beats virality.

@tommyswriting @naval I used to believe Naval has no bad takes but he isn’t infallible. I take my religion literally, and not sure my faith could be sincere if I didn’t. Religion isn’t about bending truth to fit convenience. It’s about correctly deciphering reality, and aligning with it.

"Two kinds of fools - those who take religion literally, and those who think it has no value." - @naval

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Has your mood and energy ever skyrocketed around the presence of a spiritually grounded individual? 🚀 Some call it “good vibes”. In Islam, we call this Noor—which is Arabic for light. You Can’t Hide Noor ✨ Noor emanates from your essence, and is what people are seeing when they say somebody has "good energy". I’m writing this to you right after speaking with someone whose noor I felt long before I met him. His name is Ousama Alshurafa (@AlshurafaOusama), author of The Afterlife Manual, a beautiful and practical guide to strengthening your emaan (faith). After leaving a review on his book (actually it might be my only Amazon review to date), we ended up organising a video call. Not only was the energy amazing—Alhamdulillāh—but our discussion reminded me of something really important. As a Muslim Creator, there’s a big danger. Every Post Could Be Shirk ‼️ What do I mean? Firstly, let’s establish: Shirk is ascribing partners or rivals to Allah in Lordship, worship or in His names and attributes. It's considered the most grievous sin that Allah has declared will not be forgiven if a person dies in a state of shirk without repenting. This is mentioned explicitly in the Qu'rān [Surat An-Nisa, 4:48]. But there are different types of shirk. To me, minor shirk is the most obvious risk for creators. Why? It’s sneakier because it can be hidden among good deeds: Mahmud bin Labid (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The thing I fear most for you is the lesser shirk (polytheism), showing-off (of good deeds).” [Book 16, Hadith 48] There's a reason why I'm always harping on about intention these days (and why my upcoming mini-course will be called Intentional Creator): "Each Man Will Have What He Intended" The full context of this quote: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated." So start with Bismillāh. End with Astaghfirullāh. Seek refuge in Allah alone and be clear with your intentions to protect from minor shirk. Brother Ousama reminded me on our call; an action doesn’t always end with the same sincerity that it began with. So, also check your intention in the middle of the action. Because it comes down to Ikhlas (sincerity). But here's the thing... Ikhlas Is Not Fixed Ikhlas comes from the moment to moment to moment returning to Allah. Brother Ousama shared with me that this is what an Awwab is. Somebody who always returns to Allah. All this applies in speaking about the heart, but also in the aspects of dunyā we struggle with as creators. I believe putting intention first also solves just about any strategic problem you might have—as it relates to asbāb (the means). Think about it, for example... Not enough newsletter sign-ups? Well, was it part of your intent with the piece of content you shared with the world? If so, intention is what will focus your mind to be able to see why or why not a certain objective was achieved. - Maybe your call to action was unclear. - Maybe there was no clear value proposition. - Maybe your newsletter isn't a match for the type of individual who'd be attracted to the content in your post. There are many possible reasons. Setting a clear intention is what forces you to think ahead and engage with the world of cause and effect that Allah created for us. I'll leave you to ponder one of my favourite Albert Einstein quotes: “We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them” Intention is the key which unlocks the higher levels 🔑 ——- Jazakhallah for reading. Any insight in my writing is a blessing from Allah, and any errors are my own or from the whisperings of Shaytan.

@WriteAlready Looking handsome buddy