Chris Valdheims

Writing about creativity + business. Sharing lessons from my journey from foster kid to author and founder of @creatorscounsel fka/aka Jon Tobin

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Last year I changed my name from Jon Tobin back to my OG name: Chris Valdheims.

I get that it's confusing, so I recorded a podcast episode about it.

https://t.co/dAMBWJBJUd

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If you've started a business or are about to start one, you should know that talking to a lawyer is a key part of the process.

It used to be painful af.

We changed that.

If you want to see how, go here: https://t.co/aRRt27TX0U

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Hi. I have not been here for a while.

Who else is still on?

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@NickJRishwain Thank you for sharing it. I am back on X after a hiatus

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@NickJRishwain How to accurately capture your magnificence?

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I had a really good idea for something.

But the execution is sucking.

It’s not turning out right.

It’s pissing me off.

Like really.

This is the time to put it to the side - not give up on it - and let the subconscious do its work.

And then commit to coming back to it later.

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I shared something about family trees.

https://t.co/fiibY5MjoA

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Bragging about how little you sleep is the biggest anti-flex ever.

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@StefanGBucher Yeah that’s morally reprehensible

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@jkubicki Probably things like trusts and estates could be amazing.

Or really niche things like name changes or criminal expungements.

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AI writing tools can't do everything.

AI writing tools may eat up low-end writing; there's only so far it can go.

Conveying real emotion and sharing a point of view drawn from personal experience will always have currency.

Get better at that.

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Talking about that on this week’s newsletter -+ podcast. Saturday.

https://t.co/88eGC4rUAw

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I was cleaning out my storage unit in Echo Park and found a copy of a zine my friend and I made in high school in 1991.

Zero fucks given, unbridled creativity.

Insane and juvenile ranting.

Pure brilliance.

It also got the cops called on us. 🚔

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My life has played out like this:

First 20 years: total nightmare.

20-40: coping with residue from first 20 years.

40+: learning to heal from first 20 and transmute that experience into gold.

Hoping to help more people NOT take 20 years to figure it out.

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@lawheroezV2 Terrible. I can’t imagine what you’re going through.

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@NickJRishwain Yo break me off some of that money.

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Stuntin’ like my daddy.

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@jkubicki Awesome.

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@StefanGBucher Now, just darkness.

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Trying not to eat sugar that much so people need to fuck off with pumpkin pie this time of year.

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@starletfarrar Beehiiv