Nadia Elinbabi

UX Practitioner | Podcast Host @DesignHiresPod | Building @PAIRUX

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

@coltybrah Ditto back. It’s ok. It’s hard to empathize.

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

First recording done. It was a horrifyingly bad experience. The software I tested - suddenly I could t get to record. I had to buy a subscription to a new platform, while on the call with my guests and move us all. Wasn’t the best start / thank goodness for guests with patience.

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

It’s probably too soon to think about monetization. (Is it ever too soon?)

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

But I’m coming out of (what I’m calling) the dark period. I’m feeling incrementally better every day and I’ve lost the ability to be terrified into inaction.

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

I thought I was dying (I’m not) and spent almost six months waiting for a diagnosis. During that time, due almost entirely to fear, I tripled my W2 income, launched three micro-businesses and re-assessed how I felt about building and failing in public.

[Nadia Elinbabi @NElinbabi]

All this said, I don’t think the stress that I’ve put myself through these past six months has helped me any. If anything, I’ve dealt with severe depression and some pretty awful feelings of burn out or anxiety. This didn’t help me physically, mentally or emotionally.