[Laura Belgray, practical matters]: How to build a kickass career as a slacker (hint: get paid to do your favorite things) Ep 1173

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

This week my guest is Laura Belgray, author of the national bestseller Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst. Laura is also an internet-famous copywriter, founder of Talking Shrimp, and co-creator, with Marie Forleo, of The Copy Cure. Laura started her writing career at Spy Magazine, New York Magazine, and then VH1 before starting her own copywriting and teaching business almost by accident. That business went on to earn a million dollars the year she turned 50–an achievement Laura wrote about for “Business Insider.”

Fun fact: Laura taught Sherman Helmsley, aka George Jefferson from The Jeffersons, how to moonwalk.

We covered:

• How she finagled a job for herself that involved her watching a lot of TV (one of her favorite things to do)

• Why getting paid to ‘’write emails to friends’’ is her dream job

• How inspiration comes from writing--not the other way around

• The magical powers of writing on the fly

• Her morning routine which includes iced coffee, a walk outside, and dicking around

• The website she swears by to get her writing every day

• How she deals with bouts of talker’s block on social media

Connect with Laura at talkingshrimp.com.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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