Can I Borrow Twenty Minutes?
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | August 2, 2026 |
A very different newsletter this week, because I want to ask you something instead.
Most weeks I write about technology and how to make it earn its place in your life. But there's a question underneath all of that I've never actually asked you, and I'd rather hear the answer from you directly than guess at it.
Here it is.
Is there something you keep meaning to make, and haven't?
A book. A business. A channel. A course. A qualification. Something that has been sitting at the back of your head for months, or years, that you genuinely want to exist, and that somehow never gets made.
That might come down to fear of what others will think. A lack of available time. Your technology pulling you away from what matters. Or a combination of all of these factors.
Because it happened to me for thirteen years, and I've worked my way out of it. I want to know whether what I found is useful to anyone else, or whether it was just me.
If that's you, I'd like to hear from you.
I'm not selling anything, and there is nothing to buy at the end of the questions.
Being completely upfront, I’m working on a future project, and your feedback will help me to build something that actually helps people get things launched.
Twenty minutes answering these questions will really help steer me in the right direction to build something meaningful. That's the whole thing.
If you're up for it, here's my questionnaire:
And if you'd rather just hit reply and tell me in a paragraph, that works too.
Wishing you all the best this week, and I'll be back to normal next week 😊.
Catch up soon,
Charlie