#24: Getting Good (Solo Q+A) | Drew Korf

Drew Korf (that's me!) is the host of Pressed for Presence and founder of Storyline Media Co.

In this solo episode, I sit down to reflect on a busy season where I dove head-first into a chapter of self-inflicted burnout, rebuilding, and learning what it really means to “get good.”

Over the past few months, I’ve been head-down in my business, rebuilding the foundation and getting back to the basics. In the process, I learned a lot about presence, burnout, and the balance between growth and peace.

We broke the episode down into three sections where we covered a reflection of the most recent chapter in life and business, broke down insights from my Creative Act notes section, and answered some audience questions in a Q+A.

Key takeaways: 

- Why pattern breaks might be the key to lasting memories

- How burnout can actually be an impactful teacher

- Speaking as if the best version of yourself is listening. 

- Reframing the question "What are you running from?"

- Sunday Neurosis

- Making the decision to Get Good at your pursuit

- The concept of sonder and how it relates to peace and perspective

This one’s raw and reflective. It’s about business, but also about life. About knowing when to press pause, when to push, and when to simply be.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, spinning, or running on fumes, I hope this episode reminds you to take inventory of what matters and spend your energy + focus on purpose.

p.s. thank you all for your patience while we grinded our way back into being able to release episodes of this show consistently. it feels great to be beack.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are,
- Drew

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Show Chapters:

00:00:00 – Intro & gratitude
00:03:09 – Breaking the Doom Loop
00:08:51 – Managing burnout
00:11:53 – Pattern Breaks
00:18:46 – Re-creating a 9 to 5 as an entrepreneur
00:22:22 – “Sunday Neurosis”
00:28:08 – Getting Good
00:37:45 – Naming the seasons of your life
00:40:54 – The Creative Act
00:43:22 – Speak as if the best version of you is listening
00:49:30 – Honesty as recalibration to reality
01:07:45 – Sonder

01:14:49 – The Poem I'll Leave Behind
01:18:30 - Q&A: Go-to coffee order

01:19:33 – Q&A: If you could sit with one person and just listen…
01:21:52 – Q&A: If I had to start a new business tomorrow

01:23:42 - Q&A: Bringing aspects of the podcast into the real world
01:28:16 – Q&A: Connor Bokman Invite
01:31:05 – Q&A: Dinner with any version of yourself
01:41:02 – Q&A: Advice to your 18-year-old self
01:46:52 – Q&A: Next chapter
01:49:54 – Outro