We’ve been struck how people’s favorite part of Sublime isn’t really a feature – it’s a feeling.
The feeling of going online and not hating yourself afterwards.
Of being inspired without becoming insecure.
Connected instead of isolated.
Nothing illustrates this feeling better than people and their stories. That’s why we’re launching How I Sublime, an ongoing series diving deep into the minds of interesting people and the ideas that move them.
“Before Sublime, I’d throw things I liked into Notion, which is my wiki for every other corner of my life, and they would just die there. They wouldn’t go anywhere. On Sublime I can add it and maybe other people will be excited about it too. It just feels like a place I can really garden.”
First up: Britt Gage
Britt is the founder of Of All Trades, a generalist-as-a-service collective that helps fill the gaps for early stage startups.
Her struggles with social media.
How Sublime has become her authentic way to “think-in-public.”
Curating ideas on the future of generalists vs. specialists in our AI future.
Balancing her professional and personal interests on Sublime.
You can watch an edited version of our convo at the beginning of this post.
Below, we’ll stroll through Britt’s garden on Sublime alongside highlights from our conversation.
“I get high on connecting the dots”
When I became a founder, I felt like, ‘oh, I have this big idea that I want to talk to people about and educate people on because it's a very different way of building and thinking and working.’ But sharing those connections on social media has been difficult, like I haven’t found an authentic way to show up.
It was hard to find an entry point to be like, ‘yeah, I'm going to spend a lot of time on Twitter or Substack,’ — it just felt very hard for me to figure out a direction, but with Sublime I felt very naturally pulled into the idea of ‘just aggregate your ideas and see what comes from that.’
For me, that felt so much more natural and authentic.
“When you're doing something that hasn't been done before in the way that you're doing it, you need people to really feel it”
There’s a huge difference between saying, ‘here’s what Of All Trades is’ versus saying, ‘this is what it feels like.’ With Sublime, I could put together all the validation breadcrumbs and organize my brain without necessarily having to make a statement - that’s really cool.
“By aggregating those ideas here, I have a central place to pull from when I'm planning out our company roadmap…”
Because things are changing so fast with AI and humans and work, I like to add anything to my The Future of Generalist Work that feels like it has some real staying power in terms of what a generalist will do in the future.
By aggregating those ideas here, I have a central place to pull from when I'm planning out our company roadmap or having conversations with internal generalists on the team about things that are working and things we want to double down on.
“I don’t know where to put this, but I can’t let it go.”
A lot of generalists start out in management consulting, so when I read “I Felt Important” by
, I wanted to share it with everyone in my community.
Specifically this line, “more than anything else, it was this feeling that captivated me, the feeling that literally made me captive.” When I saw that line I thought, “I don’t know where to put this but I can’t let this idea go. I have to put it somewhere.”
Then, we’ll transition into an hour (1-2p EST) of Sublime & Chill, a cozy time of ambient co-presence for us all to spend gardening our Sublime libraries.
As always, attendance is free for all Sublime Premium members. The access code was included in the header of this email for all Sublime Premium members. If you have any trouble finding it, contact alex@sublime.app.
And a quick reminder to feel free to dip in and out whenever — no pressure to stay the whole time!
"A place I can really garden"