Boring Studios Index: Year 2 (2025)

Boring Issues

052: New year, new Boring Studios? — Penelope Stephens — 2025-01

053: I'm tired — Penelope Stephens — 2025-01

054: Are we entitled? — Penelope Stephens — 2025-01

055: What do we do if we fall down? — Penelope Stephens — 2025-01

056: Your first step. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-01

057: Unmotivated, restless, burnt-out? Same. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-02

058: Valentine’s Day: A Great Time to Break Up, Actually. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-02

059: Stay mad, stay broke. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-02

060: Stop posting on social media — Penelope Stephens — 2025-02

061: Not all hoarding is bad (a non-generic fix to creative block)— Penelope Stephens — 2025-03

062: Are you eating what you want—or what you were given?— Penelope Stephens — 2025-03

063: A quick reminder before you burn out.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-03

064: Where's my self-expression?— Penelope Stephens — 2025-03

065: Quit before you begin, bcoz you'll never be ready.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-04

066: Waking up at 5am won't change your life. Sleep in. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-04

067: Freedom is a lie— Penelope Stephens — 2025-04

068: Hard Work > Talent (And That’s Good News)— Penelope Stephens — 2025-04

069: Passive income is a lie (but I want it anyway)— Penelope Stephens — 2025-05

070: What if success ruins everything?— Penelope Stephens — 2025-05

071: A reminder to do what feels like you— Penelope Stephens —  2025-05

072: Grief was not on my to-do list this week.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-05

073: Mindset isn’t optional. It’s the foundation.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-05

074: An ode to my brilliant boyfriend on launch day. — Penelope Stephens — 2025-06

075: Post-launch grief— Penelope Stephens — 2025-06

076: Your immune system is petty but patient— Penelope Stephens — 2025-06

077: Philosophy with Addison Rae— Penelope Stephens — 2025-06

078: Nothing's working (why?)— Penelope Stephens — 2025-07

079: I can't believe I wrote about Gilmore Girls 🤦‍♀️— Penelope Stephens — 2025-07

080: 810 days in and we still don’t know.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-07

081: An interview with…— Penelope Stephens — 2025-07

082: Not all designers stay designers—Penelope Stephens — 2025-08

083: You might not be burnt out. You might just be over yourself.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-08

084: The broke love AI. The creative use it.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-08

085: Lazy people do the best work— Penelope Stephens — 2025-08

086: Breakdown or breakthrough?— Penelope Stephens — 2025-08

087: When baking cookies feels like doing taxes— Penelope Stephens — 2025-09

088: [fragile] Open with care 📦— Penelope Stephens — 2025-09

089: Where’s all the clients? [Quick guide to finding clients]— Penelope Stephens — 2025-09

090: The fastest way to ruin your business? Take a nap.— Penelope Stephens — 2025-09

091: A content detox (sort of) — Penelope Stephens — 2025-10

092: The week I tried to let AI do my job — Penelope Stephens — 2025-10

093: Where is freedom found in 2026? — Penelope Stephens — 2025-10

094: Read this before you waste another year — Penelope Stephens — 2025-11

095: Did Santa Die?  — Penelope Stephens — 2025-11

096: A life lesson from Stardew Valley (of all places) — Penelope Stephens — 2025-11

097: A video game ruined my life — Penelope Stephens — 2025-11

098: Read this before you take things personally — Penelope Stephens — 2025-11

099: We almost quit this year (A story on burnout) — Penelope Stephens — 2025-12

0100: Omg, it's 2026 (almost) — Penelope Stephens — 2025-12

0101: Compliments are insults — Penelope Stephens — 2025-12

0102: Self-improvement can wait a day or two — Penelope Stephens — 2025-12

Eden’s Emails:

001: How we land clients, start to finish — 2025-09

002: This client f*cked us — 2025-09

003: Adam turned $336 into $8,500 — 2025-09

004: Before you quit your job… read this— 2025-10

005: Would you spend $49 to land a $10,000 client?— 2025-10

006: 100 tries later and you’ll probably win — 2025-10

After Hours:

001: What's your plans after work? — 2025-11

002: This week: turning fog into focus.— 2025-12

003: Get paid. On time. — 2025-12

004: How much should you be charging?— 2025-12

005: How to build a routine — 2025-12

Long-form YouTube House of Boring 

001: Is Boring our first business? Prenup? Failed launches | Q&A — 2025-01

002: Trying Japanese chocolate from light to dark | Chat beginners mentality in business — 2025-01

003: The marketing strategy that stopped our business from failing — 2025-01

004: Why we don’t work with clients anymore — 2025-01

005: Our client horror stories (and how you can avoid them) — 2025-01

006: Not so average day in the life vlog | Koh Samui — 2025-01

007: A week in the life of Australian business owners — 2025-02

008: WE SIGNED A LEASE IN THAILAND | DTV VISA | NEW COURSE?? — 2025-03

009: We Made Carrot Cake Chia Pudding in our New Bangkok Apartment — 2025-03

010: Bangkok Earthquake | Business Course for Beginners — 2025-04

011: Introduction to Online Business | Going From Stuck To Started (Chapter One) — 2025-04

012: What it’s like to live in Bangkok on a rainy day | Thai school + café vlog — 2025-05

013: Gen Z Discovers Printers Exist | Make Posters With Us — 2025-10

014: Choosing each other’s 7-Eleven breakfast | couples snack swap challenge — 2025-10