Your post really resonates with me. I'm just getting started here on Substack, and I feel all of what you shared. There is a temptation to confuse posting and commenting with productivity, at least that has been my experience over on Linked In. As I prepare to post my first publication here, I am acutely aware of how adding another platform might actually reduce my productivity, by engaging in all of the expected behaviors to gain subscribers. I appreciate how you think about this, and I like the slow creator approach. It fuels a bit of my rebellious side too, so that I'm not just doing what is "expected" or mainstream.
Katie, so sorry I completely forgot to reply. Thanks for the feedback and good luck with starting your publication here. Hopefully you'll find it valuable and not just another platform.
I'm in a learning phase so everything is hectic, hyper-focus, on speed-dial... binge working. I'm in the zone. Packing as much in as I can. So yes, there is a sense of algorithmic treadmill in what I'm consuming and learning here on Substack. But I'm doing it with awareness which hopefully means I won't get sucked in and swallowed by it.
And somewhere in my subconscious I'm organising and rearranging thoughts, slotting things into place, finding the shape of the work that is to come. And I know that work will come slowly and with more care because of what I'm reading here.
I've definitely felt something like this in my work recently, specifically with turning down clients that I can just tell won't be a good fit but still feeling guilty... like I should be able to take on more, no matter what.
I’d say trust your intuition Shellie. Just because you could take on more, doesn’t mean you should. You’ve got to leave some space for yourself to grow into 💪
Your post really resonates with me. I'm just getting started here on Substack, and I feel all of what you shared. There is a temptation to confuse posting and commenting with productivity, at least that has been my experience over on Linked In. As I prepare to post my first publication here, I am acutely aware of how adding another platform might actually reduce my productivity, by engaging in all of the expected behaviors to gain subscribers. I appreciate how you think about this, and I like the slow creator approach. It fuels a bit of my rebellious side too, so that I'm not just doing what is "expected" or mainstream.
Katie, so sorry I completely forgot to reply. Thanks for the feedback and good luck with starting your publication here. Hopefully you'll find it valuable and not just another platform.
I'm in a learning phase so everything is hectic, hyper-focus, on speed-dial... binge working. I'm in the zone. Packing as much in as I can. So yes, there is a sense of algorithmic treadmill in what I'm consuming and learning here on Substack. But I'm doing it with awareness which hopefully means I won't get sucked in and swallowed by it.
And somewhere in my subconscious I'm organising and rearranging thoughts, slotting things into place, finding the shape of the work that is to come. And I know that work will come slowly and with more care because of what I'm reading here.
I actually really relate to this. I’m learning as I and writing about the patterns I see, not necessarily modelling them myself just yet.
I've definitely felt something like this in my work recently, specifically with turning down clients that I can just tell won't be a good fit but still feeling guilty... like I should be able to take on more, no matter what.
I’d say trust your intuition Shellie. Just because you could take on more, doesn’t mean you should. You’ve got to leave some space for yourself to grow into 💪
I think the community over audience point is bang on. With AI making content ubiquitous, human connection will see its stock value rise considerably.
It might be my pleasant online echo chamber, but I get the sense there’s an inflection point coming.
Everything comes in cycles (what’s old is always new again, over and over). We are due for this inflection point.