Shower thoughts: a lot of us here get pissed off when we don’t get enough engagement (sometimes rightfully so, sometimes not). What bugs me personally though is seeing great content that gets engagement and realizing that I may never achieve that level of content quality, no matter what I do (or don’t).

I try to honestly assess myself as  objectively as humanly possible and choose my battles wisely. As in I don’t see a point of doing something if I’ll never get to where I want to be. I’ve never been “it’s about the journey” kind of girl. As a rule, I don’t do stuff just for fun if the outcome I want is simply not happening. I often stop to revise the situation and check the temp - is there a chance of improvement if I pursue the activity? If not, it’s often better to drop it before sunken costs (including time) become regrettable.

I think this may be the primary  reason why I have a stable non-creative career in a generally creative field. I was lucky enough to pivot to more mundane aspects of our business when it became clear that a truly creative career was never in the books for me. Took a long time to move on from this kind of heartbreak but eventually it made the overall quality of my life significantly better.

*no grudges against any accounts doing well here except for a few that I genuinely dislike for personal reasons* 

**nobody’s gonna read this hehe - but hey, at least I got to test the word limit**

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I’m thinking about writing this up. I’m better at telling people what not to do aka things that look spammy 

Over what to do. My engagement is weird so I don’t feel like I’m the one who should be saying how to succeed when I don’t think I’m successful

Curious what would be your advice for someone not doing well here, especially new folks

I’m adamant that not every fight is worth it, so I don’t blame people for leaving (whether lack of interest to them is actually their fault or not)

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Absolutely - you and your team figured out an amazing way to engage with the community. I’m still trying to come up with my own solution but looks like it will take me a long time to test what’s actually working 

As of now, I’m seeing progress but can’t grasp while my usual avenues aren’t as efficient as they used to be. Maybe a unique solution will create itself - we will see

writing interesting content is a pretty hard thing. most people, incl. me, are bad at it. 

people solve it in different ways. i solve it by building things that others might be interested in and then they engage with the content not because it's entertaining on it's own but because it talks about something they find interesting. 

you might be able to solve it in some other way unique to yourself.

People who are complaining about the URL side of farcaster. Come to IRL and make new friends to engage with your content

Tell them to come to Farcaster Friday if they can!

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I just meant that I've had almost all of those thoughts myself...

"Can I keep up with the content that's already being produced? If so, where do I find the time to learn how to produce it? How expensive is it? Is the juice worth the squeeze?"

Then, it's really hard for to not compare myself to others- especially when "my social score" is a huge determinant of "my onchain success" - whatever that is lol. 

Personally, (and this took about 38 years to get to this place) I've found comfort in truly knowing 3 things about who I am which help keep me grounded and greatly reduce the performance anxiety that's so common to social places.

1. I am accepted in Jesus.
2. I am secure in Jesus.
3. I am significant in Jesus. 

The other part of me dealing with that anxiety comes from applying this question that Stephen C. Hayes, author of "Get Out Of Your Mind & Into Your Life" eventually takes his readers to:

"Am I willing?"

For him it means being willing to accept your emotions not as a part of your identity, but something you can accept or avoid. 

Accepting how I feel has been crucial. But beyond just that... Am I willing to be dependent on God?

Identifying emotions and then (as quickly as I can) being willing to entrust God with them has been a wildly better mode of operation for me. 

Another piece to the puzzle for me has been arriving at a definition of success which has made all the difference in the world:
Success isn't something to be achieved in the world, but it's something to be received from Jesus at the moment of faith. I am successful because He is successful. He has overcome the world. And therefore, so have I as I am in Him. This doesn't erase the difficult and necessary things of life, but it places them in their proper order. If me gaining success "from the world" or "from my own actions" is what makes me accepted, secure and/or significant - it's not truly success, and I won't be truly successful. 

That's my very looong way of saying that I empathize with you 😆 

Thanks for being so open! Great discussions and discoveries start there.

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I’m still in a phase when I’m trying to add more meaning and squeeze the max out of my day job but it def turned out to be very different from how I imagined life

I read it.  Empathize completely; it’s why my day job will be my day job until I retire.  And I’m okay with this.  Some of the content creators on Farcaster are really great at what they do.

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I like this, thank you very much for your time to get back to me. I think as usual a certain degree of mindfulness and a strict self-conscious mind is important to measure oneself... I'm like used to measure everything in spreadsheets - wish there could be something like this but for people XD

The only efficient measure is consistent progress, even if it is small. If you’re seeing progress - you’re good and can try a little more

If you try and try and try and get nada, that’s an issue

That said, there are some specific situations where there is no visible progress but there is some payoff in the long run. It’s essential to know how to identify these - it’s not the majority of scenarios though

I read it all - I like your way of thinking, and I like you taking the time to engage, this usually leads to good conversations happening.

...in that sense, I wonder: despite not being the kind of person to focus on the journey, wouldn't this attitude as a constant be responsible for never getting to a point of mastery in any field? like - what's a proper measure for you to identify when something IS worth the time and effort? I'm also the kind of guy who likes to think and analyze, so given this current point in my life, this seems like a very relevant question to be made.

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Oh I do that's all the time, just depends on internal priorities 

Sometimes it's phases in life etc.

Good for you

I just tend to drop things with unsatisfying ROI (just in general)

I read it as well!

I'm a "I'm here for fun, don't care how much or little engagement I get"

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Losses and rejections annoy me but at the same time keep me more grounded and provide a baseline 

Grateful to meet you too (and yeah, you’re too sweet for me :)

reflections...zero sum doesn't feel so social. too bad the social network can't just be that, and hasta have all these competitions. disclaimer...but i'm a tree hugger that would go insane if i counted all my losses and rejections :) btw, really grateful to meet you here <3 which may make you vomit from sweetness, which also makes me like you more :))