Alina Ferry
@alinaferry
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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@jerry-d
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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Alina Ferry
@alinaferry
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
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