Well said. I’ve never understood why as a collective we feel the need to sort ourselves into factions. The finance girl, the fashion girl, the fitness girl, the foodie girl. Human beings are squiggly, can’t we be them all?
We should 100% strive to be whoever we wish to be, doesn't matter whether or not it fits into a neat little category. In fact, fitting into a box would make us so boring and predictable.
I agree. When I was really into social media I used to create multiple accounts and slice myself into sections as to not confuse what I used to think was my audience, turns out it was really the algorithm. Here on Substack I at first made a few newsletters but over time realised that I no longer wanted to split myself like that. I merged everything into one and made a few sections, but everything is in one place. I feel so much better for it.
I do have "a schedule" of sorts, but I put no pressure on myself to post on the allotted days if I don't think I or my article is ready.
For me the main struggle was wanting to appear like I had a niche, to cut out all the parts of myself that didn't align whatsoever with the content that I was posting, and honestly I felt almost like a fraud because of it. That's why for my substack I've decided to focus on a much wider range of topics which could be anything that interests me and I'd encourage everyone to do the same.
I also agree completely with not having a strict posting schedule, it can sometimes feel like a looming deadline and stressful especially when you're not ready.
Well said. I’ve never understood why as a collective we feel the need to sort ourselves into factions. The finance girl, the fashion girl, the fitness girl, the foodie girl. Human beings are squiggly, can’t we be them all?
We should 100% strive to be whoever we wish to be, doesn't matter whether or not it fits into a neat little category. In fact, fitting into a box would make us so boring and predictable.
Thanks for reading ❤️
I agree. When I was really into social media I used to create multiple accounts and slice myself into sections as to not confuse what I used to think was my audience, turns out it was really the algorithm. Here on Substack I at first made a few newsletters but over time realised that I no longer wanted to split myself like that. I merged everything into one and made a few sections, but everything is in one place. I feel so much better for it.
I do have "a schedule" of sorts, but I put no pressure on myself to post on the allotted days if I don't think I or my article is ready.
For me the main struggle was wanting to appear like I had a niche, to cut out all the parts of myself that didn't align whatsoever with the content that I was posting, and honestly I felt almost like a fraud because of it. That's why for my substack I've decided to focus on a much wider range of topics which could be anything that interests me and I'd encourage everyone to do the same.
I also agree completely with not having a strict posting schedule, it can sometimes feel like a looming deadline and stressful especially when you're not ready.
Thanks for reading ❤️