Based on the subtitle alone, I knew I would love this piece - and I wasn't wrong! Thanks for putting words to what so many writers/creatives feel in their bones! "I'm just here being my unfiltered awkward self and secretly longing to say goodbye to social media forever, except for seeing photos from friends and family. Do you secretly long for that too?" YES- 100%!!!!
I love the poem AND the heart behind the prose. One of the best things I ever did was walk away from writing for traditional book publication because I could leave the numbers behind and the social media performance pressure. Only now I've landed on the other side of it for a while, like a pendulum that has swung too far in the opposite direction, losing words to post. But liking the days more. Invisible sometimes feels good, except when it feels misunderstood. I do savor the freedom. And I can't wait to see what "next" looks like. If I can serve, make a difference, be creative, show compassion, and feel authentically interconnected, I'm in my happy place. And I think that makes God happy too.
Absolutely! I love the "real connection" part! Being where our audiences can find us is sort of like "where's Waldo?" They will be drawn to connect with us and the words we write when they see how it fits a need in their lives. But they have to hear about it first!
Based on the subtitle alone, I knew I would love this piece - and I wasn't wrong! Thanks for putting words to what so many writers/creatives feel in their bones! "I'm just here being my unfiltered awkward self and secretly longing to say goodbye to social media forever, except for seeing photos from friends and family. Do you secretly long for that too?" YES- 100%!!!!
Thank you for that empathy! There has to be another way to find readers, right? I love writing too much to abandon it!
I love the poem AND the heart behind the prose. One of the best things I ever did was walk away from writing for traditional book publication because I could leave the numbers behind and the social media performance pressure. Only now I've landed on the other side of it for a while, like a pendulum that has swung too far in the opposite direction, losing words to post. But liking the days more. Invisible sometimes feels good, except when it feels misunderstood. I do savor the freedom. And I can't wait to see what "next" looks like. If I can serve, make a difference, be creative, show compassion, and feel authentically interconnected, I'm in my happy place. And I think that makes God happy too.
It's difficult to find the balance! It's hard to have audiences find us when we're too obscure or at least to feel a real connection.
Absolutely! I love the "real connection" part! Being where our audiences can find us is sort of like "where's Waldo?" They will be drawn to connect with us and the words we write when they see how it fits a need in their lives. But they have to hear about it first!