Congratulations to me for finally creating a second Substack post months after I opened this account as ‘my new social media.’
To be honest, I haven’t missed the urge to constantly post. I haven’t missed the instinctual opening of Instagram to check how many likes my latest story garnered. I haven’t missed the unquanitifable hours added back into my day. I also haven’t missed sending funny videos with little commentary and calling it friendship (that observation should be a post on its own in the near future).
But I have missed writing.
To clarify: I’ve missed writing for myself. Plenty of writing has been happening, it’s just been more for the benefit of others, or as a stress-relief function. I’m not knocking these benefits or functions—I’m just being realistic about the lack of personal expression I’ve felt around writing lately.
A quick rundown of my recent non-artistic wordsmithing:
Plenty of copywriting/drafting for my full-time job
Another smattering of the same for my freelance business clients
Another smattering (realizing now how much I love that word) for our business’s content (shameless plug to please give us a follow/share if you haven’t!)
The start to a 5-year journalling habit: pen to paper; my eyes only; stress relief function in full action
I have a small list of stories I’d love to post here and I write pieces of them in my head every day as I shower, workout, cook, clean, and (unfortunately) when I’m trying to fall asleep. My only issue is a first-world-problem: opening my laptop and posting the damn things.
I know, I know. As soon as I can get consistent on this platform, that’s when I have the best to chance to build an audience. As a marketer this isn’t lost on me. Believe me.
I’m really trying hard to be kind to myself this year instead of playing the role of both the teacher assigning too much homework and a fellow classmate who reminds said teacher of said homework. I’m both of these players plus the student who didn’t do the homework trying not to make eye contact from the back of the classroom.
Let’s say I have a soft goal of posting at least once a month to start out with. And as things progress, each post should get a little less daunting until I don’t see this as so much of a chore. I’d love to be one of those people who looks forward to writing every day and who finds it to be a relaxing habit instead of yet more screentime.
Anyway… Thanks for reading if you got this far! Please enjoy a picture of my dog napping as a reward:
