At @kepano’s suggestion, I recently wrote a manifesto.

I discovered I was not acting in accordance to my beliefs when it came to writing online.

I realized I was chasing something that was impossible—and meeting only burnout. I needed a change.

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At @kepano’s suggestion, I recently wrote a manifesto.

I discovered I was not acting in accordance to my beliefs when it came to writing online.

I realized I was chasing something that was impossible—and meeting only burnout. I needed a change.

https://open.substack.com/pub/unnerving/p/a-manifesto-for-failure

Writer ✍️ paragraph.xyz/@driftless | Creepy stories 👁️ unnerv.ing | Poems ⚡️ /writers 

Love this so much. I have several unpublished drafts in my Paragraph folders that take a similar stance against the "creator economy" and the catch-22 you describe. (Maybe one day I'll have time to edit them!)

I'll respond again after I have time to re-read. For starters: thanks for the new-to-me word ("sprezzatura").

Writer, senior editor, music journalist, labor/commons advocate, GenX eldergoth, Zorbsplainer. Cohost of /slowcore-hq. https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

Finally returned to this insightful piece after savoring it a few more times. I like it even more with each re-read.

I've clipped many quotes from it, in part because I've gone through a similar process and you articulated it so well.

This piece deserves a lot more appreciation than it got in this short-lived thread.

I would love to read those pieces when they’re ready (no rush, of course!)

I, too, have many notes along this line of thinking sitting in various stages of completion.

But this one came roaring out!