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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Recently I had a slowcore breakthough of sorts. I decided to just relax and not stress at all about building an audience or attracting engagement to my work as a writer. (NB: I've made that same decision many times before, but it's harder to make it stick when I'm deeply ensconced in a cultural milieu that rewards people for capturing attention and engagement). Truth be told, I'm content with quietly working in the shadows anyway. That's where I do my best writing. But it happens slowly. On its own timetable. If this means I'll never make a sustainable living doing the writing I want to do — because even in web3 the financial rewards go only to those who put in extra time on top of their creative work to build sizable audiences — then it's time to make my peace with it and return to day jobs.
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TrishD
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I'm glad you've come to a place of resolve that feels good for you. I've had to let go of doing much here because of time constraints. I was beating myself up for that, and I realized that just made no sense.
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Glad you didn't pressure yourself to do more. In my case it doesn't feel "good." It's more like I've reached a steady state of non-resistance. That's an improvement over the previous holding pattern, but still... it's also an acknowledgement that hope is a powerful drug, I've been overdosing on it for most of the time I've been in crypto, and it's time to sober up.
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