write for yourself / write for others
I didn't want to let January pass without posting something. I received a substack notification for an article about the difference between writing for yourself or writing for others (Anne Leny). I found it really insightful, especially as I struggle to start writing consistently on this blog. When I decided to step away from Instagram last December, I thought naively that it would be easy. Stop posting, start blogging instead, go longform, get it done without the pressure to compare your number of followers with how many engaged with your post. What I didn't realise was that I have to get rid of ten years of posting on Instagram, or really ten years of creating content for immediate results, following trends, focusing on fandoms or promoting with appropriate hashtags to the webtoon audience. Now, I started to write blog articles and immediately my self critic would butt in. "No one is going to read this". "Who cares? You are a nobody". "A...