This same feeling has been tugging on me for ages now. I want to do allllll the things and to do so means something has to give. I'm in fewer places online (spending less time in each of them) not necessarily because I don't like them but because if I'm there I'm not making. This is fine, I suppose, but I still crave sharing in a community space. But I also find joining them comes with many (often unsaid) expectations that I can't satisfy if I want to continue creating. The loop continues. I don't have an answer or a plan for myself, so I have nothing to "offer" here other than I totally feel the beat you are dropping here.
I don't think so, actually. At least not now. If I look back several years, there was definitely a bit of that going on for sure as I tried to find my style and community. I think now I've decided to just make things that are fun to make. Anything else is exhausting. The community piece is the toughest for me.
Right here with you considering all of this!
lovely to know I’m in such good company
This same feeling has been tugging on me for ages now. I want to do allllll the things and to do so means something has to give. I'm in fewer places online (spending less time in each of them) not necessarily because I don't like them but because if I'm there I'm not making. This is fine, I suppose, but I still crave sharing in a community space. But I also find joining them comes with many (often unsaid) expectations that I can't satisfy if I want to continue creating. The loop continues. I don't have an answer or a plan for myself, so I have nothing to "offer" here other than I totally feel the beat you are dropping here.
Do you feel you find yourself formatting your work then in such a way to appeal to the algorithm gods of whatever platform you’re on?
I don't think so, actually. At least not now. If I look back several years, there was definitely a bit of that going on for sure as I tried to find my style and community. I think now I've decided to just make things that are fun to make. Anything else is exhausting. The community piece is the toughest for me.