PHOTO BY ME
As I get older I do not see the need to be heard or seen, which explains my recent (or long-term) symbiotic relationship with Tiktok. I get to watch other people humour, entertain and educate me. The issue with this approach is that I write for a living. In other words, if i don’t write, I dont get to eat (which is not true).
If someone had told me years ago that I would not want to write or create content, I would have disregarded it. Me? Not write? Impossible. I love this job. It comes to me naturally because I am lazy and opinionated. However, I am here, a decade after i decided to post my very first blog contemplating if content creation is something I want to do in the long run.
One of the major reasons I got into content creation was to connect with people. I also thought i had something to say, now i just want to say less because there are just too many conversations going on in my hand and the real world. In addition, social media/ content creation is a business, and i do hate (but live with the reality) that everything about being an adult has to be transitional/financial.
Another thing that unsettles me about creation creation now is how heavily it is influenced by algorithms. Social media is about engagement determined by algorithms and it sucks if you're not a content creator with a huge following. When I started social media/content creation it was more about social connections with mutuals/friends/family and I craved that connection and it was obvious in my writing. That has changed now.
Hive was my haven from the web 2.. It allowed me to socialise and make money. That has slowly changed over the years, and now I am at a place where I am just indifferent about everything. My priorities have changed, and so has the way I want to make money or meet people.
The truth of the matter is that i have come to terms with the fact that i made the wrong bet about where social media would be now. The thought of going back to Web 2 to grow an audience is quite daunting. That doesn’t change the fact that i have to do it if i want to make anything out of this business called content creation.
However, right now, creating content is not the priority. I need to put my family in a position that gives me the room to do what I want. It sucks but that is all part of growing up. So if you are young with little or no responsibility, this is the best time to do whatever it is you want. Trust me, it gets harder over time.
In conclusion, I am still going to put out content. They are not going to be personal. More crypto gibberish but that’s the trend right now and I am trying to make a bag or two myself. That will be all for today. Cheers!
