9 Jun 26
Social Media Sucks I Think by solarcircuits
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Recently I've unintentionally taken a step back from social media and I've only just realised how much I was still attached to it. I've been constantly trying to build a following and staying up to date with online artists and mutuals in the hopes that one day I could build a career out of it but that's just not something I want to do anymore. I've been going out of my way to just interact with people more on a one on one basis, like actually engaging with people and it's been so much more fulfilling. I know that sounds stupid but it's a big thing for me, I have like pretty bad anxiety when talking to people, especially online so it's been a big step for me. I can do more and I'm slowly working up to it but it's just been very pleasant.
I've been so scared of losing the following I'd built but honestly it's been long gone anyway. The algorithm only shows my posts to the same 20 people and I don't have the steam power to keep up with something like that. I think it's really hit me recently that art just isn't in the cards for me career wise, atleast not the way I thought when I was younger. I'm still going to draw and take time out to develop and work on my own personal projects. It's just taken me a long time to break out of that mindset of everything needs to be profitable.
Art has always been very important to me and I'm always going to prioritise it in my life but I just don't want to chase this goal that I don't believe in anymore. Posting constantly placed alot of pressure for my art to perform well and it made me start devaluing my own stuff as well. I don't want that, I just want to make stuff for me and be happy with it because it's for me and not because it performed well online.
Anyways, delete instagram, that shit fucking sucks and I wish facebook and just meta in general dissapears off the face of the earth.
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