Basically to succeed in having your brand and creativity be noticed you have to be what they say is “consistent”. What that looks like is posting multiple times in a week, including editing, timing, hashtags, and making good enough content where people will share and interact. For someone who is a genuine creative, who needs to be inspired to create…how are the two things supposed to coexist? Are they asking us to be consistent? or to be a factory? the truth is they designed the algorithm to feed us trash, reused ideas & sounds, and to kill real creatives. Nowadays on social media people are going above and beyond to be seen. Even if that means taking away from their own mental health or regurgitating the same exact ideas over and over and over again. They’ve created a factory…even worse they have made us robotic. Creativity and pressure don’t go hand in hand. To be creative you must exist outside the algorithm. You need to touch grass, eat food, sing, dance, laugh. Trying to keep up with the machine will only drain you. I’ve wondered now for years why I struggle with consistency, and the truth is because I drown under pressure. Mentally I want to do it all, I want to be everything, do everything and achieve it all. But I’m not God. Putting the expectations on myself caused my nervous system to see my goals as a threat and I retreat every time. The pressure to prove, to succeed, to be everything was too much. As soon as i make my creativity and voice a homework assignment all passion and drive goes out the window. So what do I do? This Tuesday according to my very detailed content schedule I created for myself, I was supposed to post a carousel post. Instead I retreated into my hole. The more I wanted to start but didn’t the shame made me retreat even worse into myself, to the point I just doom scrolled all day. It’s a horrible cycle really. Pressure>Shame>Sink>repeat. I called my husband for a pep talk because I got what I call “Stuck” My nervous system legit puts me in a freeze state. The more I Shame myself, the more stuck I get. I’m glad I called him because He gave me a great analogy. He said I’m like a open fire that starts strong but without kindling the fire it dies out, then you add wood and it’s strong then it fades again. But why….That sucks. But truthfully I’m HUMAN. I’m not always going to be motivated, inspired, or energized. Especially now in my life. So does that mean I need to give up on my dreams of being a content creator? being a light in the world? Heck no. It means I refuse to be a slave to the algorithm. I’ll keep creating because I’m healing and it makes me happy, BUT…I refuse to create on a timeline. I’ll post when I’m inspired, when I have something meaningful to share. I refuse to let INSTAGRAM QUOTAS burn me out. Does this mean I won’t grow? No this means I won’t attracts BOTS, and NPCS to my platforms. Real recognize real. And the people who resonate with my unique and meaningful content will stick around for the ride. This is what the algorithm wants! Zombie scrolling, Bots following bots and to kill the true creative. I refuse to give in. I say all creative souls take a stand to make art be intentional again. To let us create in the shadows and bring the beauty of it to the light…only when it’s ready. I can’t be the only one tired of the same trends every time I swipe on my apps. So that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I’m going to live, laugh & love. When I got more Tea I’ll share it right away. Hope this encouraged somebody! love you doves! SMOOCHES xx
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