A full-time lifestyle influencer shares why she feels this path is no longer for her. Really great POV “I’m tired of making everything about myself. My job requires me to look at myself, talk about myself, post myself, and reply to comments about myself. It is way too much of a… Show more

I love social media (obviously, I write this newsletter). But there are days when I blast through my TikTok time limit and am left feeling exhausted. So much of my job (and most jobs these days) are wrapped up in staying relevant with what’s going on in the world — constantly up to date, dialed in, on the pulse. Despite the fun times I have online,

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I also watched this video recently about YouTuber burnout, focusing on the content creator Emma Chamberlain and how she burnt out publicly by uploading a weekly vlog for years with no breaks whatsoever. It caused her some really awful mental health flare ups including panic attacks and anxiety and it led to her quitting and not really explaining wh... See more

I don’t like being seen as a content creator. In fact, I don’t believe content creation or writing is an occupation, because it denotes that creating or writing is a thing we do, instead of something we embody naturally.

For me, writing is not what I do , it’s who I am.

I do not try.

Creating/writing comes out of me the way I sweat during a workout:... See more