RE: I tripled my weekly income by switching to Steemit

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I tripled my weekly income by switching to Steemit

in steemit •  8 years ago 

Loved it :)

One thing that I want to comment on is the regularity of posting.
I don't.
Now, this might seem like a vice, but I consider it, in a way, a secret to being able to keep my voice. Certainly, I can, could, and most definitely will need to improve it (not for earnings, but for getting the message of freedom through to people), but I will not subjugate myself to the format style of TV viewings that people seem to think is an utter necessity.

I've never been able to hold to that, and I'm fairly certain that my anxiety of "making the post" will delete any value of thought that I'd hold to bring to court. I post when I want to and when inspiration hits. Sometimes that 10 times in a single day. Sometimes that's twice a week.

Unless... you have a recommendation for a way of doing it that won't produce anxiety? I want to enjoy my time here and writing here. I don't want to look at the next day and go, "Oh shit, I have to write something today again." That produces writer's block. And besides: it's not like there aren't 10,000 other people to choose from. Y'know?

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If your goal is to enjoy yourself, I'd recommend continuing to do what makes you most comfortable. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you aren't doing any harm to others.

How do you know if you're doing any harm to others or not? Some actions that seem like they aren't affecting anyone are in fact quite destructive. An excellent example is watching pornography. Thoughts?

What if instead of holding yourself to a minimum output, you simply made it a point to limit your posts to twice a day, no matter how much content you have waiting in the wings? On days that you aren't feeling inspired, you still have value to offer your audience, and on days that the stars align and brilliance flows out of you like a river, you can avoid drowning your audience, and make it more likely that they'll get to see more of your work in the long run. Hope, fully this is a different way for you to look at it that will help, @somethingsea.

That's a good point. I assumed that most people would struggle to keep up with demand but it's possible that one may already have so much content that they could supply demand for weeks or months. In the cases where you're brushing up against penalties for posting too much, it would definitely be best to ease off.