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RE: Someone Said To Keep Your Fire Lit & That People Will Eventually See It - My Personal Experience With That
Don't quit something you're passionate about simply because others aren't as into it as you are.
Dude, that would be like me quitting art simply because the majority of people here show no interest, which is a fact, by the way. That's the life I signed up for. I focus on the people who enjoy it, not the people who don't.
I can relate to what you're saying here. It hasn't been easy for me. Did you ever see me blame everyone else if I was struggling though? Hell no.
That's on me. If I want things to improve, they certainly won't get better if I quit.
You're having a bad day. We all get those. Don't turn a bad day into a bad week.
Thanks for your relatable experience and advice. I'd never quit my exercise, drums, baseball or recycling, etc.. I'd never ever let those fires die. I'm just not interested in sharing them on Steem much anymore because the joy I feel from them is soured when they're rarely acknowledged.
I wish it was just a bad day, but I gave it 26 tooth-and-nail months with very limited success. It's not blaming others so to speak, but with the small pool of active Steemians these days, it's hard to understand the consistent oversight. This leads me to conclude that the interest in what I offer is negligible at best. Eventually, it's natural to lose motivation to keep sharing these personal things.
After all of this time of trying to tell myself exactly what you're saying, nothing has improved or changed to help me feel good about the effort I'm putting forth. I've had some moments to shine, but the overall picture has been a struggle I don't see the value in continuing. I tried to tell myself this would be for the friendships, but 99% of those people flaked or don't care. Again, it circles back to me apparently not fitting in and it's about time to call a spade a spade.
Some people have failed more times than others have tried.
If I could tell you exactly what needs to be done to help you gain traction, I would. I don't know what that is though.
My art and writing, especially if I'm writing jokes, those things are nothing without eyes or laughs. I know it's not easy being here and performing in front of so many empty seats. We're all in the same boat. I've taken breaks from the place. It never comes out right when it's forced. Do what you gotta do, man.
I'm not exactly setting the world on fire, but most of my posts I view as sort of blockchain journaling. It doesn't matter who reads it or votes it because I'm doing it for myself.
Especially with your recycling posts, I see you documenting your experience. If only a couple people come along for the ride, who cares, because at some point you get to go back and relive it.
It's just a rough time in general for engagement type content like contests. Hopefully that turns around soon.
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