SECS 8 Week 4: The mental health of a content creator
Greetings my lovely friends!
It's a topic that we don't care about as much as we should. While someone having a rewarding and enjoyable experience, there may be users incredibly stressed about the process. It will be good to share each other's experiences to prioritize the mental wellbeing of users. Team @steemithealth, thank you for organizing such valuable contest.
| How do you feel when creating content? Is it a pleasant experience for you or, on the contrary, does it generate anxiety and discouragement? |
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With today’s technology anyone can easily create content, but creating meaningful, engaging, or helpful content that truly speaks to the audience is not an easy task! Because in the end, content creation is not just about typing words or capturing pictures, it's about being creative, skillful, and passionate about what we are trying to deliver.
For me creating content is a pleasant but challenging experience. The process may be hard, but when the outcome comes as we expected we can enjoy what we have created over and over again. That is the best part of creating content. Without self-satisfaction with our own content, we cannot expect others to enjoy our content. The rewards or viral engagement would the ultimate cherry on top!
However, there are times that I’m not in the right mood to create content or without proper inspiration. On those days, I become demotivated to write anything at all. On such occasions, I usually take a step back without taking any stress myself. Sometimes to create something better we need time off and recharge our batteries.
| Have you ever felt mentally exhausted by generating content on a daily basis? Tell us about your experience. |
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I’m on different social media platforms with my business account. I create content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and my own website. It takes a lot of time, effort, and energy to produce quality content so my honest answer would be “YES, it is mentally exhausting”.
But let me share a quote I believe in,
“When you get tired learn to rest, not to quit” — Banksy
This is what I do when I feel exhausted. I’ll be more powerful and with some fresh ideas when my batteries are fully charged.
| What do you feel when your content is not valued as you expect it to be? Does this affect you mentally? |
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Yes, it definitely affects me mentally. Seeing my content parish without proper recognition is always disheartening. But the reward can come in different forms, not just financially. If we get comments, upvotes, likes, shares, or even criticism, I can be happy about my content, those are the things I love.
From FB, Insta, or TikTok I don’t earn anything at all! At least directly. What I hope from them is engagement. Steemit is different though. It is really hard to get some attracted to our post. Users rarely comment or upvote, even myself I'm not that active on commenting. So, it is understandable. Everyone is not here to appreciate my work.
| What would be your recommendations for a content creator to keep a healthy mind? |
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I don't know whether I'm qualified enough to give recommendations for such topic. But I can give some general suggestions I use. I can sum them up as 03 suggestions,
Take breaks: As I said earlier this is the best way to recharge the batteries. When the mind is fresh we will have more ideas to present with clear goals.
Practice self-care: We need to take care of ourselves both physically and mentally. Physically, we know what to do or else it's easy to find guidance, but mentally it can be a different story. Sometime we may not even know what we need to feel better, and nobody can tell us what steps to take. So be mindful to be attentive to our inner voice and tune in to our own needs. Don't let negative emotions come near you.
Connect with other creators: Finding the correct group of friends who has the passion for content creation would be very much helpful. Because they will jump in and support our content with feedback, if it is bad, they will advise to make amendments. This way we will not feel isolated or discouraged. So, ending this contest I’m going to invite such good friends to this contest @dove11 , @abril2204 and @chilaw.
Thank you for your time and attention to read this far 😇 wish you all good luck for the contest!
Thanks, I am already feeling writer's block, so I am not writing on any serious issues like these this week.
But I can say you have summed up everything in a perfect way! I wish you the best for this one.
Oh thank you @dove11, you have always been a great friend who give supportive feedback. Relax you mind and get ready for the next week!
Thank you for the mention dear friend. You have written well in your contest. I agree with with you on those recommendations.
Good luck, friend.
Hola bella 😍
Tienes mucha razón cualquiera puede crear una publicación pero no todos pueden alcanzar ese nivel de creatividad y originalidad que tanto caracteriza a un bien creador de contenido .
Te deseo mucho éxito en tu participación cariño