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Neelam Ahooja's avatar

Harriet, this resonated with me on so many levels. I miss my younger years and that “analogue fantasy life” I lived in the 70s and 80s… and I remember complaining about being bored occasionally. I miss being bored. The push and pull of digital dialogue is exhausting. I love writing, but when I write, I fall behind on Instagram, and when I’m on Instagram, I fall behind on YouTube content. I cannot keep up! And I’m getting old! I’d love to slow down, but the algorithms punish us for taking breaks. Thank you for sharing your take on this. 🙏🏽

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DeAndrea Douglas's avatar

You’ve expressed my thoughts exactly. I’ve struggled with not wanting to turn people off by selling all the time, but you have to sell and promote yourself to make money. While writing and creating content is fun on a lot of levels, it’s still work and often time consuming work. And that part about having a job you don’t hate is so deeply true it hurts sometimes. I like the idea of rotating subscriptions. I think I’ll start doing that. Thanks for the tip!

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