I've been debating in which form to write this post for a while, since there seem to be an excess of ideas in my head and a lack of cohesion. My posting schedule has been more or less demolished in the last month due to my adventures and life happenings, but I'm here, working on regularizing it, fear ye not.
It's been a slow month creatively, other than running away, last-minute, to travel to London without really telling anyone, and that has been reflected in my reduced activity on Instagram, writing, video-making, and so on. It's not for want of ideas, but for inspiration on the follow-through in putting them out there, and for the first time in the evolution of this journey in self-promotion and working on my oeuvre of creative online work, I've hesitated about some of the content I've had in mind to produce. Two of the videos I've wanted to make have been shelved upon reviewing the footage because I felt that they lacked the liveliness and sense of self that I'm trying to project. I've also been evaluating how to better define that so that I can more effectively put myself out there. I haven't written as much, in English or Portuguese, for similar reasons. Ideas come to mind and then I write a paragraph or so and find it disingenuous. It's what we could call creative block.
On the other hand, however, going to London the way I did and making vlogs and being able to share a different, more dynamic side of myself has allowed me time to work on doing more than talking, which as a semi-biographical writer is always a fine balance. I've felt alive and stoked the flames of a wide source of inspiration for the direction I want to take this site and my social media in general. It helps, too, to have had time to check out other figures who have taken on similar projects, figures on Twitter or Instagram who have unique voices or interesting perspectives, people who are pushing themselves and getting followers to show for it. Shameless Maya has been a particular inspiration of late, she with her Be Shameless mantra and yearlong social media adventure that took her on a journey of professional development, personal growth, and even travel. Her catchphrase (and tagline of late) is itself a cliche, but one that hits the right note for me at the moment. I believe I have a strong enough voice to hold an audience and make something more of this if I get my self-promotion game on more vigorously.
So there will be some continual adjustments and tweaks over the next few months as I figure out how to tweet better, get more followers on Instagram, and see what happens with my videos. I have ideas for all of those things, and I want your feedback and support, my readers and habitual guests on this site. It is invaluable and keeps me going.
The point of this is to say that, yes, I am still here. Sometimes getting away is a way of retuning yourself, adjusting your priorities, and finding a way to make more of the meaning you're creating out of life. That's what we all strive for, wouldn't you say?
It's been a slow month creatively, other than running away, last-minute, to travel to London without really telling anyone, and that has been reflected in my reduced activity on Instagram, writing, video-making, and so on. It's not for want of ideas, but for inspiration on the follow-through in putting them out there, and for the first time in the evolution of this journey in self-promotion and working on my oeuvre of creative online work, I've hesitated about some of the content I've had in mind to produce. Two of the videos I've wanted to make have been shelved upon reviewing the footage because I felt that they lacked the liveliness and sense of self that I'm trying to project. I've also been evaluating how to better define that so that I can more effectively put myself out there. I haven't written as much, in English or Portuguese, for similar reasons. Ideas come to mind and then I write a paragraph or so and find it disingenuous. It's what we could call creative block.
On the other hand, however, going to London the way I did and making vlogs and being able to share a different, more dynamic side of myself has allowed me time to work on doing more than talking, which as a semi-biographical writer is always a fine balance. I've felt alive and stoked the flames of a wide source of inspiration for the direction I want to take this site and my social media in general. It helps, too, to have had time to check out other figures who have taken on similar projects, figures on Twitter or Instagram who have unique voices or interesting perspectives, people who are pushing themselves and getting followers to show for it. Shameless Maya has been a particular inspiration of late, she with her Be Shameless mantra and yearlong social media adventure that took her on a journey of professional development, personal growth, and even travel. Her catchphrase (and tagline of late) is itself a cliche, but one that hits the right note for me at the moment. I believe I have a strong enough voice to hold an audience and make something more of this if I get my self-promotion game on more vigorously.
So there will be some continual adjustments and tweaks over the next few months as I figure out how to tweet better, get more followers on Instagram, and see what happens with my videos. I have ideas for all of those things, and I want your feedback and support, my readers and habitual guests on this site. It is invaluable and keeps me going.
The point of this is to say that, yes, I am still here. Sometimes getting away is a way of retuning yourself, adjusting your priorities, and finding a way to make more of the meaning you're creating out of life. That's what we all strive for, wouldn't you say?
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