I sometimes wonder how much of my personality comes through ..
Added 2023-04-29 19:10:02 +0000 UTCI sometimes wonder how much of my personality comes through in my work. It's difficult to resist getting lost in the job but what's trickier is wanting to resist new social trends which would be beneficial to my work but inherently cheapen me. For instance, I started making bullshit short videos of me stretching my arms. It's simple stuff and I just post it to indicate I've got hairy underarms, but I kinda don't want to minimise myself and my content to that. It draws in new subs but I find it so... vapid? I enjoy making the vintage styled videos, I enjoy filming substance and conveying my emotions in different creative forms. But the latter doesn't seem to work well. No, what do I mean by that? It doesn't get me as much attention. Do I sacrifice my authenticity in order to draw in traffic? Do I accept that to remain relevant I must adapt to what's popular? Has content creation moved towards quantity over quality and is there still space for me in this world? Conclusive thoughts: 1) my authentic content will draw in the clients that I actually want. The remark "your vibe attracts your tribe" comes to mind. 2) it is possible to find balance. compromise content. post the generic shit but don't sacrifice the content you enjoy creating. 3) quantity of content might be more important than quality, but quality of clients and subscribers is more important to me than quantity.
