I have found that there are very few things in life that are healthy to do every day. Take exercise for example--we all know it has great health benefits, but we also know that taking days to rest your body is essential to the process.
So my question is: why the focus on being a “daily content creator” on steemit?
When I first came to this platform I participated in an awesome bootcamp initiative that schooled me in steemit basics from Day One. It was awesome and I created content every day. I also consumed advice every day that told me that posting daily content was a great plan to grow my blog and “get somewhere”. So I kept at it.
I also read a lot of advice that said being consistent is more important than anything.
This is my camp. I no longer worry about posting every day, but I do focus on bringing consistent, quality content to the platform on a schedule that works for me. After about two months of daily content creation I took a break--and while I did get some messages asking where I had gone to--it didn’t effect my readership or the growth of my blog.
Now I take anywhere from 1-4 days in between my posts (and sometimes I post more than once in one day if I feel like it)!
If you follow me, you’re guaranteed 3-6 articles a week on the variety of topics I cover: art, social justice, hiking/nature, and lifestyle. However, I don’t follow a set rhythm exactly, and I have let go of the ever present need to publish on a deadline that I first had.
There is a lot of talk about self-care on and off steemit. You can read my thoughts here!
For my own self-care I don’t want to post here every day. What is healthy for me is to create every day but post regularly and when I can. I’m also running a new community now: @TheNewAlchemists so I need to find time to balance and add those duties into what I’m doing.
When I take a break I’m refreshed and have more creativity!
At the end of the day I’m at my best when I’m rested and looking at things with energetic eyes. No matter how much we love something, we all need a little time away from it in order to see more clearly and be more effective at what we do. To me, the advice to “write on steemit every day” that is bandied about is not great. You should write when it makes you feel good and encourages you to be your best creator. As long as you are consistent and keep at it your audience will follow. Your writing will be better because you’ll be writing from a place of rest and creativity as opposed to stress and overextension.
Every week I take at least 1-2 days entirely away from steemit.
It’s not because I don’t love all of you--it’s actually because I do love all of you and I want to bring my best self to this space. I encourage anyone who is still reading (ha!) to check-in with yourself and decide when writing and posting feels good and when its just another stressor in your life.
How can you balance your creativity and brand? How can you find space for yourself as a human being? What works for you?
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