Thanks Jamal! I appreciate you sharing your experience. I feel like a big part of making Substack sustainable is managing expectations! Obviously, I'm still working on that. Happy to know I'm not alone 🙏🏻
The amount of courage all of this takes — curiosity too — is something I think a lot of people don’t realize or lose sight of (myself included) after looking around a bit.
Thanks Kristine! You're right: Posting and staying curious is difficult and takes courage. I think folks need to give themselves more credit for showing up and sharing their stories. I appreciate your support! One post at a time, right? 😊
I appreciate you sharing this Jacob - it's something I've felt in cycles over the last couple of months. Hopeful to deflated, inspired to dejected. Mostly when I just wrap myself too closely to the numbers and garbage expectations. Funnily enough, a month or so back I found myself desperately stumbling through Spotify looking for the right podcast to listen to on my fortnightly commute to the city and for whatever reason, landed on Steven Pressfields interview with Rich Roll and it offered my impatient ego a much-needed little check.
Thanks for sharing your experiences Jesse. It's nice to know I'm not alone feeling this way. Managing expectations and doing the art for the right reasons is so crucial. Meanwhile, I've also listed to Rich's interview with Steven Pressfield, and I feel like he always helps check my ego. Thanks for being here bro! 🙏🏻
I consider you to be doing great on substack and always enjoy your very honest writing. I wouldn’t read too much into figures and just do what you love and try not to overthink. I’ve been working at a major music festival over the past two weeks with no time to read any of the writers I subscribe to. This doesn’t mean I’m no longer interested in them. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks Margi! I appreciate your kind words and the helpful reminder. I get so caught up in goals and metrics that I really do need to be reminded that "doing what you love" is reason enough! Thanks again for the support—it means a lot.
I find focusing on what I want to say and less on the metrics is always better. If I get a subscriber or two, that's great! But that's not what keeps me writing. I have something to say, and I find when I stay connected to that, it's always better. Slow and steady.
Thanks Janine, and that's a great point. Staying connected to what we want to say and why we want to say it is so much more important than vanity metrics. Slow and steady indeed 😊
Thanks Ryan. I appreciate it. I love the analogy and this idea of working in public without expectation. Making sure we're writing for the right reasons is so crucial. It's something I'm working on. Thanks again for the comment and helpful image 🙏🏻
Bro…you are not alone. I saw myself in much off this.
Growing quickly messed with my mind, led me to the development of expectations and caused me to also start “counting my small wins as losses.”
I hated it and am continuing to work through it. Grateful for putting this out my guy. For real ✊🏽
Thanks Jamal! I appreciate you sharing your experience. I feel like a big part of making Substack sustainable is managing expectations! Obviously, I'm still working on that. Happy to know I'm not alone 🙏🏻
I appreciate your vulnerability, as always.
The amount of courage all of this takes — curiosity too — is something I think a lot of people don’t realize or lose sight of (myself included) after looking around a bit.
I’m grateful you’re not throwing in the towel!
Thanks Kristine! You're right: Posting and staying curious is difficult and takes courage. I think folks need to give themselves more credit for showing up and sharing their stories. I appreciate your support! One post at a time, right? 😊
Congratulations on your writing and ranking!! Happy 3 months on Substack
Thanks Jane!
I appreciate you sharing this Jacob - it's something I've felt in cycles over the last couple of months. Hopeful to deflated, inspired to dejected. Mostly when I just wrap myself too closely to the numbers and garbage expectations. Funnily enough, a month or so back I found myself desperately stumbling through Spotify looking for the right podcast to listen to on my fortnightly commute to the city and for whatever reason, landed on Steven Pressfields interview with Rich Roll and it offered my impatient ego a much-needed little check.
Grateful for your words as always mate.
Thanks for sharing your experiences Jesse. It's nice to know I'm not alone feeling this way. Managing expectations and doing the art for the right reasons is so crucial. Meanwhile, I've also listed to Rich's interview with Steven Pressfield, and I feel like he always helps check my ego. Thanks for being here bro! 🙏🏻
I consider you to be doing great on substack and always enjoy your very honest writing. I wouldn’t read too much into figures and just do what you love and try not to overthink. I’ve been working at a major music festival over the past two weeks with no time to read any of the writers I subscribe to. This doesn’t mean I’m no longer interested in them. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks Margi! I appreciate your kind words and the helpful reminder. I get so caught up in goals and metrics that I really do need to be reminded that "doing what you love" is reason enough! Thanks again for the support—it means a lot.
You speak for me too, Jacob
Thanks Anna—always comforting to know I'm not alone when it comes to these thoughts or frustrations.
Your writing is so refreshingly sensitive and honest. Enjoyed this post!
Thank you Courtney! I appreciate your kind words. 😊
I find focusing on what I want to say and less on the metrics is always better. If I get a subscriber or two, that's great! But that's not what keeps me writing. I have something to say, and I find when I stay connected to that, it's always better. Slow and steady.
Thanks Janine, and that's a great point. Staying connected to what we want to say and why we want to say it is so much more important than vanity metrics. Slow and steady indeed 😊
Thanks Ryan. I appreciate it. I love the analogy and this idea of working in public without expectation. Making sure we're writing for the right reasons is so crucial. It's something I'm working on. Thanks again for the comment and helpful image 🙏🏻