STRUGGLE BUS - MONDAY, Dec 18, 2023 wk#51 - BLOG EDITION
Notes from my world
Yesterday was a sweet-sour kind of day.
PJ and I had one of my old friends over for a visit. I had not talked to him in a good while, and it was great seeing him again.
He related some huge problems he had encountered on Facebook. and I mean huge.
I’m glad it wasn’t me, and I hope it serves as a wake-up call for me and anyone else in earshot. I had been having a growing uneasiness with them over the last few months, anyway.
I have what seems like a pretty large number of followers on several media platforms, and I have, from time to time, asked a question or a favor of them, and I hear nothing back but crickets.
So, on the one hand, it feels good to have a large number of followers, but on the other hand, if I am putting myself and my friends in danger of getting scammed, is it worth it?
Some of my business projects benefit from more exposure, but if the exposure is non-existent, except in number, does it really help me?
Lastly, if something goes dreadfully wrong and the platform itself disappears or at least disappears to you, along with all the people you thought were following you, how frustrating would that be?
If you have to start over, is it worth it? You don’t have a way to contact or reach out to them anymore, so how easy would it be to start over?
Therefore, I increasingly understand why it is important that I have a place under my control to keep the addresses of my friends and readers. This reader/friend list is a more bullet-proof alternative.
So thanks for being here. Please share with your friends.
Why else was it a sour day?
Because our million-dollar football team, finally emerging from a long losing streak, choked yesterday and threw a wonderful lead down the toilet, and once again, made the move past mediocracy and into the depths of desolation.
A Note To My Readers - schedule
Building it in public.
it is starting to look at this point, as though this platform we be mostly a blog where I will be writing posts on Mondays and Wednesdays in the morning around ten, and then sending you a recap by email on Fridays, possibly a little later in the day. If you would like me to send posts to you more frequently, please let me know. I am still building this in front of you.
Check-in here on Mondays and Wednesdays around lunch. It’ll check on you on Fridays.
A Note To My Readers - topics
The topics that this newsletter deals with are but a few. I will talk some about my creative journey from working for someone else full-time to working for myself, full-time.
I will also give to those of you who want them, some tips on creativity and writing, should you ever decide to go this route.
Sprinkled in with all this knowledge and experience will be my own observations on life creativity, productivity, and some humor. of course, I have about the largest impostor complex you could imagine, so I will probably share some of my trials with that for you, too.
The tears of a clown.
I do love to laugh a lot. I like to seem confident, even though I am usually not.
It is a defense mechanism for me most of the time. It also makes it difficult sometimes to put my creativity forward, knowing I am not very good. I also have wished I didn’t have it, because there are times I wish I could tell all my family about my stuff, but I know they would just laugh at me - counterproductive. not ideal.
but, I’m not worthy. I just try my best.
Minding my own business.
I am trying to get some books to kdp to become available for last-minute Christmas shopping, but I’m having trouble with my word-processing software. I am using Open Office on my laptop to write with, but right now in the editing phase, it’s giving me some trouble. user error, I’m sure, but I was hoping to have it farther along before I shipped it off to Fiverr for the final formatting.
I picked one of the Fiverr peeps Saturday and asked him a question. I know there is a probability he lives on the other side of the planet, but I still haven’t gotten an answer yet, so I may have to try another editor this afternoon. it may not be available by Christmas.