Just curious - how d
[2024-04-22 11:55:03 AM] : Just curious - how do you all handle stress and anxiety around posting content?
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[2024-04-22 11:55:14 AM] : In general I just do it anyway, even if it's stressful, but at some times it can be harder to do than others.
[2024-04-22 11:55:31 AM] : I've started hiding the like count on my posts on LinkedIn, which has helped somewhat, although I'm not sure how sustainable that is long-term since I will need to know what content resonates with people and what doesn't. But for now it makes it easier to just post without worrying too much about how people might respond.
[2024-04-22 12:42:39 PM] : Yeah, I just power through and distract myself with other stuff. :sweat_smile: Not a great advice but for me at least it has gotten a little bit easier every time I do it. So I try to remind myself it's just my irrational animal brain freaking out without a rational reason.
[2024-04-22 12:49:46 PM] : Same. I power through as well.
Every now and then someone says "dam, that was a good article!"
Then I think about how many more people I could help.
Since then it's gotten a lot easier. Gotta trust the brick stacking process.
[2024-04-22 03:15:57 PM] : I've been posting for quite a while. In the beginning I used to stress and then eventually, just not at all. I only put it down to seeing over time that indeed, nothing bad happened. Often nothing happened at all and sometimes something good happened.
[2024-04-23 12:48:16 PM] : december I'm curious if there's something specific you're worried about happening?
[2024-04-25 08:21:47 PM] : alex I'm not worried about anything happening in particular. I think I just feel a bit self-conscious at times about posting content. If no one likes it, for example, nothing happens and the world keeps turning. But then maybe I spent all that time and energy on an article for nothing.
[2024-04-25 08:22:23 PM] : Part of my difficulty might be that I have a general technical blog and don't post about one specific topic, so it's hard to tell exactly what my audience is interested in (and thus what posts it feels worthwhile to spend time on).