Fight The Pressure: Create For FUN.

Flex your superpowers a little bit

Everyone seems smarter than you on social media, don’t they?

I know the feeling. Listicles, articles, posts and how-to’s are so well written and articulated, you immediately feel challenged to match that energy and do even better.

You’ve got to resist that, fam.

Being able to create – anything – is one of the greatest gifts anyone could have. To be able to convey emotion by sharing a story or telegraph a feeling with a photograph is magical; and in today’s oversaturated online environment it can be easy to forget that not everyone can do what you do.

Don’t get sucked into only making “serious” content because that’s what an article told you the world wants to see. Is there space in the world for another post telling us to start a newsletter? Probably. Do we need to see another one though? I dunno.

You need to have a playful outlet for your ability. Flex it a little and see what it can do. I’ve learnt that those little exploratory exercises really help you develop your creative skills more than anything else. You’re not creating to impress; you’re creating for fun.

My LinkedIn reads pretty corporate – as expected. For a (primarily) career-focused platform, I tend to create…