Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. That’s the gremlin I hear behind the slight nerves I feel about sharing today’s conversation with my good friend Nicole Antoinette.
As we both hit eight years of blogging this year (ten since I started Life After College), we decided to take an honest look at the social media fatigue that sometimes washes over a life lived online.
These periods of being public versus private ebb and flow, just as any creative journey will. While blogging and social media are mediums we credit for countless blessings in our lives (including our friendship!), we also wanted to share openly and honestly about the pressure to write, blog, tweet, insta—you name it—regularly, for . . . well, who knows how long?
I hope you enjoy today’s episode, and I look forward to hearing how you set yourself up for long-term success and sustainability around these topics in the comments!
IN TODAY’S PODCAST, WE DISCUSS:
Social media fatigue: where it comes from, why it happens, and what to do about it
Ease of openness in email newsletters vs. blogging
Transitioning from blog to business, and the writing pressures that follow
Creative sabbaticals; following curiosity and seeing where it leads
Questioning truths and redefining “the rules” about building a blog, business, and podcast
Do we really need to be on social media for business? Should we care about platform size?
Re-evaluating motivation: avoiding the trap of doing social media for validation
The importance of periods of resting, going inward
What is true for you that you have been denying?
Our own benchmarks and guiding questions for creativity and sharing content online
PODCAST: ON CREATIVE SABBATICALS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FATIGUE WITH NICOLE ANTOINETTE
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RELATED RESOURCES:
JB.me: The Long Pause
Jenny’s Newsletter: Behind the Business
Nicole’s Newsletter: Notes of Grit and Grace
The Fluent Self: These are my roots
Melissa Cassera: Good Work ALWAYS Gets Found
Alexandra Franzen: Why I do not use social media anymore and Is it possible to run a business without using social media?
ABOUT NICOLE ANTOINETTE
Nicole is a writer based in Bend, Oregon. Her podcast, Real Talk Radio, is where people come together to talk about the wonderful mess of being human. A recovering self-help addict and former goal-setting coach, Nicole’s current projects explore how we can use grit and grace to close the gap between what we say we want and what we actually do.
Keep in touch with Nicole:
Nicole’s website
Newsletter: Notes of Grit and Grace
Twitter: @nic_antoinette
Instagram: @nic.antoinette
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