Oh yes yes yes! I just follow 2 women who write about substack and have unfollowed everyone else! I think I have trauma about it from my medium days and never wanted to be in that situation again haha!
Now I also want to read fiction and food on substack! Off I go to find some publications! Thanks Kim!
I love the 'trauma from my Medium days' - I think we all have a platform trauma story, lol. I've had fun finding publications about living abroad, midlife pivots, etc. There are also some political pubs I follow but I have to be careful (sometimes it's too triggering).
It's really about what I want to see in my feed, too.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I've discovered that there are a few people I follow online, but have also inadvertently caused me to limit myself because the journey we're one and our business have so many similarities that I might want to talk, share or offer something, but then they have already done it and feel like it might look like I'm copying what they are doing, when in fact it's just mere coincidence because we're on such similar paths.
I also fell into the trap of following too many people on Substack offering how to make it on Substack and have now been filtering out to just the ones that resonate and have gone searching for other amazing writers on Substack, which I am finding and it's so very refreshing.
It's so easy to get caught up comparing ourselves when we're stuck in our niche. It can also be a 'safe' space to hang out in, which doesn't help us grow either.
I hope the 'how to make it on Substack' slows down a bit - fortunately, a little curation and your feed can look very different. There truly are so many amazing writers here.
This is terrific Kim! I write a lot on leadership and I have challenged myself to find ideas while I'm watching Hallmark Christmas movies. Usually whatever I'm watching has nothing to do with leadership but it will spark an idea 💡
I LOVE that challenge! I'm knee-deep in holiday movies too - I think I'm going to take inspiration from you and see what content ideas I can come up with!.
Oh yes yes yes! I just follow 2 women who write about substack and have unfollowed everyone else! I think I have trauma about it from my medium days and never wanted to be in that situation again haha!
Now I also want to read fiction and food on substack! Off I go to find some publications! Thanks Kim!
I love the 'trauma from my Medium days' - I think we all have a platform trauma story, lol. I've had fun finding publications about living abroad, midlife pivots, etc. There are also some political pubs I follow but I have to be careful (sometimes it's too triggering).
It's really about what I want to see in my feed, too.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I've discovered that there are a few people I follow online, but have also inadvertently caused me to limit myself because the journey we're one and our business have so many similarities that I might want to talk, share or offer something, but then they have already done it and feel like it might look like I'm copying what they are doing, when in fact it's just mere coincidence because we're on such similar paths.
I also fell into the trap of following too many people on Substack offering how to make it on Substack and have now been filtering out to just the ones that resonate and have gone searching for other amazing writers on Substack, which I am finding and it's so very refreshing.
It's so easy to get caught up comparing ourselves when we're stuck in our niche. It can also be a 'safe' space to hang out in, which doesn't help us grow either.
I hope the 'how to make it on Substack' slows down a bit - fortunately, a little curation and your feed can look very different. There truly are so many amazing writers here.
This is terrific Kim! I write a lot on leadership and I have challenged myself to find ideas while I'm watching Hallmark Christmas movies. Usually whatever I'm watching has nothing to do with leadership but it will spark an idea 💡
Thanks, Bette.
I LOVE that challenge! I'm knee-deep in holiday movies too - I think I'm going to take inspiration from you and see what content ideas I can come up with!.
Great idea!
Can't wait to read what you come up with :)