I’m a writer in the sense that I started writing a personal substack back in August as a way of writing about many of the things constantly going through my head. But I have also been on social media and writing to a certain extent for years- I used to write Notes on Facebook, I write very lengthy posts on Instagram at times, and I am the type of person who writes lengthy comments. For the most part I think of myself as coming off as”genuine” on social media, but of course I edit myself. I find myself holding back at times because I think that there’s a likelihood that no one will really care. I don’t have a huge following, so it’s hard to gauge what people respond to or other than cute pics of my daughter or family pictures of me, my husband, and my daughter.
Fwiw I think it’s sensible to keep some things back - not because people won’t care, because they will! - but because I think social media encourages us to share before we are ready to. You may well find that given time you end up sharing some things because you want to, and it won’t matter if other people ‘care’ or not. It sounds like you’re doing things your way which, in me opinion, is the kind of authenticity that is needed. Thanks for reading Laura ❤️
I’m a writer in the sense that I started writing a personal substack back in August as a way of writing about many of the things constantly going through my head. But I have also been on social media and writing to a certain extent for years- I used to write Notes on Facebook, I write very lengthy posts on Instagram at times, and I am the type of person who writes lengthy comments. For the most part I think of myself as coming off as”genuine” on social media, but of course I edit myself. I find myself holding back at times because I think that there’s a likelihood that no one will really care. I don’t have a huge following, so it’s hard to gauge what people respond to or other than cute pics of my daughter or family pictures of me, my husband, and my daughter.
Fwiw I think it’s sensible to keep some things back - not because people won’t care, because they will! - but because I think social media encourages us to share before we are ready to. You may well find that given time you end up sharing some things because you want to, and it won’t matter if other people ‘care’ or not. It sounds like you’re doing things your way which, in me opinion, is the kind of authenticity that is needed. Thanks for reading Laura ❤️