{"id":6178,"date":"2024-02-27T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justshareforyou.store\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:59:08","slug":"how-i-feel-about-taking-a-month-long-break-during-the-busiest-season-for-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justshareforyou.store\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/how-i-feel-about-taking-a-month-long-break-during-the-busiest-season-for-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Feel About Taking A Month Long Break During The Busiest Season For Influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n I don\u2019t love announcing departures because I\u2019m not an airport (lol, I love that joke). But I unintentionally took a month long break over here. To be honest, during the first week of my time away from blogging, I felt pretty guilty. Like I was going to screw up everything I\u2019ve ever worked towards in this space.\n <\/p>\n

\n As dramatic as that sounds, I know a lot of creatives would agree with the sentiment \u2014 if we\u2019re not always connected, we\u2019re going to be left behind. But I was becoming frustrated with the lack of energy I was putting into my work here. I was doing things because I felt like it HAD to be done. I think that\u2019s the problem with being a content creator \u2014 everything always feels like a MUST DO OR ELSE. If I don\u2019t create content, I\u2019m going to lose my followers and readers. If I don\u2019t stay consistent, I\u2019m going to lose my followers and readers.
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\n It takes a toll on you. And on top of that, normal life and my 9-to-5 were taking priority.\n <\/p>\n

\n For me, it\u2019s pretty easy to take a step back from blogging. Why?\n <\/p>\n

\n Mainly because it\u2019s not my full time job. I don\u2019t NEED to be doing this. So why would I half ass content? Now, I know it\u2019s THE busiest time of the year for influencers. But since this is very much not my full time job, I can take a step back. And I don\u2019t take that for granted considering so many of the influencers I know do this full time. My friend,
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\n Honestly, I have a lot of the same feelings as Krystal. No matter how much effort we put into something, it often seems as though we\u2019re still doing something wrong. I feel like I stopped putting in those overtime hours a long time ago because I was not getting the results I wanted NO MATTER WHAT I DID. Even as I\u2019m writing this, I\u2019m laughing to myself because it\u2019s not like I completely took a break \u2014 I really put a lot of focus on creating
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\n . I\u2019ve done a lot of research and I\u2019m constantly brainstorming. So it\u2019s not like I wasn\u2019t putting in the work. See what I mean about ALWAYS feeling like we\u2019re not doing enough?\n <\/p>\n

\n I decided that going forward, I\u2019m going to write simply because I want to. I\u2019ll post to my IG feed because I want to. And I\u2019ll continue to share daily life on stories because I want to. And as I mentioned before, I\u2019m very lucky to be able to do this kind of thing at my own leisure and still have \u201csuccess\u201d (although, everyone can and should define success differently). But at some point, you really have to think about the fact that as an influencer, you\u2019ll never beat the algorithm, or whatever else these platforms are doing. Solo creators are not top of mind, and we never will be. And you know what? I\u2019m okay with that.\n <\/p>\n

\n I also wanted to say thank you if you\u2019re still here, still following, and still enjoying what I am putting out there. I know what I do is not groundbreaking, but I hope you get to know me. I\u2019ve always loved being part of a team, a community, etc., so the fact that I\u2019ve created my own slice of that on the Internet has been pretty cool.\n <\/p>\n

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