Being here for a week now I have learned a lot. I've learned more about crypto, other people, new ideas and I'm not going to lie I'm a bit addicted. Im just happy there is something that exists for content creators where you can share and speak about whatever you want. You can be unfiltered and not worried about "controversial content" because it will make someone else mad or "what if my following doesn't like this" or "is this appropriate for my personal brand". I am not saying don't focus on something specific if that's what you want to do, but for once I want the rules to be thrown out the window and be in a place where you can speak freely. I feel bogged down by posts like "how to get more likes" "how to get more followers" "how to attract people to your whatever". Sure there is some skill in creating attention grabbing content but as soon as I begin to think about that I feel like the flow is turned off, like the tap into my thoughts and what I want to say is clogged full of doubt.
I don't want to only talk about photos because I am a photographer or only post pictures because that is what I am good at. I want to learn and try different things. You know what I am not good at? this! Writing and expressing my thoughts is scary for me! I have barely even written in a journal, my website blog is images and I write as little as I can. Honestly because it is something I have never done and I don't even know if I am good at it! I am also constantly afraid to write the wrong thing or not be able to properly express myself. The idea of blogging and not feeling like I have to fit into a certain niche or impress a specific audience to be popular is thrilling. I am not worried about censoring myself or my experience, I want to read about others with an open mind while they also speak freely, create and share ideas. Some will be liked my the masses and some won't and thats okay.
Maybe I am out to lunch but if there is something I want Steemit to be I would like it to be is a place that feels like freedom. Freedom of opinions without consequences, and I'm not talking here about being a terrible person or posting awful hateful things. But if your mad let hear why, if you think this certain thing is the best thing ever then say why. I would love a place where I can read about people. On a level though that isn't covered by what you think you should do or what you think will be popular. I think sharing yourself has value. Who are you? What do you do? What knowledge do you have?
We are so used to being told no, or do it this way. How jealous do people get being on things like Instagram and you have 150 followers and how does that person have 25000. They must be so cool or have something I don't or whatever your thinking and then you feel bad about what you are doing or you just stop creating all together because you only got one thumbs up. Everything popular on there is all starting to look the same. Its a strange time and place we are in, but I think with something like Steemit we have more control over shaping what we want and creating support, or at least I hope so. I don't want the Kim Kardashians of the world to be top trending on here because they got butt lifts, or Buzzfeed telling me the top things guys like in girls, or and endless sea of memes. Make something yourself, speak about you, you are more interesting then all of that. Im excited about where this can go lets be excited together. (Below I am trying to show a happy dance ;))
Like what you like, feel how you feel and speak about what really makes you tick. Art, money, technology... the sunset, the last book you read. Heck! We can learn so much from each others stories while supporting the things we really connect to. What is better then that? At the moment I am not sure. I hope you enjoyed reading and if you got this far I'd love to hear what you think.
Always,
Kristylynn
