I hear you... I've reinvented numerous times. Mostly now I think it's the social media stuff and the nonstop firehose of push/pull that, if I'm not careful, pokes my "not doing good enough" and FOMO buttons. I do better re those feelings when I focus on longer term projects in the real-world first and talk about them online afterwards... but it's hard sometimes to focus in real life amid the aforementioned digital firehose. And I hear you...
Like your wife, I've been changing "careers" all my life too, only it hasn't brought me fame and certainly not fortune. While I'm as frustrated as you are with Substack's inbred community connections, at this early stage of my Substack "career," I'm learning a lot from other writers and artists. I feel like I've stepped up to a bigger league of performance. At least my stuff is getting out there to somebody, even if the numbers are only registering tens of readers. And very little snark coming back. Anywho, I was wondering where you've been for the past few weeks and now I know. Thank you for coming back, filling us in on your crisis/. Know that we love you and I definitely relate to falling apart and putting myself back together in a totally unrecognizable life form. Tally-ho!
Your reinvention sounds a lot like my own: I feel like I’m in Frankenstein’s lab, lying on a the slab, pulling myself up into the lightning. Grr. Great piece! I agree - long term projects now!!
That's patent nonsense!
Love this Ed. You’ll never give up!
Every time I try to reinvent myself I discover someone else has thought of it already.
your drawings of humans are nice, ER 🙏🏼
your skills are legit
keep it flowin'
I hear you... I've reinvented numerous times. Mostly now I think it's the social media stuff and the nonstop firehose of push/pull that, if I'm not careful, pokes my "not doing good enough" and FOMO buttons. I do better re those feelings when I focus on longer term projects in the real-world first and talk about them online afterwards... but it's hard sometimes to focus in real life amid the aforementioned digital firehose. And I hear you...
Like your wife, I've been changing "careers" all my life too, only it hasn't brought me fame and certainly not fortune. While I'm as frustrated as you are with Substack's inbred community connections, at this early stage of my Substack "career," I'm learning a lot from other writers and artists. I feel like I've stepped up to a bigger league of performance. At least my stuff is getting out there to somebody, even if the numbers are only registering tens of readers. And very little snark coming back. Anywho, I was wondering where you've been for the past few weeks and now I know. Thank you for coming back, filling us in on your crisis/. Know that we love you and I definitely relate to falling apart and putting myself back together in a totally unrecognizable life form. Tally-ho!
I think it is always good to reinvent ourselves, the thing with technology nowadays, is that this "reinvention" comes faster and faster....
Your reinvention sounds a lot like my own: I feel like I’m in Frankenstein’s lab, lying on a the slab, pulling myself up into the lightning. Grr. Great piece! I agree - long term projects now!!