I haven't gone back to the Literary analysis that was the originators excuse for my first Substack to exist. Yes, part of that is the anger I feel reading other lit analysis in preparation. I try to maintain my peace, and my peace was routinely ruined in the work. But another factor was that the illusion of developing a podcast drove much of that early work. When I realized almost all the "downloads" were just people listening on Substack with maybe 15 people listening on Apple and elsewhere, it took the air out of my sails really quick.
I just muted another growth stacker. There are some legit people out there, but for the most part I'm in an ongoing existential crisis that I've stepped into that arena with this publication.
I haven't gone back to the Literary analysis that was the originators excuse for my first Substack to exist. Yes, part of that is the anger I feel reading other lit analysis in preparation. I try to maintain my peace, and my peace was routinely ruined in the work. But another factor was that the illusion of developing a podcast drove much of that early work. When I realized almost all the "downloads" were just people listening on Substack with maybe 15 people listening on Apple and elsewhere, it took the air out of my sails really quick.
I just muted another growth stacker. There are some legit people out there, but for the most part I'm in an ongoing existential crisis that I've stepped into that arena with this publication.