Relatedly, I cannot subscribe to any more Substacks. The platform is becoming saturated with more and more writers and quasi (or occasionally real) celebrities joining each week. I don’t have the time for any more content, or the inclination to pay for any more content.
I’m sure many other people feel the same. Substack is going to hit a ceiling soon and its private equity backers might decide to amplify short form video and ruin the platform like every other platform has been ruined. I can only hope not.
Thank you for this. I'm a reader; not a writer. A fan of Brent and Brent's writing (even if he believes it's ok to use 'data' in the singular). I appreciate that you already publish....less than every day, and I'll look forward to reading what you write when you have something to say.
My Substack secret hack is to use the app as little as possible. I have whittled my subscriptions down to a select few and read in my email. I don't like scrolling endlessly for content, yet I find myself doing the thing I don't like when I'm on the app.
Yeah, it feels exhausting when everyone is talking about the same doom and gloom and give abstract solutions or don't provide stuff to do instead of that. A lot of people go "ditch the social media" but they don't give suggestion of what to replace the social media with.
I think there might be a niche about stuff that the parents should have taught you, but they didn't (as probably they were so exhausted by life that they just gave you a tablet and unlimited access to the internet to keep you quiet). Ptactical and actionable life lessons.
You aren't alone in your fatigue. I averaged an essay a week for a couple of years. After a while it felt like I was just repeating myself each week. Writing essays began to feel forced and formulaic, and stopped being fun or interesting. I'm taking some time away from it now to recalibrate.
Relatedly, I cannot subscribe to any more Substacks. The platform is becoming saturated with more and more writers and quasi (or occasionally real) celebrities joining each week. I don’t have the time for any more content, or the inclination to pay for any more content.
I’m sure many other people feel the same. Substack is going to hit a ceiling soon and its private equity backers might decide to amplify short form video and ruin the platform like every other platform has been ruined. I can only hope not.
Thank you for this. I'm a reader; not a writer. A fan of Brent and Brent's writing (even if he believes it's ok to use 'data' in the singular). I appreciate that you already publish....less than every day, and I'll look forward to reading what you write when you have something to say.
My Substack secret hack is to use the app as little as possible. I have whittled my subscriptions down to a select few and read in my email. I don't like scrolling endlessly for content, yet I find myself doing the thing I don't like when I'm on the app.
Haha he and I are both guilty of that and thank you for your forgiveness.
Yea I think that's probably the wise way to do it at this point and I'm glad to still have you reading my stuff. Cheers
I feel like I indulge in moderation and enjoy reading about the things you notice
Yeah, it feels exhausting when everyone is talking about the same doom and gloom and give abstract solutions or don't provide stuff to do instead of that. A lot of people go "ditch the social media" but they don't give suggestion of what to replace the social media with.
I think there might be a niche about stuff that the parents should have taught you, but they didn't (as probably they were so exhausted by life that they just gave you a tablet and unlimited access to the internet to keep you quiet). Ptactical and actionable life lessons.
You aren't alone in your fatigue. I averaged an essay a week for a couple of years. After a while it felt like I was just repeating myself each week. Writing essays began to feel forced and formulaic, and stopped being fun or interesting. I'm taking some time away from it now to recalibrate.