#content creation struggles

[willinglyghoulified]

I've been trying to decide how I want to approach this. But I guess this is as good a way as any.

I received, for the first time ever yesterday, a tip. Anonymously, so I couldn't say thank you properly, but to whoever tipped me, thank you so so much, from the bottom of my heart.

Full blog below.

I've been struggling with content creation as of late due to stress and lack of self-confidence. My husband and I, our finances have been slowly dwindling for months because I've been searching high and low for a remote job (work from home only) and I finally found one, but they're taking FOREVER to get my paperwork in order. Long story short, I have to work remotely or not at all. So my husband is the only one working while I try to make a little here and there from art and other content.

With the recent WGA strike and the mean comments going around about artists being parasites that make their money off of other hardworking individuals with real jobs, I almost bought into that garbage. I thought, "Maybe this isn't the way I should be doing things. I know I'm limited as to what I can do to make money, but what if I'm not even good enough to be asking for money in the first place?"

I received that tip last night, and a little spark of hope in me was restored. Someone out there enjoys what I do. Someone out there wants to see more of what I can offer. How dare I give up on myself that easily when others haven't? When others are counting on me to provide them with something that they will enjoy, something that will make them smile?

My dream, which fueled my need for writing in the first place, was always to create a story that someone else could look forward to reading when they're having a bad day, with characters they could love and/or relate to. I write fanfiction because it has always been my hyperfixation (I have ADHD/Anxiety, untreated) so sometimes it's really difficult to write original stories. I stopped at chapter 4 on an original that I've been wanting to write and publish one day, but I haven't made it very far since then.

This was the tiniest push that I needed to send me back in the right direction. So this is a super long way of saying thank you, and you don't know how much that meant to me.

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