For me, it's the unspoken requirement (expectation?) today that we produce endless amounts of content to be seen, heard, believed, or respected on top of having an internet presence to prove we exist.
Your expertise doesn't really exist today unless you have money, testimonials, and or endless content constantly talking about it (to "provide value.")
Today, a person's work or body of skills can't stand on its own any longer. We think it can! Then we unplug from the content machines on every platform and we are forgotten.
We chase people on every platform for their convenience. They don't want to follow to a new platform. So, we stay on every platform and adjust to the each algorithm's whims.
It didn't used to be this way.
I remember being free.
I want to live.
I want to connect.
I want to have my meaningful relationships in life.
I want to serve, but I don't to be a slave to any algorithm's expectations.
I want my work to stand on its own again.
I want to make my gifts and callings available and have it feel like a relaxing exhale rather than an all out endless battlecry running up to the top of a mountain, which by design, we won't actually reach.
If I have to a have a website, I want it to be one page. Like a flyer you affix to a telephone pole or bulletin board.
That's it.
No navigation. No menu. No blog.
It should say something like, "Here's Misty. Here's what she does and what she likes. You'll never reach her. She's out having adventures. Sometimes you'll find her at the mosque or the library. If you really want to have some fun, send her a handritten letter here: ..."
And that's it.
That's feels soooooooo much better.
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