What do you want to do on social media?
You may want to grow your audience, especially if you’re new. The best ways to do this are: through posts, both paid and unpaid, and possibly running a promotion to make you “top of mind” and create awareness. Establish yourself as an expert or thought leader, to establish trust with your audience.
Always tie it to a deadline and create a goal – simply a number to hit – and see where you fall.
Adjust.
Repeat.
So, if not Facebook or Twitter, what social media platforms are available to play on? Preferably one without adds, popups or other disruptions. Guess what? I listened to a podcast and am excited to try Micro.blog! It has a minimal host/subscription fee with the ability to tie in your existing blog. I’m testing it out right now 🙂
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.” – Annie Dillard
How many times do we get stuck in our heads and ignore that what we’re attempting is actually pretty hard? … and it’s okay to suck.
I invite who I like. That’s the rule. If it’s a party I throw for someone else, I invite who THEY like, and I usually like them just fine, too. Because we’re all friends.
But when someone takes offense that they weren’t invited to the party, I’d say that person is self-selecting for a party-less future.
Sometimes, it’s best to simply zip it & throw your own damn party.
A cynic is someone who is passionate but does not want to be disappointed. Pay attention to the passion, and not the cynicism.
What can we create from this perspective? People don’t change, but the context does.
Content curation. Digital curation. Art curation. It’s the act of organizing, pulling together, sifting through information. There’s a vast amount of resources, best practices, and advice out there. The trick is choosing how to spend our time.
Time is finite but information is every-fucking-where. How did I subscribe to so many email lists? Where did all these books in my queue come from? Why do I have so many Unplayed Episodes in my podcast stream? Overwhelm!!
I start writing lists of Ted Talks to watch or blogs to follow or series to watch. All of these things are constantly streaming into my consciousness from such random places and all the while I’m trying to figure out what to do with it all. So I’m starting here. Here I will chronicle things I notice and things that help me as simply as possible.
First thing: My BuJo. Bullet Journal. A place for it all to live. One notebook, multiple roles. Kind of like an extension of my brain. I hope. Most importantly is is my opportunity to STOP and focus on a single thing.
I’ve been keeping my BuJo for the last five months and I love it. The act of writing things down somehow cements it in my memory – or allows me to LET IT GO (I still haven’t finished watching “Frozen”). I can reference my lists, meeting notes, calendar, and future plans all within one lovely, bound book.
If you want to check it out, here’s the original site. Warning: rabbit hole. Once you go down this path, you will find many, many suggested layouts (to curate) and many people with opinions on HOW to best CREATE your journal. All bullshit – since it should be a structure that you personalize. Trust your instinct. Trust your slightly crooked lines. Trust what comes out when you put pen to paper…
I’ve worked hard to create a meaningful life – there are pieces I’m proud of, and then there’s what I’d like to improve. Much of what comes across my screen/desktop/psyche feels disjointed, but I find that the more care I take in how I pay attention, the better “put together” my life seems.
This space is for exploring – without judgement – my thoughts & views of whatever. What. Ever. Truly, it doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is I write.
And so, I pledge to write something here as often as possible. I purchased BeyondCuration.com today and installed this WordPress theme and just got to it. I might get fancy later, who knows? But for now, this will do.