On Social Media and Character | Cal Newport
Cal in his post, shares a wonderful essay about a professional sport climber who ditched social media and improved her career. Both posts, from Cal and Madison are really good reads. Be sure to check out the comments too, especially on Cal's post.
Links: On Social Media and Character – Cal Newport Why Ditching Instagram Earned me the Podium – Madison Fischer
It was then that Madison’s athletic career moved to the next level. “There’s nobody I’m here to perform for,” she writes. “I just train and silently work on achieving my own definition of success.”
That quote above made me reconsider keeping my blog “public”. By that I mean having my posts show up on the read.write.as feed. I sometimes feel that I'm performing for someone when my posts show up on the read.write.as feed. Like I'm in a competition, trying to keep up with everyone else.
“I wanted to see what I could do. Nothing to do with you, or your friends, or the neighbors, or the members at my gym, or my competitors, or family. It was all within, as it should be, and as it has to be.”
When Madison said that, she was talking about her sport. But I can't help but feel that it also applies to my websites and how I blog. I want to see what I can do. It has nothing to do with you, or how everyone else does it really. It is all within, as it should be.
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