A thought I had today. I feel like when I was younger online, I would post in public constantly. I'd send a bunch of WIPs, sketches, & drafts to everyone. Yapping about nonsense to anyone who would listen.
I feel like back then there was also more of a culture of "If I follow someone, they might follow back" or "If they say thank you, I should greet them back". But I feel like with modern social media, the opposite is true. Lurking is the default.
But I guess I'm bringing this topic up, because sometimes I worry that silence is sometimes taken in a negative way. Often people see silence as an insult, or judgement, or not caring. But as someone who is often introverted, I prefer speaking when I have something to say. So if I have nothing new to say, I prefer not saying anything.
But at the same time, I don't want people to think that because I'm quiet that I'm not doing anything. If anything, the more quiet I am, the more likely it is I'm busy working on something. (Most of the time! Breaks are important too...)
I kinda accidentally overbooked myself by making a few projects longer than I originally thought. I thought it'd take maybe 2~4 weeks, instead of 2~4 months! That is my bad. It's one of those things where I hope by learning my limits, I can adjust better in the future. "Okay Sen if you write a 20K script, that's going to take 2 hours to record & 60+ hours to edit, let's shorten that..."
But yeah sometimes I don't post a ton of updates, because I don't want to kill my motivation. Some people are motivated by constant feedback. But for me, if I get a punch of praise midway through, my brain goes "oh you got good feedback, guess this is done then". But if I put it off until the end, then I go "Ah if I want people to see this, I have to actually finish it. Keep going!". Anyone else feel that way?
Also this post is exactly why I don't tweet a ton, I prefer blogging instead. lol
So uh, I guess I'm a yapper sometimes? But then other times I'm not.
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