Ready to give up. You?

I wasn't expecting to go viral on Substack, but I was also hoping to have more than 136 subscribers after writing 48 posts over something like 30 months.

Yes, I do use Notes almost daily, engage with other writers, etc etc etc. Even gone semi-viral on Notes a couple of times. But I'm obviously just not writing material that inspires or entertains, and/or am incorribly shit at personal branding (no question about that part). I wrote one of my most popular posts a few weeks ago; 250ish views, quite a few likes and comments and personal Whatsapp messages... and it generated one whole subscriber. Nobody cares – and why should they? We're all drowning in content.

So when I consider the other things I could have been doing with this time, including paid writing commissions... I get all grumbly.

Any else turned their back on the whole Substack / blogging dream? What have you done with the time instead?

Photo is of Alfie, the dog I could have been walking.

I wasn't expecting to go viral on Substack, but I was also hoping to have more than 136 subscribers after writing 48 posts over something like 30 months.

Yes, I do use Notes almost daily, engage with other writers, etc etc etc. Even gone semi-viral on Notes a couple of times. But I'm obviously just not writing material that inspires or entertains, and/or am incorribly shit at personal branding (no question about that part). I wrote one of my most popular posts a few weeks ago; 250ish views, quite a few likes and comments and personal Whatsapp messages... and it generated one whole subscriber. Nobody cares – and why should they? We're all drowning in content.

So when I consider the other things I could have been doing with this time, including paid writing commissions... I get all grumbly.

Any else turned their back on the whole Substack / blogging dream? What have you done with the time instead?

Photo is of Alfie, the dog I could have been walking.