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How To Care Less and Live Authentically
I recently posted an article that was a bit (seriously, a bit) controversial. You can read it here if you so please.
I worried a little. Within an hour, someone already commented on the piece with backlash.
Two hours later, my mom texted me, saying she enjoyed the article. I replied, saying thanks, but it’s a bit controversial. She said controversy is good.
I’m not in the writing business to write fluffy bullshit you can find littered all over the internet. I’m not interested in “How-To” articles that seem so generic you wonder why you ever clicked on the goddamn piece.
But time and time again, I find myself running back to these; like a safety net. I leap into them with trust and assurance that people will accept them.
And then a bit of my soul dies.
They’re the articles I’m embarrassed by; the ones I don’t want people to consider as my work.
So why in the world do I write them?
Because I care way too much what people think.
I used to care a lot more about what people thought of me in general. A few years passed, and I realized I cared a bit less. Whoa, I thought. This feels good.
