Do I Belong Here?

I keep doing this thing, where I psych myself out when writing blog posts. I don’t feel smart enough to be on this platform. Everyone I’ve encountered just seems so academic or thoughtfully comedic. Meanwhile, I aspire to think significantly less everyday.

Perhaps it’s less of me feeling like I’m not smart enough, but rather I don’t enjoy being smart enough to be on this platform. Maybe a bit of both.

Community building is important to me and I don’t have the time to engage with other blogs in the Substack-sphere, which makes me feel like I shouldn’t post much. I could try to check out these other blogs, I certainly follow a handful of people. But I don’t have much to offer by way of comments. Their content feels over my head for my constantly exhausted brain. I don’t feel like reading very long articles and they all seem to be on the longer side. Should my posts be longer? Do I even have the bandwidth for that?

Eh, these are my thoughts. Wanted to share. In other news 2024 is three days away and I’m still mentally in July. I wish the best for us in this new year. That’s all for now, ciao.