I use LinkedIn for my day job which is Project Coordinator but I’ve posted my Substack posts and gotten subscribers that were previously coworkers (and friends). It’s still so corporate but I like to read things posted by the Getty so the algorithm shows me slightly more artsy stuff. I followed you and would love to connect.
Hey there 👋 Thanks for the words of encouragement! In collecting feedback from my former corporate colleague's, I was told pictures and videos of yoga poses would be considered cringeworthy..... like, seriously?!
I didn't see a connect on LI though I followed you here too!
I followed a similar path to you Audra, in that I had built a sizeable inked in platform but left it dormant for years (due to chronic illness leading to change in career). I’m only recently back on there in a new way so having to re-establish a presence. Somethings changed though since I showed up in a new way. Barely any toxicity at all. All my tribe came in and I’ve made some really deep and meaningful connections over there. It’s the feeling of spaciousness that took me back there and this inner knowing that it’s going to become my biggest most successful platform. I find it easier to show up on there, post, engage and interact with others. I get a lot more from it than I do other socials pages.
I hear you Amber and this resonates. I have a following that is different across all my platforms and with LinkedIn, it's predominantly wealthy men indoctrinated in the patriarchy, where my legacy sits with working corporate.
My biggest problem is now, in my role as a writer and storyteller, my audience there doesn't want to hear what my audience elsewhere wants to hear. The issue being reaching an audience that needs to see messages that can help reform a better world and their placement in that. It's hard to sell empathy and art over there.
People on LinkedIn are pushing big achievements funded by corporate backing. The creatives are forced to find niche audiences to connect with, filtering out those that have commericalized their accounts and followings, by promotion of big agencies and institutions.
That’s a predicament to be in ! One I am sure you will feel your way forward with. I do wonder what percentage of the corporate world will find themselves waking up and in need of our services. (Maybe not enough to make hanging around on there a valuable use of our energy and resources). There’s been a shift with the one I was in, wanting to move away from the drink and drugs culture, huge shake ups with their mental health. Though i haven’t researched it more thoroughly and the biggest chunk of my platform are education professionals in any case.
Right now it feels like scouting to a patriarchal order that would rather be numbed by embellished achievements and not discuss emotions. A wild ride indeed 🔥☄️
Oooofff, yes. I couldn’t stand to be immersed in that. I now live in a static caravan without any central heating and in creating an alternative environment to live in (amongst the whole health transformation thing), I appear to have created a new world for myself. I rather like it and there’s no going back. I’m totally here for those that want to join me, it’s far removed from the patriarchal order that told me the only hope in hells chance I had was to control and manage the sh*t out of a complex disease and disabling illness. It’s a lot sunnier at this side, there’s so much hope and endless possibility here. My social platforms have to reflect this, otherwise I’m out.
Ooofff I don’t know about any end😆 it’s my way of life now. Embraced most of the time. It’s weird cos I still believe I can heal myself fully. But then what comes of the healing work…is healing just really a term for living life to its fullest? It used to feel like a 24/7 job. Then 4 years later that changed and now I’m nearly 6 years in. A new post on the new path I’ve recently been guided to step on is out tomorrow - intrigued to see what this one brings 🦋
I use LinkedIn for my day job which is Project Coordinator but I’ve posted my Substack posts and gotten subscribers that were previously coworkers (and friends). It’s still so corporate but I like to read things posted by the Getty so the algorithm shows me slightly more artsy stuff. I followed you and would love to connect.
Hey there 👋 Thanks for the words of encouragement! In collecting feedback from my former corporate colleague's, I was told pictures and videos of yoga poses would be considered cringeworthy..... like, seriously?!
I didn't see a connect on LI though I followed you here too!
I followed a similar path to you Audra, in that I had built a sizeable inked in platform but left it dormant for years (due to chronic illness leading to change in career). I’m only recently back on there in a new way so having to re-establish a presence. Somethings changed though since I showed up in a new way. Barely any toxicity at all. All my tribe came in and I’ve made some really deep and meaningful connections over there. It’s the feeling of spaciousness that took me back there and this inner knowing that it’s going to become my biggest most successful platform. I find it easier to show up on there, post, engage and interact with others. I get a lot more from it than I do other socials pages.
I hear you Amber and this resonates. I have a following that is different across all my platforms and with LinkedIn, it's predominantly wealthy men indoctrinated in the patriarchy, where my legacy sits with working corporate.
My biggest problem is now, in my role as a writer and storyteller, my audience there doesn't want to hear what my audience elsewhere wants to hear. The issue being reaching an audience that needs to see messages that can help reform a better world and their placement in that. It's hard to sell empathy and art over there.
People on LinkedIn are pushing big achievements funded by corporate backing. The creatives are forced to find niche audiences to connect with, filtering out those that have commericalized their accounts and followings, by promotion of big agencies and institutions.
Dog eat dog world ...
That’s a predicament to be in ! One I am sure you will feel your way forward with. I do wonder what percentage of the corporate world will find themselves waking up and in need of our services. (Maybe not enough to make hanging around on there a valuable use of our energy and resources). There’s been a shift with the one I was in, wanting to move away from the drink and drugs culture, huge shake ups with their mental health. Though i haven’t researched it more thoroughly and the biggest chunk of my platform are education professionals in any case.
Right now it feels like scouting to a patriarchal order that would rather be numbed by embellished achievements and not discuss emotions. A wild ride indeed 🔥☄️
Oooofff, yes. I couldn’t stand to be immersed in that. I now live in a static caravan without any central heating and in creating an alternative environment to live in (amongst the whole health transformation thing), I appear to have created a new world for myself. I rather like it and there’s no going back. I’m totally here for those that want to join me, it’s far removed from the patriarchal order that told me the only hope in hells chance I had was to control and manage the sh*t out of a complex disease and disabling illness. It’s a lot sunnier at this side, there’s so much hope and endless possibility here. My social platforms have to reflect this, otherwise I’m out.
I love your edge (and writings too). I'm getting there but still working on closing chapters. Like, when does the shadow work end?
Ooofff I don’t know about any end😆 it’s my way of life now. Embraced most of the time. It’s weird cos I still believe I can heal myself fully. But then what comes of the healing work…is healing just really a term for living life to its fullest? It used to feel like a 24/7 job. Then 4 years later that changed and now I’m nearly 6 years in. A new post on the new path I’ve recently been guided to step on is out tomorrow - intrigued to see what this one brings 🦋
shouting^ 🗣