I decided to delete and start from scratch because everything was out of order and bugging me real bad. It felt too much like I was trying to fit an algorithm, following all the advice of how to get more followers and optimize my posts when I was missing the entire point of why I create. I've known for a while that I was in a toxic relationship with my art. It became completely focused on 'how can I make money off of this?' or 'I need to make this my living'. I have been so focused on the grind and end goal that I completely overlooked the most important part; my joy and playfulness in my creation process.
I'm always saying "Feck capitalism", so why the hell am I feeding into it with the one thing that grounds me and brings me glee in a world that's on fire?
All that being said...I'm going to try this again on my terms. Do I know what that'll look like? Not really, and I'm excited to see what that looks like. I hope you'll join me <3