"Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words." - Mark Twain


Thursday, November 30, 2017

It’s All too Much

INFPs aren't very good at self-promotion, said the text book example of one of the 16 personalities on the Myers-Briggs type indicator who prefers writing over talking and shudders at the thought of being expected to mingle with a room full of strangers.

Creative types are often introverts, being more at home expressing ourselves through our chosen medium rather than talking. But what happens when an introvert wants to let the world in on her craft? When she wants people to know what she does and maybe even land some freelance gigs? For me, when it's time to—gulp—talk about myself, I can expend huge amounts of energy coming up with reasons not to.

Even launching this blog caused internal debate ad nauseam. (Like the world needed yet another blog). I've also thought about creating a website, and it isn't just a lack of technical skills that's prevented it (and yes, I know, there are things like wix.com for the tech-impaired). It's the thought of filling pages, or even one page with...me. Ugh. A friend recently pointed out my deficit in self-promotion skills, saying I just share a link to a blog post without any preamble, as if to say, "Here it is, read it if you want to." And?

So all of the above led to the creation of this page. If the point of my blog is to show potential freelance clients that I can in fact write, it made sense to include examples of said writing and a list of the kinds of projects I've done. That's enough self-promotion for now...I'm exhausted. 

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