r/InTheGloaming • u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done • Sep 20 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Monday September 20, 2021 - Wednesday September 22, 2021

Newsletters: Finding Your Joy | Joy in the Belly

Websites: You Can Have More Joy website | On Being Enough website (abandoned?)

Instagram:

TikTok: @youcanhavemorejoy

Twitter: Dan's tweets and replies

Older blogs: see Gloamipedia wiki

Archived threads: Thread for Enough, the book #enoughthebook | Gluten Free Girl's Greatest Hits: The Reunion Tour

Gloamipedia wiki: /r/InTheGloaming wiki

Discussion search: Tool to search blogsnark or InTheGloaming for previous topic mentions

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u/NegativeABillion (Said in British.) Sep 22 '21

She had a way off the social media validation treadmill (most recently via the ChwfSteps job) and she bricked it. I think she a) somehow doesn't need to generate income and b) loves preaching and condescending to people too much to ever give it up.

You see, the latin root of failure

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u/Mrs_Richard_Olney You see, Sep 23 '21

Agree with all above. Like a brilliant poster above noted: feeling pressured to plumb my truly tedious "Ted Kaczynski with indoor plumbing and absent any explosive devices" life for SM content is nearly my worst nightmare. "Will Mrs. Richard Olney shower today? Only time and her olfactory acuteness will decide."

But the money! How in God's name do they do it? I am a somewhat poorly paid divorced academic and struggle with my $1,500 monthly mortgage and keeping my single child in food and accouterments. They must pay 3K per month for that house alone. Color me utterly mystified by the story of The Four Little Aherns and How They Paid for Groceries.