Although I don't write as much as I do before, writing has teached me a ton of things about working as a hobbyist and how to not burn yourself out.

Today, I'm sharing some of that to you. Hope it will give you some motivation to do your work! :D

Clout doesn't matter

Those Reddit upvotes and heart reactions on Discord are just numbers.

They don't necessary reflect your skill ceiling, ad sometimes, low-effort works get a lot of attention.

Take, for example, my An Outdated Machine article.

It is basically an article about the Linux machine that I am using, and it got blew up not because people got interested on the topic, but mostly because I used the word "Very Old" before changing it to "Outdated", when my machine is only a decade old.

Also, don't let them turn you down. Just because something doesn't receive the attention you wanted, doesn't mean it isn't good work.

There's a lot of variables that comes into the success of a piece of art, so it should not be decided only by numbers.

It's OK to not have finished work

I have wrote a ton of posts.

The majority of them never gets finished, while some are not worth writing at all.

That is, to say, don't be disencouraged by not finishng anything at all at a certain amoutn of time.

Every neoterics have a gargantuan lists of prototypes and sketches that never got to be seen by anyone.

Yet, they still keep working, and still making good work.

Bottom line? It is OK to have unfinished work or not finishing anything at all.

All of this dark times will eventually go away.

Take a break

You can't keep pumping out works forever, and sometimes, taking a break is much needed.

Don't be too stressful

Unless your creative hobby of choice is your full-time job, don't be too stressed out about having to finish work before a certain amount of time.

Hobbies are supposed to be fun little activities that acts as productive procastination from your main work, so take it easy with them.