#just social media burnout

[clambuoyance]

I’ve never been so obsessed with a character so bad that I literally can’t do anything else I’m like the squidward meme watching SpongeBob frolic outside the window stretching a hand out to all the pretty paintings and animations and comics I see in my head but being unable to feel any motivation for it . If only i could use the energy spent to create 20 kon doodles to sit down and concentrate on a single finished full piece I used to be able to make like 5 page comics what happened to me

#sighs yes before anyone says anything IK it’s probably adhd related 😭 #BUT ITS GOTTEN SO BAD I CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IN MY BRAIN HOW DID IT GET WORSE #it’s probably a mix of burnout too but I don’t get tired of drawing ? #it feels like when u get dizzy or change glasses or so #and it’s either everything is wayyy too in focus and you can see literally everything clearly that it hurts ur brain #which doesn’t help given how saturated w information the world is always #and simultaneously somehow everything is blurry or out of focus and I physically have to strain myself to hone in on one thing #I JUST WANNA READ COMICS AND FINISH A DRAWING AND HANDLE WORK AND SCHOOL AND TALK TO MY FRIENDS #ALL IN OME DAY #BUT MY BRAIN IS LIKE. TODAY IS ONLY FOR COMICS. YOU CANT DO ANYTHING ESLE #😫🫶 I’m deleting this later I’m just ranting LMAO #I’m highschool it’s crazy bc I did okay and then honestly i just think my ability to concentrate has deteriorated as the years have gone by #free me!!! #either way I want to lessen my social media and just pick One bc girl I have an Instagram a tumblr and a twitter this is horrible for me . #honestly I’ll probably pick instagram and just post on tumblr when I have art #I already do that #I mean when I have Good art. #IM RAMBLING IDK

[foxgirlmoth]

And is the white american burnout from hearing about a genocide overseas in the room with us right now?

#Someone got real mad that they couldn't have one day of tumblr boop fun because of burnout #I think if the ONLY way you relax is by coming onto tumblr/social media you need to find something else tbh #Also calling people hypocrites for using this site despite hating the moderation and CEO. Very cool! #I mean there are other things happening in the US as well that could be draining like the ever encroachment of anti trans laws #But also like. If you're active about fighting back on all that I think sitting down and looking at social media is not what you would do #to escape news and stuff that would aggravate and tear you down #Then again Idfk I'm a white american so I could be talking out my ass #I just think its funny when people saying 'hey its weird you're throwing a party rn' gets met with 'Oh but we're burnt out :c'

[boyobjectifier]

most days i miss making porn + being an active sex worker. but every single day, i bask in the feeling of not feeling 10000% burnt out by my only source of income.

#this isn’t to say that i’m not fully fucking burnt out on life— but i was so bogged down by my burnout + it hung over my head daily. m #but being a survival sex worker makes you jaded way fucking faster than doing it for hashtag ~girlboss movez~ + ~side hustle~ lmfao #i miss my SWer friends + i miss interacting w/ clients #but i don’t miss having to dodge literally everything on social media + jump #thru hoops just to make a fucking living. navigating online sex work is/was genuinely hell post-fosta/sesta #i miss the job as a whole. i don’t know when i’ll go back. but i know my time in sex work isn’t done tbh??? #h.txt

[emerald-star-productions]

2023: The Year of Social Media Burnout

Is it just me or has every single alternative to Twitter (including good ol Tumblr here, no shade) led to a severe case of burn out??? Cuz I personally can't take it anymore. In the time since Tumblr was taken over by that narcissistic man child, we've had A FUCK TON of social media alternatives or "twitter clones" pop up or take advantage of every single chance they get cuz Twitter falls apart at least every other week like clockwork.

-Hive (Tried it. Hated it. No Desktop version yet.)

-Spoutible (Giving off echo-chamber vibes. Shitty NSFW/sex worker policies despite being for all marginalized folks.)

-Spill (Whomst?)

-Mastodon (Exists)

-Bluesky (Run by the former twitter CEO. Fuck him as well.)

-Threads (Just launched. 6/10)

-Post (Whomst)

-Substack (An attempt was made)

And plenty more I don't know about yet. I'm sure they'll become relevant at some point. My point is this: Look at how many alternatives have come into prominence in the past 8 months.

This is all in response to Twitter malfunctioning and being run by a dumbass. And everyone's immediate response is "let's move somewhere else" but we often forget that not every site is gonna have that reach you're looking for to promote your shit (if you're a creative like me.) It's not gonna have every function like Twitter & if it does have said functions, that's a whole new system you gotta adapt to. I've tried so many alternatives in the past 8 months out of fear that Twitter may actually shut down. And yet, it's still the one place I often go to. The exception to the rule of course is ya boi Tumblr. And while I appreciate this site, it's taken a bit to adjust.

And me being a creator who just wants folks to see my work but also not be stressed by social media's ever-changing ways, I gotta tell ya folks: I am very much stressed out, burnt out & on the brink of wanting to just...delete everything.

I can't keep spreading myself thin and can't keep depending on new sites, cuz that means I have to build myself from the ground up. And that's not even counting the sites that lack certain functions & can't get their shit together cuz they launched prematurely just to get a leg up on Twitter's bag fumbling.

Not to mention (and I've been saying this shit since December 2022):

TWITTER'S TOOLS & FUNCTIONS ARE GOOD, ACTUALLY. EVERYONE WANTS TO REPLACE TWITTER BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE TWITTER.

In conclusion: Aside from Tumblr, I think I'll be downsizing on social media presence. I can't nor REFUSE to let myself deal with being spread too thin. It's giving social media obsession and I've had enough. It's not enough to be NEW & BETTER than Twitter. You gotta show us that you understood what worked/didn't work on Twitter and put your own spin on things. Not expecting perfection, I just want better options.

TL;DR There will never be another Twitter, only Twitter Adjacent & that's sad. Cuz Twitter, despite ALL of it's bullshit, has done some actual good & given light to more issues in the last 10 years thx to it's very existence. and it's being fucked over by an old ass transphobic man child in the midst of mid-life crisis.

#rant post #need to vent #social media #twitter is done #twitter alternative #burnout #everyone wants to replace twitter but no one wants to be twitter #Had to get this off my chest #is it just me?

[memoryoflife]

one month to uni... much to think about

#ell shut up #listen i basically accidentally entered uni i think i'm still reeling ahfndhgd #i wasn't planning to till next year but. shit happened #ugh... i will miss having the time to write #i know my own burnout cycle #i probably will struggle to write once the projects pile up #on the bright side? might return with some improvements to my writing style #studying english babey B) #'ell how did you accidentally enter uni' apply last minute bs the test and interview and get an acceptance 5 days later #i'm in a league of my own #waaaaaaaaa i will miss writing though TT #i wanna write one more bthb fic before it starts :') #this is a bunch of ramblings idk if ill delete it later or not #contrary to my typing style i am generally decent at english #i just stockpile English Power for when i like. write properly #which is NOT on social media...... or discord...... #sorry getting new mutuals makes me happy to ramble more now

[luwha]

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#another of these days where i just feel like shit #it's ok it's fine don't worry #just tired and feeling like i've wasted all my life working and i've got nowhere #i need a break i just need a break #i am so tired #it's not even burnout this is a whole ass new level above burnout #that i call just unwavering madness #and i am still so depressed with the AI thing #i just really don't want to exist in this world but off we go #(don't worry i am not at risk #just too tired to tame my words to make it a neat social media post)

[lisa-iki]

tw/cw: eyes, ommetaphobia, scopophobia, trypophobia (For safe measure)

I finished Stray a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it! I was sobbing so horribly at the end that one of my cats came to check up on me.

Twitter Insta

#Stray #Stray Game #Annapurna #Stray Fanart #Illustration #Illustrators on tumblr #Artists on Tumblr #digital art #digital illustration #Can't say I love how this turned out but it's also the first 'real' art I've done in AGES #It sucks that engagement on other social media platforms require DAILY posts. I just can't manage it with my burnout.

[six-of-ravens]

I seem to have abruptly hit the "if one more person tries to guilt me into care about something and/or guilt me for something I'm not even doing I'm going to start screaming" point which I think means I have to delete my social media and news app for a while

#ah yes the Sympathy Burnout. Empathy Burnout? #sometimes A Lot happens at once and i see one final 'why is no one talking about X??' or 'why does no one care aboutY??' post #or worse a 'you people are all assholes for not [thing i do because it's basic common sense]!!!' post #and i just have to scream into a pillow for a bit #and that meeeaaaaaans no more social media for me for a bit. i cannot bear the whole world's problems #nor can i bear constant posts complaining about others' bad behaviour #this is partly my fault for going into the For You tab with always has just the wildest shit #anyway. deleting tumblr now

[darkspiket]

finally queuing my zine stuff and like. my style keeps changing... but im proud of how much i’ve improved!

#still recovering from the hugest burnout art block brain block ever mixed with the hugest anxiety from social media #but this is something i want to do! wanna just be able to make things i like and share it with people #i know when i was on twt kinda got into the mindset of making art for engagement and likes rather than do what i want #that and bc my literal degree kinda hinges on social media and having a following and stuff makes me feel like i gotta be beeg #a lot of stuff happened in the last two years that just made my brain scrambled and im slowly pickin up the pieces #THIS GOT LONG. JSUT REMINSCING ON MY PROGRESS AS AN ARTIST :) #I LIKE SITTING HERE AND DOING ZINES ITS FUN !

[q-kanbas]

it’s probably partly because i lack the energy to care anymore and will probably never get it back but i’m hitting a point where seeing other people’s socio-political opinions on twitter is beginning to cause some kind of damage. like. i know the country is going to shit. i know we’re all going to die.

i know everything that’s happened has irreversibly eroded Any form of sanctity and stability of this country and that it gets worse every day and that i’ll loose all of my basic rights soon because of it. i know i’ll probably never be financially stable and safe unless i leave the country for residence somewhere else. i just don’t need to be told ad nauseum over and over again every time i go onto socials i try to keep for fun at this point. that i keep to try and not succumb to crippling depression that keeps me locked into a shit future.

#idk man #people i used to be chill with are posting nonstop abt the d*pp thing and i just. i do not care #i don't give a shit #i don't care that you think not caring makes me a horrible person and that you're trying to guilt trip me into caring #tumblr is fine so far #but twitter #oh twitter #i fucking hate you #and i can kinda leave now #now that i'm not taking commissions and needing to be on there like 24/7 i've been doing great #literally the best i have in ages #and i didnt even think i was permanently leaving lol #it was just because of college burnout and a surprise contract job that's almost full time #and now i'm probably just not going back #it's not even that i'm taking a break from social media or a social media cleanse or whatever the fuck they call it #i'm just not looking at my twitter tl lol #i'm going to get back to work and geting paid $53/hr byee #later i'm going to draw my boys :) #just let me feel peace for a few hours a day please #i guess for reference the d*pp thing is what pushed me over the edge on top of everything else

[cursed-tale]

Really wish authors would realize that their social media “brand” doesn’t have to be them shilling their novels in every post they make.

#this is mostly for indie authors since there's a number I follow for my job but god #a lot of them complain about social media burnout and how they feel like they're marketing into a void and it's like yeah! #You're not an ad! #and like most people don't pick up a book because they came across the author's social media page where they constantly ask people to buy #their book #they might stumble across the person's page and like the content and decide to pick it up if it interests them #like I didn't buy Iron Widow because Xiran constantly posted about her book and why you should buy it #I bought it because she made interesting content and was knowledgeable about it so I wanted to read something similar #and like...no one likes ads #people don't like ads so much that they will pay money to stop ads #Teasers and cover reveals are fine but GOD it shouldn't be your only content! #Thank you for listening to my vaguepost #I'm just so tired of social media and being advertised to #I have a lot of respect for indie authors cause that shit is hard but Sturgeon's Law is real #I've had several authors reach out asking how to market better and the first page of their manuscript had tense switches and it's like... #maybe edit your book before you invest thousands of dollars into self-publishing it? #idk I'm rambling now Audrey out

[caged-nights]

🌿pipe dream, noun : an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story

"She knew her hopes for any sort of peace were merely a pipe dream."

A redraw of a very old piece back from... I want to say around 2020? So, the original piece is about 4 years old now. I've come quite the long way with Venueri's design and image!

I finished this piece on a stream too after letting it sit for 3 weeks, I really need to be able to sit still long enough to do complete pieces.

#Venueri Lumen #Villicus #Stellarium #Caged Dream #Cage of Endless Dreams #OC #✧Dreams on a Canvas #OC artist #Oc story #oc species #angel oc #oc art #digital artist #original character #original art #original setting #original artist #original species #redraw #Nights #Nights of Dreams #Finished piece #HEY IM ALIVE-- SORT OF #Had a big big big burnout recently but I have life in me again! #It did NOT help that I kept overwhelming myself with like... everything #I also just kind of forgot about social media tbh #Ill try posting more I promise lol #I got sketches and stuff that have been hanging around

[writteninverses]

the way uni is just destroying the little mental stability i had left at this point. im on the floor choking on my blood while uni keeps on throwing fits at me, i’ve already given up but uni can’t seem to be satisfied. im two punches away from DYING and uni is going to keep hitting me endlessly until i cant breathe anymore and i just die

#im so fucking sad #like genuinely #the burnout gifted kid syndrome is real #i miss high school ew ew #im literally deleting all my social media #bc i've decided that im pissed at everyone #i dont need to know if people are happy #im sad #i dont wanna see how others are here passing every module #i dont care i just dont care #i need everything to stop for a second #im choookingg im drowwwninggg #im not deleting tumblr though #i like it here

[skynecraft]

I really wish art was something I enjoyed doing like it used to be 😔

#sky delete this #ive taken such a long break and had so many burnouts that it feels impossible to ever get the fulfillment and happiness back #on top of the fact i feel like i need validation because of social media convincing me my art means nothing #unless i have thousands of likes and reblogs or retweets #and improvement feels slow like Really Slow #and i cant even sit down for certain periods of time anymore without my body turning against me but thats a whole 'nother thing #maybe theres just something wrong with me 💙

[theveryworstthing]

I'm Alive

I posted this on patreon so I might as well post it again here. Hopefully current and past patrons see this as well as people who have just been generally curious about where I've been.

I'm very sorry for not being around and I'm very grateful to those who stuck around. To those who didn't, I get it and I truly appreciate you passing through. 

Last year and the beginning of this year have been pretty bad. Some of you might have heard about my grandma's death and sadly, she was just the first of the family losses in the time I've been gone. There was also a friend's death discovery, my parents' health tanking, my friends Going Through It, and my own physical/mental problems. I didn't want to talk to the internet about these things because they were/are very overwhelming and private and tbh I used all my energy to help with the household and make sure work got turned in on time. When I had spare time after dealing with the near constant disasters, I didn't really feel like interacting with the internet at all beyond using it as a way to talk to far away friends (mostly to give them the thumbs up that i was alive) or watch/read things when my brain was less scrambled. Social media was an absolute no go and I didn't have any non-work art to post so I just kind of mentally crawled under the porch to die lol. 

I only drew work related things for months due to extreme burnout and it took me almost a month off after my last job to remember how to create again. I couldn't draw or write, it was kinda like art block except it was more like nothing was there at all? It's hard to explain. 

Things are still happening but I need to get back in the saddle eventually so here I am. 

I'm going to post the little art I did in June and all the sketches I did in January when I re-learned how to draw for myself. Again, I'm so sorry for being away without saying anything and I'm grateful to whoever threw me a buck, or even just casually enjoyed my art. Leaving like I did was really irresponsible and there's no excuse for not at least making a post about all of this sooner.  Every month I got a patreon payment was another wave of guilt because I literally couldn't give y'all anything but at the same time that money was letting me book flights to funerals and keeping my mom comfortable while she recovered from surgery right after I spent a lot of my savings in 2022 trying to fight my late cat's cancer. And then not posting about what was going on made me more anxious as time went on because there was more guilt every month so I felt like I needed to come back with a bunch of art and energy and good reasons and it was just. A Mess. 

But anyway.

I'm alive, I'm back. The Horrors persist, but so do I.

Thank you for your patience.

#talkin

[valeriehalla]

I don’t know what to do about the internet. It’s getting worse, and getting worse faster than I think any of us ever could have imagined even just six years ago. Tumblr shot itself in the heart at the behest of Apple, at the behest of whichever nameless evangelical finance perverts are in charge of credit card policy, whereupon people like me (artists and people who like art) fled in droves to Twitter, the present state of which I don’t have it in me to be funny about.

Even after that one-two punch, Twitter and Tumblr are still the only (major) social media platforms I can stand to use. I mean, they’re the last ones left where you can, for example, see posts that your friends have made. I might have said that that seemed like the whole point of social media; every digital elsewhere has now collectively agreed that it is, in fact, social media’s greatest flaw. Your friends like to hang out and post weird jokes and titty drawings — they don’t know the first thing about your favorite marketing trends, let alone your unslakable thirst for 30-second phone videos. We have to move on: I’ll die if I think about it.

Uh — I wanna let you in a little. Here’s where I’m at, okay? I’m working on this project. I like it a lot: it’s a writing thing and an art thing and a music thing all at the same time. I’m still struggling with art burnout, but every day I get to sit down and write or compose for this thing is an unending delight, so on the balance it’s been great to work on. It’s taken me a while to get here, though — I’ve blown past all my estimates about when it’d be done. Still, it won’t be much longer.

In the mean time, I keep having these compulsive worries. I feel that I should be posting, but the nature of a long-form project like this is that I don’t have anything to post. I tweet complete nothings now and then, as if to announce my presence, like a lighthouse pulsing in the distance. And every week the websites get worse. They’re bleeding out, and it feels like some of my blood’s in there, maybe. Like, maybe you’d call me naïve, but it wasn’t that long ago that I really, really liked all this online stuff. I never had the hustle culture mindset about it: by good luck alone I managed to make a living posting the stuff I wanted to post on the places I wanted to post it.

The places I liked to post don’t exist anymore. My experience of using the internet feels hostile, alien. The ground beneath all our feet feels eggshell-thin.

But I have to use the internet: it’s where my stuff goes. It’s where all of you are. Here is where art and artists and art-likers live.

The things I love live here, in precarity, as the saw blades and lava traps of our digital dungeon grow every day more numerous.

Anyway, what I’m saying is that the web sucks now, but as long as we’re here — and we will be here — I want to try loving it again anyway. I want to untangle myself from all this disappointment and expectation and try simply “vibing” again. I wanna use cohost more: I’ll even crosspost stuff to Tumblr like I keep saying I should. I’m making a cool thing and I should show it off! I should relearn how to draw a little doodle and post it without feeling like it’s a suboptimal use of my time or whatever!! I want to believe in what joy may find us, though our world be a dumpster.

#text