In this video I’m going to tell you the number one question you should ask yourself before telling your story online or creating mental health content.
Is it a good idea to tell my story online? If you're thinking about becoming a mental health content creator or telling your story to help others, this video is for you. This series is designed to help you understand the pros and cons of sharing your story online.
Is it a good idea to tell my story online? If you're thinking about becoming a mental health content creator or telling your story to help others, this video is for you. I have four videos on this topic and this is number one, so be sure to head to my profile after this one to see the rest. If you're new here, my name is Rachel and I've been a mental health writer, advocate, and content creator for about four and a half years and I've learned a lot about the impact and consequences of sharing so openly online.
This series is designed to help you understand the pros and cons of sharing your story online, provide you with tips for establishing personal safety and privacy, and stay still, make an impact and share honestly with your online communities. It is so important to have a really clear, solid why there's a great book called find your why by Simon Sinek, and in it he talks all about how great businesses and great leaders have one thing in common. It's not what they make or how they make it, it's why they make it clear why.
Or a mission statement or a purpose allows you to connect with any product or outcome because it's infused by a clear why. Think of your why as a seed that you can plant anywhere and grow however you like, and as long as you have that seed, you can make anything. A clear why also helps when you feel stuck, detached, or motivated. If we don't have a very clear, meaningful reason to do something, then what's going to keep us doing it? So my why is to help one person feel less alone. So when I start to feel lost or unmotivated, or don't want to write, or don't want to create content, I ask myself why I'm doing it.
And if I find myself writing because I have to, or because I need money, then the writing feels stale, the content feels impersonal, and it's generally just not good quality. So when I can remember my why, suddenly my writing becomes filled with purpose and I can really connect with the people that I want to. And this allows me to parse out times when I might not be writing from a good place and it might not be something that I need to create in that moment. I hope this was helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments and be sure to check out the rest of this series on my profile.
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