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neena maiya's avatar

I have too many people in my life telling me what to do…so I write, and plan, and I don’t tell them what I’m planning. It’s all mine, and I’m in control.

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Meredith Lewis's avatar

Actually, I'm doing this more and more too. Like you, I get sick of people telling me what to do.

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neena maiya's avatar

I heard two successful American men (Tyler Perry and Steve Harvey) saying this…don’t tell people your plans, they are sure to tell you why they won’t work.

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neena maiya's avatar

I think, when I tell people what I want to do, they feel it’s me asking them for approval.

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Meredith Lewis's avatar

That’s an astute observation. This may well be true…

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eRiN eNDeR's avatar

LOVING THIS (dragon emoji)- this may not come as a surprise to you Meredith, but when people say shit like 'you can't run a small business without facebook' motivates me entirely to prove them wrong. I love the fact I can say I'm not, and never will, FB.. (lets push aside that I cross promote our dancers on Instagram apparently owned by the FB coporate pigs).. so, living in this current colonial, patriarchal world renders me as a creative woman LOADS OF THINGS I then am motivated to do (lols emoji)

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Meredith Lewis's avatar

I used to love social media but it's a very different space now due to the algorithms squeezing the serendipity and fun out of it, so I think a lot of us are going have to figure out how to run our ventures without relying on social media (I'm just treating it like an electronic pin board now).

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