On Putting Yourself Out There

Eleanor Jones

Hear the words “Put yourself out there” and you probably want to run a mile. Most of us are perfectly comfortable creating for clients – whether it’s videos or blog posts. But when it comes to making content for yourself, it’s easy to get stuck. What if no one likes my post? What if people laugh at me? Does my hair look right in that photo? Trust me, I get it. I started my first blog at 17 – and my finger hovered over that ‘publish’ button for days. But once I’d published my first post, I started writing my second. Then I started using Twitter, then LinkedIn. Now, I write full time. My nerdy hobby snowballed into a career – and it all started by daring to put myself…

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