I decided to try FB ads to increase traffic to my post, however, it failed.

The plan was to run the ads for 4 days to a certain demographic. However, I didn’t set it up correctly. The ad only ran for a day. Total cost: $12.60.

The experiment also brought up other insights: the form I use for drawing requests can only accept 10 entries. And so, I had to go back to using Google forms. Oh well…but that’s what experiments are for: to help you realize things you didn’t think of.

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I didn’t get a high engagement from my post to personalize a design for others (for free).

This tells me that I now need to stop prioritizing my MSPaint illustrations. Right now, it is just a hobby—and it will stay that way until further notice. I can’t keep half-assing my effort to make something work.

After a conversation with a friend, and a conversation I had with my cousin, I decided to just focus on one thing: writing.

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Content creation takes time. Skill acquisition takes time. I wanted to hustle (produce a crapload of content) this month. Why? To understand exactly if whatever the heck I’m doing is something I truly enjoy. BUT…none of that shit matters if I was to lose time with the most important people in my life. I fucked up again. I was blindsided by my desire to hustle. I understand where I messed up. Now, I’m gonna try my best to avoid getting blindsided again. I can’t promise not to do it again, but now I know better. I will keep this vague and hard to read simply because it’s too personal. But man, it sucks…