content fatigue
Nov 20, 2020 12:44:54 GMT -5
Post by 40oz on Nov 20, 2020 12:44:54 GMT -5
I'm grateful that having so much of everything has allowed me to curate my own personal backlog of stuff I like and I'm interested in.
I'm also very grateful that occasionally a friend will reach out to me to tell me about a cool game they're playing or a new album theyre listening to or an interesting video or article I should check out. It's their way of letting me know they thought of me when they saw it. That's really nice and thoughtful and I appreciate that.
I have a huge backlog of things ive curated myself. I know what music I like, what movies I care to watch, what games I want to play, etc. I also give myself a ton of personal internet related tasks which doesn't leave much time for me to try peoples unasked recommendations
With as much love and respect I can possibly give, I get a little tired of good intentioned people telling me what shows I have to watch, what games I ought to play, or what bands best album is etc. Believe me, I know it's good, amazing even!
When I get these recommendations, I feel a bit of a social obligation to give you my reaction to it. And sometimes listening to a whole album can take an hour and a half, playing a new game can take several hours (plus more in order to get good enough at it to truly appreciate it) watching a new TV show can take weeks.
It's a lot of work to keep track of who recommended what over the long stretches of time it takes to actually get to them. And for my own personal well being, I don't always have enough free time to risk wasting it on stuff I'm not sure about when I have other stuff I know I'm always on the mood for waiting for me.
This makes me conflicted about checking out stuff that's boring to me. It could be really important to me that I'm relaxing appropriately for myself so that I'm not stressed out during times where I need to be composed. And sometimes when I just go to my preferred stuff, I feel some lingering guilt that I'm making the person who recommended it wait too long.
What do you do when people recommend you too much shit to try? just say "nah"?
I'm also very grateful that occasionally a friend will reach out to me to tell me about a cool game they're playing or a new album theyre listening to or an interesting video or article I should check out. It's their way of letting me know they thought of me when they saw it. That's really nice and thoughtful and I appreciate that.
I have a huge backlog of things ive curated myself. I know what music I like, what movies I care to watch, what games I want to play, etc. I also give myself a ton of personal internet related tasks which doesn't leave much time for me to try peoples unasked recommendations
With as much love and respect I can possibly give, I get a little tired of good intentioned people telling me what shows I have to watch, what games I ought to play, or what bands best album is etc. Believe me, I know it's good, amazing even!
When I get these recommendations, I feel a bit of a social obligation to give you my reaction to it. And sometimes listening to a whole album can take an hour and a half, playing a new game can take several hours (plus more in order to get good enough at it to truly appreciate it) watching a new TV show can take weeks.
It's a lot of work to keep track of who recommended what over the long stretches of time it takes to actually get to them. And for my own personal well being, I don't always have enough free time to risk wasting it on stuff I'm not sure about when I have other stuff I know I'm always on the mood for waiting for me.
This makes me conflicted about checking out stuff that's boring to me. It could be really important to me that I'm relaxing appropriately for myself so that I'm not stressed out during times where I need to be composed. And sometimes when I just go to my preferred stuff, I feel some lingering guilt that I'm making the person who recommended it wait too long.
What do you do when people recommend you too much shit to try? just say "nah"?