Having heard and read Gary Vee there was always something off about him. First, his staff white washes criticism from any social media. I tried to see him actually engage real criticism and I couldn’t find any. That….isn’t normal or natural or showing leadership. Leading is transparent. I tried his methods and I found myself hating life. Being completely bought in yes, but hating my life. The methods work in the short term but they will tear you to shreds. If I had a marketing department I could spread the pain but as a writer I can’t. So I stopped. And it hurt because I thought at first….wrongly that I would never have success. Then I just went back to what I knew. I knew how to imagine and I knew how to write. And writing made me happy. And I don’t need 7–2am to do it. Time to let Gary be Gary and I can move on and live.