To All the Angry and Resentful Content Creators Out There

A psychological explanation and solution for the feelings of resentment felt by many online content creators

Maria Garcia
The Startup

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Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash

Anyone can make a buck online as a content creator nowadays. All you need is an idea, a computer or phone, and some internet connection. No degree or formal training is required. You have the world at your fingertips. Quite literally.

So here you are, in the digital entrepreneurial world. Maybe you are making a lot of money, maybe you aren’t. The objective quantity of money is not actually important. What matters is that you feel anger and indignation because someone else is making more, and it’s not fair.

At least, that’s how you perceive it.

How it all begins

The trick is, you weren’t angry before you compared yourself with those making more money than you. In fact, the very reason you hopped onto the online creating world was so that you could simply share your content. Okay, maybe it was for the money all along, but for argument's sake, let’s pretend your expectations were low, to begin with.

Let’s say it started out innocently. You still had a day job and the online fun was just a side hustle. Maybe the online fun was really a…

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