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How to Become a Successful Content Creator While Still Working 9–5
Becoming a successful content creator is a 2021 state of mind
Let’s face it — you are likely reading this article for one of two reasons.
You may want to do something beyond your regular 9–5 job, perhaps to generate a little more income, dip your toe in that entrepreneurial area, or because you keep thinking to yourself, “Hey, I can do that!” Perhaps you find yourself reading too many of those articles of others who have had amazingly, near impossibly, done just that, and you think, “Why not me?”
Alternatively, you are reading this because you already are a content creator on Medium, Instagram, or even News Break. You write about advice, book reviews, thought pieces, images, or something altogether different and maybe searching for new ideas to do this even more effectively.
Sound familiar?
The Magic Bullet of content creation
You may even be wondering what magic bullet is needed to come up with something original to say several times a week or even more frequently? OK, here is the secret. There are very few wholly original ideas. What are there more of? Ideas that are adapted and reframed from new, interesting, or exciting perspectives.
