This Article is Trash and You Shouldn’t Read It (Here’s Why)
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
It’s all subjective, isn’t it? As the old story goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Or, as I prefer to put it: Someone’s cringe is another’s binge.
The last time I said the latter to someone they told me it sounded kinky. I feel that’s worth mentioning.
I don’t have much of a direction for this article. I guess that’s the first reason why it sucks. I didn’t write an outline, I didn’t think about why something like this would bring value to you. I’ve put zero thought into this at all. I’m writing on the fly. Providing “value to the reader”, as so many Grow Your Audience and Make THOUSANDS on Medium! writing-gurus would encourage, is not really the point.
So Why Does This Article Suck?
As mentioned earlier, there’s no rhyme or reason. No planning or point. This is just vomit from my fingertips. Words retching out of me like chunks of Franks Red Hot Sauce doused chicken-wings after too many tequila shots on a Saturday night. And much like my grisly spew, I don’t know how long it will last or what’s coming up next. But maybe, just maybe… when I am done… somebody might slip in it.
If you made it this far, you’ve slipped in it.
This whole concept stemmed from the idea of me trying to write on Medium every day, simply because I‘ve grown bored of my a 9–5, the bulk of which involves a lot of business copywriting.
Over the years writing has become more of a chore than an outlet of expression. A series of tasks I tick off a checklist as I count down the minutes till I can lift my ass off the office swivel-chair and onto my sunken foam mattress, ragged couch or… home swivel-chair.
Mundane. Boring. Unadventurous. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MO-woops. Almost let the copywriting slip through.
Click here to buy me tequila shots.
If This Article Sucks So Much, Why Am I Writing It?
According to “you can become successful at any age as long as you can find good deals at garage sales” maestro Gary Vee, quality over quantity is a thing of the past. In the age of short attention spans, unforgiving algorithms and content overstimulation, quantity is king.
Quantity gives you more chances to be seen. Quantity gives you more chances to practice your craft. Quantity gives you the opportunity to face your fears of feeling rejected, unimportant and uninteresting. Creating droves of content is almost like experimenting with strange fashion choices to try and seem cool in your first year of high school.
Wearing an oversized Metallica t-shirt over my hoodies was definitely not a vibe.
The more you post, the less you care about what you post and maybe one day the social media clout-bots will reward you for feeding its greedy machine. Maybe. Then you can relish in the vanity.
This is an exercise in ego-killing and habit-building. Writing as if nobody will read it. Posting for the sake of getting it out there. It might not go viral, but somebody might come across it. Like when a monkey at the zoo throws its turds at patrons. Although, that monkey has a much higher chance of going viral than any writer on Medium.
If you made it this far, congratulations. Your reward is an abrupt ending with no payoff on the promise I setup in the headline of this article.
But then again… I did mention article was gonna suck and you shouldn’t read it. If you feel ripped off, you can’t say I didn’t warn you.
