79: Trying Isn’t Embarrassing. Why You Should Go After What You Want, Regardless of What Others Think.
Trying Not to Care
Ashley Corbo
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
After seeing a video of two women (who run a podcast) making fun of aspiring creators for posting online, I decided it was time for me to talk about the topic myself. I started this podcast with nothing. I just quit my job, I didn’t have a huge online presence, and I had no idea how or if Trying Not to Care would work. I looked at other podcasters who already had a huge following and loyal listeners. In doing that, I almost allowed the comparison of my show to theirs, to stop me from pursuing my spot in the podcast community.
In today’s episode, I talk about not allowing what others are doing/thinking to steer you away from doing what you want, why it’s not embarrassing to put yourself out there and how to fake it until you make it. Everyone is a "faux-fluencer" before they become an influencer. You have to start somewhere.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Besties, welcome back or welcome to Try Not To Care. |
| 0:18.6 | So if you're on Instagram or you're on TikTok, you might have seen a clip circulating |
| 0:23.2 | of these two women on a podcast talking about faux influencers. |
| 0:27.1 | They were basically talking about how they think it's cringy that people post online |
| 0:31.8 | as if they're big influencers when they only get one like and only have 10 followers. |
| 0:36.5 | And this video was really gross to see, especially because these women are older and they |
| 0:42.7 | should know better. |
| 0:44.6 | They should know that everyone starts from somewhere unless you're born into wealth or |
| 0:48.8 | you're born into a famous family. |
| 0:50.8 | Most people have to start from nothing. |
| 0:53.8 | And I was watching this video, all I could think about was how I would have felt if I |
| 0:58.5 | saw this video two or three years ago, if I saw this video when I was first starting |
| 1:02.6 | off on social media when I already had self limiting beliefs and was already doubting |
| 1:07.9 | myself. |
| 1:09.3 | If I saw these women who have a massive podcast talking about how embarrassing it is for |
| 1:14.8 | people to try to become an influencer, I would have just stopped. |
| 1:18.0 | I would have stopped posting. |
| 1:19.4 | I would have let them get in my head and tell me that it's not worth trying because |
| 1:23.7 | I'll never succeed. |
| 1:25.5 | And then I realized if I would have felt that way back then, there's people watching |
| 1:31.4 | that video right now who feel that way, which is so upsetting. |
| 1:35.6 | With all that being said, fuck that video, fuck those women and fuck their opinions. |
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