{"id":6743,"date":"2021-03-30T15:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christieadamswriter.com\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:09:49","slug":"why-i-deleted-my-patreon-account-and-why-i-feel-good-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christieadamswriter.com\/why-i-deleted-my-patreon-account-and-why-i-feel-good-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Deleted My Patreon Account and Why I Feel Good About It"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week I closed down my Patreon account.<\/p>\n
Patreon is the online version of old school artist patronage.
\nFor years I supported other creatives on the platform. I created my account, offering free exclusive content.
\nThe theory is you can earn a good income, and yes some do. And some don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
There are seemingly new social media platforms and enhancements hitting us every week.
\nTik Tok, Clubhouse, Instagram reels, Twitter Fleets, you get the idea, it\u2019s a constant barrage of fantastic opportunity. It’s also massively distracting and time-consuming.
\nIf you have a team, that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t you need to constantly refocus back to your strategy to keep on track.<\/p>\n
I admit it, I\u2019m a squirrel and I love the shiny objects in my path.<\/strong><\/p>\n Luckily I\u2019ve discovered my business mind again and am streamlining to get back to what truly matters. I\u2019m a coach, it\u2019s important to me to give back, to share my \u2018lessons learned\u2019 along the path from Corporate Risk Manager and Team Player through redundancy and restructuring to independent author, podcaster, book-tuber and of course writer. I sat down with my business plan, my project map and my \u2018WHY\u2019 (Thank you to Simon Sinek) and replanned the rest of 2021.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to feel guilty. I have hammered out my new strategy am now more writing books, as before, but will be able to finish all those hanging around in my \u2018WIP\u2019 (work in progress) folder.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n My characters won\u2019t entertain, enthral or even reach my readers if they are confined in a Scrivener folder waiting for release. This streamlining and move from one platform has gone alongside a website clean up, after all, my travel theme is on the back burner for a while, thanks COVID. I\u2019m still shifting other things, slowly it\u2019s bringing my mission into sharp focus once more. It’s nothing against Patreon, I love their platform and ethos, but for me, right now, it isn’t what I, or my audience, needs.<\/p>\n I’ve already created another new pen name, written over 50 short stories and got a book \/ collection out in the world.<\/p>\n At the beginning of 2021, I printed off my work goals, and have them pinned above my desk.<\/p>\n The constant strive to be everywhere is not productive. Closing my Patreon account has helped my mindset to step up another gear.<\/p>\n
\nNot just to my audience, and clients, but to me.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m on a mission to get people writing and to help mid-lifers pursue their potential as they move forwards into the next stage of their lives.
\nPatreon wasn\u2019t working for me in that mission.<\/p>\nHow did I decide what to cut?<\/h2>\n
\nFans have supported me, but they will understand my work develops, my path changes and my aims get higher. They can come to my other platforms and help me grow my business in other ways.<\/p>\n
\nProcrastination and fear are relegated to the back of the room. They haven\u2019t quite left, but I\u2019m making sure they stay quiet, sort of.<\/p>\n
\nIn the scheme of things, it’s a tiny step, but we can easily get trapped in the routine of the smaller tasks rather than focus on the overall outcome we want.<\/p>\nWhat’s Next?<\/h3>\n