Short answer: No. Never. Sorry. Never again.
I’m a spiritualist and a naturalist. I believe the foundation of anything is everything (or simply divine ordered “thing”).
Since it didn’t naturally happen in the beginning (as explained in the section above this one), I would never go back to that because not only did I build OSF around that, I feel it’s no different than the naturalness of gardening or as technical as building: Once the foundation is built, it’s built on what started it-it’s how it began. And it’s held up from that.
As well, once you plant seeds, it either grows flowers or weeds.
I personally feel that if I ever go back and re-plant seeds or uproot the foundation that didn’t start in that way, I can’t get nothing but weeds out of that.
My flower is already blossomed the way I feel higher powers saw fit for me…my business and plan in this game…and it turned out to be what built me and made OSF dependent on nothing else to “power up” our blog site–our engaging content powers up our site.
I’m nowhere near where I want to be, but I’m out there, and up there in ways over who you’d be surprised to know about and in ways over what you may think…
But with regard to where the deliberate decision not to just jump on in ultimately (after I got past the hurt about it) I found the sun and my niche within my niche well over just my “brand” in it and feel that’s the way it was supposed post-to-be.
It’s like Stevie says:
“kindness knows no shame.”
My thinking is this (and take this lesson with you…about how the Internet is feeding into psyches in unhealthy ways-daily):
You do not have “beef” with somebody you have never had a rapport with because they may be doing something that angers you or that you covet or hate or whatever. Simply because a way has been made for you to express your imaginings in your head on its platform still doesn’t make you have a rapport or have “beef” in these silent places. Offline, if you have “beef” with someone, don’t/didn’t you have a rapport with them? Don’t let the Internet make you a weirdo, or rob you of personality and the ability to strike up healthy discourse.
Don’t let the Internet instill (and reinforce daily) new brands of opportunism e.g in exchange paying empty compliments in exchange for shine on you, and reinforcing synthetic narcissism by letting the Internet and its man made structures and computer programs have you feeling so important and acting so famous that you lose the ability to be a sociable human being with a real personality. With regard to acting famous or feeling “important”–take a look at those 16 people of Tidal from the beginning of this blog (Alicia Keys, Jay Z, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Rihanna, J. Cole, Usher, Madonna etc) …THEY are famous…look what happened to them…
…Humble your online selves.
Basic love or kindness requires NO deliberation (if kindness, and “having a personality” is in you).
If someone initiates conversation, extends ANY form of kindness to you (or online-solicits conversation via a site like OSF or wherever else), and you feel you have to “decide” or “deliberate” to be personable (or be kind in return); in the bigger scheme of things, that simply means you’re just not a nice or kind person as, having a personality and being simply sociable doesn’t require deliberation. Going into business with someone is when the need to “deliberate” is needed.
In the world outside of online, even with my part-time introverted ways, I’m a mutable personality. And in REAL life, if I’m met by a human being that felt like they had to deliberate or decide to be basically nice or kind to me-I would walk away-never to return or any interest in doing so. Such was life, here (for the great majority who followed me here from another blog I used to post on–and I’ll elaborate and respond to the form inquiry I got just now).
To that person (and posse): We’re grown. There was no need to feel like you had to “choose” – via two different sites and styles. That was immature and silly to me. But don’t make me enemy #1 and be upset with me (like the girl in the inquiry is)–because (like you mentioned) yes, I DO acknowledge that quite a few of my readers followed me from there to here…but take ownership in the way yous treated me, too all the time I left the doors open. Let’s not forget that.
Eight months of an open invitation eyes wide shut ended up being nothing sun I found through the shade. And I kept it moving. And now we’re here. And OSF is moving.
But again the “Tell” tabs is where we can get it poppin’ going forward. I decided that was best. I hope that answered some questions (and helped out in knowing the difference between a “niche” and a brand and why having your own signature niche within the nice of your brand can make the business behind your brand as cool as a fan…as, you will then be your own competition).
Unfortunately, sometimes shade brings the sun in your life and works that part out for you.
But fortunately, that very same thing can turn out to be just what you needed to (simply) be who you are/your brand’s uniqueness and “power.”
