5 Reasons Why Your Friends and Family Don’t Support You
You’ll totally get it after this
I have 173 ‘friends’ on Facebook, 899 people follow me (why, is still a mystery to me) — about 10 real life close friends (some in Guatemala, some back in Canada) and only 3 family members I talk to (now that’s a pathetic number, truly).
Out of all those numbers you know how many support my work and share my shit? About 3, give or take a couple.
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I have 173 ‘friends’ on Facebook and 3 people support my work.
What.the.fuck.?
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I don’t have to name these people. They know who they are and I fucking love them hard.
So what about the other 170 ‘friends’ (and what’s up with those 899 people who are following me?) who claim to love what I do and are so proud of me and “oh Iva you’re such an inspiration” and bla bla bla.
Am I now?
Though I really do appreciate your kind words of encouragement, words don’t pay my bills. Sorry. And, if you love my stuff so much, well, why don’t you share my things?
And I’m not trying to be disrespectful or ungrateful. Really. Honest. But that’s the reality of it. That’s the reality of a freelancer life. We rely…
