I agree also that when I read a compelling blog post or article I immediately want to know more about the author. I am hungry to find out if they have written more high quality content. Awesome post!

One of my favorite types of things to read, is when someone articulates clearly and brilliantly some thought which has been vaguely lurking in the back of my mind, yet which was too vague or unformed in my own mind for me to articulate.

You’ve done that brilliantly here.

I spent a good part of the latter-half of my twenties writing an utterly “subversive” manuscript of creative nonfiction in fragments called “Rock Star Envy” (notice the subconscious implications of the title–I was someone who envied the accomplishments of others)–and released by brilliant work of world-changing genius into the world… and was shocked to find out that *no one cared*. Perhaps they weren’t all that interested in the “brilliant” insights of a broke bitterly-single twenty-something living, “temporarily,” in his parents’ basement, with a mood swing problem.

Now that I’ve built up more of a life for myself–I got my health and finances in order, I found and co-created a wonderful relationship and got married, I started having some professional success, I am finding, magically–surprise surprise!–people are more interested in hearing what I have to say on things. I actually have a life now that many people would like to have, so they listen.

Thank you for a wonderful post. You speak truth, my friend.