๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐
i wasn't planning to post that day.
i was at a tech event, half-paying attention, when the organizer said: "post about the event on X with our hashtag and win some merch."
it felt so easy......
except I've been on X for months, consuming endless threads about web3, watching other devs share their work, seeing creators build audiences all while my own profile didn't have a single post. I had maybe 10 tweets total from random comments I made occasionally
but I wanted that merch,so I pulled out my phone, snapped a photo, typed something about the event, and before I could overthink it,hit post.
i refreshed the app multiple times. i had only three likes and one comment from someone else at the event.
i didn't win the merch.(sob ,sob) but nobody laughed and i didnt look stupid.
so I posted again the next day. just a thought about something I was learning. then a few days later, something about a project I was working on. then again.
nobody was watching as closely as I thought. but slowly, people started engaging.
here's what i learnt: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐.
i learned that people don't want perfection. they want real and they want to see the journey, not just the wins.
even now,i still get nervous sometimes before making a post but I hit post anyway, because I know now that growth happens in the imperfect post I actually share.
that event didn't just get me to post once. it changed how I see showing up online.
building in public didn't just grow my audience. It grew me.
tell us how you made your first post on X,share in the cs.
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