Never take posts about your interests or commentary by the community personally: comments on your posts usually speak more about the person commenting than you. Things that come across your feed/dashboard/FYP aren't about you
You're not obligated to respond to any engagements that mention you or your work. You're not obligated to comment, you're not obligated to respond, you're not obligated to follow back.
You have the power to walk away from the commentary or communities online or in person that are not healthy for you. Quitting now doesn't mean quitting forever.
Channel rage, anger, hurt, frustration into action: report, block, go for a walk, donate to charity, work on your projects
4.5 Alternatively, if you're not in a place to criticize (like it's not your job) everything you want to say about someone else, say to yourself in a constructive way, and use that to improve your craft
Perception is a huge part of content creation and online interactions. I don't mean fake it until you make it. I mean if you continuously downplay your achievements when you talk about them to others they'll be unimpressed. Be proud of the work you do, but be grateful for your opportunities
Understand your tools, especially social media - your activities form your space. People will approach you based on what you post, your bio, who you're following, what you like, what you search.
6.5 Also, keep that in mind when a predatory company approaches you because "they love your content." Be discerning about where you spend your energy when it comes to contracts, sponsors, and serving others’ interests.
6.51 Unlearn that your "For You Page" isn't literally for you, and give yourself the freedom to say "this isn't for me"
Learn to identify what's genuine - people, brands, messaging
Don’t feel obligated to impress your friends. If you feel like you have to be impressive amongst your friends, then you're in the wrong group of friends.
Sometimes your friends' content isn't within reasonable boundaries of your social, emotional, and physical well-being and that's okay. Allow yourself to not be burdened with the obligation of consuming their content.
Support is unconditional to a certain degree. You should feel free to cancel/make changes to plans without worrying about losing support. But if you’re an awful person, don’t expect people to stay
Don't over explain. You don't owe anyone that. You don't have to tell people why you're canceling or changing things. Or that you want to do XYZ. you don't need to prove yourself in this way. No response = polite decline
Special Thank You to one of my greatest friends, Megan, who helped me write these coherently!