Crazy writer coming up with “content”. Midjourney.

Everything is… Content?

How sick it is to try and monetize everything

I am a writer and I produce content. Content can be a lot. Probably everything. If I scroll through my recommended reading list on Medium I see the same sorts of articles all over again.

• Get good in X in Y days
• This is how much money I earned doing X
• Your life will change if you do X
• This political thing X is outrageous because Y

I wonder, how many “personal spins” can be made on one and the same subject before it becomes stale. Do we even notice anymore?

I have the impression everything is content these days, especially on video platforms. Random person X has opinion Y on subject Z. Great. And in the morning they had X for breakfast. Random person on the internet prefers X outfit over Y because, reasons. Random person on the internet is outraged about the current thing X.

Ugh.

When creating content myself I often think: What is content? How often can I talk about mechanical keyboards, philosophy and writing before I’ve spilled my beans? I probably already have.

Fact is:

I am not an interesting person.