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[prettyboycrypto]

[vodkassassin]

Bringing this up again so very soon purely because I had a perfect example happen just this morning.

For some context: I had a hellish week last week. I skipped all my gym days (something I look forward to a lot!) bc I was so exhausted from an ongoing issue at work. It reached a precipice on Thursday and I experienced a pretty terrible meltdown on my drive home that honestly made me shocked at myself, bc I hadn’t realized it was getting so bad.

Anyway I had a restful Friday and Saturday and finally on Sunday I had something I hadn’t had in a good while: motivation to write! I was so happy and excited, bc work has lately been sucking out all my energy that I don’t have the will or drive to spend time on the hobbies I typically enjoy like art and writing.

I spent all of Sunday having fun and outlining/writing the next chapter for one of my favorite fics of mine. I was very excited to continue working on it throughout the week and was hoping to have something out by next weekend.

Then comes this morning. At on ny first break at work and I’m catching up on my personal emails, when I see a comment on the very fic I was working all weekend on:

[ID: an Ao3 comment saying ‘Still praying for u to continue this one day :')’]

Now, I’m not putting any expectations on this commentor. I don’t know them, they could be anyone. They likely don’t follow me on tumblr or they’d have seen my recent post about this kind of comment and how much we authors hate it. They aren’t in my reader discord server, bc everyone there heard all about how I was literally just working on the next chapter for this very fic.

I also don’t expect them to know how absolutely hellish my personal life has been. I’m hoping that if they did know all that, they wouldn’t leave this comment.

But that’s exactly it. They have NO FUCKING IDEA what I’ve been doing. They came in, read my fic, noticed it wasn’t updating fast enough for them and decided all on their own that the author has just simply abandoned it.

I bet this commentor thought they were being encouraging, perhaps a hero to the other readers of the story for taking one for the team and pointing out to the author how people are waiting on them to get their shit together and do their job.

Well, congrats! You did manage something. I likely won’t get back that motivation for quite a while. Knowing myself, it could be months.

Anyway, I wanted to add this example to this post because it highlights EXACTLY what this post is about. I hope it clarifies some stuff for those of you out there who leave comments like this.

Y’all need to stop commenting on fics like the author is dead or something. The author sees those comments bro it’s like saying to someone’s face “sorry to hear about your passing. The only reason I’m sad about it is bc you won’t be making me any more sandwiches for free” like can you see how that might be insensitive? So what if they haven’t made a sandwhich in a month or a year or five. It’s not your place to announce their death lmao

[prettyboycrypto]

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[prettyboycrypto]

I am thankful for the recognition I’ve received as a top performer for the first time in my career for this week. I AM PROUD OF MYSELF. If you know anyone on the lookout for oppotunities—full-time, part-time, freelance, remote, or side hustles—please ask them to submit their CV/resume to mandla@onepercentclub.net. We have various roles available for a global business project. Share this with your friends and family on all social media platforms; it’s time to create opportunities for everyone, anywhere in the world! #prettyboycrypto #Entrepreneurship #Startups #BusinessOwner #MotivationMonday #MindsetMatters #FinancialFreedom #WorkFromAnywhere #SideHustle #QuitYourJob #Freelancing #love #dog #happy #happiness @followers @highlight @commentors