I scrapped an article that was almost ready
When stepping back is the right thing to do.
I have lots of articles that have never left the “drafts” folder. However, this time I only had to write a conclusion, make a grammar and plagiarism check, and publish it, so it inevitably hit differently.
But let’s start from the beginning.
Some weeks ago, I read an article by Sophia Industries titled 5 Topics I Refuse to Read From New Writers from an Avid Reader, which I recommend. The title is pretty much self-explanatory about the main topic, and, as a (wannabe?) writer myself, I clicked on it to see if I fit any of those categories.
Luckily for my ego, none of those fully applied to me. However, one of its key points sparked some thoughts.
In the article, Sophia stated that self-help content was essentially a scam, especially those articles that, instead of giving practical instructions about succeeding at something, made you feel like you needed to learn some sort of mindset first.
This idea stayed on my mind for some days, until I decided to write an article about it. I intended to draw the line between harmful and harmless lifestyle content and to share some potential best practices to make unproblematic lifestyle content.
