When I first started my website almost two years ago it was really just so I could post the URL on my resume. Spending multiple days after graduation slapping it together paid off when I got my Digital Marketing job at Sunset Auto Wholesale. Not knowing what to do with it after getting the job, I simply began writing about the only thing I knew. . . my life.
At first I was writing about what life had been like after college for me. Unlike most of the success stories about people following their passions, or creating startups, I was having a hard time finding my footing. Being at the wrong side of the success stick makes you sit up late at nights and wonder “How did I get here?”
My Website Started Out as a Selfish Project
I wrote to process my past and express those feelings I was rarely in touch with. Writing two chapters of an autobiography, the frustrations with graduating with no job prospects, and also just uploading some of my art and music as a portfolio it was really all about me. I didn’t mind sharing things I normally keep to myself when I was writing. To my surprise some people actually enjoyed some of the posts I was putting out. Mainly my aunt and some of my family members, but you have to start somewhere right?
Diving into self help videos, books, and lectures I eventually stumbled into the world of personal branding and influencers. Somewhere along the line I became determined to make something of myself. Waking up early, staying up late, sometimes the combination of the two I began to put work into my website. Sharing my mixes, remixes, drawings, photos, and inner monologue with the rest of the world. When other people started reading I’d realized that sharing my perspective while being open and vulnerable could help other people.
Authenticity
There are many things in my life that I wish had different outcomes and many more times where I wish I had acted differently. I’m not the only one who has faced the rough seas in the shit storm of life, but I’ve carried my cross. Sometimes when you’re sailing your boat through the ocean, you gotta deal with a tiger. Like many others, I carried the weight alone. After a lot of time, self-help content, and reflection I’ve come to the point where I can share my life with others. Whether that be through fictional story, an autobiography, a comic, or some other media, I know that being authentic to who I am will help others who are in similar situations.
Becoming an influencer is about sharing all the small things that no one usually sees. I predict people will see through fake things and acts it’s important to keep content personal and real. No one thinks their life is interesting, but perhaps to young people walking behind you, the perspective of my college, highschool, and even grade school life is interesting and insightful. If others can learn from the mistakes I made, through my fall I can make others stronger. This is why believe you should share as much about your life as possible.
Even if you don’t make it, imagine the insight you can give your children, close friends, grandchildren, and spouse with the words you share. As the year moves forward expect more memoirs from me. I’ll talk about things I’ve been uncomfortably trying to handle such as why I came to distrust people, my depression, and my eczema.
Much Love <3 LaidBackMarco
