How important is Social Media, really?

So this week has been going by fast, but I am pretty happy overall with how I've been handling things.

Terps is, by far, the most stressful part of the week. It's a 3 hour obligation every day from today (Wednesday) until Saturday. The stage time is important, and the writing/rehearsal process is great experience, so I'm not upset at all about missing out on some other stuff. It's just a lot along with a presentation and memorizing a shakespeare monologue for my acting class. It's called hell week for a reason!

In the melee world, I have been kinda slacking in collecting clips for me and Justin's combo video. There's a ton of content out there, but clipping and saving it is a bitch. That's not even including the time we need to download the gif's, put it in final cut, edit it with songs, and make sure it's good. Once things slow down i'll be itching for stuff to do, but for now it needs to stay on the back burner.

My social media has slowed down, too, but that's to be expected. I'm not doing anything interesting, so what do I really have to share with the world? This blog is probably the most truthful and productive way to put myself out there, so this should be enough. It's not terribly good, mostly just freewrites and rambling, so It's not really worth advertising when I make a post. Closer to our trip, though, I'll try to make a more quality blog post that's worth sharing and see if it takes off.

It's very strange being in my position right now. My end goal is, really, to make a living off of some combination of comedy and gaming. I want to make a career out of this. I see people on twitch making a living off of streaming, and I genuinely believe that I have what it takes to  make that my career. This trip is a huge part of that plan, so I want to put everything I got into it. The difficulty comes in finding a balance between showing off what I can do and letting people just see for themselves.

On social media, there is nothing that bothers me more than people who think they're hot shit. Over advertising yourself is, I think, a big way that people lose their voice and identity and become obsessed with their image. That isn't what I want to become, obviously. On the other hand, I have been in the dark on social media for a long time when I could have been showing off some cool shit that I've done. I don't want to act humble anymore, I have developed some good skills. I am a good melee player, and I have the capability to reach top 100 in a year. I need to believe that. I am a good comedian, and have the ability to start getting paid for gigs before I turn 25. I need to believe in that, too. I think I have a lot of good to spread to the world, I think that I can entertain people if they give me a chance. There is a fine line that I need to navigate if I'm going to be successful. Sell myself, but don't sell something I'm not.

So where does that leave me, now? I guess all I can do is continue to develop my skills. I just need to keep putting myself out there and try to get some sort of following with what I can do. Traveling and playing melee is going to be the best experience I've had to date, but I can turn that trip into so much more with proper use of a powerful tool: Social media.