I can understand how writing takes energy from you. It's difficult to share your feelings in general and dealing with day-to-day worries that you have living in a war zone probably make it infinitely harder. I think what you're doing is amazing and brave. You're sharing things that many people in other countries never have seen on the news.

Yes, I've been here since 2016 and have seen so many waves of people come and go. I've kept writing all these years for the love of it and would do it even if I was making nothing. I think it's most difficult for me when engagement slows down, this tends to happen during bear markets. There have been a few points where I've felt like my writing wasn't reaching people, this is the only time I've felt discouraged. Life is a marathon, not a race though. It's difficult to think about that when you're young, time goes so slow but as you get older you begin to understand that anything worthwhile takes time.

I bet you'd enjoy Rick Rubin's book! It'll be one I keep with me for the rest of my life. I'm glad I found that post detailing referring others. I'd seen it right after it was posted and was able to find it pretty quickly and link to it.

Thanks for the comment and I hope you've had a good week!