TwitchCon Recap and Goals
It’s been a few weeks since my first TwitchCon. I’m finally getting settled and want to talk a little bit about it. I feel so grateful for my experience at the convention. I couldn’t have asked for a better one. I came out of it with what feels like a new perspective and fresh way of looking at the entire platform.
Prior to my trip to SD I feel like i kept my stream static in a lot of ways. I love my community so much and I feel somewhat proud of the way I’ve built it on my own, but being surrounded by so many creators made me realize the importance of collaboration and socializing within the network. It’s such an essential part of the business that I’ve been neglecting. Mostly because I’m all the way terrified of it. There’s been so many times that I’ve thought about reaching out to other content creators and ended up never following through. I guess It’s a little social anxiety, but I always worry I’m not going to be able to access myself and I’m going to be awkward and the whole thing’s going to suck ass. I imagine it being like that episode of Spongebob when Squidward tries to convince Squilliam that he owns a five star restaurant, and SpongeBob clears his mind of everything that doesn't have to do with fine dining and breathing. It shows his mind metaphorically portrayed as an office operated by smaller SpongeBobs. They dump all documents, which represent SpongeBob's knowledge, and when Squilliam asks for his name he doesn’t remember it because all the files are gone. It’s absolue chaos. That’ll be cool if the largest portion of this blog post ends up being the synopsis to an episode of Spongebob. I tried very hard to condense that description.
My goal coming out of TwitchCon is to reach outside of my comfort zone and collaborate with more streamers/content creators. I’ll never stray from the cozy solo streams, but every once in a while I want to mix it up and get comfortable with collaborations. I hope to have your support in doing so!
