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Why I Stopped Writing Like A Typical Self-Help Blogger

Alden Tan
2 min readJul 29, 2021

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  • I stopped giving a fuck.
  • No, really. The two forces that are “I really wanna help people” and “I want to make a living out of this” clash really badly to the point it’s hypocritical.
  • Yet, I’ve learnt that any real artist and entrepreneur would recognize that finding the balance between the two is how you actually can succeed as both artist and entrepreneur.
  • Yet, there’re so many bullshitters out there who claim they’re not in it for the money or just love helping people as if they’re the pope.
  • Typical lists and bullet points can be annoying and insincere. You’re not going to care about this post after you’re done.
  • Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. Not everyone wants to hustle. There is nothing wrong with a 9–5. I hate how anything less is “bad.” I guess majority of the world is bad then if that’s the case.
  • I got lazy.
  • Some quotes are actually really stupid.
  • Self-help bloggers act like life is really awesome all the time while they preach like angels which is bullshit. You’ve good days and then you’ve bad days. Period.
  • Life coaches are full of shit.
  • I really hope to carve out a name for myself on my own in this space…

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