* fingers rolling around an ink pen as I stare at a blank screen*

Every 15 minutes I pick up my iPhone and click open the apps. 4 views… now 7. Still 7….. an hour passed… now 15. This is almost what happens every time I click the upload button for a podcast, blog, or YouTube video. This is the way my brain works, and I literally have no idea why I react the way that I do. It’s time like now when I replay those things back in my mind, I often think WHY. Why do I do this?? Why not just stop clicking the upload button on IG, Facebook, YouTube, whatever. Why do I put myself into this spot in my head? Why don’t I just QUIT?

If you have read one of the most recent blog posts by me on my personal page (this is Wes btw), you should be well aware of the project that we are beginning here at Throat Punch Pros. This project will most likely be a undertaking that will take money out of our pockets that will never be returned. It will take time away from our families that we can’t get back. It will put wear and tear onto our cameras and gear which we will receive no compensation. It will make me have these moments that we just spoke about in the first paragraph multiple times as we press the upload button…. and wait…. So why???

The answer I feel is pretty simple actually. We do what we do NOT for the likes. We do what we do to satisfy our own minds. Whether it a 30 second video of myself making coffee, a snap shot of some random tree or mountain, a quote, whatever it might be. These little things that we do, or things that we share onto all of these social media platforms, they are my or our way to HOPEFULLY share our visions. Maybe to even encourage someone who sees something that we do and makes them want to do something even more spectacular than what we could even imagine. Without someone or something inspiring us at some point throughout our lives, we probably wouldn’t be where we are. Our company wouldn’t be growing. Our minds wouldn’t be growing and pushing the envelopes of what we do each and every time we pick up our bags filled with gear. I know what you’re saying. You’ve read this post and at some point said “Get to the dang point, man!”. Well here it is….. Whether you have a $12,000 RED Camera in your hand, or a 35mm film camera that you picked up at a garage sale for fifty cents… Never stop. Don’t worry about the number of likes, or comments you get. Only remind yourself each and every single time you click the button to share or upload your work, that somewhere someone is out there seeing what you do, and maybe….. your art will help inspire the next great in our time. Never give up, never stop creating. It’s worth it.

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