I was completely fed up with Instagram and Facebook by the end of June this year. Any sniff of promotion resulted in IG restricting my reach, with a grand total of roughly two interactions per post. Facebook is basically dead to me these days, apart from a few kind-hearted family friends (even with a following of 1.2k!).

I know this is common, but it doesn’t do much for the ol’ ego, nor help the bottom line (heck, we are in business – it’s ok to talk about money!). I have a family of six who have a healthy sport obsession and large appetites. In short, they are an expensive bunch. I don’t have buckets of cash lying around to throw at Meta ads all the time.

I was exhausted, tired of trying to please the algorithm (spoiler alert: I never have), and after seven years of being on the Content Creation Train, my motivation was wearing thin. We were also entering a hugely busy personal season, with client projects layered in and school holidays looming. It...