Burnout Diaries

Behind the scenes of managing a mythical influencer without magical insurance. Read at your own risk. May contain keyboard smashing, existential dread, and unsolicited venting.

Top 10 Low-Effort Posts That Still Get Likes (Because No One Reads Anyway)

By Ken Hollow, professional manager of illusions and enthusiast of minimal effort Let’s not lie to ourselves. We, the creators, the freelancers, the influencers —…

The Algorithm Is Gaslighting Me: Why Engagement Metrics Are Bullsh*t in 2025

By Ken Hollow, human embodiment of low reach and broken analytics dashboards Ah, good morning to whoever’s still here. Or afternoon. Or whatever timezone we’re…

Quiet Quitting, But For Creators: The Art of Posting Less and Caring Even Less

By Ken Hollow, exhausted digital manager to an immortal fox spirit with boundary issues Ah yes, “quiet quitting” — the corporate world’s favorite euphemism for…

The Digital Economy Runs on Subscriptions (And I’m Broke)

by Ken Hollow, reluctant subscriber to everything, including his own despair It hit me this morning—right after I got a “Your Payment Failed” email from…

Do You Even Need a Website in 2025? (Spoiler: Yes, But I’m Bitter About It)

by Ken Hollow, proud website owner and full-time existential crisis manager Every morning I wake up, stare at my analytics dashboard, and ask myself the…

I Read Every AI-Generated Blog Post on the Internet So You Don’t Have To

by Ken Hollow, professional masochist and reluctant AI editor It started with curiosity. Then it spiraled into obsession. Then it became my entire personality for…

Ranking Marketing Buzzwords by How Much I Want to Yeet Them Into the Sun

by Ken Hollow, marketing burnout survivor and professional buzzword assassin Look, I love marketing as much as the next exhausted digital marketer who can’t tell…

Why SEO Advice Online Is Either Useless or Written by Satan

by Ken Hollow, ranking #157 for the keyword “despair” Let me set the scene: it’s 2:37AM. I’m hunched over my laptop in a bathrobe that…

I Googled My Headache and Now I Have 14 Hours to Live

By Ken Hollow, professional overthinker with 99 problems and at least 73 of them are imaginary It started, as these things often do, with a…

AI Took My Job (And Then Asked for a Raise)

by Ken Hollow, unemployed by choice (but mostly by algorithm) Let me tell you about the moment I knew my career was over: it was…