Someone literally wrote to me saying she didn't like the colour of lighting in my room on my video. Others complain of a "thick" British accent — I was born in England and speak English, get over it. Then there are the moaners about my diction... but they don't know I have chronic airway problems and had an op in the 1990s to help me deal with it, so no I can't change it.
There are moments when I wonder why I bother. Don't like video as a medium. Just trying it out because some people like the personable intimacy of it and I can dish out some extra encouragement. Speaking to my unresponsive phone in an empty room is weird and my brain isn't really able to pretend it's normal.
Keep doing YOU. Sitting in front of you, face to face, the naysayers wouldn't have the nerve to act out. You bring valuable insight in clear manner. My mother was 90 when she passed in 2020. She read your writings. She enjoyed your point of world view.
