The Martyrdom Scam: Why I’m Done Giving For Free
For years, my online spaces were run as a teaching, encouraging, and uplifting service page. I gave and gave. I taught and taught. And do you know what that open-door policy got me? People who extracted what they wanted and left. No feedback. No likes. No shares. No follows. No subscriptions. Just silence once their own cups were filled. I did my good deeds, and true to the old saying, no good deed goes unpunished. The door is now officially closed. Entitled People and the Myth of Free Spiritual Labor There is an entitled mentality floating around that spiritual work shouldn't cost anything. People expect professional metaphysical services for free, assuming practitioners should walk around in burlap sacks while using up their own time and energy. They expect practitioners to buy expensive supplies and use them to do free work, or offer it all up for pennies while dealing with constant freeloading. Meanwhile, phony church schemes demand tithes and donation money just so a pastor ca...