Spring Break | Ade’s March’s Letter from the Editor

Hello my wonderful Vibe Tribe!

Been a minute since I sat down and wrote about something, taking away the glitter and the fun that is being a music festival content creator. I felt called to write this to you all to give you an explanation. I need a break. I’m taking my own spring break from Vibe With Ade for a week (March 16-23). While I can’t take a true spring break (a girl has to pay the bills still with her 9-5 right?!), I’m going to use this time to reset and recharge before festival season begins.

If you’ve been an OG vibe tribe member, you’d know I started this blog for ravers and festival goers to get tips and tricks on how to go to raves and festivals. I did it for those like me who like to plan and like to know what to expect. While I’ve had crazy success the past year and a half, it does come with some mild consequences. These consequences are more mental than anything. Being in this space and bombarded on my feeds of other creators in this space you start to feel doubt, you lose confidence in yourself, and you start to question your value. You get caught up in the numbers game of followers and engagement rate as well as which brands are you partnering with.

When people ask me how I’ve done it, I always said I started this with a f*ck it mentality. I looked at everything as an experiment and test because all I wanted was to help people. If one person visited my site and got something out of it, I was happy. Since 2019 started, I feel like I’ve lost touch with that. I’ve gotten caught up in numbers that have no correlation as to who I am as a person and what my value is to this world.

Last week, I had this realization thanks to a friend who showed me a podcast about what Growth and Engagement should mean to creators. I sat in my car and cried before I went to Orangetheory. I had lost touch and gotten so caught up in the wrong things I felt so sad. If you listen to the podcast, Miranda Anderson essentially talks about how you should measure growth by the number of true followers who would do anything for you. Quality over quantity. It got me thinking about how so many of you take time out of your festivals to find me and say hi. How so many of you take time to make me kandi to trade with me. How you watch my videos from beginning to end even if it wasn’t relevant to you. I should be celebrating that instead of hitting a certain follower or subscriber count.

That’s why I’m taking a step back. I always said I can’t be there for anyone if I’m not there for myself. Right now the lil Ade that started this is proud but knows she’s lost sight. While it’s going to be challenging not being the loop or ahead of everything, I need this time. So I can start this next chapter of what Vibe With Ade will be.

With being so transparent and vulnerable to you all, if you are a busy-body, creator, person in charge, whatever the case may be. It’s OK to acknowledge when you need a break and to take the steps to do that. It’ll be ok. I’m nervous but excited for the challenge.

I hope you understand. I will still keep in tap with my email hello@vibewithade.com so if you need anything at all you can email me there. While I’m gone, take some time and dig through my site or watch any of my videos for content you might have missed. Thank you for all the support and I can’t wait to come back better than ever for my tribe!