Ever get this feeling like

Ever get this feeling like all the effort you put in, everything you do creatively and to make things that matter, none of it actually matters? Like no one sees you, no one is paying attention, no one cares. Like you’re talking to yourself on a mountaintop, with no one else around for miles and miles. Or, even if anyone happens to hear you, none of what you’re doing is actually good enough to garner any interest. Like you could stop trying to create stuff and no one would even notice.

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AngelUnforgiven · 51-55, F

Honestly I think therein lies the problem. If we condition ourselves to not care whether anyone else hears us, sees us, or even acknowledges us and just focus more on the task at hand we will find that we could better succeed. In my personal experience and my personal opinion, I have found that if I just focus on what needs to be done and focus less on whose watching me, or my screaming from the rooftops etc...it I have succeeded 90% of the time in what I was trying to accomplish. I don't need to be seen or heard. And everything that I do is more than good enough because my opinion on what I do is the only opinion that matters.

otherspect · 51-55, M

@AngelUnforgiven I agree, my opinion of my creative works is what matters, but I’m trying to make a living from it, too, so it can be pretty frustrating when it feels like no one sees or cares what I do.

LadyGrace

@AngelUnforgiven I agree.