u/hellyeaahhhhh

What made you finally stop caring about being judged?

I think about posting something almost every day, whether it's something creative, an opinion, or just something I genuinely want to share.

But then I start thinking about people from high school or college seeing it and judging me. Like, “Why are they posting this?”, “Who do they think they are?”, or just silently making fun of me.

The weird part is that I know most people probably don't care nearly as much as I imagine they do. And yet that fear still manages to stop me from doing things I actually want to do.

So I'm curious, what finally made you stop caring about being judged?

Was it a specific experience, getting older, realizing nobody actually cares that much, or something else?

It's like all the damn day i think about ideas, creative writing, colour scheme and everything about my art and when the moment arrives to put myself actually out there i start second guessing like what XYZ will think of me from highschool, what will abc will think of me from college plus what if they think highly of me and when I'll start doing stuff I like what if they just decide to degrade me.... Ahhhh it's so much going on in my head

For people who actually pursued their creative dream, what was the hardest part?

Give me all the hacks to survive or even excel in this place.