Gaining Confidence

by jeanineoloughlin

When I was first trying to create this blog I had a lot of anxiety about whether people would like what content I was producing, if I would get any kind of readership, or how I was going to battle the horrible multi-headed troll monster. It was a very intimidating prospect and it took a lot of support and blind gumption to click that publish button. It wasn’t until several months after my first posts that I really felt any kind of confidence in posting my material, whether creative pieces or “blerbs” like this.

I write because it’s something I enjoy, and I post it on a blog because it motivates me to keep writing. So, I have to keep reminding myself that I do this for me and no one else. Not everyone will like what I write and they have the choice to ignore my pieces and they have the choice to voice their opinion. I can respect that and knowing that what I’m doing is something I enjoy happily ignore their opinion as they can happily ignore my blog. So no matter what you’re doing whether a blog, a YouTube video, or just voicing your opinion on Reddit it doesn’t matter what other people think. What matters is what you think and how you feel about what you’re doing…