Dear readers, There are many obstacles on the creative path. In today’s post, I discuss two major ones: forgetfulness and thinking that no one cares. Both are inspired by short comic strips I made this week, based on my experience as always. Enjoy! Part 1: Leafy forgetfulness
There is an illustration that first shows a line of people sitting on the metro and everyone is behind their phone, then they show the backview and you realize everyone is talking via video with someone smiling.
everyone cares, never doubt it, and if someone seems to not care is because their thoughts have been taken by a concern, but never doubt that when their day needs a boost they will know that someone shared something for their day to be brighter and cared for them, even when they were a bit too foggy to notice it
Ana, those of us who read your posts care! I certainly care about reading your posts. But, I do get what you're saying. I've been thinking the same thing about my Substack too. And, I write my posts anyway. I find it very therapeutic and freeing to write and be creative. Thank you, again, for sharing.
I heard someone give a talk recently who created these short, daily reflections that he emailed to his older children and some of their friends. He was hoping to get lots of engagement and feedback, but he received nearly nothing. However, he committed to himself that he would stick to writing and emailing these posts daily for 30 days.
At the end of the 30 days, because nobody engaged with his posts--no even his own children, he decided he was done with it. Two days passed without sending any new posts, then it happened. His daughter and son both emailed him saying, "Dad, where's my daily reflection? You're behind. I haven't gotten anything in my inbox for two days."
So, he had a conversation with her and explained how he thought nobody was reading it or paying attention. However, to his surprise, she shared that she and her brother were sharing it with their friends and having some really meaningful conversations about his posts. He was shocked!
Basically, as you can see from what I shared, none of us really knows how far and wide our creations and writings will impact others.
Please keep sharing! I always look forward to reading your posts. I'm definitely sure that I'm not alone.
There is an illustration that first shows a line of people sitting on the metro and everyone is behind their phone, then they show the backview and you realize everyone is talking via video with someone smiling.
everyone cares, never doubt it, and if someone seems to not care is because their thoughts have been taken by a concern, but never doubt that when their day needs a boost they will know that someone shared something for their day to be brighter and cared for them, even when they were a bit too foggy to notice it
thank you for this great writeup!
Ana, those of us who read your posts care! I certainly care about reading your posts. But, I do get what you're saying. I've been thinking the same thing about my Substack too. And, I write my posts anyway. I find it very therapeutic and freeing to write and be creative. Thank you, again, for sharing.
I heard someone give a talk recently who created these short, daily reflections that he emailed to his older children and some of their friends. He was hoping to get lots of engagement and feedback, but he received nearly nothing. However, he committed to himself that he would stick to writing and emailing these posts daily for 30 days.
At the end of the 30 days, because nobody engaged with his posts--no even his own children, he decided he was done with it. Two days passed without sending any new posts, then it happened. His daughter and son both emailed him saying, "Dad, where's my daily reflection? You're behind. I haven't gotten anything in my inbox for two days."
So, he had a conversation with her and explained how he thought nobody was reading it or paying attention. However, to his surprise, she shared that she and her brother were sharing it with their friends and having some really meaningful conversations about his posts. He was shocked!
Basically, as you can see from what I shared, none of us really knows how far and wide our creations and writings will impact others.
Please keep sharing! I always look forward to reading your posts. I'm definitely sure that I'm not alone.
All the best,
David