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No One Cares? Do It Anyway.
How to find the spark when not many people are reading your work
Here is the thing. We all reach a point in our hobbies, jobs, and other endeavors when no reward feels worth the effort anymore. At least I hope that’s the case. Otherwise, I’m alone in this!
Also, I have ADHD. I start new hobbies and interests very quickly and after some time I inevitably stumble upon this problem. It feels like no one cares.
How much of this is just a feeling and how much of it is somewhat true is hard to tell. You see, I’m still a beginner in most of my hobbies, simply because I constantly start new ones! For example, I started drawing and writing during the pandemic. Therefore, it stands to reason I don’t have a huge following on my comics and writing yet. It just makes sense, right?
Well, yes, but… the amount of engagement on my posts and comics is still pretty low on an average post. After writing several posts that not many people read, it is really hard to find the motivation to write the next one.
Ideally, every post and every comic would get just a little bit more engagement, and my motivation would follow in a linear fashion. But that’s not how it goes. The world happens to be a tad more chaotic, and it doesn’t care at all about my ADHD-fueled needs.
