If I start writing what I think people want to hear, I lose track of why I sat down to write in the first place.

It’s easy to slip into that mindset. Chasing likes, chasing attention, chasing validation. But that chase takes me further from myself. It starts to feel like performance instead of presence.

I’m not here to perform. I’m here to create the things I want to read. Sometimes that means writing something I need to be reminded of. Like this post.

Because if I worry too much about what people will think, I hesitate. I soften the truth. Or I don’t say anything at all.

And I’ve burned out before. I know the signs. Following trends, forcing relevance, trying to “keep up”. It doesn’t end well. And I get bored with it. So I’m not doing that anymore.

I’m not a content creator. I’m just someone who makes stuff. For myself. And if someone else connects with it, that’s great. But it’s not the point.

The point is: I am my own trend.