Very often, your work may feel like you’re shouting down an empty hallway.
How exactly is this furthering your career? Is the time you’re spending on that personal project worth it? What if only ten people see it?
Depending on what you do for work, this is something you will most likely feel at some point.
The reason to continue working at it is that you don’t know who is listening. The king might walk by that hallway, hear your message, and change your life or business.
So keep creating, shouting, sharing, and don’t get discouraged!
P.S. I am somewhat aware of the divide between the rational and emotional brain. It’s easy to understand this, but it won’t help any of us feel that much better because the emotional brain doesn’t care about the stuff that makes sense. Still, it feels good to write about it–even if that doesn’t make much sense.