When you start creating, almost nobody’s watching.
You post. You build. You give your best — and it feels like it disappears into thin air.

At first, that silence feels personal.
You start to think you’re not good enough, or that the algorithm’s against you.

Nobody cares yet because you haven’t earned their attention.
And that’s not an insult — it’s freedom.

When no one’s watching, you can experiment.
You can make mistakes.
You can be inconsistent, curious, and imperfect — without judgment.

That’s when you find your taste.
That’s when you build your skill.
That’s when you become someone worth paying attention to later.

The people who quit too early think obscurity means failure.
It doesn’t. It means privacy.
And privacy gives you time to sharpen your craft before the spotlight hits.

So if nobody cares yet, that’s not a problem to fix — it’s a stage to master.
Use it.
Because once people start paying attention, you’ll wish you had that freedom again.

Keep building quietly. The noise comes later.

-Conner