Becoming comfortable with the emotional risk of content creation.

Emotional risk can be a significant barrier to  content creation. The risk of rejection and being "cancelled" is more than some creators are willing to pay to express their thoughts, in whatever creative medium, to the public. 

What if they don't like it? What if they don't care? What if no one shows up? This is a risk taken whenever a creative puts their particular medium out for display. 

First, if anyone does comment on a creation good or bad, it's more of a reflection of where the audience members are than it is about anything else. When you put something up for consideration it's like showing someone a mirror. They may not like the things the mirror reflects to them and that is ok.

They may hate everything about your work yet, for me I'd rather they bought a million of my books to burn than to not buy my book at all. The process of sending your thoughts out into the ether like a message in a bottle is worth doing. Sometimes you get someone to look at it. Sometimes you learn something about yourself in the process. Either way the thoughts are outside of you and thus are able to spread some inspiration or chaos depending on what the subject matter is. Either is worth doing. 

It's important that we release our creations into the world and let serendipity do it's work. Some of the most iconic works of creativity were hated by their creators. They thought people are going to hate this! or This isn't going anywhere. But they were wrong, and you might be too if you don't take the leap to put your content out there because of fear or self-restriction. Walk the emotional tightrope, give it a try. It's not so bad. It could be really, really good.  -- Sophia 

I am finding it a little difficult to get this blog out today. Many times the words just flow for me, but not today. Today it is a struggle and I don't say that for pity. I say that as a "do it anyway". It's not always going to flow, you may put some real garbage out there and you know what? That might be someone's favorite post. The post that really touches them and that they feel is the most relatable. Some one 5, 50, or 500 years from now may find evidence of it somewhere and it may be just what they needed to be inspired and to find their purpose in life. You never know. 

Putting your content out in the world gives serendipity some material to work with. Isn't that fun? I think so. 

So if emotional risk is the thing holding you back... I can't tell you all how to live your lives... but words aren't fatal. And ideas are valuable. Consider being the one to create for you, for them. for us. I think it's important.