Posting is a strange form of bravery

I think blogging and social media often require a strange form of bravery…

1. Post some content. “Here is something I thought is interesting — a thought 💭, an activity 🚶‍♂️, a photo 📷…”
2. Hope someone sees 👀 it. “Well, Facebook has my content now, and their advertisers will soon, too, but I hope the algorithms 🤖 let this through to my friends 🫂 and acquaintances here.”
3. Hope someone likes 👍 it. “Assuming people see it, I hope some subgroup of people likes it enough to react, to respond kindly. I hope I didn’t offend or upset anyone with my content.”
4. Repeat continually. “Hey, let’s do that again.” 🔁

There are some days when the whole process seems completely foreign to me — and yet, here I am… 🤷‍♂️