I have spent more time on the internet than I’d like to admit. I have also learned more from it than I’d like to admit lol. Sure, not all of it has been “productive” (me watching edits of Luigi Mangione for an embarrassing amount of time), but somehow, everything I’ve picked up here has been useful in some way.
The other day, I saw a girl tweet that she was going to write 40 essays this year. Not in a “lol might start writing” way, but in a public service announcement, like, “Hello everyone, this is happening, mark your calendars.” Maybe I was late to the tweet, but I arrived at the right moment. Her replies were full of people who wanted to join her, hype her up, or just lurk and watch her do it.
I see this all the time. Someone on Instagram is starting a fitness challenge. Someone else is grinding DSA. Another person is trying to make $X in a month. For them, it’s a personal challenge. For me, a bystander who has no intention of doing any of these things, it’s oddly thrilling.
Even as a silent observer, I feel like I’m part of something. Like I’m witnessing a small revolution in real time. Somebody, somewhere, is doing something phenomenal, and I get to watch.
And then there’s me. I could be one of them. I am one of them.
For some people, this is just content. But for me, it’s a tiny burst of joy—watching strangers commit to something, document their journey, and build a little community of people who are in the same zone, or want to be, or just like to watch from the sidelines, rooting for them between doomscrolls.
The word content bugs me. Because I could spend hours overthinking every word of a blog post, breaking my brain over whether a sentence is deep or just ✨ cringe ✨, and the minute I hit publish, it’s just content. Another thing for people to consume, scroll past, categorize, forget. The internet is fast like that.
And yet, we keep creating. Why? Because the internet bets on virality, but the people who actually make things? They bet on consistency.
Think about the all people you admire online. Did they wait for the ‘perfect idea’? The ‘right time’? The ‘aesthetic feed’? No.
They just started. One bad post. One weird sentence. One deeply embarrassing TikTok/reel from 2020 ( could've been me on that influencer trip to Dubai btw). And then they got better. You will too.
No one who made it big was waiting for their one viral moment to happen. They just kept making stuff. If you have things worth saying, writing, creating—just ship it.
Post the thing. If nothing else, it’ll at least live on your ‘On This Day’ memories in two years and haunt you lol
The internet is full of mediocre stuff made by confident people.
If they can take up space, why can’t you? What’s the worst that happens? You don’t get a big break? Your work gets 3 likes? Then what? Move on. Make the next thing. The internet moves every 3 seconds anyway.
And what’s the best case scenario? Someone, somewhere, resonates with what you made. They read it. Share it. DM you to say, "This is so real" That’s all you need.
So here’s my challenge to you: Create and post something. A messy first draft. A half-baked idea. A voice note. A random thought. Whatever it is—put it out there. Give the universe a taste of what you’re capable of. The internet is watching.
Create things that you want to see more of.
I come back from consuming content in random corners of the internet to this corner of mine, feeling both envious and inspired by the people who dared to put something out there.
If I needed to write this to get out of my head and push past the self doubt, then maybe you need to hear it. (Fuck it, lets ball)
I needed to hear this today. Thank you for putting this feeling into words. 🤝 Time to keep showing up and creating!
CONSISTENCY!🫂