I've been reading a lot about blogging recently, to help with my perfectionism. My notes on some of the best posts I found are here: <a href="https://chavanniclass.com/2023/08/14/16-learning-in-public-and-creating-magic-by-blogging/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chavanniclass.com/2023/08/14/16-learning-in-public-a...</a><p>It's my attempt at reminding myself of all the times that someone else's blog posts have helped me solve a problem or think from a different perspective about something that was bothering me. They've given me direction, purpose, reassurance. They've saved my life.<p>Your writing could do that for someone. We might not think that a simple tutorial or a list of thoughts could be life-changing, but things are unpredictable. You have no idea who will find your stuff and what impact it will have on them. The cost of keeping what you know to yourself is greater than the cost of being ridiculed. People will always find ways to put down others, so it's better to make something meanwhile, rather than censor yourself in the fear that it might happen.<p>Don't stop yourself from writing and sharing your stuff. It's one of the cruellest things I did to myself. I wouldn't want anyone else to think that they or their thoughts don't matter.<p>You've blogged in the past. Please do so again, for your own self (I'm assuming you wouldn't be "torn" if you didn't care about it) if not for others.<p>All the best, and I hope you do share a link here when you start writing again.