I started posting content 6 weeks ago. The hardest part wasn’t creating. It was being seen.

A few months ago, I kept telling myself I wanted to start creating content.

I had ideas. I wanted to do it. I knew there were opportunities that could come from putting myself out there.

But I kept thinking about one thing:

People I know are going to see this.

So after months of thinking about it, I gave myself a deadline. My birthday. I decided that when that day came, I was starting, whether I felt ready or not.

But I didn’t suddenly become confident.

I started small.

First, I posted on TikTok. It felt safer because most of the people seeing my videos were strangers.

Then I started using Instagram Trials. Again, strangers felt easier. It was almost like I was slowly training myself to become comfortable with the idea of being seen.

Then something funny happened.

I tried to publish another Trial and accidentally posted it to my actual Instagram feed 😂

For a second I panicked.

Then I thought, maybe this is my sign to stop hiding behind the “practice” stage.

So I left it up.

And... nothing terrible happened.

Actually, the opposite.

I started posting more consistently. I’ve published around 15 videos now, and I’ve had people I barely speak to tell me they’ve been watching them. People have asked questions about what I’m doing. Some are genuinely interested.

The thing I was so afraid of, people noticing me, started becoming one of the coolest parts.

And I learned something else from it.

Confidence didn’t come before I started.

It came because I started.

Every time I posted something and realized the world didn’t end, the next one became a little easier.

I’m still VERY early, and I’m definitely still figuring this out. But now I keep thinking about how long I waited because I was worried someone might think, “oh, so she’s a content creator now?”

Maybe they do.

But they think about it for a few seconds and move on.

Meanwhile, I get to find out what can happen if I actually try.

If you’re building something, creating something, or thinking about putting yourself out there, maybe you don’t need to wait until you stop being embarrassed.

Maybe being embarrassed and doing it anyway is how you eventually stop being embarrassed.

That’s probably one of the biggest things I’ve learned from my first 6 weeks of putting myself out there.