Make Something You Like—At Least One Person Will Like It

14 Feb 2026 #writing

At times, writing (or creating anything) can feel pointless.

We don’t see results or traction. That’s when we should think we’re writing for our past selves, documenting our journey, or creating a time capsule.

But these days, my scrolling led me to How to Make a Living as an Artist. A street artist wrote it for other artists. But the next line captures the essence of writing or any other creative pursuit:

If you make something that you like, at least one person will like it — you. If you make something you think other people will like, you run the risk of no one liking it at all. That would be sad.

Write what you’d read. Code the app you’d use. Paint what you’d hang in your living room. At least one person will like it. That’s enough.