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Hi, INFJs! I've recently discovered this website and I'm really happy to be able to talk to people similar to me ☺️ I am wondering if there are any artists who feel passionate about what they do (no matter if your art is drawing/painting, writing, making music or whatever) but can't get the confidence to show their art to the world. You know, you feel your art, you put your heart in it and kinda feel it is valuable in a way, but you're struggling with deciding to show it or try to sell a painting or publish a book etc. Maybe because you are afraid of some possible judgement, maybe you just can't start because you don't know how, maybe you don't even know what is holding you back. Or maybe someone has already got through this 'beginner phase' and could share sth about it? I am really curious about it since I am an artist and I strugle a lot with showing my paintings. I always need some validation from my family and friends but it is hard for me to show my works even to them. Oftentimes, in my head I have a really cool idea with a deep meaning inspired by many things or full of symbolism. And I think to myself 'wow, it's genius, it will be fun and I'm gonna love it!' + 'I can finally express myself in a way". However, when I think of showing it to anyone, I'm afraid that people won't like the painting, maybe I will realise it's not as good as it seemed to me and I can't decide what to do, I get shy about my work and I fear I won't ever succeed in this field. Sorry for such a long text 😅 But I hope someone will be willing to share their thoughts. Greetings from Poland A

I am asking why? I will always ask questions when I really cannot find a satisfactory answer by myself. I have been trawling the internet for many weeks trying to find a space that was designed for INFJ type people. Not just any old space, a quality space that had substance and meaning. I am new to trawling on the internet looking for personal contact and quite frankly, I am astounded at the trashy content of so many sites. I asked myself many times, "What was the aim of the site?" "What could it mean to the viewer and the site owner?" The purposes of a blog spot can be very varied of course but Sarah has made her blog site a get together space. That is her purpose! I have had my own blog spot running for just one month and my purpose was and is, just the same as Sarah´s. To write interesting content and share it with other people who could maybe appreciate what I have to say. And hopefully get some feedback from those readers and establish a communication link, whereby we could expand on the topics written of. Now I am not going to talk more of my blog of course, I am INFJ, I do not talk of what I do, only who I am! Possibly why I achieve very little!! I have spent some good hours reading some of Sarah´s blog posts and have been very pleasantly surprised. I am enjoying reading her words. I like very much her manner of explaining her views, thoughts and feelings. Her choices of topics are so very typical of our common niggles in day to day life. Our mundane, you could say! I have felt after reading each one, that I am becoming more familiar with Sarah and her style of writing. Sarah is a writer herself, I have become a writer too. I can feel Sarah as I really feel like Sarah does with regards to writing! I have two books down now!! Though no one knows of course! They are about me and my life and trains of thought, so no, no one I know would be interested, would they? I can see that Sarah has been working hard at getting this site filling out with a variety of posts. She has prepared a very attractive looking site, where everything works. Click here, it opens! And it does!! Photos and questions for discussion. I see that her posts are being read by many. I have had four hundred reads in my first month and here is my question at last? WHAT DOES A WRITER HAVE TO DO TO EXTRACT A COMMENT OUT OF A READER? Now, I am not being rude or offensive, no I am not. It is a genuine question that is baffling me. I have seen so many paragraphs of rubbish on other sites and there are hundreds of comments. I will grant you that the comments are generally no more than three words long!!!! WHY DO PEOPLE NOT COMMENT? There is another question. The only time that I do not comment on something that I have read, is if I really think I have just wasted my time in reading it. I will always post a comment. The site owner wants/needs feedback and I am a reader, where will the feedback come from if not the readers? So I put it to you all, WHAT MAKES YOU POST COMMENTS OR NOT ON WHAT YOU READ?

The Purpose Challenge, day 7, gave a suggested book to read of The Desire Map by Danielle Laporte. I listened to the whole book while tending my garden (like heaven to me!!) This book has me THINKING!!! Wow!! Really enjoyed this book, I plan to order a copy to have and make notes in. Will most likely listen to it again very soon. Anybody else struggling to get your life in a positive direction, this book nailed down some direct ways to help you. Have a great week!! 😀