TimidTheresa asked Felicia Day:

Any time I create something, or think of creating something to put out there, I find myself getting crushed into inaction by that voice that says "Why is your creation important enough that other's should care?" What is your piece of advice for someone who feels this way? How did you create despite that voice? It seems impossible to ignore at times.

Felicia Day I feel this a lot too. A lot of the time we don't think creating for OURSELVES is important enough to justify taking time out, so external validation is what drives us to make things. That is a terrible trap to fight against.

Sometimes when I'm really having a hard time, I think, "I'm deliberately going to sit down and create the WORST STUFF EVER. No one will see it, it's just for me, instead of an hour of TV. Here's some absolutely garbage, me!" It's kind of freeing, like innocuous vandalism, haha. Anyway, deliberately NOT trying to please other people helps me get over that hump. Good luck, creating is for your soul, and it's important. You are the only one of you, better express yourself while you're not dead.

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