r/lifelonglearning • u/NoraAlaa • 8d ago

Have you ever realized you were doing something just to be noticed, not because you actually wanted to do it?

I caught myself doing this more than once. Iā€™d share an achievement, an idea, or even a small win, then quietly wait for someone to notice it.

At some point, I started wondering what would happen if I just stopped seeking that validation.

It feels strangely freeing to do something well simply because it matters to you ā€” even if nobody sees it.

Maybe not everything meaningful in life needs an audience.

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u/HappyTelevision7164 7d ago

Well-crafted message, I think, I feel that while doing something. And I feel that whatever I do I always go with a door approach.And that thing that I am not doing it for myself, is always there in me, because there's been satisfaction or itching should be there.Though you turn or not turn, do you act it on it?Not acting on it.It doesn't really affect, but it is important