Useful rule of thumb: If someone says "trust the science", distrust them and whatever they've just said. - George Mack

Never argue with a professional cynic online. Instead, try and find their earliest ever work. Often when I go scroll back far enough, I'll discover an old version of them that had hope, that had optimism, that had agency. And then some rejection happened.

If you create something and you're disappointed that nobody noticed, about 90% of the disappointment can be killed by reminding yourself that nobody noticed that nobody noticed.

General worrying will give you rumination. Specific worrying will give you next steps.