I was talking with a friend recently about writing for self vs. writing for others.
It reminded me of a [post] that Rohan wrote back in 2019—a whole 6 months before I started daily writing.
At it’s essence, the trade-off is between the intrinsic benefits from writing for yourself (e.g., growth, clarifying one’s thinking, enjoyment) and the extrinsic benefits from writing for others (e.g., a larger readership, reputation as a subject matter expertise, the opportunity to sell products and services).
I’m glad I chose to write for myself. I think I would’ve lost patience and interest long ago had a picked a niche and had to stick to it.