My Friends Don’t Read My Writing — Here’s Why I’m Okay With That

Khalid Birdsong
6 min readApr 23, 2021
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Do you ever get upset when you finish writing an article or book, share it with people who say they care about you, but none of these friends actually read it? It happens to me all the time.

In fact, I’ve come to expect that friends will not read, share, or comment on my work. Is this a bad thing? In my opinion, it isn’t.

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Khalid Birdsong

Visual artist, teacher, and world traveler. Writing articles to make you smile. Join my newsletter- https://khalidbirdsong.substack.com/