ELI5: Blogging seems to be more of an traffic-seeking endeavour than a personal writing journey. The mere fact someone might read it is an immediate stopper to

ELI5: Blogging seems to be more of an traffic-seeking endeavour than a personal writing journey. The mere fact someone might read it is an immediate stopper to the creative juices as it literally from the first word is blasted with the "what if someone reads this" and "This needs to be so original".