My design mood board just hit 500 saves and it's a weird feeling

I made a public mood board on Are.na about a month ago, just collecting color combos and textures from old book covers. I checked it yesterday and saw it had over 500 saves from other users. That number really threw me. I wasn't trying to make something popular, I was just organizing my own headspace for a personal project. It matters because now I feel this weird pressure, like people are expecting something from this collection, and it's making me second-guess adding new stuff. I keep thinking, 'Is this good enough for the board now?' instead of just saving what I like. It turned my private inspiration into a public thing I didn't plan for. Has anyone else had a personal resource blow up and start to feel like work?

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ryan_flores20d agoTop Commenter

Yeah that happened with my old playlist. I made it for driving to work, just songs I liked. Then it got shared around and hit a thousand followers. Suddenly I was overthinking every add, like "do these people want another slow song?" Ruined the whole point. I had to make a new private one just for me again. The public one feels like a museum now.

lucas20620d ago

What's the weirdest song on your new private one?