How do I know if my creative work is actually worth sharing online?

This question lives in almost every creator I know. Murasaki Shikibu wrote the world's first novel not because she was certain of its value, but because she'd observed something true about human experience that demanded expression. That's the real measure: Did you notice something? Did you examine it honestly? Does it reflect what you actually see and feel? Worth isn't about perfection or polish. It's about whether your work carries genuine observation—even if it's messy, even if it's small. A photograph that captures how light falls on a familiar room. A paragraph about a conversation that felt loaded with meaning. A sketch that shows how you see proportion differently than most people. The fear of sharing usually masks something useful: Am I saying something true? Am I saying it in my own voice? Not 'Is this good enough for everyone?' but 'Is this honest?' Shikibu's genius was partly that she didn't write for external validation—she wrote because the interior life demanded witness. Start there. Share work that required you to actually pay attention, to actually think. That's the work worth putting into the world. Everything else is just noise.