My Takeaway as a Creator
Today was a reminder of something every independent creator needs to face head-on:
> **No one will ever care about your project as much as you do.**
Not a company.
Not a platform.
Not a service.
Not even the smartest AI in the world.
I went into this thinking I’d get a clean, proofread version of my rideshare eBook in about an hour — maybe two, tops. I ended up spending nearly **twelve hours** waiting, troubleshooting, questioning, refreshing links, and asking over and over again, “Where is my clean PDF?”
What I got back were broken promises and half-finished files.
Files that were missing chapters.
Files with blank pages.
Files that erased all the original layout, images, and effort I put into creating this book in the first place.
And the worst part? Every one of those files was labeled “final.”
As a creator — especially one who built this eBook from scratch based on my real-world experience — I realized that relying on automation alone is not just risky… it’s disrespectful to my own work.
When you make something, whether it’s a blog, a book, a course, or even a tweet — you’re putting your **time**, your **story**, and your **voice** into that thing.
And when it comes time to polish it, share it, or sell it, you want to believe the tools you use will treat your work with the same respect you do.
But they don’t.
They automate.
They guess.
They “approximate.”
But they don’t *care* the way a human creator does.
They don’t sweat the details.
They don’t get frustrated when the layout breaks.
They don’t feel embarrassed when the link doesn