When I click on Publish I feel that it is the moment of truth, I keep thinking if I wrote well in English and if I left some bullshit, I would not forgive myself.
yet I am used to speaking in public (in Italian) even in front of a hundred colleagues, but the fucking publish button is different! I can paint safely on my feet, or on a street with thousands of people and many looking at you, but when I click on publish it is different, a sense of euphoria and discomfort mix for at least 10 minutes.
I reread and reread and think if I made a good post, then I take a look around, on similar posts of art and I lift myself up. I see a lot of shit without quality and I reassure myself thinking that my students could do much better.
Then I go back to see the results and I think it was a post with good content (at least artistic).
I don't run after money and this helps me a lot because I can sell my paintings fortunately.
But the publish is always a moment of excitement and concern at the same time, then I go to vote for others who have clicked on public and deserve the prize.
Best wishes.
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I think artists have a different sense of value than just the money. MY father was an artist (painter) and was far more concerned with making sure his work was valuable than chasing the value on his work itself. Financially the wrong path, but he has a valuable life behind him.