You do not need witnesses for every meaningful experience.

There is a habit of feeling that something did not fully happen unless someone saw it. The good hour alone, the small private accomplishment, the beautiful thing you noticed on a walk, all count entirely on their own. Requiring a witness outsources the value of your experience to somebody else’s attention. Most of a life is unwitnessed and none the poorer for it.

Do one thing this week purely for yourself with no intention of mentioning it. Notice whether it feels smaller or actually larger. The answer says something about how much of your experience has been running on external confirmation.