The spotlight effect is a psychological phenomenon where people overestimate how much others notice one’s own appearance or behaviour. Depending on your interpretation, this can be sad, since we like to think of ourselves as important, but it can also be liberating.

The spotlight effect means that you may succeed or you may fail. But, for the most part, nobody cares one way or the other.

This is good. The world is big and you are small, which means you can chase your dreams with little worry for what people think.

We are all the heroes of our own stories.