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Splitting the monogamy and curse of single-digit views
I tried to avoid the cliche of taking up new challenges in January, but a few days in, and I couldn’t shake off the burden of failure. 2022 wasn’t a great year for me, and although I’d made peace with it by the end, a little voice inside me screams that she wanted more. Get outside your comfort zone.
So one fine afternoon, keeping self-doubt on the shelf, I sat down and wrote a series of goals to accomplish by the end of the month. I have a love-hate relationship with lists, but at that moment, it seemed promising.
I picked off the ones from the bottom, which were ignored for the longest time, and decided that I didn’t want to see them undone anymore. I was driven by anger, not productivity, and had reached an extreme point of not caring. As it turns out, that is precisely what I needed to get started.
Other cliches I like to avoid are the ones that accompany my age. I beat it by listening to new music and feeling great about myself. However, my brain does lack the bandwidth to try out new apps — outlets too shiny.
I can accept that I’ll never be on Snapchat or TikTok, and I’ll even say that I’m better for it, but when it comes to getting my writing to readers’ screens, I don’t have that luxury — no…
