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Having an Article Perform Well Triggered My Social Anxiety
It served as a reminder that I have some internal work to do.
When a piece is well received by the audience, the attention spike it gets is probably temporary. Behind the scenes, an army of fellow writers is putting final touches to their pieces before they schedule or hit the publish button on theirs. They cross their fingers and hope that this one will be a hit too, whether for the greens, the personal recognition they seek, or for the intensity to share a story they feel the world needs to hear.
What happened when I wrote about regret
My recent piece that did well is named “My 20s Are Over — These Are My 11 Regrets”. I wrote it to deeply reflect on a decade of my life that is now in the past and share what I learned with those who it might benefit.
It took me two days to go from writing, editing, and formatting, to deciding it was now “good enough”. On the 17th of January, I submitted my draft to one of the bigger publications on Medium, The Post-Grad Survival Guide. With currently 42K+ followers, that’s a lot of potential eyeballs on my piece.
Shortly after submitting the draft, one of the editors published it, for which I thank you. The piece also got curated, meaning that…
