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I Regret Taking Five Months Break From Medium
Here’s why I came back.
The year 2020. I remember hovering over the internet, the time when it was full of Covid-19, pandemic, lockdown, and coronavirus. My mind was somewhere else.
I could see the world crumbling down. The insecurities of life, jobs, money, and everything else lightened up something in me.
If life is so uncertain, why not act for what I dreamt.
Everyone has a dream, am I right?
A dream you always have. But a busy life never gives you the chance to fulfill it. Mine is to write a book.
No, I have written none yet, even in the pandemic. The reasoning is simple. I do not know how to write one.
It is not like I never tried. I have written many drafts. The idea of completing it is always beyond my imagination.
I do not have the tools. The tools that every writer has. The perfect sentences, paragraphs, structure, grammar, and the skill to stick the reader with their writings. I was nowhere in the line to become a writer.
Despite that, I built up the courage to publish my first article on Medium in June 2020. It changed my life. Even though I wrote for nine months straight, I took a break of five…
