It’s not for them anyways — I used to pass along nearly every rough draft of my articles to my family and friends so that they can read it all before I published or submitted them. I figured if they liked it, then other people would like it too, right? And I figured that they would…

There’s a difference between those of us on Medium who are writing for profit versus those of us who are only making a few bucks a month — A decade ago, writing became something that I really began pouring my heart and soul into. I used writing as a vessel for expressing my emotions and documenting my experiences as a twenty-something year-old living in New York City. I started a Wordpress blog for fun, with no real focus…

In fact, most of it probably won’t — As writers, it is our job to take our thoughts, ideas, perspectives, opinions, and arguments and form them into an eloquent stream of words that our audience can connect with. We put a countless number of hours, days, and weeks into a single piece of writing that will hopefully resonate…

I’d hope that most people would say no, however it’s a bit of grey area — Many of us have likely heard by now about the dumpster fire that is currently Twitter. It seems like all of the big tech companies lately have been struggling with their own internal obstacles. Between the layoffs, the economy, and the political tension within the United States, it seems like…

The importance of cheer support from the crowds — On Sunday, November 7th, 2022, I had the pleasure of cheering on the 51st New York City Marathon for yet another year in a row. As if this course wasn’t already difficult enough, the shockingly warm temperatures and the terribly high humidity that contributed to the less-than-ideal conditions made it…

A guide for slow readers, like myself — A few nights ago, I had a hard time falling asleep (which has become pretty routine as of lately). However, instead of giving my eyes the rest they deserve from digital devices, I did quite the opposite and signed into Netflix instead to pass the time until I got tired…

Just because it’s a shorter distance doesn’t make it any less challenging or less important — Over the past several years, I decided to make the marathon my primary distance of choice, making it a point to run at least one each year. Having a much longer distance goal meant that training would take up a larger chunk of my time. …

Saying that I look young just feels somewhat condescending — One of the most frequent comments I hear from people — whether it’s a colleague, a friend, or even a family member — is that I “look so young”, like a twenty-year-old or someone who’s still in college or even worse, a teenager. For some reason, people always make it…

One thing that people here tend to forget is that at the end of the day, Medium is in fact a community of people — The first article that I ever published on Medium was in August of 2013. The platform was still new and still growing and so was I. Fast forward to ten years later and as you can imagine, a lot has changed during that time — the algorithm, the user experience…