Newsletter #18 My 3rd Year Anniversary on Medium! Making a Comeback Once Again
After an unintentionally long break from writing, I'm ready to write in full swing.
Hey there! After an unexpected 4 month hiatus, I’m writing this newsletter once again and trying to make a comeback.
For 4 months, I not only neglected this newsletter, but I completely fell off track with writing, and couldn’t publish anything on Medium.
My life has been chaotic over these past 4 months.
I had my new full-time job, a research project that had to be finished, and my whole stress-inducing master’s application process. Add on top of that the many unexpected and depressing life events.
I talk about those experiences in below articles, if you want to catch up or gain insight into these issues, I would recommend reading these 2 recent articles:
6 Things My First Full-Time Office Job Had Taught Me About Myself
How Giving a Gap Year Was One of the Best Decisions of My Life
Hence, I couldn’t produce articles and didn’t even write in my journal except for a few times during this period. Writing could not be my priority, even if I wanted it to be so much.
I felt guilty that I neglected this newsletter and writing altogether, but then reminded myself that I could do only so much in a given time.
Then I chose to not go too hard on myself and told myself to get back to writing when I’m ready.
Now, as my full-time job has gotten to an end, my master’s application process finalized and my research project finally over, now I have this newfound energy and time to sit down and write, once again.
And I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed it.
Before publishing this issue of the newsletter, I have written 6 articles and compiled many fresh ideas, and 4 of my articles got published in a week.
Here are the other 2 articles that got published this past week:
You Can Slow Down the Time By Doing These 5 Things Every Day
Why Overconsuming Content From Lifestyle Bloggers Can Have a Toxic Effect on Your Mental Health
I want to have a productive summer in terms of writing.
Because I didn’t write for so long, I’m in the process of easing myself into writing. I want to continue at a regular pace and publish something each week, but I cannot see my future clearly, as I’m again welcoming a brand new chapter in my life.
I will start my master’s in Clinical Psychology this September, abroad. I will live by myself for the first time, and adjust to my life in a foreign country, while also adjusting to my master’s program.
I’m beyond excited about this new chapter in my life and can’t wait to write about my experiences.
I can’t talk for sure about my writing output after September, but I will try to incorporate writing into my life as much as I can. But this summer, I’m planning to come back with some bomb articles.
I also realized that it’s been 3 years since I started writing on Medium! This feels huge and unreal. I first started writing there in the first summer of the pandemic, in June 2020.
Writing on Medium has changed my life in many ways, both as a writer and reader there, and I couldn’t be more grateful for such a platform to exist and create this incredible community and source of learning and growth.
With over 130 published articles, 120 drafts, 18 newsletter issues, and many tweets, comments, and replies, I feel proud of myself to write, produce, and engage to this extent, without even doing this thing full-time, and garner incredible insights.
Medium has launched my writing career and made me much more experienced in writing and I couldn’t be more thankful for that.
Even if I couldn’t be fully present on Medium all the time and gave big breaks, I feel grateful for my followers, and those who read, support, and leave a comment on my posts. I feel appreciated.
I want to thank you all.
With this gratefulness and my passion for writing, I will continue to write and produce for as long as I can.