1.5K Followers at 15, All Thanks to You Guys! ššš
Guess whoās jumping?
Itād be nice to say, āI canāt believe this!ā or āOMG I donāt know how this happened!?ā but what else can I say if thatās what I exactly want to.
So, thank you! Thanks for reading. Thanks for commenting. And thanks for all of your support. All of you have been absolutely amazing!
You know, this article is totally unplanned. And why am I saying that?
Well, something interesting (and random) just hit me.
āIām 15. And itās been 1.5K.ā Not quite same, right? But similar? Um-hm! A bit.
Oh, 15 is like the beginning and ongoing for so many different things for me. I just canāt believeā
- I started writing online (on Medium).
- Read the whole The Kissing Booth 3 in 24 hours.
- Binged watched the whole night for the first time, not to say it was The Kissing Booth.
- Lived far from home for the first time.
- Read a lot of good books at 15 which Iām sure that Iāll feel great (and lucky) about in future.
- Planned and went to movies with friends within just 30 minutesāfor the first time, obviouslyāat 15. It was fun.
- And a bunch of other things (one Iāll definitely tell you some other day, but not now). Oh, and 1.5K followers on Medium at 15, all thanks to you guys.
- And last, but definitely not the least, I found the amazing Medium community and all the amazing writers, readers, stories, and everythingāalso at the age of 15.
So, yes, itās been a great year. I discovered some real cool things and some not-so-awesome things as well this year.
But it was one hell of a ride. And a great teen year, too, to say the least.
Iām going to be 16 soon, and thatās making me ānostalgic and sadā and ācanāt-wait-to-see-whatās-around-the-corner and happyā at the same time.
Teenage things, right? Thereās simply so much going on.
I donāt want to stretch this article long and quickly want to thank some of you guys who I can remember at the moment. Nevertheless, Iām grateful to all 1.5K of you and canāt thank you enough.
Thanks for being there. It really matters a lot. Thanks also for hearing me and I hope my words never let you down.
Thanks to Dr. Preeti Singh, Sara Cansino, Sara Burdick, Bhavya Raj, Shruthi Rajaram, and Saanvi Thapar for reading my works. I get a lot of notifications of you guys. And thatās such a motivator.
Next up, editors of all the publications I regularly submit my story to, and they very generously accept, and correct if anythingās wrong, and publish it: Squeeze the Avocado of Counter Arts, Dr Mehmet Yildiz and Dr. Preeti Singh of Illumination and Synergy, Burk and Kristina God of The Shortform, Stephen Muskett, M.S.Ed of Age of Awareness, and Robert Ralph of New Writers Welcome. Thanks for being so generous.
To all of 45 email subscribers. I hope youāve made it upto here, and I wanna thank you guys too for opting in to receive my posts. It means a lot!
Thanks Josh Balerite Acol for publishing my first ever article in any publication, and to Dr Mehmet Yildiz for accepting me into it. It was the start of something new for me.
I love reading you guysĀ (andĀ pubs): Yana Bostongirl, Carrie, Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi, Masterclass Notes, Saanvi Thapar, Tom Kuegler, Burk, Tom Fenske, and my Top 3 pubs: The Writing Cooperative, ILLUMINATION, and The Startup.
A big thank you to all the other writers and readers of the platform for building such a vibrant community.
Itās been such a wonderful journey thus far. And thanks to you guys for making it happen. Until next time, bye! šāŗļøš§”