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Oct 1, 2020

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FEAR OF SUCCESS

Holy Cow! People Are Reading My Story

Will this fragile ego crack under the pressure?

Photo by Doruk Yemenici on Unsplash

When I log in to Medium I am suddenly swarmed with dozens of little green circles up in the right hand corner of the screen. It’s an odd, otherworldly feeling and I rubberneck as if I’m cruising by a wreck on the highway.

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