Subtle Benefits of Writing: How to Turn Small Wins into Big Ones

Don’t forget you are your best valuable asset

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I was a gifted child.

I made my first paycheck from writing when I was 7 years old, and kept making money from my published stories throughout elementary school.

Then I stopped writing for almost 15 years and picked it back up in 2015.

I’m not exaggerating — those 15 years were filled with pains, heartbreaks, and illness — including more than a handful of hospitalizations, a surgery, and an auto-immune disease that was out of control despite prescription.

Because I was living the life my parents wanted me to live. I lost the agency to my own voice, along with my health and spirits.

Then, in 2015, after I wrote a 3000-word theatre review and wrote, produced, and acted in a full-length play in English (my second language) in New York, I knew I found myself again.

And I was way happier and healthier than I’ve ever been.

Subtle benefits of writing

While the internet is filled with articles teaching you how to make money writing, money can hardly motive you to write consistently. For me, if there’s no synergy or purpose, I simply cannot see…