When Life Gives You Sadness, Monetize It

It’s time for a serious talk and this time I am writing from a very raw place. Something that I have seen first hand. We all have our share of sadness, trauma, distress, anguish, pain, betrayal, and the list goes on. Boohoo, you just went through a break up, so new. You just had a friend leave you. You did not get in the college of your dreams or lost something close to you. Guess what, no one except for you cares. The time will not stop, the earth won’t stop moving and the stars will not change their shapes. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:630/1*vcnJZN5KIbJ5oMWDv7ZDEQ.jpeg" style="height:394px; width:700px" /> It is tragic how the world inside of you will be crumbling down but the word out there will be growing like nothing before. The tides will rise and fall like your moods and the sun will set as you cry yourself to sleep. The harsh reality becomes even tougher to accept when you don’t find a way to channel your emotions. “Don’t cry” “It’ll pass” “It’s just a phase” “It will make you stronger” No. It did not pass like a breeze, it came like a tornado and took me with it, now I am circling and swirling in the eye of the storm. No, it was not a phase, at least not for the past 6 month when all the milk in my fridge expired 4 months ago but I did not have the energy to buy another pack. No, it did not make me stronger, it made me more tolerable and cautious. I am here to tell you that the world is a bitch to give you this sadness, but the questions is not “Why it gave you this sorrow?” The question is <h2>“What are you gonna do with it?”</h2> Are you going to let the sad stories stay on your page, or are you ready to archive them? Are you ready to clean your room? Are you ready to start something that you once feared? Are you ready to buy new packs of milk? I was. The past 5 years of my life have not been smooth. There were ups and down, not like a smooth wave but more like I was surfboarding on a tsunami wave. What was I supposed to do with all this bottled up sadness. It was about time I burst open like a soda pop can and let the breeze out. Now that you have that sadness, why not monetize it, beautify it and create it. Taylor swift has made songs after break up, she has created art from that sorrow and we all know where she is right now. All Too Well by her was a massive hit, making her money in millions. Halsey, when she went through her breakup wrote the song “Without Me” and made more than 15 million copies of it. She put her sorrow out there and let people know its power. <a href="https://medium.com/change-your-mind/when-life-gives-you-sadness-monetize-it-1a5369abaed">Click Here</a>