My First Post on Medium and Why I Switched from WordPress

I thought for so long that I had to be a successful writer in order to call myself a writer. As if I would be ashamed to tell people that I blogged, dabbled or tried for something, only for them to realize that I am an insignificant speck of dust whom no one has even stepped on. I’ve been writing sporadically now for the last year, especially as I approached the big Three O and panicked that I had not yet achieved anything of note. I threw myself into unfinished challenge after challenge. I followed Julia Cameron’s program, The Artist’s Way, and thought that it would transform me into a great writer instantaneously. I backpacked around for months with Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, hoping it would provide inspiration from the top pocket of my backpack. As she writes in Eat, Pray, Love: “No deal, babe”. <a href="https://medium.com/@eileensung/day-one-b106c8c225c2">Read More</a>