Day 31: The Final Day

Greece 2019.

Here we are at the end. 31 days of writing and publishing on Medium. I can’t believe I didn’t miss a day because, I’m not gonna lie, this was a bit of draining challenge. Writing every day when it’s the only thing you have going on is hard enough but when you’re juggling other things or at times in a bad mood, writing doesn’t come easily. There were days I thought, why did I choose a month with 31 days to do this challenge? I could have waited until February for God’s sake…

In any case, I am proud of myself for completing a challenge I forced upon myself…It’s also nice to reflect back on the month and see what a wide variety of stuff I’ve written. I surprised myself with a lot of topics that came to me (and perhaps only came to me through the pressure and anxiety of getting down to the wire of midnight each day.)

Now that these month is done, here is what I learned after 31 days in a row of publishing on Medium.

• I really enjoy writing about heartbreak, not so much about love. Perhaps it’s the big emotion behind it that makes it feel so accessible but it could also just be something I need to unpack with a therapist.
• I like writing personal essays and about subjects that require research. I didn’t get to do as much of this as I would have liked to simply because it’s hard to do it all in a day, but I know now that I’d really like…