My Biggest Mistake at Medium
Hi, there is a reason I haven’t been writing here. I don’t feel I can write about everything and anything I want to write. I want my articles to reach big audiences, but I am scared of success. My biggest mistake at Medium was not using a fake name, an alias. I need one, and now I have one. Leopard Lady.
In December 2021, I had an article going Viral. When I noticed that it was actually going to be my most-read article, I deleted it. I deleted it because I was scared that people would know who I was, and maybe I could face problems in the real world.
Ideally, I should start a new account; that would make me feel safer, but I couldn’t throw away this account, and I haven’t been writing here in a while, so I am hoping you don’t even remember what my name and my face are. Let me know if you do. (hahahaha).
I always thought I wanted to make my name and face well-known, I wanted recognition, but this is not true anymore. I want to be successful, but for that, I don’t need people to know my name or face; I want my work to be bigger than me. I need to feel protected; otherwise, I can’t write.
Writing helps me to make sense of the world and myself; it’s an outlet. My life is pretty boring when I am not writing. So I do miss it. I have been writing for different purposes, but I do miss my articles here. So I am back as Leopard Lady. ❤
