Published inSYNERGY·PinnedMember-onlyI Wrote on Medium Every Single Day For a Year And Here’s Everything I’ve Learned365 days and over 365 articles later. — What a ride. This has been a post in the making for a year. There have been a ton of ups and downs. I’m still flabbergasted I made it this long. I still classify myself as a “halfway decent” writer because I’m nowhere near a Medium master. But I’ve figured…Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Published inAbout Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — KhadejahI’m still waiting for that album…Beyonce. — I have no idea how to start this off. I guess I’ll start this off with…I came out of the womb. Bam! Who am I? This is the easy part where I give you a quick rundown of my bio. Here goes… I’m a HUGE Beyonce Fan — I went to see her…About Me4 min readAbout Me4 min read
Published inSYNERGY·Dec 14, 2022Member-only6 Simple Ways To Stop Killing Your Writing With Perfectionism#6. Pat yourself on the back — I’ve written articles online every single day for 2+ years. Yet the biggest problem I still see with aspiring writers is this damn disease: Perfectionism. You can’t get out of your own head. Everything you write will be tainted as “not good enough” until you have an Ernest Hemingway-type hit. …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Dec 5, 2022Member-onlyIt’s Stupid to Find Yourself. Do This Instead.This doesn’t make you anti-social. — I read a tweet the other day that said this: “You don’t need to find yourself — it’s who you are now.” I used to be in a toxic friend group. They would make racist jokes about me. They would force me to be their emotional therapist. …Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Published inSYNERGY·Nov 28, 2022Member-onlyWhy I’ve Been Inconsistent on Medium And How to Overcome itStart your writing habit with crunch time. — Hello, amazing reader. Welcome to my profile. Not only am I a hard worker, but you may also get one article from me a year! Thanks for the follow! Seriously…that’s how it’s been for the past 6 months. If you’re new to my profile, I used to be SUPER consistent…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inILLUMINATION’S MIRROR·Nov 21, 2022Member-only2 Easy Ways to Make Your Writing Resonate With ReadersGive them the short end of the stick. — After writing online for 2 years straight, I’ve figured out the #1 problem for all aspiring writers: Non-resonant writing. It makes readers click off your article because they feel the inauthenticity. It took tons of trial and error, but here are 2 easy ways I overcame this problem and how…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inILLUMINATION’S MIRROR·Nov 14, 2022Member-only5 Easy Ways to Get Your Point Across Faster As a WriterDelete everything that’s common sense. — The #1 killer of great online writing is filler. There’s no way for your words to resonate with the reader if you bore them to death. Tons of writers know this, but they never execute it effectively. After 2 years of writing every single day online, I’ve figured out how…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyNo, The Key to Life Isn’t to Be Happy — It’s This InsteadFocus on long-term investments. — There’s a word that defines what life is all about. No, it’s not happiness. It all started after I joined Twitter almost a year ago. I followed a bunch of self-improvement accounts. I thought it would be cornball central. …Self2 min readSelf2 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Nov 7, 2022Member-onlyYou Would Be a Successful Entrepreneur If You Knew When to Give UpThis could take hours off your life. — Entrepreneurs suck at giving up. When I started my writing journey in 2018, all of the writing gurus beat me over the head with this lesson — never give up. Ew. It’s so generic, yet so true for anyone to be a successful entrepreneur. UNLESS…you dig deeper. After I wrote my ass off…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION’S MIRROR·Oct 31, 2022Member-onlyThis is Why Writing on Your Phone Can Skyrocket Your WritingEveryone should practice this one thing. — I just realized Medium brought back its feature that allows you to write articles on your mobile phone. Hallelujah! It’s been rough without this tool. I had to jumble up my articles on a Google doc and copy it over to Medium. Now that we have it again, I want…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read