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Ngl, since I started this writing class, my writing skills and creativity have improved greatly. Proud of myself, you know.

I was looking for something in my Notes app last night when I came across an old write-up from four years ago. I honestly don’t even remember writing it. So I opened it, and before I knew it, I was reading words from a version of me who had so many plans. I had written about the kind of writer I wanted to be, the opportunities I hoped would come, and the life I was working so hard to build. Reading it now felt like listening to someone who believed things would work out but had no clue how any of it would actually happen. The funny thing is, a lot of what I wrote down actually happened. Not exactly how I imagined it, some things took longer than I expected and some came in ways I never saw coming. A few things never happened at all. But enough of it became real that I had to stop reading for a second. Because the things I used to dream about have quietly become part of my everyday life. There wasn’t one big moment where everything changed. No day when I woke up and thought, this is it. I finally made it. Life just kept moving. Work kept piling up. New goals replaced old ones. I stayed busy. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I stopped noticing that I was living parts of the life I used to write about. That old note reminded me of something I didn’t even know I’d forgotten. The person who wrote those words had no guarantee that any of it would work. She didn’t know if anyone would read what she wrote. She didn’t know if the late nights, the constant learning, or the effort would ever pay off. She just kept going anyway. I sat there for a while after I finished reading because it felt so strange to see how much faith that version of me had when she had almost nothing to hold on to except hope that one day things would make sense. If you have an old note, journal entry, or even a message you sent yourself a few years ago, go back and read it. I promise you will see how far you've come.

Today's the Lord's Day 🫰🏽💜 Go to church!!!!!

The biggest mistake you can make when you’re just getting into Web3 is thinking it’s a place where you’ll get rich overnight. I hate to break it to you, but if that’s your mindset, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. I’m not saying this to discourage you. I’m saying it because I wish someone had told me the same thing when I was starting out. The thing is, Web3 has an image problem. The stories that get the most attention are always about someone who turned $500 into $50,000. Someone who bought a random NFT and sold it for a huge profit. Or someone who caught a token before it pumped 100x. Those stories happen. They’re real ngl. But that’s only one side of the story. For every person who made life changing money, there are thousands of people who lost money trying to do the same thing. Some bought tokens because everyone on X was talking about them, only to watch the price crash. Some trusted projects that looked real and got rugged. Others spent months trading and ended up with less money than they started with. You don’t hear those stories as often because people don’t usually post about their losses. So if you’re judging Web3 by the success stories alone, you’re not seeing the full picture. From what I’ve seen, the people who really do well in this space aren’t the ones who got lucky once. They’re the ones who took time to learn. They built useful skills. They kept showing up even when nothing exciting was happening. They stayed long enough to understand how the market works and made smarter decisions because of it. Web3 is a real industry. There are real opportunities here, real careers, and real people building useful things every single day. Yes, there’s money to be made. But like every other industry, you have to put in the work before you start seeing results. So if you’re coming into Web3, come ready to learn, come ready to build skills, and come ready to be patient. Just don’t come expecting quick money. Because that’s the fastest way to end up disappointed.

Me wondering if I’ll ever reach 7k followers

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