#TruthTalk finale (for 2020): Regrets & Successes

Hi everyone,

I'll keep this short.

I think we can all agree that this year has been frustrating, weird, and such a whirlwind.

For me, I have still powered through the year and am still standing.

For me, that's an achievement. But I also have to admit to myself that before COVID, I missed out on a lot of things. I have valid reasons, and silly reasons for missing out.

And I do regret that.

I wish I had pushed myself harder when COVID hadn't hit the world.

I wish I'd tried harder to make friends.

I wish... a lot of things.

But with all of that, I have had successes.

The main one is finishing my novel.

It's only a first draft, and that means there's so much more work left for me to do, but I am so. freaking.proud of myself!

After I self-published in 2015, I thought I would write nothing other than Stella's Secrets. I thought that was it for me, and that I should give up writing and focus on pursuing a college degree that wasn't focused on writing—something stable and lucrative.

But here I am, and I've written another book.

I really can't believe that I've actually finished it, but I've proven to myself that I can be a writer. I can, if I put my mind to it.

And that has boosted my self-confidence with internships and my career plan.

What are your regrets and successes?

Let me know in the comments below!

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Catch you later!

-May