Why I’ve Been Ghosting You
A message from beyond the Medium grave
I’m not proud of it, but I’ve ghosted exactly four people in my life. I had what I think were good reasons for doing so, and it’s not something I do lightly.
When I started writing here on Medium at the beginning of 2021, I was doing so to challenge myself. You know how everyone says, “I’ve always wanted to be a writer”?
Yeah, count me in on that cliche.
I was that kid who always had a book in my hand at all times. I immersed myself so far in my little fictitious world that I knew I wanted to create more of these worlds for myself when I grew up.
But growing up changed me. Raising a family kept me busy and the internet took over my brain slowly.
I still read and wrote, but mostly non-fiction. I began to forget what it was like to immerse myself in hours of pure fantasy and the pleasure of written words that could transport me outside of my boring life.
One of my resolutions for 2021 was to write regularly and begin to build a career out of it. Medium was a small piece of that puzzle. The writing gods were kind to me this year and I was able to land a few writing contracts as well as explore a bit of creative writing on Medium.
