How Positivity Changed My Life I wasn't always a positive person. I was raised by parents who saw the life they had built taken away by a communist government. From then on, negativity became the lens through which they viewed the world. Eventually I decided I didn't want to live that way. I surrounded myself with optimistic people and watched how they found light in difficult moments. Their outlook inspired me and slowly changed my own. Don't get me wrong, I still hear the n

Writing a first draft can feel intimidating - not because the story isn’t there, but because the task ahead seems enormous. It is important to start by being aware- a smooth first draft isn’t perfect or effortless - it’s steady, intentional, and connected to your creative energy. Its goal is simple: to move forward and let the story exist. Staring at a blank page or thinking of the 300-plus pages you need to write can quickly turn excitement into stress. Here are five ways to

Rejection is scary. It has a quiet way of arriving - no explanation, just a short email. Silence replaces where enthusiasm once lived. For a long time, I treated rejection as something painful to get over. Shake it off. Move on. But eventually, I realized I was skipping the most useful part - the part where rejection teaches you something success rarely does. Here are five things rejection has taught me that success never could: 1. Rejection Is Information, Not Judgment Succe