So, not too long ago, I got upset with Substack. I was getting hate mail from former readers, death threats, and it just felt like I was running uphill for no real reason. The good news, though, was that people were understanding when I took time off.
My mental health was reeling. Things were just not working out and I was debating if I should quit. So, after my depression and PTSD got worse and worse, I decided to drop Substack.
It took a lot of people privately messaging me, encouraging me, and telling me that I deserved better for me to even consider getting back on this site. My self-esteem was crushed.
After I was able to regain my composure a bit, I went back online.
That’s when I decided to get spicy with my takes. Fueled with anger at being physically threatened, I decided to repost some stuff about Trump. I mean, I had nothing left to lose. If people hate what I have to say here, it’s not like I cared.
Boom. The article went viral with about triple my regular views. It’s been shared about 100 times. That article? It was an explainer about why GOP voters hate being called weird.
That article? It’s this one.
There is a lesson to be learned here, folks.
You know, so often, it’s easy to give up. It’s easy to feel like the chips are always going to be down. If you assume that it’s not going to get better and give up, then you are going to make it happen. You will never know what could have been if you decide to quit midway through your journey.
Quitting is a great way to accomplish nothing. It’s a good way to hem and haw about what could have been. You never know when that next win is going to be. So, if you’re going through hell? Do what Winston Churchill tells you and keep going.
I live by that Churchill quote.
I’m glad you tried again. My last post gave me a bit of a shock and wound up in the weird right wing corner lmao. Freaked me out for a second and I did wonder about how far they’d go if I continued posting. I’m sorry you’ve gotten death threats, it takes a special kind of freak to make those lol