On Jealousy and Envy
I'd come across about 4 of my mutuals on twitter getting their technical articles published and I was envious as fuck! So jealous that I actually muted the word "article" on twitter Note that I'd learnt about envy being longing/craving for something for yourself, but I was still jealous regardless. So last Saturday I said - "Chinenye, stop whining and write some damn articles if you think you're a good writer." So I wrote the first draft of not 1, but 2 articles that weekend and felt really satisfied. I also started reaching out to the publications I'd seen my mutuals publish on. And I actually got a response from 1 and it's a rejection email on halting publications from guest authors at the moment. But surprisingly, I don't feel too bad about the rejection. Cos better a rejection email than feeling like shit and inaction. Had I kept bemoaning, I wouldn't have done shit. Like just keep feeling jealous and they'll keep writing and ge