THIS TOOK FAR TOO LONG.

It took me a really long time to finally sit down and force myself to make this. It has been in the works for over the last few years, but actually sitting and typing these words onto this page took more strength and drive than ever. And it wasn't because I didn't have the resources or I didn't know what to say; I knew exactly what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it, and how I was going to use my platform to speak what I feel. Still, it was more so because of, well, for one, a terrible writer's block for the last decade, fear, and the nerves of how I would be portrayed and criticized, whether it was good or bad comments. In this generation, the fear of failure has become insurmountable, mainly because all you see are other people's success and failure stories.

I know for me, I compared myself to everyone I see online or in person since I was able to comprehend that. Now, at 22 years old, on this day, this Monday, March 4th, I am in a position where I don't compare myself to anyone, whether physically or emotionally or intelligently, and their success. Comparison is truly the thief of joy, and it took me multiple times to keep comparing myself to others to finally understand that. Essentially, you become exhausted doing it and tired of being miserable over it. What sucks is that the thing about me is I have so many thoughts in my head constantly flowing in my mind all the time my mind doesn't shut off, so for this blog, I knew for the most part what I wanted to talk about, but it was just a matter of actually making my fingers do the typing. Because if not now, when?