Many moons ago, I was involved in this niche online forum community that shut down a few years back. I never met the people in person, but I loved chatting to them and hearing their stories. These people were some of the brightest I’ve ever encountered (they were nerdy), but struggled quite a bit. One of them randomly popped into my head before. We used to have journey journals over there. She would journal about how depressed and hopeless she felt, but is one of the most clever people I’ve ever come across. I always wondered how such a bright person could hate themselves. Anyway. I opened Facebook, and she is now married, in her dream job, making a positive impact. I hope she is content. I hope all the people I interacted with on there are.

It makes me think that if other people can change their lives, so can I.