1.5k Follower Appreciation Post and And Wisdom by Lana

Rakshita Upadhyay
2 min readApr 2, 2023

I’m not a woman high on counts, but I am feeling good about getting 1.5k followers on Medium. Maybe it’s because I thought it was gonna be really hard, or perhaps because I stopped writing for almost a year. It was easier for me to go from 100 to 1000 than it was from 1300 to 1500 followers. And, after being here for almost 4 years, on and off, after not putting up much content, I finally reached this milestone.

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One of the reasons I couldn’t write much last year was that there was a lot going on in my life, especially after April 2022. It was a transitional period for me, and I went from being ‘okay with sadness and loneliness’ to finally being okay with ‘being happy.’

I spent less time alone and more time with people who loved me. Really loved me. Who really love me. And I was happy loving them back.

Anyway, loving is not an excuse to not write. Therefore, I started exploring and increasing my reach here again, and as a result, well, there’s no result yet, but I know it is going to be good in the coming months.

image of lana del rey via the internet

Speaking of writing, I recently saw Lana Del Rey’s acceptance speech for the 2023 Billboard Women…

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