Personal Stories

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The First Step

When I first thought about starting a business, I didn’t have much. Not much capital, not much experience, and not much confidence. But what I did

Hi everyone, my name is Mateo Rivera and I am new to Medium. This is my second article on this platform. But I don’t have a single follower yet. I thought that when I published my first article, at least

It was nearly the end of February, my fav month, that I met this guy.

In the first hour we talked, I heard my heart say, “God, can he be the one?”

I liked how he talked. I liked his

No one ever dared challenge Miss Arlinda May on two things: her lemon chess pie recipe and her ability to hold a grudge.

She was the kind of woman who

I used to call them cowards. Then I found myself calculating the drop from my own balcony.

Content warning: contains descriptions of suicide, self-harm, and emotional distress.

A few years

Airplane ride experience could be different, all depends on how you choose it

What do you usually do on airplanes?

I think films are at least 2 times better when I watch it 30,000 feet above ground, and I can

Penantian..

Sebuah kata yang singkat, sederhana, mudah diucapkan, tapi sangat sulit dilakukan. Hanya sedikit orang yang mampu melakukannya. Secara umum menunggu dan menanti adalah dua hal yang berbeda.

Menunggu umum digunakan untuk menggambarkan suatu kondisi dimana seseorang berhenti sejenak sebelum

Chapter 3- The Underground Years: Modems & Madness

While I was mastering hardware and tweaking systems by day, nighttime was a different beast.

This was the era of 📞 2400 baud modem sessions — where every connection was a ritual:

Almost one year— satu tahun aku terjebak dalam pesona dirinya. Ketampanannya, cara dia melangkah dengan percaya diri, hingga kebaikan yang sederhana namun begitu memikat. Seolah aku hypnotized, mataku menolak berpaling setiap kali dia ada. Bahkan ekspresi lucunya yang

A recent article in The Economist titled “Why Gen X are the real loser generation” had me reeling. The hook worked. It left me wondering why I was