My Comeback Story

A not-so-triumphant return

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Have you ever lost contact with a loved one or a friend, and then it got to be a longer and longer time since either of you reached out to one another, and, before you know it, it’s way too long and awkward?

Or have you put something uncomfortable off for so long, and you just hoped that it would go away, or perhaps resolve itself?

As a master of procrastination, I have done that more times than I care to recall, and it has worked out every now and then.

But for the most part, it came to bite me on the ass — hard — and make me wish that I had just done what I should have done before.

I have been like that on this platform. For whatever reason, perhaps my use of AI-generated images, perhaps my refusal to upgrade my membership, or perhaps because the main publication in my prior niche — personal finance — has long ago migrated to the platform where most good publications and their writers have gone.

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Meanwhile, my life has been getting worse and worse. I was and am still struggling with depression, with no end in sight besides ending it once and for all.