Edie’s Three
By: Edie Tuck
Tags: Friends, Online Friends, Life, Top 3, Self

Online Friends are Real Friends

By: Cheney Meaghan

I’m convinced this girl is another version of me. Almost everything in this older article had me vigorously nodding my head in affirmation. Online friends — in particular, those I’ve made since joining Medium — have quickly become some of my best friends. I’m sure most of you can relate.

This is just a feel-good piece. A heart-warming bit of reading that will make you get the warm and fuzzies and want to hug all of your Medium besties! (Jon, Daryl, Matt, Kristi, I’m talking to you!! ♥♥♥) No matter where we are in the world, I feel I can always reach out and feel the love. Thank you.

The Most Selfless Decision A Person Can Make in Today’s Society Is Not To Have Children

By: Jon Peters

I love this article as much as I love the author. This isn’t about passing judgement on those who have children, or those who want children. This is about making conscious choices and taking more than our emotions into consideration when making the decision to have or not to have children.

I don’t regret having my daughter, she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The best thing I’ve ever made, and my best friend in this world. But I understand and respect her choice of not wanting to bring more children into this quickly deteriorating world we live in. If you read this article with an open mind and an open heart, I’m sure you’ll understand as well.

Blankness

By: Daryl Bruce

When I was asked to read this poem before it had its title, I immediately knew what it was about, for the simple fact that I feel it deep in my own soul multiple times a day.

As writers, we constantly face the wrath of writer’s block, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome. We feel we have no more stories left to tell, that our minds have gone blank and it’s all over.

It’s not. For as long as you are living and breathing, you will always have another story to tell. Sometimes, it’s just buried a little bit deeper and take a bit more convincing to ease it out of its hiding place.

Stuck in a Job You Hate? Learn How to Start Freeing Yourself Today

By: Matt Clarke

How many of us ‘live for the weekend’, or can’t wait for those two-weeks paid vacation time every year? How many dread Mondays with every ounce of our beings?

It’s time to make a change. Yes, the job has to be done by somebody. But a job you hate might be a job someone else will love. Life is much too short to go through it dragging our feet miserably, hating every minute between 9 and 5.

Find something you love to do. Something you’re good at, and something you can imagine yourself doing on a daily basis. Know that it’s not always going to be fun, and you’re not always going to want to do it. But if it’s something that you love, it will live in your heart and you’ll be able to finally free yourself from the anxiety Monday brings. Every day of the week, from Monday to Sunday, will be a day filled with joy.

Stand For Something or You’ll Fall For Anything

By: Kristi Keller

It’s so easy to bend our truths to suit different situations or different people in our lives. To avoid confrontation, we often back down from what we know is right, but then we end up resenting people and becoming bitter and angry with ourselves.

You are the longest relationship you’ll ever have. You need to live your truth unapologetically — those who are truly in your life because they want to be will honour that and never ask you to change on their behalf.

Stand firm in your beliefs and your truths, for they make you who you are. And who you are is what people love about you.