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The Only Reputation I’m Trying to Earn

Daily writing prompt
Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.

What I hope people say about me is simple:

That I became the kind of man who didn’t quit.

When I was younger, I wanted to be an artist, but I always sabotaged myself. Not because I couldn’t do the work—but because I never tried. The moment things got difficult in school, I folded. I’d self-implode before anyone else had the chance to judge me.

Now I do the opposite.

I post.

I show up.

I create.

I try not to stare at low numbers because that old part of me—the one that quits early—feeds off that stuff. Instead, I try to be the man who keeps going, even when it looks like he shouldn’t.

So if there’s one thing I hope people say about me, it’s this:

“He didn’t know when to quit. He kept trying long after the world expected him to stop.”



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