Writing and putting myself out there online changed my life.

Here’s how…

I was caged in a small circle before. A virtual world consisting mostly of the faces I’d seen in real life but which came filtered on my screen. I would want to fruitlessly post Instagram pictures to please that group of “friends”.

But then I started a blog and a Twitter handle. I started engaging with other open-minded and sort of unconventional people in the virtual world. These were people I’ve never met physically and perhaps will only really meet some of them with a bit of intention (or luck).

We became friends real quick. It’s so cool that we’re no longer limited to the people in our immediate geographical location and can have deep meaningful conversations with incredible people from literally across the world.

The kind of people I’m friends with online are very different from the people at my school or the neighborhood where I live. Groups tend to think alike.

Occasionally, there’s a bug, a different kind of individual in the group. What does that person do? Where does that person find another of his kind?

The Internet used right is a place to: