After seven months of writing and editing for the Odyssey’s LGBTQ+ community, I have made the decision to leave the Odyssey.

I was initially introduced to this platform through my friend, who is the editor-in-chief. I have always enjoyed writing when it was something that excited me. Though I own a Tumblr blog, I never published any of my writing on it. The Odyssey was a great opportunity for me to be able to self-publish.

Over my time writing here, I have published a good handful of articles. There are some that I am especially proud of, such as My Pursuit Of Happiness and The Homophobia One. Being forced to chug out an article a week can get tiring, though. I found myself running out of ideas quickly and being forced to compensate through the subpar quality list-type articles that you commonly see going viral on Facebook.

Being able to write whenever a good idea comes to me and fully develop it outside of a time constraint will be a nice change. I am not sure where I will publish in the future or if I will even continue writing at all, but I look forward to whatever the future brings.