I've been writing for The Odyssey for several months know, and and it has been overwhelming at times and wonderful at times. I've always identified as a writer, so finally having an outlet was like a breath of fresh air. Now, what y'all don't understand if you've never written for The Odyssey is that we are constantly pushed to get page views and shares, and for good reason. Also, what I'm sure most of y'all don't know is that we, as writers, can see every page view and share we get (it's anonymous, just numbers). And every week, I publish something, almost nervous about how successful I'm going to be this week. More often than not, I'm disappointed with the lack of publicity my posts get. Here are the 5 stages of grief I (or we) go through when we have a less than satisfactory number of shares.

1. Denial.

"Maybe it just needs some more time to get more shares."

"Maybe it's just not showing up on my Facebook or Insta or Pinterest."

*triple checks every social media account to make sure it's visible*

2. Anger.

"Fine. It's fine. Whatever."

"I'll just share my own article 20,000 times."

"THIS IS A GOOD ARTICLE, MY EDITOR TOLD ME SO!"

"Everyone is stupid."

3. Bargaining.

"If I somehow get just twenty more shares I swear I'll be a better person."

"I promise, just a few more shares, and I'll never submit late again."

4. Depression.

"Everyone hates my piece."

"Maybe I'm just an awful writer."

*sleeps for the next two days*

5. Acceptance.

"I guess there's always next week."

"At least I got some shares on it."