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priyanka Chopra has said about how she was bullied in school. Bullying is something we know happens and still don't know what to do about it. I could connect a lot when I heard Priyanka Chopra's confession about feeling low, getting bullied. But I think most of us have gone through it. I have gone through it. We don't have to feel ashamed to tell it out, let it flow out. Don't keep it all inside, it's toxic.

There is a very funny thing I've discovered about bullies "Superiority complex" and funny thing about the one getting bullied is "Feeling inferior or boring" but the truth is, it is the other way round. Insecure people needs to bully others to feel important, insecure people needs to show that they are superior. Whereas secure people don't have to prove anything. So if you are bullied now or was bullied before, just know one thing, they are just boring people who wants attention but you are quiet something, special!

Everyone have ambitions in their life! A dream which they want to see getting fulfilled one day.
If you wait for the perfect day and the perfect timing, that may never come by. So find out how can you optimize your productivity. When I wanted to publish my books, I had even written emails to famous writers hoping that I would get some guidance. But that never happened. I was waiting for the right moment since 10th grade.

Finally, I decided to self publish my books. Now speaking of self publishing, I didn't know about it until 20-25 days back. When I felt that approaching publishers was very costly, I did some research to check whether there was any chance for me to publish my books minimizing the cost.
And guess what, I did it completely in a cost effective way. When you give your story to a publisher, they would prepare covers, edit your books, and do marketing for your book. But when you are self publishing, it is you who have to do all of it. You also can take the help of your friends or family. You can even pay to get things done. But when you are doing all these things all by yourself, you gain a lot of knowledge. You will get a lot of chances to know where you made mistakes and next time what you have to do to avoid those mistakes. So even though it is a heavy task, it is also a great opportunity to take all the responsibilities which comes with self publishing.

And one of the best thing about self publishing is that you are not letting anyone else to re frame your sentences or change your style according to what they feel is apt for the book. Your sentences, your dialogues are your signature, that is what makes you unique! With time and experience the knowledge you gain doing all the work of self publishing on your own is not a small thing isn't it?