I recently went to a Buzzfeed reunion party in the hopes that it would help remind the millions of people who used to watch me ten years ago that I still exist. Given how few people attended the livestream of the event, I don’t think that I accomplished that goal. But I did receive some unexpected feedback. Apparently, before I showed up, one of my former coworkers was talking about how I was the most talented of everyone back in the day. That my writing and acting stood out and remained with him all these years later. Hearing this made me swell with pride. It also made me wonder, if I had that much potential, how had I managed to fumble it?

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