Favorite Stories in Wattpad

The End

Before creating an account back in September 2014, I was only a lurker here in Wattpad. I read stories from time to time especially famous stories such as SDTG. I usually downloaded the pdf copy of the story. Or if there's a certain story that intrigued me, I would just search it online and i would immediately find the Wattpad link to that account. I can't clearly remember the reason why I made a Wattpad account. But I can clearly remember how stories of a certain author had made me feel — I'll elaborate about this on the succeeding chapters.

For now, let me focus on why I need to depart from this hidden world. This site has been my home for five years. This is my go-to site whenever I feel so down and depress. Updates of the stories I used to read lifted my spirit up and made me happy. It's like it has been my secret  sanctuary.

But I had finally come to a realization that I can't stay here forever. I need to go — far away from here. Why?

Five years. I was turning 26 a month from now, which means, I made my account  when I was 21 and been reading Wattpad stories years before I turned 21 — maybe 19 or 20.

I started here when I was still so very young — I was in college. During that time, school was still my safe haven. My world revolved around it, not even having an understanding of the world outside the four corners of the classroom. I was young, hopeful, crazy. It's like life was just starting out then — in a few years I would get out of college and I would start making a money of my own.

Looking back in those five years, I realized that I was like stuck in time — stagnant, unmoving, steady.

Most of the authors whose stories I used to read here were gone now. They already moved on with their lives. While I am here still stuck in Wattpad like the young girl that I was. But like them, I need to move forward too.

So I can't stay here anymore. I have to get out of here. I can't be that same girl anymore.  I'm older now, so I have to grow up —really grow up. I can't keep doing this if I want that.

I need to go and time will tell if I will ever come back.