Belinda, this is an excellent article. You encapsulated our fears, hopes, longings, and doubts so well. I agree with your reasons to write and how that is the most important thing. But I also understand your anxiety about curation jail. Sometimes getting curated helped me but not always. Several of my curated articles haven’t done well and I stopped writing only to appease curators. I wish you the best with your writing. Thank you for sharing your experience and I am glad that my article helped you feel comfortable writing on Medium.