I Had an Amazing Time Speaking at Medium Day

Here’s my experience as a speaker.

I really did have fun!

A few days ago, I gave a talk for Medium Day 2025. It was a great experience interacting with readers and writers on this platform. I am eternally grateful to

Medium

for launching my writing career, and it was fulfilling to give back in a meaningful way.

Thank you to all who joined my session! And a HUGE thanks to the

Medium Staff

who made this day possible. You’re making dreams come true and changing lives, don’t ever doubt that.

I’ve already written about the topic of my session, but now I want to focus on how the session went and some of the questions that were submitted during it. Maybe these answers will help someone else out there!

I took Medium Day very seriously and probably went overboard with my lighting and recording setup. It was a delightful experience to re-arrange my office area into a little studio for this livestream! I’d never done anything quite like this before. This wasn’t your everyday Zoom meeting with Emily.

A photo of me before the session started

The live viewers were truly amazing in this session. I had a very active chat going on, and the most enjoyable…