Desiree Peralta

Writer at Data Driven Investor

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I Hope Your First Book Doesn’t Go Viral

3 weeks ago | writingcooperative.com | Desiree Peralta

Medium’s largest collection of advice, support, and encouragement for writers. We help you become the best writer possible. Follow publicationYou don’t deserve it yet. “I hope your first book doesn’t go viral. In fact, I hope not the second or the third either.”I read the Instagram message over and over again in case I misread it. I thought that if I read it one more time, the words might disappear or change magically, or I might finally understand what he meant to say. But no.
Don’t Quit Your Full-Time Job for Your Business

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

I’ve been a solopreneur for almost two years; This is why I may return to a full-time job soon. It’s been one year and eight months since I voluntarily decided to dedicate myself to my side hustles (Okay, okay, not so “voluntarily”; I was laid off from my main job in November 2023). I was in a good financial position at the time. My investments were all green, I had just sold a house, and I didn’t have any major purchases immediately that required me to be 100% stable.
Brands Never Really Cared About Pride Month

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

It was just another marketing strategy. Have you noticed how quiet June has been this year? I have been scrolling through social media, waiting for the usual flood of rainbow logos, Pride-themed products, and corporate posts about “celebrating love and diversity.” But my feed looks… normal. Almost suspiciously normal. Where are the rainbow profile pictures? The Pride clothes collections that sold out in previous years? All the posts about “standing with our LGBTQ+ community”?
Men Deserve the “Male Loneliness Epidemic”

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

They are not really alone. They just don’t know how to treat a woman correctly. I’ve been watching the conversations around the “male loneliness epidemic” on the internet for months now, and I keep seeing the same pattern: men lamenting their isolation while simultaneously doing everything possible to push people away.
Why I Hate It When Men Approach Me on the Street

1 month ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

They make me feel uncomfortable. A few weeks ago, my best friend invited me to her house. She lives three hours away, and after much thought, I decided to take public transportation instead of driving there to spend those hours reading a book I wanted to finish. The bus was relatively empty. It was a weekday, and not many people travel at 8:00 AM in that state. However, a man in his 38s decided to sit next to me.
Not Everyone Is Meant to Stay

1 month ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

Draining connections aren’t worth keeping. When I was younger, I thought relationships were supposed to last forever. I believed that friendships, romantic connections, or even casual acquaintances needed to be permanent. I would hold onto people tightly, convinced that letting go meant I had failed, that I hadn’t tried hard enough, or that I was somehow betraying them. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized something liberating: “forever” is just a myth we’ve been sold.
The Power of Setting Lower Expectations

1 month ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

If you don’t expect anything, even the minimum will be enough. I started reading a popular fantasy saga of eight books because everyone around me told me it was the best set of books they had read in their lives. With 4.21/5 on Goodreads for the first book with one million reviewers, I felt like I was going to read a master piece, and I was extremely excited for this journey. But I started reading the first book and I find it boring.
How AI Can Be Useful for Ordinary People

2 months ago | medium.datadriveninvestor.com | Desiree Peralta

Beyond generating images of yourself. I’m an AI hater. Not because I’m against using technology, but because I’ve seen how most people use it:They utilize it to generate content, which prevents them from developing their voice. They steal from small artists and freelancers to create free and mediocre content for the public. And they do it for dangerous purposes that could impact their mental and physical health, like when people use it for psychological and medical advice.
Why It’s Dangerous To Use ChatGPT for Psychological Advice

2 months ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

Mental health help should not come from a soulless source. Right now, I think that people have definitely lost their minds. The latest trend is asking AI to help them with their mental and psychological problems. And it’s not just two or three guys I’ve seen with this practice; hundreds and hundreds of people every day have been switching from their psychologist to artificial intelligence because it’s a free (or cheaper) and more easily accessible option.
Why I Don’t Want Children

2 months ago | medium.com | Desiree Peralta

The most humane thing I can do for my children is not to have them. I’ve never had a maternal instinct. For years, many people told me that this feeling would emerge at some point in my adulthood, but at 27, I have never felt the desire to be a mother.