Finding yourself before finding community

I didn't know who I was as an individual. I didn't know what my interests were, what my goals were. So, it was extremely hard for me to connect with people, because I didn't know what it was I was trying to connect with.

Community doesn't start with finding people that you can share these experiences it. Community starts with finding yourself.

If one of us succeeds, then all of us succeed.

It's important to understand that while we're building our communities, we really have to do everything we can to support it.

I was trying to relate or to belong to a particular community and I wanted to share all these different things, but I didn't know exactly what it is I wanted to share. I didn't know who I was, I didn't know what my interests or goals were. It was extremely hard to connect with people because I didn't know what I wanted to connect with.

Being comfortable is one of the worst things you can do for yourself because it's not until you're uncomfortable that you become comfortable with yourself.