Made It

The notification came this morning: position 55 on some blog ranking list. A year ago I’d been cocky enough to announce that once I made this particular chart, I’d arrive. Real importance. The kind that comes with invitations, parties, the doors that open. The upper five thousand. The people who matter.

Turns out I was right to wait.

The logic is obvious now. You get ranked, the world acknowledges you exist at a higher level. The calls come in. The galas, the premieres, the front-row treatment, all the currency that comes with being officially somebody. That’s the deal you strike.

Still haven’t gotten that first call.