u/Gold-Salary7547

Hello and assalamu alaikum everyone. I’ve been praying for about 17 days. My body was not used to praying so I have muscle pain right now. Still tired, but I’m praying. The problem is that Shaytan is tempting me so bad right now.

I used to go out, drink, smoke, do drugs, have fun, read smut, watch porn, etc. I don’t do them anymore but Shaytan is tempting me telling me my old life was fun. I’m listening to songs that remind me of my old life and just feeling so nostalgic.

Any encouraging words would be appreciated. Do any other reverts experience this?

Please don’t downvote and kick a woman when she’s already down.

Basically what the title says. I have an MLitt in Glasgow in Creative Writing in two months. I have no scholarship. I don’t have a scholarship and it’s expensive for foreign students.

I can’t write for shit.

When I post my poems on Reddit, it gets almost zero upvotes. It gets rejected from magazines. My editor doesn’t like my novel. I don’t like my novel either. It’s LAME.

On the other hand, I have an account on Preply that’s going well. I can stay home and be an English teacher instead of chasing a failing writing career.

Please help.

Please don’t downvote and kick a woman when she’s already down.

Basically what the title says. I have an MLitt in Glasgow in Creative Writing in two months. I have no scholarship. I don’t have a scholarship and it’s expensive for foreign students.

I can’t write for shit.

When I post my poems on Reddit, it gets almost zero upvotes. It gets rejected from magazines. My editor doesn’t like my novel. I don’t like my novel either. It’s LAME.

On the other hand, I have an account on Preply that’s going well. I can stay home and be an English teacher instead of chasing a failing writing career.

Please give me some advice?

I consider myself a writer and I quit AI recently because I’m writing a book without it.

But I have a published short story and poem I’ve used AI with in the past. Not making it write the thing for me, but maybe fixing little grammar mistakes, little advices. I don’t even remember how much I used AI for it but the biggest edit I’d done was after the publisher told me to.

Now I feel incredibly guilty about it and don’t feel like a real writer even though I’ve made a fresh start. What should I do? Serious answers only, PLEASE.