Love that you made that decision Jase -- I've seen quite a few of those lately, and many in the comment section, and then I mute the very negative voices that I truly feel are not conducive to my journey.
As your publication grows, this is perhaps a great place for me to share a comment/question:
I've not submitted any more to the blog because I thought it was focusing on "funny" stories. I find many of your writings humorous when you choose to be as well as other writers. So unless my topic was light-hearted with a funny undertone (which is not my forte) -- I figured, it's not the right place for your blog.
Is there an article other than the first one -- as I did read that -- where you have fine-tuned the topics that you want to be submitted, or are you wanting to keep it very generalized for just about anything?
Thanks again for your openness in all you do! Cheers!