"but in reality I think I'm just salty I didn't win. I think that's how a lot of people feel, "

Sorry, I don't think that. I took this piece outside of Medium and asked people what they thought.

The general consense was that it didn't grab you. It didn't make you want to read further., and it was boring and longwinded.

The real test of good writing is whether people want to read it. I wonder how many people actually got through it.