This week I was able to presence what success actually felt like. We were selling the copies of Breakthrough magazine in the morning, and honestly, I wasn't quite sure how many people would be interested in buying a magazine made by tenth graders. I was definitely wrong. People would actually stop and ask who made the magazine, assuming it was made by someone more professional, and they'd be impressed to find out it was all us.
One semester's hard work has paid off.
Observing how amazed every one was with our product, and how many people were actually paying 15 soles for it, made me proud. Proud of our hard work, dedication, and passion. Without these, none of it would've been possible. I began to look back to the first days of making this magazine, when all of us had our doubts that we'd be successful, thinking a magazine that actually looked professional was almost impossible, but we overcame that. We overcame the fact that we had no knowledge whatsoever on magazines, writing business articles, taking professional pictures, using Adobe InDesign, filming documentaries. It was all NEW TO US. But we were passionate and dedicated, and actually managed to become professionals at all of these. I thought I knew what success felt like before, but after finishing this magazine, I knew I was wrong all along.