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The Brutal Reality of Medium. What’s Changing and How I’m Responding
What no one tells you about writing here
I’d put it off for months.
My Medium income was strong. So I cut my hours at work. I was confident I could keep this going. 8 months earning $1000.
It was time to bet on myself & go part-time.
I opened my Medium profile, expecting the usual stats, but what I saw hit me like a punch in the gut. My earnings had plummeted — a 30% drop in just one month. That’s not just a dip; that’s a cataclysmic event. If a company had seen numbers like that, the CEO would’ve been out the door. I felt sick.
In the past 24 months, I’ve written 450 articles. I’ve been featured in respected publications like Writing Cooperative and Better Marketing. I know the ropes, I understand how the platform works. That’s why, when everything came crashing down, I felt the panic. Suddenly, I didn’t feel in control anymore.