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What Should I Splurge On? Better idea, I’m canceling FoM!

Yana Bostongirl
The Shortform
2 min readJan 14, 2025

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Money, finance. woman with piggy.
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When I started writing, the $100 club was all the rage. Everyone wanted to be in it.

1/14/2024 Screenshot by author

👉But now, guess what?

👑I’m in the $1 club.

No, don’t smirk. This club is more exclusive now considering the state of affairs on Medium.

In India, $1 = 86 INR

In Pakistan, it’s 278 PKR

In Dubai, it’s 3.66 AED

In Nigeria, it’s 1,652 NGN

Since I’m in the US, I decided to see what a dollar and a few assorted coins would get me.

My options: A chapstick, a pack of nuts (I picked peanuts obviously) and a water.

😮I couldn’t even afford Starbucks!

1️⃣No thanks to bots & scammers and AI-generated posts & comments, the rest of us writers are paying the price.

2️⃣Medium slashed writer earnings as part of its strategy to improve profitability (links below).

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Yana Bostongirl
Yana Bostongirl

Written by Yana Bostongirl

✨A memoir in motion, no script, just life - with a quirky Indian American flavor!|🌶️| Owner of Good Vibes Club publication💫 & The Heritage Pub 🪔

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