Why I Still Keep A Personal Blog Although I Am Actively Writing On Medium
When Medium success or money becomes your main and only motivation, it will limit you.
When Medium success or money becomes your main and only motivation, it will limit you.
Most days I feel torn between the rush of a new writing idea but the inability to sit down and write it out due to being at work or being with the kids and husband.
When I started writing the mainstream advice given from the internet was that in order to be a successful blogger, I had to find a niche and get good at said niche to grow an audience of readers. However, we are not one-dimensional in personality and it made sense that what I think about in my head are from a variety of topics. Besides, it feels good to be able to write it out in a clear narrative and decide what I want to make out of my thoughts on paper, or in my case, on digital paper.
I joined the Medium Partner Program a month ago as a way to expand my writing and to make something out of it financially. Here’s a breakdown of how much I earned and my experience on it.
In the month of June 2021 I consistently wrote new material on my blog. In fact I’ve posted 10 new written blog posts in this particular month which averaged to one new article every 3 days. Here’s what I learned from it.
The benefits of writing and why I choose to do so, and my thoughts on the question “How about what other’s think of you?”