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In Pursuit of The Almighty Mammon, I have Become a Very Selfish Medium Member
This must change.
When I joined Medium in October 2017, I was incredibly obsessed with reading people’s articles. I would arrive at the office at 5am to read hundreds of posts daily, leave comments, clap enthusiastically, back when it was inextricably linked to earnings and generally supported those whom I thought had something to say.
Back in those days, I never saw myself as a writer.
Scratch that.
I had absolutely no confidence that I could write anything that was worthy of being read by tens, hundreds and thousands of people.
Then 2020 happened.
And in the twinkling of an eye, I found myself out of paid employment, left wondering what the next step in life was. But even then, I didn’t think that I would cut the mustard as an average writer on Medium, not where the likes of the Shannon Ashley, Umair Haque, Jessica Wildfire were ruling the roost.
But once I began writing at the end of 2020, it became something of an addiction, a need that had to met, at all times.
And I must say that it has been such an incredible rewarding journey every step of the way. I am a top writer in a few topics, received huge bonuses and had a number of…