Should You Write on Medium in 2022?
In February 2022, I’ll celebrate three years on Medium. To date, I’ve published precisely 350 articles as of writing this one. That’s an average of 116 pieces each year, or about two articles each week for three years.
My answer is not a black and white Yes or No. Let me share what I think you should do in 2022.
Missed Momentum
I lost mine somewhere during 2020. I was given an immense opportunity to grow when I wrote about Racism in June 2020. Over 50k people read that article. I was awe-struck.
But as time passed, I didn’t build on that momentum. If I had published more often, I would have seen tremendous success. Instead, I saw my stats dwindle as my stamina for writing yearned for a long-overdue vacation.
Lack of Consistency
I’ve been writing on the internet inconsistently for over ten years.
In January 2011, I opened a blog and wrote news articles about video games. If I had persisted with that site weekly, I would have probably stopped working a day job around five years ago.
Instead, I hopped from one site to the next, looking for a shorter path to success. If you take anything from this article, take this:
There are no shortcuts to success. None whatsoever. Only the road you must tread forward every day.
Lower Self-Esteem
Deep down, I didn’t believe I would break free. It’s inevitable when your parents teach you only a day job is the stable solution to pursue. I should have woken up when the company I worked for shut down and laid us off in 2016.
But I didn’t. I leaned into it and found a different day job — a big mistake. Medium always looked like a project but never a business opportunity with that mindset.
Conclusion
Should you write on Medium in 2022? Yes and No. The competition has grown. There are more writers now than ever was when I joined in Feb. 2019. Curation is almost gone, and hashtags dominate the user’s homepage. But the human connection is still there.
If you believe you can make a connection every day, week, or month and keep doing it consistently — go for it! Make a new connection, find your readers. If you don’t — you’ll only waste your time. Good luck!
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