Adjusting to Change Can be Difficult or Effortless

Depending on How You Look at It

The changes I am talking about are being faced right now by many Medium.com writers. Specifically, the ones who have been writing on Medium for more than a year.

We have what Medium was for us before and what Medium is for us now.

In some cases, it is a difficult comparison.

In my own case, I am seeing less love from Coach Tony. I am getting lectures about how life is changing, and no thanks at all for the contributions I have made to the Medium platform with my over 300 articles.

I am seeing far less exposure than I did before, even from those who are following me. The reason for this is that the “system — Coach Tony” has allowed really old articles to pop up in my feed. The system has allowed articles that are so old that the original authors don’t even belong to Medium anymore to show up front and center for everyone.

I still love you, the ones who read and the ones who follow me at Medium. In case you think I am saying goodbye, I am not. I’m just going to be doing other things that will ultimately be enriching for me.

The change I’m talking about concerns my audience at Medium. Because I write for you. Sometimes I write for myself, but the articles I’ve been writing at Medium are for you, whomever you are out there in my Medium audience. I can picture you sitting at your kitchen tables. I picture you sitting on a bus reading what I write. I can see you clearly.

I am not afraid to allow you to see me in my bathrobe, with coffee and a cat by my side. I’m not afraid to talk about how miserable menopause was and how there were still things to laugh about during it. I don’t feel self-conscious talking about all my cats and the wild ass hairs that are growing on my face.

Rather than feeling a sense of doom and gloom about this, I decided to make the moment a good one.

The time I spent writing for Medium is now going to be split among a bunch of other projects.

I will continue to write at Talking to Spirit, the website I started in 2001.

I will now start up a new author’s website at PaulineEvanosky.com.

I will continue to work on the books I want to publish at KDP — Kindle Direct Publishing at Amazon.

I will continue to study my self-publishing course at Publishing.com.

I will expand my involvement with Pinterest, Facebook, and other platforms.

I will learn about podcasting and videography just because I’m interested in them.

I will learn German and hopefully Spanish just because I want to.

I will learn more about graphic design.

I will write on Substack. I joined them over a year ago but spent more of my time here at Medium. So, it’s time to pay more attention to my articles over there.

So, all those good things have come as a direct result of the dismay I felt at the hands of the new Medium.com.

I’m not saying goodbye. I’m just saying I’m going to be busier with other projects in the coming year.

The moral of this story, other than letting off a bit of steam, is to show how you do have control over the things that happen in your life.

You can take harsh treatment and turn it to your advantage. It’s one of those really hard life lessons and one that has to, evidently, get learned more than once.

Thanks for reading.