Don’t Compare Yourself to Anyone Else

I’m always telling this to my children

But so I take my own advice? Of course not! Many Medium writers are saying how their earnings are up in January. Mine are not. They are d -o-w-n to less than half of December.

And in fact, the worst since June last year when I was doing more snorkelling than writing. Although I don’t write for the money, it’s pretty depressing especially when one-third of it goes straight to the tax department. It’s classified as overseas earnings.

My mentor and biggest supporter tells me it’s because I’ve lost my unique voice and tried to be like more successful writers rather than just stick to being myself. My read ratio is down to 50%! Shocking, especially for short stories. In an effort to improve my writing, have I shot myself in the hip pocket?