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</figcaption></figure><h1 id="8397">What happened?</h1><p id="a60d">I honestly can’t put a finger on it. At the start of the month, I was really fired up. Although I didn’t start it by putting out 2–3 articles a day, I was still churning out at least an article every 2 days and 3 out of my first 5 articles of the month were curated. It felt good and it made me hope for the best for the rest of the month.</p><p id="d5f7">Unfortunately, that didn't happen and workload started to overload on my end as well. The last few weeks saw me feeling fully exhausted once I reach home and I just didn’t have the mood, strength or ideas to write.</p><p id="6c2e">So I didn’t.</p><h1 id="4b24">Am I gonna give up on the platform?</h1><p id="6920">Of course not. I still love the platform and I still enjoy writing and reading articles on Medium. I still have plenty of writers that I follow who are still publishing great content on a daily basis.</p><p id="588a">If anything, I might probably just take this time to focus more on the reading aspect as it’s something I’ve neglected ever since I joined the MPP. I used to spend hours just reading articles on here but since I became a writer, I’ve probably only spent an average of an hour or two a week on reading.</p><p id="3535">So although I’m taking a short break from writing, I’m still gonna be around as a reader.</p><h1 id="82af">When will I be back?</h1><p id="004b">Honestly, I have no idea how this is going to work out. I don’t know if I’m not gonna write at all for the rest of the month (which is only another week left) or if I’ll be gone longer. Heck, I don’t even know if I’ll be gone entirely for the rest of the month. For all I know, I might suddenly get an amazing idea for an article tonight and tomorrow, you’ll see me publishing it.</p><p id="f7ad">I think what I’m gonna do is just take it a day at a time. As I mentioned, I’ll probably do a bit more reading now but if I get the urge to write, I might just do that. What I won’t do is try to push myself too hard just for the sake of writing.</p><

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p id="4da9">Perhaps I’m suffering from burnout from my writing and just need to chill a little so that instead of fussing about what and when to write, I’ll just go with the flow and enjoy it again.</p><h1 id="afe4">What do I hope to get from this break?</h1><p id="c665">I think just some clarity as to what I really expect from myself on this platform. I’ve been a member for just under 2 years and a writer for a year.</p><p id="03f5">While I’ve seen a few writers really take off on the platform, being able to make a full-time income just from writing on Medium (some in a shorter time frame than I’ve been a writer), I’ve also seen writers who have been writing for much longer than I have but not even hitting the $50-a-month barrier before.</p><p id="56d1">So personally, I need to figure out what my plans are for Medium on the MPP. Do I want to try and make it a viable source of income (possibly even becoming one of my main incomes in the near future?) or just something on the side that I won’t pressure myself into committing.</p><p id="f503">Finding out what my purpose is as a writer on Medium, as well as what’s Medium’s purpose for myself, that’s what I hope to get from this break.</p><figure id="b673"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*-Ml9G7HzotGz-tAm_wVwxA.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="4d4e">For the past year, I’ve treated Medium as something like a part-time job. I made sure I put in the hours, get articles out as much as I possibly can and honestly, I saw the rewards with my best month earning me upwards of$ 500 which was an amazing achievement and feeling for me.</p><p id="df32">But I guess after a year of doing that, I’ve reached the point where I will need to re-evaluate what I’m doing and see where I go from here.</p><p id="fcd8">While this is not goodbye, you may or may not be seeing or hearing much from me for the rest of the month (maybe longer or less, who knows?) and hopefully, when I do come back, it’ll all be for the better.</p><p id="a31f">I hope.</p></article></body>

MEDIUM THINGS

I’m Taking A Break From Medium

Sometimes you just need a little time away to recharge and to get your head back into the game

When I did my one month experiment on Medium last month, the plan was always to go all out after that. All I wanted to do with my experiment was to see just how much money I WON’T make when I’m not writing and promoting on a consistent basis.

The results were obviously not great for me and it confirmed that I won’t make much if I don’t write and promote my work consistently. That was why I was planning to go crazy with my writing for this month so that I could get back up to speed and get back into the $100-a-month club which I finally fell out of when I did my experiment last month.

From averaging around $5 a day in the first 5 months of the year, I’m now averaging around $1.50 and it’s not a pretty sight OR feeling.

Honestly, looking at how many days are left in the month and how I’ve been writing over the last couple of weeks, this month might well become the month where I write the least number of articles since I became a writer on the MPP — which coincidentally, makes it exactly a year (this week) since I joined the MPP.

And because of that, I’m gonna take something of a break from Medium for the remainder of the month to just clear my head so that I can get it back into the game from next month onwards.

What happened?

I honestly can’t put a finger on it. At the start of the month, I was really fired up. Although I didn’t start it by putting out 2–3 articles a day, I was still churning out at least an article every 2 days and 3 out of my first 5 articles of the month were curated. It felt good and it made me hope for the best for the rest of the month.

Unfortunately, that didn't happen and workload started to overload on my end as well. The last few weeks saw me feeling fully exhausted once I reach home and I just didn’t have the mood, strength or ideas to write.

So I didn’t.

Am I gonna give up on the platform?

Of course not. I still love the platform and I still enjoy writing and reading articles on Medium. I still have plenty of writers that I follow who are still publishing great content on a daily basis.

If anything, I might probably just take this time to focus more on the reading aspect as it’s something I’ve neglected ever since I joined the MPP. I used to spend hours just reading articles on here but since I became a writer, I’ve probably only spent an average of an hour or two a week on reading.

So although I’m taking a short break from writing, I’m still gonna be around as a reader.

When will I be back?

Honestly, I have no idea how this is going to work out. I don’t know if I’m not gonna write at all for the rest of the month (which is only another week left) or if I’ll be gone longer. Heck, I don’t even know if I’ll be gone entirely for the rest of the month. For all I know, I might suddenly get an amazing idea for an article tonight and tomorrow, you’ll see me publishing it.

I think what I’m gonna do is just take it a day at a time. As I mentioned, I’ll probably do a bit more reading now but if I get the urge to write, I might just do that. What I won’t do is try to push myself too hard just for the sake of writing.

Perhaps I’m suffering from burnout from my writing and just need to chill a little so that instead of fussing about what and when to write, I’ll just go with the flow and enjoy it again.

What do I hope to get from this break?

I think just some clarity as to what I really expect from myself on this platform. I’ve been a member for just under 2 years and a writer for a year.

While I’ve seen a few writers really take off on the platform, being able to make a full-time income just from writing on Medium (some in a shorter time frame than I’ve been a writer), I’ve also seen writers who have been writing for much longer than I have but not even hitting the $50-a-month barrier before.

So personally, I need to figure out what my plans are for Medium on the MPP. Do I want to try and make it a viable source of income (possibly even becoming one of my main incomes in the near future?) or just something on the side that I won’t pressure myself into committing.

Finding out what my purpose is as a writer on Medium, as well as what’s Medium’s purpose for myself, that’s what I hope to get from this break.

For the past year, I’ve treated Medium as something like a part-time job. I made sure I put in the hours, get articles out as much as I possibly can and honestly, I saw the rewards with my best month earning me upwards of $500 which was an amazing achievement and feeling for me.

But I guess after a year of doing that, I’ve reached the point where I will need to re-evaluate what I’m doing and see where I go from here.

While this is not goodbye, you may or may not be seeing or hearing much from me for the rest of the month (maybe longer or less, who knows?) and hopefully, when I do come back, it’ll all be for the better.

I hope.