I’ve Found My Community, It’s Medium

I don’t know why I feel this way but I think I have finally found where I belong. I joined Medium in 2016 or so but I never wrote on it, I would only occasionally read a story here and there. And then I started to enjoy reading some of the articles but all I could read in a month were just 2 for a free subscription. I didn’t want to pay to become a member, I asked myself why I had to pay to read articles when I can get similar writeups from other platforms. But I was wrong, quite wrong.

In January 2023, as part of my doing new things and putting myself out there, I decided to become a Medium member. I mean, what’s the point of doing the things I do now and staying the same? It gets boring. Who knows, I might even find love….

Becoming a member opened up a whole new world for me not just to reading but to writing as well. I have always been scared of putting out my content to the world, it’s always the question of whether I am good enough for people to read. On Medium, I have found that it doesn’t really matter, just start and then grow.

Medium gives me a platform to be vulnerable, why? Because I read about other people’s vulnerability here. I literally can be myself, it feels like I am writing in my journal. In fact, I got prompted to write this after reading May Pang’s article about intimacy. It was such a feel-good read. Thank you, May.

Medium has become a teacher and life coach for me. I am learning about writing, I am learning about money, and I am basically learning about life itself. For an introvert who doesn’t have a large social circle and hardly a social life, Medium has become the community I didn’t know I desired. When I read what others write, it makes me feel and know that I am not alone in this world, someone else or two others are feeling the exact same way. Unlike other platforms where people put their best foot forward, Medium has shown me the vulnerable side of humanity and I am grateful to be on this side.

2022 ended with me having an existential crisis, I hurt myself deeply with my decisions and actions. Somehow because of what I read on Medium, I am gradually finding some healing and balance in my emotions. My purpose also has become clearer to me.

It’s still March in 2023 but I am so looking forward to a fruitful and blessed year. I am looking forward to having the time of my life on Medium because truly, I have found my own community.