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            <h2>How to Achieve Work From Home Balance — A 9-Minute Guide</h2>
            <div><h3>Finding Work-Life Balance While Working from Home</h3></div>
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<b>Curated</b>: Self <b>Date</b>: 5/28/2020 <b>Publication</b>: Mind Cafe <b>Read Time</b>: 4 Minutes</p><div id="1800" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-find-joy-in-the-middle-of-anxiety-9bccbe80a3f1"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Find Joy In The Middle of Anxiety</h2> <div><h3>Sometimes we need to look for joy when we feel stress, anxiety, and fear.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*VMbXJTQRLqOUdNYu)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="b570"><b>Title</b>: The Not-So-Surprising Darkside of Working from Home <b>Curated</b>: Remote Work, Work <b>Date</b>: 5/29/2020 <b>Publication</b>: The Startup <b>Read Time</b>: 5 Minutes</p><div id="ec92" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-not-so-surprising-dark-side-of-working-from-home-be246552c4ae"> <div> <div> <h2>The Not-So-Surprising Dark Side Of Working From Home</h2> <div><h3>The reason why people think we are all drinking beer in our pajamas all-day</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*gKBnVjOw8Sv8pqt3)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2b81"><b>Title</b>: I Failed to Breakeven on My First Book After One Year <b>Curated</b>: Writing <b>Date</b>: 5/31/2020 <b>Publication</b>: The Writing Cooperative <b>Read Time</b>: 5 Minute Read</p><div id="a12d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://writingcooperative.com/i-failed-to-breakeven-on-my-first-book-after-one-year-7dd8bd6f51af"> <div> <div> <h2>I Failed to Breakeven on My First Book After One Year</h2> <div><h3>There is a silver lining</h3></div> <div><p>writingcooperative.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*na_-lPyO5

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IqnQHbE)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="3072">How I’m Focusing on Improving Curation Ratio</h1><p id="b7a3">This last month I spent some time trying to focus on how to increase the number of curated pieces here on Medium. After reviewing how my efforts went I found two main things:</p><ol><li>Publish with the big Publications.</li><li>Stick to your previous curated topics.</li></ol><p id="b68d">First, you can do what I did very easily. I am going to outline it here to help you increase your chances of curation as well. What I did start with research. I looked back at my last 25 curated pieces. I focused on two things: curation topic and publication.</p><p id="8ad3">What I found was how I was getting curated over and over again in three main pubs: The Startup, Mind Café, and Publishous.</p><p id="b222">Then I looked at my most curated topics. Three topics I found myself in often were: Self, Productivity, and Parenting.</p><p id="fee4">With this information, I focused on the big pubs I was already publishing with and continued to use my main three tags. What I did next, was look for similar tags to the ones that I was already being curated. This helped me expand into two new categories: work and remote work.</p><p id="be46">Based on these findings, here are a few steps you can use to increase your curation ratio:</p><h2 id="5c7b">№1 — Review Your Last 25 Curated Pieces</h2><p id="663b">Focus on which topics you were curated in and what publications you published with for each piece. Create a shortlist of these topics and publications. (I used index cards)</p><h2 id="3771">№2 — Discover Similar Curated Topics</h2><p id="3204">With your shortlist, go to the main page of Medium. At the top of the page are the Medium pubs and topics. If you scroll it to the right, you will find an option ‘more.’ Click this and follow the page. This page has a list of topics that all get curated. Create an additional list of similar topics to the ones you already are curated.</p><h2 id="1719">№3 — Choose Your Pubs and Topics</h2><p id="171b">Next, choose your big pubs (2–3), your shortlist topics (2–3), and your similar list topics (2–3). Start writing pieces focused on these areas and what these pubs are looking for in a piece.</p><h1 id="2bdf">Last Thoughts</h1><p id="afbb">Ultimately, curation and big pub owners are going to choose what they are going to choose. However, with this information, you are improving your chances of curation, which will help your writing be seen by more readers.</p><p id="bfb9">It might take some time to get a lot of momentum. But, I am convinced it is possible to get momentum with the algorithm and the folks who are reviewing for curation. Which is all we can try to do on our own.</p><p id="2742">So, give it a try and good luck!</p></article></body>

May 2020 Curation and Lessons

After a couple of rough months, a few things that helped momentum.

After a month or two of struggling with curation, I decided it was time to make some changes. I started to really track the posts I saw curated and began working backward from curation to creation. Never the less, I saw a few curations which helped give me some momentum.

I’ll share more about what I learned after I share my curated pieces.

Title: Allow Yourself To Dream And See What Happens Curated: Self Date: 5/2/2020 Publication: Mind Cafe Read Time: 3 Minutes

Allow Yourself to Dream and See What Happens

How chasing your dreams will change your life.

medium.com

Title: As a Father, There is More Than One Way to Provide Curated: Parenting, Family Date: 5/4/2020 Publication: The Dad Hammer Pub Read Time: 5 Minutes

As a Father, There is More Than One Way to Provide

4 Ways to Provide as a Father and What I Have Learned Since Doing So

medium.com

Title: How to Achieve Work from Home Balance — A 9 Minute Guide Curated: Remote Work, Productivity, Work Date: 5/20/2020 Publication: The Startup Read Time: 9 Minutes

How to Achieve Work From Home Balance — A 9-Minute Guide

Finding Work-Life Balance While Working from Home

medium.com

Title: How to Find Joy in the Middle of Anxiety Curated: Self Date: 5/28/2020 Publication: Mind Cafe Read Time: 4 Minutes

How To Find Joy In The Middle of Anxiety

Sometimes we need to look for joy when we feel stress, anxiety, and fear.

medium.com

Title: The Not-So-Surprising Darkside of Working from Home Curated: Remote Work, Work Date: 5/29/2020 Publication: The Startup Read Time: 5 Minutes

The Not-So-Surprising Dark Side Of Working From Home

The reason why people think we are all drinking beer in our pajamas all-day

medium.com

Title: I Failed to Breakeven on My First Book After One Year Curated: Writing Date: 5/31/2020 Publication: The Writing Cooperative Read Time: 5 Minute Read

I Failed to Breakeven on My First Book After One Year

There is a silver lining

writingcooperative.com

How I’m Focusing on Improving Curation Ratio

This last month I spent some time trying to focus on how to increase the number of curated pieces here on Medium. After reviewing how my efforts went I found two main things:

Publish with the big Publications.
Stick to your previous curated topics.

First, you can do what I did very easily. I am going to outline it here to help you increase your chances of curation as well. What I did start with research. I looked back at my last 25 curated pieces. I focused on two things: curation topic and publication.

What I found was how I was getting curated over and over again in three main pubs: The Startup, Mind Café, and Publishous.

Then I looked at my most curated topics. Three topics I found myself in often were: Self, Productivity, and Parenting.

With this information, I focused on the big pubs I was already publishing with and continued to use my main three tags. What I did next, was look for similar tags to the ones that I was already being curated. This helped me expand into two new categories: work and remote work.

Based on these findings, here are a few steps you can use to increase your curation ratio:

№1 — Review Your Last 25 Curated Pieces

Focus on which topics you were curated in and what publications you published with for each piece. Create a shortlist of these topics and publications. (I used index cards)

№2 — Discover Similar Curated Topics

With your shortlist, go to the main page of Medium. At the top of the page are the Medium pubs and topics. If you scroll it to the right, you will find an option ‘more.’ Click this and follow the page. This page has a list of topics that all get curated. Create an additional list of similar topics to the ones you already are curated.

№3 — Choose Your Pubs and Topics

Next, choose your big pubs (2–3), your shortlist topics (2–3), and your similar list topics (2–3). Start writing pieces focused on these areas and what these pubs are looking for in a piece.

Last Thoughts

Ultimately, curation and big pub owners are going to choose what they are going to choose. However, with this information, you are improving your chances of curation, which will help your writing be seen by more readers.

It might take some time to get a lot of momentum. But, I am convinced it is possible to get momentum with the algorithm and the folks who are reviewing for curation. Which is all we can try to do on our own.

So, give it a try and good luck!