My First Article on Medium

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y head and I had to <i>choose</i> what to write about. I have too many interests from history, biographies and sadly even politics. I’m passionate about sports and nosy about celebrity lives. I am not ashamed to say that I’m a sucker for the feel good human interest story! I love to share what I’ve learned and I’m a natural story teller at heart.</p><p id="dcb7">I thought I would attract more readers on Medium if I stuck to one topic or a specific niche. But how can I only talk about sports or just finance when there are so many things going on in the world? I couldn’t narrow it down.</p><p id="f793">This has been the same reason I never started a blog. Though I’ve always wanted to start one, I could never figure out what my niche would be. What would separate me from other writers? Most people would consider you an expert in your field if you’ve been writing about something like politics for x amount of years.</p><p id="d3f6">My goal of focusing on a specific niche in the hopes of making money might be a good reason to start a blog and write, but for me it was probably the wrong reason.</p><p id="1f05">So what are my reason’s for writing? I want to write and share stories that teach, inspire, entertain or make people smile. I want to be the one hundred year old man in the nursing home who tells the nurse that after spending his whole life telling people he

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wanted to write, he actually started doing it.</p><p id="2f3b">That’s it. I’ll be writing about anything and everything. Writing will be my therapeutic outlet. If only two people end up reading my article, that’s still a win for me cause I’m usually telling my story to just one person.</p><p id="efcf">I hope every article I publish will be better than the previous one. Improving my writing and consistently publishing articles are my main goals for 2023.</p><p id="6d35">Personally, I’m proud of myself. The hardest part was getting started and that is now behind me.</p><p id="521b">I published my FIRST Medium article!</p><p id="5ae6">And if you are reading this, it means I finally hit the Publish button!</p><div id="043d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@markbaquiran/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Mark Baquiran</h2> <div><h3>Read every story from Mark Baquiran (and thousands of other writers on Medium). Your membership fee directly supports…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*wW2_ZUl-0Lm2fJml)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

My First Article on Medium

My personal bucket list has this written on it: “Write on Medium.”

Check.

One of my goals for 2023: “Start writing on Medium.”

Check.

At the moment, I’m feeling pretty accompished! The hardest part of getting started has now been conquered! I found Medium in March of 2022 and it has taken me one year to have the courage to start writing. I feared criticism and not being as talented as the other writers on Medium.

But my biggest hurdle has always been getting started. My second hurdle was that I had a million ideas floating in my head and I had to choose what to write about. I have too many interests from history, biographies and sadly even politics. I’m passionate about sports and nosy about celebrity lives. I am not ashamed to say that I’m a sucker for the feel good human interest story! I love to share what I’ve learned and I’m a natural story teller at heart.

I thought I would attract more readers on Medium if I stuck to one topic or a specific niche. But how can I only talk about sports or just finance when there are so many things going on in the world? I couldn’t narrow it down.

This has been the same reason I never started a blog. Though I’ve always wanted to start one, I could never figure out what my niche would be. What would separate me from other writers? Most people would consider you an expert in your field if you’ve been writing about something like politics for x amount of years.

My goal of focusing on a specific niche in the hopes of making money might be a good reason to start a blog and write, but for me it was probably the wrong reason.

So what are my reason’s for writing? I want to write and share stories that teach, inspire, entertain or make people smile. I want to be the one hundred year old man in the nursing home who tells the nurse that after spending his whole life telling people he wanted to write, he actually started doing it.

That’s it. I’ll be writing about anything and everything. Writing will be my therapeutic outlet. If only two people end up reading my article, that’s still a win for me cause I’m usually telling my story to just one person.

I hope every article I publish will be better than the previous one. Improving my writing and consistently publishing articles are my main goals for 2023.

Personally, I’m proud of myself. The hardest part was getting started and that is now behind me.

I published my FIRST Medium article!

And if you are reading this, it means I finally hit the Publish button!