Medium, I’m Out.

3 years and 25,000 followers later, it’s time to reinvent myself

The other day, a random thought came to my mind: “what would happen if I stopped writing on Medium?” I thought this would trigger some fear in me, but the truth is, it made me smile. It made me happy. That thought, it turns out, was quite liberating.

If you’ve read my articles in the past, this may come as a surprise to you. I’ve never complained about Medium and never will. My experience writing on Medium had lots of ups and downs, but the experience was always enriching. I can’t thank Medium enough for all the growth it allowed me to achieve.

When I started writing in January 2018, I had one goal: learn to write better in English. I never aimed to have any success on the platform. Heck, I didn’t even know I had something to say, let alone inspire others.

I was a nobody. Still am, really. No one’s a somebody. That’s what I learned. I made friends with a bunch of top writers on the platform. We’re all the same. No one’s really bigger than the other. I love this, personally. For you aspiring writer, this is good news. If someone like me or like my friends can make it to the top, so can you. You don’t need to be special.

Near the end of 2018, Medium added a lot of focus on their Medium Partner Program, and basically, if you didn’t write for it, your stories would be lost in the void. So I was pretty much forced to start making money if I wanted people to read my stories. I…