I earned $0.05 and I’m so happy: 1 week on Medium

A week ago, I set a personal challenge to publish a new article daily. I had had the idea of publishing on Medium for a long while, but many fears and little to say, was I thinking.

Overcoming fears

My first fear when I published my first article was to be judged by my network, which knows me for my video streaming expertise, essentially.

I actually had my article about Video Streaming in my drafts for more than a year, and it was the second one I published after I wrote an even less “arguable” article about the Halfway point.

I then discussed this with a friend and we agreed that any interaction with the article would be beneficial. If somebody doesn’t agree or if something is not fundamentally true (though I fact-check and research my articles), any comment from somebody would engage the community and give me a chance to learn.

Button up my ideas

During my free time and errands, I essentially either learn or think and try to turn ideas in every possible direction to have them make sense together. With the writing goal in mind, I’m now thinking and always wondering what can be turned into an insightful article and how to structure it. This forces me to time-box my thinking and push my ideas as far as I can…