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Making $0.04 On Medium Changed My Life
It was February 2nd, 2021. I still remember writing that article without a title close to midnight as I had been procrastinating writing all day.
I woke up early that Tuesday morning February 2nd and titled the article “My Approaches to Overcoming Analysis Paralysis”.
That evening after checking my stats page on Medium more than 50 times. It was around 6 pm when the page updated to show that I had earned $0.04
That may seem like an insignificant amount and it is. The money meant nothing in truth. It was what that money represented.
I took action to create a life of my choosing.
Up until that point, I was living with my grandparents. Getting some allowance from my parents for the bus and my phone bill to attend university. I was a 21-year-old man with dreams and aspirations but nothing to show for it.
I had taken no visible action up until that point. The act of monetizing my writing opened up a world of possibilities to me that before that moment only seemed…
