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Is Medium Still Worth It?
My Dashboard and I Are Having an Existential Crisis
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Every morning, like a hopeful squirrel checking for acorns, I open my Medium Partner Program dashboard. Not because I expect a miracle—but because, well, maybe today’s the day I see a number that makes me feel like a writer and a thriving adult.
Spoiler: today wasn’t that day. But it was good for content.
So here I am.
Let’s start with the good stuff:
I love writing.
Deeply, obsessively, almost chaotically.
I write every single day.
At least one article.
Often more.
Some days five, depending on the state of my coffee and my mental clarity (or lack thereof).
I write about books, life, travel, weird thoughts, existential questions, sometimes all of it in one post.
Words just pour out of me, like a broken vending machine that refuses to stop dispensing snacks.
But then comes the business side of things.
The Partner Program.
