I Made Just $4 My First Month on Medium — But That $4 Changed Everything

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I don’t come from a large city.
I’m from a distant, abandoned village — where the internet is a luxury, and vows perish young.

My father? A working man with hard hands and a grieving heart. He gave up comfort so I could read.
I’ve walked in three cities, spent 24 hours on the move, all in the pursuit of studying, all in the pursuit of a future.

Life was not kind, however.

I Tried Everything — And Got Nothing

I began with Shopify dropshipping.
Built a store. Watched tutorials.
Zero orders.

Then video editing — hours spent sitting behind the screen, editing up clips nobody paid for.

Animation course
Weeks learning… no job.

I tried blogging.
Wrote article after article.
No traffic. No earnings. No hope.

I was convinced that I had failed. That I was wasting my time… and worse, my dad’s money.

Then I Discovered Medium — My Last Attempt