Brilliant article and realistic. Let's get real and do a reality check. Medium can be very hard work and competitive, not always shiney and pleasant. Spending hours drafting stories, hoping for reads, etc can take up a great amount of time for so little reward, so it's essential to focus on giving value to readers, and in that way we improve also. This gives us a focus beyond just earning money. It improves our writing and aligns with the bigger picture rather than the pennies we can earn. It's essential to genuinely love writing and extend value, and hopefully the monetary rewards will follow. That's for sharing this.