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I Think I Need a Break From Medium
file under: unnecessary announcements no one cares about!
I had a stock photo lined up for this but when I went into my photos it brought up some old albums and for some reason this picture caught my eye. It’s a picture of an acrobatic group that wowed me one day at the Sarasota Renaissance fair (or fayre if you must!).
It kind of encapsulates how I feel lately at Medium. Like I’m twisting and bending and trying to do things that aren’t humanly possible to succeed here.
I feel like I’ve given it my best shot, I’m doing all the stuff I used to do that landed if not big hits at least respectable-ish reads. But nothing’s working anymore.
I am struggling to get out of the single digits with reads of most of my stuff lately. It has beaten me down a bit and I think I need to take a break for my stupid mental health etc.
I don’t write here expecting to make real money, but a huge part of the appeal of this place for me was the interactivity and meeting new writers who also liked to read. It’s gone very stagnant for me on that front, for whatever reason.
It just feels pretty isolating and I am seeing other people doing much better than me and many of them deserve it especially my writer pals (I hope you know who you are). But I can’t help but wonder what I’m doing…
