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I Am Over The Moon, Happy As A Larry, Overjoyed, Buzzing With Excitement
I am one of 1000 writers to get a $500 bonus from Medium.
I couldn’t believe it when I opened the email.
I thought it was a mistake. A prank? Or worst one of the fraud emails?
It was not until three other writers reported in a SLACK group that they too got a bonus check of $500 that I realized I had made my first real money from writing.
I have been publishing one article a day for about 27 days now. Before that, I was averaging two articles a week. I have put an insane amount of hours into learning the craft of article writing in the past two and half years.
It feels good to be recognized.
It is not the money, but the recognition that someone took notice of my work that feels good.
This $500 will go a long way.
Many writers like me needed this proof that we can develop a career by writing online.
This money is not enough to pay bills for many, but it is enough to give us the taste of online work. And it is a world with abundance. Thousands of entrepreneurs are building millions (nee billions) of dollars worth of businesses online. We just needed a tiny proof for ourselves.
I quit (I don’t like the word retired) a job where I earned $175K per year to start my writing career. This money is the first proof that the world is changing. That blogging could not only be intellectually satisfying, but a means of earning a living.
I won’t be fully relying on Medium, but I want to thank them for the gesture.
I think they are going on the right track.
Most Medium members are interested in each other’s success. We want to hear each other’s views and learn from each other, not just about making money but also how to live this life better.
At Medium, we are part of a “scenius.”
Brian Eno, a musician, record producer, and visual artist, came up with the term “scenius.”
The word conveys the extreme creativity that a group, place, or “scene” can occasionally generate. His actual…
