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Don’t Stop Writing Just Because Your Articles Aren’t Performing Well
Lately, my writing hasn’t exactly been taking off on Medium. I’ve had some articles here and there that have gotten picked up and distributed by curators in the past few months, but definitely not a majority of them. And although I am appreciative that I have a handful of decent ones that are evergreen moneymakers, it’s still a bit of a blow to the ego that more of them haven’t been a success.
I hit a huge [personal] milestone as a Writer this year. One of my 2019 goals was to surpass one thousand followers. Less than two months into the year, I have already accomplished that goal.
I’m not including this in order to gloat, but simply to express my own excitement and also show people that you can achieve any goal that you set your mind to. (Though I guess I should probably update my goal number of followers since I’ve already reached it and there are still ten months left in the year).
After reaching this milestone, for some reason, I thought that I’d witness some kind of massive spike in the number of claps and overall engagements that I received on my articles. Well, unfortunately, I am here to tell you the cold, hard truth that it did not turn out that way. My expectations did not align with reality.
