I Survived 1,231 Days of Writing on the Internet

I started writing over 3 years ago on this platform. I made $1.39 that first month. In 3 years I’ve written over 1000 articles. It’s been a wild ride. A painful, beautiful journey that I wouldn’t trade for anything. Here’s how it went and what I learned along the way. <h1>Novelty will never stand the test of time</h1> Novelty will carry you through to week 3 or 4 but past that, you’re on your own. This is gate 1. Many people won’t make it past here. I nearly didn’t. I’d given up so many times in the past that my default was defeat. You see in the beginning it’s easy. You can hide behind the fact that you are new and therefore inexperienced and not expected to be flying high. You only just started. You’re meant to be bad at this. But then when the novelty wears off, you’re left with one sinking feeling: Can I do this? The answer? Yes. <h1>Writing is personal, it’s emotional</h1> By month 6 nothing had happened. I wasn’t a raging success, I didn’t have thousands of followers, and nobody cared about what I had to say. Because nothing was going my way there was only one thing left: peace. You see, I was writing from emotion. I was angry at the world. I was mad that I hadn’t made it, that other people had, that I didn’t have the white Range Rover and the big house. <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/i-survived-1-231-days-of-writing-on-the-internet-b28d4445d95f">Visit Now</a>