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How to be active on Medium without writing anything
When your own stories don’t materialize
My last published story on Medium was over a month ago. I hit a major dry spell. It wasn’t that I couldn’t think of any story topics. On the contrary — lots of ideas were dancing around in my head.
Random thoughts would prompt me to say to myself, “That would make a good Medium story.” Then, I would fire up my laptop, write a few sentences or paragraphs, and then…nothing. <cue crickets chirping>
It was getting on my nerves.
I could attribute my lack of motivation to being very busy at work. Leading a team remotely during a pandemic, converting all our corporate classes to on-line delivery, and overseeing our leadership development program has consumed a lot of my time.
But that is just an excuse. Other people on Medium lead busy lives too, but they seem to find the time and inspiration to crank out at least several good stories a week. It was rather frustrating. How do they do it? What is my problem?
I seriously considered letting my Medium membership expire when it comes time to renew in October. Why waste my money on something where I am not really making a worthy contribution?
