On Medium, Wallpapers and Tech. Oh My!
Or, a day in the life of someone with too many interests.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had far too many interests. On one hand, that can be an advantage. I have no shortage of things I can try.
But on the other hand, it can be somewhat crippling.
That’s where I’ve been for the past months: pulled in a constant whirlwind between interests.
After posting some of my artwork on Threads, I was fortunate to catch the attention of a relatively well-known YouTuber who asked me to collab with him on a project he’s been building: WallpaperZ, and I’ve enjoyed that immensely.
And I’ve been posting some independently on Gumroad as well.
Of course I’ve not forgotten about Medium, and I’ve been writing more or less consistently there, averaging a couple hundred per month.
Couple that with a day job, building a business, and actually having a life, you can imagine time is at a premium.
Certainly I want to focus my attention on what’s going to be the best bang for my time investment.
Is that Medium? Wallpapers? Substack? Something else?
It’s definitely still possible to make decent money on Medium, but that doesn’t mean every article will do well.
Most stories I write for Medium earn less than $20. If that.
Now, to be sure, that’s better than nothing, and that does add up over time. But is $20 really good compensation for all the time I spend researching and writing my stories?
It might be. But is it the best I can do?
Arguably not.
I doubt creating wallpapers in my free time is going to lead to a new financial paradigm, and as much as I enjoy writing on Medium, I feel like I’m neglecting other outlets.
Substack is a unique value proposition and truly in a category of its own. So I imagine I’ll be spending more time here.
But this is a day in the life of someone who is entrepreneurial, isn’t it? Maybe you know the struggle.
I’ve written lots about the fact that I believe everyone ought to have some sort of side hustle, and I will continue to assert that relying too heavily on any single source of income is foolish. (No, this isn’t financial advice. Just so we’re clear.)
The problem for someone like me and maybe for someone like you is the fact that there are so many possibilities and things to do that it’s hard to pick one and focus.
At least for long.
So, I’m in this awkward position of loving too many things.
I love being artistic, so I want to create.
I love writing, so I want to write.
I love being a geek, so I want to work with technology.
Sometimes those things overlap. Sometimes they don’t.
And when they don’t, I’m forced to choose.
The question that remains?
Which way?
