Shall I write to make money or to share interesting things?

Juned Ahsan
3 min readNov 8, 2021
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Medium partner program offers you to earn money by monetizing your content. But a lot of writers get overexcited by this. A common misconception is that it is easy to make money on medium. The truth is the opposite! It is actually very hard to earn some decent money on medium.

I have started writing on medium around a month ago. I have published a few stories, one of them is picked for distribution too. Here are my Story stats:

Author story stats

My earnings for this month so far are excitingly close to a dollar. And this seems to be the best month since I have joined the partner program.

This is my second month on medium as a writer. I have invested a few days to earn this handsome amount. This is not the return of investment that anyone must be looking for. But I am OK with this. I am not writing on medium because I want to earn my livelihood from it. I am writing because I like to write and share it with others. Furthermore, I cherish the likes and appreciation received for my content. It is fulfilling enough for me to keep going. Here are some of the comments that motivate me to write more:

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Juned Ahsan
Juned Ahsan

Written by Juned Ahsan

Strong believer of learning and sharing. Professionally into enterprise, people and technical leadership. Personally, I like to read, write, and meet new peop

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