Early Retirement Time!

How Medium Helped Me Quit My Day Job

Image from user John Doe on Unsplash

That’s definitely not me.

At least, not yet.

But obviously, I’m well on my way.

Screenshot from my January earnings page

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What a relief to have found a website that’ll facilitate my dream of being able to self-publish, becoming a professional writer, pay my bills, and invest in my daughter’s future through creative avenues instead of relying on stagnant hourly wages and an ever-increasing cost of living.

Thank goodness I live in such a wealthy, intelligent, and competent country that would never extort its most vulnerable citizens, saddle its youth with inconceivable and insurmountable debt, and allow oligarchical madness, identity politics, and classic divide-and-conquer tactics to overtake the democratic process.

I’m so grateful that prioritizing money-making hasn’t infected the brains of Christians and secularists alike, such that there are more churches, AirBnB’s, and empty houses than there are homeless and hungry individuals, that technocrats have provided us with home delivery of junk by the mountain…