Reflections On My Second Year On Medium

One’s journey in life should involve not just living it from day to day, but also reflecting upon it. To take stock; celebrate the highlights, and learn from the lows.

With this week marking my second year writing on Medium; I thought I’d continue the tradition by sharing my thoughts of my journey here.

I mean, companies publish annual reports — why can’t I?

With that in mind, below are my key observations and takeaways from the year just gone.

1. I published 30 articles — bringing my total to 85. After a relatively gruelling schedule of publishing articles in my first year; I moved to a fortnight cadence to help ensure that I continued to write regularly, but not so much that it became a chore (given my other responsibilities)
2. Despite the reduced frequency with which I posted, they cumulatively now had ~165,000 views. This is, to me, mind-blowing. When I first set out, I wondered if I’d even get one view given some of the esoteric topics I may write about. This wouldn’t have been possible without the platform
3. I was curated 15/30 times; including once in the “featured stories” section on the Medium main page. This was a much better ratio than last year. I found that one way to get featured was to write about topics trending in the news — not a…