Hello Anthill community, Well… I joined this community in hopes that everything would click—content creation, marketing, etc.—because being stuck in limbo is just no fun. While in limbo, I gained wrinkles and stress because I was holding myself back for a few reasons: I was not ready, not comfortable, and I lacked enthusiasm. I felt like the Mojave. Dry. I’m not a dry person by nature. I mean, I’ll stare at you and contemplate what to say in hopes of keeping the conversation going, because there have been moments when I should have refrained from saying something. Then I’d immediately regret what I said, realizing there was no way to take it back. Truth. Not to mention, this required commitment. At times, I felt like the walls were closing in on me. Feeling this way, I gave myself a red card. I needed to step out and regroup. For me, I knew that honesty, integrity, and maintaining my self-worth were values I wanted to preserve. There was something inside telling me to take a break. There was something more that I wanted to pursue. My heart wanted to be in that place—a place of serenity, peace, and excitement all in one. Once I spotted it and truly focused on it, I dove in headfirst. I finally found my purpose here. Someone once said to me that I could have earned a PhD with all the schooling I had under my belt. (Ouch; 😅) To this, I say: Schools don’t offer everything. They follow strict guidelines and are limited in what they can provide, and for that, they cannot be blamed. At the same time, it goes to show that if everything were placed in front of us at the drop of a hat, we might intuitively discover earlier in life what truly brings us joy. I’m here to say: Do not ever give up on what can bring joy to your life. NEVER. Keep searching. However, we will always need to learn how to market ourselves... Whether we are selling something or not—because we should be speaking up about the solutions we’ve discovered. Therefore, I vow to never give up—and neither should you.

Yesterday's session on Mastering Medium in 2026 with @Dan Foster was simply fantastic! I've been wanting to get back on Medium as a discovery channel for my main blog + newsletter, but I kept wondering if it'd be a good use of my time or not... After listening to Dan, I'm ready to get back on it ASAP. Medium is useful on two fronts, from what I can tell: - You can make a decent income from it. Dan consistently makes between $5k and $10k from there. Just last month, Dan made ~$7.5k just from Medium's Partner Program - It can be a discovery channel for your primary business, newsletter, and even offers, where Medium acts like a medium- to long-form social media platform for you. After you've gone through the mastery session, if you have any questions, Dan is in this group, fyi, so feel free to ask him anything (tag him so he knows that you're asking him a question). So yeah, anyway. Here's the recording (free if you're a Vault member, and if you're not, you can always sign up. It's $27/month until May 15, then jumps up to $37/month). https://members.thesideblogger.com/mastery-sessions/mastering-medium-in-2026-with-dan-foster/ You can find Dan here: - Medium - Skool