Become a whiz at consistent writing with 150-word articles — Thank you all for your patience! If you submitted an email to the previous owner (Tom Fenske) to become a new writer and have not been contacted back by him, please read below. Apologies for any inconvenience, but the transfer of ownership has not been as easy as we imagined. …

Don’t sweat the small stuff — you can do this! — Starting Point From your home page, look to the left side of your screen where you will see 5 icons.

It’s okay. You’ve finally found yourself — I’m a recovering people pleaser. People-pleasing is a serious symptom of codependency. Doing what’s right for me may be interpreted as selfish and uncaring by those who are used to me doing for them. On the flip side, I’m learning to ask for what I need, rather than wait for…

Please tell me about yourself — Odd way to start this out, isn’t it? But I’d like to talk with you. I don’t know who you are yet or what you like or what makes you tick. Perhaps we’ll have an engaging discussion about our love of action flicks and true crime shows. Maybe you like…

Inspired by another Medium writer — Yesterday, I stumbled upon a fun Q&A story by Linda Ng. In this post, I used some of her questions and came up with a few of my own. What is your favorite drink? Diet Coke What is your favorite color? It’s a close call between pink and purple. I’m going to go with purple. What is your favorite hobby? I have a lot of…

You know that stuff you carry around? There are things we burden ourselves with such as guilt, intrusive thoughts, and the lies we tell ourselves. Just as it is when we travel, there is only a certain amount of luggage we can take with us. We cannot travel freely if…

When you mention them in your blog post — Any time you mention a person (brand or company) in a Medium post it’s a good idea to tag them when you share your post on Medium. They’ll get a notification and it’s super easy for them to clap, comment and reshare it right then and there. Thus you’ll get…

Writing on Medium for almost a year now, I have begun to notice some of the topics that tend to perform better on the platform. Starting out on Medium is not easy, but I would definitely say picking a niche and sticking to it consistently can go a long way…