Why Heading Off Into The Sunset Feels Right

Sometimes things hit a point in a journey and there’s nowhere else to go. You can’t go up, you can’t go down, and you can’t stay on the road you’re on. At that point, the journey’s end, it’s time to pick a new path.

The longer I self-publish online, the more depressingly discouraged I feel. There isn’t an audience to be had on Vocal, and there is no longer one on Medium. In fact, I don’t think that audiences exist for self-published writers or bloggers. After three years, I’m convinced that I’ve maxed out what I am able to get for followers, and 99% of those don’t actually read anything that’s written.

Hate is a strong word, but I hate how things in reality work out for most people on platforms such as these.

You might spend hours, even a couple of days, preparing a piece to self-publish online. These platforms make it easy to do. Unlike Vocal, Medium used to distribute works and you could get readers that way. It would keep it fun. Now, however, Medium doesn’t distribute works so it’s entirely up to you. If you don’t have a name like Tim Denning or are one of the top 1%, you’re facing the same battle on Medium as you have on Vocal since day one.

This is because of the newer CEO, Tony Stubblone coming along and making changes. The effects of those changes are easily watchable in the platform’s…