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What I Discovered After Writing 1900 Articles on Medium: 19 Surprising Lessons
Today marks a milestone I never imagined reaching when I first started writing online: 1900 published articles on Medium.
It all began during the pandemic lockdown. For more than 15 years, I had dreamed of developing my writing skills but never found the courage to act.
Like many, I was paralyzed by perfectionism and self-doubt. The pandemic became my unexpected catalyst for transformation.
I made a simple decision:
I would write and publish every single day, no matter what.
No obsessing over quality.
No waiting for the perfect idea.
Just showing up consistently and taking small, deliberate steps forward.
Those first 300 articles were far from perfect.
Some had typos. Others lacked sophisticated structure.
But I published them anyway, prioritizing consistency over perfection.
I treated each piece as a curiosity experiment rather than a masterpiece, allowing myself to explore, play, and…