$2000 For 30 Minutes Of Work On Medium

And so much more than money

Writing on Medium has been an awesome side hustle for me.

It's like a game of poker — sometimes you get dealt a great hand, and other times it's garbage.

I feel the same way about my writing. Some days the words flow easily, other days it's a struggle to get a good sentence down.

But the beautiful thing is, on Medium you never know when a quick 30-minute post might blow up.

That's what happened to me, and now one short story has earned me over $2000!

Here's my idea on how I made that cheddar with minimal time and effort.

The magic 30 minutes

I write stories of all different lengths throughout the month, from 500 word micro-posts to 2500+ word reads.

It takes me anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours on average.

The exciting part of posting on Medium is you have no clue which piece might suddenly gain traction.

That was the case with my $2000 article.

It took less than 30 minutes to write since I didn't have much extra time in my daily schedule back then, working a 9-to-5.

When I first published it, …