My Top 5 Articles in 2022 — and What They Earned
When I started writing on Medium, it certainly wasn't for the money.
In fact, I had been writing almost daily for four months before I even qualified for the Partner Program.
Over the last year and a half, it’s been a journey to find a niche and write about things that one — I wanted to write and two — that my audience enjoyed reading.
Safe to say, I found a niche in love and relationships. I enjoy writing about the perspectives I’ve gathered from social trends, my friends and family, and my own personal life.
In case you were curious, here are my top-read articles from this year.
Number 5
9 Phrases That Are Total Relationship BS
Ah, love.
It can be a beautiful thing or a constant source of strife and difficulty.
Relationships can be tough — but they don’t have to be.
Here are 9 sayings worth raising your eyebrows at.
Everybody loves a good list. They’re quick, easy, and fun to read. They give you the information you need without having to comb through jumbled paragraphs or unnecessary sentences to dance around the point.
I suspect this one was popular because of my strong stance against the phrases listed.
Number 4
Why Women Break Up With Men They Still Want to Be With
Women do this thing.
We say things that we don’t really mean.
In relationships — specifically at the end of relationships — many of us will say or do things to trigger a particular response, rather than because it’s genuinely how we feel.
This is why so many “mutual” breakups aren’t actually mutual at all.
