I wrote, I left, I returned — and got a top writer bonus — It was April, 2020. It was the middle of lockdown and I was desperate to move out of my parents’ house — in my mid twenties — with 100k in student loan debt. At this point I can’t even remember how I found Medium, but I remember reading articles about online success and thinking…

Crypto is like the Wild West… hold onto your hats and buckle up for the ride — The last few weeks in cryptocurrency have been… interesting to say the least. After a recent “crash” in the crypto market where Bitcoin fell to a low of $30k per coin, it has many scratching their heads — and even exiting the crypto scene forever. However, even despite this low…

Can you really turn $5 into 5 million with crypto? — I never in a million years thought I’d be writing about cryptocurrency. I’m a twenty-seven year-old History teacher at my “day job”, so I am probably the opposite demographic you’d normally hear this from. As a teacher, I’m no stranger to side hustles in order to keep my finances afloat…

Would we ask doctors or lawyers to complete the workday, then meet with families in the evening? — “Doctor — “ He carefully closes the incision on the patient he’s been working on for the last four hours. The surgery went well, and the patient’s family wants an update. “Let them know it went well. The patient is on the way to recovery, and they’ll receive another update once the patient…

The life of a writer — turned life of a creator — Dear Reader, We’ve been together for quite a while now — maybe you’ve been here the whole time, or maybe it’s new. Either way, my words typed on this blank space are entering your brain, only to be processed — however you want. Quarantine — 2020. All at home — all at rest. All…

A resurrected poem — This poem was loosely inspired by the book Sabriel by Garth Nix. I highly suggest putting it in your “to be read” pile! When I was just but one and three Death said come lie down with me A river flowed through, dark and deep And if I stayed, my soul would keep…

What it was really like to grab my pets, my passport, and flee from the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history as a Pompeiian scene descended on my hometown — Author’s Note: I am one of the lucky ones. I returned home not to a pile of smoldering ash, but to a home left standing. This article is meant to explain what we all went through during evacuation, and my own personal aftermath up until this point — two weeks…

A Six-Room Poem — Sunset clouds… Overlooking a tangerine sea An aquamarine sky’s wistful clouds above Birds float overhead, surfing the winds As I wonder… How long would it take me to learn to surf? A paddleboard is more my speed. With this sunset there is no time Only space Only whispers of creaking wood as…

I recently started a non-affiliated YouTube channel as an experiment — here’s what I learned after 1 month of posting videos — YouTube — a place where you can watch cat videos, reviews, pranks, and also how I figured out how to change my car key battery when it would no longer open my door. YouTube is multifaceted — and has quite a few different groups of people involved: Group 1: The casual viewers. The people who Google what they need and find it on YouTube…