I've discovered Illumination about two days after I started on Medium. I quickly learned that only 8% of all writers on Medium manage to earn more than $100 a month from writing there. And within my first month on Medium and Illumination, I earned $96.56 through my writing. My second month, the current one (May 23th, 2020) stands at $112.43 so far.

I've met incredible people along the way, both writers and readers. Some became good friends and give me guidance on my way. If you want to start blogging, rather than setting up a website with Wordpress and hoping to someday have enough traffic to implement Google Ads, start writing on Medium and join a publication like Illumination. Start writing about what you love and the rest will come all on its own.

I'm sure if I keep at it, I'll someday be able to finance my living through writing like this. And Illumination has been the ship I boarded on this journey. Now we keep growing incredibly, on a good way to one day become one of the most renowned publications on Medium.

For us, it's not a question of "if" but rather a question of "when" we'll get there.

If you decide to join us, let me welcome you. And if you are one of our readers, thank you so much for our ongoing support on this incredible journey!