good article. I had some amazing months and its a struggle now comparatively. But, I enjoy writing so I keep going, writing on weekends and little periods of time I have to focus. I feel like I have built a following that could be "leveraged (gosh I hate this word) in other ways than Medium earnings. I haven't yet, but for me its more about building a following by writing highly informational article, which are lacking in this platform dominated by "quantitiy over quality".