Am I still here??

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I'm writing this article to guide some newbies who might come across it.

If you're not a newbie, you're welcome to continue reading.

From my introduction article,here,

I stated that I heard about this site from @happyboy. I got started and have been making some 'tiny' earnings.

These 'tiny' earnings pushed me to do more. Do beyond what I expected I could do.

But can one keep up?

Challenges I'm facing

I've always been a girl who gets up each day, does her chores and entertains herself with movies and music for the rest of the day.

Since I started writing, my brain has been working overtime.

Constantly thinking of an idea of a new article. The first thought in the morning and the last one before I sleep.

I realized that I always wanted a perfect article. My punctuation marks, signs, every single thing must be remarkable. The need for that 'perfect' article makes my brain go numb.

Each day, hundreds of people publish new articles. Articles so good they make me wonder. How did they think of these?

How did they write an article this long without losing the context?

I go through my past articles, seeing the same average time. 2 minutes, 3 minutes. I often managed to get it to 4 minutes.

Though I see lovely comments from those nice enough to read and engage in my articles plus upvotes and sponsorship, I can't help but look and compare mine to those of others.

I constantly complain to other writers.

Why has the random rewarder never visited my articles?

Aren't they good enough?

What exactly am I missing?

I came across an article few days back by @gaftekloriginal

That was when I found out that it isn't just crypto related articles that get the most tips.

I just need a 'hit' article.

The first article that'll catch the attention of therandomrewarder and the likes of other high ranking tippers.

So I keep asking myself

Will this be my hit article?

Or will it be the next one?

I guess this was the way I waited for my admission into the university before I finally got it.

My favourite line was "Maybe the wait will be worth it"

But can I wait longer?

Trying so hard to be optimistic but it's really hard. It has never been easy.

Ideas

This is the most tedious part. Hours and hours go by and no idea comes up. The light bulb above my head is most probably experiencing partial contact. It just doesn't want to shine bright. No "Eureka moment" seem to be forthcoming.

A whole lot of writers use events which occur during their daily activities as topics for their articles.

Writer A was involved in a difficult situation. He couldn't pay his transport fare because he didn't know he didn't have it on him. Then the story is titled Good Samaritan because he was helped by a total stranger.

Writer B was in a bad mood due to her exams coming up which was accompanied with a lot of stress. She listens to a song which best explains her mood. Then she shares the experience here under a very catchy title.

Such beautiful ideas.

How do I create such ideas when I'm at home all day everyday?

Do I create interesting article ideas from just doing chores?

Well I don't think it's supposed to be this hard. Definitely not.

I haven't published an article for about two weeks now. So much for someone that wants to be noticed by other writers and high ranking tippers. LOL.

But I guess these struggles are signs that I'm pushing through. And my sponsorships are beautiful improvements. The upvotes and comments got me this far and will still take me further.

So with or without these struggles, I won't give up. Never!

Heyyy, it's been so long. Please bear with me😭💔. I've missed so much too. Well, I'm back now ❤️

Love @Yinye_xo 💞

September 20,2021. 18:30