I need 100 followers

I genuinely hate writing this post. I’ll make it brief.

Ugh.

A couple of months ago, I signed up for the Medium Partner Program, as a way to hopefully glean a few pennies from something that brings me joy — the dream, right?

But like many of us, I guess, I got this email the other day explaining to me that if I didn’t have 100 followers by March 2nd, I would be kicked off the Medium Partner Program —…