Hi group! I want to start by saying that I will always keep the main group free. I didn't start this to make money off people looking for work with subscriptions. I just want this to be a place where we can all come and talk about freelancing, the job market, and job hunting. But, I have a group of 500 eager professionals, and I can't help but think that at least a few of you would like a more focused and inclusive group. I also see that many of you are interested in Medium, and I can't help but think I could have another stream of income if I monetized my Medium knowledge. Don't get me wrong, there will be a course coming for free for ALL OF YOU about Medium, but what I am thinking, is a more focused brain-trust, where we have weekly training and advice calls, more in-depth information about Medium, and a more focused environment. I would charge a monthly subscription, something anyone can afford, but the main group would always be here to ask basic questions, and talk about everything not related to Medium. Its tough to make a living and if I could even make another few hundred bucks a month, it would be worth it to me to teach all I know about Medium. So what do you think? If you are interested, please let me know> Also, if you ARE interested, help me decide what would be a good monthly subscription? Remember, this is going to be a very activity-heavy group, with a lot of information and focused on Medium. $4.99, $9.99, $12.99, $19.99?????? What would be worth it to potentially make a few extra thousand a month on Medium. I did, November and December I make between $2500 and $4500. It CAN happen. See the screenshot! What do you guys think? Something you would like?

I know this may seem like nothing to some people. To me every article is a step towards where @Jason Weiland has accomplished.

I woke up on my kitchen floor in the Philippines in 2015 after swallowing every pill I could find. They forced charcoal down my throat at the hospital. That's what they do when you try to kill yourself with pills. I survived. That wasn't the first time my brain tried to kill me. Just the most dramatic. I just wrote the whole story. From hearing voices as a kid and thinking it was normal, to quitting school at 15, to managing movie theaters at 18, to losing everything after 9/11, to moving to the Philippines, to the suicide attempt, to the 2022 heart attack, to sending out 450 job applications this year and getting zero offers. All of it. If you want to know how I went from three mental hospital stays and a suicide attempt to making $2,500-5,000/month from Medium and running multiple freelance contracts, it's all in there. Fair warning: it's raw. It's long. And there's no inspirational bullshit at the end where everything magically gets better. I still hear voices every day. I still take medication every day. I'm not cured. I'm just too stubborn to quit. https://jasonjamesweiland.medium.com/if-my-life-didnt-happen-to-me-i-never-would-have-believed-it-949c27118122?sk=e459d5456d39cf76dae1c70375f8498b Read it if you want. Don't if you don't. Either way, I'm still here.