I find myself on social media even when I don't realize it. I am very aware that it is addictive and not good for mental health. I have done my best to avoid social media as much as I can. 

However, it seems like everything is marching towards that format. Looking at telegram now feels like social media. Just recently, I started to spend too much time on Medium. That is another social media. 

I stumbled upon a partner program on medium where you get paid when your posts are viewed a lot and liked. I wasn't really thinking of using Medium like that. I just happened to spend a lot of time there to take part in the writing challenge and to see my competition. When I discovered the partner program, I got curious. I tried to sign up and was told that I needed to have at least 100 followers before I could participate. I had 7 when I read this. Then I hustled around to get more and at this moment I have 64. I need another 36 before I can get some money. 

I didn't realize when getting followers became important to me but I was spending a lot of time on it. Then it hit me, this move by Medium is so that Medium makes money. Even the writing challenge is making Medium a lot of money. And there is nothing wrong with that. At the end of the day, it is business. There are bills to pay. Getting followers and clicks is how the bill is paid. I need to get myself on board and avoid avoiding social media like it is a bad habit.