@AyodejiAwosika’s YouTube video has pushed my back
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The clock was set back by one hour. I had an extra hour to sleep in this morning, but it didn’t help. My throat hurts and I’m shivering. I decided to stay in bed the rest of the day today.
On Friday I taught Ikebana to 15 employees at an IT company. Yesterday I was a narrator for the tea ceremony demonstrations all day. I might have overworked my throat two days in a row. Or I was surrounded by so many people indoors and some of them was spreading powerful germs.
My husband had gone to gym in the morning. On his way home he called me and urged me to take a CORID-19 home test. I dragged myself downstairs followed the procedure. Fifteen minutes later the result showed negative. One less worry, at least.
After brunch (I had a healthy appetite!), I brought my iPad in bed and start scrolling the Medium website. What else can you do other than reading when sick in bed?
I went through the people’s names that I follow and started reading their articles randomly.
One article led to another, and some link led to Ayodej’s YouTube channel. One of his videos explained about Medium Partner Program.
Wait! I started writing on Medium every day 33 days ago. I looked at my profile page, and found that now I have 105 followers. I’m eligible to apply for the program!
In his video, Ayodej emphasizes that you have to keep on writing. At least 3 articles a week. He also says you have to be strategic about titles, visuals, and formatting of the article. Can I keep on doing what I was doing and further commit to get better?
Why not! What is there to lose? My main reason that I started writing every day is so that I can improve my written English. After having lived in the US for over 28 years, I have got tired of making an excuse for my poor English just because it’s not my native tongue.
By writing and reading every day, I might be able to finally use “a” and “the” correctly.
I can earn some money, how little it may be, by trying to improve my writing. How cool is that!
I’m convinced. I will apply for Medium Partner Program now.
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Is it “a healthy appetite?” “healthy appetite” with no “a”? Or “the healthy appetite?” I would appreciate for your suggestion.