I don't think for a second that you're stuck in that phase - you had the misfortune of beginning your Medium career at a time when the Medium publications were cock-of-the-walk. Medium prioritised pushing people in their direction and that made it very difficult for new indie writers to build an audience. That all changed in the last pivot and the indie writers are back - I barely wrote anything in 2020 but now I'm back and hitting the schedule hard. I would recommend that now is the time to build your audience and up your output :o)