Now would be a very bad time to disengage - you joined at a very particular time. Lots of us were making decent money on Medium before December 2019 and the arrival of the Medium publications.

Across 2020, it became much harder to build a following, get your pieces read and get your work curated. Medium threw all its energy into their own publications - roundly condemned by Indie writers like myself and others.

About two weeks ago, they pivoted back to promoting a relational model. Ev Williams got rid of most of the paid professional journalists who were taking up the majority of the air time with their commissions. NOW is the time for you (and anyone) to start re-writing and re-publishing your pieces - .

Don't be disappointed, you simply got unlucky with when you started your Medium journey. Your luck is likely to change pretty soon. May the algorithm gods forever smile in your favour. :o)