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An Anticlimactic Arrival at 100 Followers
But I’m Still Grateful!
The numbers were creeping up. 67 one day, 83 the next, then 94. I knew that that day I would break 100. The anticipation was killing me! I refreshed and refreshed. Super excited to be breaking this sought-after milestone.
The moment came. I was at 99. I couldn’t help but screenshot my stat page and post it on Twitter.
“Who wants to be my 100th follower?” I announced. Partly in jest and partly because I just couldn’t take the suspense anymore and I wanted to fast-track it as quickly as possible.
Another hour passed, I left what I was doing to refresh again. And there it was!
I was ecstatic! A month of writing, commenting, following, and reading as much as I could about how to be successful on Medium had paid off!
But wait, maybe I should get a couple more before I apply. ‘I don’t want to seem too eager.’ I stupidly thought.
I remembered that the partner program pays through Stripe and I didn’t have a Stripe account yet. So I decided to go do that while I waited for a couple more to join me.
