Knowing Me, Knowing Medium

Breaking Up is Never Easy, But I’m Leaving Medium

Knowing me, knowing you
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you
We just have to face it, this time we’re through
(This time we’re through, this time we’re really through)
Breaking up is never easy, I know, but I have to go
(I have to go, this time I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you, it’s the best I can do

lyrics from Abba’s song Knowing Me, Knowing You

Medium, I doubt you’ll even notice, but I’m breaking up with you.

We’ve been together a long time, Medium. When I first wrote with you, 8 years ago, I was sick from the recent election. God, what a long, strange eight years we’ve had!

I’ve given you some of my best work, Medium. Maybe you made me a better writer, but maybe it was just that I found in you a place that felt safe and consistent…I don’t know.

I do know that eight years ago I was in a terrible place in my life, and it got a whole lot worse before it got better. I wasn’t around much during those first five years. But when I started to get better, there you were.

This is my 286th story with you, Medium. That’s a lot of intellectual children I placed with you.