I think the struggle between writing our truth which may fulfill things within us and potentially help others and writing on topics purposely to earn money where we aren't being authentic is a hard one to transverse. It was easy for me to write on Newsbreak which was distanced from me as a writer and a person but which earned me up until this month a lot. But then coming back to Medium and realizing I had missed out on the applying for the fellowship by 3 days. learning about what seem to be a lot of changes to the platform and trying to get back into writing more authentically has left me feeling overwhelmed. I'm glad you've found your balance.