For all the hours I put in, I get many many things, not just the money or Medium email subs.

I get my own email subs (outside Medium on Gumroad), it helps clarify my insights, I've met lifechanging people here, I've built authority, attracted opportunities and more.

You can checkout my digital products here - manximize.com

The traffic from my Medium articles feeds into those products too.

Plus, I have offline non-writing plans too.