Thanks for sharing. I would guess that your peak month was more of an outlier and your earnings now are more in line with your average. What I’ve seen on Medium over the past 18 months is that a viral story or two will really boost earnings for a month or two, then back to where you were before. It is not at all linear. Also, you definitely get punished for taking time off on this platform. Stop writing for a couple of weeks, and it can take months to catch back up.