A quick introduction and some disclaimers. Hello, and thanks for reading! My name is Caleb Naysmith and I am a law school student for the class of 2023 at the University of Kentucky, and a Finance Officer in the United States Army Reserves. I also have a Bachelors's in Business…

You’d be surprised. I’ve long held that publications don’t really provide any value. In fact, in most cases, they hinder a writer's growth. Writers might take days or even weeks for a publication to accept their story, and by that time the topic might be a bit stale. They might…

It’s been an amazing journey! I joined Medium in February 2021, so it’s been about almost a year and a half since joining. I wasn’t sure what I originally expected, but it’s definitely been a really great but unexpected journey. So far, I have written 229 stories and achieved about…

A simple concept to help constantly improve your writing. Writing every single day is a great way to grow your following, but it’s not easy. It’s even harder when you sit there and publish a story every day and none of them are doing well. However, that’s how nearly every…

Can any good come from your earnings power declining? Inflation, in general, isn’t a good thing because it means your money is inherently worth less than it was before. As long as the dollar isn’t on the gold standard or some other pegged supply, there will always be inflation. Generally…

I just hit 175,000 views, here’s how much I earned. This is going to be a pretty short article. I just recently hit 175,000 views and people seem to like knowing how much myself and others make, so here it goes! I have been monetizing my articles and writing since…

It might get worse as early as next month The chart is pretty simple. It’s a chart overlaying how the months leading up to the 2008 drop compare to the chart today. There has been tons of speculation about how we're starting to bottom out, whether things are getting better…

This platform is growing in prominence but is it a good place to put your money? — The Small Business Bond Marketplace (SMBX?) is a site that's recently popped up that uses the JOBS Act to allow everyday investors to loan out money to small businesses. The site has been growing in prominence recently, and so I decided to take a look at it. Small businesses come…

Be careful what you promote. We’ve all made mistakes and bad calls, so this isn’t really about that. Tim Denning is infinitely more successful than me, and still incredibly intelligent. For those of you that don’t know, Tim Denning is one of the largest writers on Medium and boasts a…