ROAD TO ANIME EXPO (Life Update) (TL;DR)

Hey guys! One week to anime Expo! I'm actually pretty nervous about it! so many things i have to do before then; from recording videos, to planning what i have to shoot at the convention itself. At the same time i feel like i have neglected you guys a bit and i'm sorry. Lately.. and idk why, but work has me coming EVERY FUCKING DAY! which burns me out even more for shooting videos and streaming, but you know what? Its extra money in my pocket that i need especially since a lot has been going on financially for me. It's not even purchases that are "wants" but more so things that are needed (life purchases). AND I PROMSIE ITS NOT MEANING THE LIFE OF THE WAIFU/HENTAI LORD but more so the purchases needed for Hermes and Family lol. I will say though that it is taking a lot of time from me, but i still strive to make them uploads as well as an attempt to stream on a daily basis. So i want to let you guys know my goals on Youtube and Twitch as well as a summary of how everything is going in terms of ad revenue.

So first and foremost, I know on a financial standpoint of "HERMSAUR" i've been putting more emphasis on streaming because that is my way of staying connected with my viewers outside of the uploads i make. I know 100% that the real supporters come through to the streams. I've made it a point to at least try to encourage people to watch their ads or whatever to at least get that minimum of 500 bits a day. Twitch's threshold for payouts for affiliates are $100. So if i can get about $150 a month i think that essentially not only helps pay my bills, but I can continuously bring on new content for Twitch and Youtube. But thanks to Ridley and a bunch of others that have been usual high bit donators, we've not only been making threshold, but going beyond that! and I have no words on how i feel. Its amazing and i can't believe people would give that much. Even so here that you guys are essentially stabilizing my channel financially. I appreciate it <3. But because of the constant twitch bits we've been able to get a laptop so i can take my work on the go, especially since i will be going to school at Santa Monica which is quite the distance from home. I'm not up for driving back and forth just to get my videos done. So at least i can edit my videos in the library if need be AND i can do my homework on here if i need to. ALSO cool thing is i can stream on this bad boy! I future proofed myself with the laptop, and I'm making monthly payments on it because $1000 upfront is kind of heavy lol. I never have 1k in my bank account EVER! thats the dream though. to have 1k IN MY SAVINGS and then 1k in my checkings. ON TOP OF THAT BEING DEBTLESS. impossible at this point but i hope that one day this road to HERMSAUR will make it possible.

Sadly I wont get my first twitch paycheck until the end of July which is complete doodoo butter because it would have been nice to get that money not only for Anime Expo, but for this goddamn Loan that i have to pay. LOANS MAN... the worst

Unfortunately, unlike partners, affiliates get paid every 60 days. so since i got partnered in May, things wont kick in until June.

In terms of Youtube, the adpocalypse and ad rev has slightly gotten better, but not to the point where we can be exactly excited. There is still a ton of work to be done, videos that are FAMILY FRIENDLY on my end not getting the ads you think it would. It's kind of annoying and i wish there was a way to fix it, but unfortunately all i can do is bite my tongue and wait things out. I definitely made a bit more this month compared to the last 3 months on youtube, but a lot of that has to account to my collaboration with RogersBase for our Family Friendly Top 5 Waifus of My Hero Academia. In terms of everything else we get like a couple cents from everything >.<. Still a bit frustrating since my viewership this month went up 15,000. and my watch time went up 30,000 minutes, but goddamn YT ads literally mean nothing. This is where the Patreon comes into play and because of you guys i make about $40 a month :). And all that goes to my Crunchyroll, and of course for Anime Expo which is coming up. $40 is not a lot in terms of a con, BUT to me its more than enough that you guys are here supporting a fuck boy like me! This anime expo will be fantastic! I'll show you guys what i can do with them waifus! though idk how i'm going to change up the waifu hunt, but hopefully something fire lol.

As you guys also know we've ( and i say we because we are building this together ) gained some new sponsors outside of JLIST and Lewd Complex. We are now with Four Eyes Clothing, LowkeyGeeks, and FreshTango. By all means, none of these are paid sponsors. i dont get paid by any sales i make BUT i do get free clothes and stickers. Anything we can do to save a bit of money with some promotion. I'm a literally walking advertisement at cons and when i drive. Also my car went pretty viral in a facebook group xD. Pretty crazy but none of those fuckers subscribed to my channel so i'm salty. They talk shit about my car or pretend that they know me or they say its their car yet they dont follow THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE GODDAMN WAIFU MOBILE. lolol fuckers

My sleep schedule is fucked. Usually i sleep around 4:30am or 5am. I wake up at either 9am or 11am. which actually id prefer waking up at 8 or 9am. but i choose to work on my content and stream in the late hours since usually in the morning my girlfriend wants me to lay in bed with her and stay with her vs me actually doing work BUT NOW ive spoken to her about letting me do my thing in the morning too now. it sucks because i'm essentially spending less time with her but i'm doing work. I'm glad she understands, but holy crap Everyday i've been feeling myself getting more tired. I'm a workaholic tho. i love what i do. I also sacrifice sleep for the gy because i want to be fit for AX though... shit was difficult. my body plateud with the one punch man challenge so i decided to redo HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training). A different form thats more physically intensive than the five mile boyz. But i do feel a difference already within week 1. but it also accounts for me working out everyday to begin with.

Last week, my girlfriend and i went to the car dealer to see our options on our leased car which the lease was ending. Ultimately i got cucked by the Car Salesman but it was my fault. When looking over the contract and everything i got super cucked lmfao. Its another heavy bill that we have. The original leased car that ended was half the price that we are paying now. My girlfriend essentially is paying for everything but idk how she is going to be able to pay me back with a car payment like that. Which is why i've been putting in the extra hours on streams and making videos. Sometimes i make the money to cover some bills, sometimes i dont make shit, but I love what i do. Even though streaming and content creation i s a job now, it never felt like a job, it still feels like a hobby. 

So now we are at Anime Expo, I'm pretty much attending AX broke af. Even though i got patreon and everything holy shit is everything expensive, food, merch, and etc. SO LETS HOPE I CAN SPIT THAT FIRE YOUTUBER CONNECT GAME! I am excited to go to AX. I'll be repping my sponsors as well as myself as HERMSAUR. This is my first year going that people are going to look for me. It's a weird feeling though every con i've been going too, I've met some amazing fans and viewers. I'm in a great place. Despite all my debt, and struggles emotionally and physically. YOU GUYS PULL THROUGH and i dont know what i would do without it. Thank you guys so much. Thank you for reading this and taking time out of your day whether its to read this, watch me stream, watch my videos. you're absolutely amazing.