You Guys, I Feel Like the Dumbest Loser Alive

So, you guys have been making suggestions for how to move forward (and I appreciated them all), but I had one that actually worked. LISA. I feel like an idiot for not trying this. It 100% worked when I did. (I wished I'd tried it sooner, but, in all honesty, I was kind of ignoring and avoiding my emails because I thought it would be a lot of hate comments from you guys- but you all were so supportive. Plus don't you think either Dropbox or Patreon would have suggested this?). You will have a super ugly link just hanging out there, but as far as I can tell, it will go directly the Dropbox page.

Anyway, it seems like we might be back on track. But, full disclosure, I've really enjoyed the last two weeks. (Granted my bank account has not, I have very little money in it, but my brain has had some time to rest.) I'm thinking of producing less content and charging less. Currently, I'm doing around 20+ or so videos a week. And it's really taking a toll on me.

I've been thinking about how to deal with this while I've had some extra time. True Blood will be over in 10 episodes (which is still 10 weeks). I'm not planning to replace it. At that point, I plan to drop $10 subscribers to $8. When TVD ends (which is so, so far away from now), I plan to drop $15 subscribers to $12, as I don't plan to replace that.

Eventually, I want to get us to a place where we're doing 3 sponsored shows at 3X/week, and two choices of mine (and stuff you guys vote on) at 2X/week. I feel like 15 episodes a week is so much easier for me to handle (I mean, 10 would be better, but we're so not there yet). I really bit off more than I can chew here.

Also, I've learned from this that I really need to diversify my income. So, I'm planning to post some book content on YouTube. Books have always been my first love. But in my late 20s/early 30s I got sucked into TV. (The only thing I adopted early was Netflix. I've been a customer, for, like, 20 years). And I love it too. I'd be lying if I said I haven't been totally obsessed with TV characters to the point I want to emulate them. (As much as I love books, the only character I've ever felt that way about was Claudia Kishi- and after watching the BSC on Netflix, I fell even harder- yes I know she's, like 12 and I'm 44, but that's irrelevant. I totally want her style).

So, all that said, it's been a bit since I've done reactions. But, all the stuff I have will go up right after this post. 99% of it won't have a description. I'm pretty sure I've only got one available right now. It was the one I did when I found out there was an issue. After that, I just quit trying.

You'll get an actual schedule this weekend, but I'm going to take the rest of this week off. I did not realize how much I really needed a break until I took one. I know it seems crazy to say that I need a break from watching TV, but it's 100% the truth. And I can't even really explain it.

I'm pretty pleased it took me until yesterday to figure out how to pause billing. 😳