This week the payment went through for our webhosting for the next three years, ready or not. We weren’t. But, since it did, this means we need to really push the websites for that time and get traffic to them. So, that’s this one, Antiquary Artisan, my photography page, the Peasant’s Manor Farm, and maybe even The Prospering Peasant.
Still DoorDashing exclusively for income at the moment. I have not had any luck booking photography clients yet, so I guess I am going to have to try something better than luck, like work, marketing, and getting the business out there in front of people. Can that be so hard?
So, things are tight right now. I don’t know how to get them any better, and when I think they can’t get worse, well, that just kind of happens. I feel more disconnected from my external family than ever. I don’t feel like I am getting anywhere near the time I want with my wife and kids. And I certainly am not getting the time I would like to for my woodworking or photography, other hobbies. Even my chores are coming up short. I need to spend too much time behind the wheel to get to the other things.
That could be better, but DoorDash doesn’t pay well. Shit! I got one offer the other day to collect two pizza deliveries from two different places and deliver them to two different customers paying me $2.75 for both. Well, my acceptance rate went down on that one, didn’t it? Then it offered me another right after, similar thing, but different restaurants, for only $3.25.
My brain feels like it wants to do a forced shut down, similar to having too much sugar. I have been letting some corn syrup through, especially in the coffee creamer. I wonder if that’s it? I need some half-and-half. Shit’s too expensive right now. But if it is the coffee creamer that is doing this, then it is affecting me. But the lingering feeling is the same as a sugar crash, but on a lower level.
So, it is meant to snow here today. The weather will come sometime between sunrise and noon. It is not meant to hang around. But I will be out and on the road at that time. I have made sure there is plenty of firewood in the house, ready to go. I will be getting out of be soon and lighting the morning fire, making it easier for Missus to just keep it going today. It’s not terribly cold in here right now, but who likes a chill, even if it is just a mild one?
That was in interesting bridge.
Okay, about the YouTube channel. I have auto-scrolling teleprompter software that is a pain in the ass to edit because the screen keeps jumping ot the bottom of the text when I am typing. I will have to edit elsewhere and import it, I guess. I’ll probably use Word but must remember to use the basic text editor if that doesn’t work. Anyway, apart from that, it is fairly good. (It was $4. I guess for that, you can’t get something that is just plain elegant and working. It feels like it is just one more piece of the enshitifactation culture we live in. Who expects anything to work these days? I was in the back of the photo website this morning disabling ALL of the plug-ins because one of them had caused nothing to show up in the WordPress backend. One quick ftp access and everything was on the up and up again.) And I have the sound worked out. I have two cameras set up to record the A and B roll. The A roll one has the sound device on it, and the B is set up for picture only. That is the poor bugger that will go out the window or to the side for second angle shots. It really is down to laziness now. I need to worry less about perfection and get something uploaded and get some traffic to the channel and let them watch. Meanwhile, I need to just map out some content and get it scripted and recorded. I plan on scripting till I am comfortable in my material and can shoot without the prompter or at least relegate it to occasional use only. I need the extra money that monetization could bring. I could REALLY use enough money to quit DoorDashing, which would only take about $500 to $600 a week. That would top my after-fuel-costs income. Seriously.
Alright. Well, it is getting time to get up and get dressed and get this day going. I can hear the birds outside chirping. That is pleasant. After this strange winter, this ought to be a strange kind of day. The spring weather will be back soon.