A More Serious Discussion...
354This is not a subject I really like talking about, but thank you for hearing me out on it. Support is often a challenge when it comes to YouTube, and unfortunately ad revenue alone is not often sufficient for survival. It's very hard to actually get to that point.
I love being able to make videos for y'all and I really want to be able to continue to do so, but the fact of the situation is that right now, things are unsustainable. I'm going to need to fall back a bit more on community support to make it possible, and because of that, we've got some additional supporter content in the works. I maintain my basic philosophy of YouTube even through this-- I want to continue to make my normal videos publicly available on YouTube, with any supporter content as an additional bonus on top of that. However, if I don't start to focus a little more on honing this into a stable income, I'm going to have to put YouTube on hold, potentially indefinitely, in order to take care of myself.
This is a big part of why videos have been so spotty lately, as I'm scrambling to work on other projects in an attempt of getting something else to work. I'm going to do everything I can on my end to ensure this all works out, but I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't just depend on my brute forcing this until it works. So, that's why I'm asking this openly right now.
That said, I do want to thank you all immensely, especially for the support everyone has shown these past few days. Some of you have already been incredibly generous and it's absolutely blown me away. It's helped make this month doable financially, even covering a huge unexpected expense, and I'm so incredibly grateful. It's given me a lot of hope that this may be possible after all, even if it means asking more openly for help.
Please don't feel obligated to contribute financially if you can't safely do so, but if you are able to do so, the methods mentioned in the videos really help me continue to keep doing this.
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