Author: thesafetynet

Housekeeping note: I have turned off comments. Spam makes me twitch. Pretty sure I’m screaming into the void anyway.

I’ve abandoned most of my projects. KDP is a joke, and when I get the energy, I’ll delete everything except my writing.

Redbubble still trickles in the occasional sale, but I feel bad for using AI to make stuff, so I’ll be removing most of that. Again, when I have time.

What I am doing is a YouTube channel called My Messy Desk. It’s actually been going for a month! I’m having a lot of fun with it. So, void, check it out if you’re tired of hearing people scream.

And I hope it will be!

I made about $25 in the 45 days since I started all this, which is $25 I was not expecting for some months. January will likely be slow, though I do have lots of Valentine’s Day designs. Maaaaybe.

I have pulled back on KDP because it wasn’t going anywhere, and I don’t think it will. I’ll still work on the occasional book, but for now, I’m concentrating on Redbubble and Youtube.

I hope I have a very interesting summary this time next year!

When I first started, I had four Print-On-Demand sites, three YouTube channels, a podcast, and a bunch of socials.

As I’ve been doing the work, I realized there are things that need more emphasis, and things that need to be back-burnered, or deleted entirely.

The Podcast is toast. I was going to finish Mom’s Last Diary there, but I should finish where I started, where it’s easiest, and where the audience is waiting: TikTok.

I’m concentrating on just two POD sites: Kindle Direct Publishing and Redbubble. Yes, RB quality is sketch, but I want to build my portfolio to at least 200 designs before I move on. Doing about five a day, so going well.

On the back burner is my horror channel. I’ve decided to concentrate on Get Inspired, because, well, it inspires me. I think it will offer the most to folks.

I dumped Pinterest because of the way I have to post things. If I add the extension, their stupid pin buttons block stuff I need. Doesn’t seem to be a toolbar button anymore, so adios. Concentrating on Insta for the POD stuff. Which reminds me, I think it’s been 72 hours so I can set up a POD facebook page…

My mother said, repeatedly, “never depend on a man.” She didn’t mean men were undependable in general, she just meant that I should make my own money. For many years now, I haven’t. And it’s bugged me.

The Safety Net is my journey toward self-sufficiency. I don’t actually have to support myself, which is a bloody miracle. But that could all be taken away in a second. Sometimes I think about that, because my brain is a jerk. And a lot of the thoughts that follow are about how I will cope financially. I aim to take away that worry once and for all, by creating a number of passive income streams.

So here we go.