I tried, and a couple of people took an interest in what I had to sell, but still no sales. I was charged today over 300 dollars for an annual Shopify plan. I thought that meant it wouldn't charge me for a year, but apparently, it's immediately after the free trial ends. 

I ain't paying that. I didn't make a single cent trying to sell these damn coffee mugs, for one. I guess that's my karma for trying to sell anything using AI, people can smell the kitsch. Two, I'm getting charged for a year's worth of service after only using it for a month?

What a crock of shit.

I'm sticking to YouTube. I can use the money I'll eventually make to pay for the stamp it'll take to mail Shopify a four-letter word personally. I got a wild hair thinking I could run a business and be successful in that regard, but, no more of that.

My mom told me that's some shit that my dad does. I'm a failure compared to him at this age. At least I don't have kids to bring down with me. I definitely am happy that I have that going for me at least. I'm not going to make a bunch of stupid mistakes that'll put me in any deeper shit than I already am.

I need to get my head on straight. YouTube is totally the next solution, most logical option.

Yeah. I mean, actually yeah. I gained subscribers immediately after returning, and I was gaining subscribers fairly quickly before I fell off it as well. The last video I put out did better than I expected.

It's not viral overnight or anything but I'm well on my way. People seem to believe I have a natural talent. I'm halfway to a thousand subscribers, which is basically what you need to become monetized.

It's quite a bit of an incentive! Especially because I'm not one of those people who got lucky enough to go on some form of assistance. YouTube might keep me subscribed to a life where I'm not living under a bridge.

Hell, I'll take a van beside the river. There's some dignity in getting a hippy van, getting a nice setup to record in there hell yeah. I was so stupid for abandoning my channel to chase this shopkeeper bullshit, had I not I definitely would have been over a thousand by now. 

A little time lost, lessons learned, no sense in crying. Glad I blew the dust off. Thinking of starting an OnlyFans on the side.