January 1, 2024
Or, Go Fund Me
I recently heard a report that suggested that for a couple to live comfortably in the Divided States of America they would need to bring in $85,000.00 per annum. I doubt very much that this report took into account the high cost of living in California (particularly Southern California). Still $85,000 (gotta be after taxes) is too close to what Giti and I will pull in on our fixed retirement pensions and social security: Monies that I suggested in my previous attempt would be drying up over the next 10 years.
I was pleased to learn that We might live comfortably on our pensions anywhere else in the Divided States (Hawaii, [my heartfelt condolences for the tragedy on Maui] New York and Massachusetts excepted). But we love the great State of California (still the 5th largest economy in the world) and wouldn\’t trade life here for anywhere else — though Hawaii is appealing to me (as are Australia and New Zealand and the Solomon Islands).
So…how does one stretch his $$$s on a fixed income?
The only medium that I can make money in aside from my music (of which I have probably made about $500.00 on during the last 20 years) and not take orders from anyone in (I\’m too old for that shit) is my writing. (A-number-of-folks would like to see me get back in the psychotherapist\’s chair — but I honestly no longer have patience with patients.)
Who knows, perhaps down the road I will be able to monetize video podcasts — but I\’m not close to delivering a quality product in that medium — and I\’m pretty sure that my Dr.\’s Inn product will improve if my readers have to pay a nominal subscription fee.
I have been writing The Doctor\’s Inn for 15 years now and see no signs of stopping (again) — as I think out loud, and, out-of-the-box. This attempt marks #504 and I hope to keep posting till the day I die.
Hopefully my readers have noticed that I usually address social problems 3-6 months before other pundits do; and, I often render my writing from a quirky perspective — not from a \”played out\” mainstream perspective.
I would hate to turn off readers who wouldn\’t want to contribute a one-time nominal donation of $19.99 (the cost of seemingly all television promotions) to gain access to The Doctor\’s Inn — but I would be writing 2 fresh essays per month and readers would still have access to the archived essays of The Doctor\’s Inn. I even intend to open the heretofore closed Comments section — because now, in my retirement, I should have time to read your comments and learn from them — in addition to being corrected when I don\’t have my facts straight (which seems to happen more-often-than-not these \’daze\’).
So, welcome New Year! May we all receive some of the blessings we\’ve asked for and be pleasantly surprised by some we haven\’t. Remember: there is only one thing worse than not getting what you want — and that\’s getting exactly what you want!
In the immortal words of Stan Lee: Excelsior!
If essay #505 is yet another Freebie — you\’ll know that my monetizing plan has hit a few snags!