I’ve been acting like I have a salary. I don’t. I have books. I have ideas. I have a body of work that exists to reach people who need it. And every platform I abandon in the name of ethics is a limb I’ve cut off to prove I’m fighting fair.
If you’re a GenX or older millennial creator who built something real in the early internet days, poured years into honest work, and then watched the numbers slowly die while newer, more optimized accounts took off — you’re not alone and you’re not crazy.
Life should be simple – like for a bird. You wake, you shit, you eat, you fly, you eat, you do some fun things, you find a mate, you eat, you shit, you sleep, you die. Simple.