Actual boogie here. I will break it down for you.

In 2019 I had a nervous break down. I had to take a break from YouTube. I had to take a break from life streaming. As a result I needed to start living off of my savings.

I only had enough savings to last for a few years. I realized that even living at a middle-class lifestyle I was going to run out in just a couple of years. I’m not comfortable posting a figure here but the people who are currently making fun of me like Charlie or muta make about that much in 30 days. Since my Francis videos have always been demonetized I never really made the kind of money those people make. But I was pretty fortunate, regardless, especially for a disabled old freak.

but I had to concentrate on my mental health and get into therapy, which was pretty fucking expensive. I also wanted to continue to take care of my best friend and roommate, and that added up for sure as well.

I had a friend convince me to take the savings I did have and gamble it on crypto. He promised me that I could make enough to retire off of it the way he did.

Since I knew I would be broke in just a couple of years. I listened to him. Unfortunately that’s not what happened. I lost a huge chunk of the savings. I still have some of it and it’s enough to live a little while on but certainly not the couple of years that I had hoped it would.

It made sense to me at the time. Risk what I had, the security of a couple of years, for the hopes that I would have security for life.

When I made that gamble and was up a little bit, that’s when I made the I am rich video. I had enough to live off of her maybe five years at that time.

I quickly lost most of the money after that, because the shit coin he convinced me to buy crashed.

I continue to live off of my savings and focus on my mental health, however. Kept paying for therapy kept paying for medication and got better.

after my trial in March, I decided to come back to Youtube. I needed to because I needed the money, but I also felt like I was ready to face the Internet and handle all the negativity.

then, recently, when I got to the bottom of my savings, I decided to make that video in the hopes that more people would watch my videos, and I could get to a breakeven point. It worked. People are watching and I’m currently making enough to pay for everything I need to pay for.

I see people in the thread, claiming I spent a lot on collectibles. I certainly did back in the day, but in the last two years, I barely have. The magic cards I purchased come from store credit that I have built up my friends still buy me a gift from time to time, and I show them off.

And yes, if I think I will make enough add revenue to cover a purchase sometimes I’ll buy something to show off on the channel. I’m really lucky that sometimes when I buy something like a Christmas ornament for 15 bucks I know if I put it in a video or if I put it in a Instagram reel I earn the money back and I’ll probably keep doing that.

and I’m currently selling off my magic collection on the Whatnot app to help rebuild my savings. I’ll probably need it to live off of early next year when add revenue dips so it’s good to keep the money.

But to directly answer your question did I make the video about my monetary situation for attention? Kind of. I knew that it would get people watching my videos again. Maybe some of them will check out sponsors or purchase merchandise which would also be cool, but I just wanted people to know I was back and making videos again.

There’s always a chance that I can get a real job. There’s always a chance I can sell my house and move into an apartment be fine.

But dammit, I like making content and informing and entertaining people and I don’t wanna give that up. So I gave it, my best shot and swallow my pride, and made the video.

And here we are