These days you have to totally wipe out everything that’s going on in Washington and on state governmental levels, and in the realm of international intrigue, in order to concentrate on your daily bread-winning work.
In short, you have to “make the world go away”. This is a lot harder than it sounds like it might be, and by golly, with things in this kind of uproar, you have to get really smart about it.
You’re trying to trick the brain into thinking that Trump is not lurking out there somewhere, and that Cuomo is going to break the New York legislative system, or that white supremacists are going to overrun the Capitol again.
Well, I have a super-effective method for doing just that. I call it my “What Elephant?” method, and I’ll be disclosing its secrets at the next Saturday morning ICW meeting.
One of the most basic secrets is that, although eBay will now allow digital download deliveries, nobody buys that stuff off eBay — you’ll do far better on Amazon or Etsy.
Digital is great — you can, if you’re willing to work hard for no money, sell your own digital goods for a penny, or less than a penny — like six games for a penny, making each game worth 1/6 cent.
There’s no shipping, that’s a big plus, but the other side of it is that there’s no money in it, not even for the big guys — they make it up in sister sales, things associated with the digital download, like a video game or a new rock album.
Those things are used as bait, promotional goods, to get the customer in the door, like those one-dollar for a whole meal commercials you see so much on television now.
They’re prepared in the food industry to make nothing on the food — the profit is 100% in the beverages and side-dishes and desserts they manage to stuff into you at one sitting.
Well, the same thing applies to digital downloads and to books, games, puzzles, videos, music albums or any other form of communication, you have to accept that those are now promotional items, and that there is no money to be made in publishing anything in any form.
So how DO you make your living from creative things?
Well, to begin with, you cut down your expenses to next-to-nothing, and leave it there for your entire lifetime. No luxury yacht for you. No limo. No live-in chef, and no hired help to take care of your well-furnished household.
If you’re lucky, you’ll find someone who will let you park your fully-packed to overflowing car on their property, and a cellphone keeps you in touch.
Of course, you won’t become a refugee unless you live in the United States.
You really think that the Democrats can stop fighting among themselves long enough to resist the resurrection of the Slave South?
Think again.
Okay, so how do you manage to forget the elephant, when it’s banging around and smashing things every moment both day and night?
Well, the ordinary pursuits and involvements won’t do it, but you already know that — it’s been a LONG time since you’ve had an untroubled night’s sleep, and you’re not alone in this Trumpian misery, there are millions in the same boat, and the boat is rapidly sinking.
So how do you forget the elephant?
You need to organize the fight, and get yourself involved in something so intricate, so complex and so demanding that it won’t let you go for a single instant.
That’s what I have in mind, and that’s what I’ll be presenting on Saturday morning.
I spent the entire night listing a LOT of stuff you might find interesting, most of which is starting at one dollar.
Some of my best stuff is up there for a dollar. Interested? Here’s the link:
See You At The Top!!!
gorby