What is my job, or what I do every day (Patreon)

- Videos

For sure, the most important and essential thing I do is filming videos. It seems like I have to just talk on camera and then post it, like me now. But it's not so easy, I used to do it like this 4-5 years ago, now I take my job much more seriously. 

For example, I need to find an interesting location before recording a video there and only then I can start recording. After this I need to edit everything I filmed. For editing I need not only good mood, but also inspiring background music. So at first I look for music for a video and then start editing. Of course, there are exceptions when I should not add background music to safe the atmosphere of the place. When the video is ready, I send it to my assistant, who makes subtitles to correct my speech in English, which I need to add to the video later. The whole process lasts from 3 or 4 days to 2 weeks and all this is just for one video.

- Trips and locations

To make a good and interesting video I need to find many suitable locations for it. It can be very difficult.

Well, again I found a new place, now I need to get there. Sometimes an interesting place is situated in another city, but sometimes it is far away from any settlements (villages and towns если тебя пугает слово сэтэлмэнтс - ударение на первую э) so I need to plan my trip carefully. I also need to think about what to bring with me and maybe buy something. It takes much time. I can be so tired so I forget to record or don't do it on purpose and then I hate myself during editing. Most of my trips are not vacations and I come back home tired physically and mentally.

- Social media

When I travel, it's easy to just post stories and photos. But sometimes it's very difficult to intrigue everyone. When I work on something or go somewhere, I post instagram stories so people know what the next video will be about. Without new posts my statistics drops. I need to keep everything balanced. But I can't always take many pictures or film videos during my trips, so I just forget about it. And all because I can't immediately follow all social networks, such as Patreon, YouTube, Instagram, and many still ask about Reddit, Twitter, Snapchat

- Besides merchandise is a part of my work

It all started from the simple idea of making my own t-shirts. I created some designs and started searching for companies which can produce t-shirts for me, but I didn't have much money to start a business, so it was a big problem. Time passed and I found the company which can print my designs. It works like "I buy a blank t-shirt, a design is printed on it and it's sent to me". It was the best option for me to start working on my merch, but of course it has its own disadvantages, the price.

When I was making t-shirts I did know how exactly to send them to people because the price was high, but I was excited and the final price is not much higher than the production price (it was expensive even for foreigners). I got lots of emails from companies which are specialised at merchandise and shipping abroad. But as I found ways to do it all here, I don't want to ask any other people to help.

For example, if something goes wrong with hoods, buyers will blame me first. I will be stressed, but unable to fix the issue. Now I do everything myself, check the quality of goods and ship it. Sometimes I notice defects and send the good back to the company.

The problem is that I work even during my vacations my adventures, so sometimes I have to sacrifice the shipping time limit. I completely understand why people wait for their parcels so long, but now they will also know why exactly it takes so long.

These days along with filming videos and working on my merchandise I'm looking for a company with can produce bigger lots of goods because I have stable statics of orders. With the company I cooperate with now, I hardly earn any money, I do it only to make my fans happy. In future having it all set up, I will earn money from it, I hope so. I have already found the company I work on socks and posters with. I spent much time on it, went to many meetings, made lots of drafts and tried to make my merchandise perfect. I have a lot of ideas, but much fewer opportunities. Because it all only starts for me. Once again I want to mention that I really like doing all this because I always learn something new.

- Other

Besides, I work on my own website and stories for Patreon. I often have many problems and I try to keep working well. Yes, sometimes it doesn't go so well because I try to do everything at once. For the website I need to come up with an idea, to write a text, to translate it and to post on the site. For Patreon stories I need to have free time and a good mood for writing, to translate it. It all is a very big and difficult work. And I like it. I really like doing all this. But when I focus on something, I forget about other things so it's very difficult to keep it all together.