[Update] A Rough October (so far) and why I'm abit behind (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

I have to apologize that the video schedule that I envisioned for this month is not being met. I have two AU videos planned and of course now the weekly-ish news videos now coming out. 

The news episode for this week was suppose to be out on Wednesday and AU video was suppose to be out this weekend, but the news video has been pushed back to this Saturday and the AU episode should be out Tuesday-ish next week. This is frustrating for me for multiple reasons; I want to get you guys videos on time, the lack of extra ad revenue from YouTube worries me, and it feels like I'm slow at making content compared to other creators.

But I have to be rational with myself because I have been dealing with a lot for the last 30 days. I've done a lot of networking and communication with different groups, two notable ones being the Rail Passengers Association of America and Railroad Workers United.

I've had filming and trips eat into my time and energy. And being someone with an immune disease, finding energy and being sick more often than the average person is always the problem. I've been able to manage these things in the past, but they often sneak up on me during inopportune times.

The next two AU videos will probably have sponsor spots in them to help fill in for the lack of ad revenue but know in a perfect world I wouldn't want to include them. Either way I'll try to make them funny/less forced.

If I ever had extra money in the future I'd love to hire extra people to help write and produce videos to get more out for advocacy related goals and to have a more rapid upload schedule that wouldn't be bottlenecked by my personal energy levels. 

I always want to thank you guys for supporting me because this would never be possible in the first place if it wasn't for the support that patreon and everyone provides.

Best,

Alan