I Made A Mistake

 Nothing earth shattering, just something that has left me overwhelmed even more than before!

As I said in my post on making money I need another way to generate income.

I'm literally broke. I have no savings at all, the pandemic and Hannah starting university at the same time saw to that.  I've tried to save since then but I'm not even making enough to cover rent and bills at the moment.

So yesterday I decided to search on YouTube for ideas on small businesses! That was a mistake, so many ideas, so many things that are sellable or seem very doable. 

I dismissed all the ones with really wild claims, you know the ones that say "I made $1,000 in 24 hours", those always seem to be a bit fishy!

I've watched so many that my head is spinning!

One young lady makes her own designs for T-shirts, sweat shirts and tote bags. She bought a hot press machine and an embroidery machine. She didn't do so well to start with, just over 30 views on her home page when she launched but by buying advertising and using influencers she started to make money. She did well for a while but then sales dropped off. It was interesting to watch but seemed like a lot of work with no promise of long term return!

The ones that I'm really interested in are people selling digital products!  They all seem to be very similar, use this web page, click here, download this, pay for this subscription!  I found some good ideas and leads but need to really think out what I want to make and then take the plunge.

That is where I fall down! I doubt myself, what if I make some worksheets and nobody buys them! Stupid I know, I won't be investing a ton of money to start with. If they don't sell so what just move on and try something else!

At the moment it's all thinking and planning. My head is so full of moving schedules and things that need to be done to get settled in the other house and to get Hannah settled! 

Once we are settled and I can see my teaching schedule I can then make plans to start to do something!

I'm also seriously thinking of making a YouTube channel. I enjoy watching other people as they live their lives in Japan. Young people starting off on their journey of independent living, foreigners who have moved to Japan, people my age living slow lives in the countryside of Japan, how they experience the seasons and the quietness of the country. Again lots of ideas that I need to make real.

On a completely different topic. I've have been enjoying the weather the past couple of weeks. It is still too warm some days but we've had a bit of rain and very dramatic skies. 

Sunset yesterday evening was very beautiful. I couldn't get photos but Hannah sent me some from the train station near the school she is training at.

This is my favorite, love the blue patch

Looking down the tracks

Today is busy teaching but I hope to get some things packed up. 

Step by step we are getting closer to being done!!