Affiliate Website?

Is this an affiliate website? Am I making money with this website and some of the links?

No shit! Of course, I am… but before you judge me… let’s talk.

In terms of what is going on in my head, I have to say that I am in a better place emotionally when I am writing on this website. I cannot explain it… maybe it is the V.A. prescribed sertraline kicking in after many months of use… but I do not believe that is what has made me just start feeling better inside.

To write on this website is merely what I think and believe. The realities in my life. I am writing what I hold dear and near to my heart. I used to run affiliate websites that were all about making a buck, just to sell something. To earn an income to live.

That Was Then and This Is Now

Being much older now I find myself looking back on life and realizing I have spent so much time making other people wealthy. I swallowed the whole pill of ‘study and work hard and you will prosper!’ bullshit. While that may be true for some it is definitely not true for me. My spouse died and left me alone with very young children. I worked in a home improvement company for many years and was let go because they could save money by hiring lower-paid employees. I could cry about a lot of stuff… but I won’t.

That was then and this is now. The difference this time is that now I am meeting the world head-on. The difference is that this time I will control the universe because this website is not run, corrupted, or administered by anyone but me. It will not be taken away from me or dismissed as irrelevant.

Making Money On The Internet

I have spent so many hours of my life trying to earn an income and have done barely more than survive. Despite having served many years in The Corps I have always struggled financially. It is for not a lack of trying… it is just that things never panned out for me. Despite many years of ideas that fell flat. Since leaving my beloved Corps I even had a brief stint with homelessness with VERY young children and no spouse.

I am not seeking pity, nor am I asking for you to spend money through a link on my website. I just know that something clicked inside me when I listened to the end of that Chuck Yeager book I mentioned in a previous post. It is like I woke up from many years-long periods of sleep. I just need to have fun.

Is This an Affiliate Website?

Is this an affiliate website? Sure it is… I figured that if I could spend YEARS of my life helping others earn more money than me why shouldn’t I just do something for myself? While I will earn something for this website it will be because I finally found my passion. I love to write! So why not just write about the things going on in my life and how I deal with it.

It is a perfect venue. Nobody can take it away from me.