If you are reading this, Vielen Dank. Seriously, from the bottom of my heavy heart I appreciate it more than you may ever know. This project has been a labor of love since late 2018 and it is virtually unknown to anyone and everyone. I wanted this to be way bigger than that and expected to roll out a complete saturation of Expat in Germany content on multiple platforms by the end of that year. Today I am being forced to. If you follow me on Instagram and Twitter you will notice my thirst to be noticed (no pun intended) has been a daily grind. I am hash tagging shit all in an attempt to stay afloat as a creator. On the exact same day Facebook and Instagram offered me business accounts my longstanding partnership with YouTube was threatened with a single email. I was feeling like I had finally gained enough impressions on social media to be taken seriously as a blogger even with little to no followers. I felt it was high time to create video content and that is why I have been pounding the pavement every day with multiple phones, cameras and mics to get it done. But some days I am just so uninspired and Köln beats me to a pulp. I often return with nothing to upload to my supply of assets for this blog and my soon to be channel. I partnered with YouTube almost ten years ago and I was so fucking proud of myself because I did absolutely nothing to earn it. I never gained anything from monetization and I became overwhelmed with the new found access to it. My channel died before it could live but the partnership and subscribers still remained. And now Google has told me that I no longer meet their criteria when I truly wanted to revamp and return soon. I thought I had escaped that mad sweep in 2019 and I was safe. I expected to roll out content along with a Patreon tier in 2020. And of course then came my rocky marriage and Covid. I have also taken on other creative projects where I am handsomely paid and have tried really hard to balance this personal endeavor and my work. Now I am being kicked into gear. In order to keep my status I have like 15 days to put out something that meets new partnership criteria. And over this year I have done so much in preparation but to do it when I wanted and now this. So any support on any platform is beyond for me as a writer and creator. And it will pay off in a great space for expats and wunderlusters alike.
Bis Gleich and Danke für Alles
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