Thanks to all of you who are donating to our Patreon. It really is a huge help.I don't talk too much about finances on the channel because I want to keep things positive, but YouTube really doesn't pay very much.AdSense revenue for shorts in particular is pitiful. And because I refuse to advertise sleazy things, or products I don't think that my followers would be interested in, I turn down most sponsorship deals that we are offered.As of now most of the good sponsorship deals are reserved for long form content, but unfortunately I need to buy some more equipment to make more consistent high quality long form content. Kind of a catch 22.Due to the amount of work involved with creating, editing, and posting all the content I make, this is my full-time job. Especially when you consider all of the training that I have to do to be good enough at the type of content that I make. Even our lowest effort content is still fairly high effort compared to many other types of content on the internet. It's not easy to make.Patreon really is a lifeline. I'd much rather be supported by all of my fans donating very small amounts of money, rather than having to worry about selling out, or shilling some product I don't like, or chasing the algorithm with clickbait that I know will perform well.Thank you all so much. It's because of your kindness that I get to keep making more content for you