the day I started my website
23 Oct 2024
So today I’ve decided to start building a website and set up a couple of YouTube channels, still with little to no idea where I’m actually going with any of this.
The concept for escapes artists is still very loose. In broad terms, I guess I want to create a resource I’d have appreciated when I was younger. Something that would’ve inspired me and steered me in the right direction. And maybe connected me with people who need a little something more from life like I do.
If this never becomes anything, I haven’t lost anything. So why not let myself mess around?
Here’s where things stand to date…
Life | in general
Still trying to sell my house.
Back living with the parents while I tie up the loose ends from my old life.
Working my part-time “regular” job and occasionally teaching yoga classes.
Am a single pringle, but happy to be in a position to make decisions for myself for the first time in my life.
Absolutely no idea what my plan is moving forward...
Business | escapes artists
Playing around with this website.
YouTube channel started today (no videos uploaded, obviously).
Have an Instagram but rarely post (13 posts since Feb 2023) and when I do, it’s just to capture a moment in my life. 58 followers, 148 following, 2 accounts reached in the last 30 days.
Have a TikTok but post even less (5 posts since May 2023 and pretty sure all of these should be archived - they were from the days before TikTok made any sense to me whatsoever). 11 followers, 27 following, 103 likes.
No income, but not a surprise given I still have next to no idea what this is…
Business | escapes yoga
No website but do have a booking system as of August this year which has been a godsend!
YouTube channel started today (again, no videos).
Teaching c. 1/month since I returned after my break.
Instagram - I know I need to push and I’ve got a good idea of things I can try. Currently 23 posts, 203 followers, 420 following. 1.5K views in the last 30 days (this reached 3K+ when I posted a couple of new format videos recently).
Have a linked TikTok but hardly use it (3 posts since May 2023 and again, these don’t really reflect where I want to go with the business). 20 followers, 28 following, 108 likes.
Also have a linked Facebook. 34 likes, 56 followers, no reviews and generally very little engagement.
Income is still massively behind the money I’ve put into the business for training, equipment, etc.
So obviously, still very early days. But I’m good with that. It was never the plan, but 2024 has become the year of shedding the old and making the way for the new. I’m still working on that. But I’m closer than I’ve ever been. And that, in itself, is something to celebrate. So good job me!