20-bi-teen Hopes

Hey Nerds,

I hope you have been doing well. Life has been good to me lately.

I was reading my first post of the year and I realized that I have made a lot of promises that I didn’t fully keep. I made some merchandise, but not very much. I made pages on different social media platforms, but didn’t really use them. I said I would post every Wednesday, and I haven’t posted in a month or so. The list could go on... I have to admit that blogging is a lot harder than I had previously thought. Therefore, I have come up with a list of things I want to work on in 20-bi-teen(no promises, though):

1. Freshen up the look of the blog;
2. Post twice a month;
3. Make my first YouTube video;
4. Be more active on at least one social media platform;
5. Make new merchandise;
6. Update the Gay Playlist on Spotify or make a 2019 one;
7. Go out and hand out some business cards to try and get more people to read the blog, and hopefully get more people to comment and ask questions to help me keep this page up and running.

Now these are great but, of course, they’re what I wish for, not necessarily what will happen. Sometimes, life gets in the way. I will try to make these changes but, as I said earlier, I make no promises. However, to let you know that I'm taking this seriously, I wanted to let you in on what I have already started working on:

1. To freshen up the look of this blog, I have sketched some ideas of how I would like it to look. I don’t want to change it too much, as I still want it to be recognizable. Just a few changes here and there.
2. I will make a blog notebook with a list of themes that I can use when I’m uninspired to write posts, and I started writing deadlines on my calendar for when I need to give my editor these posts, so that I can give her a healthy amount of time to edit these.
3. I really tried to start my YouTube channel this year: I met with an artist, we had a plan, but life got in her way. Therefore, I started to draw the character myself. I also bought a good microphone, a pop filter and an editing software. Hopefully it works out soon. However, expect fewer videos than posts as they take days to make. Furthermore, don’t expect amazing drawings. I made them simple so that animating them would be easier.
4. Being active on social media is hard. I don’t even do it for my personal accounts. Therefore, this one will depend: if I start doing YouTube videos don’t expect me to be very active online, and if I don’t do YouTube this year, then I will try to get one of my pages to be more active.
5. New merchandise is also difficult. I have currently run out of ideas. If any of you have suggestions, please let me know, and if I start my YouTube channel and you like the character, maybe I will make merchandise with her. We’ll have to wait and see.
6. Recently I haven’t been taking care of the Gay Playlist. I need to sit down and either make a new one or just add to this one. This is not the easiest task as, lately, I haven’t been paying much attention to songs to see if they’re queer. Feel free to leave a comment or message me if you have songs you would like to see in the playlist!
7. Finally, I already have business cards, so that is a start. Now I just need to go and hand them out. I’m also working on a bit of a treat this year, at least in the Montreal area, which might help the comment section of this page be more active.

In conclusion, I don’t know what life will bring this year, but hopefully it’s as great and productive as I’m hoping it will be. :)

Love,

Bi Nerd

P.S. this was meant for 2018 sorry. Happy New Year!!!!!

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