If this is Thursday, December 12th, then you know that tomorrow won’t be a lucky day, right? So I better pack in as much Patreon decision-making stuff as I can today just to be on the safe side.
“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
Hi and welcome to Thursday’s Episode 133 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 12th day of December in winter of 2019
“5” Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Part of you thinks it’s OK for you not to do the things you tell yourself to do. Perhaps your demands are unrealistic or misaligned with your routine. Investigate.” Aries
Evidence
For those of you still playing along, you know I’m working on reward tiers for my Patreon Page. And, I can’t shake the sinking feeling that hardly any “Creators “ write or blog.
Shaggy, in our text messages, thought 5 levels were too many support tiers and advertising would be a better way since I needed to reach thousands just to get a few supporters.
I’m still attracted to local guides — the ones sketched out while sitting around a pool in Palm Springs or Desert in my notebook at Ranchos Los Palmas.
I imagined in the Journal of 2020 Foresight — the journey part — beginning in 2003 how fictional expedition members contributed to a growing knowledge base for the express purpose of sharing with other expeditions.
Now flash forward all these years and I’m reimagining how a membership could unfold.
What’s in it for them to join my private Facebook group or want to support me on Patreon?
A survey?
Their attitude to new people moving in?
How satisfied are they about continuing to live there?
Where else would they consider moving if push comes to shove?
Would they like to participate in my ongoing research?
To share their knowledge of local history?
To be interviewed? (Is three enough?)
Know someone who would?
Be introduced to locals in other similar towns my researched suggested?
Not the chamber of commerce or real estate promotions, but what it’s like living there everyday?
Which is the right way to go? The more strategic?
And is it a continuing sign that there is no Holiday Tau for us today? If so, what does that signal?
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Maybe all it signals is a I need to turn to the wisdom of the crowd. How may I lift your Holiday Tau if you find it of little value?
Over the last couple of days I felt troubled by my perceived types of Creators who have made Patreon their platform of choice. Or put another way, now it appears that we in endangered species who write may be becoming extinct even there. But, Shaggy might be right too — skip the platform and advertise instead.
“5” Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Part of you thinks it’s OK for you not to do the things you tell yourself to do. Perhaps your demands are unrealistic or misaligned with your routine. Investigate.” Aries
Yeah, yeah. True I guess. I’m thinking too much before the habit sets in, which is the reverse of my superpower. But, I’ll let you two musical icons keep your TauBit of wisdom.
“2” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “Tasks done by rote are easily accomplished this way. But once you start thinking about them, they become difficult. Get your head out of the deal.” Taurus
So Howey, I understand the gist of your Holiday Tau, but I just can’t profitably use it today. It does trigger an association to how hazing in fraternities and sororities leads to bonding, but I’m just not in the market. Thanks, though.
“3” Steve Howey, 42: “When you have to fight for a thing, you appreciate it and are stronger for the effort. When a thing comes easily, it allows you to focus elsewhere. Both have merit.” Cancer
Okay, Steves these last two seem contradictory. On the one hand G&G’s TauBit tells me to think more about the event, while Harvey’s cautions me against it because more thought often leads to distractions when follow through (like now) are required.
“3” Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “The thoughts that drive you to a behavior are more important than the behavior. Unravel the moments that precipitate events.” Virgo
“3” Steve Harvey, 62: “Some things are more useful to think about than others, and you’re willing to go there. It will mean resisting distractions.” Capricorn
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate
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