Two major conferences for me now done, those trips, and all of the focus going towards those now free for other things.

This year has been a bunch of ups and downs, both energy wise and content output wise. However I think it is safe to say that I actually haven't accomplished any of my big goals for the year: fully releasing the PIOS template, my books, or my merch store.

Those big goals and the content small goal failures have stayed with me all year.

What am I doing... NOW? October 2026

Trying to catch up after the event, my sickness hit me like a truck. Started out this month with a fever, chills, cough, headache, muscle soreness and aches, as well as strong fatigue.

There are a lot of really cool creators I met last week, and I am eager to interview a lot of them on the show. It is looking like I may need to focus more on the creator channel, as I need to make more progress quickly. In addition, it may be the way to pushing monetization quicker too. I want to mention here, as I haven't said anywhere else, that I was considering making a travel channel. Considered keeping it all on the main channel, and just shifting its focus.

With that travel channel I was going to go all in on that, but I think that wouldn't make sense if my goal is to move to a new city. Also I no longer have any trips planned for a while.

Still playing catchup, and karaoke seems to be up in the air if I am going to continue. The owner wanted to do this "rotating the KJ's" thing, and in which case I would not stand for it. Being a DJ is one thing, but a KJ is another. One is managing a list of songs, and the other is managing a list of PEOPLE. Something I don't think he gets, and its not as simple to just switch out.

PIOS Screenshot:

In a bigger view MACRO, What's Coming up

I'm still struggling to get myself back on track, hence why this written portion came out after the video part, and BOTH were late. The sickness threw me for a loop, but that is no excuse I gotta get things done.

There are a number of things on my todo list, and alot would actually help my acceleration too. Such as plugins for obsidian to help me organize better, or self hosted repos that I can put on my next server to replace things like google calendar. I think I just need to start tackling these one a day until I get them all done.

Things I am consuming:

How To Grow On YouTube: The YouTube Strategy Guide