Nobody asked, but Ruby has kindly retrieved this document by downloading it from Fanny's computer whilst he was doing his well practised trick of pretending to take a tit in the plant pot in Fanny's study:
Why I am not worried that my patron funds are going down:
1. My target was only ever privately 150 euros a month and the gullibles exceeded my wildest dreams
2. Publically I have stated that my goal was $30,000 a month and my patron well exceeds that still
3. I have managed to earn over a million dollars from patron alone, spending so little of it, that I could now buy baghead out if he insists
4. Many of the other top ranked Youtubers have lost patron funding due to increased cost of living
5. I have dragged out the works as long as possible, mainly focussing on flowers and vegetables because that is cheaper than paying professional to do the internal stuff which won't benefit me as I have no intention of LaLande ever being more than a base.
6. My patrons think I am keeping the B&B open because I want to contribute as much as I can towards chateau renovation. They are still under the impression I love meeting middle aged, portly, loud and demanding guests when I despise them, unless, of course, they bring expensive gifts. Long may they think this. Meanwhile, I can keep my meetings with them to one dinner over a long weekend.
7. I have Youtube as an income stream and puffed out with expensive product deals, my vlogs are technically shorter and less reliant on views. This more than makes up for any loss of patron income.
8. I have managed to cut down my vlogging and editing time, spend no time engaging in comments, fiddle my timelines, take secret breaks, all without causing any loss of income. My fans are happy with my weekly brocante finds which they watch me buy, buy storage for, and store.
9. My patron days are so little advertised and provided for, that even I had to laugh at how little they cost.
10. Caroline Gooder now allows me to sleep all through the night, as I no longer have to sit up deleting comments. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
11. I am still flying under the radar with my giftgrab. If people knew how much I make on that with gifts, deductions "for tax", interest earning funds until I pay my carefully chosen kickback charities, I might lose a bit of cred but Brenda Gibbons will be there in my defence.
On the whole I am delighted with my lot. My coat hood and "sad" vlog was a stroke of genius which proves there are no depths I cannot plumb and still enjoy the patronage of the old, the bored, the gullible, the sad and the stupid.
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