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RE: I Just Paid My Rent...By Blogging on Steemit (part time)!
I have a similar story using YouTube.
I'm a west Texas oil driller, and I love it!
I live in a college town north of Dallas now and noticed all the despair among the young men about how they couldn't get jobs. But in my world we couldn't get enough people.
After getting some of these young men off the student loan carousel and putting them on the high-dollar, blue-collar world of the oil field I thought to myself "I think I can use that YouTube thing and make a little money"
Over the course of four years of videos, I made about $5800 that I used to take my family on a sweet vacation to the Caribbean.
Cool. I do a bit on YT also. I will check you out!
West Texas Oil Man? I have land in far west Texas. https://steemit.com/travel/@xtrodinarypilot/welcome-to-badlands-tx-outlaw-country
Yeah man its important to teach those Odessa-Midland boys that there are other ways to reel in the dough.
I actually liven in Denton these days. Moved here for Barnett work and then the natural gas play died out. I've been bouncing around Pecos and Jal, NM lately.
I can't understand these kids. Either they don't seek out knowledge or they have literally been taught that their smartphones will give them a better life.
It's fun getting them out of that mindset and showing them other routes are available. I'm not saying to stick with the oil field forever. But while you're young, single, no kids, no health problems, then the oil field can be a great world to get in to.
I know a 24 year old named Brandon who's saved up $300,000 or so and is looking to retire by 30.
Love that kid.
I'm behind' trying to retire by 40.