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What is the true tragedy of being human? Is it the fact that no matter what we go through we are still constantly facing a battle amongst ourselves? Or that lines that become blurred should not be and those that are defined should not be? I don’t know the answers to these at all. There is no reason and yet every reason on why things happen. Believe what you will, and take what you know, do your research for yourself collecting all the facts and combine that to find the truth. Whether you're a junkie that society says won’t be anything more, or the one with the perfect family. There are many things that make us who we are but the one thing that defines us is our own personal choices. Once you realize that the ones you made in your past can ultimately influence your future a bit, it doesn't mean that it’s a constant. Things change. Time, people, weather, everything. After seven years you have a new body with new cells. So strange isn’t it? Something that amazing can happen and yet we don’t even realize what is happening. But yet there is always one constant in our lives. We all have that one person that means the most to us. Sometimes we never truly want to admit but no matter what happens it will always be them. Out of all the change that surrounds us, we all have one person that we truly love. Sometimes we find it and sometimes we don’t. And sometimes, we lose it. Isn’t that odd? We all have that one person that we love but can lose, no matter what happens. When you have that one person you can’t lose, everything else doesn’t seem as big anymore. For me that is my daughter. I have been around a few times, and done my share of traveling and I have found that my peace lies in the little moments of our seemingly boring days, and our adventures. I have always had a sort of peace within myself that I came from my own trauma growing up. So I learned at a young age to accept everything as it was, and allow things to come and go. But once that seven pounds, fourteen ounces little girl came out, my world was forever changed. I know this is probably the laments of an over proud father, but nonetheless she is everything to me. I have been watching her grow, stumble, fall and get back up again. I wouldn’t change it for the world. I was always the one that sort of went with the flow, with that devil may care attitude in life and I found myself although with some interesting company. I made quite a few people who I thought were my friends and some of them stayed for life. I still have no answers to the questions at the beginning and probably never will. But I do know that with purpose you find answers. It is up to each individual to find their own. But as this is being written I ponder on the country that my daughter is growing up in and how I as a father can do what I can to change it. Our country has been divided for far longer than most care to admit, really since shortly after we came to be in my own personal opinion. I am by no means what you would call a leader, nor do I associate myself with either side of our political fence. I agree with our first president in which he said the two party system would be our downfall. This is how I make my change for my daughter growing up, writing, sharing, and urging those to pay attention and call themselves to arms so to speak. I don’t mean go raiding the armories bunkering down with their guns and ammunition. What I mean is pick up your intellectual weapons. I by no means am dismissing the use of normalized weaponry, instead the war for our country needs to be fought on an intellectual level. There are far too many people in power out there that are abusing it, overshadowing those that are trying to usher in a new way of thinking. I have been watching closely as of late to politics and I am saddened to say that I am seeing what feels like a rise of Nazi germany. To the many of those out there who are going to be ready to argue with me, I will partake in civil conversation with you. World War 2 has always been one of my many interests. I have had somewhat of a curious
By Will Besaw11 months ago in Writers
The Traveling Writer
The traveling writer, what a freedom to have. Going anywhere without a time frame, or schedule to adhere too. A freedom that many crave to have within their own grasp. Be it writer, or not. But what keeps most from traversing over that line? There is a variety of reasons that one may find their own personal truth in, but they all share one thing in common fear. Fear, it's scary to think about really even bringing it up evokes a reaction even in the most stoic of us, we all fear at least one thing and that is perfectly fine. Learning to accept what is, and who we are truly brings us closer to truly living out the life we only really dream of. Trust me, I can speak from a vast and variety in my own personal past. I do not know much and accept a lot for what it is at face value and that is often taken as me being aloof, foolish, spacey so to say. It is not so to say that I am unaware of my surroundings, but rather the opposite, quite hyper aware to a point that I understand what is in my control and what isn't. That is honestly the first step to letting go, learning what you are able to control and what you are not. I am unsure why I am typing this now, and whether or not I will be publishing it, but I am back to writing and my creative side has been coming back through. I just do not have my guitar with me. I on a whim have been going to places on a trip that I only had tunnel vision in, which was seeing a relative I had not met yet, and to let the love of my life, my best friend know that I want a life with her, the ups downs and in between. I do not claim to be the best nor will ever claim to have that which I do not. All my life I have been told to figure out who I am, and that was a struggle and I am unsure if that was due to being already somewhat attuned to myself at a young age, as circumstances left me to my own devices and as with most of my friends and those dear to me, left me growing up too fast. I was far too independent at such a young age that it left me behind on so many social skills and interactions with my peers. I could never truly relate to those around my age, and often found myself in friend groups where I was the youngest, I think looking back was because I truly wanted to be the little brother as I was thrown into adult responsibilities at a young age no younger than my daughter who is now. I wasn't ready but I stepped up, and that lead me to making decisions that helped form me. Being told to find out who I was had been quite a struggle until along my journey I discovered a few truths. While looking into astrology I found My Human Design and Body graphs that were basically a blueprint of who we are supposed to be. And well with taking what I had learned across multiple fields and keeping an open mind, I found out that I wasn't supposed to know who I was in this lifetime. That gave me some solace as I often knew what I liked, and disliked, but it wasn't until I took my first solo trip after being divorced that I think I really found myself. I let myself be, and I honestly kick myself in the ass that it took a car crash for me to figure that out. I have always believed that I was in the right place at the right time learning something I was supposed to do, it was a coping mechanism as a child I used so that way I did not feel so alone and it also served as an armor. I moved around a lot, so making friends really was not in my forte, nor my plans ever as I never knew how long I would be in one place. And in a sense that has carried into my adulthood as I found out that lifestyle I really enjoy and wished to bring my daughter on during my time with her. I aspire to show her that it really doesn't matter what you do, that as long as it's good and with pure intentions that it can be done. Thank you for your time and continued support.
By Will Besaw12 months ago in Writers
Product Review!
I want to open with, I love this device already. A few months ago I found this handy little travel PC on my local marketplace, and I was enamored from day one. What is this device you ask? Well it's labeled as a handheld game console portable PC mini laptop on Amazon. A lot of words I know, it's basically a handheld gaming laptop all in one. It goes for around $700 on Amazon for the model with similar specs as mine. Which I use for reference, as I found this particular model on my local Facebook marketplace, for $460. So already the price cut caught my attention, and well my wallet. Amongst the 1 TB of storage, 16GB RAM, an 8.4" 2.5K resolution touch screen display, the built in controller along the sides, that can be used as a mouse, with a button for an onscreen resizable keyboard, as well as a detachable keyboard and mouse input for extra purchase, and a built in kickstand my wallet was taken over as it had all the specs I needed to run one of my favorite game series I bought for PC a couple years ago. Within the time of being able to use this device in my daily life, I have become quite gregarious in how portable and updated in tech it is. Now my particular model is already a couple years old, which I understand is still kind of old in today's tech world, but the original box from which the person who sold it to me is in Chinese, so outside of the numbers and common knowledge, I spent due diligence in researching the product. From first hand account I can tell you that it has been great that I can literally sit down anywhere connect to my phone's private network and use my computer. I have also found that it has a wireless display options that I have found work fairly well with Roku streaming devices. Now how long does a charge last, well depending on usage as with most other devices, but usually a good eight hours of normal PC usage, and I am able to get around half that time depending on the game when playing games. Now I say around half that, as I do play some games in the cloud and have even with that 1TB of storage, have found that not all modern games can run a direct download visually, but that's where I am saved by the cloud. Between GeForce Now and having an Xbox Ultimate Game Pass subscription I am able to play most of anything anywhere. Which for having a mobile type of lifestyle is perfect for me, and well I would say even the wandering gamer. Honestly even if you just enjoy travel and tech it's a nice little find and for me has been outdoing most other modern mobile handhelds I have tried or seen. Now while I was doing research, I happened to find newer models from the Onex Player, but seeing as those models were around $1.5k from their own website, I opted with going for the Facebook marketplace. I was truly appreciative of the seller being courteous, kind and helpful in explaining his device he was parting ways with. Upon inquiring why he was deciding to part ways with what was appearing,( eventually proving,) such an amazing device, he said he sadly didn't have the time anymore. So stroke of luck on my end. Now in no way am I being endorsed or sponsored for writing this review, this is an honest review from a happy customer.
By Will Besawabout a year ago in Gamers
Transformation Reloaded
I'll be no longer using this site to continue to write a blog or continue with updates. This will be the last one and will entail all future plans in regards to this page as well as my other social platforms. I'm a creator at heart and have been informed most of my life of my gift with the pen. So I will be using it to write about topics that I care about as well as doing pieces on the charities that I support and have shared their links across my socials. For my vocal page that means some difficult topics may be discussed, but I will find a way to leave resources and tools to help any cope with any triggers that may come of it. Some topics that will be covered are addiction, mental health, abuse, trafficking, as well as those who are actively fighting against as well as ways in which you can help. I will be doing away with the updates of the blog and this will be the last one in this entry. My socials will be geared towards raising awareness for these topics and sharing my content. I will be streaming three days a week and will be sharing content related to the game I will be playing. I have been growing my gaming library and going through some changes as well as upgrading some tech. I have also been working a lot of hours at my day job. Which has been changing schedules a bit. I will still focus on streaming when I can but I will no longer be setting myself to a schedule, I have found it too difficult to keep to with my personal, and work life balance and the nature of my work. During my streams I will be in my voice chat in my discord so keep a look out. I don't wish to record those who don't wish to be so I will not have any voiceovers. But my discord will be a line for any of my followers to use as well as a place for them to gather. I am also going to be done with personal life updates on here. By the start of next year I will have another page on here as a travel blog with all my adventures that I am planning for my little and I, as well as any that I take for work. As far my twitch goes as it grows I may add more content such as cooking tutorials and watch parties. My TikTok will be used for when I am able to go live, so once you see my posting more there be prepared for an adventure sure to follow. YouTube will showcase my past streams, gaming music videos, or as my page grows any requested cooking tutorials. Facebook and Twitter will be the same as TikTok with promoting my twitch. With being on the go so much and a gamer, I will be switching between games on my Chromebook as well as mobile games that I play such as; a variety of games on Xbox game pass, NVIDIA Geforce for starters, Epic games is in the works as I have Kingdom Hearts 1-3 in my library, for mobile I play Dragon ball Legends, Pokemon GO, COD Warzone, One Piece Bounty Rush, Diablo Immortal, Hime's Quest, Fairy Tail Fierce Fight, MHA Strongest Hero, Mario Kart, all pretty actively and all by the same moniker of Yfns96. As always I am working towards being able to pursue my dream of being a stay at home Dad to show my daughter that you can really do whatever you want to do with the skills you have. I don't have any monetized pages as the piece is being written, so I appreciate you taking your time to read this. I would also appreciate if you took some more time to give some of my other pieces of work a read as well, as I do receive earnings just by you reading this for free. So there we go I'm coming back, and still with purpose, as always in the great words of my inspired online persona Excelsior!
By Will Besaw2 years ago in Journal
2022 Recap
Another year has passed and there are some major updates coming up for future reference. To start things off Stadia is shutting down fully on January 18th. Although Stadia may be shutting down, in the meantime I have made preparations to continue streaming. I have the first two Kingdom Hearts games downloaded to my phone as well as I have started a couple mobile games. So streaming will be resuming once things mellow out from the holidays. Dragonball Legends, Call of Duty Mobile, and My Hero Academia Strongest Hero, is the start of my mobile game list. I am also preregistered on Rainbow Six for mobile. Stadia drew me in with an extensive library of games, streaming options, and a few other cool updates that were released along the way. I have a video up on my YouTube as a farewell to Stadia as it helped me come out of my shell and get back into the gaming community. I still have the goal with my streams of bringing the viewers in to play live with a few multiplayer games. My streaming is going to be taking a bit of a turn and I will be more than just gaming. I will be doing streams of watching shows or movies together, cooking recipes from anime and other cinematic goodies. With that being said I will be making a schedule of my streams and what will be going on that day, whether it’s a watching party, cooking together, playing games, or just chatting while I grind out some levels. I will be creating a space for anyone to come and just hang out and for people to help make new connections and friends. I don’t see myself as having a particular niche and will be open to hearing suggestions and taking polls for upcoming streams from viewers and participants. I still have the goal to be working from home so I appreciate all the views and interaction on my posts. With that being said, I need help from you the people, as I have stated in a previous piece, I earn money just by people reading these, so please freely share with your friends and if you care to read more go check out my other pieces. I have a couple pinned with how to start your own journey as well as some original stories. With bringing one of my other favorite hobbies of cooking I will be posting the recipes right here on my vocal page. With all these changes going on I am still planning on being The Friendly Neighborhood Streamer, swinging in with mobile streams and being on the go. I will be starting a patreon that will include a few different tiers for subscribers. There will be a minimum of three tiers with a VIP spot which will include goodies being sent out. I am still working out the details fully and doing my own research into Patreon and other sites to be able to have goodies sent out. In the meantime I am also on UpWork which is a freelance site to pick up jobs. I will also be setting up a new email to take on work directly as well as for followers to keep in touch with me. In the meantime my inboxes across social media will be open to those with any questions or looking to give suggestions. So let’s do a quick recap of what’s to come, new website, new socials, new games, new schedule, new content, and many new journeys to come. I appreciate what this past year has brought and I look forward to seeing you all again this upcoming year and to meet new people.
By Will Besaw3 years ago in Gamers
The Last Swing?
So I have hung up the streaming career until further notice. I have a lot on my plate at the moment and will be applying myself elsewhere until I am able to better set up and be more consistent. I do appreciate all the love and support of the followers I have gained and once I am able to, will be returning full force. I am a writer by nature, and will be continuing my writings here. Some upcoming pieces will include, game reviews, and game guides. The project I am currently working on is a walkthrough/guide for Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order. The piece will primarily cover Stadia controls and feature in game shots caught while playing mobile. My socials will be open still to request any games for me to consider and possibly write about. I will also be putting some original fan fiction on here, as well as keeping posted on when my inevitable return will be to streaming. I will not be returning to twitch for gaming so to all my Twitch followers, I will be revamping the page to include cooking with Spidey. To my followers on TikTok, first of all thank you as that was my first step into deciding to want to move forward. TikTok will see my mobile gaming on live streams and I will be streaming from a different spot in gaming to show off Stadia more. To my YouTube peeps once I'm able to I will be streaming from my PC directly on there. I am currently exploring merchandise options as well what copyrights may need to be taken into account. As our iconic friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is not my own intellectual property nor do I own any rights for resemblance or am making any profit off of his image. My reason for streaming is simple; at one point any of us gamers went over to our friends’ house and without realizing it played our last split screen, co-op, fighter game with them. When was the last time you had an adventure with your friends like that, well I aimed to do just that with Stadia, between crowd choice, state share, and their other niche options for you to use as a streamer or to just play with your friends. As a streamer I wanted to bring that back, so through YouTube and Stadia, I am hoping upon returning to streaming that you will swing by and join the fun. I plan to play exclusive party games for my viewers to join from wherever, plus I will have a link to try out Stadia Pro for free for two whole months, and will exclusively play Stadia Pro games to showcase and shine a light on Stadia. So come and join the fun when the streaming begins again. For now I will still be doing the Amazon Associate job as well, so go check out my webpage and browse around for anything that peaks your interest, even if it’s not the item you can still use those links and I will also be posting a deal of the day on my Facebook page so if you’re not following me on there go take a look. For my twitter and instagram followers I will be posting my links to my Vocal page. I would like to return to streaming soon, and for that to happen, I will be honest, I will need to start making some extra cash. If you are looking to support me without a subscription, please read and share my work that you find on Vocal. You are also more than welcome to send tips through vocal as well as directly on my linktree which can be found across all of my socials. I really need your help in becoming a household name, as always, I can make a party for anyone that wants to play along or if the option is available go ahead to jump right in. My computer is going to cost around $800 to fix and I will also be able to start streaming Kingdom Hearts. Currently my Vocal bank is sitting around $25, so read up and share with your friends. If more people start reading as well as reaching out on social media, I may open up to patreon and start a fan service for those that wish to come along. Details can and will be worked out later. Share this with a friend and read up on some of my other pieces of work. I have a little bit of everything for anyone to read.
By Will Besaw3 years ago in Gamers
Welcome to my Page
Hello and welcome to my page. Here you will find all my updates along the way about my streaming journey. I post hear about two to three times a month. Now some of you may be wondering what my page is about. Well to be put, it's a tell all and be all of my streaming journey, as well as pieces of work that I am able to publish. Now why do I decide to post here instead of anywhere else? Well I am a father of three and a husband. While I am also working outside of the home it is my dream to really be at home while making a living from my passive income so I can be there for the more important moments of my family. My wife and I hope to teach our kids that you can really do whatever you put your mind too and that you do not have to be pigeonholed into the old concept of work. I grew up as many of us had being told, "Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life". But what does that really mean? Just as it suggests, do what you enjoy enough that when you decide to pursue it as a career than you will never truly work anymore. Now I am unsure about yourself but as much I as showed up to traditional "work" and clocked in and traded hours away of my life to companies that really had no problem replacing me after I left. Which isn't negative nor in any way meant to be. I loved some of those jobs that I had, for they had really helped shape me. But as I got older and started to have a family of my own, I noticed my own views changed and I found myself reflecting on the future and what I wanted out of it. I didn't want to be the Dad that was always at work all the while my family cherished the spoils of my arduous labor. I wanted to be there with them to enjoy it, so while they are young I have started a few forms of passive income that I hope to teach not only the next generation, but any who chose to break free from the routine rat race so to speak. To be honest right now you are currently reading a form of my passive income and at no cost to you other than your time so thank you. Yes this website Vocal is one of many that you can post your writings or start up a blog or anything you desire to write about if you're a writer and make a passive income just by people reading. They don't have to subscribe, they don't have to pay some amount to help support you, all they have to do is read, and you just have to share your work. But as far as the workload goes, it's all up to you how much you put in, as well as your own schedule. The plus side is now a days you can do this where ever you are. I also have an Amazon associate account set up where I make commission off products sold from Amazon already, all I do is look up the item, post a link or share an item link with a friend for something they are already looking at buying and get paid. I have a website set up with some products more geared towards my fellow gamers and the community. But anything that is bought through those links you are able to get a commission off of. So go check it out! If you would like to learn more about that one, I suggest you check out the piece I wrote titled Becoming An Amazon Associate on here. I will cover a lot of topics here in my writings and share my keys to what has worked for me and what I have found, all without some cover charge to share my knowledge. In today's day and age there is no reason to not to have access to the wealth of information. I will admit, that due to the Coronavirus I was also inspired as I had seen multiple jobs pop up that were remote, and that pushed me towards working from home in my own way. I am just a regular man, that honestly saw an opportunity and struck while the iron was hot. Now I will say this, you will not be making a lot overnight, and all of these forms of passive income take some time to build, so I am not saying that this is an overnight success story nor will I claim it to be. This takes some dedication and good time management skills. The amount of work is based up to you and how much you put yourself into it. I will say if I get enough requests, I will put up tutorials on my YouTube. Take a look around, read a few pieces and catch up with my story if you so choose. I stream on Twitch and YouTube when I am able, as well as make about daily content on my TikTok, you can find me and my links across all forms of social media as You're Friendly Neighborhood Streamer. Thank you again for taking the time to read this and checking out my work. Leave any suggestions on any of my social media of what you might want to see or learn more of or if you would just like to reach out and need a friend.
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Gamers
Guess Whose Back!
So much has happened since the last time I posted and I am excited to bear it all. So as far as content creation I am still keeping up on that after going on hiatus for about a month. But with the anniversary of one of my all time favorite games Kingdom Hearts this year, and the announcement of the Kingdom Hearts IV, I am setting my sights on beating a few records. I am going to do my research and see what the records are as well as brush up on my skills. With that said come join and watch me on twitch as I play along with the my comfort game and play all the way through. You're Friendly Neighborhood Streamer is proposing a challenge to Google Stadia to put all of the Kingdom Hearts games onto their servers to bring the joy across multiple screens and for others to enjoy wherever they are. I have a special soft spot in my heart for these games as I used to play them with someone dear to me and have very fond memories. Being a Disney fan as well as a gamer myself whose first games were Final Fanstasy VII and VIII, I became very fond of the game itself when I recieved it as a Christmas present as a child. Well anyway I am sure some of you may be wondering how my other endeavors may be coming along, and well I am still gaining traction on social media, which as we all know isn't very easy to do just overnight. But I do appreciate those that take the time to read these little sections about me as just by reading I am receiving support, as well if you are reading this than I suggest you take a look at my other social media accounts, you can find me across most of social media by my moniker of You're Friendly Neighborhood Streamer or my gamer tag of Yfns96. I will also being taking any suggestions of content to write for anyone that would like a step by step guide of what I am doing online to work on my forms of passive income. I do still have my website up with not only my links but also a store with a few items up for gamers and non a like. I will be posting up the books I have been reading that have been helping as well up there. I will soon be recording audiobooks for ACX, and I will also be posting the links on there. I do have a piece up on how to become an Amazon associate and promote amazon products to sell online and make a commission. I will be posting another one about becoming an ACX agent as well as how to set up an account on here for those of you who are writers as well. There are plenty of option out there and I want to help show you that you don't have to stick to the daily nine to five grind. You can just check out the Nine to Five on my YouTube channel and leave that grind to You're Friendly Neighborhood Streamer! I do wish to remind you that I am working on trying to break away from the regular job and show that no matter who you are, what you do that you can still do what you want. Again if anyone is interested in doing anything similar and would like to get a hold of me than you are more than welcome to get in touch with me on my website, I will get back to you personally by email or you can also hit any of my direct lines on social media. Until next time my friends stay safe and have fun!
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Gamers
Looking to be a Creator?
So you are looking at becoming a streamer or content creator yourself? Than you have the right article or at least a good one to start. See everyone has to start somewhere and don't worry about not knowing what to do. Alright now the first thing that you want to do is find something that you enjoy, whether that is cooking, playing video games, painting, creating things and yes even that thing that you think no one out there is going to watch or to like. Trust me there will always be an audience out there that is going to watch you and be excited to see what you do next. Next just start, yes it's that simple, just start doing what you enjoy and record it, share it, edit your work and don't be afraid. I know that can be easy to hear, read and even easier to say it out loud, but it's the getting over that part. I can't and won't beat the dead horse that most of society will tell you to do. I honestly find those words very repetitive and not very helpful at all. I can say though that once you just take that first big step, the next one is smaller, that third step gets even smaller and so on. What I am here to say is if you don't feel that anyone will watch your niche, you can reach out to me on my socials and I will drop a like, follow, share. Now a days it has become easier to help support one another even across long distances. Tracking back to becoming a content creator, and streamer yourself you don't need any fancy equipment or have to have the biggest following or even to be following the latest trends on social media to begin. I am sure as you find across other articles as well that all the biggest streamers, content creators, celebrities, and anyone that has been doing their craft for while that they started somewhere. After you start, all you have to do is keep consistent and even keep doing research on what you are doing. In other words, keep on keeping on. Bruce Lee once said, "I do not fear the man that has mastered 100 kicks, but the man who has mastered one kick 100 times", basically get really good at what you do and keep sharpening your sword of knowledge on it. I do most if not all of my videos and editing just off my phone with free apps, as well as screen recording. If you are looking to go the twitch route and even if you are not into gaming you will have an audience. Whether that is cooking, playing card games, doing magic, heck just even talking about something you are passionate about. There are even a lot of places that you are able to stream live or mobile. A few of these include the ever popular Twitch, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, now you don't need any fancy software to even start or a state of the art phone. All that I would recommend is that you get a device that has a large storage capacity. As often I have found that video files while editing take up a lot of space on any device. If you are a gamer, I do recommend that you look into Stadia or even using mobile games you already play, most devices have the screen share option and I would recommend using Twitch as you are able to stream right from your device, whether you are sharing your screen or you can stream right from your camera. With most of these apps, there is the option when you go to post or upload a video of going live. Some social media sites require you to meet a certain number of followers before going live. I did run across this with TikTok, and with one of their recent updates to their app, they added the option to share your screen but they have a requirement of having eighteen thousand followers. Which if you stay consistent with your posts on TikTok, than you can amass a following fairly fast. But there is no guarantee on making it viral, and there is no absolute to be all end all way to make it viral or else we all would be viral. The biggest hurtle that you are going to have is your mindset. As simple as that sounds it's very true, whether you think you can or you think you can't you will be right. What all your teachers, mentors, adults, TV shows, random posters in schools and what seemed to be repeated everywhere growing up is actually true. You are what you think, so once you start to believe in yourself than no matter how many followers or views you are getting online you will be reaching out to your true audience. And that brings me to my next point, as it does help to have a lot of followers more often than not it does take some time to amass such a following, but you will find that you will have some followers that will support and share your content no matter what. You're quality followers will help you bring in a quantity of followers. Let me say that again but differently. You're true fans will want to show your content to their own people who are like minded, who in turn will show their people. Much like the ripples of a wave, you may not start off as a big wave from just standing on the shore, but as it reaches across the water that small ripple gains momentum. Now there are hit and miss days, which comes with everything you do. Now making content every day can be quite tiresome and in no way am I ever going to tell you that you need to be making something every day. That is another perk to being a content creator, if you need to take a bit of a break from creating do so! I cannot stress how important it is to rest while being a content creator. Creative burnout is a real thing and will also have you start to resent your own passions and hobbies for which you so wanted to share with the world. As you continue on your journey you will find your own way, with your own path. In a short recap, find what you love, share it, believe in yourself, master it, and make sure to get rest. I won't take up too much of your time anymore, so I will be wrapping it up with this. Go forth and prosper friends!
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Gamers
Helios Selene Eos
Helios is the god of the sun, He has two sisters, Selene and Eos. With the coming of each new day belonging to Helios, but the night belongs to Selene. I understand now when you tell me, in a voice that muses, and sirens wish that they could have, “Helios, Selene Eos” I can feel the love permeate through every word, every molecule of air from you to me. I know that by just saying those three words that, even with how broken I am, you still somehow find the best in me. So when I told you the same thing I did not think that you would ever leave. Then you came back, how grateful I was for that moment, and again you told me “Helios, Selene, Eos” again and again I could feel what you were trying to tell me. Time and time again we went on like this, you the siren and me the dreaded sailor that always finds himself going towards the siren’s calls no matter what the rest of the crew is saying. I should learn that what you say is not true but your words trap me like a gorgon’s gaze. Unlike Perseus though I am unable to cut off your head so I don’t turn to cold stone, all I do is turn cold. No matter what I do to try and fend you off to keep you away, the gods seem to be more amused at what you do to me. I have prayed to every god for help and only one offered me help. Hades. I am tempted to take his offer for help as the other gods laugh at my requests to have all memory of you washed away from me. And now I take up Hades' offer. High atop one of the highest mountains save Mt. Olympus I take one more step and I forget that you were even in my life. I feel the wind rushing against my face as I take the final step and then I am face to face with Hades without a realization of what I have just done. For I had made the ultimate sacrifice, and that is why the other Gods all laughed at my requests to have your memory torn from my mind. Had I known the true reasoning I may have reconsidered my course of action. But I wanted all memories of you gone more than anything else in this world. So as I stood before Hades I felt every fiber in my being, swelling with rage inside that I did not know if I could control any longer. As I walked up to him to accept my fate I heard a voice in my head scream, “Now!”, and before I could make sense of what happened next I found myself holding someone’s head in my bare hands. I cannot recall what drove me to behead this being, but when I looked closer upon inspection, I saw Hades’s twisted smile. I had done it now, I thought to myself. I had beheaded the King of the Underworld and brother to the mighty Zues himself, what was my punishment to be, why had I not been struck down where I stood, what brought me to kill the King of the Underworld? These questions and many more came rushing in all at once and I had not the time nor the answers to any of them. So before I could even think, I ran. I ran far from the scene and left the beheaded corpse and dropped the bloodied head as my feet carried me until I could no longer stand. I still had the head of the King of the Dead, which by some twist of cruel fate was dead by my hand.
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Fiction
Becoming An Amazon Associate
So you're thinking of becoming an Amazon Associate but unsure how. Well thankfully for you I'll be able to keep this short, sweet and to the point in about six hundred or so words. I will lead with a disclaimer I am not affiliated with Amazon nor am I being endorsed to write this post, now that we got that out of the way let’s begin. The first step of course is to just begin, literally that easy. Start up your local web browser or type into your Google search bar on your phone “Amazon Associates LogIn” that’s it or you can go to https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/. Hint if you happen to use Google then your link should be your second on the list scrolling down. Secondly you will want to create an account, now no worries, if you already have an Amazon account for shopping for all your favorite people or even just yourself you can use your personal account to set up shop. After you log in and have created your profile you are already ninety percent of the way done. You will see that Amazon will let you know that you have to have at least three separate sales within a one hundred and eighty day period. I hope you are still following along because step 3 involves linking your bank account which after entering your bank info you will be set up to get paid. The final step is choosing your products and what you are able to sell, and what your commission will be on each product. As far as the items you are able to sell, well fortunately you have the entire Amazon store at your disposal, the best part is no drop shipping or sending out packages or even handling any product whatsoever. As I stated this is one hundred percent free to sign up for, free to get links and free to sell and all you have to do is copy and paste links. Now after you have signed up for the Amazon Associate you will have the option in the mobile app to share your Associate’s code or a regular code, word to the wise share your Associate’s code every time, Amazon tracks your clicks through that link as well as any items bought off of that link whether it was the item shared or not. If you are not in the mobile app and you are signed into the website via your mobile browser or web browser on your laptop or desktop, then all you have to do is search for the item you would like a code for. When you have your item picked then you will have a few different options for links. You have standard HTML links, as well as shortened versions of the same link. There are also links to work into your line of source code for all my website builders and coders. Once you have the links it’s all up to your imagination on how you would like to keep earning your money. You can share the links with family and friends or if you are even the slightest bit tech savvy, and really who isn’t nowadays then you can set up your own website or use a website builder from the many online that you can use. I advise doing your very own research to decide which option is best for you. But that’s about all there is to it folks. So in a short summary wrapping it all up, search or copy and paste the link in this piece to your web browser or typing into Google, create an account, link your bank account and share links. It's that easy folks. I hope you enjoyed my first piece in the help section, if you enjoyed this shoot me a message. I aim to do more pieces like this sharing tips and tricks to how I am able to work remotely and at my own pace doing what I love and enjoying all the time I can with my family.
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Journal
Streaming Journey
Some exciting news! So as I have been writing about, I am a content creator and an up and coming streamer as well. I hope to become your friendly neighborhood streamer. I have been accepted as a content creator with an early access game I had found whilst playing Stadia, the game is called Nine to Five Make a Killing by Red Hill games. It is a first person shooter game that consists of varying operator skins, weapons, and all the jazz found in your typical FPS game. Where this one happens to stand out from the rest of the overflooded market of first person shooters is the dynamic of the game. With three teams of three on various maps, you are thrown into a random map, and if you are playing solo than with two other players. The game is more objective based and less shoot ‘em up so to speak. With the smaller team sizes it makes for interesting gameplay while 9 people all go towards a similar goal to either take out the other teams or to get to the objective. The objective of the game is you are a mercenary with your other teammates and you are extracting a usb drive. There are three rounds to each match. The first round you are setting up and gathering your information to extract the usb drive. The second round is where you and your team are battling it out while defending a cutter that is extracting your usb drive. The final round, and this is the one that really counts, is setting up your defense and waiting for you and your team to extract themselves. Now as previously stated the third round is where the action really comes together and is the one that determines the winner. Now usually in most matches in games of this nature the best two out of three usually wins. Well not here, which is a dynamic that is quite interesting, you and your team may lose the first two rounds or even win one and lose one, but if you don’t win that third round your team loses. So essentially you can lose the first two rounds, and make a comeback in the third and final round for a hail mary. As I said it makes the game a lot more interesting and I believe it has the potential to keep gamers from rage quitting because why quit when you can come back and get the competition in the third round, which can be quite satisfying. There is a variety of armor and skins for the game and with each armor comes with the choice of tacticals, field equipment, and lethals to help you pave you and your team's way to victory. I applied to become a content creator for this upcoming game as it has not been released on the market as of yet, and was accepted for the position as previously stated. The game is not yet on the market and is available on Stadia and Steam, I do have various links for a free two month trial with Stadia for anyone that follows me or my social media would like to play with me. Well I started the game with “guns blazing” so to speak and dove right in and I have enjoyed it rather well, I was unable to participate in the most recent tournament due to circumstances outside of my control and that was okay because I got to spend some time playing and honing my first person shooter skills while putting in work for the holiday event called Not So Silent Nights. I have almost completed the available challenges as some are still on a timed release. I have been having a lot of fun, creating content and talking with a team of other content creators and networking. With being a content creator I have been given access to a special Discord chat for the official news and updates. With this opportunity I am able to talk one on one with other content creators and developers of the game and we are all able to brainstorm and make suggestions for this upcoming game. As I have Steam I am a bit kicking myself in the butt for not finding it sooner and starting this sooner but I am glad I was able to come on when I have as this is early in development and more offers may be arising, and who knows maybe a career in field that I wouldn’t have seen myself in a few years back. Being a father of three and being presented this opportunity has set me closer toward becoming my goal of being more home based. I appreciate all those that do take the time to read my work and that follow me on social media. I am working on becoming home-based to be there for my kids and to show them that you can do whatever you would like to do and still make a living. I will be updating this more on a weekly basis with news and updates that are coming along in the game as well as with my journey of becoming your next favorite streamer. So until next time friends!
By Will Besaw4 years ago in Confessions
