 Not too long ago, folks, we did this on YouTube. Since then, I'll admit it, I've talked about this. Question of the day slash thought of the day. Oh yeah, I'm commuting to my last meeting of the day before the sun goes down so I'm using the sun. Alright, how often? Alright, and I'm talking specifically to the YouTubers and vloggers out there because, you know, there are moments where it's hard. Moments. But overall, I love making a video every day. Or as often as possible, right? How often does it cross your mind? In your heart? In your heart? Man, this is hard. I want to quit. I want to quit this YouTube situation, this daily production. For the past six months, yes, YouTube has been in the news about this topic with advertising. I just heard on the radio that YouTube is going to eliminate the ability to skip 30-second ads beginning most likely in 2018. That's a big deal. That, my friends, is a play on TV. Rewind 12 months ago, I talked about this topic making money on YouTube. Produce about $1, $1 with a Google AdSense revenue for every 1,000 views on YouTube. Okay? After a lot of thought, thought and discernment, nine months ago, I made the plunge into monetizing this YouTube channel. Basically what I'm getting at is I wanted to prove to myself that I was not vlogging for money. I was vlogging to seek beauty, to work hard, and to love each other. Alright? And to have fun and get better at video production and to tell a little bit of my story. That's why I do this. However, I have decided with true love to begin placing ads on the vlogs. Well, and the reason is that might be going away, folks. Because last night at 8.49pm, I got this lovely email from YouTube. Seth James D'Amour. Today, we are announcing changes to the YouTube Partner Program. What's changing? Under the new eligibility requirements announced today, your YouTube channel, Seth James D'Amour, is no longer, no longer eligible for monetization because it doesn't meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watch time within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers. As a result, your channel will lose access to all monetization tools and features associated with the YouTube Partner Program on February 20th, 2018, unless you surpass this threshold within the next 30 days. Seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. Work hard, folks. That's what I do. I think I hope if you've been watching for a while now that you have picked up on the fact that I'm not just kidding when I say that at the end of the vlog, I really mean it. I am trying to work hard to bring you value through the vlog, through the running, through financial tips, all the things that we do as a family is for you in there. So, to have this happen after doing a daily video for almost two years, which I know if it was a decade, I would probably be a little more livid right now, but almost two years. Blood, sweat, and yes, I'll admit it, tears have come forth because of this YouTube channel. But thankfully, 693 of you, as of this moment, have chosen to say, you know what, I believe in this guy, I don't know him personally, but I believe in this guy, and I'm going to subscribe and support him. Well, folks, I decided to monetize nine months ago, and listen, it's not paying any sort of bills. However, it's enough of an income to help me, I'll just put it in these terms to help me buy two or three pairs of new running shoes in the last nine months. You're picking up my drift, it's not a lot of money, it's not a lot of money, but it's enough to, yeah, help me wake up at 4 a.m. and start editing the vlog. So I'm a little concerned, and now listen, the 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months, we got that in the bag. We're not double that, but we're close to double that, so that's not an issue. It's the 1,000 subscriber mark that is the challenge. 30 days, if you divide, let's just say we're at 700 subscribers, almost, that's 300. If you divide that by 30, that's 10 subscribers per day before we get demonetized. Listen, I'm a realist and an optimist. Can we get there? It'll be hard. It'll be very hard. But guess what? I'm not going away. We might be demonetized, we might not. All I'm saying is, it's a little strange you to what you're doing. I kind of understand it, but at the same time, you're just lighting a bigger fire under this rear end. I am not giving up, I'm going to keep fighting for truth, for beauty, for goodness, and thank you to the 693 of you who said, you know what, this guy's putting out some pretty good content. I'm going to subscribe, give him some love, and show my support down in the comments. So that's my little rant for the day. Thank you for listening. This is it. I'm going to call it right here. Just know that I'm not giving up. I'm not going away, even though YouTube is changing their rules on the fly. Seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. Say them all.