 I finally did it everybody. Stay tuned for some exciting news. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and before I get to this exciting new announcement, I want to talk a little bit about why I started this YouTube channel in the first place. So I've been working in a mental health treatment center for going on three years and it was about a year ago when I was sitting there and I was getting feedback from my clients. They were really enjoying my groups and stuff like that and I constantly remind them, I say it's important to understand how grateful you should be for being in this facility right here because there are thousands upon thousands if not millions of people outside of these walls who will never get the chance to be in a treatment center like this and it got me thinking I was like man there's so many people out there who need help with their mental health but they don't have insurance or they don't have money and all these other things. So I was like well why don't I just do what I do on YouTube and provide people with free content and I never thought this channel would be where it's at right now. I thought that not many people cared about improving their mental health and things like that but it has grown and grown and grown and I am so so grateful for every one of you subscribers out there and everybody who is sharing these videos and helping get this message of hope out there to help people with their mental health and also explain to other people what mental illness is really like. Now with that being said I'm one of the very fortunate YouTube creators where I have a full-time job. I have something that supports me. I have a steady income stream from my job but as most of you know who have been following me for a while I hustle hard. I try my best to make daily videos and it takes time and on the side I actually write freelance work just to make more money to bring in the house to help support me, keep a roof over my head, keep these lights on, support my son and all that kind of fun stuff and that takes a lot of time too. I probably spend about 20 hours or so a week just writing a loan to bring in some extra cash. So what I finally did was I put up a Patreon account so if any of you would like to support the channel and allow me to allocate more time to the rewired soul you can do so for as little as one stinking dollar. Isn't that amazing and you're like but Chris why would I do that if I'm getting all this content for free well hold on. So when I started this YouTube channel like this wasn't the original plan I've had big ideas and things that I want to do some of you are aware of this I've already written two books that are up on Amazon I have a course up on my website and things like that and I want to do more of it. YouTube is just a very small piece of what I'm doing but I want to put together other books other courses and all that kind of stuff it's just that I don't have time right now. So basically my goal of the Patreon is to bring in some extra income so I can quit writing freelance on the side and dedicate even more time into the rewired soul which would mean more videos better videos more in-depth videos but I'll also have time to create books courses and do other things to help increase awareness about mental health as well as help many many more people. So I've created a few tiers so if you want to head over there and check them out I'm doing other things on there so if you decide to support the channel which is totally up to you if you decide to support the channel there's other things on there where you will get free access to the books I write you will get discounts on courses from 25% up to 100% I am working with my lovely girlfriend on some designs for some merch that's like mental health positive you'll get discounts on that so I'm trying my best to do things that will help provide more value to you as well as these YouTube videos that I'm making so like I said this is all about spending more time on this trying to help more people and I want you to help me do that by being a part of the rewired soul by supporting the channel on Patreon but no pressure no pressure like I get it I was broke for a very very long time if you don't want to support the channel that is totally cool just keep keep subscribing to the channel share the videos try to spread some awareness that's totally fine as well all right but if you want to support the channel I've put a link right there it's also going to be in the description below go check it out if some of the rewards sound good to you or if you just want to donate a dollar a month beautiful a dollar goes a long way but thank you so much for all of your support this last year and I will see you next time