2021 | The Year I Became A Digital Nomad

Chantelle
January 9, 2021
Entrepreneur / Make Money Online / Personal Development / VanLife

I will officially be a digital nomad for two months on 1/11/21. Two years ago I was living in a shelter dreaming about this reality. Last year I slowly built an income through YouTube, posting weekly videos of my travels and experiences living in a minivan. Now, as of 11/11/20, I officially started living my life as a digital nomad like I've always wanted to. I've dreamed of this for years before it actually became a reality. VanLife was an obsession before I ever had a van. At the time, that dream of living on the road seemed to be so far away; Completely unattainable for someone with such limited means. I was below the poverty line, and barely able to afford to pay my minimum bills to survive. Credit card debt was piling up, and I felt like I was just digging myself into a hole, further away from my dreams. You always see these people who claim to be digital nomads and then see their $100,000 decked out…

Building Your YouTube Channel and Getting Monetized

Chantelle
May 2, 2020
Entrepreneur / Make Money Online / YouTube

Today, I filled out my application for monetization on YouTube for my channel, MyBasicJourney. Getting to this point was not easy and took a lot of hard work, consistency and dedication. I'm here to tell you about the realities of getting monetized on YouTube and some helpful tips to get you started. In order to be monetized, your YouTube channel must have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours within a 12 month span. (Taken from google. Someone received this after their channel got demonetized in Feb 2018) I started my channel in late July of 2018 with a short pilot video. The video itself was basically a montage of random clips. I had never edited a video like that before and even though it's only a minute and so long, I was really proud of it. It was then that I fell in love with the process of creating videos and editing. I made videos regularly for the first few months on my channel; 9 total between July 29th and…

Currently Occupation: Unemployed Artist

Chantelle
April 27, 2020
Entrepreneur / Make Money Online / Unconventional Living

Today marks two weeks that I've been unemployed. Covid-19 has affected everyone in various ways, but being unemployed is one of the most common. Over 3 million people have been infected by this virus, and over 200,000 people have died. While those numbers are scary, and high, it doesn't compare to the number of people, in the U.S. alone, that have been let go from their jobs and are now unemployed. There are now over 33 Million unemployed people in America right now. This unemployment number is higher than it has been since 1934. The consequences of our future economic security are going to be devastating. Unfortunately, I don't believe we will be going back to normal any time soon. While this pending doom of our economy is lurking around every corner, and every news outlet, I am feeling strangely okay. These last two weeks of being unemployed have been the most productive two weeks I've had in a really long time. This moment, however long it will last, is…

Google Adsense – Monetizing Your Blog

Chantelle
January 19, 2020
Entrepreneur / Make Money Online / Personal Development / Web Design

I am a noob when it comes to building an online business, but I have been learning a lot in the last year and a half. When I created my website, I wasn’t creating it to make money. I wanted a place that I could safely share things I’m passionate about and offer help to anyone who might be going through any similar experiences. Even though I’ve had a website for over a year, I recently found out how easy it is to monetize your blog with Google Adsense. If you’ve been to my website before, you may have noticed that I have advertisements at the top of each page. This is because I have officially synced my website with Google Adsense. This process was very easy and allows me to make (a very small amount of) money every time someone visits my website. I also make a little from any time someone clicks on a link, and a kickback if someone buys anything from the advertised link. This was…