The couple that's owned the little hometown weekly newspaper I've been working at for three years has agreed to sell after running the place for almost 50 years. The buyer claims they want me to stay on. We'll see.
I receive Social Security disability benefits since having a stroke and am limited in how much income I'm allowed to earn. I'm almost making that just from Patreon now and would probably exceed the limit if I devoted myself to this full-time. I've promised to stay at least through football season.
One thing I'd like to change is my workload (I wrote 15 articles this week). I'd be willing to handle just the sports stuff as a stringer (X dollars per article) if they'll get someone else to do the other community news I've been covering. That would give me more time and, hopefully, energy to devote to this.
Something I don't think the new folks are aware of is I'm committed to being gone for about three weeks over Christmas and New Year's to visit my sister in Australia. That'll mean missing at least two publication cycles. It'll be interesting to see how they react to that.
If I can cut back to one or two days per week without all the special projects the current bosses like to throw at me, I might be able to be more consistent/productive on this endeavor. I'll keep y'all updated on how things progress.
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