When I started my Patreon, there were technically a lot of reasons not to do it. This would have been years ago, before Patreon launched a lot of their ‘discovery’ features, and all of the conventional wisdom was that you shouldn’t start a Patreon unless you already had a solid following. I didn’t have that! But I started a Patreon anyway.

Now, several years later and lots of experiments, I feel even better about starting my Patreon BEFORE having any sort of ‘following,’ because it’s given me the freedom to play around with what I’m doing. I think if a lot of people had showed up in the beginning, I would have felt pressure to keep things the same. But having just a few folks, folks I know to be my supporters no matter what, let me feel confident in changing things up pretty frequently.

So, if you are thinking of starting something, I say go for it, no matter what traditional advice says. You never know what freedom you might find in starting something when no one is watching.

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