A reader has taken me to task for the “gloaty tone” of the last post which launched my ADHD MLM book.
I did wonder whether I should add it to the blog or just leave it as a personal Facebook post – after all, it hasn’t got much to do with sailing. But then, one of the most common traits of ADHD is the total disregard for other people’s feelings.
So, apologies for that.
Also, the reader was confused about my various sources of income – and since another symptom is “a compulsion to share inappropriate intimate details” I can tell you that by far the largest slice comes from Network Marketing which is why I take the opportunity to mention it whenever the occasion arises.
But the money from that goes straight to Tamsin back in the UK. I live on what I can get from the books, the food supplement, which is not Network Marketing but Affiliate Marketing (you can look up the difference) and we mustn’t forget my dear little UK Old Age Pension…
So, as you might imagine, it does make sense to plug whatever is appropriate – as long as I don’t do it too often. The thing that I find really offensive is those people (YouTubers mostly) who refuse to talk to anyone or to answer emails from people who don’t pay into their Patreon account every month.
I hope I shall never be reduced to that.
Meanwhile, as you may have read in my Faster, Louder, Riskier, Sexier book, I do have to make up the £342,500 I lost by being too bored to read a contract. Anyway, I regard having to work as good for the soul.
For instance, here I am on my way back to the San Blas islands and so far I have met an American who has been there for five years and a German who claims he has not left the islands – not even for a day – in the last eight! I know there are said to be 365 of them, but they are all packed into an area 30 miles by 10. That doesn’t sound much like cruising under sail to me.
So instead, I am planning a trip of 15,000 miles. There will be nine stops and I reckon I can get three “Voyage” books out of it.
I won’t say any more about that now – I might change my mind about the itinerary. Afterwards, I could spend a year in the San Blas to recover.
Interesting that someone objected to the different tone and departure from your usual style. I liked it, and felt intrigued…all power to you
Well done John you are a inspiration to many
I also have been living with ADHD: your book, “Faster, Louder, Riskier, Sexier” helped me a great deal to see that through the lens of humour. And as for bragging about your latest book being published, you have every right to do a little self promotion. Every one of your books is an inspiration to look at life as a treasure trove of adventures and possibilities and not to focus on one’s limitations. At the age of 76, that is a precious gift: thank you!