We prepare together. Here you'll find articles on health, herbal medicine, maybe even some politics and a few stories here and there. Enjoy!
To All My Friends, Current, Former and Future,
I had been playing around with the idea of starting an herbal information business for several years, especially after the atrocities Big Pharma committed during, after and continuing the COVID fiasco. I came to realize that it was never a pandemic, that the real pandemic was the vaxx. That’s still going on, by the way. I realized that someone, some minor, non-public someone who actually lives on the surface of the Earth needed to do something, say something, maybe write whole volumes of some things that needed saying.
I wanted to be that person. I interviewed several current and former business owners. I didn’t want this to just be a collection of viewpoints, but an actual business. I researched the business end of others who tried to dig out an income from this relatively narrow niche.
What I discovered was encouraging. Yes, there were people who lived and earned their livings within the herbal genre. So it was possible for me to do so as well. After all, I was a gardener. I grew my own medications. I researched herbal responses to common conditions.
And I hated being retired.
So I decided to give it a try. Maybe start a podcast. Maybe start a newsletter. Maybe start a Substack. I wasn’t sure how to do it; I just wanted to do it, whatever form it took.
Then my husband had a stroke and my life and all my plans changed. My number one priority focused on him, not on a business start-up, which takes a lot of time, by the way. He took a lot more time, as it turned out. I needed to watch him to make sure he didn’t fall, to encourage him to keep trying even when he couldn’t manage a spoon with his left hand (his stroke was on his right side) and he spilled his food. Sometimes I needed to wipe his bottom. Sometimes I needed to give him a bed bath because he couldn’t bathe himself and walkin tubs cost thousands, not hundreds, well past our tiny budget.
I realized I needed another income, but my primary resource - time - was all but gone.
Then he needed his gall bladder removed, and he didn’t recover from that. Instead, his legs filled up with fluid making his legs too heavy for him to lift, and he ended back in the hospital, this time because he had trouble with breathing.
He’s back in a rehab facility, planning to come home soon.
And I just purchased an LLC to finally start my business. The timing stinks. The lack of time smells just as bad. But the determination and motivation just keep growing. I feel pushed to do this thing.
So here I am, with my first publication after months of ignoring you, my favorite people.
Will I be able to continue this venture? I certainly hope so! I’ve certainly spent enough money to cause me to reconsider this venture. But instead of lessening, the drive to continue keeps growing.
If you have any ideas, concerns, advice, or just plain common sense, please let me know. I know one thing for sure. I can’t do this by myself. I need a community around me: I need you. We can do far more together.
We’re on the winning side!
Blessings,