Actually, the amount has risen to 902k sats now.

Sensei was wavering in indecision in regard to posting this milestone. But that was the beautiful thing about forming a habit. He had earlier posted about stacking 500k, 600k, 745k (thanks to March MSM!), and then 800k sats here. He could not back out of posting.

He thought hard about the V4V he could bring to this update instead of just perfunctorily announcing the news. It didn’t take long for him to make up his mind.

You see, in April, his blog inexplicably got a few cents despite him doing nothing. This reinvigorated him. He started cross posting the SN articles he wrote on his blog. He finished April with 19 cents, which was more than he had earned from this blog for the whole of 2023.

Rationally speaking, slogging hard for Google Adsense might not be worth it financially. But Sensei badly needed a personal goal to work towards - something that reflected neither his personal nor professional responsibilities. If he could withdraw the minimum $150 from his blog one day, he would be elated. Who knows what kind of content creator he would be then?

Dreams are important, even to a perpetually busy working parent.

He learnt about the low time preference concept on SN. In November, in fact. It seems that it has seeped into his bones and assimilated into his soul. More haste, less speed. Chop wood, carry water