How I earned my first $1 online at 12.

Dear you beautiful hooman,

I wanted to tell you the story of how I earned my first $1 online at 12.

It all started when I was bored of video games.

Call of Duty BO3 Zombies was way too easy.

I averaged 100-150 rounds for every map. I spent 12 hours/day grinding it. And I reached the max level on the game for zombies — TWICE.

Needless to say, I had no life.

So, I started a YT channel.

A channel where I’d stream hundreds of times. People would come to watch me dominate zombies, but also to just chill and chat for a while.

It was nice. I wasn’t bored anymore. I could enjoy zombies again.

AND, I helped other people. They’d ask me, “how’d you do xyz? I didn’t even know that was a thing!” And I’d tell them each step so they could replicate it.

I’ve had a lot of experiences in my life. But I’m not gonna lie, streaming as a 12 year old was one of the best experiences so far. I’d say top 5. Just because of the fulfillment, the joy, the simplicity. (Okayyy, and maybe the money. Just a teeny bit.) People would send me donations occasionally haha.

But I lost it all.

I quit streaming all because of a whim.

But that story is pretty long.

So, I’ve linked it below instead.

I hope this helps some of you, I truly do.

And I hope you enjoyed reading about younger me.

Thanks for reading!

-The super duper cool ghostwriter, Nick.