How You Can Financially Support My Work

I rarely mention how readers can financially support my work. I have a hard time asking for money. This goes back to my preaching days when I had an aversion to “begging” congregants to give money to the church. I never wanted to be a money-grubbing preacher. That said, it does cost me money to operate this site. I determined from the start that I would not beg readers for money; I would pay for running the site, and if I reached a place where I could no longer do so, I would stop blogging. Fortunately, year after year enough donations come in to pay site expenses and provide a little bit extra for me to make a payment two on my Lear Jet. 🙂

In 2024, seventeen people made monthly donations via Patreon, which is my largest source of income. Through the calendar year ending December 31, twenty people made one or more donations via PayPal. PayPal donations have decreased dramatically for some unknown reason in 2024, while Patreon remained static. I appreciate everyone who let go of a bit of their hard-earned cash to support me I never take such things for granted.

I recently had to purchase a new laptop to use for my writing. I bought a Macbook Air for $1,399. I must claim all donations as income and pay federal/state income and Social Security taxes on every donation. This drops the effective amount of donations by 20%. Purchasing the laptop will lower my taxes for this year since it is considered a business expense. Other costs are site hosting and software/plugins. I moved to a less expensive hosting provider this year. Lower costs mean more money in my pocket.

That said, I am not getting rich off of blogging. I have a pathological aversion to using advertising on this site, but I do need to think about different ways I can increase my cash flow. Polly will retire sometime in 2025. This will mean a significant drop in household income. I am hoping to find ways to make money that doesn’t require me pole dancing at the strip club. 🙂

You may financially support my work in four ways:

Make a credit card donation using Stripe to process your one-time, monthly, or yearly donation. This is a new donation function I added today.

The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser

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