Painting and Such

Things are progressing for the "studio". It's taking a bit longer than I'd hoped. As you might recall it's in a room in the basement that has humidity problems. I've taken down all but one board on the wall that's fully underground. The last board is under the boards on the other wall. It turns out the wall is already sealed, although there's a hairline crack running from ceiling to about three quarters of the way down. I've had to apply multiple layers of paint. It's almost fixed. I still need to clean the boards and replace them.

I've painted most of the concrete floor, which was partly sealed already. It has multiple cracks none of which are very wide. But they sure are hard to fix with paint. I'm having to apply several coats, let them dry, then apply more. It's time-consuming. I'm having to paint part of the floor and move furnishings around to paint another part. I have two parts painted and one part left to go(plus any cracks). The last part is by far the smallest.

The humidity is only noticeable after it rains. I'm hoping the moisture is seeping up through the floor and maybe the hairline wall crack and that painting will put a stop to it. Cleaning the walls and getting rid of anything musty can only help. I might have it finished in a couple of weeks. It's something I usually work on a little each day, although I missed a day or two for life reasons.

YouTube
A while back I made a Messengers YouTube channel. There's nothing there yet except a video I think is unlisted. This might be the time to start making videos for it. Some of them would be talking about things in the Bible. Some would be talking about the Biblical underpinnings of the books, etc. I've been wanting to do a study guide type of book, but wow, am I ever behind on everything. I might put that into video format for free. Not only would talking be faster than typing and editing, it would get done sooner, since I could do a topic at at time on the side practically anywhere it's not too loud. I might could do some of it in a local park.

I'm not sure whether to let YouTube run ads on it. I set up monetization. I'm just not sure people want to see commercials on a "spiritual" channel, and I wouldn't be able to choose which ones appear. Maybe God could do more through a donate button? There's not much money to be made through ads. It's something like $1,000+ for 1,000,000 views. Could you imagine a million views on a Bible study in today's world? Any money at all would be good, of course. The real value might be in book sales.

Book
At this point I'd wanted to be finished or nearly finished with the rough draft on the next book. I'm not. I'm seeing progress, but it's slow.