I don ' t think he jumped in with hopes of coming across as brave to his peers or fitting in . He probably thought that literally jumping in the deep end would cure his fear of water , except unfortunately it was a lot more dangerous than other fears people overcome that way , like touching a spider or public speaking . <| sep |> I do this sometimes . <| sep |> Would love a Rocky style training Montage but instead of punching slabs of meet be is pummeling actual cows <| sep |> No , not really , that ' s the frustrating part . I did $ 12 , 000 in gross revenue . All of the profit and then some is being invested in figuring out digital marketing . A lot of people look at the site , see it looks professional , and think I ' m making bank when the opposite is true . I ' m struggling , pushing the social angle HARD , and working my fucking ass off to get this thing bigger next year . I ' m long on it , I ' ve got a 510 year plan . I ' m not going to write a howto guide mainly because my business model revolves around running my business , not setting up a product validation model and then selling how I built the tshirt shop as my actual revenue stream . Actually I really hate digital marketing websites that teach you sales funnels . on how to sell eBooks for digital marketing sales funnels . I would love to see a howto from people who actually sell products , not digital marketing . The Shopify forums have been really helpful