By skyforbes 
From 20 followers to my first $2, this is not a tutorial — it’s survival with a selfie camera.
I didn’t mean to become a TikTok creator.
Honestly, I think I just wanted to post something cute. One of those “look at this little thing in my day” kind of videos. I wasn’t chasing trends or tracking analytics. I just opened the app, hit record, and tossed it into the void like a modern digital message in a bottle.
Next thing I know, I’m showing my face on camera. Then doing a Live. Then four Lives. And now, a month in, I’m a little shy of 1,100 followers — up from the 20 or so I started with. That might not sound like much in internet terms, but to me? It’s momentum. It’s a community. It’s a reminder that I’m still here, still trying, and maybe, just maybe, doing something right.
Let me backtrack a bit.
When I started, I had no niche. Still don’t, if I’m being honest. What I do have is a life — a messy, honest, beautiful life — and I decided I’d just start sharing it. One day I’m ripping up carpet in the guest room while chatting about renovations, the next I’m curled up in my hammock venting about life. Sometimes I paint. Sometimes I play Tetris. Sometimes I just get ready for the day and talk to whoever’s there…