My First House Sitting eBook
After years of releasing issues for T.O.F.U. Magazine, if there’s one thing I’ve come to learn it’s that the moment you release what you’ve been working on always happens a lot later than you plan for it to.
Although I’m not announcing the release of a new issue for the magazine (I have started working on one though!), I am happy to say that I’m unofficially launching my first eBook focused on house sitting. I say “unofficially” because it’s currently only available through my online store (at a discounted price until it’s available at other retailers) and I’m not quite ready to spread the word just yet. For now, if you’re reading this, you’re probably a friend or family member who saw my Facebook post and I thank you for clicking to find out more.
On that note, the best way for me to explain the book is to simply let you read its introduction:
First, before we get into my experiences with house sitting and I ruin your idea that it’s a perfect answer to the modern problem of wanting to travel cheaply without really having to work for it, let’s talk about the title of the book.
Depending on what sort of childhood and upbringing you had, I assume the title grabbed your attention. Of course, that’s kind of the main goal, so I’m happy to see this one is doing its job.
Now, besides expecting it to stop your endless scrolling through the digital bookshelf, why did I choose it? The answer is pretty simple:
This job is shit.
Seriously. At some point, if you house sit long enough, you’re going to spend a part of your day and/or night talking about shit. It might be with a person you only briefly met before they drove off to an airport or it might be with someone you’ve sat for numerous times in the past and developed an actual friendship with. Regardless, at some point after you decide that this whole arrangement of taking care of animals for somewhere to stay is a good fit for you, you’re going to be taking pictures of poop and sending them to another person.
Not only that, but you may then find yourself in long discussions with this person (or maybe even multiple people, if the vet and/or other family members get involved) about various characteristics of the poop.
If the thought of this hasn’t got you searching the classifieds for a “normal” job (is that how people find work still?), then it’s a good sign you’re ready to actually become a house sitter.
So, what else can you expect when you become a house sitter? Hopefully, this book will help to answer that question. I’ve been sitting for years, and I’ve travelled the world thanks in part to it, so I’ve got plenty of stories and even a list or two to help show you that this weird and wonderful job is more than just shit talk.
If that sounds interesting to you, then get yourself a copy of the book before the sale ends and I start to try and tell the whole world about it.
Cover Design: Devon Crosby | the Experiment
Poop Emoji: Designed by Freepik
