The Crossing Guard Making $14,000 a Month Mailing Out Her Musings From the Job

[Jacson6]

Christine Tyler Hill was working as a designer and illustrator when she decided she needed a fresh way to connect to her city. So she took a job as a crossing guard.

Every weekday morning at 7:30, she stands at an intersection in Burlington, Vt., ensuring the safe passage of pedestrians, including children heading to a nearby school. During her 50-minute shift, she also takes in the scene, from the daily rhythms of commuters to the familiar faces to the shape of the clouds in the sky.

Those observations pay well. Very well. The 36-year-old has parlayed interest in her daily musings into a one-woman publishing empire that is bringing in about $14,000 a month.

Hill is part of a small group of creative types who have found healthy demand for analog subscription services in a world of digital screens. They create or curate packets of art prints, stickers, letters and commentary covering topics from architecture to food to their daily routines. They often use social media to find and market to fans but the real connection happens offline.

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https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/crossing-guard-mail-club-14-000-a-month-42afb85d

[chia]

1. archive link:

https://archive.ph/bj9tP


People, particularly young people (which gives me hope) are tired of digital. They want tangible.

Tangible. Now that's a great name for a zine.


https://notmegapixels.substack.com/p/being-tangible-for-a-day