Manifesto 1.1 is an Extension, Not a Remake of 1.0
I’ve been working on this quietly for some time. My PDFs, my manifestos, the book project that I shelved for the seventh time—they’ve mostly existed in the background, supported by my own effort, time, and energy.
I haven’t relied on anyone else to keep them alive, not from pride, just that this matters to me. And that’s been fine on its own.
But Manifesto 1.1 is Different.
It isn’t more polished than 1.0. It isn’t inspiring or comforting. It doesn’t promise answers or solutions or a system. It feels grittier compared to Manifesto 1.0. And it isn’t an upgrade in confidence—it’s an upgrade in honesty.
Manifesto 1.1 exists because I reached the edge of my endurance.
Because I realized that surviving, showing up, keeping going—that alone wasn’t enough. I wanted to mark that reality. I wanted to name it.
And I wanted to test something new: could honesty exist in the wild, outside of my own labor, and be supported by the people who resonate with it?
That’s all.
Nothing more.
No promise.
No guide.
Just a marker— a small experiment in trust and audience connection.
The pay-what-you-want model with Ko-fi isn’t about money.
It’s about seeing if people will engage with something that doesn’t instruct, sell hope, or claim mastery.
It’s about creating a space for recognition without performance.
I Don’t Know What Will Come of This.
Maybe it resonates.
Maybe it doesn’t.
Maybe no one contributes.
Maybe someone does.
None of that changes the work itself.
The realizations I wrote, the marker I laid down—it stands on its own.
This is the first time I’ve tried this. And I wanted to share it because it matters to me to document it, even if the results are quiet.
Even if it lands in unexpected ways.
Even if the impact is invisible.
,So Manifesto 1.1 exists. It marks a moment. It tests boundaries. And it reminds me—reminds anyone who reads it—that endurance isn’t enough, honesty is necessary, and showing up counts, even if it doesn’t move the world.
A Note on Manifesto 1.1
This PDF is a continuation of Manifesto 1.0 — a record of my reflections and realizations as I navigated endurance, constraint, and stagnation.
It doesn’t promise solutions or hope. It’s a little grittier, a little rawer, because it names the limits of surviving and enduring for long stretches of time.
“This is the artifact. It marks a moment. Support is optional. Thank you all the same.”
Explore The Archives
Below are my other artifacts you can explore freely here on this blog to compare how Manifesto 1.1 evolved from previous manifestos.
- The Stratagem’s Manifesto 2.0: A Companion Ebook
- The Stratagem’s Manifesto 1.5: You’re Not Falling Behind—You’re Growing
- The Stratagem’s Manifesto 1.0–You’re Not Falling Behind—You’re a Work in Progress
- Chaotic Life Strong Exercise Flows PDFs:
Note:
The experiment with Ko-fi didn’t fail, I rushed to do this experiment. I figured I had spent enough time online—writing, Canva, Procreate, everything—thinking 7 months later would allow me to try new things and seeing if writing honestly and producing a means to support the archives could co-exist.
More than a week later, after I made my Ko-fi account, I wasn’t doing much with it. Once I’m able to create enough evidence for myself, make 2 artifacts outside of my PDFs that could be valuable to someone else, then I’ll come back to seeing how to support the archives outside of my own efforts again.
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