As I mentioned in my [[Welcome]] page this publish is part of my main vault.
I tried using a nested vault but it never felt right and I don't think about switching to that vault. So in the end obviously I never actively engaged in my publishable content.
So my approach is this.
1. I've set up one root folder for my publish vault, this is being marked as sharable folder.
2. I excluded all other folders.
3. I am also adding as property as needed:
1. publish = false to all other files that reside in my root folder
2. for files I am referencing in my vault I actively add the property publish as true. So even if the folder is excluded the files will be included again.
Making these adjustments allow me to publish what I want without worrying to share something I
don't want out there.