My Journey to Content Creation
This year I am learning something new, I am learning about content creation and entrepreneurship.
Learning about content creation and how to build a business requires a lot of work, focus and commitment.
I thought I’d share with you my experience so far, hoping it can inspire or help you.
I broke it down month by month to make it easier to see the evolution of the journey so far, here’s how it went:
January
I was looking for a way to express myself, and help and inspire others.
I had no idea how to go about it, but I knew that I get very excited when people tell me about their dreams, and I love empowering them to take action.
I love giving motivational speeches, so much that when there’s no one around to listen to it, I just rehearse it in my head or write it down for an imaginary audience.
But far from me was the idea of starting a YouTube channel, there was nothing more anxiety inducing I could think of, and yet, it’s probably one of the best way to share your thoughts and ideas in this day and age.
Because of that anxiety, I always thought that I didn’t have what it takes to put myself in front of a camera and that I would never be able to make talking head videos.
How could I possibly put myself on YouTube when I get panic attacks every time I try to post something on Instagram?
In an attempt to tune out the noise of the world to try to find out if I really wanted to do this, I deleted social media apps from my phone, I started to pay less attention to what others were doing and thinking, and paying more attention to what my intuition was telling me, and it was definitely telling me to start a YouTube channel.
February
I picked a date to release my first video on YouTube and stuck to it.
February 28th, my first video was up on the platform and I’ve rarely been that excited! Success!
I love video production, I’ve been producing, directing and editing videos since 2016, and I already had a YouTube channel before that one, I was thrilled to be back in the game!
And because I had experience in video making, and with YouTube, I was sure I was going to crush that game in no time.
March
I’m writing, shooting, editing, posting... I’m on a roll!
I love what I’m doing, I’m proud of myself and I’m so happy I started this journey! Go life!
But, as I was constantly updating my production schedule, trying to stick to my own deadlines and to keep on producing content, I neglected my mental and physical health, and when a challenge arrived in my personal life, it threw me off course.
April
This crisis makes me question everything.
Is it really worth it to work so hard to try to realise your dreams? Or are you better off playing it safe and living a life comfortable and numb enough that you forget about said dreams?
It was time to stop.
Find stillness, listen, heal, learn, and find the courage to get back up if I didn’t want my past to dictate the rest of my life.
May
Here I am, writing these words, I don’t know if I’m ever going to share this post, but I know that I have to get the words out, I have to put them down on paper, or rather into pixels on my computer screen.
It feels good to write as if someone else is going to read this.
What if I started a blog?
What if I learned to be gentle with myself on this journey?
What if I gave up on the idea that I have to be perfect and know it all before I can put anything out there?
Maybe that’s what I’ll do.
If you’re reading this, it means that I decided to keep showing up.
June
I am updating this blog post before publishing it, and I am excited by this new chapter.
As much as I love making videos, it is time consuming, and I am choosing to focus on learning and writing, rather than editing videos.
It doesn’t mean that my channel is over, I still plan on making videos, but from now on I’ll do it when it really fits my schedule and my level of energy.
I will keep on writing and publishing my thoughts here on my blog, hoping that by pursuing my own journey, I can inspire someone to follow theirs.
Why did you start your journey?
I’m assuming that if you’re reading this it’s because you are or want to become a content creator, an entrepreneur, a writer, or something else.
Take some time to think and reflect, I believe that in any journey we start, the endgame isn’t really the income raise, the house, or the status, but to know ourselves and our place in the world.
You had your own reasons to start this chapter, you had expectations and results in mind, but I invite you to look out for the results you didn’t expect.
