This is crazy and I need to tell someone. I have another channel where I do tutorials and it’s been monetized for a couple of years now. But I also have another channel that just got monetized and it’s exploding. I was about to shut it down and then less than a month ago a video went viral and everything changed. I’m now at 25,000 watch hours and over 6k subs. It was sitting idle at 600+ subs when I was thinking of shutting it down. Then I did a video in a park sitting at a picnic table and it went nuts. That video has over 87k views now and I got monetized in less than a week after publishing it. The channel isn’t for everyone so don’t feel like you have to check it out and please don’t subscribe if it’s not your cup of tea. I’ll still like you. It’s something I started several years ago to document my journey out of religion. Not away from my faith but away from religious obligation. The channel name is The UnSunday Show (@unsundayshow). I have an audio podcast by the same name. Check it out if that interests you. I’ll always be Mike’s Retirement Corner in here. :)

I'm hitting 4 weeks now, with a new long form video coming out this weekend. This will be the longest time for me I think and while it's not ideal, I am OK with it. I've been wrestling with a couple of script outline-y thingy's for this and the next video and been tempted to just roll with an outline I had a couple weeks ago but then changed my mind. I've not yet filmed a video I wasn't 100% onboard with so why start now? And of course been enjoying doing group lives so that always fills my cup. What's your longest time without posting any videos and why? PS. Pinched this wall art idea from seeing this video from Peter McKinnon when he was visiting the Epidemic Sound studios! I made it in Canva - let me know if you want a copy and I'll drop it in here.

Who is keen for a Coffee Hour this week, I will hold 1 or even 2 if we have the interest in a couple of time zones that work for whoever is keen ☕ For example, 8am in UK time is 8pm for me. Or 6am for me is 6pm in the UK. And USA it depends where you are, but I am good for both mornings before work, or the evening!

I am telling YOU first, because you have been so kind to join my community, this corner of our greater community, adding another thing to your socials life that you check in on occasionally in the hope that it is going to add some actual value. I appreciate you 💝 Not sure if you have heard of this annual event https://www.vidsummit.com/ but I am beyond ecstatic to be going to this for the first time. I am going to make lots of content while I am there, and I'll be focused on getting tips, fine distinctions, and hopefully transformational information for us that will make a difference for our channels. Rest assured you will get my honest takes on everything as being a Kiwi, I keep it real 🦾 Let me know if there is anything you would like to know from VidSummit because I am your girl on the ground!!!

Please join us in this upcoming Live, where we are having a conversation with @David Taylor about his film-making experiences. We're also looking for tips to help us make better YouTube videos. I'm excited to also have community members and awesome YouTubers @Riva Robinson @Lucy Caldicott @Peter Urbanowski and @Pernilla Andersson on this too! https://youtube.com/live/R8re127Yz9A?feature=share