Hi there beautiful people! My name is Nori. Born and raised in Japan, and I came to the states 20 years ago. Now I live here with my family. I am a visual artist. I get a lot of inspiration from nature and mostly turn that into illustrations with ink and watercolor. I am also passionate about inner work of getting closer and closer to our own nature, soul or whatever else you would like to call it, through creativity, expression, and exploration of ancestral lineages and connection to nature. I have a goal to create a life for myself and family to live both in Japan and America close to nature while I create values for others by transformation through creative and inner work explorations. I feel very honored to be in the same circle as all of you, authentically creating values by being you! Thank you and I am so excited to join.

Hi there! I am brand new here and also youtube. Very good to be around the people who think that this path is absolutely natural and normal. It seems that what is important for monetization is not necessarily working only towards YouTube partnership program approval but rather creating offerings even in early on for anyone who would watch your channel. This is the first nugget of information I learned from here in the community and I will experiment to see if it is true for my channel. I haven't made my first video yet. Planning to shoot one this weekend 😊 have a beautiful day you all!

6 months after YouTube monetisation, here's what nobody tells you... Making $130 last month from AdSense was a wake-up call. That 'magic' 1K subscribers target? It's just the beginning of realising how little AdSense actually pays." I don't think many of us have sat down and really asked the question of what our personal monetary goal is. I was fortunate enough to monetise my Electric Vehicle channel very quickly, and I was ecstatic when I finally did. Yipee! I made it 🥳 Even though this fantastic milestone was achieved, in reality, making money with Adsense is never going to produce a comfortable income or replace an income. Here's the reality: My EV channel gets 2K-5K views per video. Last month's AdSense? $130. But when I started promoting affiliate products and gaining sponsorships, my income from this far exceeded my AdSense income by a country mile. One thing I wish I knew sooner and wish someone had told me is the fact that you don't need to achieve that magic metric of (1k subscribers and 4k watch hours). Sure, it feels great, but when the dust has settled and you see how much it pays, it suddenly dawns on you that you need to achieve thousands of views per video to ever make it worthwhile making videos. So, if you have a skill or passion you can share with the world, don't wait for permission from YouTube to monetise it. You can actually do that right now. If your content helps just 10 people solve a real problem, you're already ready to monetise. I've seen creators with 200 subscribers creating a great income because they serve a specific, engaged audience. Quality beats quantity every time. My biggest regret? Waiting 8 months to create my first digital product. Those months of 'building to 1K' could have been months of actual revenue. What knowledge could you package right now? What problem do your viewers ask about repeatedly? That's your first product. YouTube is a fantastic platform, but it's your marketing tool, not your business model.