Oct 4 • Document Your Journey
What do you do when the "low" leaves you sprawling in the mud?
I think I am tired, I've had little sleep for days in a row, and I know this can bring you down, but after feeling all excited and full of the joys, today I feel very flat about the whole YouTube thing. I put this down to a couple of things, apart from the fatigue:
- I have never looked at the algorithm before, or taken much notice of views or subs. Well I downloaded the free Vidiq earlier and looked a little bit (didn't really know where I was going with it...!) and saw that I lost a subscriber in the last day lol! And it made me feel crap... how dumb is that? I shut it down and immediately started asking myself what had I done wrong, had I offended someone? Simply put, my emotional reaction far outweighed losing one sub!
- I haven't really watched the how do do it videos in any real way before, like the ones about titles, thumbnails, what works, niches etc, but last night I watched three. And they all said different things... But it seems that my idea of branching out isn't going to work. Only one of the three videos suggested it might but I haven't see much to back it up and the video is over a year old. I'll link the video.
From the above experiences I am asking myself:
Am I too sensitive for YouTube (especially when I am low).
Should I just bumble along as I am or really go for it, looking at what works, algortihms etc, and not worry about where it is going? The caveat to this is, that I know, at some point, I will start asking myself why? Whats the point? This self doubt has pretty much destroyed a lot of my creative persuits.
Should I start a new channel which is outside of my current one as it does seem to very locked into Tarot ? I have done other stuff but all the suggestions Vidiq gave were for basic Tarot stuff. I want to share other things, especially mental health for the 50 plus sector, but something like Tarot can be very divisive. I do not use Tarot for divination or telling the future because I believe in free will, I use it for guidance, for the imagery and stories, for the symbols and how they allow me to access my subconscious.
Ok... I am sorry to offload like this, but I want to be open and I can only ever say it as it is. I know it's natural to feel a flump after my high of making all the videos last month.
What I would really love is if this resonates in any way please share and I truly value any and all input, and although I mentioned my daft reaction earlier, I am not too sensitive for honesty and critique...!
Sorry to ramble and thanks for reading if you made it this far!
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What do you do when the "low" leaves you sprawling in the mud?
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