Giving Up.
I've technically been working at becoming a Youtuber for 5 years, and one of my biggest regrets is the three+ times I've quit.
When things got difficult and rough, and people were posting cruel things on my videos, or I didn't think I was good enough and I quit because I didn't have the same sub count or view count as bigger youtube channels- I quit, and I regret every single one of those times.
5 years ago, I was getting 200 views a video, sometimes up to 8,000. I have several early videos that were just out of control popular, but at the time, there were only a few youtubers to really compare myself to, and obviously I wasn't them. I didn't get cool comments because there was no sense of community at the time, and there was no one to emmulate. I had NO idea what I was doing half the time, or even what youtube could become. So I quit.
I could have been with Pewdiepie, I seriously could have, if I'd just rode that wave, but like everything else in my life at the time, I quit, and I failed automatically. Now, it's a lot harder- it's taken me 2 years of constant, normal editing and uploading to get about ~1500 subscribers. I'm almost at 3000. I've had so many chances to succeed and I threw every single one of them away, and I keep asking myself do I even get another?
So whatever you do, if you REALLY REALLY want this, DO NOT give up. Don't EVER apologize for your videos, don't EVER apologize for "not being good enough", and don't compare yourself to Pewdiepie or Markiplier. We aren't there yet, but I can promise you that if you just quit and turn off your channel, you definitely aren't going to get there. Turning it on, uploading, being consitant, editing- it's tough, risky, and you may not succeed. But at least this way, there's still a chance.
I've technically been working at becoming a Youtuber for 5 years, and one of my biggest regrets is the three+ times I've quit.
When things got difficult and rough, and people were posting cruel things on my videos, or I didn't think I was good enough and I quit because I didn't have the same sub count or view count as bigger youtube channels- I quit, and I regret every single one of those times.
5 years ago, I was getting 200 views a video, sometimes up to 8,000. I have several early videos that were just out of control popular, but at the time, there were only a few youtubers to really compare myself to, and obviously I wasn't them. I didn't get cool comments because there was no sense of community at the time, and there was no one to emmulate. I had NO idea what I was doing half the time, or even what youtube could become. So I quit.
I could have been with Pewdiepie, I seriously could have, if I'd just rode that wave, but like everything else in my life at the time, I quit, and I failed automatically. Now, it's a lot harder- it's taken me 2 years of constant, normal editing and uploading to get about ~1500 subscribers. I'm almost at 3000. I've had so many chances to succeed and I threw every single one of them away, and I keep asking myself do I even get another?
So whatever you do, if you REALLY REALLY want this, DO NOT give up. Don't EVER apologize for your videos, don't EVER apologize for "not being good enough", and don't compare yourself to Pewdiepie or Markiplier. We aren't there yet, but I can promise you that if you just quit and turn off your channel, you definitely aren't going to get there. Turning it on, uploading, being consitant, editing- it's tough, risky, and you may not succeed. But at least this way, there's still a chance.