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Life As A Content Creator | The Christian Reeve Podcast #184 · The Christian Reeve Podcast

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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Christian wreath
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podcast. Today's episode is quite special
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because we have a topic that has been suggested by a patreon
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subscriber. So shout out to Pamela Wang
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Miller who is a good friend and follower of mine has been for
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some time. She's been supporting me for a
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very long time. She's even appeared on the
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podcast before so make sure you check out that if you haven't
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already. And yes, she's so she joined one
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of my Tears within my patreon that allows you enables you to
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choose a podcast topic. And she she asked me for some
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sort of an interesting one like and I wasn't really sure how to
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approach this. It took me a while to kind of
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figure out a title that would work that wouldn't sound
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pretentious or douchey and that would actually maybe be somewhat
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interesting to listen to Again is subjective.
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I hope you guys enjoy it. If it sucks, let me know that
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platform is always open by the way if you want to subscribe to
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me and support me on patreon to so I remember get this plug out
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of the way it's patreon.com slash Christian Reeve and I gets
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you access to Early Access episodes of the podcast the life
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with Christian Reeves series which is exclusive to patreon
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only and a bunch of puppeteers and perks.
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So go check that out. Anyway, so Pamela's sent me a
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few different things and I want to kind of read them in
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different orders. And then also, I want to kind of
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run through my ideas for this show.
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Now originally, what she'd said to me in our conversations back
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and forth because obviously I reached out to her and I was
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like, hey, thank you for subscribing to this tier.
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What would you like me to talk about?
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And she sort of said, like, oh well tell me what it's like to
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be, you know, Tick-Tock famous To be famous online.
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And I was like, well, I'm not though, you know, like I've been
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building followings on these platforms but I'm not, I'm just
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a guy on the internet and I mean with Big Dreams but I'm in no
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way. Successful in that sense.
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And I've had people sort of disagree with that over time and
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say, well, you are a success. You're doing it, you're
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consistently doing it, you're growing excetera.
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And, and that's true. And I'm very grateful for that
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progress. And I remember how it was before
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and how It is now. And, you know, it's a journey
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but in my mind it wouldn't really be a success.
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Unless I was, you know, doing this for a living fact of the
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matter is, I'm not. I'm still, you know, working a
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day job, crazy hours, and it's made everything a lot harder
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actually, in more recent times, I have less time to do this.
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So when I do find the time I really have to savor it and make
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the most of it, you know what I mean?
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And Even with a podcast I've been doing this now for two
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years and when I first started, I had all the time in the world
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because you know, I was unemployed, it was covid-19 Dove
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Grand in that sense but now I'm working like 50 hours a week,
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sometimes more significantly, less time to work on things.
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I'm obviously trying to do acting and voice acting and
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podcasting doing stuff for the patreon music, live streams you
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name it. And I've chosen that, you know,
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this is not me trying to say like, oh, hey, feel sorry, For
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me. Absolutely not.
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I've chosen this life. This is what I want to do.
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I want to be a professional actor and voice actor.
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I want to do music. I want to do podcasting.
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I want to do content creation live streaming.
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I want to do it all. I don't want to focus on just
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one thing I want to do it all. But obviously, if you want to do
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it all, you got to put the work in.
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You got to work hard. So I suppose a big part of this
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theme today will be me discussing work and what goes
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into the work as a content creator.
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And again bring it back to me decide.
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In what the topic would be today.
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I sort of settled on Life as a content creator, which I still
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think is really pretentious and douchey and I apologize for
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anyone listening new things like dude is so does this guy think
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he is? I'm just a guy making content.
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That's it. I've why I really wasn't sure
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how else to word it, but you'll see where I'm going with this as
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we go throughout the show. So I'll answer some questions
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from Pamela. I'll also answer some questions
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show. Shout out to Vilma who also sent
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me in some questions and just on a side note.
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If you ever do want me to answer your questions in future
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episodes, please drop an email at Christian Reeve podcast at
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gmail.com or contact Christian Reeve at gmail.com and I will
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make sure they are included in the show.
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So let's let's start with some of the things that Pamela said
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she said what is it like to be young full of potential and
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Beloved by strangest. Mmm, I don't feel as young as a
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did. I feel like I felt older a
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little wiser. But depending on my company, I
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even feel really old or really young, it depends but you know
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I'm feeling myself. I'm noticing.
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I'm having to work a lot harder in places like the gym and stuff
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to kind of remain physically fit and able to do things and
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whatnot. I suppose, mentally, I still
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feel youthful and like I've got a lot ahead of me. but you know
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sometimes obviously when I'm around people younger than me,
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you know, be at my brother's or sometimes there's people in the
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live streams that are younger and I'm sort of conscious of the
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fact that now I have this kind of responsibility to people
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younger than me to kind of impart lessons that I've learned
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here and there and maybe that will help them maybe not to this
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kind of like some responsibility there and this is kind of
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Happened over the last couple of years, I suppose, where I've
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sort of noticed. Like this is a responsibility
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that look you don't have to take it on but I think it's a nice
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thing decent thing to do. I remember people in their 30s
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or 40s doing the same for me when I was younger.
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So it's a cool kind of concept you know you give back you learn
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from life and you give back full of potential and loved by
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strangers. I mean these are really lovely
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things to say. Thank you so much.
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Pamela, I really appreciate those kind words It's kind of
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like I said on the livestream the other day like I feel like I
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lead a double life. Wait in one life.
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I'm, you know, I work in a bar for minimum wage, I'm just a guy
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trying to make ends meet. That's it, that's me, you know,
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and to the people who know me, I don't know, I guess it's up to
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them to decide what I'm like. But yeah and then I've got this
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life online, which is so totally different and I meet all these
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wonderful amazing people around the world who I get to, you
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know, have awesome conversations with or what you know, we
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enjoyed music live stream together or we just chat or you
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know we share in happiness and we try and spread it give each
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other Joy, you know? And I love that.
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That's wonderful. This kind of coming together and
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Community Spirit idea like it's it's fantastic and I love that.
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Loved by straight. I mean, I'll be honest.
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A lot of the comments are very overwhelming and I'm very
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grateful and it's really nice to hear those things.
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And thank you so much to everyone that says these things.
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I guess it's kind of surreal. I don't know like I have a sense
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of Detachment in the sense that whenever I come online and do
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these things. I suppose like I'm trying to be
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as authentic as possible. So you get like, as much of me,
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the person as you possibly can, but make no mistake.
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I mean, there is the presenter in me, I'm presenting this
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podcast. When I do my live streams, there
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is a certain degree of performance, so to speak.
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It's not me. Faking it or anything.
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It's just, you've got to be a bit more animated and, and push
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that side out of yourself. When you're talking to people,
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you can't just sit there like, hey, you know, welcome to
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another podcast or hello? Welcome to this live stream
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because no one wants to I hear that shit.
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You want, you want energy, you want liveliness so that's kind
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of what it is always on my mind with regards to that.
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And when I hear these lovely things like Ike, Sometimes they
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get through to me and I'm like, wow, like especially the things
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where people say like, oh hey, you've really helped me through
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this time, or you've helped me with this or Etc.
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Like that means a lot to me that's like I suppose
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recognition of the fact that the things that I'm doing mean
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something to other people and they're helping other people and
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that's awesome. If nothing else that Gives it
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reason, it gives it like purpose.
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Like I suppose we're all looking for purpose in life and I've
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always look for that knife in all areas of my life, I want to
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feel that I'm making a difference in some shape or form
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I realized that my different so my eye you bloody remote.
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Leave me alone, I realized that my impact might be small, but
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hey, you never know. People could be listening to
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these things that I create watching them and it could
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Impact them in a profound way. It could lead, help them to lead
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a better life or, you know, nothing else could give people
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just a bit of happiness and that to me, makes it all worth it,
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you know, especially when I think about the content creators
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that I enjoy, and the dark times I've been through in the past
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and more recently, you know, those forms of content, help get
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you through, they help distract you, they help to motivate you.
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Make you laugh, make you cry or whatever.
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No, like they give you they give you something and that's what I
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want to give to people. That's why I work so hard for
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everybody's not just because I love it or because I'm trying to
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get somewhere. I feel some degree of like a
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responsibility to people because especially since people started
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like subscribing to me and on patreon stuff like that, I feel
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even more of a sense of responsibility.
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Now like I really need to go all out and do as much as I can to
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entertain and give people something.
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Saying you know, I never want a half-assed at this.
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Not in me to do that. I mean I was you know got like
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two pages of notes here, you know what I mean?
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Like, I always come prepared and make sure that I do my absolute
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best because that's what that the way I was raised.
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That's the way I think. And, you know, you the people
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watching I want to give you my absolute best so that you get
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something and hey, if it sucks, it sucks.
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I'm sorry, but at least, you know, I gave it my all and so I
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hope that answers that question. I'm going to just go randomly
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back and forth so there might be a bit of a lack of structure
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here. I do apologize.
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I'll try and keep it as structures as I can, but there's
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just lots of ideas here and thoughts and stuff that I wanted
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to cover getting to, twenty-eight thousand followers
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on my first account Christian Pico River.
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Fish on Tick-Tock, that was kind of crazy because it tied, with
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me going viral for the first time, which was bizarre.
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Did a video known as a stitch where you take an existing video
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and you add something to it. And in this sense I added the
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like a reaction to someone's video this comedian and she just
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popped off. It went crazy.
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I got like 2.9 million views in like the Middle East, mostly and
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other countries and it was just kind of interesting.
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I don't know, it was surreal, it was fun.
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It was just crazy, checking my phone, every five seconds and
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seeing that. Happen.
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Very, very exciting. And then came a bit of
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disappointment. And this is this taught me a
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valuable life lesson. About expectations and managing
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them. After that I expected that I
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would, you know oh this is it this is my break right.
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I'm going to become this big successful content creator and
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I'll get to do all these things. I always wanted to do.
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Yeah, that didn't happen. It kind of stagnated after that.
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You know I had a few videos here and there that got a couple of
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hundred to a few thousand views and you know I was trying to
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keep making content and stuff but I guess the stuff that I was
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creating just wasn't interesting or didn't click with people.
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I mean the content game online is To gamble.
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You know what I mean? Like, a lot of, if you're just
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trying to go viral, I think different people have different
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philosophies on this. Some people think it's just all
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about the algorithm and following that some people think
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it's about consistency and sticking to that.
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Some people think it's more about like just building a
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following slowly and just releasing content for that
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following and, you know, kind of through Word of Mouth through
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getting shared, maybe you'll go that way and sometimes it's just
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pure fucking luck, you know? I mean your your video no just
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gets pushed and you know followed and checked out by a
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lot of people and it just pops off.
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I don't know what I think on. That front be honest.
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I haven't really made my mind up but That experience taught me to
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enjoy things when they happen in the moment, but don't have any
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expectations about things, you know, just deal with, what is
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not, what could be. Obviously, don't get me wrong,
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be positive, always have that positive mindset and always
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think about like, hey, this could happen.
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This can happen because that keeps you motivated and keeps
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you moving forward and trying and and, you know, never giving
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up, right? And I'll always have that
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mentality. But at the same time, I'm not
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going to think like oh this is definitely going to happen now
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because it didn't in the end I think I missed out with that
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account because as some people here may know not everyone knows
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I got banned from live streaming on that particular platform for
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some like really silly reason and a bunch of my following
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tried to appeal it and it never happened.
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So I just gave up on trying to to live stream on my account
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which was a big part of me. Growing my Blowing at that time.
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I then set up a couple of other accounts, one for my podcast and
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one for my second account. And my second account is no, now
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my kind of hub for live streaming and everything else.
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And I decided to start using the main account, to Showcase my
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acting and voice acting and music.
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And my second accounts just mucking around really having fun
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with Tick-Tock and jumping on Trends and seeing what I could.
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It's kind of like experimentation, I guess and
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then the third account is just purely.
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Clips. And I decided to structure it in
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this way, because to me, it made more sense, The Divide
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everything up. It's what I've done on YouTube
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and Instagram as well. I feel like it's almost targeted
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more, it's more putting things into like, you know, Anish
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because I don't want it ever pursue a niche.
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I don't want to limit myself, but at the same time, I do also
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want to do a lot of different things.
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And I think If you're going to do that, you should try your
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best to try and segment things, and put things on separate
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counts. If you Cami, I think.
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Mr. Beast on YouTube. Does that, doesn't he?
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Or he did? He had, like 20 or two counts or
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something? All four different things and I
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think that's one way of doing it.
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I've had people suggest that I do that in the past.
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You know, I've often thought about rebranding my YouTube
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account is just the podcast. But you know, I always wanted to
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upload different things on there and I have done since then.
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And I think I I will continue to do so in the future.
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So I want I want that kind of freedom to do that.
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But I'm always going back and forth on what to do with it.
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What the right thing is you know it's a constant learning curve
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you know it's never like okay this is how it is.
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We're definitely doing it this way.
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You know, I mean it's you just learning.
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I mean I started doing this properly in 2019 and it's been a
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journey ever since and It just continues, I'm always learning.
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And on that note, I want to actually run you through kind of
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the story of me and content and everything because I do have it
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all mapped out here up to this date.
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So, I set up a YouTube channel in December of 2013.
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Not many people may know this, but yeah, and back then, you
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know, I was inspired by what I was seeing online.
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I thought maybe I had the Charisma and personality maybe
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to pull it off. The time I was I was a budding
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musician but I was sort of winding down or just come out of
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the band. I was sort of winding down on
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the cue stick stuff and I was like, maybe I could do something
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with YouTube, but I just never had any good ideas.
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And, you know, I tried to jump on Trends and stuff and it just
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came across as really fake and silly and just crappy and not
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interesting. There were just no original
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ideas. So I just left it.
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I would occasionally upload music on there and I At the
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account, open, with the intention of eventually getting
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back to it if I ever had any good ideas.
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But I kind of did give up on it for a while and that kind of
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intern linked with my life at that point onwards.
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You know, I went to University and I kind of just gave up on
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all things creative to be honest because people around me told me
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it was a pipe dream and at the time I just kind of accepted and
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thought I guess you're right. I guess I'm not very good.
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Well I don't have anything to offer might as well just get
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myself a professional. And get a real job, right?
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Fast forward to going to University.
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And, you know, I started posting music at the time and having fun
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with it and sharing a little bit about my uni experience.
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No intentions there, I wasn't trying to get anywhere with it.
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I was just having fun, and it was fun.
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It really was. And then I abandoned the
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channel. Again, you know, life got in the
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way, you need got in the way. And it wasn't until 2019 when
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When I was in Estonia at the time living there and I started
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pursuing acting and I think I've told that story several times
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now so I'm not going to tell it again.
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If you want to check it out go check it out.
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The million other times. I've done it.
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I've spoken about it. But when I started getting
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footage back and stuff and looking at this stuff, as I all,
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I could post this online. And so I did and then I was
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like, oh well, you know, I've got a phone, it's not great, but
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it's a start, right? It's always good to, you know,
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and I had a video camera that I was using and whatnot.
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So I thought, you know what, I'll start making content.
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It might not be very good, but at least I'm posting here, at
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least I'm trying and that began the journey.
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And in the early times, you know, I was just doing like
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Vlogs and skits and it was all Pretty terrible.
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But at least I was, you know, learning how to use cameras and
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editing and just kind of try and different things.
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You know, seeing what sticks in what I was good at seeing, what
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was bad at? And what I needed to work on, I
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think a big part of what I needed to work on was having
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confidence on camera. You know, being able to just
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talk and not think about it. Like right now, I'm not thinking
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about the fact that I'm looking at a camera.
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I mean, I am now because I'm talking about it.
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So now it's getting awkward and I'm reminded of the fact That
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I'm just sitting here in my room talking to myself but I had to
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get over that idea and stop being so awkward and I don't
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think there is any way that you can really teach yourself to
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stop being awkward behind the camera.
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I mean you can try different things but I think ultimately
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you just have to keep trying and practicing and finding a Cadence
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a way that works for you and then from there on you know you
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stick with that you stick with what works with well.
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For you and that's that's what I did and I think over the course
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of about a year somewhere in 2020 that's when I started
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getting more confident with with doing this and an approaching
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this and you know, I'm always learning all the time.
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I know I know I've repeated that a few times but even when it
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comes to presenting and talking you know there's always little
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things than picking up on and thinking like oh I should do
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more of that or less of that, I do.
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Also, of course, pay attention to what people say.
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You know, it's not great, receiving criticism.
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Mmm, but if it's constructive, I'm going to listen to, I'm
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going to take it into account and I have done another applied
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that to the podcast and applied that to other things I've done.
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So, there's always opportunities to learn and grow.
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Yeah. When I was in lockdown during
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2020, I was jobless. You know, I came back from
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Estonia, February 20 2012 my family very briefly and I moved
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into Manchester. Just before the lockdown
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happened, before any of this stuff happened, it was, he's on
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the news, but like, you know, the British government at the
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time was just kind of scoffing at it being like, there's
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nothing to worry about and then lo and behold, like, a week or
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two later, there was something to worry about.
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But luckily I managed to get a place and sort of you know, have
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a base to operate from in Manchester but I naively
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thought, like, oh no problems. A job.
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But then to be fair I couldn't have predicted a worldwide
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pandemic and a job shortage and everything closing.
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So In fairness that wasn't my fault but in the end it took me
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about a year and a half to find a job.
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And I don't know if you guys have ever been unemployed and
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tell you this, the expectation from the, the government was
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that I, you know, work is a work for 40 hours a week, I would
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search for jobs. It does not take 40 hours a week
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to search for jobs, you can get your job search done in about an
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hour and there's only so long, you can, you know, rewrite your
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CV or job applications domain like this.
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Eventually, you've just got time on your hands and I didn't want
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to sit around doing nothing or just sitting around watching
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stuff. I wanted to use this opportunity
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this time that I'd always wanted and never seemingly had I'd been
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gifted and I was at right now is the time to build now is the
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time to start something. I started the podcast.
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I started live streaming at that time.
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I started many different things. I started Tick-Tock accounts,
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Instagram, I started pushing on. I basically 2020 is the year
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that I really started properly doing this.
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I'd started in 2019. You know, I was already posting
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content on YouTube and doing what not but like, 2020 is
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really where came into its own. I guess, I started building
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remnants of like a community online or like fans if you want
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to call it that followers, that's where it really started
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to lay the foundations for that and then moving into More recent
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times. You know, I've started this
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patreon. I've started putting content on
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there that's like different from what I post here, online.
23:36
That's like free content. I've started like thinking about
23:39
ways I could potentially monetize this stuff, you know.
23:43
Again it's all dreams but I think if you put the work in and
23:49
people believe in what you're doing and and they see that
23:52
you're passionate about what you do and you care about it.
23:54
And Put the time and the effort in, then ultimately, eventually
23:58
something's going to work, you know, mean it might not work
24:00
straight away. Might not be everyone's cup of
24:02
tea, you might get somewhere with it and I feel like, I feel
24:08
like right now, it's going somewhere.
24:09
But again, going back to what I said before about expectations,
24:13
I'm trying to manage my expectations.
24:15
I'm trying to be like, hey, just chill.
24:19
It might not happen, but it might happen.
24:21
Let's just see what happens. So, that's kind of the head
24:24
space. On that, right?
24:27
The tough reality of content receiving, 0, views, or live
24:32
streams with maybe no followers watching.
24:36
This has happened many times, it happened a lot at the beginning
24:41
and it still happens. Sometimes sometimes I'll jump
24:44
onto like Tick-Tock or something and they just be no one there.
24:48
And I don't know what to do because a lot of my live streams
24:51
are based on interactions with the audience.
24:54
That's how I make the content. If you like, is just interacting
24:57
with those people having conversations, you know, we have
25:01
a laugh, we talked about various different things, obviously
25:03
there are live streams, I'll do while, you know, just play music
25:06
and take song requests and stuff.
25:08
But even then it's important to have that interaction.
25:12
A big part of everything that I do is based on interaction and I
25:18
think the best content is always made with interaction because
25:21
you get I did you get access to ideas that you never would have
25:24
had if it was just you you know, and I'm not going to sit here
25:27
and say I'm a big Ideas guy. Like, I have my moments, I
25:30
think, and I can be very creative, but I think I always
25:33
work best when I can bounce off people, and that much has been
25:37
true when I've done acting and stuff, and I've been able to
25:39
bounce ideas off directors and whatnot.
25:41
Like, I love being able to able to collaborate with people and
25:44
seeing what new things we can create and what Not I think
25:48
maybe that comes from my time in various different bands over the
25:51
years because I always loved jamming with people and seeing
25:54
what we could come up with. So I think that's a part of it.
25:57
But, yeah, that still happens every once in a while.
26:01
I think it's particularly frustrating when it's content
26:04
such as the podcast, when you put a lot of time and effort
26:06
into it hours hours and hours and hours of editing and
26:12
clipping things up and editing pictures and God knows what
26:14
else. And then it just flops doesn't
26:17
Anyway and every time I look at that like I'll release a new
26:22
podcast episode or cop all the clips and I'll do everything for
26:25
it and I'm like when it flops I sort of sit there and I'm like,
26:29
is there any point to this? Because no one's watching it.
26:33
But the reality is there are people watching and listening as
26:36
a handful of people that are invested and that is so much
26:41
more valuable than say tens of thousands of people may be
26:44
watching this if you've got like five people, All that are truly
26:48
invested in everything that you do.
26:50
I mean, that's huge, you know. I mean you got their full
26:53
attention. They're checking out every
26:54
single thing that you do. That's amazing that to me will
26:59
always be invaluable sure that I'm going to sit here and say I
27:03
wouldn't love to have hundreds of thousands millions of
27:05
followers who wouldn't, right, who wouldn't want to have that
27:08
attention? But I think you one thing I've
27:10
learned over the past year, amongst other Essence, is to be
27:13
grateful for what you have. And I think because if you're
27:17
not I think that can alienate the people that do care if you
27:20
sit there and you can pay and you're like, oh, I wish it was
27:21
like this. I wish it was like that.
27:23
Then the people that are, there are going to be feel like, well,
27:26
what do you not appreciate me? I'm here, I care.
27:29
You know what I mean? So it's and that's something
27:32
that I overlooked, I think because I was too busy sin
27:36
feeling. Sorry for myself, which is a
27:38
very easy thing to fall into a trap.
27:40
You can fall into as a content creator, if you get too obsessed
27:44
with the numbers and Lord knows people have turned around.
27:46
To me and said Ed stop thinking about the number stop thinking
27:48
about the numbers stop thinking about the numbers.
27:51
I don't know I come from a marketing business background so
27:54
I'm somewhat I used to be obsessed.
27:57
I'm not as bad. Now, I will go ants at the
27:59
numbers and just to check and I like to see how things progress
28:03
over time, but I'm not as obsessed as I was, I used to
28:06
check it like several times a day.
28:08
Now, I just glance every once in a while, I tend to pay more
28:11
attention now, to interactions, that's kind of more where my
28:15
head's at now is like, what do people think about this?
28:19
What people saying, you know, like, that's what I'm looking
28:23
at. So, I think, yeah, you need a
28:27
certain degree of luck to be successful.
28:29
I think I sort of said this previously but It's always going
28:34
to be that way, with everything that you do.
28:39
Sometimes it's timing. You know, I've heard a lot of
28:41
people say things like our it's better to repost the same
28:45
content several times because sometimes you can get like more
28:48
views than the first time and maybe you just lucked out and
28:51
people didn't see it the first time.
28:53
And you have tried that here in there but I don't know.
28:59
I feel like I need more help with this Janome.
29:01
Like I need. I need a social media person to
29:04
just take over for me and I can just focus on creating the
29:06
content. That's that what I say.
29:08
Now one of my goals is to eventually have like a team of
29:11
people that work with me and help me to like put the content
29:18
out there and I can literally just focus on making the content
29:20
rather than All the other stuff, which I'll be honest, I don't
29:24
get a lot of excitement or fun out of editing and posting
29:27
online. And these are all the things
29:29
behind the scenes that just take time because it's just me doing
29:32
it all and it does take a lot of time and it's what can you do?
29:36
Who else is gonna do it? No one, you know, unless you pay
29:39
someone and I don't have the means to do that.
29:41
So what else is there? Got to be done and everyone's
29:45
done it and there's loads of people doing it.
29:47
And one thing that always comes back to me is like If I sit
29:52
there and I feel like I kind of feel like I can't be asked, it's
29:55
that wall, how much do you want this?
29:57
How much do you really want this?
30:00
And then I sort of sit back and let them know.
30:02
I do. I really, really want this and
30:04
that well you need to do it then, don't you need to go and
30:08
put that stuff out there? I'm not well.
30:12
All right then I guess I go. Go, go get the work done.
30:17
I feel that way about many other things as well as the same with
30:19
Jim, you know, I feel like the best sessions I have for the
30:22
ones where I don't want to go because I go and I find that
30:27
I'll push myself really hard because I don't want to be there
30:30
and then it works out being a better session.
30:32
Weirdly So, I don't know. Maybe there's something to that.
30:37
it's a wonderful feeling being able to live stream and have fun
30:40
with people around the world especially when I'm going
30:44
through hard times I think I covered this a little bit before
30:46
but I just want to sort of reiterate that I get just as
30:50
much excitement and joy from doing this as you do.
30:54
Like when I do a live stream where people really, really love
30:57
it and enjoy it or I do a podcast and it was received
30:59
really well when people enjoyed it or, you know, people check
31:03
that my act and stuff and they liked it or they like the new
31:05
song that I wrote. That means the world to me.
31:09
Not just because it's nice to hear like nice things, people
31:11
say, but because people got genuine enjoyment enjoyment.
31:15
Sorry from that. and, It kind of, and again, I said this
31:22
before, but a kind of gives the work some credibility and the
31:26
sense like it's some, it's like, okay, this meant something to
31:30
other people. I didn't just mean something to
31:31
me personally, but it meant something to other people and
31:34
that's amazing. And, you know, and I think
31:38
there's a big I like I learn a lot from doing this.
31:43
I learned so much from every time I interview someone that
31:47
blows my mind. I do a lot of research,
31:49
obviously for every single episode in terms of like the
31:52
questions I'm going to ask people sometimes I'll look a bit
31:55
more into a topic so I understand it better so then I
31:58
can ask better questions because I understand the topic a bit
32:02
better and I learned things one time through my livestream
32:07
audience you know and I said recently in a stream but I'll
32:11
say it here like it's a privilege and an honor to be
32:14
able to do it and to be able to reach people around the world
32:18
and hopefully spread some joy and and bring some
32:21
entertainment, you know, that that is a privilege and an honor
32:24
to be able to do that. And I'm very grateful to be able
32:27
to do that. So, thank you.
32:30
Yeah, I covered this a little bit earlier online life versus
32:33
real life. Woe cameras going on.
32:36
Yeah. Oh, you can see a little bit of
32:38
my behind Seems though. Yeah so I fun fact I have this
32:42
audio tracking software, audio recording, software audio
32:47
recording software. It's always in the background
32:49
here. I learned that I could actually
32:51
record on Zoom which is the video player that I use to
32:55
create the podcast. And then this in order to, I
33:00
mean this is kind of like a backup failsafe.
33:05
But this is how the podcast started with just audio
33:08
recording. I didn't realize you could use
33:09
both. Oh that same time.
33:11
I didn't think my computer could take it but apparently it can.
33:14
So yeah, that's good. Yeah, online life versus real
33:18
life. I guess I kind of already some
33:21
that up pretty well before. Didn't know, let's move on.
33:23
Let's move on goals and why I'm using social media platforms to
33:28
promote my projects to create. These are notes that I wrote to
33:32
myself to create a community / audience motivation for creating
33:37
and livestreams. Yeah, I mean look.
33:40
I am using platforms, such as Tick-Tock and Instagram to
33:44
promote myself. My main goal is to be an actor
33:46
and a voice actor as a profession, but there are other
33:49
goals. I want to release all of my
33:50
music. For example, professionally, I
33:53
want to get the podcast sponsored.
33:55
I want to build an audience on patreon, there's so many things
33:59
I want to do, I want to travel on a, make a travel documentary,
34:02
what a travel, the world and live like a king, you know, I
34:06
just, there's so much. I want to do with my life and I
34:11
want to share that with people. I want to do those things and
34:16
share in that enjoyment and passion that I have for life
34:19
with other people. Above All Else.
34:24
That would be like my ultimate goal.
34:27
Who knows? Maybe it could happen.
34:31
All right, let's move forwards. What's it?
34:35
Like when there's a hundred people watching your lives
34:39
compliment in your hair and eyes, and voice is kind of goes
34:47
back to the first question that Pamela asked earlier.
34:53
Surreal. Happens.
34:56
Every once in a while. You get a couple of hundred
34:57
people in their surreal because I don't really see myself as,
35:02
like, special or anything. Like I just see myself as quite
35:05
regular in average and normal, whatever, just a regular guy and
35:09
Regular Joe. So, when I receive a little bit
35:12
of attention, it's nice. You know who wouldn't like to
35:16
feel that way? Sometimes I think I used to
35:22
think, like, all people would just picking me, but I've begun
35:26
to understand now, that people are being genuine.
35:29
They genuinely feel that way. And I mean, they're so lovely to
35:35
hear. You know, I'm, I'm nothing taken
35:38
back by that some of the stuff that I receive and I'll read
35:42
some of that here today, blows me away. and, Yeah.
35:50
I mean what else can you say it just it just takes you back.
35:54
It makes you re-evaluate things and I think it makes you
35:57
appreciate things more. You know, when those people say
36:01
these lovely things and they appreciate you and everything
36:03
that you're doing. It's Again, confirmation of
36:07
everything that you're doing, you're doing something right.
36:09
You're reaching a lot of people and people are enjoying you and
36:14
Maybe that's a sign. That there's something working
36:18
here now, I don't know. Let's move it forward.
36:23
You have a following. So there's a fourth, that's a
36:26
form of fame, or do you not see it that way?
36:29
I don't see it that way. It's like, I don't like to use
36:34
the word fan, because in my head, a fan is a fan of like
36:39
someone that's like famous. That's like, you know, a
36:42
professional actor, or a musician or something like that.
36:45
Like, I'm just a guy on the inside.
36:46
Internet, who has big dreams? Like, when people ask me, what I
36:49
do for a living, it's that. Well, I work in a bath.
36:51
Minimum wage and then I all. Yeah, okay, you know, like, I'm
36:54
not, I'm not like a big deal or something, you know.
36:58
I mean, like so I can't really imagine that like, having a big
37:03
following online. I don't have a big following.
37:06
I have a small following, it's grown.
37:08
It's grown massively and it's amazing to be reaching all these
37:11
people. But I guess I would be termed.
37:14
I looked at this up about a year or two As the canno Creator says
37:19
that people that are under like a couple of thousand or
37:22
something is regarded as like I think it's anything under 10,000
37:26
is a nano Creator. So that's what I would be.
37:28
But yeah, no I mean, I guess if I was famous I would have to
37:39
Something would have to happen where like someone will come up
37:41
to this in in the street and ask for like a photo with me or like
37:45
an autograph or something. I think, then I might be like,
37:47
okay, I guess this stuff is working and I'm becoming famous
37:52
or whatever but like, yeah, I don't consider myself famous in
37:58
any way. I'm not.
38:00
I mean that's just a fact about, but it's amazing to, as I said
38:05
before, have a following and reach these people and it's cool
38:08
when you see See these people checking in and especially when
38:11
you haven't seen these, people check in a while and they're
38:13
like, hey, it's been a while you're like, hey how you doing,
38:15
like, how's life treating you? And again, I think it's even
38:19
more special when the same people keep coming because they
38:24
gain enjoyment from what you're doing, and this like, there's a
38:26
level of trust. There's like all if I come to
38:28
these livestreams, I check the stuff out.
38:30
This is what I'm going to receive.
38:31
So I'm going to keep coming back and that's the same way that I
38:35
feel about the content that I consume from from creators to.
38:38
I You know, it's you come there because you have a certain
38:42
expectation built up in your mind of what you can expect to
38:45
receive. And as long as that created
38:48
delivers, then you're going to stick around, aren't you?
38:50
And you're going to support their work.
38:51
And I think part of it comes down to liking that person as
38:56
well if you like that person you want to support them because you
38:59
want to see them do well and you want to see them grow and when
39:02
they do become more successful, it's like you almost feel like
39:05
you share in it because you've shared in their Me you've shared
39:09
them, you've promoted them, probably a little bit, you
39:12
exported them and then when they do get successfully like yeah,
39:15
we did it. Yeah I'm happy to see this
39:17
person finally get the recognition they deserve.
39:20
That's awesome to see. Speaking of which this this
39:25
quite I was going to save this to the end but it feels like a
39:27
good time to say this. Now, This is a quote from
39:33
Pamela. So many of us want to see you
39:36
succeed, and acting and singing. It's hard work and it's a
39:40
business, but you're smart and dedicated, you're on a journey
39:45
to be discovered We believe in you.
39:53
I almost cried when I read that the first time because I think
40:06
the Like, I love my family two bits.
40:11
They're wonderful, but yeah, they don't believe that I can do
40:16
this. That I can be successful.
40:19
I think a lot of it comes down to them worrying about me.
40:23
And I get that, I understand that.
40:25
But I've never had anyone from there from the family's or turn
40:28
around and be like, yeah, I believe that you can be a
40:31
successful actor, I believe in you.
40:32
I think I know you can do this. I've had people tell me, I
40:35
should manage my expectations or that, you know, it's a hobby or,
40:39
you know, whatever. And In fairness, I don't have
40:43
anything measurable to show them like, hey, look at this thing.
40:46
I've achieved So In fairness, that's the response I am going
40:49
to get, but I think Having people say that, they believe in
40:56
you. means so much because it's like, It reaffirms your own
41:04
belief in yourself and it makes you realize that it's not just
41:07
you on your own. You're not crazy.
41:09
You're not crazy to believe in yourself because other people
41:13
believe in you and they see it and they maybe they feel it too.
41:17
Like the best way I can explain it is that I feel like I have
41:22
something to offer. I feel like my life is supposed
41:26
to be as an Entertainer and a performer.
41:29
I feel like that's what I'm supposed to do.
41:32
That's what I have to offer to offer people entertainment to
41:35
offer people. Hopefully Joy, maybe inspiration
41:39
get people thinking, I don't know, I'm still figuring it all
41:42
out, but I know that when I do it, it feels right.
41:47
And I can't say that about other things in my life, you know, I
41:50
work hard, I could be a fairly decent bartender.
41:53
You know, I worked in marketing. I could be a fairly decent
41:55
Market here, but my heart was never in it.
41:58
It's not in it, you know, the most enjoyment ever get from
42:03
bartending is, you know, seeing a smile on a customer's face or
42:06
making a particularly nice cocktail.
42:08
But, you know, other than that and here comes the sirens
42:12
ruining my podcast. I think this might be the third
42:15
or fourth time. This has happened now, You might
42:18
not even hear that, then it depends if my mic picks up.
42:21
But yeah. I digress.
42:28
It means a lot to have people believe in me because I didn't
42:31
always believe in me. It's only really a recent thing
42:36
where I've started to believe in myself and believe that I might
42:38
have a shot at this and look, maybe it.
42:41
Maybe I'm foolish to believe that maybe it is a pipe dream.
42:44
I don't know. But one thing I know about
42:47
myself is that I'd never give up.
42:49
I'm too stubborn for that shit. I'm gonna do this because it
42:55
makes me happy to do it because I can't imagine my life.
43:00
Well, I can't imagine my life without creativity.
43:02
I lived it. And I was miserable and I didn't
43:04
understand why I was miserable until it was made abundantly
43:10
obvious and clear to me that what was missing in my life was
43:13
creativity and creative Endeavors.
43:15
And so I need that in my life and I can't live a conventional
43:19
life and Lord knows. I've tried, I've tried to do
43:21
shift work. I've tried to do the 9 to 5, I
43:23
just can't find contentment in it.
43:25
Like I feel like part of my reason for living is always
43:32
pushing the boat always seeing where I can push things like
43:35
even if I would become rich and successful or whatever.
43:37
Like I'd still want to keep pushing and seeing where I could
43:41
go. I feel like the journey is never
43:43
over until you're in the coffin, you know?
43:44
I mean like it's you just keep going and going and going and
43:47
just seeing where you can take this like when I go to the gym,
43:52
it's the same principle. Like I'm pushing myself to see
43:55
how far I can go. Like I already achieved my body
43:58
goes about 2 or 3 months ago, right?
44:01
My goal was to lose weight get into shape you know, all that
44:05
and I was like wow I can achieve that in this amount of time.
44:08
I'm what else can I achieve? And I apply that logic to
44:12
everything else. It's like, who knows where it
44:15
could go. As long as we keep this fire
44:17
within ourselves and we keep going and pushing and driving
44:19
forward, who knows where we could take this.
44:23
And that's exciting to think about So yeah, thank you for
44:28
believing in me. Pam, thank you.
44:29
Everybody that believes in me. I appreciate you all and hey,
44:33
who knows? Maybe one day we'll make it and
44:37
I'll replay this clip somewhere while I'm on like an award show
44:41
or something and everyone will be like.
44:44
And if you really embarrassing because I'm saying this and
44:46
looking at myself and I'm like hey hey hey future me, we did
44:51
it. Oh, maybe I'm just crazy.
44:55
I don't know. Alright, so I've got a bunch of
45:00
questions sent in by the wonderful Vilma as I thank you
45:04
very much for this and I just said, I did, it was funny.
45:10
Actually, I don't think I've ever told you guys this but I
45:13
use my brakes at work to sit down and write notes and
45:17
questions and stuff for future episodes of podcasts and content
45:21
for the live stream as sorry for the patreon.
45:23
On. That's what I use my brakes for
45:25
it. Work, I just sit on a couch in
45:28
the hotel reception and just write this stuff out.
45:32
I don't even take a break. I actually just sit work more
45:35
but that's that's when I wrote these ones down.
45:38
So just so, you know, questions from Vilma, what are the biggest
45:42
challenges of content creation? I said not being deterred by low
45:47
viewership which we covered earlier because I think that You
45:51
know, let it's going to happen. You know, even if you're really
45:53
successful, you're still going to get stuff that not everyone
45:56
clicked with. It's just it's just you know,
45:59
sometimes things don't click, you know, it's just how it is
46:01
but you can't let that stop you from doing it, you know.
46:07
And you might get people here in there.
46:08
Be like oh how many followers you got?
46:10
Our okay then I'm not going to check throughout.
46:11
Oh you don't you don't have enough views so you're not worth
46:15
checking out, but every once in a while, someone will check you
46:17
out. And I'll Stick Around.
46:21
And that's something real special.
46:23
So keep going finding time to create.
46:26
Now, this is more of a new concern, because, as I said
46:29
earlier, I never used to have this problem.
46:32
Used to have all the time in the world.
46:34
Now I work crazy hours and have to find time like I had to a lot
46:38
time to do this podcast today and you know, I'll have to a lot
46:43
time to edit and put it out and that will take more time and
46:47
it's just but I will say that. At because I have less time.
46:52
Now I value the time that I do have and I feel like I'm more
46:56
productive now. So in a way it's kind of a good
46:59
thing but I could definitely get more done if I had more time but
47:03
that that is a concern with being a content, creator is the
47:06
less time you have the less time you have to do things.
47:10
So it's always a struggle, being consistent is another one.
47:15
I found this as a bit of a struggle with the podcast,
47:18
because it's all well and good. When you got Two guests lined
47:21
up, sometimes you don't, I mean this week didn't have a guest I
47:24
think there's one or two more weeks coming up where I won't
47:27
have a guest. So I'll need to do more
47:29
topic-based episodes and I'm happy to do that but these
47:32
episodes are a lot harder because I'm just talking
47:35
consistently for a long time. I mean, we're up to 47 minutes.
47:38
As I record this right now and it's like I always try to hit
47:43
the 45-minute Mark, but I never want to half-assed these things.
47:48
I want to give people like full proper content.
47:53
So that's that's a hard aspect of this and being consistent, I
47:58
think is important because it gets a certain degree of
48:01
expectation with your audience. So I originally couldn't really
48:06
figure out how many episodes to do and then I kind of fell into
48:11
a rhythm of one a week that was manageable.
48:14
It continues to be manageable, it may be subject to change in
48:18
the future. I don't know.
48:19
Depends on where schedule, but We'll always try to get at least
48:22
a few episodes out a month June. And I mean something but you
48:26
know, as it as it works right now, one a week seems to work
48:29
and I feel like sometimes less is more as well.
48:33
It's important to get the balance right and see what the
48:35
audience is saying and cl, the view of viewership is reacting
48:40
to things and then kind of Base it on that.
48:43
Also I think it helps me to enjoy doing it more.
48:46
If there's just too much of something, I get a bit sick of
48:48
it and then the enjoyment Runs Out.
48:50
Out, whereas if I haven't recorded in a while, I get a bit
48:53
giddy that I got excited about doing the episode today because
48:56
I started thinking about it, like, while I was at the gym, I
48:59
thought about it last week, you know, I've been planning this
49:02
and now I'm finally doing it and it's exciting to be doing it.
49:05
And I think it's going well, I mean um I hope you guys are
49:08
enjoying it, I'm enjoying it so but yeah.
49:11
Also being consistent with other platforms, you know, there was a
49:14
time when I was posting like three videos a day because a
49:18
friend of mine online and said that that's what he's supposed
49:20
to do, want it. Up and I kind of want to varying
49:24
degrees of success, but ultimately, it hasn't really
49:26
made a difference either way. So I'm not as consistent but I
49:30
try to at least get a few videos out a week on all those
49:33
platforms where I can. I try to be fairly consistent
49:37
with patreon content, because people are paying for that.
49:40
So, I've really got to make an effort there so far.
49:42
I've got like four episodes up of the life with Christian,
49:46
Reeve Story, Time series. And I think I'd released like To
49:50
a month so far. I feel like that's manageable
49:54
with everything else that I'm doing, but who knows, if I get
49:57
more time or I'll try and do more, and if I get more content
50:00
ideas, I'll do more but being consistent across all these
50:03
different platforms is tricky. It's a constant Balancing Act.
50:08
But you know, I love doing it. And that's probably the most
50:12
important thing. So, what are the biggest rewards
50:15
of content creation? I've touched on this before but
50:19
I want to address it here again. The messages you receive from
50:22
followers. I've received messages from
50:24
Vilma from Pam, from so many other wonderful people around
50:28
the world. Telling me, hey, this this, you
50:31
know, shout out to Ash. I received your email the other
50:33
day. I hope you got my reply if she's
50:36
if sorry, if they are listening, There's something about
50:43
receiving messages from people. When they tell you like, hey, I
50:47
was going through a hard time and this helped me for it or you
50:50
know, I was battling with this and this really helped me like I
50:56
can't put into words what that means for me to hear because I
51:03
never really envisioned myself as being someone special.
51:07
That might impact other people's lives.
51:10
I always kind of battled with this idea of inadequacy, and I
51:14
still battle with it every day and it's a constant battle.
51:18
I must have a much healthier relationship with myself.
51:21
Now, then I did years ago and doing this stuff and having
51:26
wonderful people online, reinforced that and say, such
51:30
lovely things has helped me to build confidence.
51:32
Yes. And now I do believe in myself
51:34
and I do believe I'm not inadequate, but it's still
51:37
there. It's still in my head and when
51:42
you receive these messages knowing that you've helped other
51:47
people, Suddenly, It's like You start thinking like, hey, maybe
51:53
I am good enough like I was, I was good enough to bring a smile
51:56
to this person's face. I was I was able to do this as
51:58
able to do that. Like maybe there is something
52:00
here. But more importantly you you
52:05
begin to realize that what you're doing is bigger than
52:08
yourself. Remember years ago, someone
52:10
saying to me that one key aspiration, you should have in
52:15
life is to pursue something bigger than yourself. because if
52:21
you do that, you always creating something of value.
52:26
And it's not all about you and you'll learn so much more.
52:29
Like I remember when I did my volunteer work that lesson rang
52:34
true because I began to see how my actions could affect people.
52:41
In a really, really positive way, like just little things
52:44
like, moving some furniture into someones place who's recently
52:48
just come off the streets. And there's now got somewhere to
52:50
live and seeing their face, kind of light up like a Christmas
52:53
tree, because they're so happy. And they feel like safe and
52:58
secure for once in their life. They don't have to worry
53:00
anymore, you know, like that was special or helping a single mom
53:05
who's stressed out. He's got like kids to worry
53:08
about and, you know, like she asked like, hey, You help me
53:11
move this thing and they're like, yeah, sure, no problem.
53:13
And you move it and then you get like a big appreciative like
53:18
thank you. Thank you so much like and you
53:20
can tell this person like has gone through hell.
53:22
Like they haven't said it but you can see it in their eyes and
53:25
you can feel it when they're talking to you and you know I've
53:28
been there. We all have been there.
53:32
It's special. It's special for me to know
53:35
that. I am impacted people's lives in
53:38
that way. And believe me it's not lost on
53:41
me. I I really appreciate it.
53:44
It's an honor and a privilege to be able to do it.
53:47
And thank you so much, honestly. Thank you so much other rewards
53:54
of doing content. Creation is the feeling of
53:56
accomplishment when you finish a piece of content, especially
54:00
when it takes a long time and a lot of effort to create all my
54:03
God have there been like episodes, I've created or videos
54:07
of create for YouTube or whatever way, it's just taking
54:09
forever to do like forever and I finally get it done on them.
54:13
It's done. I'm finished.
54:15
Finally all, like, sometimes you create something that you're
54:18
really proud of, and loads of people really like it, and
54:20
you're like, whoo, yay. But then there's also the flip
54:24
of that sometimes like you'll release a video where you put
54:27
zero effort into it and it just pops off.
54:29
And you're like, well, this is typical, I spent hours on this
54:32
one. Nothing I spend two seconds on
54:35
this one. Boom, is it they call it sods
54:39
law? Yeah, there's a certain degree
54:42
of Accomplishment when when you when you get things done and
54:47
especially when people enjoy content as well, that's
54:49
obviously an accomplishment. So yeah, you are involved in
54:55
several creative Endeavors. What do you have to say to those
55:00
who tell you to pick your Niche and not have your fingers in
55:03
many pies or eggs in? Not have your eggs at all?
55:07
All in one basket as they say, well, maybe I got it wrong.
55:12
Well, I mean, I kind of I, I touched on this earlier but I
55:16
don't want to be restricted in life.
55:19
It's a big fear of mine to be restricted and boxed in and have
55:22
to do one thing. I want to do many things, I get
55:26
ideas and I want to just use those like that if I get an idea
55:30
like if I for example, if I want to write a song normally an idea
55:34
comes to me and I start writing or it's a feeling, you know, I
55:38
don't sort of sit down really go, right?
55:39
I'm going to write a song like I have done that in the past.
55:42
But I've never really written anything.
55:44
I've been particularly proud of in that way.
55:46
It's always come to me. In a feeling or a moment or two
55:50
am thought, you know? That to me, is how creativity
55:54
works for me personally, and it can be anything and idea for a
55:58
podcast and idea for live streaming idea for music and
56:01
idea for acting skits or whatever.
56:04
You know. It's like you get these ideas
56:06
and they and they I can I look at creativity like as being like
56:10
a tree and you know there's many different branches and you are
56:15
able to use all of them. You know, you're not restricted
56:19
to one and I hate the idea of being worshipped the white.
56:22
And yeah, I see so many people that have been successful doing
56:27
many different things. I know, generally speaking, they
56:30
have built themselves up in one particular field, but, you know,
56:33
again, look at what I'm doing. Like I've told everyone here,
56:38
time time again, that I am pursuing acting in voice acting
56:41
as my main priority and I will prioritize that and sometimes do
56:45
over other things, you know. Come don't make any active
56:49
strides for example, towards getting my music recorded
56:53
because in regards to priorities acting as more of a priority
56:57
than music, that's not to say that I will never do if I get an
57:00
opportunity to record my music. I won't do it or if I get the
57:02
opportunity to tour I won't do it because of course I will.
57:05
But I'm going to go with my levels of priorities and I'm
57:11
going to do what I want to do regardless and I just I hate
57:16
when people try and tell me like that.
57:18
It's one thing. Thing.
57:18
Okay, when people give you advice and they say, you should
57:21
stick to a niche because it will be easier to be successful
57:25
there, right? It will be it.
57:27
Most likely will be but I don't want to do that because then
57:30
I'll just be sad that I'm not going to do those other things.
57:34
And, you know, my happiness. I feel was like the most
57:37
important thing with all of this like I want to be happy, I don't
57:40
want to be miserable and yeah, I guess that's the best answer I
57:45
could give to that question. Was there a day that you woke up
57:50
and thought I do not feel like creating anything today or is
57:54
content creation, your souls fuel.
57:56
I love that expression. This is kind of a two-part
58:00
question. I feel was there ever a day that
58:02
I felt like that? Of course you get those days.
58:07
It's not often to be honest but we all have shit days.
58:13
Joey, we all have days where we're not happy things are not
58:15
going right? You feel worthless, whatever.
58:17
It's just Life isn't it? But generally speaking.
58:22
I always as I said before, I get ideas for things, I get in the
58:25
mood for things like content creation for me is like a fun
58:30
Endeavor. It's like a process and you see,
58:34
sometimes it's short. Sometimes it's long.
58:36
But it's always a process and it's exciting like seeing where
58:40
it could go, what it could lead to excetera Etc.
58:43
Like, there's always something you get from it or you learn
58:47
from it. Sometimes it goes bad and you
58:48
learn something from it. But I find that the idea is all
58:52
Always flowing and it's not let sometimes.
58:53
I don't have any ideas and I just muck around like, on
58:56
Tick-Tock like I said, were fucking camera go.
59:00
Sometimes I don't have any ideas to post, but I'll just put
59:04
something silly there or maybe I won't post that day and it's
59:07
okay, it's not a problem. It used to be, I used to think
59:09
like, oh no, I don't have anything to offer, but now I'm
59:12
like more relaxed. I might, you know what?
59:14
If I don't have anything today, maybe something will come
59:17
tomorrow. And normally that's true.
59:20
So I don't generally, I think that I love to create fun and
59:29
it's also because it's a feeling that comes from within.
59:31
If I haven't said that already and I need And a drive to sort
59:37
of move forward on a sequential basis.
59:40
So it's it's within me, it's like a Content creation is a
59:45
driving force within me and it extends to Everything I Do.
59:48
You know, with acting voice acting music, podcasting
59:51
content, creation live stream and there's always ideas popping
59:54
up. And I get excited by that and I
59:58
want to share that with people and see where it could go, see
1:00:00
what it could lead to. You know, I'm always willing to
1:00:03
collaborate and try different things and see what new things.
1:00:06
I could be exposed to hello, you never know, like you could
1:00:08
stumble across something you've never done before and be like,
1:00:11
hmm, let's try this, let's give this a go see what happens.
1:00:16
But yeah, that's that kind of brings us to the end.
1:00:20
I hope you've enjoyed this show. I think it went well, I hope it
1:00:25
went well it's weird. Doing a show where I'm almost
1:00:29
entirely talking about myself. I mean we have kind of covered
1:00:33
the concept of Life as a content creator as a concept and I've
1:00:37
tried to expand upon that as much as I can without just only
1:00:41
talking about myself. But a lot of this has come back
1:00:44
to like how I feel about certain things and it's always kind of
1:00:47
weird for me to talk about those things but I don't know.
1:00:51
I mean hopefully, We maybe you got a better insight into how my
1:00:55
mind works with regards to this stuff and most importantly, I
1:00:59
hope that you got something out of this.
1:01:01
I hope that my answers to your questions were sufficient
1:01:05
enough. Feel free to ask me, any
1:01:06
follow-up questions? If you have any, if there's
1:01:09
anything that you want to know? Let me know.
1:01:10
Let me know. Let me know.
1:01:12
But yeah. Most importantly like, I hope
1:01:14
that you guys enjoyed this show and you got something from it.
1:01:19
I know that I did, I think it's made me kind of Appreciate this
1:01:23
more again and every once in a while, I always have to pinch
1:01:26
myself and remind myself of how grateful I am to get to do this.
1:01:31
So thank you so much. Be safe, be well, and I will see
1:01:37
you all in the next one.