On Tuesday this week I started back to work with my writing. Over Christmas I had a proper break (although I did record and upload a few videos) and was looking forward to getting back to it.
Christmas, for me, after the big day itself and a family day on Boxing Day, was pretty much me sitting on the settee watching The Crown. So I always find the first day back hard. I miss my children as they’re back at school, the rhythm and routine of the house has altered slightly and this takes some getting used to and on Monday my two dogs had had an operation so they were at the top of my mind.
In the end I wrote during the morning along with some planning for the month ahead and in the afternoon started editing this video.
Not a bad start to January!
So I hope you like this video. It’s basically a more extended version of what I share on Instagram Stories. I start the day with a thirty minute writing session, then I record my progress in my writing tracker & log bullet journal, I plan out what I’d like to achieve in January and work on my non-fiction project.
Over the weekend I sent out a newsletter which opened with a short anecdote about my YouTube channel. The subject of the newsletter wasn’t actually about YouTube at all but I received an email back from one of my lovely subscribers asking what had happened with my YouTube journey. She said: It feels almost like we followed you on your journey then when you arrived at the Emerald City, you left us outside the gates.
I completely agreed. I’d stopped talking about YouTube once I reached monetisation. I’d shared a lot of what I was going through including my analytics and how close I was getting on my Instagram Stories - but then just didn’t carry that narrative on.
My YouTube journey has dominated my life for a year. I was thinking about it a lot; anxious that I would not reach the relevant requirements and then, when I did, I was worried about being rejected and monetisation would not be allowed for my channel.
So I thought I’d explore why I stopped talking about my YouTube channel in this blog post, as well as looking at my YouTube journey so far.