It’s that time of the year. That slow time between Christmas and New Year when I like to look to the year ahead in terms of my writing and creative goals, projects and tasks.
This is probably the main time of the year when I properly allow myself to slow down but also allow my mind to dream about what could happen and what I’d dearly love to happen with my writing and online presence.
I’ve had a lovely Christmas. I’ve been knee deep in wrapping, baking and cooking with lots of family present. But now my fingers are starting to itch. I’ve brought my notebooks down from my office. I’m scouring YouTube for inspiration. And I’m dreaming. 2020 is going to be amazing. I know it. And this is how I’m going to achieve it:
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.