Hi Everybody!

This week's video is really special to me! I have wanted to share my YouTube journey and how it's influenced my life, even though I'm not yet monetized nor do I have a huge following. Starting a youtube channel has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. I was concerned I was too old, or not interesting enough or not good enough at art. At first I thought I needed to figure it all before I started but I’m proud to say I didn’t wait for perfection to start. I found that like most things in life….. it often works best to not overthink it, jump in and just go for it. I’ve learned so much over these last 3 years about myself and it would have been such a waste to wait until I thought I knew everything to start and not get to learn so much about myself. I have also learned in this time what it takes to create a channel and build a community. The only way I could have learned all that is by doing….so I’m glad I decided to just “do.”

0:00 Hello! How YouTube has changed my life (with less than 500 subscribers.)
0:21 When Did I Make My First Video?
0:41 Beginnings
1:27 Some Background
3:10 Why You Should Start a YouTube Channel
4:40 Things I’ve Learned that Might Help You
8:39 Thoughts That Were Holding Me Back
12:51 Pros To Starting a Channel
15:05 Some of My Struggles
16:18 You Can Always Privatize

Find Me On:
Instagram
@heather.inde.art
@heather.inde.photography

Mentioned:
Frannerd   / frannerd  
Minnie Small    / @minniesmall  

Music:
From Epidemic Sound