Is it worth it

Hi!

It has been a really!! long time since I was here to chat away for a blog! So have I just been way too busy Netflixing away... Let's face it, I may have indeed also have been doing that 😁 But honestly, even Netflix was put way on the back end of the priority list many a times these past few months, dare I say, most of this year. I have been keeping myself unplanned busy. Keyword, unplanned. With what then was I keeping myself busy you may ask and what do you mean unplanned?

Okay, so here's how these past few months/ year kind of went for me.

Let's re start a YouTube channel

Wishing on a Star

According to YouTube, four years ago, one of my many "oh, let's do this!" ideas was to start my own YouTube channel. I remember how I presented it too. "Hey you guys, I started a YouTube channel, mostly for me to kind of journal my own videos, but if anyone is totally bored, there it is...." You know, secretly hoping people would come looking, but already building in that failsafe for if no one ends up caring about this silly idea of mine at all. I cared though, and I did work really hard on those first videos because they meant a lot to me. They still do! I love watching those old videos, warts and all, because it reminds me of a special time for me. During that time the world had shut down and none of us knew where any of this was going, but my nanny kids and I got to watch multiple Muscovy duck families grow up and my trying to document all that as best as I then knew how with my non Steven Spielberg skills. Then the world opened up again and we all went on with our lives and I picked up my next "oh, I should totally try this!" project, but those videos with all the memories remain.

So why come back to YouTube now. It's not like I suddenly started making videos again. If anything, watching all the clearly made my people who know what they are doing videos I was watching was enough reason for me to not get any silly ideas of thinking I could possibly do anything like that myself. And I was more than happy enjoying other people's videos. Until one of those videos "happened"?... to be a "Why I started a YouTube channel at age 50 and why you should too". And I paid attention.

Be your own Star

Be your own star

The video I watched mentioned how many people were starting to watch more videos of people just being themselves, sharing their thoughts and ideas without any real big extra frill or fancy stuff. And I figured that had to be true because those were the videos I myself had started to really enjoy watching. And I also figured I could do that too or at least give it a go. So now two months or so into it my YouTube channel has gone viral hasn't it! No, it has not 😁. I went from 21 subscribers to as of today 77 subscribers. Last night subscriber 77 joined actually and I had a mini party 😁. Much like just now logging onto this website I saw that 19 people have visited here which made me smile, even when I know that most of those are people who will shortly email me with tips on how to drive more traffic to my website. So, was and is all this worth it? It is to me, yes.

Leap like no one is watching

Leap like no one is watching

And why then do I think it was and is all worth it if so far at least I am mostly the one paying attention to what I am doing. Well, exactly for that reason, I am the one paying attention to what I am doing. I really celebrate every new subscriber and everyone kind enough to leave a comment on a video or a photo. It makes me smile when I read that someone enjoyed what I had fun creating. I have started using little tripods and mini cameras etc that I didn't even remember I still have to try and come up with new ideas for videos. All the while learning myself. Where once I would just grab my phone to take any and all videos, now I have started to actually use my Fujifilm camera. Where once I said the reason I am behind the camera is because there is no way anyone will drag me in front of the camera, I have now found myself a comfy place in front of the camera as well. Where once I thought any and all of this was way beyond what I could possibly learn to do myself, I have now started to not only do myself but also enjoy learning to do by myself. Was it all easy? No, it still gets to me when a video or photo I really put a lot of love into maybe only a few people got to see. I guess a lot like this year seems to have been for many of us. It wasn't the easiest one. And from what I gather, I am by far not the only one going for a more stealthy, let's see how this all goes next mode going into this new year. But I also know that no matter what, there will always be new things for me to learn about me, and what I can in fact do that once I maybe didn't know I could. And of course, with always cute little furry friends to show me the way 😊

Wishing us all a very happy leap into a new year filled with the most magical of adventures!