Does Vlogging Make you Sad...?

Balthazar1603

Balthazar1603

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As I was thinking about my channel yesterday I felt a strange sadness. As if there was no meaning doing what I was doing, and that vlogging didn't give me the pleasure it offered me at the beginning.

Maybe it had to do with a chat I had at a music event where people there, that I met, were holding their precious Cannon camera's all excited about the event and when I told them after taking a look at the camera's and holding them (drooling over them) that I was a Vlogger I got a cold smile from them. Maybe they didn't even know what the hell vlogging was in the first place.

It is not that I don't have any inspiration I have tons of ideas. But maybe I reached this point where I am wondering where do I go from here.

Anyway just needed to put it out of my chest...:)
 
You could go to different events, or free events, maybe try pranking people? Or social experiments, or talking to the public in different views etc. It could be really fun and you could enjoy that, getting the publics view on different things.
 
Maybe you just feel you need a new direction. lots of the top vloggers have other channels where they do stuff like gaming, maybe you just need to do something like that.
 
Balthazar1603 said:
As I was thinking about my channel yesterday I felt a strange sadness. As if there was no meaning doing what I was doing, and that vlogging didn't give me the pleasure it offered me at the beginning.

Maybe it had to do with a chat I had at a music event where people there, that I met, were holding their precious Cannon camera's all excited about the event and when I told them after taking a look at the camera's and holding them (drooling over them) that I was a Vlogger I got a cold smile from them. Maybe they didn't even know what the hell vlogging was in the first place.

It is not that I don't have any inspiration I have tons of ideas. But maybe I reached this point where I am wondering where do I go from here.

Anyway just needed to put it out of my chest...:)
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I just took a quick look at your channel. Your content is interesting but a lot of people watching vlogs these days are watching people go on about their life and see what its like and events they attend etc. I would probably do your one on one camera talk maybe once and then another video of you just going out and about. People in general r nosy lol We like to have a glimpse into people's life.
 
Maybe vlogging isn't fulfilling you creatively anymore, and that's totally okay :D Just find a different medium! Maybe try short films or something like that. :D
 
You need to have fun first and foremost, it seems you have come to a point that you need to step back for a bit and reflect. Then either decide to continue, or do something different.
 
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and your replies so far. I will just continue doing what I have been doing and go about my life. Maybe it is just a pit stop that I need to go through and then continue refreshed and new or... drop it all together. And I would like to also thank all of you that watched my videos. I know my niche is a little narrow but who knows maybe in the future it will get better. But I definitely need to take my work out of my house, but the problem at the moment is time...:)
 
If you're no longer having fun doing it, I would suggest taking a step back and doing what actually does make you happy! You definitely shouldn't do anything that puts you down or makes you sad. But if you're continuing, then just do so in a carefree manner and not worry about what others think!
 
Feeling better today. I just needed to find a new goal for my Vlog and stick with it... Because I am going through a general transition period in my life, the wave of change swept over Vlogging too. Now that the waters have settled I feel much better and ready to continue with my art...:P
 
Oh yea, I only made one vlog for my channel, and it just felt so... low effort, compared to my other videos. Idk. It definitely made me a bit sad, though. I'm actually planning on vlogging more (there's some meta stuff about my channel I need to say) but I've been putting it off for a while. I actually have a cool concept to sort of break up the "just talking at a camera" thing, but it's going to start getting away from strictly a vlog at that point. We'll see how it pans out, but typical sitting in front of a camera yapping is NOT the content I like to make.

Shoutout to people that can do it, though. Some people are excellent at it. It just doesn't fit my talents whatsoever...
 
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