How do you keep going?

GrgakGames said:
Thanks for not coming off like "JUST BE YOURSELF LOVE YOURSELF LOVE YOUTUBE" and giving me some sound advice
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Those kind of answers drive me up the wall as well. Also because they don't give any form of help on a practical side.
 
I think everyone will get uninspired from now and then.
A small or a longer break might help you get your thoughts on something else. And suddenly you will get an idea in your head that you want to make into a video.
That's how it is for me usually at least.
 
like you said, there is a lot of garbage uploaded.... even a lot of bigger youtubers upload garbage and it can be really frustrating when you know that you yourself have better, funnier, or more interesting content than these other youtubers, big and small.... but it can also be motivating, that's how I see it..
 
For me personally I am still a relatively small channel and it's kinda hard to do many videos without a community cause in a community you get to gauge who likes what you are doing and who doesn't but right now since I don't have a real community I just have to continue to do self improvement.

There are times that I just want to stop but it goes back to not having a community I enjoy playing games and now I start to commentate despite I don't like talking that much but now I am starting to like it!

I think everyone needs a break from youtube just like a job in real life!
 
GrgakGames said:
1. My laptop is old and can barely run my editing software (more my fault as I hate upgrading. Had this laptop now for about 9 years)
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I feel you on this one. I had a 5 year old laptop and editing was sad. It was always hanging while I edit. Now I have a habit of hitting the ctrl+S button every few minutes even while I'm not editing (e.g browsing, while typing this thing, etc).

It also doesn't help the laptop kept dying halfway through rendering. But once I got a new computer, it feels I could do so much more and I believe I improved so much in editing that its awesome and motivated me to do more.

You probably need to get a new computer. XP
 
GrgakGames said:
1. My laptop is old and can barely run my editing software (more my fault as I hate upgrading. Had this laptop now for about 9 years) Hmm.... worst comes to worst... you might have to upgrade. I've had to several times. My old desktop took almost half an hour to boot up....

2. A lot of content uploaded every day on YouTube is utter garbage. Either it's let's plays or compilation videos that don't source the original creators. Who cares about them, you do you.

3. YouTube creators are mostly scumbags who only talk to you so they can get their channels to grow
Who care about them, you do you.
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As for my motivation, I'm a reviewer, or at least I consider myself one. I've been doing Youtube for so long it's hard to do something without getting the urge to review it. For example, I wouldn't even think of watching the upcoming Suicide Squad movie or an upcoming WWE pay per view without already making plans on filming my review video afterwards. That's what keeps my channel going for me.
 
Yea.. YouTube is exhausting. I feel like all I do is reply to comments and make videos that get judged by a bunch of strangers. I am very fortunate that my posts have so far had a fairly positive response from viewers. If people weren't as nice and positive as they have been, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have posted as much as I have... Right now, I have a lot of non-YouTube responsibilities flying around, and mustering up enough energy to make and edit a video isn't as exciting as it was a year ago...

I've noticed that once I'm in the swing of making and editing a video, it's fun again...but getting enough motivation to start working on a video is hard. I definitely think a new computer might help you. I remember editing on a slow blue-screen-of-death-every-10-minutes computer, and it was the most frustrating thing. I'm surprised I didn't throw that darn computer out the window.

Sometimes I think that I should be enjoying my young life more, instead of making silly videos. If I quit, I could go join the local hiking club, or volunteer somewhere, or go canoeing more. Canoeing in Summer is fun. But instead, I need to go work on a video, because that looming task never ends.

But besides all of that...While making videos for YouTube, I get to experiment with sample libraries and play around with simple melodies. I've visited a lot of really pretty places around the state just so I could make a video. It turns the weekend into a mini weekend adventure, which is nice. I feel like I'm kind of an online teacher for some viewers, so I can't just ditch them... My parents said they liked being able to see their daughter whenever they wanted. All of these things motivate me to keep posting. But yea...life is short. I'm still not sure what I should spend my time on... =/

A slight break might help, but a slight break can also easily turn into a long break... I took a slight break which was nice, but I ended up getting really lazy about posting. o.0
 
I told myself I would give myself a year to work on the animal shelter's channel so that's what keeps me going. After a year is up in July, I'm not sure how I will stay motivated because the channel is not even close to where I thought it would be (I was really naive.) and no one at the shelter really cares about it anyways. Since I know there is more I could be doing (better content, better promotion) I suspect I'll give myself more time.
 
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