Should I be ashamed?

I haven't my family yet about my youtube channel. only a few friends know about it. I feel that as long as it's not something significant, I won't mention it. They'll know about it if it's something serieus
 
I agree with everyone else. Don't pay any attention to negative people and naysayers - life is too short. :)
 
A lot of people only know the bad things about YouTube that gets pushed by the media, so they're completely ignorant to how much it can allow you to grow as a person. You learn about editing, public relations, promotion, presentation and how to carry yourself on an enormous public platform.
YouTube offers a wide variety of skills, you shouldn't feel ashamed if it makes you happy.
 
I dont know why it bothers you. I mean I do know, but I dont know why you think it should bother you. Do your stuff, live your life, have fun with your hobby and your youtube channel. I bet someone out there thought Bill Gates was wasting his time in the garage tying to create windows, and there was certainly someone who thought Mark Zuckerberg was wasting his time crying to create facebook. Whoops, there are some of the most successful people now. Do stuff that makes you happy, stop caring about other people's opinions :)
 
PewDiePie's family didn't support him at first, now he's making, what, 12 million a year or more from youtube? It's not a waste~
 
You shouldnt be ashamed at all, is just a hobby, is like saying you are ashamed for playing video games because thats a waste of time, you could learn or work in that time, the same is with making youtube videos, you are killin` your time by doing something YOU enjoy. Let them know, in time they`ll agree with you.
 
I was just like you until this year, i literally told a few close friends about my channel and that was it, i hid any trace of having a channel from my family, only film when home alone etc. However this year as in a couple of weeks ago tbh that all changed, a famous youtuber comes into my mums work, and she asked him if he could give me any tips on getting started as she thought it was something i might be interested in giving a go, she asked me if i would like to give it a go, and i should try it and i told her that i already had been doing it for 2 years, it was like a massive weight of my mind, as when i buy or receive things for my channel i can now be completely honest with her, and she is actually really supportive of me doing it as a career one day. One of my resolutions is to improve my channel and be more honest and tell more people i do it, and more then anything people are amazed and think it's really cool especially when they hear about my sub count, (it's not great but it is in their eyes)

It makes me really sad that all your family and friends make you feel ashamed to do it, i am honestly rooting for you now to become successful then you can proper rub it in their face, i can guarantee then that the comments will stop, it's a hobby that can potentially earn you thousands if done right i don't see what is so bad about it, if my kid did it i would love it (obviously i would monitor their channel to make sure they don't upload anything innappropiate or get complete weirdos) but i would love to make it a family thing if i meet the right person, i would love to be one of those weekly or daily vlogging channels.

I really hope that one day they will change their minds as this has made me feel really sad
 
I can relate to your story somehow. I'm still a small small youtuber so no one really knows about me haha. I'm kinda lucky with my mom because she supports every decision I make and that helps me a lot. At the moment no one beside me and her know about my channel. I started to think how I'll react when someone will come and tell me they saw me on youtube. I guess I'll be okay with it and if they mock me well there is nothing I can do about it. I will be proud that I'm doing something that they don't.

In your case I think you should tell your family not to panic. You can say that this is a potential job and it's not the only option you have, or that is just a hobby of yours as for right now. You can also let them know that this kind of job is well paid if you put effort into it.

Good luck with everything!
 
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