you're posting on YouTube spending hours on your content and barely getting any views or subscribers and you're probably wondering why the hell am I even bothering maybe you're looking at other creators and seeing them grow way faster and it's got you feeling discouraged if that sounds like you let's have a chat because that was literally Me 3 years ago in this video I'm going to break down three reasons why you should keep posting even when it feels like no one is watching I've been posting on YouTube since 2016 and this is actually my fifth Channel
people often say the only reason I grew on YouTube is because I'm a young attractive female well thank you but the reality is from 2016 to 2020 in 4 years of posting I couldn't even reach 2,000 subscribers you know pretty privileg just real but it wasn't enough me to get recognized maybe my videos were so bad that even pretty privilege couldn't save it who knows for the longest time nothing happened but then one video of mine hit and we went from 100 subscribers to 100K subscribers in just 3 months out of my 7even years on
YouTube I spent 4 years not seeing results but here's what I want to remind you you don't have to focus on numbers or virality to enjoy doing YouTube when it first started YouTube wasn't about algorithms numbers are going viral right like YouTube was literally created for us to Yap you didn't need to be a filmmaker or some storytelling expert you could just grab a camera start talking sharing your opinions your life or whatever you would fancy basically and honestly you still can if you want to use YouTube as a creative Outlet to express yourself and
have just fun then do that you might think like what if my friends think that what if this what if that happens you know just don't tell them if you don't tell them it's unlikely that they're going to figure out your YouTube channel I think like many of us fantasize the idea of posting one video and going viral and getting recognized of people but in reality no one is going to see maybe you're 50 maybe even first 100 videos because they're going to suck but here's the things can get tricky I've seen a lot of
people say they're just doing it for fun they say just a hobby but that's also a way of hiding the fear of failure because the second you admit you do want to grow every video that doesn't get views can feel like a failure maybe someone ones look at your channel and said like oh you don't have that many subscribers so you're small and maybe you use the excuse well it's just a hobby I'm not interest in growth but be honest with me is it really a hobby or is it an excuse there is nothing wrong
with wanting to grow right but if you do you do need to be honest with yourself do you really want to do YouTube as a hobby or do you want to actually grow if it's just a hobby that's completely cool don't stress just about the numbers and just enjoy the process but if you want real growth you can't treat it like a hobby anymore if you're serious about growing your channel I created a completely free guide to help you get started figure out your Niche discover your unique strengths and also how to approach YouTube in
my Niche Navigator guide slw worksheet if that sounds helpful the link in description below is completely free don't worry about it the second reason which is the most powerful one in my opinion it gives you the power to not give a what do I mean by this I think the power of not giving a consists of three elements Financial Freedom location freedom and time Freedom if you can work from wherever you want whenever you want and money is not a deciding factor in your life it gives you the power to say you to things you
don't want to be a part of and YouTube gives you this opportunity when you become a Creator the amount of flexibility and freedom you can have is absolutely crazy I travel to whenever I want with whoever I want and honestly I can't think of any other job that allows you this much of flexibility and freedom but to get to that point you obviously need to do a lot of sacrifices right because every good thing takes time and only those who can endure the pain of hard work without immediate results truly deserve to enjoy the rewards
of happiness it sounds kind of cheesy but that's kind of like my life motto if you want to enjoy the fruit of having a successful YouTube channel having videos no one watching is a non-negotiable part of the journey unless you're already famous so when you're just starting out on YouTube creating content already takes a lot of time right like you want to make your videos look interesting and professional but that can be tough when you're figuring everything out you'll need b-roll music sound effects and high quality footage to make your video stand out but finding
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I felt like I wasn't Turkish enough culturally and I just didn't fit in completely you know and when I was in Japan it was the same thing I didn't feel Japanese enough either it's not just about like how I look but also how I behave how I see the world it's kind of like I'm too much of both and not enough of either I couldn't find anyone who fully understand that feeling and made me feel like an outsider and it wasn't like I hated the attention growing up okay in fact I do really enjoyed it
but there was always this feeling of not having a place where I really belonged and it didn't hit me how much it affected me until high school when I was going through clinical major depression you know I was really struggling and I'm not going to dive deep into my depression right now I might talk about in another video but during that time one thing that brought me any kind of Joy was YouTube I would spend hours and hours watching videos escaping into this world where people were just like you know yapping and sharing their opinions
and one day I thought why not try making my own videos obviously at first like no one was watching okay it wasn't like suddenly my life changed or anything like that but then in my fifth year of trying to be a YouTuber I made this one video where it was about what it's like to be heal Japanese heal Turkish like how I never felt at fully home in either place what it's like to be a mixed kid growing up and to my surp surprised that video went viral people from all over the world like started
commenting saying they felt the exact same way growing up and people who were also third culture kids or had never quite fit in telling me that they understood me of like feeling of not belonging you know even though the video reached some wrong audiences there was like literally a meme about me saying how I'm the best at denying war crimes which I find really hilarious but there are so many people who got how I felt like for the first time I felt like I wasn't alone and I think that's what YouTube gave me it's basically
a space where I could feel seen and safe you know just not about the country that I'm in but just about the people who understand me and to do so you don't need like hundreds of thousands of subscribers to build that kind of a community even with a much smaller audience you can build your tribe and you can connect with people you would never have met otherwise for example I recently opened a second Channel where I talk about basically whatever I want and we're currently only like 7,000 subscribers but the community there is much stronger
than here where we have 1.4 million in my opinion like I'm not going to lie this past year I got so focused on numbers and growth that I forgot to make building a community on this channel a priority in my life you know my uncle scammed my dad and we ended up in huge Dept and to get out get us out of that de I had to make making money a priority and I'm super close to paying it off right now and once I get this out of this like hell Loop I'm definitely going to
shift my focus back to building Community instead of just chasing numbers because that what gives me freedom and what's gives me like joy and happiness but yeah back to the topic I always think about this way if I had given up back when no one is watching I wouldn't be here talking to you right now and that's really what I want for you too whether you're just starting out or you've been added for years with no results you just got to keep going don't stop because no one is watching right now your journey might just
be starting it's okay to take it slow but don't give up build your skills find your voice and create a space that feels like home to you whether you are here to grow or for just fun remember that you're building something actually even when it feels like no one's watching someone will eventually so keep creating keep sharing and don't stop because you might just be one video away
