I’ve been feeling this way for a few days. And I don’t want to do anything other than stare into space and nothing else.
I do write, but it is never long enough to matter. The writing isn’t boring, I just don’t feel like doing it. When I do, I get tired and want to do nothing else. Meaning I just want to stare into space.
Maybe I am burnt out from whatever is causing it.
I don’t like feeling this way.
I am getting tired from dealing with YouTube in terms of making videos and keep having to make said videos. Maybe I should quit because I don’t like this feeling of pushing to make content that is going nowhere.
If I do quit, the world won’t end and I can just focus on watching YouTube every now and then.
I’m tired and stressed a bit.
Thoughts and feelings?
The problem with YouTube is that it takes YEARS to become a success. You can’t expect to go viral. All the people I watch have said it took them years and years to build up a following.
The thing is to make it sustainable. Don’t do so much that it’s burning you out!
I’m having the same issue with Substack. I haven’t created an account there yet, but a lot of writers are having success there so I’m seriously considering it. But I want to build up a buffer of posts first to see if it’s something I could keep up with. I plan to write a whole bunch of them first, and then post them one by one on a weekly schedule or something. Maybe monthly.
Wasting time? How is it wasting time? Let’s say it’ll take five years to build up a significant audience. Well, it’ll be at least five years before you’re ready to publish anyhow, but when you finally do you’ll have an audience waiting, already interested in your work. You have to look at the big picture. ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
I notice that you keep changing. You should be careful with changing. People who have subbed for what they were interested in at first might end up going away because it looks like you have no clear direction. You might end up confusing your audience.
I thought your initial idea for the channel was great because it gave you leeway to not just talk about writing. You can talk about any other hobby you’re doing. You can do whatever you want. Why not lean into that? Why not be the Desktop Hobbyist and just talk about whatever hobbies you have? Not just writing. Whatever. Maybe that includes taking walks? Reading manga or watching anime. Just because your name is Desktop Hobbyist doesn’t mean you have to be at the desk.
You’re the one defining what “desktop hobbyist” does, just like I define through my channel what Fox In Thoughts does. Does she just think? No, she writes books, and reads books, and does research. Just like Smosh defines what Smosh does. Pewdiepie defines what Pewdiepie does.
No one is expecting you to only talk about one thing. You tell them what you are all about.
And think about why you want to do YouTube. What is it for? To share your experiences? To get people interested in your story?
In Which I Talk About My Channel
For me, I just really, really, REALLY want to read awful writing advice and vent about it XD Or just react to writing-related stuff. I don’t get to tell people about this writing stuff irl, and sometimes it’s just good to talk. To me, it’s a plus if people join me on the ride. I also enjoy doing research on things and telling people about it.
In extension of that, I made it so that I could talk about anything writing or book-related meaning that if I wanted to do a Deep Dive of Penguin Random House, I could. I also made a more personal segment on my channel where I give a bunch of random thoughts about my author journey, thoughts on Disney, or whatever other thing is on my mind. In that series, if I want to talk about gaming or figuring out how to draw a furry, I could. But outside of that series, I only talk about writing-related things.
maybe if ur aim is to go viral then youtube as a career isn’t for you? like u have to love just doing it to do it. not for the result of getting views. very few people can sustain doing youtube at start only for hope of going viral/ getting lots of subs and nothing much else.
bored means like u r disengagd/ something isn’t engaging you
burnout the type i think u mean is like
diminishing returns for your efforts.
so basically someone does a task they get a cookie. the cookie feels super rewarding. next time same thing but this time it feels less rewarding. and so forth until cookie isn’t rewarding at all.
so like with youtube first just simply completiing a video may have been rewarding
but now not
thats why ppl recommend breaks. cuz with breaks spacing things out u keep things at top of cycle.
though this type of cycle only applies to extrinsic motivation
I’m not expecting a million subscribers, but the fact it takes time is just a lot to accept.
I’ll still do YouTube vlogs and shorts, I’m just trying to accept how long it takes.
