I wanted to make a dedicated video to answer this comment from @userblimblampow. I get variations of this question a lot, and it’s a really good one.
The comment is asking, “How did you get started with all of this?” or “What made you decide to do this?”
It’s funny, because looking back, there was no grand plan. There was no business meeting or five-year projection. If you’d told me five years ago that I’d be doing this—whatever this is—I would have thought you were insane.
Five years ago, I was stuck in a job that I didn’t hate, but that I certainly didn’t love. It was a “good, stable job” that paid the bills and made my parents proud, but it was slowly and quietly draining the life out of me. I was living for the weekends. I was sitting in meetings, staring at spreadsheets, and just feeling this intense, nagging feeling that I was on the wrong path. I wasn’t creating anything. I wasn’t building anything. I was just… existing.
I had this creative itch, this passion on the side that I always said I’d “get to eventually.” It was the thing I’d do when I had more time, or more money, or more courage. But “eventually” never comes.
The real start wasn’t a moment of bravery. It was a moment of desperation. I was just so bored and uninspired. One night, I picked up my phone, opened this app, and decided to post one single video about the thing I loved. I had no idea what I was doing. The lighting was terrible, the sound was awful, and I was so nervous I almost deleted it a dozen times.
I was convinced that people I knew in real life would find it and make fun of me. And you know what? Some of them probably did.
My first video got maybe 100 views, and 10 of those were just me checking it. But one person, a total stranger, left a nice comment. And that one comment was like a tiny spark. So I made another video. And another.
I didn’t start this to get followers or to make it a job. I started this to have one small corner of the world where I could be 100% myself and talk about the things I genuinely cared about. I started it as an antidote to the beige-colored-cubicle part of my life.
And slowly, miraculously, other people started to find it and connect with it. A community started to form. And that community—all of you—is what turned it from a hobby into this.
So, to answer your question, @userblimblampow, I got started by being bored, scared, and a little bit desperate. And I just… posted. If you’re feeling that way, I can’t recommend it enough.
