there is one component to living a healthy life that we collectively are
not good at managing hey guys welcome back to my channel if you're new here my
name is Kait I'm health coach and I post videos on a high fat nutrient-dense way
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start this video off by saying that this is not to throw shade at anyone in
particular I think that this is a widespread issue in the health and
fitness space especially on YouTube I myself I'm guilty of this and it's
something that I've been recently trying to find a solution to and struggling
because there isn't a simple answer so what exactly am I talking about it's
this paradox that a lot of health influencers are not practicing what they
preach now I'm not saying this is an issue of anyone not being truthful of
what they're eating or anything like that
I have watched my fair share of health and fitness youtubers over the years and
there is one reoccurring thing that I've seen happen to pretty much everyone I've
watched and currently watch and now to myself being a youtuber there is one
component to living a healthy life that we collectively are not good at managing
and that is stress how many times have you heard a youtuber say that they are
burnt out this happens across the board it's not just a health influencer thing
but I think it is ironic when people who are promoting health are not
prioritizing their own health there are a couple of reasons why I think this is
common on YouTube and I'm gonna get to that in a second
but before I do I just wanted to say that I think diet is the biggest factor
that determines our health but even though it makes up 80% if not more of
the equation there are a few other key pieces to the puzzle as well
movement sunlight environment community and also stress and sleep and it's going
to be those last two that we are focusing on today not being able to
manage your stress levels can result in several negative health outcomes fatigue
weakened immune system depression anxiety and even diseases as serious as
heart disease stress is our body's natural response to immediate threats
when you feel threatened a chemical reaction occurs in your body that allows
you to act in a way to prevent injury of course this is a good thing if there is
an immediate threat but the problem is that a lot of us are becoming
chronically stressed we are living in the state 24/7 and that is when problems
start to arise and isn't that what we do as youtubers I know for myself it seems
like I am always trying to get videos done planned videos edit videos it's
just go go go I've watched a few other youtubers gets stuck in this state and
experienced things such as lost periods gaining weight breakouts
and rashes and for what just so you can upload a video every other day or every
day even in the end you are not going to get a prize for having the most uploads
yeah you might make more money because you're uploading significantly more but
is that the goal or is the goal to live a healthy life and inspire others to do
the same for the last over a year I have been uploading two videos a week every
single week in that time I think I have only missed an upload once and it was
this last Saturday now I think that having an upload schedule is a good
thing both for the viewer and the youtuber but this expectation of
uploading to videos every week sometimes puts so much pressure on me and I can
feel it taking a toll on my health I end up watching the clock trying to figure
out how am I going to play edit film and upload a video in 12 hours
of course I'm doing it because it's what I promised to you when you subscribe to
my channel and I mean I love doing YouTube don't get me wrong I'm just
editing this video and I want to make a quick note to say that I do
absolutely absolutely love YouTube I love everything about posting on YouTube
and I think that's why I wrap myself up in it and spend so much time focusing on
it and I think that's the same for a lot of other youtubers as well but the catch
is and this is the point I'm trying to make in this video that when we are so
involved in it and so caught up in being consistent and I guess living up to
whatever expectation we've set for ourselves or our viewers have set for us
that there comes a point when we're putting in too much effort and not
prioritizing ourselves but when I step back and to think about it yes
I'm fulfilling that expectation but I'm causing myself a lot of stress all of my
YouTube work is done on my computer so I'm sitting for long periods of time and
not having a break I may end up staying up late scrambling to get everything
finished which means I'm either gonna wake up
late or I'm still gonna wake up early and not get enough sleep and after all
that the video is probably not gonna be one of my best because it was so rushed
to get done was it even worth it this is the balance that have been struggling to
find and I see a lot of other health influencers struggle with it as well now
sometimes I am so on top of things I have four videos edited uploaded ready
to go on their scheduled day but other times I fall behind and this is what
I've been going through for most of January for whatever reason I just
haven't been able to get ahead it has been the
mad dash to get each and every video finished and last week I was like you
know what I can miss one upload I have things to do in my personal life that
I've been putting off I can take a few days rest reset and it will all be okay
if not better and honestly just those three days when I didn't think about
YouTube didn't do anything YouTube related they made such a difference oh
hi it's me chiming in again I just want to add that it is honestly so hard for
me to switch off and stop working because I'm working for myself it's not
like I have a nine-to-five workday and then I go home and I don't have to think
about work honestly it is every waking hour I am thinking about YouTube or
Instagram or my coaching business and I feel like I should always be doing
something if I'm not working constantly then I'm not being productive and I know
that because I'm putting this pressure on myself that I need to be working all
the time then when I sit down to actually work I'm not being as
productive as I should be I don't know if this is actually clarifying anything
or adding anything or if this is just confusing but I think this ties in with
being self-employed obviously youtubers are self-employed they make their own
hours which ends up being a lot of hours and I know this might sound like first
world problems maybe you don't think you can relate because you're not a youtuber
but chronic stress is a huge issue for everyone nowadays so take from this
video what you will this is just something that I've seen a lot from
other youtubers over the years and I've experienced it myself so I wanted to
talk about it I want to know if you have experienced chronic stress and how you
dealt with it or how you're dealing with it on
going basis let me know in the comments down below thank you so much for
watching guys give this video a thumbs up if you
enjoyed it and I will see you next time bye guys
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