Don't I look like an actual real life teddy bear.
It's really cold tonight.
Hey guys it's Minnie here. Welcome back to my channel
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So let me guess. You clicked on this video either because
you want to start a youtube channel.
You have a youtube channel.
Or maybe you're just curious to hear my personal experience.
Today I will not be getting analytical about YouTube,
instead I will just simply be sharing why and how I started my youtube channel.
So basically I guess you could call it behind the scenes BEFORE my youtube channel.
What did I have to do to actually get started.
So how and why did I start my youtube channel?
Let me start off firstly by saying,
every reason for starting a youtube channel and having the discipline to complete it is valuable.
Lemme repeat that. Every reason for starting a youtube channel and having the discipline to complete it is valuable.
So if you do have a YouTube channel and you're watching this and you're disciplined and you're continually uploading.
Just know that there is so much value in that.
Your reason is valuable.
You are valuable.
Do not stop and do not give up.
However if you don't just follow your dreams but you actually follow your purpose as well,
the value increases drastically!
Why do I say this?
I say this because well...
a dream that we have comes from a thought, a desire and idea.
A passion inside of us. That is a dream.
Something that we think about continually that we want to accomplish.
But on the other hand. Purpose is what you are called to do.
So for me personally as a Christian female.
I wanted to make sure that my thoughts and ideas are actually lining up with God's will and plan for my life.
This is the most important reason behind why I started my Youtube channel.
Which is why I just wanted to get it out there at the beginning of the video before i get into the rest of the detail.
I prayed a lot!!!
As many of you might know because of this video right here, if you haven't seen it by the way please make sure to go check it out.
Basically just going into more detail about a breakthrough.
But for this video I will be going into detail of course about what happened BEFORE that.
Many of you have no idea what I did BEFORE my channel blew up.
Before I started gaining subscribers.
Before I met with another youtuber and my channel got lots of exposure.
You guys don't know the detail between the beginning up until that time.
So I'm really really excited to share with you guys my reasons behind and just how it all started.
So to go over onto point 2.
I simply wanted to influence with my calling.
So basically Before I started out I had to make a list of 3 questions
just to narrow it down for myself.
I believe that this would be really helpful for any youtuber out there to start off with.
The HOW, WHY and WHAT questions.
WHAT is it that you want to put out (create)?
WHY do you want to put that out?
And how will you be putting that kind of content out?
That is not really something that anybody else can answer for you.
Only you will know what kind of influence you truly want to have.
The nice thing about those 3 questions is you can literally implement it into every single channel.
It doesn't matter what kind of content you make.
Whether you have a cooking channel. Whether you are a vlogger
or just do sit down chat videos.
Whether you're a gamer or streamer and you make videos about that
or FITNESS. Whatever you are,
you always have to start off your channel with those 3 questions.
Those 3 things just really give you guidance so of you still want to start out your Youtube channel I would highly
recommend the why ,how and what
At the beginning, I'm talking about like years before I even stared my Youtube channel,
my reasons were a little bit flawed to be completely honest with you.
So thank you God I did not start my Youtube channel during my confused season
or phase whatever you even want to call it
because there was a huge phase in my life
as an older teenager when I was 17, 18, 19. 2019 around there. I was just stuck in this insecure space. I
I always compared myself
and back then I still wanted to influence for the wrong reasons.
But I didn't fully know it, I wasn't fully aware because I was still growing up.
So I'm really, really glad that I never proceeded to put videos out as such an early age.
Because honestly, I was not ready and if you are a teenager and you're starting out and you're ready then,
I'm so proud of you
because when I was younger, I just knew that I wasn't ready yet but I really wanted to start growing an practicing on the side.
I knew I was ready the day I didn't care about numbers.
You guys this is do important. If you're just in this for the fame then
what are you even doing. If you're just in this to receive attention, sadly I just don't think that, that is going to be wise.
I don't think it's going to he healthy.
Not for you or the viewers.
Maybe you, I don't know... maybe you somehow do accomplish something through that.
I'm not saying that, that's impossible. But I do believe that we should all find an actual reason behind wanting to influence
and not just take take take from the experience
but also give, give, give.
I'm not saying that the numbers don't matter.
The numbers are all people and people matter.
Because this is (as a youtuber) this is your income
so every person matters, ever number does matter
because you are working on building your business(career)
of course so the higher the number the more successful you will be
but it's so important not to stay in that mindset
and just stay stuck there. If you are currently stuck there I would just advise you to
maybe go back and think about the reason why you started in the first place.
Whatever you do, do not ever get stuck
on wanting more and more and more for yourself.
I believe that having a youtube channel is all about giving giving giving
to others because you are putting yourself out there for others.
It's not about you talking to yourself. It's about you giving somebody else something that they haven't heard before.
Something that they haven't seen before.
And I think that is a beautiful thing.
You have the ability to create content that can impact in a way that nobody else can.
Because you are uniquely you. Even if you talk about the same topics
or if u make similar kind of content.
Of course there will be similar youtubers but nobody is exactly you.
For myself I had to start believing that I can be confident in who I am putting myself
out here for the world to see because I know
that me being me can influence in a different way than another person.
And of course this comes completely without comparison.
I will only compare myself to the me that I was yesterday in order to get better tomorrow.
Number 3. The information as to How I started my youtube channel.
Firstly I started off on my phone,
here's the video.
And secondly that was not the first video that I filmed.
So before u posted that video....
wow I think I need water my voice is disappearing completely.
So before I posted this video in 2019, when I was 19 years old
I started practicing on my phone. I started making videos.
I remember telling my dad this one day,
don't come into my room I'm going to film a Youtube video but it's just for practice.
I just wanted to practice to see if it is something that I will so for a lifetime
and then when I was 19 I just started practicing every now and then.
That first video that I tried, I remember I was so just insecure.
I looked at myself and I kept judging myself
I was like, why do I look like that, why so I sound like that
but at the same time I also wasn't even being myself.
It was like I was trying to be somebody that I'm not.
Another video that I filmed but never ever posted
was when I was going through a really, really tough time. I lost my job and my accommodation, and I remember I also lost...
like I was in a relationship and I had just broken up then (he left me)
and everything happened in one week.
I lost my accommodation, my job and my boyfriend at the time
but I just decided to start filming because
it really helped me it just felt like an outlet.
It was like a comforting thing for me to do.
Because I believe that speaking in a time
that I didn't necessarily have anybody else to talk to besides from my camera.
Somehow it would still help me and it really really did.
It felt like somebody was listening just because I could talk out loud.
So the more natural I became speaking into the camera, the more comfortable it just felt.
I was really excited to start it out. Let me tell you, I was so excited I couldn't even wait to film.
I couldn't wait to get a camera. I just knew that I was ready.
So just to break it down in those 3 points again.
1) following my purpose
2) what type of content and influence do u want to have?
Which was followed by those 3 points if you fan remember HOW, WHAY and WHY
3) practice, practice PRACTICE
I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
Today I just felt like sitting odown chatting with you guys.
Sharing some information.
Thank u guys so much for watching
I will see you in my next video.
All the best God bless