The first day commuting in a long time back in the city, here we go.
So going back into the city today. I'm doing some commuting again at the moment only going
into the city maybe once every couple of weeks it might end up being once a week back to commuting
get back it's like putting on an old glove a stinky dirty
filthy glove that you don't want to put on but when you put her on actually feels pretty good
type of glove that does slap you in the face now and then doesn't treat you particularly well
but you keep coming back for more for some reason.
Yeah, the post-filtering tailgater is back excellent things are back to normal by looks
I just find that quite funny you know you indicate you merge in do the right thing
give a little wave to say thanks and that's when they tailgate you
because like because they're so dumb it takes a little time for them to process what's happened
anyway it had me thinking about my channel and how it used to be this like it used to all be about
my commute to and from work and I'd usually be ranting about something
and then, of course, more recently it's become about adventures and going places and doing
interesting things and of course a lot about adventure riding as well although we still do
road rides and of course, I still have the mt-09.
But it's changed from what it was I have also noticed that there have been some people
unsubscribing from the channel which is fine now it may seem weird to say that that's fine
but it is and the reason it's fine is that that's subscribers is what we kind of call an uh a vanity
metrics it's a number that you everyone can see and it's a number that we generally chase but
is it a measurement of success for a youtube channel.
I would argue it is not it's not a measurement of success for a youtube channel it's a visible
way to see whether something is popular or not but you can have lots of subscribers
and have a very unsuccessful channel with the same respect you can also have
little subscribers and just as an equally successful channel.
back in the city here we go far out.
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It's really what it comes down to is what is your definition of success
because if you're just wanting this to be a hobby then your definition of
success should be around having fun are you enjoying it and if getting more subscribers
takes the enjoyment away from it then it's not successful in what it's intended to do for you
if you intend to make money out of the channel and for it to be a business and turn it into a
business then does the number of subscribers give you automatically give you money not most of the
high subscriber high volume youtube channels will all tell you that doesn't make that much money
off youtube itself you don't make unless you're in the top elite best of the best.
Will make you better.
then
You're not going to have a successful business by generating revenue from youtube advertising
so again is that a definition of success no I don't think so.
So for me, I do this as a hobby and also a little bit of turning it into a business at the same time
now by doing that by doing the latter by trying to turn it into a business
I have changed it I've changed it into a different channel
it's a different thing but also because I enjoy making content I enjoy I do it because I enjoy it.
No one's making me do it I'm doing it because I love it I love editing I love creating now because
of that and the reason I make that point is that the content that I'm now making is different
to the content that I used to make it because that's where I want to take it that's where I'm
enjoying it that's the writing I'm enjoying doing it's the content I'm enjoying making
and so if my reason for doing it and my definition of success of doing it
is to enjoy it then if I start chasing and trying to satisfy unsubscribers.
Because I've changed my content then I'm going to be making content that I don't enjoy if I wanted
to keep the people from unsubscribing then I would keep making the content that I was making before.
Now that's not to say that I won't have a rant now and then because I probably will.
I've got a couple in mind just quietly so a little bit of the old stuff might come back
but I'm certainly not going to get upset if anyone unsubscribes so if you want to unsubscribe I'm
not going to worry about it it's totally fine it's not an issue because I'm going to make the content
that I enjoy making so if you unsubscribe. After all, you don't like the content I'm making now
then so be it harm no foul and that's why I call it a vanity matrix because it's not
a definition of success it's not something that's telling me that this is working or not working.
Luckily subscriber numbers are still going up while they're asked several people unsubscribing
more people is subscribing so thank you very much for all those people who are
subscribing and I hope you're enjoying it but we do tend to get caught up in these numbers
in today's society of our virtual worlds our virtual selves this virtual version of ourselves
we get caught up on how successful it is and how many likes it gets and
all that sort of stuff but really what I like and what I know a number of the other moto vloggers
that we've been chatting with lately and meeting lately which is um really nice that you know it's
all about the conversation it's all about the connections you make with people.
moto vloggers that we've been chatting with lately it's so awesome to have this group of people that
we chat with and guys and I have to say I'm sorry that I don't get the chat as much
I would love to chat more but um.
I'm a bit time poor at the moment so
but I love chatting with these guys because that's what it's all about it's about the connections you
make with people it's about meeting new people it's about hearing new stories it's about making.
And it's about getting out there in the wild and seeing what's out there particularly now
so anyway that's uh it's Friday afternoon it's time to relax I'm gonna get home.
Subscribers from the early days I hope you still enjoy it I hope you still like you know where I'm
taking it now um thank you for you know being there right from the very beginning I know I've
met a couple I think chewie you're one of the muncher been there from the very start so thank
you um it's been awesome and uh any of the new subscribers I hope you're also liking new content
and uh we'll see where it takes us so next week this weekend I need to prep the tannery because
next weekend I'm doing the uh rescheduled ride at av intro ride I'm going to be filming all of that
to show you guys what happens on those on those ride adv rides and it should be a lot of fun so
looking forward to that the intro ride is specifically made for people who want to
do their other bigger rides but it's an introduction as the name implies.
Oh, another thing to a lot of people been suggesting going for organising a ride want
to do that I'll figure out a date I'll let you know we'll book something in and we'll go for a
ride somewhere we might even do two do one that's road and one that's dirt uh bill's keen to join
along so keep an eye out for that, uh I know a bunch of people have been suggesting it so
so let's do that so yeah let's do that all right stay safe have fun see you next time.
Just a side note man it was fun to go for a ride today
I enjoyed I enjoyed commuting to the office today believe it or not.
I missed you it's been a while since we've done this, hasn't it?