My channel got monetized ... I cannot believe it.
So the monetization was actually a very quick process.
It was like I applied and then three, or not even four days later I got monetized. Yeah I
think it was 4 days maximum. So it was not even a week.
In a span of 13 days, my channel went from 89 subscribers to 67 000 subscribers. Yes,
that really happened. It's like I'm saying it out loud but I'm still
in disbelief of everything that's happening, because of how grateful
I am. So right now it's only upwards from here. I'm actually so glad I didn't record my reaction
because if you guys saw my reaction I think you would've cried with me. And I don't want you
guys to cry. But I was so happy I couldn't stop crying. I can tell you guys my reaction though.
So I was sitting on my chair behind my laptop and then I saw "Congratulations" from YouTube.
Saying that I am now monetized. So my very first reaction.
I dropped two things. Firstly, I dropped my jaw.
Secondly, I dropped my phone. So it went something like this.
Yeah that's literally what happened. My phone dropped out of my hands it's like I lost
all the grip in my hands as soon as I saw because of the shock. It was just my first reaction
And then obviously I started crying. Because I'm a very emotional
person. But I love being an emotional person because that means that meant that I'm very,
very connection to my emotions and very in touch with them. Which means that in exchange
I can understand other people's emotions easier. The first thing that I went to was not my family,
not my phone, not my camera, nothing. I went straight onto my knees and I thanked God.
Instantly! He was my first resort.
As soon as I met a famous youtuber, he really encouraged me and that caused me to kind of
wake up and be like wow, if I want success you know, if you want success, if anybody
want success you always have to keep pushing, keep going. Even if it means sleepless nights.
Like I can tell you guys now my editing takes so long that sometimes I don't sleep at night.
I heard of other content creators who also go through the same thing. So it's good to know that
I'm not alone. I'm not the only one who puts so much effort into my editing and who's so dedicated
to, you know, just the whole editing process and getting good content out. It's very important.
But it's also very important to get sleep. Otherwise the next day you won't be able to create
new content and you're going to reach burnout. I cannot edit in the day, mostly
because of my teaching. Sometimes youtubers have to take breaks.
It's also very important and if you have a healthy community and a healthy fanbase, they
will also understand and they will be supportive. I will never pressure myself to a point where
I literally cannot even function. As soon as I start feeling it happening,
I take a step back and I take it slower. I've been talking so much and I haven't
even had my Mc Donald's. So I literally got Mc Donald's. I will go out with friends to
celebrate my monetization but now that I'm home and I'm hungry, I'm just going to celebrate alone.
A big Mac burger. I'm about to take a big bite.
I don't like this. It's actually so funny when people ask:
"so how did you celebrate your monetization?" I just be like "I had a big Mac burger.
I are Mc Donald's. Ok so this is not going
to he a very long video because I just wanted to come on here to tell u guys about my monetization.
But there is something I want to share. I'm just busy getting it now.
Ok so what I want to talk about is the difference between Africa and South Africa.
So Africa is a continent. And South Africa is a country INSIDE the continent.
Just like Asia is a continent and you get many different countries inside Asia.
Like Ind0nesia, Korea, Japan, China. All of those different countries
are inside the continent Asia. It's the same with Africa. Africa
is the continent. South Africa is a country. So I hope you guys understand that. Another
interesting fact about my country is that we are the rainbow nation. The reason why we are known as
the rainbow nation is because of our diversity in culture, races and languages. We have 11 different
languages in this country. Most of them are African languages. So majority of South Africans
can still only speak two languages max. Some of them can speak 3 languages. But most just 2.
Which is English and any African language or English and Afrikaans.
African languages are like Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa So if you Google the difference as well
between Africa and South Africa and why we are called Africans there and South
Africans there. And all of those things. You can go down the list of history.
And as u guys know I am a white South African. So therefore I am not African.
Because African would mean that I have a different color skin. (Lol) Right?
That is why foreigners are always so confused with the difference between African and South African.
So for example, I'm going to read to you guys something that you can also find in Google.
Most white Afrikaners trace their ancestry back to the mid 17th century and have developed a
separate culture identity, including a distinct language. So I have a separate cultural identity.
Which is why I go by South African and not African. Because I'm also Afrikaans.
And Afrikaans goes all the way back to Dutch. So my language is very, very similar to Dutch.
It is originated from Dutch. So when I speak Afrikaans,
I can easily also understand Dutch. If I speak to somebody who is also speaking
Dutch to me and I answer them back, we can understand each other almost perfectly.
So yeah I hope that helps somewhat in the whole confusion behind why I am in "Africa" and
how did I or my parents become "African" we are South African. And my parents are
from here. Born and raised. Okay so I'm gonna finish my
food now. Thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video.
Please like and subscribe. I'll see you guys next time. All the best God bless