Hey guys!
This video is very different from anything I've done up to this point and to be honest
it’s something I've been procrastinating for a very long time.
Tadahhh!
Haven't opened it yet but I'm 99.9% sure this is the youtube silver play button for hitting
a hundred thousand subscribers to the first orgo channel and one of the reasons I've been
procrastinating with this is a lot of people when they do this, they get all crazy yey!
hundred thousand, I'm so excited! and honestly, that's not me.
If you watch my videos, I'm more, the more excited that gets the more quiet I get.
I know, I'm the type of person who never shuts up unless I'm really excited then nothing.
So I was trying to build up the energy to do some crazy video and I decided, you know
what? you're not following me for any sort of crazy fake enthusiasm.
You're a subscriber because clearly you're interested in the type of videos that I have,
the way that I speak, sometimes too fast, sometimes too this, sometimes too that - and
that's what I'm most grateful for because I don't really like being on camera, I get
uncomfortable doing these videos but I know that the feedback that comes in is so positive
that it encourages me to step out of my comfort zone and keep making these videos for you,
so lets see what we got here.
Alright, lets see, Oh it's upside down, so this says you've just done something that
very few youtube creators accomplish, you have an astonishing hundred thousand of people
subscribed to your channel, we know the numbers on youtube can get really big but we hope
you don't lose sight of the reality, blah blah blah.
Here's the thing, they're wrong, they're saying I've achieved this milestone, I got this just
for talking but really, this milestone is all thanks to you for watching my videos,
for subscribing to my channel and being a loyal follower.
Thank you thank you, thank you so much.
Let's get pass that and there we go.
Look at that.
It's not very clear but this is something that I have been hoping for and working for
a very long time but to be honest, in a way it doesn't really matter and don't get me
wrong, I'm super super excited but what I mean by this is a lot of students come to
me for help with science and for this channel specifically organic chemistry because their
professors treat them like a number, they're just another person in the class, your professor
doesn't have time or patience for and the professor doesn't take the time to actually
get to know the person and help the person so being excited for something like almost
feels hypocritical because I want my students not to feel like they're just another number,
I want you to feel like you and I are having a conversation.
Now the time I record the video to the time when you're actually watching it is not the
same so it's not always a life conversation but I still like to feel like you're stuck
on something and I'm helping you with it, you give me feedback, I make more videos,
so it's kinda like the back and forth conversation rather than just a hundred thousand random
nameless faces people.
So I'm very very excited, I am thrilled, thrilled to have reached this milestone, thank you
so so so much but at the same time I will always try to remember.
I'm not making these videos for a hundred thousand people, I'm making this video for
you and if you take the time to reach out to me and to send me a question or a thank
you, I read every single one, I try to reply to every single one and I am eternally grateful
for everything you've done to me up to this point, for allowing me essentially live my
dream and do the thing that I am most happy on doing because being able to do this for
you and being able to actually support myself with my leah4sci business means that I don't
have to get some boring job that I don't like because you're allowing me to do what I love
doing so thank you thank you, thank you so much and here's to the next milestone, to
me, my next milestone will hopefully be putting out yet another amazing video for and your
extra milestone or whatever it is that you're working for.
The next quiz or exam, I'm gonna wish you the best and try to help you as much as I
can.