happy late birthday, and happy early "well done" cuz it's gonna happen for you this year! 🎉 (so long as 1. you're for real about getting better and 2. your title / thumbnails correlate more with the first 15 seconds of your video...100k subs easy). betting on u from the sidelines 🙌
Writing goals down is very important but make it realistic and less goals so you can focus on the ones that are of more importance in your life. Short term goals also.
Happy birthday, Mr. Naylor! May God bless you abundantly this year. :) It would be awesome if you considered sharing your thought process, ideation, workflow, etc. as you create your short film. We could learn a lot. Thanks!
Happy Birthday, Darren! Looking forward to the next 365 days to witness your successes. Also, I agree about the power of writing down your goals and it bringing them to reality. I'm a big fan of journaling.
I appreciate it! I know someone who journals daily and seems to benefit heavily from it. I don't know if I could do it that often but maybe I could start weekly or even monthly? We shall see.
@@DarrenNaylor Just start by keeping the journal in view and writing when you feel you have something to say or "get off your chest". You will find that you'll start doing it more and more often. The key is then going back after some time has passed and reading your entries. If you are consistent then you will see what you were struggling with and the progression of what you tried, what worked, what didn't and then the end result. It helps you to know yourself and be better prepared when struggles come in the future to know what to do and what NOT to do (which is sometimes the more important thing). All the best, Darren. And again - Happy Freakin' Birthday, Bro!!!!
Happy Belated Birthday! 🎉 So glad I found your channel! Writing things down = spelling things out = Casting 🎣 Spells! 😄 but seriously, it works like magic! Best of luck to you and may your Birthday Wish come true! 🎉
Woah, I just wrote down my goals and then this video popped up 1 minute ago! I agree, setting goals regularly is so powerful, especially for motivation! Saying them out loud or sharing them with other people makes it even more powerful!!
Hey Darren! This is a great reminder for me. I usually always do a visualization goals board but haven't this year, and I think I am seeing the effects of it. It's been a rough year after being laid off just before Christmas and unable to find work. I came across your channel in May and found it to be a good encouragement. I'm setting out on the TH-cam journey at 59 and it's scary. But I boldly just posted my intro video this week. I appreciate your content and am inspired by all you've accomplished. I have a daughter who is struggling in the film industry after graduating from LA Film, so I know how tough it is. She's even got more of a disadvantage being a handful of female camera ops. Can't wait to see more of your work. Thanks again for all you do to help us! Mama Lucero
Sorry to hear about the layoff but life usually seems to do things for a reason so I'm sure you'll be finding yours! Congrats on launching your first video! Just gave it a like. The only note I'll give you for now is to post all of your TH-cam videos in landscape going forward unless it's a TH-cam short. This platform lives off of landscape videos which is a nice change from the normal instagram and tiktok vertical videos so take advantage. Wishing you the best of luck and thanks for following along on my Channel since May :)
Hey Darren! I love your content man! You are actually part of the reason that I just recently started my own youtube channel! If you have any advice for a small creator just starting out, I would super appreciate it! :) In terms of goals haha I set the goal of 1 video per week for the next year and aiming for ~100 subscribers in the first 3 months and then ~1k subscribers in the first 6 months! Thank you for everything man! Please keep it up! 🤠
Like the video! Recommend S.M.A.R.T goals, we use it at work, particularly ‘specific’ and ‘measurable’ for example what does ‘more videos’ actually look like? Is it one more, ten more, so it’s more measurable as a success or not and measurable through the process. It helps me a lot.
Your S - tier, Tip - Pick either shorts or long form content, don't do both on single channel as from shorts you will most likely get bunch of Randoms who won't dedicate enough time for your long ones unless you are a streamer whose active daily 8+. IDK you can try or experiment like posting shorts on different channel & long ones here for a month or two and see the results for yourself. Ohh and when uploading shorts just uncheck the "notify to subscribers" give this a try for 3-4 shorts.
happy late birthday, and happy early "well done" cuz it's gonna happen for you this year! 🎉 (so long as 1. you're for real about getting better and
2. your title / thumbnails correlate more with the first 15 seconds of your video...100k subs easy). betting on u from the sidelines 🙌
I appreciate it!! Both on the bday greeting and input 🤝
Truly glad the algorithm connected me to your content. Really inspiring stuff you’re sharing.
I appreciate it and welcome!
Writing goals down is very important but make it realistic and less goals so you can focus on the ones that are of more importance in your life. Short term goals also.
How motivational! Love the idea of journaling down and reading it out loud! Gonna start that too.
Speak into existence 🙏. Love your videos Darren
Really great video man! Awesome goals, best of luck with them!
And also happy birthday 🎉
Happy birthday, Mr. Naylor! May God bless you abundantly this year. :)
It would be awesome if you considered sharing your thought process, ideation, workflow, etc. as you create your short film. We could learn a lot. Thanks!
Thanks, Ted! Oh I'm definitely doing that very soon on some upcoming videos where I show the entire process from start to finish so stay tuned!
Happy Birthday, Darren! Looking forward to the next 365 days to witness your successes. Also, I agree about the power of writing down your goals and it bringing them to reality. I'm a big fan of journaling.
I appreciate it! I know someone who journals daily and seems to benefit heavily from it. I don't know if I could do it that often but maybe I could start weekly or even monthly? We shall see.
@@DarrenNaylor Just start by keeping the journal in view and writing when you feel you have something to say or "get off your chest". You will find that you'll start doing it more and more often. The key is then going back after some time has passed and reading your entries. If you are consistent then you will see what you were struggling with and the progression of what you tried, what worked, what didn't and then the end result. It helps you to know yourself and be better prepared when struggles come in the future to know what to do and what NOT to do (which is sometimes the more important thing). All the best, Darren. And again - Happy Freakin' Birthday, Bro!!!!
Happy Belated Birthday! 🎉 So glad I found your channel! Writing things down = spelling things out = Casting 🎣 Spells! 😄 but seriously, it works like magic! Best of luck to you and may your Birthday Wish come true! 🎉
Haha I appreciate it!
Happy biirthday! Mine is tomorrow!.... Keep cooking
Happy Early Birthday to you as well 🤝
Very good content. Thanks!
🙏
Happy Birthday, buddy. Excellent advice and love seeing your journey and of course ... watching your vids :)
I appreciate it!
Excellent message! ❤ thank you! And Feliz 🎉Cumpleaños! 🎉
Setting goals is great, but I always forget to look back at them to see if I actually achieved them lol 😅
Happy Birthday! Love this. Birthdays are like 'new year' - but more personal... Enjoy the process!
Thank you and definitely!
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts 😊
Thanks for watching!
To a fellow cancerian... Feliz Cumpleanos... Lv Lv yr work.🎉
Well likewise and I appreciate it :)
@@DarrenNaylor 🤩
Woah, I just wrote down my goals and then this video popped up 1 minute ago!
I agree, setting goals regularly is so powerful, especially for motivation! Saying them out loud or sharing them with other people makes it even more powerful!!
100%! It brings them to life.
Woe....100K.....I'm rooting for you!!!!! Go Go Go....
Haha so close but so, so far..
Happy birthday! Love your content, entertaining and inspiring!
Thanks so much!
Happy birthday 🎂 to you! May all your goals be reached!❤🎉
Thanks so much!!
Great advice! Go, Darren, go!
😁
Carpe diem, even if it is the day after. ✌️👊
Much appreciated, Bob!
Hey Darren! This is a great reminder for me. I usually always do a visualization goals board but haven't this year, and I think I am seeing the effects of it. It's been a rough year after being laid off just before Christmas and unable to find work. I came across your channel in May and found it to be a good encouragement. I'm setting out on the TH-cam journey at 59 and it's scary. But I boldly just posted my intro video this week. I appreciate your content and am inspired by all you've accomplished. I have a daughter who is struggling in the film industry after graduating from LA Film, so I know how tough it is. She's even got more of a disadvantage being a handful of female camera ops. Can't wait to see more of your work. Thanks again for all you do to help us! Mama Lucero
Sorry to hear about the layoff but life usually seems to do things for a reason so I'm sure you'll be finding yours!
Congrats on launching your first video! Just gave it a like. The only note I'll give you for now is to post all of your TH-cam videos in landscape going forward unless it's a TH-cam short. This platform lives off of landscape videos which is a nice change from the normal instagram and tiktok vertical videos so take advantage.
Wishing you the best of luck and thanks for following along on my Channel since May :)
Happy birthday Darren
Thank you!
Hey Darren! I love your content man! You are actually part of the reason that I just recently started my own youtube channel! If you have any advice for a small creator just starting out, I would super appreciate it! :) In terms of goals haha I set the goal of 1 video per week for the next year and aiming for ~100 subscribers in the first 3 months and then ~1k subscribers in the first 6 months!
Thank you for everything man! Please keep it up!
🤠
Like the video! Recommend S.M.A.R.T goals, we use it at work, particularly ‘specific’ and ‘measurable’ for example what does ‘more videos’ actually look like? Is it one more, ten more, so it’s more measurable as a success or not and measurable through the process. It helps me a lot.
That sounds interesting, I'll def look into that 🤝
@@DarrenNaylor all good, I just find the measurability better for holding myself accountable
Happy birthday man!
I appreciate it!
Your S - tier, Tip - Pick either shorts or long form content, don't do both on single channel as from shorts you will most likely get bunch of Randoms who won't dedicate enough time for your long ones unless you are a streamer whose active daily 8+. IDK you can try or experiment like posting shorts on different channel & long ones here for a month or two and see the results for yourself. Ohh and when uploading shorts just uncheck the "notify to subscribers" give this a try for 3-4 shorts.
Happy Belated Birthday
Thank you!
Happy Belated! 🥳✨🤍
Thank you!!
Happy Birthday 🥳🥳🥳 🫶🎉🍰💜
Thanks so much!! :)
Dude, just be a comedian and get on with fame and fortune. 🤣
😂 my backup plan
A very multi-talented young man! 😊
Admire your editing and story telling. I agree you could also pursue comedy. You are very talented.