I had a revelation with this one day in physics class. We were talking about optimization. I had heard that theoretically, you get more wet in rain while running than by standing still. So my question was ¿what is the physically best way to avoid rain?, the answer? Teleportation. Light speed running. I mean, it's freaking basic, but I had so much noise from the "standing still is theoretically better", I forgot about the obvious thing, you can't keep in there forever
I’ve been developing a video game for over 6 years now. I went straight into it. I’m no programmer. I found an engine which worked for me. I had what I knew and used that, have learned a long the way, but I started building straight away! :) I might not do things right either, but I make things happen. That’s the important part! I now work full time on my game, funded by Microprose, and I release early next year :)
Over a decade ago I started writing my first novel. 9 years ago I started producing music. Three years ago I started writing my cartoon. All of these are ongoing projects that I'm highly passionate about. Are they done? Some are and some aren't. But the best thing I ever did was to start each of them.
This reminds me of this disgusting comment I saw on pinterest that really pushes this idea that artists need to PERFECTLY know how to do EVERYTHING before they are ALLOWED to make what they want. The comment went something along the lines of "You need to know how the human anatomy works perfectly, otherwise you really shouldn't be drawing." Its that "You really shouldn't be drawing" thing that really ticked me off, someone can't just DRAW in their own privacy? Is there some grim reaper over their shoulder making sure all the skills to be a master artist are done perfectly? Why are we GATEKEEPING art?! Draw what YOU want, WHEN you want. Also I really needed this video. So many artists are stuck in the "practice trap" where they focus so much on practicing or mastering their craft, they don't actually draw the ideas they've been holding in because the ideas are so PRECIOUS, and DARLING to them. It's like handling a baby or a glass vase. They don't want to see their darlings ruined. I have the same issue. Every day I think of these characters that I really love in my head, but despite the years passing I've only made art of them less than 10 times. It worries me that I'll die before I make their story happen. I can't let that happen.
Most likely, the person who made this comment is stuck learning anatomy without success. He/she blocked their joy until they wlearnedthe anatomy. Blocking the progress also.
Well, I don't know why that person posted the comment (multiple possible reasons), but I CAN however wish you the best of luck with your characters! I have a similar problem with writing. Characters come to me easily, but I struggle with plotlines, as I'm a pantser and don't like regular plots. We gotta sit down and enjoy our characters! I write short scenes with them, where I can have fun and explore plot possibilities. And you sit down and doodle yours, chose their clothes, the colours they are wearing, ask yourself why it's a fit for them, have fun with them! Ideas come to us naturally then! Best of luck to us! :D
I am in the same situation right now. I’m also a creative director. Went to school in NYC, did what I did for close to a decade, but still didn’t feel “ready.” My twenties went by, my thirties…I’m now 40 with a young one I’m responsible for. Waited and waited and then…I got sick. Full career careened off a cliff and future redemption. I’m now: unemployed, physically disabled, in medical debt and aging. Lesson: Don’t wait and take care of your temple.
Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and to leave a comment on your story to help encourage others, I (and it seems others) appreciate your vulnerability helping reinforce the message in the video. Wishing you the best, and hope you were able to get some value in the video to put into practice in some way!
I completely understand what you’re saying. I started my channel about 20 days ago after years of waiting because I thought I needed to be perfect before creating anything. Now that I’ve started, I sometimes feel a bit ashamed of how much of a newbie I am. The good news is, when you start, you’re forced to learn and grow. That pressure-knowing you might not succeed and that you have to push yourself-drives you to keep improving, even when you’re not fully ready. At the end of the day, I feel like I’m evolving and getting better with every step. Thank you for your amazing video-it’s going to help so many people!
My pleasure and very well said! Like you mention that pressure once you've started to continually learn rather than prep is really at the heart of real growth. Congrats on jumping in!
Getting goosebumps from this is video. Thank you for sharing this! I’ve waited my whole life and am 32 and have promised myself to finish my novel by my birthday (or get as close as I can) by age 33. Also work in a marketing role and am just done putting my own creativity on hold.
This is hands down one of the most incredible videos I’ve ever seen on TH-cam! Absolutely loved every moment of it-so engaging, inspiring, and beautifully crafted. Truly outstanding work-kudos to Chet Callahan! 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Just make stuff. Make it for yourself, and don't worry about making mistakes when you're starting off. Whether it blows up or not is irrelevant, just focus on getting better with each project. It certainly helps if you make something that other people would know about, but you want to have to make it first.
Thanks! I'm 33, always wanted to become a writer and have been stuck in a "i have to learn the theory first" loop for iver a decade. I needed to hear that.
I've noticed by watching the Z-brush summit, that the people that are really good at creating things in Z-brush, aren't the best at actually using Z-brush (the software). They're just better artists.
I love that video ! That's exactly what i want to do with my channel. I started because I wanted to show my journey of learning the guitar and now I want to share more and more! Don't let your mind tell you some excuse, just do it! Accept that it's going to be bad at the beginning and that's okayyy! Appreciate the learning process
Thank you for checking out the video and I appreciate the comment and extra encouragement you're passing on to others here! Best of luck to you and your channel this year!
Absolutely - I'm nearing my thirties and recently published a video on how to make the most of your 20s with precisely the same message. I wish I had started sooner, but the best time to start if not sooner, is right now.
i am 33 and i need to take the same decision like you. omg. maybe after 2 years i will be better with my poetry book published and my channel growing. thanks for that amazing video.
the paralyis is real. so much i want to do, I feel panicked, like I need to rush and do it all. but I need to sleep,, eat, wash clothes, shower, make money, job search, fix my resume, don't forget about family, friends invited me out, life just keeps coming and coming and time waits for not a single soul. somedays, I wish it could stop, just for a little while, so I can smile and create whatever I want. draw, make stories, itd be sooo happy. regardless, I guess the time is now, right ? before I'm older and no longer feel relevant
Those feelings are so incredibly common, you're far from alone here! Really hoping to explore that more in my upcoming videos, the one going up this weekend is actually on this exact topic. If you get a chance to check it out, I sincerely hope that it helps!
I wasn't ready when I started, but I continue to learn more ideas as I go, just don't give up , you'll figure it out along the way as you continue making Content, that's how I see it
It's an important lesson that you raise in the second half of the video. After you started creating, you then also need to expand around your creation and start sharing behind the scenes etc. It's something I'm struggling with myself, because I've been making music as a hobby for almost 15 years now, but I'm only now realizing looking at successful creators that it's not enough to just post art online, but it's also important to post _yourself_ online and engage with people. And it's something I really struggle with, and I have a lot of thinking to do. Because as much as it's invigorating to create things and share them, it also feels a bit like a waste of time, because the internet is so loud these days that you might as well throw your hard work into the streets. Times of anonymous artists are over, it's now all about personal brand, if you want to keep growing your art and keep motivation for improvement.
Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts Alex. Absolutely feel what you're saying, and I think that last sentence really does sum it up. With the way the web is going, artists and creators can really benefit from putting more of themselves out there and generating more of a brand around what it is they do. Yes it does require a significant shift in balancing focus and picking up new skills to round out what it means to be an artist or creative as they extend that into a one person business. But if we're able to get it right in turn it gives us more autonomy and resilience to shifting economics and dynamics in industries with employers. Easier said than done but hoping videos like this are able to both encourage and help others do the same. Best of luck to you and your journey this year!
This is awesome advice, adapting is especially crucial in our current climate. I would say I'm stuck in that waiting phase, I'm a bit overwhelmed with the expectation to pick up all these new trends/skills quickly and coming out of fashion school landing my first design job was NOT a breeze and humbling, so I can only contemplate the setbacks if I were to try to start something of my own. Thanks for your insights, the time to start certainly is now!
Thanks for watching and the comment Katherine. Definitely a wild time to graduate and hit the job market especially as a creative, hope the video/channel helps!
Building that base audience is crucial before taking it to the next step, like you mentioned. I just passed my first 100 subscribers and while this isn't very many, I am so excited to see the progress!
Thank you for making this. You have no idea how much i needed to hear this from a peer. I knew this deep down but somehow hearing it right now did the trick. Many thanks to you.
I used to be someone who waited endlessly for the "perfect time" to start. 😅 Then one day, I decided to create content at my own pace, without overwhelming myself. Now, I truly enjoy what I do and appreciate the journey. Thank you for sharing this video-it’s incredibly inspiring! Wishing everyone all the very best. ✨️🔥😍
I’m 34, and the impending 35 is really lighting a fire under my ass. Working so hard to get to where I want to be, and the biggest fight is with myself. Getting discipline ingrained in me is hard but rewarding. Seeing the joy in slow growth, stuff you don’t see results in on a daily basis, but rather a yearly or longer basis, is so powerful. It’s like 35 is the deadline that my adhd was waiting for to kick into high gear. Idk why, but I’m listening to myself finally. Point is, I feel behind, but I’m not staying behind.
i remember this one time i felt completely stuck, like no matter what i did, life just wasn’t moving forward. i tried everything-manifestation journals, vision boards, all that stuff-but it felt like i was missing something. then i stumbled across this book, Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, and it hit different. it wasn’t just about manifesting; it was about understanding the energy i was putting out into the world. honestly, it changed everything. if you’re feeling stuck too, you might want to check out this book.
thank you for making this video chet! ive started to work on my skills and being productive a year ago and i believe ive made alot of progress, coming from someone who played games all day and was struggling in college. i sometimes wish i was going faster, or being more efficient with my time, but what matters to me is that ive taken the step forward, and ive been more consistent than i have ever been! videos like yours here help me remember to stay on track and to not lose hope. thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and teach others to do better!
My pleasure appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your thoughts. I'm glad to hear the video helps, you're absolutely right just taking that first step, and then the step after is all that matters today - you got this!
Wanted 15 years ago to start as a animator on the internet Its only now I actually "started proper" but its cause I simply in the past already wanted to be great at what I did but this leading to me creating stuff and then only a little later always deleting. By doing this this only led me to grow only slower cause of not accepting any faults or errors. What makes it worse was me also not being able to feel nostalgia of what I create since there was little to nothing to look back to. At this point though whenever I make something I don't like I now learned to just stash it in a folder, just so even if its not good enough to post I can still look back to it, and maybe still post it someday anyway. I would probably be able to laugh at my old content, instead of be annoyed about it. However thanks to what I experienced I have since developed a very unique style that I probably wouldn't have had if I didn't go the way I did. So atleast there is something positive about it. Its just important now to keep going and run with what you have and of course keep growing. All and all its not good to do something you have no experience with and expect the best immediately. Something I had to learn the hard way.
"Its just important now to keep going and run with what you have and of course keep growing." Exactly this, appreciate you watching and dropping the comment. Wishing you the best with your animation journey!
Published my first book this year. finished two more books this year (waiting on edit), started painting this year. Just getting started already feels way better than overthinking all of it. Get started now.
oh shit man, I'm 33 and I've been trying a lot to start doing my thing. I've just started to put that in motion but sometimes it's very difficult because of work. All started with me wondering about my professinal work (vfx and motion graphics) and how I was able to deliver top quality but starting my own thing was so difficult. Also I'd like to do youtube videos but I don't know man, sometimes it's very hard to get all that in motion plus the daily work. Now that I finally started, not gonna stop, if I fail, gonna keep pushing
I started making video essays because I was tired of being really bad on camera, since I'm primarly a video editor at heart. I wasn't sure if I was the right guy for making video essays since writing was never my strong point. But fast forward a year now since I made that pivot and my channel has been blowing up as I teach myself new skills and learning to speak and write
I love this story and big props for making that jump. As someone who spent 99% of my career behind a camera I also found it an uncomfortable shift being in front of it at first but have since learned so much about my craft by placing myself in front of that lens that I've been able to inform my traditional work as well. Funny how that works, glad I also made the jump :D
I did not knew about you before this video, and I still don´t know how you are after watching it, but I just want to say THANK YOU So Fu**ing Much For Creating This Video, this was exactly what I need it to hear, I´m starting TODAY and I´m gonna keep doing it until the end, thank again sr. Liked and Followed.
hey, thank you for making this video! i'm glad i stumbled upon your content now, ending 2024 watching this video.. looking forward to start putting out my workout there asap. thanks again, hope you have a great year ahead!
Appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to leave a positive comment, I'm glad to hear the video helped and best of luck to you this year Vincent!
Glad to hear it helps, congrats on getting started! Keep at it, momentum comes through iterations. Even if no one sees those first videos, when you look back at your first videos in 3 months you won't believe how much you've improved by just getting in those reps
I appreciate that you put emphasis on the importance of storytelling and sharing your journey as a creator- connecting with your audience on a human level. I love that you stress how vital it is that you begin what your project is NOW and in the present. The thing that confuses me is *why* you choose to use AI for this? With AI image generation, it removes that very humanity from the thing that you're sharing- the whole purpose of creating art. It saddens me that people forsake their own potential for making things just for the sake of engagement- like somewhere along the way we lost touch with ourselves. What story is worth telling if it isn't your own? You might as well just start a repost page at that point
> It saddens me that people forsake their own potential for making things just for the sake of engagement- like somewhere along the way we lost touch with ourselves. It's not for the sake of engagement; it's for the sake of being able to actually finish my projects before I die and without getting carpel tunnel. I'm fine with my soul not being infused into every little inconsequential background detail of my work that people won't even notice. I use AI alongside actual drawing, so I can focus my Real Human Efforts (TM) on the actual central of parts of my work, the focus points, the parts that actually matter. (just speaking for myself ofc; I'm not the creator of this video or representative of AI users as a whole. But I dare you to check out my work and tell me you see no humanity in it :P)
You can still tell a story that is your own with some assistance from AI. I feel like it's acceptable if it's a tool that bridges a gap one person wouldn't be able to cross on their own creatively. Obviously people are going to have different perceptions on it which is fine, but I wouldn't necessarily say injecting some use of AI strips away all of your work's human components.
Thanks for sharing this! After many years, thinking about it, I finally made a youtube channel dedicated to share my work and thoughts about art. I don't know were is gonna take me, but I'm happy about it. I have so much to learn and I'm excited because I really want to tell stories and share silly little animations. The only thing stopping me was that stupid perfectionist mindset (that I still kind of have, but I wont let it stop me).
Nat that is a huge step and you absolutely nailed it, you really never know where its going to take you at first, it will feel like nowhere, then suddenly however many steps or videos into the project suddenly you will taste a bit of traction or momentum in a direction and dots will start to connect. I'm excited for you 😃
I'm glad that even before this video was recommended to me, I was already thinking of animating more next year to really delve into my making my dream animation series come true. I already had so many dear friends online offer help to make my biggest goal happen, and it made me realize that I don't have to wait to make things happen. Thank you for creating this video. It has not only boosted my inspiration, but it has further encouraged my decision to continue doing bigger and better things for me and the people that support me.
My pleasure Kathy, appreciate you watching and dropping a comment. Really glad to hear the video helps, hearing stories and comments like yours is a huge motivation to keep making similar/helpful content for other creatives!
I have an upcoming video planned that somewhat addresses this and how I was able to overcome it in my case. You're not wrong though, negative comments carry so much more psychological weight than positive ones and its difficult to get past. There's no perfect answer or antidote but I hope that video and perspective will help
be the first person who ridicule your work with objective critique and this problem will gone 😅 You give too much attention to LOOKS LIKE "the best person in the room" and not enough attention to BE that person. Change the focus from your persona to the work
I wanna say - just do it no matter the hate, i post my arts and I dont think they are the best, but had to overcome that thinking - its not worthy.. it is worthy and you can see over few years progress and its great journey, dont hesitate.. just do it
You have no idea how perfectly timed this is. I just finished a manuscript for a children's book. The climax of the book is the heroine deciding to set forth into the world even though she isn't ready.
I want to add from my experience - -exactly what happened to me. I tried lot of soft and always saw myself as indecisive, that I need to focus on something single, decided to master 3d. Years later my best job opportunity so far reached me exactly because I had minor experiences in those programs I tried in the past. So just go with your flow, if you fill like doing it - do it, don't worry if you will fill other way later. You're not to carry what you learn on your back, it's just with you.
4.12k......Dude...your channel will grow soooooo Big in couple of months . Its like you had a camera somewhere...i wonder if you have been watching me nd speaking abt me.well done
I'm a victim of my own self doubt. I'm constantly thinking "I want to start this, I want to do this" but then I talk myself out of doing anything by saying that I'm not ready yet or now is not the right time. But, will I ever actually be ready..? Likely not. So maybe I _should_ start now...
This video could not have popped up at a more appropriate time for me. I’ve been extremely on the fence about committing myself to doing TH-cam fully. I just don’t feel like there’s a niche for blogging anymore so I am having to adapt around that but I really wanna stay committed this year.
If you work hard without AI, you will become successful. And if you work hard with AI, you will become successful. Hard work and working smart will never go out of fashion.
I need to master my producing skills, but i already started producing. I love music, and i lovemaking videos, i love making music, and i love expressing myself throughout it.
The problem is I have too many interests and don't even know what type of thing i want to create. I have zero direction and lose interest in projects within weeks
When it comes to passion, and not interest, it's the subject that KEEPS coming back to your brain to focus on. Interests are as fleeting as flipping the channel. Think about what feels like a fire in your chest, THAT is what you work on daily. Interests will always come and go, friend.
@@gr8b8m85 I have this issue though, nothing can hold my attention for more than like a month before I get bored of it and obsessed with something else totally different, wish I could just lock in on a project and get excited about it but when I try it always falls through after a few weeks
I've been waiting to create my own stuff also, I have wanted to make my own music but I didn't know anything about music production and now i am learning to edit videos in da Vinci resolve. I Just posted my first short and working on a full video right now. I'm happy that I just decided to start even though I know almost nothing about what I'm doing but I'm having fun doing it.
I'm fumbling right now with my channel because I still have no clue what I'm doing, but the last few days I decided to just start pumping out the best I can and try and make each video feel like the best I've made. Pair that with livestreams, I've almost made 100 subs in the past 3 days! This is good advice. Like shae said, JUST do it.
Well thank you Chet Callahan, for sharing your experience and your vision, it has great value. Right now i feel like, i'm not ready until i learn "everything". But i really like that domino effect reference, and insight about the exponential improvements that comes after we finally start the process. The better time to start is now! Im on a journey to become a good Video Editor and spend the entire 2024 studying, practicing and learning everything i could, from the basics to the more advanced tecniques, and now im on the deadline to start, still have 2 or 3 courses (focusing on the market and the business nich of video editing) to finish on that plataform. But already thinking in learn the basics of Photography and Filmaking as extra resources, but well i will not "waste" one more year on that.
Bruno I appreciate your comment and I'm glad to hear the video helped! You're exactly nailing the points I was getting across in the video, I love it. Even in your video editing, I recently picked up Resolve after having used Premiere for years. There is so much opportunity to pass on simple things you learn as you go, so don't wait to pass on what you learn. Anything that you had to search for or that didn't click right away, that you had to dig into a Reddit thread for, pass that along immediately as content. While you write your script or your tweet or whatever it is you'll have to look up 1 or 2 additional things, or find a quote in the documentation, there were always be one extra bit of something you'll need to pass that knowledge along which will reinforce what you learned in a stronger way and make you a better editor. Best of luck on your journey!
There are too many stupid, yet creative people, that yap about how "AI is so good, I don't want to pursue this *recreational, personally-fufilling* hobby anymore", despite raw AI requiring plenty of human input to become salvagable, and human """soul""" art still fufilling endless possibilities an AI cannot do yet. Thank you for speaking straight fax and spelling it out to everyone. A tone-deaf, hand-wobbling, muscle-atrophied, even AI-generating newbie will always beat the all-bark-no-bite NPCs of the internet.
Don't you think people are more impatient than ever? I wonder how you haven't used any effect but are so good at holding my attention. Invaluable insights! Subscribed!
Thanks and glad to hear it helps! I'm definitely still learning this whole TH-cam thing and testing out different storytelling methods to get my thoughts across as effectively as possible given the platform mechanics like you refer to. Appreciate the feedback that it seemed to flow well here for you!
Thanks Chet, I needed this. Been almost 7, 8 years. I wanted to do it back in 2017. Now I feel like I'm ready, but I wasted time instead of building things myself and ran to people scavenging for that next payment. Start now people, or be like me.
Thank you for the comment and passing along the experience, it reflects my exact journey! The important thing is we finally woke up to this realization and are starting now, not next year or in a month or in 5 more videos. Best of luck to you!
I literally just started a few days ago. Been watching TH-cam for nearly 20 years, created my channel in 2008 (TH-cam went online December 2005, I started watching in early 2006) and finally decided to start sharing knowledge, regardless of how many others are doing the same. My channel literally has 1 subscriber but I plan to keep going because I enjoy sharing knowledge and there's always someone that needs help. (Content Logic Dynamics is the channel).
Appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your story, despite both of us having waited so long we're finally here and doing it. Looking forward to what 2025 brings!
Four minutes into this video and I'm bawling my eyes out (TヮT) I've been wasting years on "not being ready, not being enough, I just need to do this one more thing before I can start". And then whenever the end of the year comes, I always promise myself the next one will be different, only to be baffled over and over again wondering what did I do wrong this time when the answer is so simple... Never making the first step.
The best choice I could have ever done was starting. It's been 2 months and I have learned so much, and still much more to learn. Growing as a content creator/person is the biggest benefit of this, the results come on their own later!
Litterally just started my channel and boy it's hard work learning a skill from scratch. But my future me will be thankful for the effort I put into this now. "Just do it" is possibly the way of looking at all things you want to do. Happy creating everybody.
I spent my entire 20's creating thinking it would pay off sometime.. Problem is that now my skills are obsolete, and I didn't market myself that well... so im still at square one.
The most perfect moment to start was yesterday. The second most perfect moment to start is today. If there is something you really want to do, then don't wait until you're skills are "better." Start now!
This was SO inspirational! Thank you so much! I was right on the edge of something, and this was EXACTLY what I needed to hear to push me over. Thank you!! ❤❤🤗🤗
Thanks it's the Perfect for me , i'm also wanted to mastery all the tool and addon in blender and i did too but i only solved and learn them but didn't create and feel i maybe doing wrong thing so you perspective give me new prespestcive and motive too😊
so there was this period in my life when i kept attracting the wrong people, wrong opportunities, everything just felt…off. i couldn’t figure out why it kept happening. then one day, a friend mentioned a book called Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, saying it helped them see the patterns they didn’t even realize they had. i decided to give it a read, and wow, it opened my eyes to how much my own energy was shaping my life. seriously, this book is something else.
Agreed. I think it is important to spend time focusing on the fundamentals and technicals but if you're not putting it into practice and trying to apply what you're learning toward what you really want to create, you'll unwittingly put self limiting beliefs on yourself that will make you afraid of the freedom to create without training wheels, and wont want to take them off and get some real work done. It's much healthier on a mental level to interweave the learning and creating process, because you'll feel like you're evolving more evenly and naturally.
I don't think you don't miss anything important if you have to be afraid that it will run away from you. The desire for peace, honesty, self-reflection, and faith is needed as the foundation for all good and essential works. You don't have to be a creator to live the right life. Only when you realize that performance is not everything will you be satisfied with what every day brings you, when you learn to take advantage of your opportunities in life, without pressure, fear, or competitiveness. When you know who you are and where life is supposed to lead you per se, you gradually understand what eternity means. Being convulsively in an unfair race with the winners sucks your life force and keeps you from the straight path. Letting go of that may be hard work and challenging, but it has more worth than anything. Creating illustrations and stories taught me that I should not participate in the competition in this world, instead I should achieve eternal happiness so that all the toxic worries of this world turn out to be null and void. We are in good hands if we follow the Love and Order of God, if we say 'yes' to it.
I find that starting is difficult because its a first time, and by nature of it being a first time, it will always be strange and unfamiliar. But that is also part of the adventure's charm!
Don't start when you're ready.
Start because you're not.
No better way to learn.
Absolutely, love this
100 percent. I was brand new 18 months ago and sucked so bad!
I like that advice. The most critical part of a journey is starting it. The rest will take care of itself if you’re persistent.
This really struck home with me. Will share it with my friends and I hope to come back to it in a year and see how much has changed.
Best comment ever, thank you!
The perfect moment to start actually exists. It is now - and it always has been.
That shit was poetic bro, real talk
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I had a revelation with this one day in physics class. We were talking about optimization. I had heard that theoretically, you get more wet in rain while running than by standing still. So my question was ¿what is the physically best way to avoid rain?, the answer? Teleportation. Light speed running. I mean, it's freaking basic, but I had so much noise from the "standing still is theoretically better", I forgot about the obvious thing, you can't keep in there forever
the best time to start was 10 years ago, the second best is now
I’ve been developing a video game for over 6 years now. I went straight into it. I’m no programmer. I found an engine which worked for me. I had what I knew and used that, have learned a long the way, but I started building straight away! :) I might not do things right either, but I make things happen. That’s the important part! I now work full time on my game, funded by Microprose, and I release early next year :)
Love that attitude and approach Aaron, good luck to you and the project!
Dude, where can i see about yor game?
"The real skill isn't mastery. It's adaptation" That should go on a T-shirt brother!
Appreciate it Sobia!
Over a decade ago I started writing my first novel.
9 years ago I started producing music.
Three years ago I started writing my cartoon.
All of these are ongoing projects that I'm highly passionate about.
Are they done? Some are and some aren't.
But the best thing I ever did was to start each of them.
Exactly this!
How did you start doing music?
@@MrShazaamable Music runs in my family; my dad is a musician / producer / worship leader and my brother introduced me to dubstep.
This reminds me of this disgusting comment I saw on pinterest that really pushes this idea that artists need to PERFECTLY know how to do EVERYTHING before they are ALLOWED to make what they want.
The comment went something along the lines of "You need to know how the human anatomy works perfectly, otherwise you really shouldn't be drawing."
Its that "You really shouldn't be drawing" thing that really ticked me off, someone can't just DRAW in their own privacy? Is there some grim reaper over their shoulder making sure all the skills to be a master artist are done perfectly? Why are we GATEKEEPING art?!
Draw what YOU want, WHEN you want.
Also I really needed this video. So many artists are stuck in the "practice trap" where they focus so much on practicing or mastering their craft, they don't actually draw the ideas they've been holding in because the ideas are so PRECIOUS, and DARLING to them. It's like handling a baby or a glass vase. They don't want to see their darlings ruined. I have the same issue.
Every day I think of these characters that I really love in my head, but despite the years passing I've only made art of them less than 10 times.
It worries me that I'll die before I make their story happen.
I can't let that happen.
Most likely, the person who made this comment is stuck learning anatomy without success. He/she blocked their joy until they wlearnedthe anatomy. Blocking the progress also.
@@michalip1377 Thats interesting, so it really is just projection then.
Man.
Yep.
Well, I don't know why that person posted the comment (multiple possible reasons), but I CAN however wish you the best of luck with your characters!
I have a similar problem with writing. Characters come to me easily, but I struggle with plotlines, as I'm a pantser and don't like regular plots.
We gotta sit down and enjoy our characters! I write short scenes with them, where I can have fun and explore plot possibilities. And you sit down and doodle yours, chose their clothes, the colours they are wearing, ask yourself why it's a fit for them, have fun with them! Ideas come to us naturally then! Best of luck to us! :D
@@nettorak Thank you!
I am in the same situation right now. I’m also a creative director. Went to school in NYC, did what I did for close to a decade, but still didn’t feel “ready.” My twenties went by, my thirties…I’m now 40 with a young one I’m responsible for. Waited and waited and then…I got sick. Full career careened off a cliff and future redemption. I’m now: unemployed, physically disabled, in medical debt and aging. Lesson: Don’t wait and take care of your temple.
Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and to leave a comment on your story to help encourage others, I (and it seems others) appreciate your vulnerability helping reinforce the message in the video. Wishing you the best, and hope you were able to get some value in the video to put into practice in some way!
True, health is literally everything. Money is a close second though.
this is the very mentality that helped me animate a entire movie all by myself ! 🙏 Great advice!
I completely understand what you’re saying. I started my channel
about 20 days ago after years of waiting because I thought I needed to be perfect before creating anything.
Now that I’ve started, I sometimes feel a bit ashamed of how much of a newbie I am.
The good news is, when you start, you’re forced to learn and grow. That pressure-knowing you might not succeed and that you have to push yourself-drives you to keep improving, even when you’re not fully ready.
At the end of the day, I feel like I’m evolving and getting better with every step.
Thank you for your amazing video-it’s going to help so many people!
My pleasure and very well said! Like you mention that pressure once you've started to continually learn rather than prep is really at the heart of real growth. Congrats on jumping in!
Getting goosebumps from this is video. Thank you for sharing this! I’ve waited my whole life and am 32 and have promised myself to finish my novel by my birthday (or get as close as I can) by age 33.
Also work in a marketing role and am just done putting my own creativity on hold.
My pleasure, love to hear stories like this, looking forward to the update when you hit 33!
This is hands down one of the most incredible videos I’ve ever seen on TH-cam! Absolutely loved every moment of it-so engaging, inspiring, and beautifully crafted. Truly outstanding work-kudos to Chet Callahan! 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
You have a follower, and I wish you the best in your work.
I appreciate it sincerely and wish you the same in return!
Just make stuff. Make it for yourself, and don't worry about making mistakes when you're starting off.
Whether it blows up or not is irrelevant, just focus on getting better with each project. It certainly helps if you make something that other people would know about, but you want to have to make it first.
Thanks! I'm 33, always wanted to become a writer and have been stuck in a "i have to learn the theory first" loop for iver a decade. I needed to hear that.
I've noticed by watching the Z-brush summit, that the people that are really good at creating things in Z-brush, aren't the best at actually using Z-brush (the software). They're just better artists.
Beautiful starts and love the segue into AI
I didn´t waste any of my time to be ready - somehow always knew when i was. Thank for your video!!
I love that video ! That's exactly what i want to do with my channel. I started because I wanted to show my journey of learning the guitar and now I want to share more and more!
Don't let your mind tell you some excuse, just do it! Accept that it's going to be bad at the beginning and that's okayyy! Appreciate the learning process
Thank you for checking out the video and I appreciate the comment and extra encouragement you're passing on to others here! Best of luck to you and your channel this year!
Absolutely - I'm nearing my thirties and recently published a video on how to make the most of your 20s with precisely the same message. I wish I had started sooner, but the best time to start if not sooner, is right now.
Thanks for the motivation. Started to create 3 months ago and it DOES compound already.
i am 33 and i need to take the same decision like you. omg. maybe after 2 years i will be better with my poetry book published and my channel growing. thanks for that amazing video.
I'm just waiting for my computer to come in, get ready for some amazing stuff!
the paralyis is real. so much i want to do, I feel panicked, like I need to rush and do it all. but I need to sleep,, eat, wash clothes, shower, make money, job search, fix my resume, don't forget about family, friends invited me out, life just keeps coming and coming and time waits for not a single soul.
somedays, I wish it could stop, just for a little while, so I can smile and create whatever I want. draw, make stories, itd be sooo happy. regardless, I guess the time is now, right ? before I'm older and no longer feel relevant
Those feelings are so incredibly common, you're far from alone here! Really hoping to explore that more in my upcoming videos, the one going up this weekend is actually on this exact topic. If you get a chance to check it out, I sincerely hope that it helps!
@ I’ll definitely tune in thank you 🫶
I wasn't ready when I started, but I continue to learn more ideas as I go, just don't give up , you'll figure it out along the way as you continue making Content, that's how I see it
As someone also trying to grow their channel, this video was awesome to watch!
22 yo filmmaker here and you got a new subscriber! Wise words, and very well put - Getting back to my screenplay :)
Thanks Michael appreciate it, and awesome to hear on the screenplay you got this!
It's an important lesson that you raise in the second half of the video. After you started creating, you then also need to expand around your creation and start sharing behind the scenes etc. It's something I'm struggling with myself, because I've been making music as a hobby for almost 15 years now, but I'm only now realizing looking at successful creators that it's not enough to just post art online, but it's also important to post _yourself_ online and engage with people. And it's something I really struggle with, and I have a lot of thinking to do. Because as much as it's invigorating to create things and share them, it also feels a bit like a waste of time, because the internet is so loud these days that you might as well throw your hard work into the streets.
Times of anonymous artists are over, it's now all about personal brand, if you want to keep growing your art and keep motivation for improvement.
Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts Alex. Absolutely feel what you're saying, and I think that last sentence really does sum it up. With the way the web is going, artists and creators can really benefit from putting more of themselves out there and generating more of a brand around what it is they do. Yes it does require a significant shift in balancing focus and picking up new skills to round out what it means to be an artist or creative as they extend that into a one person business. But if we're able to get it right in turn it gives us more autonomy and resilience to shifting economics and dynamics in industries with employers. Easier said than done but hoping videos like this are able to both encourage and help others do the same. Best of luck to you and your journey this year!
This is awesome advice, adapting is especially crucial in our current climate. I would say I'm stuck in that waiting phase, I'm a bit overwhelmed with the expectation to pick up all these new trends/skills quickly and coming out of fashion school landing my first design job was NOT a breeze and humbling, so I can only contemplate the setbacks if I were to try to start something of my own. Thanks for your insights, the time to start certainly is now!
Thanks for watching and the comment Katherine. Definitely a wild time to graduate and hit the job market especially as a creative, hope the video/channel helps!
Building that base audience is crucial before taking it to the next step, like you mentioned. I just passed my first 100 subscribers and while this isn't very many, I am so excited to see the progress!
Hey man that's awesome appreciate you sharing, keep at it and let's see how far we can both get this time next year!
Would love to hear some content on how to pivot from freelance producing to a career in creative directing/producing for agencies!
Thank you for making this. You have no idea how much i needed to hear this from a peer. I knew this deep down but somehow hearing it right now did the trick. Many thanks to you.
Glad to hear that Ray appreciate the comment!
I used to be someone who waited endlessly for the "perfect time" to start. 😅 Then one day, I decided to create content at my own pace, without overwhelming myself. Now, I truly enjoy what I do and appreciate the journey. Thank you for sharing this video-it’s incredibly inspiring! Wishing everyone all the very best. ✨️🔥😍
I’m 34, and the impending 35 is really lighting a fire under my ass. Working so hard to get to where I want to be, and the biggest fight is with myself. Getting discipline ingrained in me is hard but rewarding. Seeing the joy in slow growth, stuff you don’t see results in on a daily basis, but rather a yearly or longer basis, is so powerful. It’s like 35 is the deadline that my adhd was waiting for to kick into high gear. Idk why, but I’m listening to myself finally.
Point is, I feel behind, but I’m not staying behind.
i remember this one time i felt completely stuck, like no matter what i did, life just wasn’t moving forward. i tried everything-manifestation journals, vision boards, all that stuff-but it felt like i was missing something. then i stumbled across this book, Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, and it hit different. it wasn’t just about manifesting; it was about understanding the energy i was putting out into the world. honestly, it changed everything. if you’re feeling stuck too, you might want to check out this book.
just start bro, get to work. BOT
thank you for making this video chet!
ive started to work on my skills and being productive a year ago and i believe ive made alot of progress, coming from someone who played games all day and was struggling in college.
i sometimes wish i was going faster, or being more efficient with my time, but what matters to me is that ive taken the step forward, and ive been more consistent than i have ever been!
videos like yours here help me remember to stay on track and to not lose hope. thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and teach others to do better!
My pleasure appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your thoughts. I'm glad to hear the video helps, you're absolutely right just taking that first step, and then the step after is all that matters today - you got this!
Wanted 15 years ago to start as a animator on the internet
Its only now I actually "started proper" but its cause I simply in the past already wanted to be great at what I did but this leading to me creating stuff and then only a little later always deleting. By doing this this only led me to grow only slower cause of not accepting any faults or errors. What makes it worse was me also not being able to feel nostalgia of what I create since there was little to nothing to look back to. At this point though whenever I make something I don't like I now learned to just stash it in a folder, just so even if its not good enough to post I can still look back to it, and maybe still post it someday anyway. I would probably be able to laugh at my old content, instead of be annoyed about it. However thanks to what I experienced I have since developed a very unique style that I probably wouldn't have had if I didn't go the way I did. So atleast there is something positive about it. Its just important now to keep going and run with what you have and of course keep growing. All and all its not good to do something you have no experience with and expect the best immediately. Something I had to learn the hard way.
"Its just important now to keep going and run with what you have and of course keep growing." Exactly this, appreciate you watching and dropping the comment. Wishing you the best with your animation journey!
Published my first book this year. finished two more books this year (waiting on edit), started painting this year. Just getting started already feels way better than overthinking all of it. Get started now.
I JUST STARTED
Thank you
oh shit man, I'm 33 and I've been trying a lot to start doing my thing. I've just started to put that in motion but sometimes it's very difficult because of work. All started with me wondering about my professinal work (vfx and motion graphics) and how I was able to deliver top quality but starting my own thing was so difficult. Also I'd like to do youtube videos but I don't know man, sometimes it's very hard to get all that in motion plus the daily work. Now that I finally started, not gonna stop, if I fail, gonna keep pushing
I started making video essays because I was tired of being really bad on camera, since I'm primarly a video editor at heart. I wasn't sure if I was the right guy for making video essays since writing was never my strong point. But fast forward a year now since I made that pivot and my channel has been blowing up as I teach myself new skills and learning to speak and write
I love this story and big props for making that jump. As someone who spent 99% of my career behind a camera I also found it an uncomfortable shift being in front of it at first but have since learned so much about my craft by placing myself in front of that lens that I've been able to inform my traditional work as well. Funny how that works, glad I also made the jump :D
I did not knew about you before this video, and I still don´t know how you are after watching it, but I just want to say THANK YOU So Fu**ing Much For Creating This Video, this was exactly what I need it to hear, I´m starting TODAY and I´m gonna keep doing it until the end, thank again sr.
Liked and Followed.
No problem Mitchel glad to hear the videos are helpful, let's make this a good 2025!
I’m 35 to.
Thanx!
hey, thank you for making this video!
i'm glad i stumbled upon your content now, ending 2024 watching this video..
looking forward to start putting out my workout there asap.
thanks again, hope you have a great year ahead!
My pleasure, appreciate you checking out the video and leaving a comment!
We have similar experience, and I'm same age as you, this is what i needed to hear, I thank you for that. Wishing you an extraordinary 2025!
Appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to leave a positive comment, I'm glad to hear the video helped and best of luck to you this year Vincent!
I needed to hear this, uploaded my first youtube video 2 days ago. Thanks for the motivation!
Glad to hear it helps, congrats on getting started! Keep at it, momentum comes through iterations. Even if no one sees those first videos, when you look back at your first videos in 3 months you won't believe how much you've improved by just getting in those reps
I appreciate that you put emphasis on the importance of storytelling and sharing your journey as a creator- connecting with your audience on a human level. I love that you stress how vital it is that you begin what your project is NOW and in the present. The thing that confuses me is *why* you choose to use AI for this? With AI image generation, it removes that very humanity from the thing that you're sharing- the whole purpose of creating art. It saddens me that people forsake their own potential for making things just for the sake of engagement- like somewhere along the way we lost touch with ourselves.
What story is worth telling if it isn't your own? You might as well just start a repost page at that point
> It saddens me that people forsake their own potential for making things just for the sake of engagement- like somewhere along the way we lost touch with ourselves.
It's not for the sake of engagement; it's for the sake of being able to actually finish my projects before I die and without getting carpel tunnel. I'm fine with my soul not being infused into every little inconsequential background detail of my work that people won't even notice. I use AI alongside actual drawing, so I can focus my Real Human Efforts (TM) on the actual central of parts of my work, the focus points, the parts that actually matter.
(just speaking for myself ofc; I'm not the creator of this video or representative of AI users as a whole. But I dare you to check out my work and tell me you see no humanity in it :P)
You can still tell a story that is your own with some assistance from AI. I feel like it's acceptable if it's a tool that bridges a gap one person wouldn't be able to cross on their own creatively. Obviously people are going to have different perceptions on it which is fine, but I wouldn't necessarily say injecting some use of AI strips away all of your work's human components.
My exact sentiment - hence why I took the leap! Over 10 years in TV and video and I never took the biggest step until 2 weeks ago...
I wanna thank you. You inspire to finally start sharing my work and try before giving up. You will hear from me in the future
sincerely, O.J.
Thanks for sharing this! After many years, thinking about it, I finally made a youtube channel dedicated to share my work and thoughts about art. I don't know were is gonna take me, but I'm happy about it. I have so much to learn and I'm excited because I really want to tell stories and share silly little animations. The only thing stopping me was that stupid perfectionist mindset (that I still kind of have, but I wont let it stop me).
Nat that is a huge step and you absolutely nailed it, you really never know where its going to take you at first, it will feel like nowhere, then suddenly however many steps or videos into the project suddenly you will taste a bit of traction or momentum in a direction and dots will start to connect. I'm excited for you 😃
this is the best video I've seen today...... no, maybe even this year. thank you so much for this
Thank you for the kind words I really appreciate it!
I'm glad that even before this video was recommended to me, I was already thinking of animating more next year to really delve into my making my dream animation series come true. I already had so many dear friends online offer help to make my biggest goal happen, and it made me realize that I don't have to wait to make things happen.
Thank you for creating this video. It has not only boosted my inspiration, but it has further encouraged my decision to continue doing bigger and better things for me and the people that support me.
My pleasure Kathy, appreciate you watching and dropping a comment. Really glad to hear the video helps, hearing stories and comments like yours is a huge motivation to keep making similar/helpful content for other creatives!
It's so hard to start when every corner of the internet will ridicule your work if it's not "perfect"
I have an upcoming video planned that somewhat addresses this and how I was able to overcome it in my case. You're not wrong though, negative comments carry so much more psychological weight than positive ones and its difficult to get past. There's no perfect answer or antidote but I hope that video and perspective will help
be the first person who ridicule your work with objective critique and this problem will gone 😅
You give too much attention to LOOKS LIKE "the best person in the room" and not enough attention to BE that person.
Change the focus from your persona to the work
The truth is people who often ridicule you are just losers who can't break their comfort zone or being open minded. Let em stay like a rock
@@chetaaron Thanks for your response and I look forward to it!
I wanna say - just do it no matter the hate, i post my arts and I dont think they are the best, but had to overcome that thinking - its not worthy.. it is worthy and you can see over few years progress and its great journey, dont hesitate.. just do it
You have no idea how perfectly timed this is. I just finished a manuscript for a children's book. The climax of the book is the heroine deciding to set forth into the world even though she isn't ready.
Glad to hear it Jamie, wishing you good luck with the book!
I want to add from my experience - -exactly what happened to me. I tried lot of soft and always saw myself as indecisive, that I need to focus on something single, decided to master 3d.
Years later my best job opportunity so far reached me exactly because I had minor experiences in those programs I tried in the past.
So just go with your flow, if you fill like doing it - do it, don't worry if you will fill other way later. You're not to carry what you learn on your back, it's just with you.
4.12k......Dude...your channel will grow soooooo Big in couple of months . Its like you had a camera somewhere...i wonder if you have been watching me nd speaking abt me.well done
I'm a victim of my own self doubt. I'm constantly thinking "I want to start this, I want to do this" but then I talk myself out of doing anything by saying that I'm not ready yet or now is not the right time. But, will I ever actually be ready..? Likely not. So maybe I _should_ start now...
I failed as a filmmaker over 10 years ago. Now I'm getting back into it.
@themarekch good luck to you then!
@shelbyjackson6903 thank you.
@@themarekch You got this Marek!
Thanks for watching and the comment Shelby, 100% the time to start is now!
This video could not have popped up at a more appropriate time for me. I’ve been extremely on the fence about committing myself to doing TH-cam fully. I just don’t feel like there’s a niche for blogging anymore so I am having to adapt around that but I really wanna stay committed this year.
Really nice video and message. Completely agree with you!
Thanks Arvind I really appreciate you taking the time to check out the video and leave the comment!
reviving my content. I so agree at 3:30 and as a marketer. we suffer at our own strategies.
Thanks for this! Needed to hear it today.
Glad to hear it, appreciate you watching!
If you work hard without AI, you will become successful. And if you work hard with AI, you will become successful. Hard work and working smart will never go out of fashion.
Well put and agreed!
I need to master my producing skills, but i already started producing.
I love music, and i lovemaking videos, i love making music, and i love expressing myself throughout it.
This is exactly what I needed to hear. I’m on the right track methinks!
Glad to hear it appreciate you watching!
The algorithm gods lead me to you! more power sir!
I'm glad you found your way here, welcome!
Hi Chet, I'm new here. Thanks for this video. I needed this
Just came to a similar realization due to a chronic illness: thanks for this video, I needed it as well.
No problem Rod happy to be here and glad it helps!
The problem is I have too many interests and don't even know what type of thing i want to create. I have zero direction and lose interest in projects within weeks
When it comes to passion, and not interest, it's the subject that KEEPS coming back to your brain to focus on. Interests are as fleeting as flipping the channel. Think about what feels like a fire in your chest, THAT is what you work on daily. Interests will always come and go, friend.
Try to find something that involves the majority of your interests. Writing + Art could be a comic or an animation for example.
@@gr8b8m85 I have this issue though, nothing can hold my attention for more than like a month before I get bored of it and obsessed with something else totally different, wish I could just lock in on a project and get excited about it but when I try it always falls through after a few weeks
I've been waiting to create my own stuff also, I have wanted to make my own music but I didn't know anything about music production and now i am learning to edit videos in da Vinci resolve. I Just posted my first short and working on a full video right now. I'm happy that I just decided to start even though I know almost nothing about what I'm doing but I'm having fun doing it.
I'm fumbling right now with my channel because I still have no clue what I'm doing, but the last few days I decided to just start pumping out the best I can and try and make each video feel like the best I've made. Pair that with livestreams, I've almost made 100 subs in the past 3 days! This is good advice. Like shae said, JUST do it.
Ah man yeah that's a common place to be in and I'm glad to hear you're just pushing forward. For people like us 2025 will be a big year of progress!
Well thank you Chet Callahan, for sharing your experience and your vision, it has great value.
Right now i feel like, i'm not ready until i learn "everything".
But i really like that domino effect reference, and insight about the exponential improvements that comes after we finally start the process.
The better time to start is now!
Im on a journey to become a good Video Editor and spend the entire 2024 studying, practicing and learning everything i could, from the basics to the more advanced tecniques, and now im on the deadline to start, still have 2 or 3 courses (focusing on the market and the business nich of video editing) to finish on that plataform.
But already thinking in learn the basics of Photography and Filmaking as extra resources, but well i will not "waste" one more year on that.
Bruno I appreciate your comment and I'm glad to hear the video helped! You're exactly nailing the points I was getting across in the video, I love it. Even in your video editing, I recently picked up Resolve after having used Premiere for years. There is so much opportunity to pass on simple things you learn as you go, so don't wait to pass on what you learn. Anything that you had to search for or that didn't click right away, that you had to dig into a Reddit thread for, pass that along immediately as content. While you write your script or your tweet or whatever it is you'll have to look up 1 or 2 additional things, or find a quote in the documentation, there were always be one extra bit of something you'll need to pass that knowledge along which will reinforce what you learned in a stronger way and make you a better editor.
Best of luck on your journey!
I started a channel days ago, this is perfect advice! Appreciate it ❤
My pleasure, you got this!
Hey, another Chet! I started my current career as a fine artist at age 33 also.
haha we're few and far between, glad to connect!
There are too many stupid, yet creative people, that yap about how "AI is so good, I don't want to pursue this *recreational, personally-fufilling* hobby anymore", despite raw AI requiring plenty of human input to become salvagable, and human """soul""" art still fufilling endless possibilities an AI cannot do yet. Thank you for speaking straight fax and spelling it out to everyone. A tone-deaf, hand-wobbling, muscle-atrophied, even AI-generating newbie will always beat the all-bark-no-bite NPCs of the internet.
I agree a lot with your points. Especially the compounding growth aspect which I have been looking into studying more with numbers
Appreciate it!
Don't you think people are more impatient than ever? I wonder how you haven't used any effect but are so good at holding my attention. Invaluable insights! Subscribed!
Thanks and glad to hear it helps! I'm definitely still learning this whole TH-cam thing and testing out different storytelling methods to get my thoughts across as effectively as possible given the platform mechanics like you refer to. Appreciate the feedback that it seemed to flow well here for you!
Thanks Chet, I needed this. Been almost 7, 8 years. I wanted to do it back in 2017. Now I feel like I'm ready, but I wasted time instead of building things myself and ran to people scavenging for that next payment. Start now people, or be like me.
Thank you for the comment and passing along the experience, it reflects my exact journey! The important thing is we finally woke up to this realization and are starting now, not next year or in a month or in 5 more videos. Best of luck to you!
I literally just started a few days ago. Been watching TH-cam for nearly 20 years, created my channel in 2008 (TH-cam went online December 2005, I started watching in early 2006) and finally decided to start sharing knowledge, regardless of how many others are doing the same. My channel literally has 1 subscriber but I plan to keep going because I enjoy sharing knowledge and there's always someone that needs help. (Content Logic Dynamics is the channel).
Appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your story, despite both of us having waited so long we're finally here and doing it. Looking forward to what 2025 brings!
Well said, brother. 💯
Four minutes into this video and I'm bawling my eyes out (TヮT)
I've been wasting years on "not being ready, not being enough, I just need to do this one more thing before I can start". And then whenever the end of the year comes, I always promise myself the next one will be different, only to be baffled over and over again wondering what did I do wrong this time when the answer is so simple... Never making the first step.
keep going man!
The best choice I could have ever done was starting. It's been 2 months and I have learned so much, and still much more to learn. Growing as a content creator/person is the biggest benefit of this, the results come on their own later!
Love to hear it Norfand appreciate the comment!
Thank you, I experiencing thus so many times..
Theres always voices in me that said " with your current skill ? Not good enough ! You're not ready "
My pleasure thanks for watching!
Litterally just started my channel and boy it's hard work learning a skill from scratch. But my future me will be thankful for the effort I put into this now. "Just do it" is possibly the way of looking at all things you want to do. Happy creating everybody.
Thanks youtube algo for the recommandation I'll say, and also, 2 videos, 2 crazy source of motivation, thks for that
Really appreciate the comment Dylan! Great timing as well, just uploaded the third video right now, hope its as helpful as the first two!
I spent my entire 20's creating thinking it would pay off sometime.. Problem is that now my skills are obsolete, and I didn't market myself that well... so im still at square one.
i'm going to start, right after i take a nap,
Thank you
Thank you so much!!!
My pleasure I'm glad it helps!
THIS WAS DOPE, THANKS!
No problem thanks for checking it out!
The most perfect moment to start was yesterday. The second most perfect moment to start is today. If there is something you really want to do, then don't wait until you're skills are "better." Start now!
Absolutely!
This was SO inspirational! Thank you so much! I was right on the edge of something, and this was EXACTLY what I needed to hear to push me over. Thank you!! ❤❤🤗🤗
My pleasure, appreciate you checking out the video and leaving the comment. Glad it helps and good luck with your project/venture!
Thanks it's the Perfect for me , i'm also wanted to mastery all the tool and addon in blender and i did too but i only solved and learn them but didn't create and feel i maybe doing wrong thing so you perspective give me new prespestcive and motive too😊
so there was this period in my life when i kept attracting the wrong people, wrong opportunities, everything just felt…off. i couldn’t figure out why it kept happening. then one day, a friend mentioned a book called Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, saying it helped them see the patterns they didn’t even realize they had. i decided to give it a read, and wow, it opened my eyes to how much my own energy was shaping my life. seriously, this book is something else.
Agreed. I think it is important to spend time focusing on the fundamentals and technicals but if you're not putting it into practice and trying to apply what you're learning toward what you really want to create, you'll unwittingly put self limiting beliefs on yourself that will make you afraid of the freedom to create without training wheels, and wont want to take them off and get some real work done. It's much healthier on a mental level to interweave the learning and creating process, because you'll feel like you're evolving more evenly and naturally.
thanks for saving me 10 years - i owe you one
I don't think you don't miss anything important if you have to be afraid that it will run away from you. The desire for peace, honesty, self-reflection, and faith is needed as the foundation for all good and essential works.
You don't have to be a creator to live the right life.
Only when you realize that performance is not everything will you be satisfied with what every day brings you, when you learn to take advantage of your opportunities in life, without pressure, fear, or competitiveness.
When you know who you are and where life is supposed to lead you per se, you gradually understand what eternity means.
Being convulsively in an unfair race with the winners sucks your life force and keeps you from the straight path. Letting go of that may be hard work and challenging, but it has more worth than anything.
Creating illustrations and stories taught me that I should not participate in the competition in this world, instead I should achieve eternal happiness so that all the toxic worries of this world turn out to be null and void.
We are in good hands if we follow the Love and Order of God, if we say 'yes' to it.
I needed to hear this message. Thank you!
My pleasure appreciate you checking it out!
I find that starting is difficult because its a first time, and by nature of it being a first time, it will always be strange and unfamiliar. But that is also part of the adventure's charm!
I love this call to follow the nudges to create, even imperfectly, NOW.
Absolutely Stephanie, thanks for the comment!
The real skill isn't mastery, it's adaptation. Well said!