Why I record a video every day
A video diary for myself. On the clumsy start, a sheet cake that went viral, and the first week of discipline.
I do this mainly for myself. I want to accompany myself from the very start of this journey, with the highs and lows and everything that comes with it.
In the beginning it felt unfamiliar. Seeing myself on the screen, editing the clips, it felt clumsy and exciting at the same time. The bigger question was a different one. What actually happens with these? Does anyone even watch? Does anyone care what I am doing here?
The hardest part, by the way, is not the camera. It is managing the dog and filming at the same time while walking. Every single day it turns into a small comedy.
The day that surprised me
Yesterday something happened that I had not expected. A video that was really just about a sheet cake suddenly took off. Normally I average around 1,000 views per video. This one is now past 20,000, across YouTube and Instagram combined.
For a small, new channel like mine that is a lot. And honestly I have no idea why this video of all of them. Maybe that is exactly the lesson. You never know in advance what will catch. You can only keep going.
What has changed
After the first week I already notice something. I am clearer in my head. I am disciplined enough to actually make the videos every day. And most of all I enjoy staying with it, even after the first rush wore off.
Maybe in a year I will find these videos terrible. But at least I will see how I started.
That is all it needs to be.
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