My growth has been sporadic and weird. After doing this for like five years, trashing ideas, unlisting hundreds of videos, and getting really depressed over maybe progress (or lack thereof), I can say that it’s important to constantly be introspective and gently critical with my work. I do my best, review it and see where I could have done better, and then enjoy the response I get. Sure, I have goals for where I’d like to be, but I won’t get there by getting overly emotional about my present growth. Sometimes the video gets a handful of views, sometimes it gets hundreds (or in a few cases, thousands!). It’s just important to keep coming back to the principle “how can I do this better so that I’m more satisfied with my work?”