Hi, I am gonna say my life story and then bring in YouTube at the end; I just feel like it's all important.
I'm a college student who probably watches too much YouTube honestly. I'm 21, and I feel like a lot of YouTube is targeting at the 13-16 yo audience, so I feel silly, but that's okay. It probably has to do with the fact that I'm trans and watch a lot of trans YouTubers. If you're transphobic, well, sorry. I'm pre-transition, so I guess I am dealing with the insecurities of all of that. I am studying to be a foreign language teacher, but I feel that the more I go into the major, the less unsure I am of all of it. I honestly think it would be a good career choice later in life; I wanna spend my 20s doing more artistic stuff.
I grew up always loving music and wanting to be a singer ever since I was little, and now that I am 21, it still hasn't gone away. I am studying to be a high school teacher right now (like I said) and that is what I do "full time", but I have always had a dream to make content on YouTube or to make music. I know right before college, I still had this dream, but my parents shamed me and basically told me to grow up, but I feel like it's not going away, you know?
My passion for music has kind of manifested into video; I would like to make my own music and music videos, and then I think it would be cool to make vlogs and more personable videos at the same time. I honestly picture myself doing both. I also speak a second language and would make videos in that language as well, so that could be helpful. I actually have a YouTube channel that I haven't touched for a while with 80 subscribers. The most success I had was with a now deleted video about an actor and me ranting about it. It had 1000 views. I never have had a great camera or editing, but I see that there are huge YouTubers who literally record on iPhones, so I don't feel too worried about it.
TLDR: I'm just scared of going all in with this and failing and then not being able to get a career in what I studied. I'm also scared of getting success and then being dropped instantly; tbh I know I get obsessed with YouTubers and then get tired of them pretty fast. What should I do?
I'm a college student who probably watches too much YouTube honestly. I'm 21, and I feel like a lot of YouTube is targeting at the 13-16 yo audience, so I feel silly, but that's okay. It probably has to do with the fact that I'm trans and watch a lot of trans YouTubers. If you're transphobic, well, sorry. I'm pre-transition, so I guess I am dealing with the insecurities of all of that. I am studying to be a foreign language teacher, but I feel that the more I go into the major, the less unsure I am of all of it. I honestly think it would be a good career choice later in life; I wanna spend my 20s doing more artistic stuff.
I grew up always loving music and wanting to be a singer ever since I was little, and now that I am 21, it still hasn't gone away. I am studying to be a high school teacher right now (like I said) and that is what I do "full time", but I have always had a dream to make content on YouTube or to make music. I know right before college, I still had this dream, but my parents shamed me and basically told me to grow up, but I feel like it's not going away, you know?
My passion for music has kind of manifested into video; I would like to make my own music and music videos, and then I think it would be cool to make vlogs and more personable videos at the same time. I honestly picture myself doing both. I also speak a second language and would make videos in that language as well, so that could be helpful. I actually have a YouTube channel that I haven't touched for a while with 80 subscribers. The most success I had was with a now deleted video about an actor and me ranting about it. It had 1000 views. I never have had a great camera or editing, but I see that there are huge YouTubers who literally record on iPhones, so I don't feel too worried about it.
TLDR: I'm just scared of going all in with this and failing and then not being able to get a career in what I studied. I'm also scared of getting success and then being dropped instantly; tbh I know I get obsessed with YouTubers and then get tired of them pretty fast. What should I do?