The idea of doing YouTube videos seemed really overwhelming. We'd created a YouTube channel last year and had been posting audio content for a while, but videos are a whole new thing. Why did the idea intimidate me? Lots of reasons:
I couldn't just show up in my pajamas for interviews (well, I COULD, but then everyone would know that's what I've been doing).
I had to learn more about YouTube, since I needed to post the videos myself instead of asking our son to post them.
I needed to learn iMovie, and quickly.
I'd have to commit to a regular schedule of posting (right now, that's two videos per month).
I wasn't sure I'd have enough time to do that after taking care of my health, my family, my job, and my volunteer work.
I'm still doing all the podcast audio editing in GarageBand and this would be a whole other series of steps.
What if I don't like how I look on camera?
What if nobody watches?
And, and, and ...
But here's the thing: I'd been feeling for a while like we needed to take the next step to help more people by sharing resources and stories more broadly. It was pretty obvious that YouTube was the logical way to do that. Then, through work, I met Courtney and Riley from Ambition Strikes. They have a huge following on YouTube and encouraged me to start, which I really appreciated. They've also been great about answering questions that have come up, which helped give me direction and ease my mind.
So here we are. This is all totally new and, like with the podcast, things aren't as polished as I'd like them to be -- yet. But as I read this week in a Twitter thread from a guy named Nathan Howe, "An imperfect solution is better than a perfect solution that never happens."
Exactly.
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