The hardest part about YouTube isn’t making videos! It isn’t “putting your face” on camera. Isn’t even editing (which I keep to a minimum anyway. Or posting. It’s deciding to do it. Once you make the decision, there’s no going back. You will follow through. At least until the next video when you “decide” to do it. Only you are the “decider”.It’s that simple and that hard.

I'm new here... trying to navigate this comunty (which is also something completely new for me). Looking forward to give and get a bit of support, but I'm a slow learner... 😄

I make videos about hormonal health in women and make long form content (15 min +) and would like to know how you script a video that keeps retention but without too much fluff. I work on my scripts sometimes for a full 8 hour work day. I need to make sure that what I say is correct etc (not just through checking chat gtp but also pubmed etc). I would like to know how everyone else is doing this without losing retention.

I made a commitment to myself that I would do my best to post one video a week when I started my channel 5 weeks ago. Last week I was exhausted from a bunch of stuff, but I took that as an opportunity to create my first short, which was fairly easy and led to me learning how to use CapCut. 👏 This week threw me so many hurdles like my computer majorly overheating! (Apple said to leave it off until I can bring it in but it was Xmas week so unlikely to be a quick fix, ugh). Plus there were epically loud storms here for several days, which isn’t conducive to recording and also caused major connectivity issues. But I managed to persevere (and computer didn’t melt)! I’m realizing that YT is really a long game/ongoing journey kind of thing so I really try and celebrate all the little wins along the way. I got a couple new subscribes these past two weeks too. It’s humble beginnings (as expected), but it inspires me to keep going. A YT teacher I watch said if you just keep creating there’s no way you can’t succeed, it’s only a question of when. So, I’m approaching it with that attitude and enjoying the process of creating. I try to Improve one thing each week and next I want to learn audacity because I think improving my sound would help a lot. Oh, another recent big win was that I finally found a remote that works with my teleprompter app, which will be a huge help! Happy Holidays and happy creating! https://youtu.be/GmkEFuXViL0?si=8ByWh5EAwSdvQohp

I realized something the hard way recently. When I started posting on YouTube, I put almost all my energy into the content itself (scripting, filming, editing) and treated everything else as an afterthought. If the video was good, I assumed people would click. They didn’t. It took me a while to accept that YouTube doesn’t reward effort… it rewards clarity. If the title and visual don’t clearly communicate value in the first second, the video never really gets a chance. That mistake slowed my progress, but it also changed how I approach every upload now. I’m more intentional about how the video is presented before it ever goes live, not just what’s inside it. Still learning. Still adjusting. But that shift alone made me look at YouTube very differently.