I needed a change of scenery to get this done so I went to a public library. I hope to record this video and have it posted by Friday. Thanks again for the faith and encouragement @Jaye Brunner @Dr. Saundra Stancil @Eddi Pinegar @Adam Tinkoff @Dajana K. @Ricardo Solomons @Cat PInegar

This right here, for me is the base line of doing YT. Building community around a common passion! Am I good at it, not YET! Is it coming, YES! Am I ready 😳, caution Jaye Brunner, do not look at the summit, look at your boots, one step at a time. Today it is about strengthening how you respond to people in the comment section. Oh, but I don't get many comments! Then starting will be that much easier! OK you are getting a glimpse of my internal thought process! Now that I know, I need to be mindful of the response to the comments I get. It is good to encourage comments in your videos! I am learning to do the ask in a more natural way, instead of pop up stickers and the hard ask at the end of my videos. I have this feeling, a knowing community is coming, this 30 day challenge is helping me prepare! Day 19 is a good day! @Jenny Sharratt @Dr. Saundra Stancil @Eddi Pinegar @Cat PInegar @Adam Tinkoff @Casey Hamlin @Ricardo Solomons @Monika Astara Murphy @Dajana K.

Always a mystery all the numbers! I like watching them grow! When I started being serious about YT in December, my CTR was in the 1% area. Today, between 3.2 and 5.2%! That is saying something! The retention at 30 seconds in December averaged 35%. Today's average on the last 5 videos right at 50%, again the numbers are going in the right direction! The AVD was actually better in December than today's mini analysis! Like I said always a mystery! I don't mind looking at them, they are not my driving force! I want to increase my CTR for sure. That is getting my thumbnails and titles to align better. Practice. And I would like to increase the retention rate across my videos. Make videos more interesting throughout. With determination, grit and a desire to get better, it will happen. You all will be able to say, I knew her when. And I will reply, you helped be get here! On to Day 21. @Jenny Sharratt @Dr. Saundra Stancil @Cat PInegar @Eddi Pinegar

Consistency is a system, a plan, a roadmap! For me it is a check list, a to do list, an old school manual calendar and remembering why I started in the beginning! A big part of this YouTube journey is knowing or figuring out what works BEST for you. My way will not possibly be your way. I can easily be persuaded to go play with friends! They all know, I am working on Monday's and Thursday's. Since my friends and I are all retired from punching a clock, that was more of an adjustment for them, than me! @Jenny Sharratt this is the lesson I reference yesterday about setting your schedule like a professional. Not exactly Alexa's words, mine. Going from no schedule at all to a set schedule at first was hard. Once I saw MYSELF as a professional YouTuber, it has made it easier to show up. I had lots of bad habits to break since going professional 😂. I channel may not look like a professionals YET, it will, because I am all in to make this YT channel the beginning of my Community funnel. It's coming, I feel it. Thank you everyone who takes time to give me honest feedback, and who have consistently cheered me on! @Dr. Saundra Stancil @Jenny Sharratt @Eddi Pinegar @Cat PInegar

This, and my beautiful friend @Jaye Brunner helped me get over my two week posting block. Making this video showed me that I have camera confidence, it’s something else stopping me from hitting record. Probably a thousand tiny things. I am proud of my perseverance though and am already working on day 10. It will be interesting to see how this performs on my channel. Edits were kept to a bare minimum. Used Gemini AI to help create a quick thumbnail and no video description yet. Thanks again to my amazing micro community: @Jaye Brunner @Dr. Saundra Stancil @Eddi Pinegar @Cat PInegar @Dajana K. @Ricardo Solomons https://youtu.be/0_GrJWd7ryI?si=Ras68QJnXso0EwO8