It's going to be a bit of a rambly video. I don't typically make these types of videos, but hopefully you'll like it. My goal is to just pack it with as much value as possible.

ちょっと乱暴なビデオになりそうだ。私は通常、このようなタイプのビデオは作らないが、気に入ってもらえると嬉しい。私の目標は、できるだけ多くの価値を詰め込むことだ。

Any advice on overcoming the fear of starting? This is definitely the most reoccurring question that I get, and I definitely understand why. When I started out myself, I had so many fears.

スタートへの恐怖を克服するためのアドバイスはありますか？これは間違いなく、私が最もよく受ける質問だ。私自身、始めた当初は多くの恐怖心がありました。

I was scared that I was going to invest time in something that wasn't going to work out.

うまくいかないことに時間を費やすのが怖かった。

I was scared that my videos were going to be just not good and I wasn't going to get any subscribers or no one was really going to care about what I had to say or what I put out there.

自分の動画が良くないものばかりで、登録者が増えないのではないか、誰も私の発言や発信に関心を示さないのではないかと怖かった。

It's really interesting to look at where your fears might stem from. Personally, having this fear of being made fun of or laughed at comes from my childhood. It comes from being laughed at in school and being the outsider sometimes. I knew that I had a lot of mind ghosts and figuring out where they came from, identifying that, was quite helpful in making peace with the fact that it was going to be scary, but at least I knew kind of why.

自分の恐怖心がどこから来ているのかを考えるのは本当に面白い。個人的には、バカにされたり笑われたりすることへの恐怖は、子供の頃からある。学校で笑われたり、時には部外者であったりしたことからきている。自分にはたくさんの心の幽霊がいることは知っていたし、それがどこから来ているのか、それを特定することは、怖くなりそうだという事実と折り合いをつけるのにとても役に立った。

Another fear is, obviously, if the sacrifice is going to be worth it. There's a fine line between being scared because something is actually not good for you and being scared because you're having mind ghosts about something, and figuring out which one it is for you is a good idea. As an example, you probably should feel scared if you're about to quit your job to pursue becoming a YouTuber if you don't have a solid backup plan. I had a solid backup plan when

もうひとつの恐怖は、明らかに、その犠牲が割に合うかどうかだ。何かが実際に自分にとって良くないから怖いと思うのと、何かについてマインドゴーストを感じているから怖いと思うのは紙一重で、自分にとってそれがどちらなのかを見極めるのは良いアイデアだ。例えば、YouTuberになるために仕事を辞めようとしている場合、しっかりとしたバックアッププランがなければ、恐らく怖いと感じるはずだ。私は、次のような時にしっかりとしたバックアッププランを持っていた。

I quit my job, I knew that in case YouTube was to not work out, I had somewhere to go,

仕事を辞めたのは、万が一ユーチューブがうまくいかなくなったとしても、行くところがあったからだ、

I had still a roof over my head and I was going to be okay. It's really important to figure out the worst-case scenario and how you would handle that worst-case scenario and then decide for yourself what the chances of that worst-case scenario is for happening and if it were to happen, what are your chances of actually figuring it out? Every chance that I get,

私はまだ屋根があるし、大丈夫だと思っていた。最悪のシナリオを想定し、その最悪のシナリオにどう対処するかを考え、その最悪のシナリオが起こる可能性はどのくらいか、もし起こったとしたら、それを実際に解決できる可能性はどのくらいかを自分で判断することが本当に重要なんだ。チャンスがあればいつでも、

I practice making peace with the fact that fear is not out to get me. Fear is there for a reason, it's hardwired in me as a human being, it's there to protect me. I like to think of it as my dog, actually, or any dog. If you have a dog, you know that many dogs tend to bark if someone is passing by your door, and in 99.9% of the time, the people passing aren't out to get you or rob you, but your dog is still warning you about them, in case there were to be something that you should be aware of.

私は恐怖が私を捕まえようとしているのではないという事実と和解する練習をしている。恐怖には理由があり、人間である私に組み込まれ、私を守るために存在する。恐怖は私を守るために存在するんだ。私は恐怖を愛犬のように考えたい。犬を飼っている人なら、多くの犬がドアの前を誰かが通ると吠える傾向があることを知っているだろう。

And I like to view my fear alarms the same way. They're there to tell me that, hey, this may be a potential danger, but it's up to you to decide if it is or not. I'm just saying.

私は恐怖アラームを同じようにとらえたい。これは潜在的な危険かもしれないが、それを判断するのは自分自身だ。私はただ言っているんだ。

So, that's, I think, a learning curve where you get to know if something is actually a danger, or if it's not. And honestly, it's just not worth not pursuing the things you want to pursue because you're scared. What are you scared of, if you really think about it? And how detrimental is it if that fear was to actually come true? Let's say that you very much fear someone leaving a hate comment, or someone at school or in your family laughing at you.

だから、それが実際に危険なことなのか、そうでないのかを知るための学習曲線なんだと思う。そして正直なところ、怖いからといって追求したいことを追求しないのは勿体ない。本当に考えてみれば、何を恐れているのか？そして、その怖れが実際に現実のものとなった場合、どれほどの不利益があるのだろうか？例えば、誰かがヘイトコメントを残すことや、学校や家族の誰かがあなたを笑うことをとても恐れているとしよう。

So what? You're the one who's going to live your life, and do you really want to look back thinking that you did not do something that you really wanted to do because you were scared of something that, in the grand scheme of things, isn't really that bad and doesn't really actually matter? I'm telling you, getting over those fears and starting this channel and being consistent at it for three, four-ish years now is one of the best things I've ever done. So,

だからなんだ？自分の人生を生きていくのは自分なんだから、物事の大枠から見れば、それほど悪いことでもなく、実際問題でもないことを怖がって、本当にやりたかったことをやらなかったと振り返りたいと思うかい？その恐怖を乗り越え、このチャンネルを立ち上げ、3、4年前から一貫して続けていることは、私がこれまでしてきたことの中で最高のことのひとつだ。だから

I don't want anyone to waste their potential and to be held back by these mind ghosts.

私は誰にも、自分の可能性を無駄にしてほしくないし、このようなマインド・ゴーストによって足手まといになってほしくない。

So, you got it. I also find that the more that the unknown becomes known, the more fear decreases.

そう、わかったね。また、未知なるものが知れ渡れば知れ渡るほど、恐怖は減っていくこともわかった。

Let's take a couple weeks ago when I went skiing, and I hadn't skied in 15 years. So, the first time I stood up on those skis, going down the slope, I was terrified. I texted my sister and told her, I don't want to do this, it's super scary. And then, by the last day, it was so much fun, because I had practiced and the unknown had become known. I'd already fallen a few times, I'd went up and down that slope so many times that I knew what to expect, and I knew that this is not that bad and I can manage it. And we can manage and handle so much more than we give ourselves credit for. So, you just need to allow yourself to prove that to yourself.

数週間前にスキーに行ったときのことを思い出してみよう。初めてスキー板を履いて斜面を滑ったとき、私は怖かった。姉にメールして、こんなのやりたくない、超怖いって言ったんだ。でも最終日には、練習して未知の世界がわかったから、すごく楽しかった。何度も転んで、何度も斜面を上り下りしたから、何が起こるかわかっていたし、これはそんなに悪いことじゃないし、なんとかなると思っていた。そして、私たちは自分で自分を評価するよりもずっと多くのことを管理し、処理することができる。だから、自分自身にそれを証明させる必要があるんだ。

How do you make your videos recognizable?

どのようにビデオを認知させるのですか？

This is something that you also find as you go. Eventually, people are going to recognize the type of light, the angles, and the music. Let's talk a bit more about that.

これもやっていくうちにわかることだ。最終的には、光の種類、アングル、音楽が人々に認識されるようになる。それについてもう少し話しましょう。

This video is brought to you by Artlist, which is super exciting.

このビデオはアートリストがお届けします。

At this point, I've definitely spent hundreds of hours playing around with music and sound effects for my videos, and I don't think I used to truly understand just what a pivotal role sounds play in evoking a specific emotion, creating tension, providing a certain atmosphere, and just the overall influence it can have on a viewer's interpretation of a scene.

この時点で、私は間違いなく自分のビデオのために音楽や効果音に何百時間も費やしてきたが、音が特定の感情を呼び起こし、緊張感を生み出し、ある雰囲気を提供し、視聴者のシーンの解釈に全体的な影響を与える上で、どれほど重要な役割を果たすのか、以前は本当に理解していなかったと思う。

When I pick the sounds for my videos, I ask myself, do I feel like this pick is helping in delivering the emotion that I'm trying to deliver? It's such a fun and exciting process, and by far one of my favorite parts of editing. I have been using Artlist to get access to hundreds of thousands of premium songs, sound effects, footage, templates, editing apps, and plugins all in one subscription. Besides music, overlays are also one of those things that can be a key in the look and feel of a scene. If I want a scene to look dreamy and nostalgic, I may use something like this.

ビデオのサウンドを選ぶとき、私は自分自身に問いかける。このピックは、私が届けようとしている感情を届けるのに役立っていると感じるか？これはとても楽しくてエキサイティングな作業で、編集の中でも断然好きな作業のひとつだ。私はArtlistを使って、1つのサブスクリプションで何十万ものプレミアムソング、サウンドエフェクト、映像、テンプレート、編集アプリ、プラグインにアクセスできるようにしている。音楽だけでなく、オーバーレイもシーンのルック＆フィールの鍵となるもののひとつだ。シーンをドリーミーでノスタルジックに見せ

With Artlit Max, you get everything you need to create amazing content all in one plan.

Artlit Maxでは、素晴らしいコンテンツを作成するために必要なすべてが1つのプランに含まれています。

You can tailor your plan however you'd like to maximize your creative toolkit.

クリエイティブなツールキットを最大限に活用するために、好きなようにプランを調整することができる。

I highly recommend it for all creators, of any size and of any kind, and I definitely view it as an essential in any creative process. It's a great way to get the most out of your and I definitely view it as an essential in your toolkit.

クリエイターの規模や種類を問わず、すべてのクリエイターに強くお勧めします。そして、私は間違いなく、あなたのツールキットに不可欠なものだと考えています。

You can use the link in the description box to check it out, and thank you so much to Artlist for being our sponsor today.

説明欄のリンクからチェックしてみてください。本日のスポンサーであるアートリストに心から感謝します。

What is the secret to growing your channel, and if consistency, how do I endure it?

チャンネルを成長させる秘訣は何ですか？もし一貫性があるのなら、どうやってそれに耐えればいいですか？

I think it's very hard answering the question, why is someone's channel actually successful?

なぜ誰かのチャンネルが実際に成功しているのか、という質問に答えるのはとても難しいことだと思う。

Because there's such a variety of channels that have reached tremendous success, and sure, you can point at things like, they have amazing storytelling skills, or they're an amazing filmmaker, or they're very relatable, they're funny, it's just very hard.

というのも、大成功を収めたチャンネルには実にさまざまなものがあり、確かに、彼らには素晴らしいストーリーテリングのスキルがあるとか、素晴らしい映画監督だとか、とても親しみやすく面白いとか、そういうことを指摘することはできるが、それはとても難しい。

Consistency is just not negotiable, I think. And I notice even for myself that when I post more videos, I get more views and I get more subscribers. And then I think, just analyzing your own videos and looking back at them every time, and think to yourself, what did I like about this video, what did I not like, and what part of this could've been cut out, what part of this could've changed. You know, when I look back on videos from two months ago, six months ago, there are always things that I can see in hindsight that I didn't see then.

一貫性は譲れないものだと思う。私自身も、より多くの動画を投稿すると、再生回数が増え、購読者が増えることに気づきました。そして、自分の動画を分析して、毎回振り返って、この動画のどこが良かったか、どこが気に入らなかったか、この動画のどこをカットできたか、どこを変えることができたか、と考えてみてください。2ヶ月前、6ヶ月前のビデオを見返すと、その時には見えなかったことが、後から見ると分かることが必ずあるんだ。

And that, I think, is a sign of growth, because the more you do something, the better you become at it, and the more confident you become. So, being consistent, making sure that you are improving something each time, it can be something tiny, like the lighting, or the angle, or the way that you built your story, obviously depending on what types of videos you're making.

なぜなら、何かをやればやるほど、それが上手になり、自信が持てるようになるからです。一貫性を保つこと、毎回何かを改善すること、それは照明やアングル、ストーリーの組み立て方など、どんな種類のビデオを作るかにもよりますが、小さなことでもよいのです。

And not being sensitive to criticism. I appreciate it so much when some of you leave comments saying things like, I didn't like the audio in this video, or I think the music was a bit too loud, or I think it was quite boring when this scene was too long, and also being your own critic. And if you can't sit through a video that you've made, it's probably not a great video. I know this, if I'm sitting down editing a video and I'm getting bored, that's not a very good sign. There's also a bit of luck, and a bit of skill, and a bit of research, and improving. How do you start? And oh boy, is this a reoccurring question.

そして、批判に敏感でないこと。このビデオの音声が気に入らなかったとか、音楽がちょっと大きすぎたとか、このシーンが長すぎて退屈だったとか、自分の批評家としてのコメントを残してくれる人がいて、とても感謝している。そして、もしあなたが自分の作ったビデオを最後まで見ることができないなら、それはおそらく素晴らしいビデオではない。私が知っているのは、座ってビデオを編集していて、退屈になってきたら、それはあまり良い兆候ではないということだ。運もあるし、技術もあるし、研究もあるし、上達もある。どうやって始めるの？これは繰

I remember wondering this as well when I was starting out, and if I try to recall what exactly

私も駆け出しの頃、そう思ったことがある。

I meant when I thought, how do I start, I think personally, I just thought about the fear of starting. It wasn't so much about what camera I need, as much as it was about how do I get myself to actually go from this point to this point. And if I try to remember it quite roughly,

つまり、どうやって始めればいいのかと考えたとき、個人的には、ただ始めることへの恐れを考えていたんだと思う。どんなカメラが必要かということよりも、どうすれば自分がこの時点からこの時点まで実際に進むことができるのかということだった。そして、かなり大雑把に思い出してみると、

I know that the first thing was simply deciding that, okay, I'm at this job that I don't like,

まず単純に、自分は好きでもないこの仕事に就いているのだと判断することだった、

I'm not feeling fulfilled, my entire body is itching, I want to create, I want to do something else, I just wasn't happy, I wasn't feeling like I was supposed to be there. And so, I decided, okay, I want to become a YouTuber, I'm gonna start uploading on my channel, and I'm gonna give this a shot. So, that was the first thing. The first thing was mainly just deciding that this is what I want to do. And the second thing that I did was, I did a ton of research about everything YouTube related. Like, how do I know what setup is the best? Mics, cameras, and all of that. How do I write a script? How do I formulate a script? How do I speak to the camera?

充実感がなくて、体全体がむずむずして、創作したいし、何か他のことをしたいし、ただ幸せじゃなかったし、自分がそこにいるべきじゃないような気がしていた。それで、よし、YouTuberになろう、自分のチャンネルでアップロードを始めよう、そしてこれに挑戦してみようと決めたんだ。それが最初のことだった。まず最初にしたことは、自分がやりたいことはこれだと決めることでした。そして2番目にしたことは、YouTubeに関連するあらゆることを調べまくったこと。どのようなセットアップがベストなのか？マイク、カメラ、その他もろも

That was one thing, because I remember pretty much every article that I read or YouTube video that I watched on how to speak to the camera said that you should speak louder, and you should be more outgoing, and you really need to engage the audience. And I did that in the beginning,

というのも、カメラに向かって話す方法について書かれた記事を読んだり、YouTubeのビデオを見たりすると、どの記事にも「もっと大きな声で話すべきだ」「もっと積極的になるべきだ」「聴衆を惹きつける必要がある」と書かれていたからだ。最初の頃はそうしていた、

I was speaking a lot louder than I typically do, I'm not a very loud person, naturally.

私は普段話すよりもずっと大きな声で話していた。

And looking back on those videos, I don't typically cringe at my past self, and I try to be forgiving of her, but I look back and I know that it's not me, it's a way to try to engage, and that's fine. That's what we do, we figure ourselves out along the way.

でも、振り返ってみて、あれは自分じゃない、自分との関わりを持とうとするための方法なんだとわかった。それが私たちのすることであり、私たちはその過程で自分自身を理解する。

You need to also realize that what you're learning about YouTube and what other people are telling you through articles and videos is good to use as a piece of information, but it's not necessarily a guide. So, even something like what camera equipment is the best camera equipment to get for YouTube video. There are people who film with their iPhones and blow up all the time, who have pretty crappy audio, they don't edit, they barely make any cuts, things are cutting off in random places, the music is way too loud, and yet their channels are tremendously successful. So, there aren't any tools that are bulletproof, there are no guarantees that just because you follow the steps of this creator, you will also succeed. That's not how it works. So, take everything you read and everything I say and other people say with a grain of salt, and trust that you're going to figure things out as you go. That's how you learn.

YouTubeについて学んでいることや、他の人が記事やビデオを通して伝えていることは、情報の一部として使うには良いが、必ずしもガイドにはならないということも認識しておく必要がある。例えば、YouTube動画を撮影するのに最適なカメラ機材は何なのか。iPhoneで撮影して、いつも爆音で、音声もかなりしょぼくて、編集もせず、カットもほとんどせず、適当なところで切れていて、音楽もうるさくて、それでもチャンネルはものすごい成功を収めている人たちがいる。だから、弾丸のようなツールはないし、このクリエイターのステップ

That's the only formula that I've come to realize, is that the best way of becoming good at something is to simply do that thing over and over and over and over again. It's not to read about it, it's not to listen to a podcast about it, although those things can be very valuable as well. But, how you actually get from point A to B is by start walking from point A to B.

それは、何かを上手になるための最良の方法は、単純にそのことを何度も何度も繰り返すことだということだ。そのことについて書かれた本を読んだり、ポッドキャストを聞いたりすることではない。しかし、実際にA地点からB地点に行くには、A地点からB地点まで歩き始めるのだ。

What did you want to know before you started? I remember when I was at maybe a thousand subscribers, and I started thinking to myself that this was very hard. I had a vision of growing to ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million, but it felt so far away. And then I remember watching Casey Neistat's video titled ten million, and the video was about him reaching ten million subscribers. In that video, he talks about how reaching ten million subscribers was easier than reaching one million. Reaching one million was easier than reaching a hundred thousand. Reaching a hundred thousand was easier than reaching ten thousand. And reaching…

始める前に知りたかったことは何ですか？購読者数が1,000人くらいになった頃、これはとても大変なことだと思い始めたのを覚えている。1万人、10万人、100万人と増やしていくビジョンがあったのですが、とても遠く感じました。そして、ケイシー・ナイスタットの1000万人というタイトルのビデオを見たことを思い出した。そのビデオの中で彼は、1000万人の購読者を達成するのは100万人を達成するよりも簡単だったと話している。100万人に到達するのは、10万人に到達するよりも簡単だった。10万人に到達するのは、1万人に

Oh, I think he stopped there, actually. And I still remember quite vividly how motivating that was for me to hear. And being at over a million at this point, I totally agree with his assessment.

そういえば、彼はそこで止まっていたような気がする。そして、その言葉を聞いてどれほどやる気が出たか、今でも鮮明に覚えている。そしてこの時点で100万ドルを超えている私は、彼の評価に全面的に同意する。

So, find something to motivate you. You might need it. It's quite difficult in the beginning.

だから、やる気を起こさせる何かを見つけよう。それが必要かもしれない。最初のうちはかなり難しい。

Do you actually have more free time compared to a 9-5 job?

実際、9時5時の仕事と比べて自由な時間は多いですか？

Love that question. My first instinct is to say no, absolutely not. In one way, it's true. It's very hard to not think about YouTube, or what video I'm going to create, and should I do this and that, and how should I respond to this thing, and it's kind of always on my mind.

その質問は大好きだ。私の最初の直感は、ノー、絶対にノーと言うことだ。ある意味、それは正しい。YouTubeのこと、どんなビデオを作ろうか、あれをしようか、これをしようか、この件にはどう対応しようか、と考えないようにするのはとても難しいし、なんだかいつも頭の中にあるんだ。

I've never really, before starting YouTube, I've never really had something that was so vivid in my mind at pretty much all times. Even when I'm doing something that's not YouTube related, I'll see something and think, hmm, that would make an interesting video. Or, ooh, maybe I should try editing something like that, or listen to a piece of music and think, wow, when I'm listening to this piece of music, I'm imagining how I could film something and talk about this thing. So, it's like, so much of life starts to remind you of how you can create the next video, and what you can do, and how you can become better. So, even when you're free, you're not exactly free. That's one thing. I mean, I don't have weekends off, or I don't clock out at 5 or anything like that. I'll work at 10pm, I'll work on Saturdays and Sundays.

YouTubeを始めるまで、これほどまでに常に頭の中に鮮明なものがあったことはなかった。YouTubeに関係ないことをしているときでも、何かを見て、うーん、これは面白いビデオになるな、と思うことがある。あるいは、ああ、こういう風に編集してみようかなとか、音楽を聴いていて、この音楽を聴いているときに、こういう風に撮影して、こういうことを話してみようかなとか。だから、人生の多くのことが、どうすれば次のビデオを作れるか、何ができるか、どうすればもっと良くなれるかを思い起こさせるようになるんだ。だから、自由であっ

So, in that way, no, there's definitely not more freedom. However, starting this channel and doing it full time, I've been thinking sometimes that, wow, people who work 9-5s, they have no idea what it's like being fully consumed by something like this, where it's your own business and your own boss, and there's so much discipline that's required, and you're never really clocking off, and your brain is constantly thinking about your job, because it becomes a job after a while.

だから、そういう意味では、自由度が高いとは言えない。でも、このチャンネルを立ち上げてフルタイムでやっていると、9時5時で働いている人たちは、こういうことに没頭するのがどういうことなのか、全然わかっていないんじゃないかと思うことがあるんだ。

But then, I've been thinking, if it's that much work, or if it's that difficult or consuming doing this, wouldn't I just be happy going back to a 9-5? And then I thought, no, absolutely not,

でも、ずっと考えていたんだ。そんなに大変なら、こんなに大変なら、こんなに時間がかかるなら、9時5時の仕事に戻ったほうが幸せじゃないかって。と考えた、

I wouldn't trade this for the world. I've really reconsidered my way of viewing this as being more difficult in any way than any other 9-5 job. I've had plenty of 9-5 jobs, I've worked at cafes,

私はこの仕事と引き換えにはしない。他の9時～5時の仕事よりも、この仕事が難しいものだと考えていたことを考え直したよ。私は9時5時の仕事をたくさんしてきたし、カフェで働いたこともある、

I've worked as a nanny, I've been in finance, I've been in marketing, so I've been there.

私はベビーシッターとして働いたこともあるし、金融やマーケティングに携わったこともある。

And even if I'm not free in the same way, because my mind is always on YouTube, I'm free in so many other ways that I never was before, in ways that I can't even compare. Really, I set my own schedule,

そして、たとえ同じように自由でなかったとしても、私の頭の中はいつもYouTubeのことでいっぱいだから、他の多くの点で、以前とは比べものにならないほど自由なんだ。本当に、自分でスケジュールを決めている、

I can really do whatever I want when I want. I can go and take a gym class now, or I can go and walk my dog, or I can decide that I want to go to Paris for two nights, or I can just decide that

好きなときに好きなことができる。今すぐジムのレッスンを受けに行くこともできるし、犬の散歩に行くこともできるし、パリに2泊したいと決めることもできる。

I'm not going to work this week, I'm going to take a week off. And having that freedom is incomparable to anything else. At my last job, I remember, I wanted to go to LA for a week or something, and it was very much a hassle of going back and forth with my boss, who had to go to her boss, who had to discuss it further. And no matter how much I tried, and I was very flexible with dates and all of that, I couldn't get a week off. And that's the reality of most people, that's how it is, you can't just randomly take a week off. I'm embarrassed for ever thinking that this, in any way, is comparable or more difficult to what I was doing in the past.

今週は仕事じゃなくて、1週間休むんだ。その自由があることは、他の何物にも代えがたい。前職では、1週間ほどロサンゼルスに行きたいと思っていたのですが、上司と何度もやり取りをしたり、上司の上司に相談したり、上司の上司にさらに相談したりと、とても面倒でした。そして、どんなに日程の融通を利かせようとしても、1週間の休みを取ることはできなかった。そして、それがほとんどの人の現実であり、そういうものなのだ。無作為に1週間の休みを取ることはできない。過去にやっていたことと比べて、これが同等かそれ以上に難しいことだと思っ

Both had their challenges, that's not to discredit people who are in the content creator field either. It requires massive amounts of discipline, and you're putting yourself out there. You're opening up to the world, and you're kind of expecting people to be mean, and you're expecting people to pick you apart, whether that's the way you look, or the way you talk, or your personality. And so, I don't even remember the question. What are we even talking about? What was the question? Oh, do you actually have more free time compared to a 9-5? Yeah. So, yes and no, but honestly, mostly yes. Let's be real. The YouTuber job, in my opinion, isn't hard. If you've had other jobs, you're going to know that it's not hard. It has its challenges, but that's my personal experience and opinion. I'm going through the questions now, and they're great questions, but so many of them relate to this idea of fear. How do I start? How do I get successful? How do I know what to do and what to say? I'm trying to make this as informative and valuable to you all as possible. So, I'm really, really trying to put myself in the position that I was in three or four years ago, when I was sitting there, having all these questions, and I'm thinking, what do I wish someone told me at that point? There are so many things to be terrified of in life. I think Jordan Peterson actually, yes, I remember this now. Jordan Peterson had an interview back then that also motivated me a lot. The interviewer asked him something like, what do you tell someone who wants to quit their job or do something different, completely different with their life, but they're too scared, despite being miserable and unhappy where they are right now? Jordan Peterson said something along the lines of, staying in a place that is making you feel miserable and unfulfilled should terrify you so much more than the fear that you're feeling towards moving on to something new. Something along those lines.

どちらにも困難はあったが、それはコンテンツクリエイターのフィールドにいる人たちを貶めることではない。膨大な量の規律が必要であり、自分自身を表に出すことになる。自分を世界にさらけ出すわけだから、人から意地悪をされたり、見た目や話し方、性格をいじられたりすることも予想される。だから、その質問さえ覚えていない。何の話をしていたんだっけ？何の質問だったっけ？9時5時の仕事と比べて自由な時間は多いですか？そうだね。イエスでもありノーでもある。現実を見よう。僕が思うに、YouTuberの仕事は難しくない。他の仕事をし

He definitely phrased it a lot more eloquently than I just did. And I think, in a nutshell, that's what I want to tell you too. Sometimes I wonder what my life would've looked like if I had stayed at my last job. And just to be clear, it wasn't like a dirty, physically demanding, super tiring job at all. It was a nice job at an office. So, it doesn't have to be really bad in order for you to not feel fulfilled. I remember, at the time, I was struggling with that a bit because I felt like I should be grateful that I have this job, and there are so many people who are looking for jobs, and who aren't getting paid well, and who are really struggling, and here

彼は間違いなく、私よりもずっと雄弁にそれを表現した。そして、一言で言えば、それは私があなたにも伝えたいことだと思う。もし前の職場にいたら、私の人生はどうなっていただろうかと考えることがある。はっきりさせておきたいのは、汚くて、肉体的にきつくて、すごく疲れる仕事というわけではまったくなかったということだ。オフィスでのいい仕事だった。だから、やりがいを感じられないからといって、本当に悪い仕事である必要はないんだ。当時は、この仕事があることに感謝しなければならないと思い、少し悩んでいたのを覚えている。

I am, at this job, I'm getting paid, I'm doing okay. What am I complaining about? Why am I not feeling fulfilled? And I want to tell you that it doesn't have to be super bad in order for you to want a different situation, just like with anything in your life. You don't have to be in a super terrible relationship in order for you to want to move on and leave that person behind.

この仕事で、給料をもらって、まあまあやっている。私は何に不満を持っているのだろう？なぜ満たされないのだろう？そして私は、人生におけるあらゆることと同じように、違う状況を望むために、それが超最悪である必要はないということを伝えたい。その人と別れて前に進みたいと思うのに、超最悪な人間関係にいる必要はないのだ。

It can simply be that you're not getting your needs met, there's an itch in your body telling you that there's something else, that there's something different for you out there that you want to explore, and life is going by so quickly. And oof, this is where we're getting so cliché, but hey, clichés are cliché for a reason, right? Life is going by very quickly. It could end at any point. If any of you have had an experience with someone close to you passing and you being part of it, you get such a wake-up call of the shortness of life and how so much of what we worry about, we think about, we overthink, we complicate, we catastrophize, are very insignificant in the grand scheme of things. And that's not me telling you to invalidate your own feelings, but sometimes you need to. Sometimes you kind of need to invalidate your own feelings because they're not very rational, they're exaggerated, and they're likely not true. So, give yourself a bit of tough love. These questions about how do I start? You're never going to be fully ready, you're never going to have all the information that you need to guarantee success and guarantee that things are going to go well. No, your first few videos are probably going to be pretty bad, you're going to look back on them and cringe and laugh and feel embarrassed. That's fine, that's part of the process. There's no formula. You could watch a hundred more videos like this about how to become a YouTuber, how to start. And yes, there are definitely bits of very valuable information that you can pick from these places, but at the end of the day, none of that information is going to make you actually sit down, turn your camera on, and start recording. Only you can do that. Only you can press upload. The reason I didn't answer a bunch of questions is that I just honestly don't think that those questions are going to help you out. I think most people who are looking at these videos, especially if you're looking at like a hundred videos like this, you're just procrastinating. You're probably trying to find a reason for why you can't, for why I or someone else has advantages that you don't have. And maybe that's true. I have advantages, advantages that you don't have. You may have some that I don't have. You work with what you have. There is such a variety of creators on this platform, so no argument of well, he has that, she has that, he grew up like this, she looks like that, he has this connection. None of that is valid if you look at the fact that there's a broad range of creators where everyone is so different. So, ask yourself, are you just procrastinating?