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Okay… so let’s talk about content creators…

First, let me say that I don’t consider myself a content creator. I don’t have a regular upload schedule, and lately, I only stream sporadically.

But, I want to share some thoughts I had about content creators since I started making edited videos from time to time.

Since making, editing, and uploading a few produced videos, I’ve had kind of an epiphany regarding the incredible people who entertain us all:

First of all: If they are independent creators, they must be incredibly self motivated.

Every time I make a video, I realize that I should be making another one right away--or at least, the next day--if… I were taking this seriously. If I really want to entertain, educate, inform, or otherwise engage people on a regular basis, I really need the motivation to keep producing.

That made me realize that all our favorite creators are just one upload away from disappearing forever.

And… If they are financially successful, they could… even… have more reason to take it easy or even quit if they wanted to.

How does Pewdiepie upload every single day for 10 years without taking a day off?

You know: We, as viewers… as consumers of content… we… get used to our favorite creators’ upload schedules. Once they have produced a number of videos in a row, we kind of take it for granted that there is some kind of momentum involved--that maybe… they are “on a roll.”

Well, what making a few videos has taught me, is that every new video is like starting over from scratch. And whereas some financial success might be a motivating factor to keep producing, it’s, by far, not the main contributor to making the next video.

Pewdiepie has hinted at this in a number of videos he has done… where he’s touched on the creative process. His point is mostly that you really have to WANT to make the content. He always just wanted to make videos. It had nothing to do with money or making a living.

He produced content for years, and even met his future wife long before he ever made a penny on youtube. Yet he was making a name for himself. He did this by ALWAYS making the next video. In the beginning he made several a day. Back then, he did all the editing also. And, while it’s true that, back then, there was less editing and videos were much more like live streams, it was still a lot of work.

The reason we clap… the reason why we applaud musicians, actors, speakers and other performers… is because they have chosen to do what they do FOR US.

A great musician could very well decide to stay home and do what he does only for his loved ones.--for people he truly cares about. But such people go the extra mile and say: “I want to produce a stage show… a concert… a video… a
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