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hahah you are hilarious! So glad it was 7am because I'm not allowed to make noise before that. I live in a boarding house.

I'm 49.

I never thought I could be on YT but I do lives only, can't edit videos to save my life. And people actually follow and have started to ask for ways to donate, go figure! No idea what I do, nor can I teach it or tell you what it is, its seems my online presence works.

Lovely to meet you... just realised I'm reading you on substack, thought I was still on Medium. I have so many tabs open.

Thank you for writing.

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Elizabeth, that's amazing that people are asking how to pay you lol! Isn't that just the dream life goal? People throwing money our way for just showing up on line 😂 Give me a link to your lives, I'd love to see what you're talking about that people want to pay you. And don't worry, I won't copy because I couldn't go live to save my life.

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You might be surprise at the live aspect in YT, I thought I couldn't either but when there is an audience you just start talking. You should try it, you already have an audience here, they can follow you there.

My YT channel is in Spanish, UFO disclosure. I've NEVER in my life thought I would talk about this but I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv18BrZDyZj9AHRj_oXE1vQ

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You had me at ferrets. I know of your Jamaica connection and thought, what? Ferrets? Jamaica? It all makes sense now. When I was a squeaky teen I worked at a nature centre and there was an albino ferret named Musky. So, there's that and a mongoose is definitely a close exotic cousin. Like Snoopy's desert cousin, Spike.

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LMAO! I swear to you, the ferret moment goes down in history as one of my most laughable. And I have video footage of it. I was driving alone in rural Jamaica with my dash cam recording. I was merrily narrating to nobody but my camera as I drove and suddenly the ferret/mongoose darted out into the road before I had a chance to react. It disappeared under my car and to this day, I have no idea if I ran over it or not but my solo commentary was GOLD 🤣

If you care to see it, go to 1:25-ish in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGMfoFiAA4

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"I'm not sure if I hit it, but whatever." Ha, don't show this to PETA friends/fans. Was it Ferris Crossing or Ferret Crossing?

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Bahahaa I never even made the correlation to the names! Nice one ha!

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Another relatable topic. haha. What can I say about this?

I wanted to write stories after stories about my YouTube journey that began way back during the pandemic. (Gosh it feels long)

My channel is not at all the comedian kind -- that's really a difficult niche actually. So maybe my channel is nothing at all entertaining or engaging.

It probably leaned towards "Educational"? I like to make it more relatable, useful/helpful and authentic.

Funny how once again this post you written "coincides" with how I was just sitting at the coffeeshop today, writing in my journal Things I want to Resume again. One of them is my YouTube channel. It will still be around the east-meets-west practices on all things wellbeing, movement and healing. Think masculine-meets-feminine, yin-and-yang. lol.

So I am still experimenting on the style that works for me, the audience and the channel (which we all know is subjected to the Google gods).

Right now, I am throwing all the "strategic and planning" brain as it eats so much into my creative side - posting videos that range for slower/more Yin style like qigong and faster/Yang style like calisthenics and functional weight training. The key for me now is to just get into a cadence. Even if it's once a month. Google likes consistency. haha.

I pretty much feel this (wellbeing healing business) is my soul's calling. No way around it. And who knows, one day my style can be a mix between entertainment and funny, while still actually heals. Ha!

and oh, my humble channel is @therealyanhuang.

Youtube.come/@therealyanhuang

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I don't yet do Youtube, but I so identify with how hard it can be to talk naturally to the camera!

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Yes! It's not easy being a solo talking head!

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I do have a YouTube channel but have had very little success with it and don’t much like the videos I have. Hahaha.

Both my daughter and I and two friends and I often say we should have recorded that shit after a particular convo we’re sure was absolutely hilarious and probably profound and would have been as entertaining to anyone lucky enough to listen. Not sure if it would actually translate. But I’m certain we wouldn’t be able to reproduce the convos if the recorder was rolling. ;)

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Lol that's the problem with everyday life. We don't have a hidden camera crew 😁 I said to a girlfriend the other day that i wish I had a video camera inside my eyes so I could catch all the funny things my dog does. She's far too spontaneous for me to whip out my phone and catch it.

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Or the universe puts a horse trailer with the cutest little unicorn 🦄 right in front of you. You have some very interesting cool and funny universe moments. 😉

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I certainly do lol. I do my best to be very mindful about noticing these special moments!

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So funny that the goat was called "him," TWICE, with that darling little milk bag under her belly.... LOL

But... it's normal to shrink up and "not be funny" when the "LIVE" light goes on... you're maybe just not USED to it yet. Practice? Anyway, you're funny enough in TYPE... xo

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Love that accent! I can listen to the chef all day long. Was the soup good? Fab video.

My friend Pam and I had funny emails back and forth to each other but when we thought we could write a funny book version, fail.

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Little secret....the Jamaican accent is one of the things I miss MOST about being there. It's beautiful and so smooth. The soup was delicious but I did gag a little knowing there were feet in it. But all Jamaican food is delicious, they're all a bunch of chefs!

LOL your funny book fail is kind of like our sweatpants fail. It's a great idea in theory but how to make it entertaining for the outside world?

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LOL. Sweatpants fail. It will always be our inside joke.

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I do not have a YouTube channel, but I am vaguely incubating the concept for a TikTok series in which I offer myself as a substitute grandma for tweens, teens, or really anyone who could use some grandmothering. I confidently expect to suck at it until I learn by doing, because that's how I roll. And I know better than to put myself in front of a camera without a script -- that right there is the definition of dead air, and explains why I stank in improv classes.

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Jan, you NEVER cease to amaze me with the things you're willing to tackle!! TikTok? Substitute gramma? And YouTube! You're such a firecracker and you make me smile.

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Well, if I'm a firecracker, I have the world's longest fuse . . . we'll see if I take real action!

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You'd be great!!! Do it!

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Ohhhhh Kristi!! if ONLY people were watching us the other day...

srsly we were academy award winning funny. sorry you all missed it. 😜

I adore chatting with you and our mixed bag of emotions and giggles. We haven't even added wine to our chats yet. 😬

Also!! Thanks for the VERY kind mention you are a peach!!! xoxoxo 🦋

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Ohhhhh Kristi!! if ONLY people were watching us the other day… 🤣 srsly we were academy award winning funny. sorry you all missed it. 😆 I adore chatting with you and our mixed bag of emotions and giggles. We haven’t even added wine to our chats yet. 😬

Also!! Thanks for the VERY kind mention that is so nice of you!!! xoxoxo 🦋

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Looking forward to our next one 😁

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Me tooooooo 🤩

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Sometimes being good at one medium doesn't translate well to another. For example, Fred Allen was one of the legends of the Golden Age of radio, but he had zero charisma on television. Whereas his friend and rival Jack Benny had a performing style that was well suited to both media.

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I’ve always wondered if people who are great chatters normally are natural podcasters? And those who write for themselves are natural writers? 🤔

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Sometimes being good at one medium doesn't translate well to another. For example, Fred Allen was one of the legends of the Golden Age of radio, but he had zero charisma on television. Whereas his friend and rival Jack Benny had a performing style that was well suited to both media.

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David, thanks for breaking it down this way. You're right, we're not all cut out for everything and for the most part, it shouldn't matter as long as we can keep an audience in one place!

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I've mentioned it before, but I've tried walking and talking for a video in the past and it was so incredibly awkward that I don't think I'll ever try again. And I wasn't even trying to be funny! I spend a ton of time editing the films I make and put them on YouTube a week or two after debuting them in Substack. I only get a very few views in YouTube. One film only has one view after almost 3 months! So, definitely a snoozer. Highly discouraging and I feel like I'm forcing these films onto people at this point.

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Ugh. I hate knowing this Erik, because your videos are so amazing!! I wish I knew a secret specialized tool to make your stuff go viral! But a marketing guru I am not 😕

Maybe you should bring a celebrity with you on a hike lol. Like Diddy...and then push him off a cliff. That would go viral 😂

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Hahaha! That would lift my spirits, too!!

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Together, my husband and I see the silliness in every day situations and pretty soon, we’re doing a “routine” with each other. I’m so thankful that we share that but to anyone else, it wouldn’t make sense. I get you and your friend. My friend like that moved away and I miss her so much.

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Cheryl, I had that kind of relationship with my (late) son. We were always funny, all the time and nobody ever understood us 😁

It's a rare treasure to be in tune with someone like you and your husband!

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For years I tried to ad lib on YouTube but I think the secret to quality video content is actually to script. Writing a funny script is challenging I’m sure - maybe not for you because it comes naturally! - but I think the other option is to capture tons of footage and edit, which I absolutely don’t have the patience for. My YouTube is Suzanne Heyn, and I create content on self-understanding, meaning, purpose and older content often discusses emotional healing. Focusing on Substack at the moment, but definitely want to get back into YT! I think you’d be great! It just takes time to get good on video. Ironically I used to be better. Now I suck :)

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I tried to ad lib on YouTube too. And it was for sure a no-go for me. Agreed no patience for the editing!

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Suzanne, I'm not sure i could ever do YouTube alone though. It just feels weird talking to a camera alone in a room lol. I vibe off other people well.

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