Hi friends,
So, Maddie Briggs asked me in a comment how I balance youtube and work.
And if i tell my employers that I do youtube at all.
So first I will answer the question about if I tell my job about my channel.
And, my first job out of college I didn't tell them about it, but people found it anyway
because I tweet out my videos and stuff so it wasn't hard to find.
But every job since then, I've actively told people about my videos.
I have some of my creative accomplishments on my resume, like YouTube Creators for Change,
and I have some of my videos on my professional website.
My channel was definitely was a major part of how I got my past jobs on the Hillary Campaign
and GLAAD because I work in digital strategy, and these are proof that I know how to create
good content and I have video skills, which are pretty valuable these days.
But to the question of how I balance it--that's changed a lot over the years.
And it's kind of hard for me because i'm not totally a process-oriented person.
I am not good at self-imposed structure.
If you're looking for that you should check out my friend Amanda's work.
She is a youtuber turned podcaster and she's the queen of structures and systems and workflows
and she writes about it a lot so i'll put some links in the description.
So I'll talk about kind of what my ideal process is knowing that I don't often meet
that and sometimes I have to scramble at the last minute and sometimes i miss a week
First,I always script my videos.
You should script your videos, if you're not already, or at least use a detailed outline.
I know it seems like more work, and it might make you feel like less like, authentic and
natural, but making it sound natural is a skill I've developed over time.
Like everything i'm saying right now is scripted out verbatim, except this line is
an ad-lib so i'll add that in later.
and it is so much faster to film and especially to edit if I'm working from a script, because
I don't have to try and form coherence and meaning out of my rambling in the edit.
I know I have all the points I need already there.
Also I think it makes the video better.
Like I hate that the algorithm values longer videos because I just think writing concisely
is an important skill that everyone should practice.
Also, Once you're writing scripts, it's a lot easier to tuck your youtube work into
all the little corners of your day where you can find some time.
I write the first drafts of my videos out on paper so I carry my notebook with my everywhere
but then I'll type it up in a google doc to develop it and edit it.
So if you have breaks at work or a lunch break, you can open up your doc from wherever and
do some writing.
I know some people will write during their commute, if they take public transportation,
which has never really worked for me, I find it hard to get in the right headspace on the
train but if you have a script on your phone, you can give it a try.
Now I have a job where I work remotely, so I usually film over lunchtime in the middle
of the day too, which is nice.
I also have to block out of bigger chunks of time.
So weekends are for editing because that's when I have the most time, but the number
one trick i've found is getting up early.
I don't like getting up early, I'm not naturally a morning person, but I used to
tell myself that I would work on my videos after work, but then I'd get home from work
and just be exhausted and not want to to it, So there have been a lot of saturdays that
i've tried to like, come up with a video idea, write, shoot, and edit all in one day,
which is a horrible plan.
So I've started writing for at least half an hour every morning, before I get out of
bed.
You can also tell when I'm really busy because I shoot in the mornings—like the videos
where I was working on the campaign and always had to work super late, you can hear that
my voice is all gravely because i'm filming at like 7am and I those are the first words
i've said all day.
But if you get up and work on your creative projects before work, no matter how much that
day throws at you, no matter how much your job wears you out, you've done your work.
It also kinda puts me in a good mood for the day because like, I've done the thing I
love doing most and no matter what else happens that day no one can take that from me.
But there are definitely some things I've traded off to make all this work.
I've skipped a lot of after work drinks because,I knew i has.
I usually spend my friday nights and saturday nights editing so I don't go out much on
the weekends, and if I get behind during the week I'll also miss sleep to stay up late
and edit, or get up early and write.
But I just decided that at that time making these was more important to me than both of
those things.
Which isn't going to be the right choice for everyone.
And i think sometimes I've had to accept that there is no balancing.
Like I had a great opportunity to take a really big job but it took up so much of my time
that I had to stop making videos for two whole months.
But it was worth it.
Having a day job means you can skip and upload and it'll be fine, because your bills are
already paid.
And it means a lot more creative freedom because I don't need to do brand deals, I don't
have to sacrifice anything to the content gods, i can just make these weird storytelling
videos that I love.
If you make videos or art or music or any kind of creative project in addition to working
or going to school full time, let me know in the comments how you pull it off.
Also, if you have any other questions about my creative process, hit me with em.
Thinking about creative processes is how my whole interest in youtube got born so I'd
love to talk about it more.
If you liked this video, you can subscribe, you can also find me anywhere on the internet
@itsradishtime.
If you wanna help support my work you can do that on Patreon, and i'll see you next
week.
Bye!
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