My schedule is all over the place at the moment, as this year could have been easily labelled like that one Star Trek Voyager episode ‘A year of hell Part 1’ just I feel like I’m already on part 4. Let’s hope next year I can get back to the schedule below :D
I have a 9-5 job with a few days allowing me to work from home so at least I don’t have to deal with commuting all the time; and also have a partner who requires some attention. We play FFXIV together, and sit next to each other, so I can only really do streaming when I’m alone at home or if I stream one of our raid sessions.
Streaming:
If I have a raid stream (currently Tuesdays) it’s mostly preparing for the raid itself, check guides, prepare buff food, etc and it’s actually the easier stream to do, because most of my focus is on the discord voice chat with the group and the game itself. I still reply to stream chat of course, but can’t really have long conversations with my viewers. We usually have 2 hrs sessions, but it can vary depending if someone needs to leave earlier or if we are close to a clear and decide to push it a bit longer.
If I do my casual gameplay stream (currently Mondays) I stream for 2 hours and I try to plan ahead which checkpoint I want to reach in the story quest to not leave it at an awkward point and if there is any seasonal event or other side content I want to spend some time with. I also
want to use this content in the future to make it into short guides for my Youtube channel, so whenever I get to a point where I can teach some gameplay techniques, I make notes for what I want to talk about.
Since I have to start streaming shortly after I get home from work, I update the stream title/description/etc earlier during the day so when it’s time I just have to fire up everything and hit the start stream button. I also use OneNote for quick copy+paste stream titles, tweet templates, whatever you can think of. Easily accessible from any of my devices and saves
an awful lot of time typing and potentially mistyping things :D
Video editing:
I’m not good at making clips mid-fight (I feel that steam deck purchase incoming soon….) but I use markers, so if there was anything worth clipping from my streams, I do that straight after the session.
I prefer to edit longer videos over the weekend, as if I get started, I only realise I’ve been sitting there for 8+ hours when I hear the shout from the kitchen that dinner is ready. If I get an idea for a video, I record most of the footage during the week as I still have the energy for that
after work, then review it and make notes of the time stamps to make the editing as quick as possible. (I love some good old-fashioned stationery, somehow I feel productive when the desk has colourful pretty notes all over it and I can physically cross something out from a to-do list)
Instagram:
I used to post every day from 2-3 games when I started the channel, which I usually did as a wind-down before bedtime. Now I post a couple of times a week as I have less time to play so have less screenshots and I prefer quality over quantity. All my screenshots are saved to my Google drive, so I can post them from my phone too. Trying to make the most use of my commuting time :D
Just About:
If I don't have an idea for a bounty straight away or don't have time to create the content for it, I put the deadline in my calendar, and usually that's my afternoon coffee time activity to write the content for the bounties.
