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Posted by Ford James in Content Creators
This is the latest in our series of bounties asking you to reflect on your content creator career. This time we want to know all about your single happiest moment so far. Whether you're a veteran who has been creating content for years or you're still finding your feet, you need to celebrate the wins wherever they come from, and this is your chance to share the moment that lifted you up the most.
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Without a doubt it was 2 moments I can’t separate them as they are both needed in my journey, but the first one was getting into the YouTube later programme with my channel, it seemed impossible at the start to get 1000 subs and 4000 hours of watch time but when I did it and applied I got the acceptance email a few days before Xmas so it was like an early Xmas present and just felt incredible. This then lead me onto my next point which was handing my notice in at my job. I was really lucky I had a really really good job and worked with really exceptional people but something was missing as it just wasn’t something I wanted to do, like how you kind of fall into careers after university or whatever but I’d decided it was time to bail out from the comfy life, get into the mud and chase my dream, so after working like a maniac for about 3 years in full time job I was so mentally done with and working till all hours in the morning each night I was getting to the point of crazy burnout and impacting my health, never seeing my wife (girlfriend at the time) and generally just not doing good it was time to hand in my notice.
Also over the course of that time my friends were all buying bigger houses, I wasn’t, I stayed in my wee place, my friends were all buying nice new fancy cars, I didn’t I sold my fancy car and downsized then sold that too, all just to save up as much money as I could so I could leave my job and make a good go of being a full time content creator. It was really tough when you’ve been brought up just to try and do well at school and get a good job blah blah so it feels really wrong and like difficult to do such a thing as leave it all behind and basically start from scratch. I would not have been happy with my self if for the rest of my life I thought what if, it was now or never.
I handed in my notice and the feeling of a weight being lifted I can’t begin to explain how euphoric it felt, it was absolute magic, then I had to work my 3 months notice and the world shut down for the pandemic lol and hear I am still chasing it, learning everyday, getting a little bit better everyday until I crack it.
Only different is I not have 2 channels in the YouTube lartner programme with plans to get a 3rd in there soon too so it’s back to having not enough time to do everything I want to do so decision making it key to try and maximise my content output / value!
Its been the toughest thing I’ve ever done, but damn I’ve learned so much, had a blast and there is nothing like making progress on something that’s what you really want to do 💪
These are my 2 biggest moments that meant to the most to me as without doing these two things I wouldn’t be as happy, as healthy or have had all the other awesome experiences I have had since those 2 things! ❤️
The happiest moment on my content creator journey so far has to be the first time one of my posts went viral. I had put a lot of effort into creating a piece that was both informative and engaging, and seeing it resonate with so many people was incredibly rewarding. Watching the likes, shares, and comments roll in felt surreal. But the best part was reading messages from followers who said my content had genuinely helped them. That sense of connection and knowing I made a positive impact was unforgettable. It reminded me why I started creating content in the first place and motivated me to keep going.
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There have been quite a few moments over the past thirteen years of being a Content Creator that have been really happy moments.
I think the moment that tops it has been dancing with my pal Sprigatito at Pokémon EUIC 2024 back in April.
This is because I finally found a community that I fitted in and I had been looking for that for quite a while.
It was a totally chance encounter as my new friends asked me if I wanted to join them and film the Grass type starter before other people.
This video became one of my most liked and engaged video of the year so far.
I started content creation as a way of teaching people about Eve Online.
I would say my best moments were based around several areas within content creation.
Hitting my first 50 subscribers within a week
Hitting 1k subscribers within a month
Seeing nice comments thanking me and asking me for more
Meeting members of my current team and then working with them
Becoming known throughout the community as a "go-to" channel for tutorials.
Getting to interview CCP Staff for my channel was amazing as well.
I tend to think I still have great moments but any of those above, would be my greatest moments, but if I had to choose one specific from the list above.
It's hitting 1k subscribers and going monetized and realising my hobby was now actually making me money and I could use that money to further the channel and buy my game subscriptions.
