Quitting Youtube (my thoughts) 

I'm a 77 year old widow and I watch your channel EVERY week - you bring so many great ideas and thoughts to my life. Thanks!

Gabe, you talking into a camera is enough for us. We don't need uber-slick productions, we just need good life advice, which is something you are very good at doling out.

I’m older than you. 20yrs ago RU-vid was YOU tube. It was abt a person in front of a camera presenting themselves and their ideas. It was so much better back then. It was organic and slow and focused. No pressure or selling or editing anything. People would record from their messy sofa or kitchen or bedroom.

Gabe, you're not an idiot and your somebody. You change lives. Sending you and your family Love vibes!

Gabe, you just do you. Don't compare yourself to others. Do what YOU love. We love your videos.

I agree with you. Sometimes we just have to enjoy it... I started my online shop last year and it's been doing great. I don't focus on the numbers, I focus on enjoying the products I make.

I am 75 and I also watch your channel every week. Minimalism and trying to lead a simple life has always been important to me yet I have gained sooo much from your ideas and thoughts. Thank you Gabe. Very best wishes to you and your family.

When I first started my channel, I was under the assumption that growing a team and wanting millions of subscribers is the "right" way to do RU-vid. After making videos for the last couple of years and being able to take it full-time with a smaller audience, I finally understand that to me personally, success doesn't lie in a bigger team and more profit, it really lies in loving the process of creating and that's my goal from here on out. Don't grow too quick, but enjoy the journey and make this as sustainable as possible. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this Gabe! Super interesting to get to hear your perspective on it as someone I've watched for a few years at this point. Keep killing it! 👊🏼

Love the style of your videos. Glad you’re sticking around. 👍🏻

I value your videos so much. After losing my short-term and long-term memory because of a brain surgery and stroke 17 years ago, I had to relearn life again, from eating to speaking to walking, and with that came learning how to simplify life. I have a lot of time and started watching RU-vid videos, and have learned so much from your engaging and easy to follow little mini-lessons on life. You inspire me to one day start a channel. Thank you!💯➡️🖤!!!

You helped me start to change my life! I am a 25 year old struggling with life, but when I found your videos, I started taking back control. My house is more peaceful, my savings are going up and my mind is less stressed. You really helped me more than my psychologist ever has 😅 so thank you for doing this. I was really scared by the title of this video that you where leaving haha

That's exactly it, "it's okay to have your own version of different things"... hits deep.

I have also noticed people doing this and burning out. I love the way you are handling it all. I come here just to hear you talk to me and if I am entertained that it a bonus, the good thing is your personality provides that bonus naturally. Keep up your way!

I appreciate what you do and how you do it. I've watched several of the "quitting RU-vid" videos and the common theme is overgrowth. I don't watch your channel because of fancy edits and ear candy soundtracks. I watch it because of you and what you have to say.

I am so happy to hear that you are staying with RU-vid! I am many years older than you but always enjoy your content. You are wise beyond your years and have an appreciation for how RU-vid has blessed your life. That is refreshing! Keep doing what you are doing. You have a gift for it😊

What you’re describing in the first couple of minutes is exactly what Matt d’Avella said (as you mentioned). It seems kinda crazy to pursue minimalism and simplicity, then overcomplicate your RU-vid business and just stress yourself out all over again. Glad you’re in touch with yourself on this. Good video.

I was actually so scared to watch, in case you were quitting RU-vid! Phew! You’ve been such an inspiration to me in so many ways. Keep it up, and continue to do what you love!

I so love your transparency and appreciate you sharing your experiences and insights with such compassion❤ As a Business Owner/Wife/Mom/Daughter-it’s a balancing act for sure! Whether you’re responsible for yourself, your family and/or your employees-life can be a strain and a burden. Please know Your RU-vid videos have and are making a difference-I share them all the time!! Blessings to your family❣️

I just discovered you this past weekend and you have impacted both my husband and myself. We dedicated the weekend to minimizing (used to be a minimalist for most of my life, but we went thru a rough start when we were on our own and bought our home, so for us we feared going without because of that and it cluttered our storage areas- closets, drawers, etc. and it drove me bonkers and it became hard for us. Then add 2 little ones and then sentimental keepsakes turned to 2-3+ boxes per kid saved and now I've gotten it down to one per kid (albeit still full, it's improving and will continue to once I continue the box method in one of your videos)). We utilized 20 under 20 with anything contemplated saving just in case, we threw away/recycled 5 xlarge toter bins to the curb on garbage day and I filled up another the day they were emptied and brought back up the driveway ahahaha. Still going. Any tips when it comes to saving childrens items (especially sentimental first years items?) Please keep sharing your perspective, it's been really validating in the most difficult times of purging 😂😂😂

Gabe, what I love best about your chats each week is your warm, honest, authenticity. No matter what the topic is, you always present your true self and inner thoughts which makes you VERY relatable. Keep doing exactly what you’re doing. It’s Gold in a sea of irrelevant grey here on RU-vid.

I subscribe to a lot of channels that I rarely ever watch, but I only hit the notification button for 3 of them & you’re one of them! You’re great at explaining things with a ton of inspiration behind what you say & do. Truly appreciate you man!

Thanks Gabe you’re amazing and just know that you are helping a ton of people. We are grateful you chose this job. You’ve definitely helped me.

I love this. I always feel so pressured to "Go Big, create a team, get all the subs, get all the things! Create a business!" Agh! I honestly just love connecting with people and I really do love editing my videos and my hope is to create a community of people who never felt seen or heard get to finally feel seen and be heard.

Loved this, Gabe, a reminder that Bigger, Better, Faster, More might not always be what we want and need! 😃

This is soooo good!! Thank you for sharing!!! 🎉 Such a good reminder to go back to the reason why you started a channel in the first place. I needed to hear this today. 😊

Hi Gabe, I understand completely what you are talking about. I saw a video of yours a few years ago and I couldn’t wait to tell my young adult children about you and asked them to subscribe to your channel. I love your simple approach to what you do. I remember when you were just starting and didn’t have any sponsors, and now you have a few… good for you😊 I am a nurse practitioner with a lot of compassion for the industry that I work in. I would love to start a RU-vid channel and have lots of ideas… but sadly, I am quite camera shy and don’t like to shine a light on myself. I’m a lot older than most of the people I follow, but I love the message, so I continue to watch. I hope one day to become bold enough to start my own journey. 🙏🏽

Thank you for being you. I appreciate how you share your experiences, thoughts, insights... they really have improved my life! Your videos have really helped me figure out what is important for me (and ignore outside pressure). All of the meaningful tiny habits that have added up to greater life satisfaction . I can't thank you enough for

Thank you, Gabe! You are enough! I’m so grateful I found your ideas on minimalism-they are simple and actionable-something I need! May God bless you, and your family.

I'm so proud of people who are bold enough to actually spread this message. That's SO healthy, and so important. I feel blessed to be able to hear people like you, from the other side of the planet. You can be proud of yourself for being you... whatever you do next.

Omg thank you so much for your content it was greatly appreciated you have touched so many lives. ❤

I started watching your videos just after Christmas. The advice in them is top notch. 👏🏾

We love your videos. The ones about minimalist tips and tricks are simple yet perfect. Thanks!

You are not an idiot! You are highly intelligent, and have such excellent advice. Your videos are great, and help so many, including myself. You put so much time and hard work into your videos, and they are so appreciated by so many. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re great at it.

Good for them, if they are able to do it. This is unrelated but similar, but I've been teaching English in Hanoi for about eight years and I always used to teach 7 days a week, morning afternoon and evening, and I loved doing it so much, but I was starting to get so burned out. At the end of last year I felt like making a big change and majorly cut down my schedule, and it's been so amazing spending January mostly just working a couple of hours in the afternoon and spending most of my time on my bicycle or at home. I was really attached to my old ways, and I still feel some guilt about having so much free time now (and obviously my income is a lot lower now), but it's just been really great for me in many ways. I think the moment you start to feel any kind of burn out, it's super good to take a step back and see if you'd be able to scale down and give yourself some breathing room.

I don't consider myself a "RU-vidr" - but as you said, you can help people even with the simplest videos. I made a couple of videos about moving to Dublin, Ireland for work, and a lot of people told me that it had helped them. I haven't posted anything for a long time (and probably won't in the future) - but I completely understand how an obsession with numbers can kill one's passion. I'm currently reading "The Storyteller's Secret", and you style reminded me of one of the secrets: "Storytellers who capture the public's heart are passionate about their message and they share that content in simple, approachable language. Video has become an essential component of delivering a story. Successful storytellers embrace the medium in a personable, friendly style that makes the viewer feel as though they're having a one-on-one conversation with the speaker."

I consider it a blessing that I found your channel. You and several others have helped me see positive results from your advice. Keep kickin' a$$!!! Thank you.

Trust me. You deserve it. Thanks for doing your RU-vid thing. I've watched you for a while and it's been a joy to watch you grow through the process. Keep following your joy.

I’ve enjoyed watching your journey for years now. Glad I found you and looking forward to the course!

Thank you for the inspiration. I really enjoy your channel and I appreciate all you have to offer. I’ve been a creator for 5-6 years and had to take a year off. I got really burnt out and just needed time to think. I started back up in November with a different mindset and im really enjoying it. The more simple I keep it, the happier I am.

Gabe! You are such an Angel. Thanks so much for being You! Blessings to you and your Family 🙂🌻

You have helped me a lot and I appreciate it so much. I love how genuine you are. Just keep being you and that's all you need :). I have been decluttering, improving my finances and working on minimalism all because I chanced on your channel. Next up...my closet ha.

Hi Gabe! Don't quit RU-vid please! :) You now have 456k subscribers! Congrats!

You are amazing!! Thanks for all you do!! Stay positive!!

young creator here. just started my channel 3 weeks ago - loved watching your stuff. reflecting on a lot of the same things you are here - rooting for you.

You inspired me to start my writing business, and your idea of posting regularly has helped me so much. I'm doing what I love and have dreamed about all my life. Thank you, Gabe.

I’m in the midst of my RU-vid journey too and I completely relate to all of this. I am not at the stage where I am earning enough to sustain myself from the channel but I do it out of pure love for making content and the message I’m sharing. The element of helping people is something you can’t put a price tag on in my opinion, it’s the greatest reward of all!😊 Wishing you the best!

Love your videos they are always so insightful... so happy you are staying!!

i love that you did a video of this. i'm a huge matt davella fan and i was happy to see he is stepping back to be more authentic to who he is. you do a great job at being authentic too

I love watching your honest opinions, I’ve only been in RU-vid for 3 years, got the ▶️ but I’ve been feeling the need to step back to get back to what I love rather than it take over, thank you for your wise words as always

❤❤❤Love this!! Enjoying what you do❤❤❤

This was really nice to hear Gabe. I feel at times I really wanted to try and grow our channel but as I look back I'm glad we took it easy and just had fun with our channel and never took it too seriously. Although, it would be nice to have an impact on 100,000+ people I believe it will eventually come as long as I continue enjoying the content I make. Thanks Gabe.

Keep it simple! You are enough! You are amazing! I’ve learned so so much from you! Thank you! 🙏🏽💜

Hi Gabe! I remember watching your first ever RU-vid video, and I’ve been hooked ever since. 😅 Your growth has been phenomenal!

I started making RU-vid videos in 2016, and now I have 33,000 subscribers. RU-vid was a hobby for me; whenever I learned a new song or a cool riff on the ukulele or guitar, I would grab my camera and record it-on the sofa in our living room, sometimes in the garden. I always received many views for it. I never wanted to make money from my videos; I just enjoyed how many people were interested in my music. In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to get views. I tried to keep up, post weekly, but it's challenging to be passionate about making music when you have to produce videos like an assembly line to keep the clicks coming in. I didn't touch my ukulele for a year because I was so burned out. That's why I quit.

I've been posting videos sporadically for the last 5 years. In 2024, I decided to change course. My wife and I put out our first video one week ago and we are so excited. You have been a huge impact on us because you are literally just like us and we draw a lot of inspiration from you. You do an amazing job and we are so glad that you are part of our lives. Keep up the good work!

You change lives. As I told you before, my students love you. God loves your work because you do it with the right heart.

I've never been happier for a video. I have been returning to your videos for years but something changed awhile ago where I kinda feelt your videos became produced. Still in your style but not as fantastic as the used to be & so raw. Hearing this, I think you will continue to do what we started falling you for & why we keep coming back. I can't wait to see you continue doing you & continue to support exactly that.

I am a 60 year old woman and I just came across your content. You are wise beyond your years and are going to have a wonderful life because you "get it". I have shared your channel with my 3 sons age 31,24 and 22 and I truly hope they continue to watch your videos. There is no one who would not benefit from your channel. I hope you never change your platform. It is very real and relatable and I think that's what most people want.

I'm just getting started with my own channel. I love the support you and other creator's put out to help new people succeed.

I understand what you are saying. -- There is a lady that does YT her name is Vivian'sVanAdventures. Her videos are normal every day stuff, no fancy lights and setups. If she fumbles, it's not edited out. I really like watching that type of content. She shows the realtity of life as it is.

Gabe, I appreciate you and your channel, many of the ideas you have shared have really helped me. Please keep talking to us 😊

Gabe, I’m a newly divorced woman who never even paid a bill and had to learn to manage the little I was given. I have learned a lot from you. You are the real thing. I just needed someone to talk to me that I could understand. Thanks for hanging in there. You are really appreciated.

I love your videos. Love the tone and volume of your voice

my youtube has just started gaining a little bit of traction, and I'm realllllyyy trying to keep the burnout at bay while juggling a job and doing things I care about.. I feel like my youtube is helping people, but then I noticed youtube was starting to consume my thoughts 24/7... I really love this video and your honest thoughts about it because I can relate soooo much to what you're saying. all this to say, keep sharing your thoughts and your insights on things because you never know what is valuable for someone, even if it seems mundane to you 💗 I think everyone finding their boundaries and posting what they want to post is what makes youtube really special and valuable as a community, so thanks for reminding us of that :)

Gabe, I am 45 yrs old and u r one of my favorites!! Your content opens my eyes, it’s useful and has been helpful to my life!!! I am grateful to you and your wife too! I subbed to her channel cause I love supporting u guys! And I support whatever u want to do! God bless u!!! And thank you!

Gabe, you are simply amazing! Thank you for your open, no bulshit, honest content!

I came across your site recently and have been looking at your videos daily. As someone nearing 50, I do regret not having some of this knowledge when I was your age. My finances are okay but investments could have been better. However, learning is a process so even now I can still make adjustments. Thank you for the simplicity and realism of your presentations. Subscribed from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 (Caribbean).

Gabe, just keep being yourself and sharing with us. I have learned SO MUCH from you (and I am officially old!), and you manage to convey so much in such a short period of time (which is a real gift). I celebrate your wins, and I learn from your humility and beautiful mind. Don't run away. I know we would miss you.

Oh, I thought you were going quit from the title! So glad you’re not. Love your videos, helpful and inspiring. You have helped many people. 😊

3:40 on, you had that excitement fire in the eyes. That was from the heart. You just let it flow out. Yeah man, do a video a month instead of once a week. Spending quality time with immediate family waaay more important. You're like family to us viewers. We know you're there, and we can't wait to see you. JMT's. Best of luck brother. TY for the guidance. Patrick

Thank you for keeping your videos, simple and straight to the point. Great info!!

Great vid. I love your channel and you're right on - people get burned out by some desire to continually expand and hire. I hope you continue to share your thoughts with the community here. Your content and stories are great the way they are.

And thats why we love you!....your so grounded!

I find it amusing, but sad too. I feel sorry for them. I wish they would take a break instead of totally quitting.

Thanks for inspiring videos Gabe. I love your minimalism/frugal content and “rules” stuff (20/20 and 8 daily tasks). They are working for me and improving my life! Life is ebb and flow, in and out, etc. and if we’re lucky we can adjust. Thanks again.🐇💜

Watching your videos helped me reset from the chaos in my life. My lifestyle is reformatted.

Hi Gabe, I think you’ve done really well and I love the fact that you’re so involved with your audience. You’ve inspired, encouraged and motivated a lot of people including myself. I wish you all the best in anything you wish to do and we are here to support you all the way man ✌️😊

Omg you are wonderful!! So happy that you popped on my feed!!

man what you said at 0:35 that is exactly how I feel right now. I'm going to start my youtube channel in February (2024). I'm excited to start and hope I'll never forget how I'm feeling about this right now.

Good stuff Gabe! Funny how sometimes going back to the basics is all that's needed to create joy and sustainability. Loved the simplicity of this particular video. Attaboy!

Your channel has been very helpful for me! Your right. The old school way is the best way. Keep it simple. The simple life is the best way to live… it’s an ancient proverb.

Don't ever leave bro. Your awesome. I appreciate you.

Loved it, the only video I watched of you the last month. I really enjoy just real, honest emotions and thoughts about people. That's the biggest reason I watch those videos, for people. Keep it up, would love to see more of your personality in future videos

Love this! I think this might inspire a whole new wave of RU-vidrs 👏 keeping it real 👏

Thank you, you’re such a positive person 😊

Thanks for talking to us.

Gabe, your content has helped me improve my life so much! Thank you for all that you do.

As always, your take on this is refreshing and wise. So glad you're not quitting because I just found your channel and have been binge watching all your videos. I'm excited to continue to learn from you!

Thanks to you for sharing your thoughts 😘♥️

Gabe, that's exactly what we love about you and your channel 😊 thank you so much for your content, huge fan here ❤

Well, I love listening and think your videos are so refreshing. Glad you are not planning on quitting.

I love your videos Gabe and how authentic you are! Keep it up!

This was really helpful! As a new RU-vidr myself, I really needed to hear this. I've had my own online business for about a decade, but I've just started to get into RU-vid and really branch out. It's easy for us to forget about helping people, and doing what we love. It's too easy to get caught up in the rush of gross, and forget about the main point.

Thank you for staying on RU-vid! I learn and enjoy your channel and look forward to each video 😊💜 Enjoy Today!

Recent subscriber and I’m really finding your content valuable. Thank you 😃

Thank you. I needed to hear this today. I started a channel some years ago and I finally made my first video today! I've a lot to learn.. x

Thanks for this! You are one of the youtubers that I admire and gave me the push to give it a try. Still got a lot to learn. Glad to hear you are not quitting, we need youtubers like you :D

Gabe you are awesome! I love your videos watch every single one, you bring so many great tips to us and I enjoy your family. I hope you continue to bring your magic to us for a long time.

What a perfect perspective and I totally agree that we tend to forget what really maters in many areas of life until it’s too much. I don’t ‘do’ RU-vid but I have learned so much from those who do. And also overwhelmed myself in other areas. It also seems like those who own it on their skills and balancing with the rest of their life actually create the best & most well developed vids. Those are the ones I limit my viewing time to. Great job!

Gabe, I really like your work. It’s been beneficial to my adult son and I hope my other son comes on board with your channel. I was looking for someone with a level of moral integrity, rational, level headed, sensibility in living life in a healthier way. Run on sentence! Keep being the quality human being you and sharing how to live life in a more mentally, physically, and spiritually direction. RU-vid could use more young adults living richly from the soul out.