I swear, RU-vid is becoming so much more focused on staying balanced, staying healthy, taking care of yourself and doing what you love, not running the race for money. And it brings me hope for our future. There’s a shift happening
Absolutely! It's certainly one of the reasons I joined this wonderful journey and seeing people around me changing their life and aligning what matters to them gives me so much satisfaction.
These are the type of videos people have been craving. Genuine videos of people having fun and being creative. That's what youtube has always been about. This video was great, keep up the good work!
I can relate so much to your beautiful journey. Thank you for using your talents to express yourself, your message, your voice, with us. You created something that is a gift, from your heart to ours.
'Its not that you can't make art for your job...its when you only do that its an issue.' Right there. This is the same struggle I have too and I'm so glad you verbalised it. Power to you ❤
I completely relate to this. Consistency has always been my issue. I always have what ifs in my mind. What if I didn’t have those seasonal slumps? What if I pursued RU-vid seriously? Blahblahblahs. But I know it’s not too late. Nothing is ever too late.
Growing on RU-vid is challenging. I’ve been posting on my other channel for almost a year and none of my videos have over 100 views. It’s pretty discouraging but I’m hoping that one video will get traction eventually and help me grow.
This could not be more on point. I’m a professional photographer and I’m done with social media. It’s time to tell the stories I want to tell with the skills I was blessed to develop on the job. The rest will sort itself out. Thank you for such a beautiful and timely video. The very best of luck in continuing to create for yourself
Bravo! That's so on point! Great message! I feel the same way. Just making videos to get views and subscribers drains your soul, even though the attention is really motivating. Slowly but surely you burn out. Do what you love and do it for yourself! Well done! ❤️🙏
I saw a comment once that went something like this - creation from inspiration is magic. Creation from necessity is a burden. I feel it’s very true! Keep creating with your heart and joy 👏💫❤️
@@TravellingKook I have some editing to do for you too today, and appreciated the reminder of what you just said, about heart and joy. I’m paying attention to why I’m doing what I’m doing, and how I show up for it.
@@LisaKEntertainment lovely comment to read! It’s true that the reason we create can sometimes get lost, coming back to passion, joy and love for what we do is always a wonderful feeling! Keep being you ❤️🙏❤️
I can't agree more with your statement about us, as creative beings, needing the freedom of creating. It is a part of us that we shouldn't shut off just because of our lives as adults, our responsibilities, our circumstances... All it takes is re-prioritizing to realize how much we needed to create art. My boyfriend and I created our channel specifically for that, as an outlet for ourselves, as a way to bond more, and a way to mix up our routines from our usual 9-5. I already feel more alive and with more purpose. Thank you for inspiring us with this video ❤
I really really needed this reminder...💛 What my heart wants is to create and have fun, but when the reality of paying rent and bills got in the way, I turned my love of creating into a business and that love slowly started to fade away... But I got myself to go out and make a short video today. That one video doesn't have to be the one to go viral, but if making that one video serves as a reminder and rekindling love, you're right in that "all it takes is one."
Love your cinematography and the message. Great music to go with the different scenes. I’m in my 40s and decided a couple months ago to document that - there are a dearth of people in their 40s doing that. It’s creating for creation sake. So freeing and refreshing. You’re right: there is more - much more - to life than external validation and money. The creative process is so sublime and helps us all in every other area of life.
Well this story sounds familiar. I started on RU-vid in 2006. "Having fun and inspiration from your own heart and your own experience." Got it. Love the visual of the treadmill. "I have deeper needs than external validation and money." ❤ Thank you.
Wow this is incredible. I’m a photographer and this is exactly what I was going through and I finally started my youtube channel for myself and to create for fun!! Love this 💖💖💖 beautiful job.
I completely relate to your story all the way through! So stoked you’ve found that spark again. The beauty is that “creating for yourself” can also serve and inspire others. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for creating and sharing this! I agree, it can be so easy to just stare at RU-vid Studio, but this was an amazing reminder that we need to create for our own wellbeing. Amazing shots too- I love how you kept the audio of running on the treadmill through some of them- it really added to your storytelling. Awesome job! ❤
I just had a conversation with someone older then myself. We've talked about how they believe suffering was real back then and kids should go through the same to become better. Topic today was people were better and nothing bad happened back then. I always let this to be known no matter who they are to me the countless times older people bring this up with such confidence. Everything seemed great because as long as it was behind closed doors no one paid attention. Now more are outspoken about the horrors people knew going on around them but was told by the society how as long as they looked and acted the same as everyone else it was like going to church every Sunday so it was then okay to go back home to do more wrongs. RU-vid and everything around us is changing and for the better and people like this individual I'm so happy they're pushing forward to helping others fight for their own definition of happiness and a healthier lifestyle of their choosing
I see so much of myself in this video! Lil 13 year old me doing her best making things she loved, growing into the me making things I was good at to "succeed," and hopefully nowadays making things I love again and finding success in that act. tysm for this
This video just came up on my home page and was exactly what I needed! It was so inspiring to watch, and the way you framed creating just to create felt like a breath of fresh air. I am similar in that I also started a RU-vid channel when I was a kid, and have left and returned to it many times over the years. I'm now a family photographer and while I love it so much, I feel the call to create for me again. Thank you for lighting the fire for me!
Thank you for sharing this. You have so perfectly described what happens when creativity as a job goes unchecked. I absolutely love your videos. Please keep making them. ❤
I started tearing up when you were talking about witnessing that part of you that had died coming back to life again. Currently in the stuck phase and I know in my heart the only way to move forward is to trust myself to follow what inspires me. I really love your cinematography in this video & am sooo thankful it popped up on my homepage 💕
A friend of mine shared this video with me, I needed this !!! Thank you 🙏🏻, I started a project this year filming each week and I’m currently behind due to LIFE happening. Your inspiration is a blessing.
This was really beautifully shot and well edited.. and then I heard your background - makes sense! You are professional with a lot of experience - and put that together with a message that really resonates. Well done!!!
Wow, what an incredibly touching video! Thank you! I actually teared up a little. I felt like there was a special video I was supposed to see tonight. Then this popped up in my feed. I needed this encouragement and this beautiful reminder that nothing beats us living out our dharma and creating OUR art! Whatever it is , it’s so special because it’s ours! This was the best. Keep going ! ❤❤❤
IM SO BLOWN AWAY!!! Your old videos remind me of the same era when i first started. I have yet to make the entire leap also for myself though. (Hopefully, hopeeefully soon). Were you on youtube facebook back in 2013 by the way??? The old youtube community back then was TOP TIER
I positively love this first glimpse I’ve had into your work, your style is delicate but yet powerfully displayed. I’m definitely subscribing for more of this, stay inspired dear human! ❤
This was so so so so so so good. As a paid creative myself, I am finally shutting down my work requests to create freely for myself!! I’m so inspired by you and your work. 💕💕 excited to follow your journey, as one aspiring female videographer who’s has this dream for two decades as well, to an already incredible one 🥰
Such an inspiring video. I must say, IG has become so rigid that’s why I began my channel so I can tell my stories my way! Keep going girl, great video
I’ve been here since that video and am so grateful for it! ❤ I may not always interact regularly but I have appreciated your channel so much and it’s been inspirational for me these past months. Thank you for what you do! P.S. that shot of you looking through the window with the curtains was so beautiful!
✨This was lovely to watch! I couldn't agree with you more!! Similar journey here as a musical artist. This year was the first time in YEARS that I felt my musical spark come alive again to create from my heart. I am happy to be releasing a new musical album in a couple months! YAY for us getting our creative groove back and pushing the pressure aside!!😃 This, is how we grow✨
This is a really good message, it gives me the motivation to keep creating content. It's hard to be consistent with uploads. I agree it's hard to not focus on the numbers side of things all the time.
What a great video, Adalenne! I'M NEW HERE, JUST ALMOST 2 MONTHS IN WITH 109 AMAZING SOULS 🥰 I hope my videos give a feeling of peace to everyone who watches them 🤗 Greetings from BOSTON, Massachusetts
So glad that you started to create videos for fun again and that we get to enjoy your creativity and hear your story 💛 I used to love creating videos myself and editing but when I started doing it as my job, it began to feel so boring.. So I created a new channel to share information and enjoy making videos again 🥰
Listening to you made me realise we are all facing a similar issue. I also struggle with my job and passion. I fell out of love with videography/editing but realised I had done it for other instead of myself and I'm slowly getting back into it because of my channel.
awh i love that you started when you were ten. that footage looks so sweet. i hope you have everything backed up even though the channel got shut down ❤
Amazing edit, you probably hate the comparison, but very Casey Niestat, for many reasons. Your years doing wedding videos shine through. An excellent example to smaller Tubers ❤
I relate to the creating out of freedom vs creating out of pressure. My best ceramic work seems to be the ones I took the most time on because there was no deadline, just the joy of making and freedom to make whatever I want. Commissions are hard!
I like how you add the treadmill kind of hinting to the running in the rat race ☹️ It can be so difficult but it comes in the right time 💗 being hopeful too ! Always wanted to be a youtuber finding my way slowly ❤
Soooo good!! I’m a RU-vidr as well. Been doing it a few years but lately I’ve been more consistent than ever & the thing that motivates me is remembering to forget the views. & just create! To be obedient to that urge inside me that says “create!” That says “speak!” “Tell your story!” Etc! I recently have been avoiding refreshing the YT analytics page & creating for RU-vid feels so much better & more motivating this way. Thank you for being obedient to your intuition & sharing this story! ☺️💕 *edit those clips of you as a little girl were amazing to see.” So many of us were like you, young, with the urge to create.
I absolutely loved this. Thank you for such a beautiful video. I loved both the message and the visuals! Please keep doing this. It definitely inspired me.
RU-vid just recommended your video to me and I’m blown away by your cinematography😍 I can relate so much to your story because even though i joined RU-vid last year, I just started posting consistently last month. I am using RU-vid as a diary/ documentary of my personal life and hoping I can come back later in the future to watch my videos. So far it’s been great.❤
This video popped up in the algorithm and i just have to say how inspiring this video was. Such a breathe of fresh air. The effects, sounds, visuals, angles, just everything was cinematic and beautifully done. Subscribring to your content! Your creativity in composing this video has inspired me. ✨️
Wow such an inpirational and deeper message to share thank you. As a content creator myself I have been battling with this for so long, however your video restored a little bit of hope that there is a shift happening on social media. People really do want to see change and authentic content that spreads value in this online world. I've always wanted to create long-form videos, but I've felt intimidated by the level of experience and quality standards on RU-vid. However, like you said, it only takes one, and the true value lies in the journey of discovering and experimenting. Thank you for this reminder.
Gorgeous. I’ve been a creative for my entire career and I just started my RU-vid channel to do something just for me. I see you. And I’m so inspired to learn this new to me creative tool. 😊
You are an inspiration to many including myself! Can't wait to see your channel continue to grow into such beautiful testimony of God's faithfulness. Im here for the journey!
This was beautiful! Thank you for sharing it. I'm a DEEPLY neophyte video creator (as in, my primary challenge is in being comfortable talking to the camera at all), but it's always worth a reminder to just...go out and make something. Then, make another thing. And make more...as long as they matter to you, it'll be fine. Cheers and best wishes!
Is that a thing? I thought I would be making videos every day by this point, and actually improving maybe, but the idea of talking is so terrifying that I've just given up entirely.
@@Wonderland_Homestead oh 100% for me! I know when I go months and months without making a video with my own voiceover or talking to the camera, when I go back to do it again - it's sooo weird for me. but, when I'm doing it more often, I feel much more comfortable and like I can be myself. one of my favorite creators, @tammydinh, talks about this on her channel a lot. she used to be terribly shy, and you can tell a massive difference in her confidence on camera from the start of her channel to now. don't give up! keep trying :D
this is so incredible. i photographed weddings for 10 years before taking a break to care for my mom for 8 years. she passed 5 months ago and i’m just learning to find out where i want to go from here. god bless you and thank you for sharing your gift. your videography is incredible. i love all your shots.