1 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:13,200 Hey everyone. So welcome back to the episode 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,100 of the hello spring podcast. I hope you're all doing well, 3 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:20,200 because in today's episode, it's going to be more of a chill sit 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,600 down Q&A episode. And today is actually episode 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,700 20, which is the last episode you'll be hearing for this 6 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:30,400 season of hello spring. But I will be Turning in the 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 next couple of months. So be sure to check out all my 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,300 social media. All the links are down below, 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,900 like, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube everywhere. 10 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:40,900 So, you know, when season 2 will be premiering, but nevertheless, 11 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:44,700 I did ask you all questions on like Twitter, Youtube Community 12 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,800 tab Discord, among what you all wanted me to answer based on the 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,900 questions you have provided me today. 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,700 So I will answer them to the best of my ability. 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,300 But again, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. 16 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,700 So the first question actually comes from a good friend, Ocean 17 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,100 City, And if you don't remember, we did a podcast episode 18 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,099 together on episode 3, so make sure you go give that a listen. 19 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:08,000 If you haven't heard it already. But the first question she has 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,900 asked me. Is there a Sims Family? 21 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:12,100 You have played that. You hold close to your heart and 22 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:15,300 they're 100% is and I don't know why I love this family, man. 23 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:19,300 I dunno why, but it's like this family is so different from the 24 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:22,500 other families I think created especially with their backstory 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,600 and it revolves around my Sims from my cats and dogs, LP a 26 00:01:25,607 --> 00:01:29,100 couple of years ago, the Larsen family and it consists of Nina 27 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:30,900 Marie Larson. Nate Larson. 28 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,900 Darius, Grove Savannah Larson. And a few other Sims that are 29 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:38,000 like the background characters. But the main focus is around 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,900 Nina. Maria Larson who was a 17 year 31 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:43,300 old or Sixteen Going On Seventeen year old SIM who lived 32 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:45,400 in the wonderful world of Brendan Bay for a couple of 33 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,800 years. Until recently, her parents died 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,100 in a tragic fire on the 10th wedding anniversary which is so 35 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:53,900 tragic and sad. But around that time Nina was 36 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:56,900 only like around like 10, 11 years old and so she had to move 37 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,800 over to her brother's house Nate Larson with her wife's. 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,800 Anna. And honestly, around that time, 39 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,800 it was tragic because Nate was going through a difficult time 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,000 in his life where his business wasn't really growing. 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,800 But also he kind of got into the wrong path with the wrong 42 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,600 people. And so will result into him 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,800 going crazy with his job and crazy with his family. 44 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:17,700 We almost lost everything and so Nina. 45 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:22,100 Maria Larson was a go-getter, an artist a Visionary and a newer 46 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,600 self-made Sim. And she met, this one kind sweet 47 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,700 person named Darius Grove who happened to live like a couple 48 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:31,400 of doors down from where Savannah and Nate lived at the 49 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,300 time and when they met, they were like, instantly connected, 50 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:37,300 they were the best couple ever. I have ever met in ever made, 51 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:40,100 and they were both artists photographers, entrepreneurs, 52 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:43,700 self-made, Sims, and around that time when Nina became like 17 53 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:46,700 years old, she end up being pregnant which didn't stop her 54 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,900 at all. But she didn't find out until a 55 00:02:48,908 --> 00:02:52,400 couple of months later. And even though a lot of people 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,700 call her names and criticized her and told her she would fail 57 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:57,500 at life. No matter what she did that 58 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:01,100 didn't stop her to be the best person that Can be for ourself 59 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:06,300 her boyfriends and now husband and her daughter Nevaeh Marie 60 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,900 Larson and Nevaeh Marie. Larson is so cute and so 61 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,000 adorable and I'm bringing them back at some point in the 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,300 future. But for right now, Nina Maria 63 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:18,500 Larson has a graduate from high school going to University in 64 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:20,900 the the art history degree Darius. 65 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:23,700 On the other hand, he decided not to go to college and in 66 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:27,200 order to help provide for his family and going into the manual 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,800 labor career full-time and makes so much money. 68 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,400 Money to build them a new home and I'm so excited for that and 69 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,700 they're going to be getting married very soon which is also 70 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:37,700 very fun but you'll be seen the video on YouTube hopefully the 71 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:40,800 next couple of weeks or months whenever I get around to filming 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,900 the rest of the Machinima that I'm creating. 73 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:46,600 But overall the Larsen family is my 100 favorite family, that I 74 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,400 hold close to my heart and forever will, because they're 75 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,800 just so good in the family Dynamics. 76 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,900 Amongst all the Sims are just so well, put together. 77 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,100 And if you want to go check it out. 78 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:58,300 All the links are down below in the description in the show 79 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,400 notes, so you can check out the you Yep, let's play and all that 80 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,100 jazz. But the second question that she 81 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:05,600 asked me, how did your family feel about gaming as your 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,000 profession and honestly, they were a little bit skeptical at 83 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,900 first, but until you know, I showed them the ropes about 84 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:14,500 YouTube and twitch and how all work and especially what was 85 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:16,000 funny. Me and my parents went to like 86 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,500 this restaurant and I literally and I'm not kidding. 87 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,100 I made a whole presentation about my YouTube channel where I 88 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:24,500 see it's going in the next five years and how I'm going to grow 89 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:26,800 it. And also what I want to do for 90 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,800 the future, because I'm always a person who likes to plan ahead 91 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:33,100 Head in the future like The Five-Year Plan. 10-year plan and 92 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,100 see where it goes and work that plan until I achieve all my 93 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,300 goals. And honestly, it was wild that 94 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:41,300 my younger self like my 14 year old self, didn't think this will 95 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:44,400 be a profession but it ended up being a very successful. 96 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,400 In my eyes successful, profession job that I've always 97 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,200 ever dreamed for and I could not ask for anything different. 98 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,400 So but my parents now are definitely one percent on board 99 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,800 with everything I've done and what I'm doing right now and 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,200 what I'm going to be doing for the future. 101 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,600 But the next question, what's something you've always wanted 102 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,400 to do? In the semis but haven't yet. 103 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,400 And honestly, to be honest, The Sims 2 and Sims 3. 104 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,500 I have never done the 100 baby challenge, but I've always 105 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:10,600 wanted to try but I'm Loki nervous that my game will 106 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,000 literally explode and run out my room and out the window and 107 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,500 never be seen again. If I did the 100 baby challenge 108 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:20,100 in The Sims 2 & 3 eventually, I probably will but not for very 109 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:24,300 long time, until I feel the most confident and the last question, 110 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,200 how do you say inspired to make content? 111 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,400 And honestly, it's my community, I spring Squad, my fam, they 112 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,000 know Me the I know them and it feels so great to know that we 113 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 are here through the end who thicken sin because they know 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,800 how I make my content. They know who I am and they know 115 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,000 how inspired I get for certain little things. 116 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,100 Like maybe a toilet plunger or a piece of paper or a post that I 117 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:48,300 see on the wall, it within the game and they know how to be 118 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,900 very collaborative. And when I was able to 119 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:54,300 collaborate with my audience and show them that I want to get you 120 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:56,500 all and more involved in my content, whether it's my, Let's 121 00:05:56,500 --> 00:06:00,400 Plays my twitch series my twitch streams, my bill, My Creator 122 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,200 since my story lines, because when you involve your community 123 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,300 into what you're doing, it makes it so more worth it at the end 124 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,200 of the day. And there was one Series in 125 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,400 particular, that I didn't really continue because I don't know. 126 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,500 I just get uninspired sometimes. But usually, there's a series 127 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:18,900 that I had made that I didn't know much about the Heritage, 128 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:21,500 the culture, how to create the Sims, what? 129 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:24,200 Hair cells, I should put on them, how they should dress and 130 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,900 everything. And when that time came, I ask 131 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:29,100 my community. I need help with knowledge and 132 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,600 expertise. And they flooded me with so many 133 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,300 links and so much backstory that I necessarily did not know how 134 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:37,400 to convey it very well in a video. 135 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,600 And so I took all the information and read, all more 136 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,900 about it and made it, let's play made some Sims and gave him a 137 00:06:43,907 --> 00:06:46,500 back story that made perfect sense for the history and 138 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:49,100 knowledge, and culture that I learned through my community. 139 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:53,300 And 100%, if you involve your community a lot more into your, 140 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,600 your videos, it becomes more authentic and more real and more 141 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,500 exciting to watch in my humble opinion. 142 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,700 I've always been so. Is be able to involve my 143 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,500 community, and the videos that I've made where I collaborated 144 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:06,300 with them was, it's the rebuild of renovating their builds or 145 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,600 our let's play. I find my, Let's Plays more 146 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,600 entertaining that way. And so that's kind of really how 147 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,800 I stay inspired to make content, but it's also through everyday 148 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:15,400 life. Whatever. 149 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,400 I read. See or hear. 150 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,300 I tried to convey it through my videos. 151 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,200 But yeah, thank you so much ocean, Sims 4, you know. 152 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,300 Give me all those questions. I really appreciate it. 153 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:26,300 And the next question comes from a good editor. 154 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:28,300 Ashley. And she asked me, what would you 155 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:30,900 say is your driving for is over. These years to be persistent 156 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,600 with content creation. Honestly, at the end of the day, 157 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,700 it's always my community, but also time management as long as 158 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,200 I have a schedule and I write down what I want to do. 159 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,400 Each day, it helps me keep a focus on what I need to get 160 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,500 done. So I can relax and sleep and 161 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,200 hang out with family and do everything else and continue the 162 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,100 next day. And so, honestly, if you are a 163 00:07:50,108 --> 00:07:53,000 person who is trying to get into content creation, or any type of 164 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,100 profession that you're trying to do, whether it's YouTube, twitch 165 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,000 marketing, social media, whatever it might be, I always 166 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,000 tell everybody. Time management is key have a 167 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,600 schedule, be consistent because that way, you can pinpoint the 168 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,000 things that are more, they have to prioritize more to do the 169 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,700 other things you want to do. Like for me, example, all my 170 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:16,700 life, I've always been in school but the past 24, five years of 171 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:19,700 my life, 24 years of my life. I've always been in school but 172 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,100 up until I was like 14 to 24 for the past, decade, schoolwork, 173 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,900 YouTube and twitch. I've don't know how I managed it 174 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:30,500 all, but I think I've always prioritize my Cool schedule for 175 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:31,900 us which is very, very important to me. 176 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,799 Education is very important and then I put YouTube and my social 177 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:38,200 media on the back burner because those were like, more fun, fun 178 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,100 things I want to do at the end of my day. 179 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,799 And when I was done with school, I worked on YouTube and 180 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,100 pre-recorded a bunch of videos and pre-recording. 181 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:49,700 Let me tell you pre-recording is the key thing that helped me 182 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,300 throughout my decade of content creation and will always and 183 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,800 forever will be. And now that I have help with 184 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:59,100 managing my upload schedule and have an editor like Ashley who 185 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:01,100 helps me? My YouTube videos and upload 186 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:04,600 them for me has helped me so much, like tremendously with 187 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,500 taking, you know, staying consistent and persistent with 188 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,600 my everyday life ever pre-record. 189 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,000 She edits them. She uploads them for me. 190 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,400 I make the thumbnails and it's just like a breath of fresh air 191 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,900 when you have help. And so having help time 192 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,600 management and knowing where you want to go and having a 193 00:09:20,608 --> 00:09:24,100 schedule, like a little notebook or a calendar that you might 194 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,200 have on handy on your phone or a paper right in front of your 195 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,100 face, calendar helps to, but that's kind of really Get my 196 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,400 driving force to take to stay persistent with my content 197 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,300 creation every single day for the past 10 years, which is 198 00:09:35,300 --> 00:09:37,500 wild. And it's been almost 10 years. 199 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:41,100 Almost 10 years in August, will be my 10-year anniversary on 200 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:42,500 YouTube. That's weird. 201 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,100 Oh gosh. That's a lot of years of my 202 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:48,600 voice on the internet. And now the next question comes 203 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,800 from Blue Dempsey fly and they asked me, what has been some of 204 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,300 your highlights from the first season of the podcast. 205 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,700 Oh, that is a really good question to ask because I love 206 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,100 Over this podcast. And I haven't seen on this idea 207 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:07,800 for to make a podcast for 10 up to 22 years now. 208 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:11,400 And I'm so glad I did it this year because it gave me the 209 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,300 ability to stay home and work on my craft and learn from 210 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:17,200 different content creators throughout, you know, the 211 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,600 internet, whether it's like, you know, YouTube twitch, Twitter 212 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,300 Tick-Tock, Instagram Clubhouse, whatever, social media people 213 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:27,600 have and learning their ins and outs on how they got started and 214 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,500 where they see it going in the future and And what are their 215 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,000 struggle that their mental health? 216 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 How's that going, where you think you want to be in the next 217 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,700 10 years with your YouTube channel or your Twitch Channel? 218 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,800 And what's hasn't has inspired you over the years and I think 219 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,000 that's what ours likes of my favorite highlights. 220 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,900 Being able to have a sit-down honest and raw conversation with 221 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,400 other content creators, has been the best highlight of this first 222 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,800 season of this podcast and if forever well-being. 223 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,600 And I cannot wait for you all listen to season 2 of the 224 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,300 podcast because I got some guests lined up that I think you 225 00:10:57,300 --> 00:10:59,600 all will definitely love and the last question blue do. 226 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,200 The fly acts. What has been some challenges 227 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,600 from doing the podcast, anything. 228 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,200 Unexpected. Oh yes. 229 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,800 Time my health. I'm getting my first and second 230 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,800 polka, the vaccine, and also kind of being overwhelmed by 231 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,200 mental health at times. Weren't, you know, the best when 232 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,400 recording YouTube videos or recording, a podcast episode, 233 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,100 and being able to tell other people that sorry, I can't 234 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:25,500 really record another episode right now, my mental health is 235 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:28,100 not doing the best, I need to take a little bit of a break 236 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:31,400 before I kind of think get Back up and doing things again. 237 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,000 And even though mental health is very, very important and it 238 00:11:35,008 --> 00:11:37,400 should be the first priority like your mental, health comes 239 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,100 first, no matter what. And I tell everybody that in 240 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:42,900 every single day, no matter who you are, if you are overwhelmed 241 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:45,600 with something, take a break. Little just like if you are 242 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,800 stressed out from work or, you know, making YouTube videos or 243 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,200 recording anything, with your voice and your face, or 244 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:53,100 whatever. It might be, take a break, take 245 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,500 a step back. Take a walk. 246 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:57,000 Play Animal Crossing on your switch or watch TV and watch 247 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,600 their favorite or your movie or read a book or just Take a nap 248 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,200 literally, just take a nap. Do what you got to do to get 249 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,200 away from the hustle and bustle and even if you can't take away 250 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,200 or take time away from your full-time job or anything like 251 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,000 that, takes like, take one minute to minute, three minutes 252 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 or five minutes out of your day to just breathe. 253 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,900 Like, going your lunch break and just just breathe, go outside. 254 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:21,100 If you can, if you can and just read a book, while you eat your 255 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:24,400 lunch or, you know, sit in your car and turn on the radio and 256 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,000 just pick a little small little nap or Just Vibe and just chill, 257 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:29,600 talk to one of your friends text them. 258 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:32,700 Them hang out with them on video chat, voice, chat, whatever 259 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:36,300 might be mistaking that simple five minutes out of your day or 260 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:39,400 how long you want to is very, very important. 261 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,000 And my mental health was not the best throughout this entire 262 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,600 process of the podcast here. And there it was. 263 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,200 But at some point it wasn't and those were a little bit 264 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,400 unexpected, but there were also during there were times where I 265 00:12:52,408 --> 00:12:55,500 had to go on vacation, this is like go see family, which I love 266 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:58,300 family. Family is always comes first and 267 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:01,200 I think when I had those Unexpected, you know, things 268 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,800 happening, even though I did have some extra like, episodes 269 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,500 recorded and that we're being edited and have videos being 270 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,800 uploaded by time away, sometimes some things can be unexpected, 271 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,800 but I think at times it was just, what am I doing this? 272 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 All for, and I knew what I was doing it for. 273 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,800 I was just doing it because I want it to have a project for me 274 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,100 to just have fun with and even though if it wasn't going to be 275 00:13:23,108 --> 00:13:26,600 successful or was going to flop, I was still having fun and I got 276 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,400 to be able to talk to my friends because I couldn't see them for 277 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,800 about. About a year and a half like I 278 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,300 haven't seen anybody in a year and a half and I'm able to talk 279 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:35,300 to my friends for a very long time. 280 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:36,700 Hopefully, that answers your question. 281 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:40,100 I mean, I just love talking, if you all haven't heard in all 282 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,300 these 20 of these episodes of the podcast, I love talking 283 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,100 mental health, became a bit of a struggle throughout this process 284 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,000 of the podcast with a surfer season, but taking breaks is 285 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,300 definitely very much needed for me and I just love that. 286 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,200 So hopefully that answers your question. 287 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,300 I hope so. So now that we have a few 288 00:13:56,300 --> 00:13:58,600 questions already answered. I want to make a little bit of a 289 00:13:58,608 --> 00:14:02,200 detour in the Out to let you all know that if you haven't heard 290 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,200 from the Twitter or Instagram or YouTube, or wherever else, you 291 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,900 might be on my social media. The podcast. 292 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:11,800 Hello spring was nominated for an award, which is crazy. 293 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:14,500 So, make sure you go to podcasts Awards.com. 294 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:17,100 The link will be down in the show notes below, but also on my 295 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:20,900 social media twitter.com, slash spring underscore Sims. 296 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:22,700 But make sure you go sign up and vote. 297 00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:26,500 And once you see, the biggest podcast influencer put spring 298 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:29,200 Sims as a name. And then once you sign up and 299 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,100 get your email, Email, you know, confirmed make sure you vote for 300 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:34,800 health spring, under the comedy category, but also the best 301 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,300 black hosted category as well. So, you know, where my podcast 302 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:40,500 is. No, put into the mix, which is 303 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,900 kind of great. So, honestly, I cannot believe 304 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,100 that the podcast after 20 episodes has been nominated for 305 00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:51,100 an award. I hope crossing my fingers that, 306 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:53,800 you know, we win an award, or at least two, it can happen. 307 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,200 I don't know. But can the spring squat, the 308 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,100 seeming community, and The Gaming Community come together, 309 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:02,000 and For my podcast because that will be lovely. 310 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,600 However, you only have until July 31st to vote for the 311 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,700 podcast. So make sure you go check out 312 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,500 the links Down Below. In the show notes, the 313 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:13,200 podcast.com and vote for the hello, spring podcast, on both 314 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,500 categories, until July 31st. However, if you're listening to 315 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,300 this episode in the future, it might already be over. 316 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,300 But if you listen to this, now on the day, it's uploaded July. 317 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:25,300 31st is the last day to vote. So make sure you go vote link 318 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:28,300 down below, but let's go ahead and hop back into the episode. 319 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,200 Now, I got some questions from um, YouTube and this one's from 320 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,600 Aaron and they asked me, what ways do you go about keeping 321 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,000 things fresh and building a tine Community around your content? 322 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,400 And honestly, I always set the record straight, that being your 323 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,100 true authentic self is super, super important because that way 324 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:45,600 your audience, knows who you are as a person. 325 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,400 But also as a content creator and only the letting them know 326 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,500 that you are a person with a life and you have other things 327 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:54,000 that might come up, that might be unexpected that you might 328 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,500 have to cancel a stream or not upload for a couple of weeks or 329 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:00,100 a couple of days. And so when you're - to your 330 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:02,800 community and setting the record straight that I want to build a 331 00:16:02,808 --> 00:16:05,600 kind healthy and honest community and they will 332 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,300 understand. However, if they don't 333 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,500 understand, and they want to be rude and negative all the time 334 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,400 in your community, they can go through know, scoot scoot, 335 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,900 there's the door and move about your day because honestly, in my 336 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,500 community, we don't have time for trolls. 337 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,100 We don't have time for any negative energy, we just don't 338 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,700 have time for that. So setting the record straight 339 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:26,800 at the very beginning of your stream or in your rule section 340 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,500 or in your videos on who you are always healthy. 341 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,900 Help somebody to know more about your channel, what you expect 342 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,000 and how you want to go about things in the future. 343 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:36,900 So hopefully that answered your question Erin. 344 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,600 So the next question comes from Carl Miller and they asked me 345 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:42,000 what helped you overcome. Your fear of talk in front of 346 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,300 people when you're doing such an amazing job on your Twitch 347 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:46,200 streams. All think our car, appreciate 348 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,000 it. But also where do you get your 349 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,800 inspiration from when it comes to your building? 350 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,800 And for me at the end of the day, I have like this never 351 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,000 ending fear of failing on my twitch streams because one is 352 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,600 unedited. It's raw mistakes in happened, 353 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,200 internet failing. And it's just weird that I can't 354 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,400 edit anything, which is kind of like Jill into my brain after so 355 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,800 many years of making content on YouTube that was always pre 356 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,800 recorded and edited that with Twitch streaming and even though 357 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,099 it's raw and real and in real time, it's fun to connect with 358 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:16,599 people. And I love talking as you all 359 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:20,099 know for this podcast, 20 episodes my voice which is wild 360 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,500 but also connecting with people on a personal and deep level 361 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:26,000 because usually on YouTube you only get the ones that are 362 00:17:26,008 --> 00:17:29,000 conversation but on Twitch streams it's like I'm talking 363 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,200 back to it. Personnel responding and it 364 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,400 feels great that I can relate to somebody here and there for 365 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,400 three hours or so. But with a never-ending fear of 366 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,400 failing, I never feel comfortable streaming sometimes 367 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,600 because I'm always on. I always have FaceCam on and I'm 368 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,100 always having the lights on my face and I could mess up on, 369 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:52,400 sing in a word or I could honestly kind of stumble across 370 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,600 many different conversations because I have ADHD and it has 371 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,800 helped. And also worsen my talk like 372 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,500 speaking skills. Lot where I'll talk for like one 373 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:04,100 minute from one conversation and go to the next one after a 374 00:18:04,108 --> 00:18:05,600 second. And then go back to a 375 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,900 conversation from five minutes ago and talked about that. 376 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:11,400 So look, I'm all over the place when it comes to Twitch streams. 377 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,500 But I feel like it makes it very interactive with the audience 378 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:18,700 that I have and the conversation that we are having and even 379 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:22,000 though I still have that fear, I'm becoming more comfortable 380 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,300 was talking front of people, because the more that I time 381 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:27,600 talking on stream has helped me be broke, be more confident in 382 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,200 my YouTube videos and also Getting more opportunities to be 383 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,700 live on a different Channel with different audience. 384 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,500 It was my face and my voice. So I think having this podcast 385 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:41,500 has helped me a lot with my speaking skills and having my 386 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:44,300 parents helped me with my speaking skills with Toastmaster 387 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:48,000 isn't other things and taking you know time for my voice to 388 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,900 heal from speaking for three and a half hours or even longer. 389 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:56,500 So I guess like that has helped me podcast Toastmaster meetings 390 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,500 and talking to my friends and rescue my voice. 391 00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:04,500 And this reviewing some not all some of my twitch streams to see 392 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,400 my audio quality of. Is it good? 393 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,300 Is it bad that the change anything? 394 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:12,200 So honestly yeah that's kind of how I quote unquote overcame my 395 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,100 fear in front of like talking in front of people and even though 396 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:18,800 it can be scary I feel like if you do it once or a couple times 397 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,700 you'll become a little bit more comfortable over time. 398 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:25,300 It can it's not easy but it's taking the time to try it out 399 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:27,300 and see what happens. It's kind of great, but if you 400 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:28,600 don't like it, that's totally okay. 401 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:31,300 You don't always have to have Have FaceCam or talk in front of 402 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:34,500 people, you don't have to, but it makes fun for interactivity. 403 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:38,200 And where I find my inspiration for building is usually 404 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,900 Pinterest driving around my neighborhood or multiple 405 00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:43,100 neighborhoods to find. Some some houses I want to 406 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:46,200 build, like I don't know if you do this or not but if anyone's 407 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,500 listening, do you ever just go on a drive and then in a random 408 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:50,900 neighborhood that you just do not live in? 409 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:52,500 It's like oh I can't build that house. 410 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,100 I can feel that house well that family home for their looks 411 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,000 really cool. I can build that in The Sims. 412 00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:00,400 I've done that multiple times but also I've gone Multiple open 413 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,400 houses, like not buying them, but I have found a house. 414 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,000 I want to buy, but I have gone to many open houses and paths 415 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,600 from like, I'm just gonna walk in take some photos, I'm gonna 416 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,700 buy it, not buying it, and it's like, I can build this house in 417 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:14,800 The Sims. Good laying out, good kitchen 418 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,700 area. The bedroom, look, I'm just like 419 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:20,300 that person who will look at real life housing plans and try 420 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:23,500 to replicate them in The Sims. But nowadays, after so many 421 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:26,700 years of looking at houses online and Pinterest and my 422 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:29,200 everyday surrounding, it's become more natural for me to 423 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,200 build. Build like houses in the top of 424 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,600 my head. Like, I just go into the game 425 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,800 and start building, whatever it might be, and see what happens. 426 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:42,600 But Pinterest is 100% the best resource to find any house plans 427 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,600 or any interior screenshots you might want to replicate or take 428 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,200 inspiration from from your own Sims builds. 429 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,000 Like, it's so, so helpful. So I highly recommend you go to 430 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,100 pinterest.com. Right time, I do have a 431 00:20:56,100 --> 00:21:01,400 Pinterest board where I do pin some Of exterior interior and 432 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,900 separate rooms case. You want to go check it out. 433 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:06,900 I'll link it down below in the show notes for you all even on, 434 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:09,000 on my website, too. So, you can check it out, too. 435 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:11,800 Now, the last question comes from long-legged socialist, in 436 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,100 the ax me. How does your experience from 437 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:16,900 making a podcast compared to your expectations and do you 438 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:19,700 think something that like spark Willis possibly happen again in 439 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:22,000 the future? For my experience for his, my 440 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,300 expectations has been pretty much the same because for the 441 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:29,100 past two years as you all know, I have done a lot of races like 442 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:31,300 a lot. Lot of research, I have like two 443 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:35,300 or three pages of notes and websites and articles that I 444 00:21:35,308 --> 00:21:38,800 have found of analytics. For podcast, podcast networks, 445 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,900 where to go what to do, how to make it work. 446 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,700 But microphone, What audio equipment, how I'm going to make 447 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:46,600 it work and how many episodes that you have in a season and 448 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,200 all that stuff. So honestly my expectations 449 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,700 versus my experience have been pretty similar for the past 450 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:55,600 couple of months, which is kind of great and so far, it's going 451 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,900 good and getting feedback on the book reviews, on iTunes and 452 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:02,800 social Has helped me a lot with changing and Shifting the way I 453 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,200 make my podcast, but still keeping that true authentic way 454 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,400 that I've always wanted to have this is raw and honest now for 455 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,800 sparked. I really do not know if they're 456 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,600 going to be another season or not, but it will be very cool if 457 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,200 there wasn't that the season of sparked in the future, something 458 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,000 like it because as a contestant on the show I have a lot of fun 459 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,800 because I knew everyone at the studio and the contestants as 460 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,000 well. So it helped me to be more 461 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,300 comfortable in front of all those people and the cameras but 462 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:31,700 There was a student to and I was asked to be on. 463 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:34,000 And again, I would not be a contestant. 464 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,400 I rather be a judge or a mentor. I find those two ways much 465 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,100 easier just because judging you can judge people's builds your 466 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,700 backstory of what's good about it. 467 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:44,800 What's bad about it what they could do better and the next 468 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,500 time and such like that but as a mentor it's the same exact way 469 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:51,700 but you're helping them along the process and navigating 470 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:54,600 through their storytelling, their build, and how they're all 471 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,700 gonna make it connected through the editing. 472 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,400 So, if the spark was going to happen again, I'd rather be 473 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,900 Judgment. Or that's pretty much it because 474 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:06,300 honestly contestants are stressful and I know from 475 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:08,900 experience. So, as we move on to my disk or 476 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:14,600 questions I have to say, my Discord Community is so big and 477 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,100 funny and amazing people that they asked me a bunch of 478 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:18,700 questions. So I might not be able to get 479 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:21,900 through all of them. But, however, I do have to say, 480 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:25,000 I just love this podcast. I love being able to answer your 481 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,600 questions. So, eventually in the future, I 482 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,400 will be doing another podcast Q&A. 483 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:33,800 Hey episode may be recording my face and posting on YouTube. 484 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,900 I don't know. I just have a lot of ideas in my 485 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,900 head for season 2 of the podcast. 486 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:41,400 And if you have any ideas, feel free to tweet me, Instagram me 487 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,700 on DMS of any ideas. You might want to see on the 488 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:49,000 podcast on audio version or video version on YouTube. 489 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,500 Now this question comes from my Discord and twitch mods Savvy 490 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,900 and they asked me, how long do you think you're going to be 491 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,500 doing content creation? Now here's the thing, I've been 492 00:23:57,500 --> 00:24:00,000 on the internet for about a decade since I was Ten years 493 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,400 old, I am now 25 and so I don't really see myself ever stopping 494 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,700 content creation for a very long time. 495 00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:10,700 Because even if I stop gaming in the next 5 years or 10 years, I 496 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:14,100 do see myself streaming on Twitch for a very long time, but 497 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:17,200 also making still YouTube content around like lifestyle 498 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,000 DIYs Into Your Design, Graphic Design, vlogging, whatever it 499 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 might be. I still have other different 500 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,300 avenues that I can find, very creative and can still keep me 501 00:24:26,308 --> 00:24:29,400 inspired to make content for my audience. 502 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:31,100 And which is you all to Spring Squad. 503 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:32,600 So I think. Yeah, I didn't today. 504 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,800 I don't think I'll ever stop. I could be making content until 505 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,900 I come 95 years old, imagine me 95 year. 506 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,800 Old spring Sims making content on YouTube playing, Animal 507 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,500 Crossing or Sims or DIY in a project wild. 508 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,600 I know and everything still being yellow. 509 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,900 Shocker probably will be who really knows but still? 510 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:53,000 Yeah, I don't know. So the next question comes from 511 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,500 Bookworm and they asked me, what was the hardest part about 512 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:59,100 getting started / growing as a new content creator and how did 513 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:00,300 you? Overcome it. 514 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,300 So for me as a content creator, when I first start started at 515 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:08,700 14, I really didn't do that much promotion of myself on social 516 00:25:08,700 --> 00:25:11,300 media, or anywhere else. Because I did not tell anyone I 517 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,600 had a YouTube channel for at least five years, just because I 518 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,700 felt like it was so taboo, and I will get made fun of and 519 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:20,500 regardless, I still did, but I would get made fun of and 520 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:23,300 bullied a lot about having a YouTube channel, all about the 521 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:27,100 Sims, and it wasn't until I got into like college, where I 522 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:28,800 realize that, I don't care what people think. 523 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,600 I'm gonna promote. Myself, no matter what people 524 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,100 say, and be proud of it. And so, when first getting 525 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,800 started, I didn't know much about how to promote myself on 526 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,600 social media, how to do the proper tags and keywords, in my 527 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,000 descriptions, and my tag when uploading my videos thumbnails, 528 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,800 how to edit my videos and it was all through trial and error on 529 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,500 where I was able to manage on how much and how little I should 530 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:56,900 keep in my videos and how to make my thumbnails and how to 531 00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,100 promote them. Well, and also interacting with 532 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,300 the audience And interacting with other content creators in 533 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:04,600 the same genre or same Niche, if that makes any sense. 534 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,900 So, for example, The Sims Community, there's a lot of 535 00:26:06,908 --> 00:26:10,000 people around the world who make content around the Sims orders 536 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,400 on YouTube twitch Tick-Tock, Tumblr, Wattpad Instagram 537 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:17,500 Clubhouse, whatever might be or always posting content of what 538 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,000 we love and what I've learned throughout the years of making 539 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,000 content is that collaboration is key because sometimes you might 540 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,500 have an audience that might not only other person and vice 541 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:28,900 versa. And so we're both growing our 542 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:30,700 audience. At the same time because their 543 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:33,400 audience will find my audience and my audience will find Their 544 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,300 audience. Because at the end of the day 545 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:38,200 it's like you're finding a new person that you can be friends 546 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,500 with and also make content together around the same 547 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,200 franchise. Like, for example. 548 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,600 Me and my friend rossella, we have this ongoing quote-unquote 549 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,200 beef, but it's not a beef. Is Monica, funny banter thing 550 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,400 that she loves purple and I love yellow. 551 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,200 And we did at which time together for about five hours or 552 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,500 so, or she built an all yellow house and I built in all purple 553 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,100 house. And both of her communities are 554 00:26:58,100 --> 00:26:59,400 very, you know, similar in a way. 555 00:26:59,408 --> 00:27:03,400 A where she has a no yellow emo in her twitch chat and I have a 556 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,500 lot of yellow emotes and it was very, very cool to see the two 557 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:11,100 communities come together as a whole to say, who loves yellow, 558 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,800 who loves purple, and it was just like so fun to see the 559 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,400 engagement between both of our communities. 560 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,800 And we were growing at the same time, because some people didn't 561 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,000 know me and some people didn't know my friend Michela and they 562 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,000 followed her, they followed me and it's like Two Worlds Collide 563 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,100 and it made a big difference. Big difference. 564 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:33,700 So collaboration has helped a lot with, you know, me growing 565 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:35,800 my channel on YouTube and Twitter and Instagram and 566 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,800 everything else and promoting myself to the Sims Community. 567 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,200 Like, if I was tagging, The Sims, like the Tim's team and 568 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,300 the guru's about my builds, and I created some of my videos, 569 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,000 show them that, here I am here, spring Sims making content on 570 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,100 YouTube, you should check it out. 571 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:55,200 And notice it and lo and behold, they saw it and it helped me get 572 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,400 more eyes on me. And I've been featured in a lot 573 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,600 of articles about the Sims and it, Help me throughout my years 574 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,400 of content creation. And so if you take anything from 575 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,400 this episode, make sure you collaborate with other 576 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,100 like-minded people. Whether it's on YouTube twitch 577 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:14,500 Tick-Tock Tumblr, Wattpad Instagram, whatever. 578 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,800 It might be collaboration is key to grow and make sure you have 579 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,500 true intentions of collaborate with people because sometimes 580 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:26,100 it's a lot of people out there who will do a collaboration with 581 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:30,500 other people for quote, unquote, cloud or social, Stardom, which 582 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,100 is not a thing that anyone should go into. 583 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,200 Because I went into this into this. 584 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,900 I whole idea of content creation that. 585 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,600 I just want to have fun and entertain people and grow 586 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,600 community. That would be like-minded. 587 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,400 So, don't go in it for the money. 588 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,900 Don't go tit for the subscribers. 589 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:47,700 The Fame, the recognition that you might get from it like, 590 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:50,600 don't go in and, for those reasons, just go and into 591 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,400 intuitive thinking, I want to have fun. 592 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,500 And I want to build a community, that's kind loving welcoming and 593 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,000 just see where it goes and if something really good happens 594 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,700 and Honestly, share it applauded applaud and share your 595 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:05,500 accomplishments because that is very, very important to show 596 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,500 that. Hey, I did not do this alone, we 597 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,800 did it collectively. So the next question comes from 598 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,600 lucky and the axe me, you stayed in one of your streams that you 599 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,800 try to look at your view. Count, is that hard to do? 600 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:18,100 And honestly, it really isn't. So on your Twitch dashboard. 601 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:20,700 You have always liked the what numbers up there, where you can 602 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,300 see the view count. How many views you have on your 603 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:26,300 whole entire stream over all the subscriber, count? 604 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:29,400 How your bitrates doing and everything you can actually turn 605 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,100 All that off. So you don't have to look at it 606 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,500 because the key thing is the focus on your audience and your 607 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,100 stream and like what you're doing in your stream, to keep 608 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:42,000 your audience engaged because I feel like if you focus always on 609 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000 the numbers and you're like, oh, there's nobody here and like I 610 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,900 can't probably, you know, get engaged as much or this. 611 00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:51,000 Like only one person here. The key thing is don't focus on 612 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,000 the number, focus on what you love doing, because what I've 613 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000 learned over the years is that even if there's one, two, three, 614 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,300 five people there. Those five people decide to 615 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:01,500 watch, Watch your streaming because they wanted to find 616 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,200 something to watch. While they also found something 617 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,100 very entertaining to watch while they do whatever, they're doing 618 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:09,400 whether they're cooking or cleaning or vacuuming or doing 619 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,000 laundry. Even though they might not be 620 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,700 actually chatting, they are there for you, not for just the 621 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,800 game that you're playing. And I've learned that over the 622 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,400 years that sometimes that I play a different game views are 623 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,600 lower, but that doesn't really happen for me. 624 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,600 Is like, maybe I shouldn't say this game anymore, because I 625 00:30:23,608 --> 00:30:26,600 don't have enough viewers for the stream to get certain 626 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,600 things. But I've learned that I love 627 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,100 this game. I enjoy the dynamic, the genre 628 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:34,600 of the game and I want to stream it in a way to show my audience. 629 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,400 That this game is really cool and to check it out. 630 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,600 And when I was partner pushing and a few of my other friends 631 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,700 were partner pushing at the same time and they can, like agree 632 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:44,900 with me on this, is that partner pushing on Twitch is hard 633 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:47,900 because was twitch. You need to have 75 to 100 634 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:51,400 concurrent viewers for the next 30 days in order to achieve 635 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,600 partnership. And this is sometimes always 636 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,800 guarantee. You get partnership, even if you 637 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,500 reach the whole achievement on Twitch, to get partnered. 638 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,900 You're not guaranteed It and sometimes it can be kind of hard 639 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:05,600 to get denied and even, if you are still part of pushing and 640 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,700 you're going forth the numbers and trying to figure out what 641 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,300 content should I stream? That will be interesting for me. 642 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:16,200 Also my audience. And if you can kind of come to a 643 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,400 middle ground and where both parties will be happy, then do 644 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,100 it. So I challenge you all, who is 645 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:24,000 listening to this episode, whose partner pushing, or is already 646 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,700 partnered or an affiliate or whatever you might be doing on 647 00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:30,400 Twitch and streaming. I challenge you for the 30 days 648 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,000 to turn off your view, count and see how it goes. 649 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,600 See how your mental health is going your energy, your streams. 650 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,600 Like, just take 30 days, turn off the view count and see what 651 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,600 happens. Because, honestly, for me when I 652 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,300 did that, it's been like two years since I've turned off my 653 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:47,200 view count, even when I was partner pushing, I turned it off 654 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,600 because I did not want to see how many people are in my stream 655 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:51,600 at a given time. So if you do that for next 30 656 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,800 days, I best believe you will feel ten thousand times better 657 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,900 because you don't have to be focusing on the views. 658 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,300 You're focusing on your audience. 659 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,100 And who's there and your stream. So, hopefully they answer your 660 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,000 question lucky. I sure hope so. 661 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:07,300 And now, the next question comes from Kirby and they asked me, do 662 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,100 you prefer streaming or making videos? 663 00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,200 And do you ever get tired of the Sims? 664 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,800 So, I always get this question a lot throughout my years of 665 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,200 content creation, whether I'm streaming Sims or making videos 666 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,400 about Sims or non Sims stuff. And at the end the day I prefer 667 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,700 both like I like streaming just because of the real-time aspect 668 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:28,400 of it where I get real-time conversations about person's day 669 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,600 how they're doing. What they're doing, if they like 670 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,200 the Sims, what they're doing in The Sims like it's that 671 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,700 real-time connection conversations that I really 672 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:40,100 really love about streaming but I do also like the whole aspect 673 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:43,000 of making videos that are pre-recorded because I get to 674 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,300 edit them and I love editing even though it can be very 675 00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:49,000 tedious, I find the joy in it and I can convey a story in like 676 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,500 30 minutes and be able to do whatever I want and have fun 677 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:54,500 with it. So personally I like both and to 678 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,800 answer your other question. I don't really ever get tired of 679 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,600 playing The Sims just because I find And the joy in The Sims to 680 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,100 the best of my ability where it's like a small little detail 681 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:07,200 that I find very unique that I want to expand on, like a 682 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,700 storyline of a certain Sims pre-made family that really 683 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:13,200 needs an explanation of why the way they are. 684 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,900 And I do challenges like Rags to Riches or not, so Barry or the 685 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:21,100 decades challenge or the Asylum challenge or the Whimsical 686 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,700 Legacy challenge like Legacy challenges that has helped me 687 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,000 with storytelling a lot. Just because it's a legacy 10 688 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,300 Generations. You can do whatever. 689 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:33,900 Want and how everyone and make the storyline work best for you. 690 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,100 And so if I get tired of a certain thing, I just make up a 691 00:33:37,108 --> 00:33:40,200 random thing, rent, make up a random Challenge and do it that 692 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,100 way to make it fun for me. So the next question comes from 693 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:45,700 NAFTA off and they ask me, is there anything specific you want 694 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:48,600 to achieve in the near future or The Not So near future as a 695 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,400 content creator old for me. I've always loved the passion 696 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,400 like interior design, graphic design, building and 697 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,600 architecture. So I've always wanted to have a 698 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,100 TV show. On HDTV, or HBO Max about 699 00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:05,400 building interior, design, graphic design, whatever might 700 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,700 be something like that, because I think that we really, really 701 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:09,800 cool. But I've also want to achieve 702 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,500 the 100,000 subscriber plaque on YouTube, because it's a silver 703 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:15,400 plaque that you get in the mail from YouTube. 704 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,300 And they have a letter and this big box and look just looks so 705 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:20,699 cool. The majority of my friends have 706 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:23,699 it and I'm like I'm jelly and looks cool in the background of 707 00:34:23,707 --> 00:34:26,400 your videos, I love it, but that is something I've always wanted 708 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,500 to achieve the plaque and my own TV show about No Building 709 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:33,400 architecture interior design and graphic design. 710 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,699 So yeah, that's enough White's one to achieve as a content 711 00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:37,800 creator. Now this question comes from B 712 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,000 which mod and Discord mod dab. And she asks me, when did you 713 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,300 realize you wanted to stream and make YouTube videos? 714 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:45,400 And when did you realize you wanted to make it a full-time 715 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,300 job? Now here's the thing, I've never 716 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:50,199 really thought of making it a full-time career, but I had like 717 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,800 this idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to do content 718 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,199 creation for a very, very long time. 719 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:58,200 Just like part-time, but they know like, hey, something's 720 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,400 happening here. If I should do this full-time at 721 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,700 some point, but when I realized I wanted to stream was around 722 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:06,900 like 2015 and I did it for a while, but didn't get back into 723 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,400 until 2017 because I wanted that real-time connection to my 724 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,500 audience in real time and ask some questions and, you know, 725 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:16,700 talk about whatever I wanted, whatever, assuming I'm gaming, 726 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,900 or just just chatting or art or whatever it might be. 727 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,600 So that's kind of when I realized I wanted to stream but 728 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,200 what I wanted to make videos, I've always wanted to make 729 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,200 videos on YouTube because I've always been this creative 730 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:33,800 Reminded crazy, quirky person that wanted to talk and share my 731 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,300 stuff to the world. So YouTube is like my next best 732 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,900 thing. So I've always wanted to make 733 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:40,700 videos for YouTube but I wasn't old enough because he had to be 734 00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:42,600 13 years old and making YouTube videos. 735 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,200 So and wait until I was 14 to make it, but I realized I wanted 736 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,900 to make this YouTube and streaming career, a full-time 737 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:52,300 job when I got the opportunity to be on the Sims spark. 738 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:54,800 And that was like around late, 2019. 739 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,400 And I knew that was graduating University in the next couple of 740 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,500 months. And I didn't have, I had a Few 741 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:02,800 things, you know, the fallback one but I wanted to be a content 742 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,400 creator full time. So, I went hard in the paint to 743 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,200 make a bunch of content pre-recorded. 744 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,000 Make sure I had my videos correctly, social media, 745 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,500 promotion, and Twitch streaming, and coming up with new brand, 746 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:16,300 new ideas that I found interesting, but very 747 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,500 interactive and engaging for my audience for me, but also for 748 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:22,500 them. And I knew that I was growing 749 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:25,700 slowly, but then I was going faster, and faster, and faster. 750 00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:29,200 And I got a lot more opportunities after the fact. 751 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,000 And it helped me so much that I was able to make this a 752 00:36:32,008 --> 00:36:34,600 full-time career and I'm so forever grateful for that 753 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,400 because I would not be where I am today. 754 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,600 If it wasn't for you, all the spring squad for watching my 755 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,600 videos or are coming to my twitch streams or interacting 756 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,700 with my social media post that I have on Instagram or Twitter 757 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:49,500 because that got eyes to know Brands and other sponsorships 758 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:53,600 and it made it so much easier to just create content that I want 759 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,000 to create. Now, this question comes from 760 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,700 Blackberry Bloom and they ask me, how did you find Time to 761 00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:01,600 balance your art and content creation. 762 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,200 Well, here's a little tricky thing. 763 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,800 The tricky thing about balancing, my art and content 764 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,500 creation is when I'm not recording or streaming, I just 765 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:14,100 try to find a time to sit down on my couch, or in my bed, or my 766 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:18,900 office just to draw and put on some Lo-Fi music and Just Vibe. 767 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,100 I turned everything off, turn on some music and just draw because 768 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:25,000 I've learned that over time with content creation to become it 769 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,800 can become overwhelming when you're constantly uploading to 770 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,700 constantly talking and always Almost lights and cameras on 771 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:34,800 your face, that it can be very detrimental to your eyesight, 772 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:38,500 your back and also your mental health and I've learned that 773 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:43,100 drawing and coloring has con these so much that I'm no longer 774 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:47,300 stressed or not as stressed as I used to be then ever before. 775 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,700 So that's kind of usually how I find the time to balance my art 776 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:54,600 and content creation. But then I also make content 777 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,700 around my art on my YouTube channel and that kind of helps 778 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:03,100 To where I don't have to be always doing something crazy 779 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,600 where I can just turn on my camera of my iPad, or my 780 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,700 Photoshop, and just capture the screen, and just draw for how 781 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:11,900 many hours I want, and I can edit it down. 782 00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:14,800 And I find editing also very therapeutic to because it can 783 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,800 put music over or yeah. Under my video and do a little 784 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,700 voiceover maybe. But that's usually, I just found 785 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:22,600 the time. I just had to take at least one 786 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,700 hour to hour, three hours out of my day to just draw, draw 787 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:29,500 whatever I want. Maybe it's a little Doodle or We 788 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:33,100 art piece and just sit there and relax, and that has helped me 789 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,800 throughout so many years of my life, and I'm forever. 790 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,600 Pleased about that. So, now, this question comes 791 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,200 from my other twitch modern Discord mod, Princess Peach. 792 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,100 And they asked me, do you think if you never played The Sims, 793 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:48,000 which you still be a streamer and a YouTuber today, 100%? 794 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,400 Yes, because I find the joy in literally, anything and 795 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,200 everything. Whether it's bullet, journaling, 796 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,000 art drawing Graphic Design, interior design DIY and 797 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,200 projects, cooking, whatever it might be. 798 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:03,000 B, I find the joy in that. So I would probably be like a 799 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,600 art streamer on Twitch or cooking streamer or whatever it 800 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,800 might be and probably play other games other than the Sims. 801 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,100 But as for you two, I'd probably be a lifestyle influencer 802 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:16,600 vlogger YouTuber, and probably just doing that for the rest of 803 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,400 my days for the past decade. Yeah, if I, if I never played 804 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,800 The Sims, I would probably still be on YouTube and twitch doing 805 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,800 the exact same thing, but in different ways other than 806 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,000 gaming, if that makes any sense. So I think I wouldn't I would 807 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,400 never For being, you know, on YouTube Forever on Twitch. 808 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:36,300 So now the last and final question comes from Clare and 809 00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:38,500 they ask me. Do you ever get overwhelmed by 810 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,800 the stress of being an online personality? 811 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,500 Honestly, I never really thought to call myself that to be 812 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,600 honest. Because I don't consider myself 813 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,100 an online personality. Even though I do have an 814 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:50,600 audience, it's still weird term for me. 815 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,300 But I guess at the end of the day, I do find a little bit 816 00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:56,400 overwhelming to be an online personality and in the stress 817 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,800 that comes with it because all eyes are on you. 818 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,800 You could literally make a one mistake and something bad can 819 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,100 happen and you're canceled just scary. 820 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:08,000 But then also, we have multiple platforms with multiple audience 821 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,000 where are either large or small, you never really know where you 822 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,700 stand sometimes and you're always constantly thinking of 823 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:15,000 what should I do on this platform? 824 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,500 What should I do on that platform? 825 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:19,300 What content should I even make? And how should they make it? 826 00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:22,400 What people are interested in? And when you make that content 827 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,100 that you're making like for instance on YouTube when I ask 828 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:28,100 my audience, something and I make it, but it's not as 829 00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:31,200 engaging and they don't Case like well no more of that video 830 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,200 series anymore. That's chucked out the water. 831 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,300 So it's kind of overwhelming and stressful when I when you make 832 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:40,100 the content and no one, really watches it and it's like what am 833 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:42,900 I doing wrong? And my failing is is my life 834 00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:46,000 over as my channel over, so just stop doing all completely. 835 00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:49,300 So it's like all the mental thing in my brain where it is 836 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:51,500 overwhelming to think about, you know, being an online 837 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:54,100 personality, where all eyes are on you and you have to be 838 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,600 constantly on and answering questions and responding to 839 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,900 comments and it can be stressful at times. 840 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,200 So, Yeah, I do get very stressed out. 841 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,600 A lot with being on YouTube and twitch, but then I answered this 842 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,300 question a while back ago. In this episode that, I've been 843 00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:11,600 taking time for myself where I'm taking a step back and taking 844 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,600 breaks like 5 minutes. 10 minutes an hour to out of my 845 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,000 day, just to relax and breathe and not be overwhelmed and 846 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,300 stressed out. This being on camera all the 847 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:24,300 time where I don't want to put FaceCam in my videos and I don't 848 00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:26,900 want to have FaceCam in my streams or like there are times 849 00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,100 where I don't want to record or I don't want to stream. 850 00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:31,300 Cancel stream and I don't upload videos. 851 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,200 So that's kind of really hard for me when it comes to the fact 852 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,600 that being an online personality comes with the stress and there 853 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,100 are times where I just need to take a step back and just Breeze 854 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:43,400 for a quick second, just to realize that you don't always 855 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,300 have to be 0 and all the time you can just turn off your 856 00:41:46,300 --> 00:41:49,100 webcam and be perfectly fine the way it is. 857 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,800 So hopefully that answers your question Claire and all that 858 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,200 jazz. But nevertheless, I'm going to 859 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:55,600 be wrapping up this episode right here. 860 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,300 Right now, I do hope you all enjoyed today's episode as much 861 00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:00,300 as I did. I have a lot of fun being able 862 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:02,700 to answer all your questions to the best of my ability. 863 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,700 Hopefully, you learned something from this episode from me about 864 00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:08,700 content creation. I mental health, anything and 865 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:11,800 everything from the future to, now, whatever it might be and 866 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,000 all that jazz. But anyway, like I said, I hope 867 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,500 you all enjoyed it. Make sure you go ahead and 868 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:17,600 follow And subscribe to me on Spotify. 869 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,000 Apple podcast took a podcast or YouTube or wherever this in your 870 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,100 podcast. And I will hear from you all 871 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:24,600 next season. Goodbye.