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It's not just videos and streaming too. Anyone who creates content has these issues. Even blogging has the same effect on you and it really sucks because every

by nickjj 8y ago

It's not just videos and streaming too. Anyone who creates content has these issues. Even blogging has the same effect on you and it really sucks because everyone will say "you need a schedule because it's what people expect, they need to know when to tune back in". But once you do this, your whole mentality changes from sporadically posting something interesting because you overcame some obstacle and wanted to share your newfound knowledge to "it's time to think about next week's post, and it must be done because your schedule dictates a new post in 2 days". It's very stressful, even if you enjoy it.

jv22222 8y ago
When I was front man of a slightly successful band I felt the absolute worst and lonlyest after a gig. It was such a low feeling I’ll never forget it and one of the things I miss least about it. I think it came from 2 hours of trying to entertain a lot of people and make them feel good about life while simultaneously experiencing full on imposter syndrome.
perlgeek 8y ago
With blogs, at least you can write some posts in advance, and use them to fill in the schedule if you're not creative/productive/healthy/whatever once. I've used this pretty successfully to maintain a 1post/week schedule for over a year. No such option with live streaming.
- nickjj 8y ago
  Yeah, no doubt about it, streaming is way more demanding. I usually prepare at least 3 posts in advance, but this has its flaws too because sometimes a certain topic is interesting "today", but it's not that interesting a month from now. Also a lot of my posts come from experiencing something first hand and I find it to be a better writing experience if I write about what happened shortly after it happened, instead of weeks in the future when details might get stale. Lastly, some posts take multiple days to write too, so it's not like you can just say to yourself "I'm going to crank out 4 top quality posts today and I'm set for the month".

by nickjj 8y ago

jv22222 8y ago

When I was front man of a slightly successful band I felt the absolute worst and lonlyest after a gig. It was such a low feeling I’ll never forget it and one of the things I miss least about it. I think it came from 2 hours of trying to entertain a lot of people and make them feel good about life while simultaneously experiencing full on imposter syndrome.

perlgeek 8y ago

With blogs, at least you can write some posts in advance, and use them to fill in the schedule if you're not creative/productive/healthy/whatever once. I've used this pretty successfully to maintain a 1post/week schedule for over a year. No such option with live streaming.

nickjj 8y ago
Yeah, no doubt about it, streaming is way more demanding. I usually prepare at least 3 posts in advance, but this has its flaws too because sometimes a certain topic is interesting "today", but it's not that interesting a month from now. Also a lot of my posts come from experiencing something first hand and I find it to be a better writing experience if I write about what happened shortly after it happened, instead of weeks in the future when details might get stale. Lastly, some posts take multiple days to write too, so it's not like you can just say to yourself "I'm going to crank out 4 top quality posts today and I'm set for the month".