A Week in the Life of a Full-Time YouTuber 📚 BookTube Planning, Filming & More!
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
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This video goes through a very productive week of being a full-time UA-camr, going through quitting my part-time job and whether or not that was a worthwhile decision. I also show you how I plan, film and edit videos for BookTube, how I make money off my UA-cam videos, and so much more.
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✨ Timestamps ✨
0:00 Desperate Housewives Opening / FlexiSpot
3:03 Introduction
7:22 Monday's To-Do List
10:15 Filming a Video
21:30 Making a Thumbnail
33:22 Using the Green Screen
46:23 Tuesday Morning
46:43 Let's Plan Content Together
59:18 Take Kids to Work Day
1:00:16 Editing a Video
1:07:38 Using and Finding B-Roll Music
1:09:59 Late Night Update and How I Relax
1:14:04 Wednesday Plans
1:18:09 My UA-cam Analytics
1:23:11 Reading and Dealing With Hate Comments
1:27:08 Thursday Plans and Visiting a New Café
1:29:02 What I Did on Thursday
1:31:27 Hosting Patreon Reading Sprints
1:32:44 What I Did on Friday
1:34:15 Q&A - Have You Found a Work / Life Balance?
1:36:53 Q&A - How Do You Handle Burnout?
1:38:20 Q&A - How is Your Sleeping Pattern Since Going Full-Time?
1:39:36 Q&A - How Did You Find the Courage and Motivation to Start a Channel?
1:42:21 Q&A - How Can I Grow as a Content Creator?
1:44:40 Q&A - What Do You Do on Bad Mental Health Days and You Don't Want to Film?
1:47:50 Q&A - How Do You Come Up With Your Video Ideas?
1:48:57 Q&A - How Do You Decide Which Videos to Do vs. Which Ones to Scrap?
1:49:59 Q&A - How Much Planning Goes Into Your Read-along Videos?
1:53:50 Q&A - How Do You Stay on Track Doing Longer Projects?
1:55:18 Q&A - What Do You Do to Unwind and Relax?
1:56:06 Q&A - Has Reading Become More of a Job for You Now?
1:57:45 Q&A - Where Do You Find the Time for Mundane Day-to-Day Tasks?
1:58:20 Q&A - Grocery Store Haul?
1:58:35 Q&A - What is Your Biggest Dream for the Future? Is UA-cam Permanent?
1:59:21 Was Becoming a Full-Time UA-camr Worth It?
2:01:29 Thank You for Watching and Goodbye!
✨ My Equipment ✨
Camera: Sony ZV-1
Lighting: Umbrella Light
Microphone: Shure VP83 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
Video Editing Software: Final Cut Pro
Thumbnail Software: Adobe Photoshop
Music & Sound: Epidemic Sound
Planning: Google Docs & Microsoft Word
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director gav blessing us with 2 hours of this feature length film!? king 🙇🏼♀️
insert “you have the mind of a mastermind” meme here 🤯 this is 100% one of the most interesting videos i’ve ever watched on youtube! i love behind the scenes & have always wondered how you do the green screen scenes and seeing the process was so fascinating!! infinite amounts of appreciation for how much effort & planning you put into your videos 💛💛💛
Ay thanks so much Erica 🥰
You’re definitely 100% one of the most creative people I’ve ever known on the internet and honestly balance really is such a hard thing to find and its always fluctuating too. But thank you for this video!! Watching a Gavin video or joining your livestreams genuinely take me out of any rut. Thank you for sharing everything you do in your week and for all your efforts and care that go into your videos! (ALSO now I’m more than halfway through the video and you’re perfect and beautiful and your voice is great. Period)
Aw thanks so much Juniper, and glad I can always help when you need me ❤ thank you always for your support, I always appreciate it!
This is just a genius video. Showing the actual way content creators do their day. It shows how much work you put in. Respect
2HOURS GAV?! we get the director's cut on being a full time yt'er haha - great man. Making a proper cup of coffee for this one. 👏🏼
Gavin puts out the level of content I can only hope to replicate half as well.
Oh that’s too kind, I’m positive you already do!
I don't understand the rationale behind nasty comments, but since it does get to you, I'll just leave an honest and supportive comment... I don't agree with any of those negative comments. You are extremely charming, witty, charismatic, handsome, well spoken, and you never fail to capture my full attention - which is why I've been subscribing since you lived at home. Any mother would be proud to have you as her son! ❤
When I’m talking to my partner about a book and say “Gav has it, Gav said this, Gav is planning on reading it” he knows exactly who I mean. He even watches the ones when you stay at scary places with me 😂 it’s safe to say, you’ve become part of peoples lives. Good luck to you! ❤ xx
This was so interesting to watch, I love seeing a snapshot of how your week goes because I know you put SO MUCH work and effort into your videos and you are so creative, it blows my mind. We love you so much!
Side note: I find your voice SO soothing, I will listen to your videos if I'm having a hard time going to sleep and it helps, so those comments are full of shite.
Thank you Andie 🥰 and I'm glad someone finds my voice soothing haha, thank you for the support ❤
I didn't realise how much actually goes into a UA-cam channel! What you do is amazing, and you should be so proud! Don't listen to the haters , screw them !!! ❤
You come across as such a genuine person. I'm a language teacher and I'm often knackered from explaining grammar rules for different languages all week long. It's good to wind down while watching your videos in the evening or to procrastinate doing exam corrections.😂😇 Your videos put a huge smile on my face and your funny bits crack me up. Your voice is relaxing and clear and your talent for making videos is awesome and I admire your creativity. I love my job and it's so great that you can make a living with something you're passionate about. I should add that I love reading as well and whenever I have spare time I pick up my book. Keep it up and rock on!!!👍
That desperate housewives ad intro, Gavin, I caaaaaan't
Looooved how transparent and detailed you were throughout this video! We see all of the work and dedication you put into the videos
your desperate housewives intro was amazing. i literally just started watching the series for the first time and i got a real kick out of it. loved seeing another creator's process! i looove organization videos in general so this was of particular interest. i use notion for all my video planning but your doc was cool to be able to see everything in one place.
Ahh I hope you love your first watch of Desperate Housewives, one of my all time favourite shows!
the clips of you filming yourself (and refilming the parts where you talked) are so real. thanks for not editing too much of the awkwardness out. idk if I'll ever "get used" to talking to a camera.. it just gets less awkward feeling but more exhausting lol
As an early subscriber, it makes me so happy to see your channel grow and become the amazing creative space that it is! This was wonderful to watch.
Oh thank you so much for sticking with me through it all, I know I haven’t made it easy but I appreciate you ❤️
👹GAVIN👹
I loved seeing how much time and effort goes into running your channel! I feel you deserve a vscation by the way, i mandate it!!
Gavin thank you so much for giving us an inside look at what you do. I am totally blown away by the amount of time, thought and planning that goes into making videos! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised because your content is amazing. Thank you too for showing us that beautiful coffee shop. I can just imagine sitting down for a cup of coffee and a chat with you. Thank you again for all your hard work and for just being such an amazing person ❤
OVER two hours?! I love being BLESSED
As a fellow content creator, you know it would have been hard to show what we do in less time than that 😂 in short, we do too much
@@GavinReadsItAll I genuinely feel like if I did this it would be absolute chaos, but this is so organized omg
This was really insightful into the video making process! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I don't know how anyone can criticize your voice. I came across your channel only a few months ago, and one of the first things I noticed is what a nice voice you have! 💙
Aww thanks, glad you like my voice haha and thank you always for your support ❤
as someone who has wanted to get into content creating and has just started getting into it. i thoroughly appreciate this video. I've always been intimidated to make content or do videos but this was in a way comforting. thank you for making this. ive never seen anyone be this thorough and detailed about this which made it even that much more wonderful. love you Gavin
Ahhh I love seeing the behind the scenes of being a content creator, it’s so fun to see how other creators work and have a routine or no routine at all. I really related to what you said about how it’s hard to take a break and how you can never really shut off your work brain with a job like this, I 100% agree and I’m also still trying to find the work/life balance! But UA-cam is such a fun job and I don’t take it for granted at all! It so nice to have friends who are doing the same thing who can relate 🥹💞
I also relate with the sleeping schedule bit haha, I think that’s the joy of working this job with not necessarily needing to work between 9-5, most of the time I’m up super late editing and working late into the night! I don’t think I’ve gone to sleep before 1am since I started doing UA-cam full time but I prefer it that way! I’m definitely a night owl and I hate the mornings haha 😅
Gav, I absolutely loved this. I love the detail you went into. And the Q&A at the end, the whole "do what makes you happy, life is too short" speech, chefs kiss. I felt that in my soul. Loved everything about this. Thank you for sharing with us ❤️✨
Congrats Gavin on being able to make your youtube channel your full time job! So few people are able to do this, this is such a huge achievement. I hope you feel really proud of yourself. So amazing to see someone from our crappy town and school able to achieve their dreams ❤
I’m freaking DEAD at the opening of this video. Lololololollllll
This was ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING!! Thank you for the time you put into this!!
I love the message to do what you love and live in the moment, I need to take that advice and run with it! I’ve been blogging part time as a hobby for years and would love to take the leap; you’ve inspired me!
Great video Gav I hope you will be making videos for a long time to come we all love you!❤️
Thank you so much and I hope you do run after your dreams ❤️
Literally at the beginning and choking with laughter on my toast
@HowToTrainYourGavin Hey Gavin! I'm a graphic designer and often use Adobe products, so I know a ton of shortcuts. Don't stress about your process it's your own and it leads to your amazing videos. I do have a tip for how to make straight lines though that will greatly help. When you are using the eraser tool click where you want the straight line cut to start hold "shift" and click where you want it to end. It should cut a straight line from point A to point B. Hope this helps!
First time commenter, loyal viewer. I just wanted to let you know that your voice is one of the most soothing things i listen to and always puts a smile on me and my daughters face. I appreciate your message about negative comments and all the hardwork you put into your content. You broke this all down so well. You always make us laugh and smile. Thank you for being you. ❤
OMG YOUR KITTY IS SO BIG NOW!!!! You don't do things like any other booktuber and you've become a comfort watch. Go Gav Go!
The commitment is unmatched
This video was epic and insightful and brilliant. Your dedication to your channel and content creating is both inspiring and puts me to shame. I need to do more things outside the box. It is just finding time... you maximise your time and creativity, so interesting to see the behind the scenes and everything. Loved it. (Loved the cat content too!)
this is so cool to see your process! I love seeing how people do content creation because everyone does it in their own creative way!
very much appreciate how in depth this video is 🥰
Gavin. The intro.
Seeing the amount of work you put into your videos is astounding. It makes sense as to why your videos are always top tier 👌🏻
Gavin, next time if someone tells you something awful about your voice, tell them to go piss themselves. I have sleeping issues and I always love to watch and sometimes listen to your videos as podcast. Yesterday while watching/listening to this, I legit slept while listening to your voice. It was MAGIC!!!!
so please don't worry about your looks as you are dashing as ever! and as for your voice truly worth podcast material!!!
your friend,
Arooj. ☺
You and I are the same way about our cats😂 I never want to leave them long. Also, I like your voice.
Honestly, this is so fascinating, and is cementing my knowledge of myself that I could never make a UA-cam channel. LOL. This is so hard and so outside of my comfort zone omg...
just got to the part about your spreadsheet and im just here sitting stunned cuz i didnt know this whole time that those 13 volumes of blood on the tracks were just prologues!!????
Gavin! This is by far one of my favorite videos of yours (: I love your creativity in your videos and you're the only booktuber I watch haha! It was so cool to see what the life of a youtuber is like. I really enjoyed seeing how you edit, your organization of videos, the thumbnail process, all of it was so engaging and I learned so much! You always inspire me to keep up with reading and my dream is to have a book room like yours! Also, I love your voice its so soothing and charismatic (:
THIS is the video I’ve been looking for for years! I loved it! Thank you for all the work you do🤍
Agreed to the working at a retail job killing your sleeping pattern. I have been in retail for 15 plus years now
Happy birthday! I just turned 31 too
I looooooved every second of it❤ i love that kind of content where i can see another side of you. I also love your transparency. Its truly a blessing to be able to do something you absolutely love for a living but i wish u would be able to give urself more time to reconnect with urself and live ur life a little. As much as i love to watch you i also want to be able to do so for many many years and for it to be possible u absolutely need to take time for urself and not think about content. Most of all i just want u to be happy and healthy and satisfied with the life u're living. But of course its hard to find a balance between work and ur personnal life. But its something u really need to do. Thank you for all ur content and hard work. ❤
Thank you so much ❤
Love this video! And something to remember with Japan is they use almost exclusively cash so make sure you have some on you! Also a train pass is 100% like the day pass! But I used to live in Japan and been to Tokyo a couple times so if you need any tips let me know!
Thanks so much for the tips!
This was amazing and fascinating. Thank you for giving us the inside scoop. 🐈⬛🐈⬛❤
Only 12ish min in and just feel so thankful for showing how it is. I tried filming one once and it was so awkward and choppy and just bad that I gave up. It's nice to see other people also start over again and again and feel weird talking to a camera.
I freaking love your cats so much omg! I am such a cat person so seeing cats in videos is such a dopamine boost. I have a tuxedo cat myself but i dont get to see her often cause she is at my mom's house and i stay with my grandparents since they are elderly and need someone at all times
This was fantastic Gavin! Thank you for showing us behind the scenes, it’s was so interesting/useful. You can tell by your videos how creative and hardworking you are so it was great to see your process, you’re a credit to Booktube! 📚
You singing your own theme tune to start off filming is the MOST relatable thing - I always do it! 😂👌
This was amazing, thank you so much for showing us a behind the scenes look!
Still watching this! But I appreciate you sharing your day with us! And especially the process
Ask me how am enjoying this video 🤭
I thought am usually the only one who fumbles and have to take so many retakes.
But you're so creative Gav 😍😊
Ah! Your intro was just perfection! Followed by an excellent video! I totally relate to not wanting to see/hear yourself and saying the same thing 100x….but your voice is soooo wonderful and relaxing and fun. Just wanted to chime in with ❤❤❤!
So excited for the secret circle video because I LOVE your reading full series vlogs!! Also love when you vlog in general!
If it werent for my medications, i would never sleep either. Loved this video! It is cool to see what goes into making all of your videos.
oh my god I had no idea how much time was put into filming, editing, creating content in general, it's insaneeee
Love this concept! It also really helps other beginning creators when deciding how to film videos and edit. So fun to watch!!
Love this video, it’s so nice to see the behind the scenes and all the hard work you put into your videos. I enjoy your channel so much, you’re like my comfort blanket.
As for the bullying and hate comments, I’m glad you ignore them. There’s nothing wrong with your voice & appearance. We ❤ you Gavin ✌🏻xxx
Photoshop tip to copy layer effects to a new layer so you don't have to do them again like you did with the logo layer here: right-click (is that ctrl+click on Mac) the layer with the effects you want and choose "copy layer style", then choose the other layer and "paste layer style". And voilà!
this is by far one of the most comprehensive videos on being a full-time youtuber i've ever seen 😱 i love seeing the behind the scenes and the work that goes into your vidoes!
I'm only 17 minutes in and this is already the cutest thing. lol.
Thanks for sharing your process with us. After listening to this, I just want to open up multiple tabs of your videos and letting them play in the background so it can help your channel. Ignore the haters....it's all about their low self esteem and not you.
2:11 I love that you have a UA-camr Setup. Now we need to see you in your Twitch Era.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!
""I make at least two coffees before I can actually do anything"
Relatable!!! I've become a bit of a coffee fiend recently!
Haha glad I’m not the only one 😂
I'm binging your videos and it's so strange to hear you get upsetting comments about your voice when it's one of the things I love about you!
And thank you so much for the longer videos! They are so entertaining and getting entire series in one video is such a treat! Even books that don't interest me to read I love watching your videos on because you're so much fun!
I’m so happy that you’ve given us a Sneak Peek as well as served some realness without how you go about your day which doesn’t start at 8 am.
Have you ever thought about ‘ASMR With How to Train Your Gavin’?! Well, I guess it would be one of those ‘unintentional ASMR videos’ anyway (ref: creation of the thumbnail) I absolutely loved this video, it was truly insightful seeing how a Book Tuber (one of the best in my opinion) goes about their work. I’ve never been into OnePiece, and while I love your Manga/Anime vids, I love this type of content even more. There is so much skill, business savvy-ness and creativity here. Thank you for sharing and giving your audience a glimpse behind the curtain Xx
I’ve had a few moments of doubt but I hope your video gives us the strength and encouragement to engage in our passions.
For dark romance: The Devils Night series by Penelope Douglas!
This is so in depth and interesting! Thank you!
For the last 10 years I worked from 6am-10pm (i work in nursing). I’ve always been a night owl though and even though I got up at 4:30am for 10 years I never ever acclimated to that. I still couldn’t make myself go to bed before 12-1 and was working 16 hours on 3-4 hours of sleep- I was MISERABLE. So about 5 months ago I bit the bullet and changed my schedule to 10am-10pm which means working more days to make up for the hour loss but I can’t believe how much happier I am. If something makes you miserable don’t wait 10 years to change it like I did! Sometimes you feel stuck doing something you’ve always done- that’s how I felt but make the change (this advice is for anyone currently feeling stuck not necessarily Gavin lolol)!
Your voice is lovely and it makes my heart happy to listen to you 🥰 this video was great…every video is great though!!!
So a way to read the books you're looking forward to: create a series of "Books I wanted to get to but couldn't" vlogs.
Hey, thanks for keeping me company.
Love your haircut. That is on my to do list as I am on holidays. Especially before my big country concert next week.
The under eye patches are awesome. Have a collection of a bunch of them. That I love trying ❤
Thanks for being so open about things, this was very interesting, the amount of effort you put into every part of the process is incredible :- ) The café looked very cool! :- )
I loved this video! I’ll never do UA-cam videos myself but it was so interesting to see your process. Thanks for all the effort you put into your content - we all appreciate and enjoy it so much ❤
I mean, I get that haters suck, but there are thousands upon thousands of people that watch your videos without whining about anything. And I think you’re the only channel where I’ll binge several videos in a row. And they ain’t short, either :D
Thank you for keeping me company while I worked. Loved seeing your work experience as well. And the opening made me laugh out loud. 😄 I hadn’t thought of that show in eons and it made me giggle.
I love that you kept the wig on while editing the green screen 😄it was really interesting seeing your whole process!
Haha I had to in case I had to go back to filming, but fortunately the take I took was good enough 😂
I loved this video so much - so fascinating getting a look inside your process! I’m with you on needing a hot drink to start a video - I can’t do it without one 😂
omg when you kept stopping and starting your sentences while trying to film and having to say your sentence again!! I thought it was only me that did that!!!!!! It made me laugh so much because it's literally EXACTLY what I do🤣🤣 it's so annoying to edit🤣🤣
You are such a good youtuber gavin! You have concepts, good channel organization, on camera charisma and smooth editing that flows. That is rare to have a combo of all of that!!! ❤❤
Easily one of the best intros I've ever seen!! And the seemless transition to the sponser... chefs kiss!
Haha thanks so much!
I loved to see this. As someone who always admired the amount of work, thought and creativity you put into your videos, it's nice to see some BTS. Keep doing what you're doing, Gav. You're one of the best booktubers around!!
Thank you so much for making this video Gavin! I am a content creator and even I don’t realise how much time I spend in every little detail. We’re always considered like lazy ppl with an easy job but it’s just not true and I’m so glad ppl can see this in your video !
I can’t believe you still get hate comments (even though I get them too so I know it’s part of the job but) you’re the most wholesome person ever! Also : I love your voice and accent! ❤
Thank you for this feature film!!!
Totally relate to forgetting to eat! I work from home and sometimes 4-5 hours will go by and I haven’t once gotten up from my desk 😂 my bf will call me and remind me to eat
I'm happy this job feeds you intellectually. I hope it stays that way for as long as you want it to keep on going.
That being said, I really hope you're also taking care of yourself outside of the job, even though it can feel like it's also a hobby because of the creative side of it. Because even when we love what we do, be it for work or as a hobby, we're not protected against burn out.
Having trouble sleeping because your mind keeps focusing on the creative/job part of things is, in my experience, something you want to keep tabs on. Because it can so quickly switch between "i cannot sleep because I'm too exctied for X, Y and Z" to "i cannot sleep and all my emotions are a mess and I'm overwhelmed".
My "trick" for sleep (sleep is a BIG part of having a healthy balance of work/leisure/social/self-care), tho it's been a work in progress, is that 1. I've talked about it with my doctor and have light medication for it now, 2. getting a "smart-watch" that logs in my sleep, 3. having a bedtime ritual-ish (it's the HARDEST part, the one I fail at the most, but as no one is growing younger, I need to do better as it affects global health soooooo much).
So I hope you find the things that work for you, and cheers to a more conscious effort to finding the sweet spot of that balance :)
Not the Magnum Opus Vlog ExtraGAVanza. Omg this is so excited and I love the cold open. It’s giving creative genius.
I actually find your voice really soothing. Your videos have become my comfort watches. Hopefully that makes up for that hate comment kgxydkydu
Congrats on being able to do UA-cam full time!! You can definitely tell that you love it through all of the work you put into your videos. Those scene overlays you do are just 🤌🤣
this was so comforting and was great just to put on the background for some company - adored it
this video is so iconic. i’m so inspired by you, Gavin!
Not me responding with affirmations as you work 😂 every time you said “does this work?” Or something I was like “yeah! Looks good!”
We really are parasocial besties
Love your thoughts about how to deal with the haters and trolls. You have a healthy attitude and I bet you were heard by someone who needed to hear it. ❤
I’d love to watch a video of you reading your most anticipated reads from over the years or for this year (as we approach the halfway point of the year). That way you can read those books and we can watch you read them 😊
Gavin, I loved this video! One of my favs from you, seeing you get real about what it entails to do this kind of job and catching behind-the-scenes footage.
Just a thought, but whenever you find yourself in the middle of a long project and you need to upload something but don't have the time/motivation to read/film something else, you could maybe do a "read with me" video, just filming yourself reading in real-time for 30-60 mins (especially if it's raining!!). Sometimes I get tired of ambiance videos/sprints and just like playing "read/study/work with me videos". Just an idea^^ I imagine they are way faster to edit and upload