5 EASY Tips To MOTIVATE Yourself To CREATE Content!
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Streaming with low viewers or a slower chat can be INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT for new Streamers, it can lead to being easily demotivated and not wanting to continue creating content!
The inherent difficulty of Content Creation, Streaming, and really any freelancing is you work for yourself, you are your own boss, which sounds fantastic when I think back to all of my old bosses, especially that one boss who honestly believed women could smell his testosterone.
But when you are responsible only to yourself it means you can be a bit more lenient on deadlines, if you miss them, nobody is going to pull you up.
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How To Break Motivation And Start Creating Content!
One of the most powerful ways to get work done is to build your work into a routine and stick to it. I think one of my favorite methods of this is the Seinfield Strategy, this is the concept of creating a daily task or routine that you never stray from. In his example, he got a large wall calendar that had 365 squares, one for every day of the year, and every single day he would sit down and spend time writing out jokes.
When he had written a joke, he would put a big red X through that day on the calendar. If he kept at it, eventually he would start seeing a streak of X’s form, and the longer he kept the streak the more he felt disciplined and “motivated” not to break the streak. The chain of X’s became a REASON for him to sit down and write because if he didn’t… he would lose his chain.
The jokes didn’t have to be good, they didn’t even have to be half-decent, he just said he had to work on writing jokes, and so he sat down every day in his routine to write a joke, and he improved... he also became faster at coming up with them, and he learned what made them work.
You need to find your streak, and never break it, are you going to script a video for 30 minutes every day? Make a TikTok every day? Learn a new skill every day? By finding your streak…. You’ll find the motivation to get up and work so you can cross that X off.
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0:00 The One Skill EVERY Streamer Needs!
0:55 The Best Stream Graphics For You!
1:45 Why Being Your Own Boss Is TERRIBLE!
2:30 The TRUTH About Motivation!
3:35 MOST POWERFUL Way To Motivate Yourself!
5:15 This Daily Tip To Keep Working Hard!
7:05 How To Tackle GIANT Tasks With Ease!
8:50 The HARDEST Part Of Self-Discipline!
10:25 The MOST Important Part Of Motivation!
Why You Need To Set A Deadline For Your Work To Be Motivated
A fact you need to understand when it comes to working for yourself is that all jobs or projects will expand to fit the time they’re given, this is why setting a deadline for yourself is so important.
If you don’t have a deadline, or you set a deadline that is so far out in the future then you’ll always be able to put off working on a project. If you only make a video once a month, well videos will take a month to make, it expands to meet the time given.
When you’re trying to grow as a Content Creator, these deadlines are crucial to keeping you progressing and keeping you growing.
Set your deadlines carefully, they are a finish line for you to try to meet, and are very important to a new creator trying to grow and learn.
Is Passion Enough To Motivate Yourself To Stream?
The only part of this I know for sure is that discipline, routine, and hard work are so important because while passion goes a long way, it isn’t enough to help you through the burnout, hard days, and times when your work goes unappreciated or underperforms... Which let's be real every small creator out there right now feels underappreciated and like their content is underperforming.
On those days when everything feels hopeless, you aren’t passionate anymore, and you need to be disciplined in order to get up and keep working.
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🕘Timestamps:
0:00 The One Skill EVERY Streamer Needs!
0:55 The Best Stream Graphics For You!
1:45 Why Being Your Own Boss Is TERRIBLE!
2:30 The TRUTH About Motivation!
3:35 MOST POWERFUL Way To Motivate Yourself!
5:15 This Daily Tip To Keep Working Hard!
7:05 How To Tackle GIANT Tasks With Ease!
8:50 The HARDEST Part Of Self-Discipline!
10:25 The MOST Important Part Of Motivation!
Can you post links to the tools you use? I'm sorry but I cant find the links anywhere. Please and thankyou
please do video about tik tok vs twitch liveestream
This truly resonates with me. As a content creator, maintaining motivation is often challenging. Breaking down tasks into manageable sections and setting deadlines have been my go-to strategies. But what really helps me stay motivated is using an all-in-one tool like Boost App Social. It streamlines my content creation process, which leaves more room for creative thinking and planning.
Sounds interesting! How does Boost App Social help exactly?
@@logan.stewart Boost App Social simplifies the content creation process. It's essentially an 8-in-1 toolkit that includes AI tools, story templates, highlight covers and more. It simplifies the process and helps in maintaining the consistency of my posts.
@@susan_young Couldn't agree more! Boost App has made content creation a breeze for me. From AI tools to story templates, it's all there to help maintain post consistency.
Thank you for acknowledging that ADHD does make a difference in ability to feel motivated. It would be cool if you hosted someone who does have that mental disability to give tips for us neuro-spicy gamers ❤️
"Neuro-spicy" is a wonderful term and I will be using that from now on, thank you for that!
Yeah
@@teunartstudio7183 yep
Yes stand up for us neuro-spicy gamers
ADHD solidarity. I'm a disabled music streamer (ADHD/Fibromyalgia.) Motivation is a challenge on both counts.
It's difficult pushing through physical pain and struggling to not get distracted by a million things instead of hitting go live.
Medication has helped a lot. Having a "starting soon" screen has really helped too. I can go live without being on camera right away, which motivates me to tune my guitar, set question of the day, do social media etc etc. People usually pop up in the chat and say hi, so I've immediately got a reason to go to my main screen and start chatting and playing.
I find knowing I'll have interactions with my regular audience on Twitch helps motivate me to stream regularly, especially knowing that people are paying money to support the channel. It was very slow getting started though, I nearly quit altogether a bunch of times.
I streamed for 6 months before I got affiliate, often streaming to nobody. Much of that was my fault as I was doing pretty boring things like metronome exercises and transcriptions, and it took me a while to get my sound clear and clean. I only just got a decent camera last week after using a Logitech POS webcam for ages.
Finding others in the Twitch music community and started collaborating with them helped a lot. My channel really started to grow when I started participating in the community more. I just hit 1k which is a milestone I didn't think I'd get to a year ago.
In general the music community is a lot more into helping each other's channels grow than the gaming community in my experience. Every time I go on a music channel and say hi, if they are familiar with my work they shout me out and talk a little about what I do (and I and my mods do the same for them.) Gamers generally seem adverse to even acknowledging that anyone but them is a streamer. I told someone I'd been chatting with for a few weeks on a small (under 10 viewers) gaming channel that I was excited that I finally made affiliate that day and they went off on me. I've since seen a few similar interactions. I don't get it. It seems to mostly be an attitude among smaller gaming streamers. Some larger gaming streamers who are familiar with me always ask me unprompted how the music channel is going and sometimes even raid me or restream me as their break music. It's a pretty big contrast. It has made me stick within the music community more and more. I used to enjoy watching gaming channels but the etiquette difference is too much stress to jump between.
Even though I’m not apart of your community anymore, I appreciate your content bro. It’s very helpful! 😀
Yeah it is very helpful to me to
@@autisticgriffzorer9526 tooooo*
It's a good sight to see motivation being discussed in the actual perspective of a content creator. As a content creator myself, I do feel demotivated sometimes but I just take a deep breath and remind myself why I'm doing this, and it's simply because I LOVE making content!
Ive been listening to this guy. And Ive gone from 1-2 veiwers to 2-3. Its not that big of a difference, but it made me so happy. Im glad I can just entertain people.
This is so helpful! I’ve heard people talk about it but this format might help a bit. I have ADHD and I struggle to get on and stay on a task. I need those apps to pressure me to get stuff done lol
Glad its helpful!
As someone who has ADHD, this was actually the same technique suggested to me by my therapist so this does apply very well however it is much harder.
Been watching your stuff for a year and ur channel was a main reason I was motivated to start streaming and making stuff online. Thank you man. This topic if staying motivated was so needed!
I needed this video today. Thank you. I’m very new to streaming, having started 3 weeks ago, I have gone live 13 times. The last 3 streams I haven’t picked up any new followers, although I do have some loyal chatters already which is great! I am working on ways to keep my content fresh and exciting as I get closer to Affiliate follower goal! I’m confident that when I next go live it will be my best stream yet! I’m trying not to focus on the follower count and I hide the view counter whilst live. I’m just enjoying learning this new skill and focusing on making every stream more fun and exciting than the next! The followers will come if I keep to schedule and remain positive, I’m sure of it! Thank you For or this video and ALL your videos as they have been huge for me in getting started!
What do you stream? I might watch
THANK YOU! This is an *EXACT* problem I have!! ADHD and depression really keep me back from doing what I love..
I've been streaming for 6 months and not one day have I gone and said "I dont feel like it". Everytime I stream i love it
Totally agree. People confuse motivation and discipline.
im gonna be honest your videos have really helped me out with streaming i went 2 years just been with 1 live viewer which soon made me stop streaming for months but your videos taught me how to be more entertaining, not just to sit there and play or do anything quietly and how to create content. and i like to thank you for your videos they really helped out. keep up the great work man!!
Holy shit I've needed this for so long. After the first 5 months of streaming and discord drama from trying to network, I've lost all motivation to stream. Thanks a million man..
Dude same here. I’ve had the same problem
The mind palace bit was the highlight of the video! 😆 loved it! Thank you for all of the inspiration and advice and tips! I have been taking notes.
Thanks for this Eljay, this is something everyone struggles with, and this is some real solid advice.
Thanks for Mind list!
What I use for remembering tasks is called a boogie board (5$) , it's an temporary LCD display that works like e-ink (aka Kindle) it just needs a lil power to erase itself. I sometimes show it off on stream too!
Being disciple, having routine, and consistency!!! So crucial! Much Easier said than done though !
Took some advice from an earlier video and watched my whole vod, I had fun, and loved it but did find things I need to work on so thank you for the tip!!
Love your stuff! Super helpful
Thank you so much for this video. I truly believe you have to be intrinsically motivated or stubborn to be a successful streamer. As someone intrinsically motivated to create content but not to stream, I sometimes find it hard to hit the "go live" button. I've never heard of the Seinfeld Strategy but I think setting small goals repeatedly will help me out. Thank you again for not only this video but all of them. You have been a huge help!
Great video! Consistency and creating habits is something I’m trying to do to help keep my content consistent. You will never get worse at things you do every day!
I legit have no idea how you time these videos so well! Every time a new video is up, it's on a problem I'm currently facing and this has been proven for weeks now with some of your recent uploads. Keep up the good work and thank you for the tips as always o7
You’re amazing, thank you for everything you do and all the epic advice! 😄
I seriously needed this!
i strugle with burnouts more than lack of motive the way i solve this is i have a note in my desk with all my goals whenever i feel like i want to stop i look at the onte and telll myself if you stop now how are going to achive those ?
Having chronic fatigue is a serious problem in terms of motivation and I hate it because I love streaming. Social media is much quicker to create but I hate selling myself lol
As always great video. Thanks for all the videos you have made to help people get into the world of content. Appreciate you.
Man this just got recommended to me on a lull period where I havent streamed for 4 days due to just not hitting go live. Ive been steadily growing but I definitely have had a pretty hard time with motivation sometimes. So I appreciate this!
My current personal goal is to post 1 short a day Monday-Friday, so far I have been keeping this up for almost 2 months now. Starting to get a little difficult with more life being thrown at me but I plan on keeping this up! I think worst case I would reduce to to 3 videos a week of Monday Wednesday Friday which I would still feel good about being able to hit that goal every week.
Thank you for making consistent content my friend!
I started streaming in May of this year to keep myself from falling asleep after work. I picked up a capture card and webcam and just started doing it whenever I was feeling tired after the drive home. At first I was just doing it irregularly and didn't really expect to like it. It was more just like a coach on the sidelines to keep me accountable. I do a solid 10+ hours of scheduled streaming in a week alongside my full time job now, where before that would have all been extra sleep in the evenings. I know you say not to have your friends sit in to bump your viewer count, but after I told them I had a stream I was doing, when they jump into chat it starts to feel a lot like the old days in high school or college when we would be playing together almost every night, and we can riff and make more natural jokes together than if I was just streaming and narrating to nobody. I set up a calendar and a list of small goals I'd like to achieve, which was just small stuff that sounds super basic (how to edit scenes, set up streamlabs alerts, etc) but I genuinely had no idea I'd even WANT to learn before I started this. I feel energized by doing it. I actually manage to stay awake quite easily now after 6 months. I've lost a bunch of weight just by virtue of not sleeping after eating dinner. My life feels more regimented and social just because I made a schedule and actually executed it. I'm not worried about getting to affiliate, because it's not really the point, and I'm just learning the jobs at my own pace and trying to expand my ideas beyond just chewing through my video game backlog with challenges and even some art stuff I've been neglecting since graduation as well. but I think this is something I could get good at eventually...
This video really helped, thanks man! :D
You don't know how much I needed this, thank you.
Thank you for this!!!!!
i’ve been watching your vids for a long time now, even re watching them over and over. I’m so stuck on what game to play to make content on, im on xbox so i am limited to what i play.
I have a lot to learn before I dive into stream world but I’ve also learned so much from you too. Thank you for passing on your wisdom.
I took a big vacation from streaming since i felt really out of it, knew that if i kept streaming like that it'd be no good, so this is great, thank you so much
Any good Windows alternatives for the Mindlist app that you mentioned?
I recently switched from evening streams to early (so very early) morning streams to accommodate a better work/life balance. So now I stream before work and it's working soooo much better for me. Prior I would sometimes skip out on streaming to spend time with the Mrs, or I'd get held up at work, etc. But now I get it all done before work and get to enjoy the rest of my day. Now if only I wasn't so lazy to do UA-cam and tiktok.
Absolutely true! Something big I've learned from listening to podcasts by Andy Frisella and others, motivation is just a fleeting idea in the end.
Habits, discipline, structure and creating those small steps to achieve that bigger goal/task is in my opinion make it or break it. Something I've been trying to consistently do everyday. It's not easy at first, but it does get better with time.
Diagnosed and given medication for ADHD... thank you for this video... I'm new in streami g and YT content creation & motivation is among the things I struggle with
That Synthwave do you need Obs for like sound alerts?
You sir. Are making a difference in the life of small content creator.
I saw another person ask this further down in the comments but I wanted to ask it as well, as I'm sure you have a hard time getting to every comment with how big you're getting, but I also know you do your best to try.
What was that app for listing you suggested? I tried looking for it and I can't find it, so I'm wondering if I'm mishearing you.
Thanks for the great content as always. 😁
Mind list and streaks :)
Im actually on my honeymoon so that’s why I’m not replying as much at the moment :)
I am writing my thesis and your video has really helped even though it has nothing to do with gaming lol
This video so important I gotta watch it twice, I have adhd and I was find myself slipping up a little would lead to a lot
i stream got stable yard to look after, grass to cut, hedges general maintenance these jobs need doing, but i enjoying streaming as a pastime ans sharing games on an evening!! im a Equine riding coach by trade!
I could not find the two apps you were talking about (Streaks or Mind List) any chance you could help me find them
Not sure how to help, if I google either of them which you’ve spelt correctly they both come up instantly. The app isn’t crucial though, it’s the concept.
@@StreamScheme Sadly I figured it out... I have an android phone not an iPhone lol. Thank you for the help!
What was the name of the app you use to organize yourself? Mind list? if so, I can't find it on the app store
MindList and Streaks :)
What's the actual app called? I tryd to find mind list and couldn't find it
I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I am not starting 7 days a week or anything though.
Okay the call back to the pants joke gave me all the motivation I need thank you 🤣
The Lack of Motivation was me yesterday, it sucks honestly smh
Picture your comfort character and how proud they would be to when you do the stuff you need to do
just a suggestion, you should make a new twitch channel, keep it secret (hide your face or just dont use cam?) and see how quickly you can grow some average viewers. I know it would be time-consuming for sure but i'm sure a lot of people would like to see that.
Genuine question: What if I cancel a stream because I need time to edit? I sometimes beat myself up for that but I need vids to get done.
Videos help your channel out much more than a single stream does. Try not to shatter the expecations of these that want to show up to your streams but do not beat yourself up if you need to set aside more time to get videos out. Try to think ahead and not schedule streams when you think you have editing that needs to be done.
shorter stream, more effort into the video before the stream so u do no stress about it during the stream :)
Me last week in an Eljay stream: "I haven't streamed in almost a month, feelsbad".
>This video comes out.<
I feel personally attacked.
Woo!
As a life coach I’m frequently sharing my thoughts on the myth of motivation so it’s great to see others sharing the same out here on YT!
Hey guys it is me again with my update. I am now an affiliate on twitch and i have hit 67 followers on twitch and some of my tiktoks are doing quite well but i havent been doing youtube unfortunately since I lack ideas
Awesome video 👍 stream scheme I'm motivated to do a video on any game when I'm trying to motivate myself to try to do it I end up forgetting it and try to do better I still want to be a content creator and still make my dream come true you think I'm trying to hard or forgetting to set a schedule for it
Thank you reminded me I needed to load the dishwasher
Most of these things wont work for my ADHD brain but it at least got me thinking about what I could do to help stay motivated so thanks :)
I think mind list is IOS only, are there any similar apps that PC users can get? I've looked at Trello, Asana, and Jira but all of their UI's seem overly complicated and for more of a workforce than a single person. Microsoft to do seemed promising and is probably what I'll use in the meantime, the main couple issues I'm currently having with it is when I make a task I can only set it to be one day a week so if I would like it to be a reoccurring task for multiple days I would have to create a duplicate for the other days, that on it's own would be manageable but then when I want something on "My Day" (The main list for that single day) it shows me every reoccurring item even if, it's set for a different day.
What's your take on people who have trouble with routines because of work and other appointments?
For example i have a 65day streak on duolingo and I wouldnt have that streak If I had like 10days streak and wasnt motivated
Any good places to learn video editing for absolute noobs? Every time I motivate myself to learn all I find are videos that assume I have a decent level of understanding 🙃
Simple "101" type videos that teach how to use video editors are usually a good place to start. They give you an idea about how the software itself works which is step 0 to understand how editing in general works
Links for the apps?
Mind list and streaks :)
Thank you so much for you r teachings, as you see I have devoted a lot of my social media into promoting my channel on Twitch , I have followed several of your vid, got to finish this one. I have upgraded my channel and it would be awesome if you could give your critique ..I did send a message before and tried t edit it anf it was erase so sorry if you get two in a row somehow.........story of my life
Can’t believe I’ve been missing the pants off step all this time
its hard streaming to 1 viewer and staying happy about it
One tip watch it on another device At The same time
why not be happy about the 1 viewer ? :) 1>0 the next goals is 3 viewers but keep building 1on1 relationships and ppl will start to stuck more depending on the game/type of streams.
Streaming for hours to 0 is truly depressing without getting 1on1 interaction every now and then, but still..it is a part of the game 1 has to go through. different individuals tend to stay for different amount of times on different games on my streams making me truly not talking to my yourself, because if the 1 viewer is even a loyal lurker, u still get no interaction back.
PS so shorter stream in the right time but with more energy and ideas might be more impactful than a 8 hour stream of more "nothing" if u get me. i rarely do 6-8 hours streams, but I always end up with less clips and content from them..and less interaction during them. I see 2-4h as a good minimum tho depending on the schedule for the day.
im moving tho to my new home man
Me watching this instead of streaming: Interesting. :)
the amount of times you talk about not wearing pants, im starting to believe you dont wear pants on stream at this point 😆
It's time for me, before I can video edit my vods... I have two other video editing jobs to do first.
Mon - Tues: LinkedIn Learning/Personal projects
Tues - Fri: Stream days
Wed - Sat: Work days
I believe in you bro.
That sounds familiar
Honestly if i had creative and original ideas instead of recording/streaming Valorant for the 500th time I would find so much more motivation
I swear every time I'm feel a sort of way for streaming you make a video. Get out of my head!!!
Ive lost motivation only because I dont know what to do. Every idea I have has already been done. What can I do to stand out, what content can I do that is different then the millions of others.
you share similar interests with many people, but your precise mix of influences and experiences is unique. even if you do something similar to someone else, you will be bringing something to the table that is uniquely you. so you might not ever be the BEST in your field, but you may end up contributing in some way that no one else could. or- you COULD be the best in the world, but you’d never know if you didn’t believe it was possible.
hope any of that helps, best of luck
@@i_dream_of_memes thanks!
My issue is I compare myself to others, I need to realize I haven't been streaming as long as them so I wont have the same growth. But AHH 🤣🤣
I think a better way to say "motivation" is to say, self discipline. And I agree that motivation is bullsh*t.
Wow im early
Hi
Hi man how are you?
Hello
Where does your profit go when someone buys ur merch?
I don’t have any merch?
@@StreamScheme dang 😂 cuz my gf bought some and I put profit on it and idk if I get the profit or what
Do a task everyday?? I’m gonna smoke weed everyday and mark it on my streaks 😎😎
i stoped streaming for a week only because i got the flu
What if I have the ADHD?
All I learned is I should take my pants off when I stream.
*watches the whole video just to get called out for having adhd 😂😂😂
Not calling anyone out, just acknowledging that I’m not an expert and some people have different situations.
Turns out I don't like video editing. I just like chatting with people while I play games. Guess I'll never be famous. I'm cool with that.
I feel this. I worked my way to 97,000 followers on TikTok and then it just kind of stalled this last month no matter what I did and I've started slacking on posting more 😒
I pooped today!
Keep Your Pants On Please !
I've posted tiktoks every day twice a day for 80 days now. the strategy works i swear by it.
I’m just starting on my journey to be a full time streamer and I’m already understanding what you mean. One little set back in my day can throw everything off 🥲