Six Months, 600 Views and Six (Realistic) Lessons From Doing Something Creative

It is never as glamourous but more fulfilling than anything else

93% of people who start something creative, never reach the year mark.

This ain’t a boast-fest which would soon turn into a bore-fest.

This is to say that when a failed Youtuber tried to do it, he learned six more things.

Use this as a cheat sheet to get better out of your first six months;

Alright, that’s not a pleasant start, but you need to hear it.

You can’t get X followers, Y clients, or Z bucks in the first 2 years, let alone one. Forget it.

You have to build up your skill. You have to show up. That takes time.

If you don’t feel to continue after a year, it’s fine. You can always do something else. Something you love.

With the number game out, next is to replace it with a better relationship with your audience.

Don’t waste their time.

Help them as much as you can. Give them a return on the time they invested in your writing.

They deserve it.

Counter-intuitive? You betcha.

But you can’t write what the audience wants in the first year or two.

You don’t know what they want so don’t waste your time being someone else.

You are the person you know most about. Find three topics you like. Write for a year. Collect data on what resonates. Do more of that thereon.

The upside? Now you will know what your audience likes within the realms of what you love to create.

It means things will never go as you planned.

Sometimes it will go better, sometimes worse. Never the same.

I hated writing in 2016. I love it now. I didn’t know it was possible.

Benefits? You will be grateful for the time you do have fun and learn from the bad times, too.

Be consistent.

Create. Publish. Wait =fail.

Create. Publish. Move on. Repeat =win.

The loop of constant creation is where quality comes from.

Instead of starting better than the rest, you should just start and stay in the game.

The one who stays longest wins.

So, to wrap up, forget about the first year, build relationships, write for your interest solving others problem and expect the unexpected.

Content creation is a slow burn. You won’t know it in the present but wish you had started when you could have.

Just start.