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My Unexpected Success on YouTube Has Given Me the Courage to Dream Bigger
Despite my constraints, how I gained over 20K subscribers in a year and coming to a stage near you
I’m a 64-year-old guy with some chronic health issues, including dyslexia. I was also homeless once. In an inspiring moment, back on July 7th, 2022, I sat down with my old Surface Pro, turned on the webcam, and started messing around with making videos.
That first YouTube video? Well, let’s say it was rough — at least in my head. But I kept playing around, and then things got serious. A year later, after posting many videos and gaining some subscribers, YouTube allowed me to monetize my channel. It was a dream come true.
Right now, I have 29,300 subscribers. YouTube sets the monetization bar high, but I could’ve hit it sooner if I’d really focused. They want us to have 500 subscribers, some good videos, and a bunch of views on Shorts. I passed all those barriers one step at a time with patience and determination.
However, something unusual happened earlier this year. My channel was blowing up in January 2024 — over 2 million views of a story. Going viral is something special and should be celebrated, so I bragged about it to my…
