For anyone afraid to post on social media

Every YouTube video I make is always the same I get the idea I film it I edit I get to the point where I'm about to publish it and then I stop I have a wobble and despite all the effort I've made In doing it I have the strong feeling like I don't want to

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it and this happens every time. Why is this the main reason? I feel embarrassed when I make a YouTube video. My face is there. I am the author and director. presenter my DNA is everywhere I am 100% responsible for its creation when you publish publicly you are looking for an audience for whatever you just created you are asking for an audience to respond to your work in some way and this processes the relationship between the producer of the work and audience is something I really struggle with my youtube channel I actually started three years ago tired I started making videos about weekly challenges and I wanted to explore what it took to get rid of bad habits and implement new, healthy and more productive ones I got up at 4:30 a.m. m. for seven days in a row I banished my caffeine addiction by drinking only water I ran 10 kilometers every day for seven days and tried a week without sugar but then I stopped watching some I rewatched these videos and was very self-critical.

There was simply a lack of personality and humor behind what he was producing again. I just felt ashamed and the easiest way to deal with that shame was to just stop doing it, so not anymore. I'm three years away from making YouTube videos again, but here I am once again and this morning I'm taking advantage of the good weather to record more images of Edinburgh in the sun. In the past even

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ing these types of images would make me feel uncomfortable, there is an element where I feel like you are bragging that you have captured something that you think is really good and then you are looking for other people's approval and it just doesn't suit me.

I like that, I don't like it. I like that at all, but I realized that I really love making YouTube videos. I like the challenge and the freedom and I like the unlimited potential, but I also like the creative discipline it takes to consistently produce videos. It's making me better and more. passionate filmmaker, that alone is reason enough to do this, first and foremost I'm doing it for me, but the main thing is that it has really helped me get over the jitters of creating YouTube videos and get over the shaming factor of seeing and hearing myself myself in front of the camera. has been to focus on producing videos that have value and that other people might find useful as I grow.

I feel like I have experiences and knowledge that I can share and I hope that through my honesty and transparency I can help other people, the other main reason I felt embarrassed about posting on YouTube was probably due to insecurity about how I looked and How I look. I think this is probably one of the main reasons I didn't join Facebook until I was 30. I guess I felt uncomfortable. I put photos of myself in the public domain where people could look at them and judge them, and this feeling only intensifies when you're sitting in front of a video camera where it's not just about how you look but how you sound and how you come across too, but I've I've been making films for over 20 years and I always tell people how to be relaxed in front of the camera and look natural, so it's only fair that I too experienced this once I had recognized the positive benefits of being in front of a camera, It became a point where I just had to take the leap, feel the fear and do it anyway, so if you struggle with the shame of posting on YouTube or if the thought of posting on

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makes you feel anxious Here are five tips that really helped me deliver value.

This could be as simple as sharing a nice image for people to see and experience. The more value you can provide to your audience, the less embarrassed you will feel about sharing it. It doesn't matter, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute and most people you know probably won't watch what you've created and even if they do, they'll care a lot less than you do. Don't get too hung up on it, post it and move on. There is a quote from Andy Warhol that I really love and find very motivating. Don't think about making art, just do it.

Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad. Love it or hate it as they decide to make even more art be consistent and keep improving keep working hard to make your next work better and better just start the first step is always the hardest if you've already started continue I'm really interested in the creative process and I'm always fascinated by the struggles and difficulties involved in presenting creative work in front of an audience and if you'd like to see more of my attempts at doing this in the future, hit that subscribe button and if you do I'll see you in the next video.