Can YouTube be fun again?

[@ongoingmartin]

KZbinrs I've been watching for years and years: "I've always uploaded at 3pm on Monday. But no more. I'll simply upload when I'm ready to." Me: "You had a regular upload time?"

[@LouiseStigell]

Right?! 😂

[@designcubed311]

I want you to know that you are doing extremely well. Keep up the good work, and don't give up. I say again, you are doing extremely well.

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you. 🖤

[@talimediaart]

Hi! I’m not the type to except my favorite artist to upload to KZbin every single day. I just want them to be honest and be playful with their content. So whenever you upload, I’ll be happy!

[@edrosa5079]

Please do not change your style like your Calming soothing voice

[@telluwide5553]

You really have a nice voice. You should think about doing narration or voiceovers. I enjoyed your content about Substack)

[@LouiseStigell]

Aww thank you! 😌

[@CassieMakesArt]

Oh, this is a RELIEF. I gave up on uploading because between working FT at a very draining job and trying to grow my small creative business, I literally never had time to edit KZbin videos in the way that I felt I had to in order for anyone to watch. I recently stopped editing my podcast (except for cutting out anything super obnoxious like a cough or something 🤣) and it's been such a relief. I haven't "taken off" yet but I'm able to create more content that feels more authentic to me. I'm going to start making videos in the same way. I want to have FUN again.

[@futuristica1710]

I’ve left all SoMe platforms except KZbin and LinkedIn (although I wish I could quit LinkedIn, but from an academic perspective it’s almost impossible). I still have a soft spot for youtube because of the freedom you have to choose the content you like. And I love the personal connection you can make with your audience on KZbin. Your style is so authentic and valuable to us. Thanks ❤

[@HeftyBalance-fj1st]

You are such a comforting presence. Thank you for continuing to upload.

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much. 🖤

[@Nina_2288]

Louise, your calm, soothing videos about art and creating are so beautiful. Thank you so much from Hamburg Germany!! 🧡🧡🧡🌸🌸🌸 The fact is: our works will still be here on earth we are already gone. And so it is very much worth it, putting a lot of love and time into our creations. We live on in them. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🌸🌸🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@acostureirinha]

I, too loved Ali Abdaal’s new approach. I resonated a lot to everything that you said! Please keep up working here, do this more as a creative container, and less as all those marketing and difficult editing. ❤ I’ve just discovered you and loved your content. 😊 And your video was suggested for me! I didn’t knew you previously! On a super personal video you did! So it is working, just keep showing up the way is best for you, it’s working! 🎉

[@ItsAmandaRed]

I just found your channel earlier this afternoon and I’m just so grateful for you and for what you do and how you’re being honest with yourself! Thank you for being a breath of fresh air ❤️ I could not care less about when my favourite KZbinrs post their videos, but I care if they’re honest with themselves. So thank you for showing me that it is still possible to do KZbin this way ✨

[@SciSciToys]

I've had a few KZbin channels, the ones where I have to show my face have been more exhausting, hate mail is tough on the mind - I felt high when getting compliments, likes, and views but then sad, and angry when I got hate, dislikes or few subs/views, I got fed up editing the hell out of the videos, too stressful for me. You've made me realize by watching another video that I am one of those Highly Sensitive People, watching TikTok wears me out very quickly. KZbin is addictive, and this is why we come back, I've Quit many times and then come back, I've quit again and put 3 channels on hold, I stopped enjoying KZbin, it's not exciting anymore or fun, as you mentioned, you see others doing better than yourself, the problem I have is that I can't squeeze myself into a Niche, I am like yourself an introvert and when I do go out to the supermarket and speak to others I feel happy but drained and have to recover, Im not good at talking on camera and feel so self-conscious, Im better writing, the thing is I feel I have nothing to offer, Im not an expert in anything and this is what you are told to do, become the person that ppl will come to, an expert.

[@katjastar3621]

just want to say thank you and encourage you. I'm here since you've had 3000 subs. you are doing great. You dont need makeup or dressing up. No one cares. I love you way of talking and calm voice as well as what you are saying. Just upload when you are ready,, no pressure. I think newsletter and youtube are best combination. You dont need anything more

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much for being with me all this time. 🖤😊

[@JustineCheri]

Okay, we are kindred spirits. as someone with a marketing degree, you speak the words I've been thinking for years. What a refreshing video to watch!

[@girl_in_a_bubble]

Hey Louise, I'm 6 weeks in my own journey with a creative business and trying to promote it on social media (currently instagram only) and discovered you two weeks ago when I already felt a bit tired from instagram after such a short time. It really gave me hope finding you, and to know there are people doing their creative business their own calm way and that this might also work. I now have the plan to also try this in my pace and continue as long as I'm having fun with it. When it doesnt work out it's not for me and if it does - great! It probably needs time and patience and not over interpreting stats. So the advice I got from you I kind of want to mirror back. Please keep on doing youtube your way (and of course only as long as you enjoy it). Your videos are so lovely to watch, the calmness yet so inspirational. I'd wish there would be way more content like this but glad I now found you. Anne

[@JessePhoenix]

In a similar vein to this, I've been thinking lately about how I miss old webcomics that you just checked in on to see if they had been updated; same with artists websites and older galleries (Elfwood, anyone?) and forums. And mailing lists, where you had actual deep interactions with people. I guess what I'm saying is I miss when art was allowed (and expected) to take time and while I do get why people hustle, it does make me sad. Ramble aside, I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll make on your own terms! I've always enjoyed your calm and cosy videos and I enjoy the way you talk about things =)

[@LouiseStigell]

Ugh, I so agree with that... Nothing's allowed to take time anymore it seems. Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@hadarahbatyah]

Love love love this so much 😌

[@natalierosemartin]

Preach sister! I can’t stand those fast edits, stresses me out. My channel is slow growing but I want people to feel relaxed 😅

[@doodlingjorge]

Hard to believe this video only has 300 likes. Very real and spot on!

[@SFCHEN-qg8bn]

perfect...pls do continue

[@kerucreuvitar9495]

I love how you are so expressive with your opinions your choice of words is very meticulous and very revealing... I too am a person who impulsively loathes those fast paid graphic heavy videos.... It's so easy to see through the marketing checklist that those videos are going over and it just deprives them of all personality, charm and humanity.....your channel has been a total antithesis of that and I really love what you do... keep being you.... keep being awkward keep bieng human

[@relaxsingmeditate]

I am so happy I found your videos here ❤ I feel like listening to my soul sister. Your path in Marketing and the digital world is pretty much like mine. I was a PR, Communication and French copywriter, SEO... you name it. I totaly not resonate with the fast paced, chronic production and consumsion culture. You video on Calm Marketing was an eye opener for me and I am gonna get your document on Marketing on your website. I have been waiting for someone to guide me to another way of marketing online for over a decade (no kidding). Tried pretty much everything and burnt out. So much noise. If you have a course on this, I would gladly inroll. Thank you for your beautiful energy and presence. You are def a healer soul. ❤ Blessings from Morocco ❤

[@thanhtruong3227]

Thanks for sharing this! I 100% resonated with your opinion on this matter. Finally, someone is speaking my language 🙂

[@jayboehm3382]

It's so nice to see you reject the pressure you've felt to emulate other KZbinrs, because what's always been best about your videos (and blogs and podcasts) has been the footage where you are simply yourself. I have loved watching you paint corvids or walk through your woods or reflect on a book that moved you recently. Maybe you will be a trendsetter that other KZbinrs start to copy! Relax, be happy, enjoy yourself.

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much for saying that. 🙏🏻

[@MaureenAstrid]

This was one of the times I was very grateful for "the algorithm" 😊 because it suggested your video. Thank you for being the calm, empathic person you are. ❤️ Your message resonates on a deep level.

[@IceCenders]

Awesome talk, awesome insights! I personally love your calm, relaxing, super smart and super useful videos! I hope you're right and that the trends are gonna reverse.

[@KimStitchable]

Thank you for this video. I completely agree with all of your sentiments. I started a channel 3 months ago and found myself falling into the trap of thumbnails, video optimization, etc, to the point where I felt really burnt out after just one month of focusing on that and I wanted to quit. I reevaluated my intention with the channel and am feeling so much more aligned and the creativity is flowing again. I really like your content, it's been very insightful. Thank you!

[@katemccready]

It was so relieving to watch this video. I made my first video a number of weeks back and then freaked out by what it would take if I had to do that with any kind of regularity. I was also freaking out about having to do it like everyone out there. So it was so refreshing to stumble across you and this video and see you doing something different. Love it.

[@MarceAndino]

Yes! Do whatever pleases you. I support you completely. This is the first video of your channel that I watch by the way LOL

[@conchesodan]

I realised while watching to this video. My favourite people ever on the interent. upload VERY irregularly... Sometimes I miss them but I don´t expect them to upload. The only type of content online that I do expect and it creates this sense of "missing something" is the type of content that is aiming towards appeal to the entertainment. Rather than art.... (I am speaking of a comedy podcast I follow weekly)... They do fill my life with enjoyement but not create value as much as others.

[@jazijanang]

So true. I find the fast phase videos kinda give me headache now. I like videos like yours. More relax 😊

[@jmwhiteart]

I agree with your comments and think you are doing good. I saw someone else's video where she called herself a "slow artist". I think this is the way to go to keep your creations being from your heart and not stressing to satisfy the (evil) algorithm. 🙂

[@lauriekehler8297]

Your content is SUCH a breath of sanity. THANK you!

[@gossamyr]

Resonance with everything you mentioned, such appreciation, thank you. I thought I was imagining all my grrrr, like what if I was becoming that angry old guy, it's just a lack of genuine humanity, good or bad. Reminds me of that charlie brown christmas thing, commercialization of something that should be fun, cool and exciting. We are the product, the corporations will make their cash, so they can sit down and shhhhh...let us just be...

[@rayeasummers9455]

You're a human being not a machine. Our schooling system in the United States is still at its basis designed for cranking out factory workers with the dawn of the industrial revolution, and that mentality has seeped into everything, hence multi-tasking came into being, doing more in smaller and smaller spaces of time. Be you. Your viewers will look for you and when you post they'll watch. The ones interested in you will look up your channel because it is authentic and wonderful to listen to you. Thanks again.🙂

[@sandywarner5021]

I love this type of content. I will continue to watch your videos... whenever you decide to post! 😊. I love your honesty. Just continue to be you.

[@wimjanssen2181]

What an incredible video. As a very beginner a discovered your channel by accident and what struck me immediately was your personality. I just wanted to find some helpful tutorials for developing my new live after becoming a pensionada. But this video made me almost crying in your honest approach of tackling all the negative side works of the ytube bissinus ; and how you plan to procede. 🎉 Bravo for you courage to be so honest. I really like that you are in the first place honest to yourself and that you act likewise. I hope that you refind your joy in making the videos you want to make regardless the commands of ytube. I will discover your channel and I am sure there are jewels to watch.😊Wim from holland.

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻🖤

[@mariemarie8555]

I have look some of your videos recommende by a good friend and... now I'am not able to look others videos on youtube (related to same content you share) ahaha your voice is so good to hear, the atmosphere is just perfect, more than really good insigh and super good shares and advices its like a wonderfull relaxing moment, listening you. Your honesty, your authenticity touch me and speak to me deeply. Louis, thank you a lot, all what you share resonate so much for me and what you represent confort me in my chaotic artistry path ^^ but also inspire me very much. So... thank you again, for who you are and what you do like you do it ❤

[@kerucreuvitar9495]

Love the crow sfx....clever!

[@VeraGolosovaArt]

I am just immensely happy that you consider being back here. Your videos are a balm to my soul every time ❤️ also if you ever show more of Swedish nature (my fav❤️), I will be extra thankful! But generally I would love to watch any videos from you at any time. BTW, just thought that KZbin thinks of viewers as badly as about creators. As if we are non human machines. If I as a viewer was busy, sick or out of internet, I just miss so many videos from my fav creators that I feel decision fatigue and guilt when I look at this pile of unloved and unwatched content.

[@LouiseStigell]

Vera, thank you so much. 🖤🖤🖤 I will film Swedish nature just for you! (Okay, maybe a little bit for myself as well...) And yeah, you're so right. How many of us are 100% pleased with the videos YT serves us? They are becoming worse for both viewers and creators for the sake of their own interests. A trend I hope to see changing soon.

[@VeraGolosovaArt]

@@LouiseStigell yaaas please, Swedish nature

[@kelefox]

I love this approach. And oh gosh, same about the upload schedule. I have never been looking at my watch waiting for a video from a creator either!

[@yourumka]

It's so nice to see you and listen to you again! And I will - whenever you post your videos. Thank you for being you 🧡

[@jwsongs]

I love your videos so I’m gonna keep watching them! Welcome back! 👍💕😄

[@JWCat757]

Thank you for vocalizing thoughts that have been churning in my head for the past couple months. I’ve always appreciated the artist community on KZbin and helping each other figure out this platform and what a sustainable, meaningful creative process looks like on here. I appreciate you!

[@thestellarelite]

Nice to see you back! I have to say I kind of grew to hate editing but I do love the exact same things about it that you do especially silly gifs/memes just being a dork and filming b roll. I'm on a socials sabbatical I posted on IG that it'll probably be a year but I always get really industrious around Sep and I'm kind of itching to do videos again too lol. Off to watch your next one!

[@MissFluffStudio]

So wonderful to see you back Louise!! I hope you will stay 💖🤗💖🤗

[@KERIINKS]

Omg I needed to hear this! Thank you I been trying to do a channel but was stressed out about it, I just want to record and share without all the extras. It is very draining.

[@Purpleladybirdart]

Well said. Thank you 🙏

[@maatjeo7135]

I do share your concerns so deeply. But your videos gave me hope again to just do it and not entertain the algorithm which is ssoo exhausting

[@GuidedbyHeartSong]

Ohh, the amazing timing of this video. Thank You So Much! Everything you speak of here is why I left for so long, but I really have been wanting to come back... but with less pressure and more flow, more simplicity, and more Heart. I can't even tell you how refreshing and helpful it is to hear this 🙏🏽💙💙💙💙💜🌎🕊️

[@sylwia1082]

So true

[@raeclairdeluneart]

I resonated with practically everything you said. My editing skills aren’t that great and I do get stressed out with constantly having to put out a video. For right now, I have decided just 1-2 videos a month is enough for me. My growth will be small but like you said, I want to attract an audience that will like the things that I’m doing. Thank you for your calming videos. Take care.

[@LouiseStigell]

That's totally the right mindset. 👌🏻 Thank you!

[@latishabrown2158]

I share your sentiments exactly! I have decided to start my KZbin channel later this year & wanted to start from the space you're shifting too. All the information from the "gurus" I've studied leave me feeling like an alien in a new world but I still want to do it my way and just see what happens. I just finished reading "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport & it really helped drive home how I've felt about hustle culture. You have my support whenever you decide to upload new videos because I really enjoy the relatability & candor of your content. Algorithm be damned. 😂

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much. 🙏🏻

[@MichaelMaitlen]

I also have to figure out a way to approach my stats...I find that as soon as I publish I can't help and refresh the analytics for the next couple days, over and over...Thanks for coming back and your perspective! Looking forward to your next chapter of content.

[@LouiseStigell]

Yeah, me too. That's kind of unavoidable. One just has to remember to take the stats with a huge grain of salt. 😊

[@Softlywool]

I think, just like u said, we dont care about a regular schedule, just simply being happy that my favourite youtuber have uploaded something makes me happy, I really really enjoy your videos, and I am glad to see this growing trend of calm youtube

[@LouiseStigell]

Thank you so much for that encouragement. 🖤🙏🏻

[@nadyartillustration]

It’s like you were voicing all of the concerns I’ve had as well in the last months. Somewhere there has been a shift from it being “fun and new” to comparing myself to others and “having to” upload at a certain frequency because of the fear of missing out on the right number of views that will help me grow my channel. It has turned from a new passion into just another task in my art business, and a rather large one. I’m at a point where I don’t rely on the extra income from my channel, and after watching your video I’m certain I want to keep it that way. I will try to get some of the initial spark back by working on video’s as long as I want. ❤ although I also have been listening to your podcast, It’s wonderful to see you again. 🥰

[@LouiseStigell]

That makes me so happy to hear. Thank you. 😊

[@trashinwithgus]

Hi Louise, thanks for sharing your struggles as a natural talker, those 'little fail attempts' that you shown are exactly what I go through every video recording. By the way, I adopted this idea for my personal creator's health recently, I just post when I'm passionate and really want to talk about something, don't give a damn about demand and algorithm anymore, every video feels more special now.

[@LouiseStigell]

That's a great strategy. I also find that I have a much better flow in my speech, and need to do less editing, when I'm fired up and excited about something. It brings that extra energy boost. 😊 (And it's much more fun.)

[@trashinwithgus]

@@LouiseStigell Yes, for sure. Plus, I'm also refusing to plan the next weeks and months of content, whatever strikes me with inspiration, I go for it. It makes me even more passionate than mechanic👍

[@theuntroddenpath]

So much goodness that can be applied to so many other platforms. Thank you for this surge of inspiration.

[@deliagonzalezochoa1847]

Thank you so much for this video❤

[@noblethoughts4500]

I love everything about what you are saying! Your authenticity and slow pace of speech draw me to your work. Huzzah to you!

[@LouiseStigell]

That makes me soooo happy to hear. Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@EA-137]

I’m having fun, here. I just watched one of your videos for the first time this morning - you’re the artist friend I’ve been searching for (I’ve been finding more of those, lately).

[@carmenk2755]

I agree with all you have said. Do your own thing and I’ll watch.

[@randomsquirrelarts]

I follow youtubers that have a schedule and youtubers that don't. However, I do remember on certain days "hey, X is posting a new video today, let's check" and I feel a bit of anticipation, like when you have a treat/cheat day and you can't wait for it, and I have to admit that I feel a tiny bit disappointed when I don't get my treat video 😅. But that is on me. I haven't signed any contracts with said youtubers, there's no deadline set in stone. Also, at the end of the day, regardless of that posting schedule, I will still watch that video when it's convenient for me. As a youtuber, I try to have a schedule because it's convenient for me, I can organize myself better, but if I don't have anything to say in certain weeks, I skip it. Better to make quality videos than to respect a schedule because an algorithm, supposedly, says so.

[@LouiseStigell]

So true, I totally agree. I'll probably end up posting weekly just like before, simply because I like that rhythm. The only difference will be that the video might come up on different days of the week. 😊 Just knowing that there's no pressure makes a huge difference.

[@randomsquirrelarts]

@@LouiseStigell I'm looking forward to your videos, as I am to your newsletter every week ^_^

[@sirenblog2583]

Love this ❤

[@sonyasever7625]

tbh, i always found strange when youtubers advice others to have a schedule... i've never understood why it is necessary? mb, i don't understand bc i am a consumer? but i just open my feed when i am free and go through the whole feed page, i don't care about the schedule, it's not like i can watch it at the same time the person post it? like, i have work and life, u know?

[@bluemerlinmakes]

Really enjoyed this video! So much so that shared it with my sixteen year old son who has been working on creating videos for a couple of years now. I think he'll really enjoy seeing this 🙂

[@Silvia-jy8zc]

Håller med dig så himla mycket vad gäller dagens extrema youtube-strömmar. Jobbigt 🤪

[@AlinaEne90]

I like your style

[@Rootfury]

No it can't because no one is willing to be themselves, they will do anything to stay popular on this platform and listen to what Google wants, shorts is an example.. I haven't watched the video yet and I know what this video is about. I go to Odysee instead, and even though I don't make any money yet (A new Odysee is around the corner which should make it more possible) I like it because it remains me of the old KZbin.

[@hibah_Draws]

Are you a pisces ♓️ because you give out water energy because I am. I see myselr in you.

[@LouiseStigell]

Capricorn sun, Cancer Moon, Cancer rising. 🌊

[@hibah_Draws]

@CalmCreativeLouise well I don't know all that but cancer they think emotionally so I can see why and can I have username of insta i would like to follow you there you are incredible and so inspiring 💗

[@EffectivePickyEatersSolutions]

are you still doing editing of videos yourself?

[@EffectivePickyEatersSolutions]

the video still has a lot of editing compare to mines......I watch all videos with 1.25 speed

[@zapthroughyourmind]

KZbin stats are also not presented as neutral numbers. All numbers are constantly compared to what you're usually achieving and you get presented where viewers lost attention to the video, vice versa. They seem to be designed to manipulate you creating not what you want, but what the platform wants you to create for people to see. So much unnessecary pressure, stress and anxiety created by that... Yet what are the alternatives if you want to share videos with the world.

[@EffectivePickyEatersSolutions]

Of course you can slowdown with 30k+ subs. Someone with 100 or less 100 subs don't have that luxury