It’s hard to believe I turned 20 today, time really flies doesn’t it? And with how quickly time has gone by, I felt this would be a good time to give you all an update on the status of this channel. It’s been 2 months since I made my video discussing my thoughts on making videos, and I’ve had 2 months to think about what to do with this channel, I’ve had some different ideas, but honestly they’ve all ended in either me realizing nobody would care about what I’m talking about, or the video just wouldn’t turn out very good. On top of that, I just don’t have a lot of time to make videos anymore like I used to, and when it comes to YouTube consistency is key if you want to keep a channel alive, and admittedly my channel hasn’t had great numbers for a while now, which isn’t a big deal on its own, but making videos that I know even my own dedicated subscribers won’t watch just makes me feel like I wasted hours of my time editing, and why waste my time editing when I could be doing other actual important things in my life?
So it’s all come down to this: I Am Retired. I don’t plan on ever making another YouTube video ever again, I know I said I wasn’t quitting, but in reality after reading your comments, I knew that would be the best decision for me physically and mentally. I might do a final live stream just for one final chat with some of you, as I’d feel bad just leaving you all behind without asking me questions or talking with me one last time. I want to explain how the past 2 months have been for me personally, so you can get a good perspective on why coming back to YouTube isn’t happening.
When I was making videos these last few months I felt stressed to try and come up with something that would garner a lot of traction, some videos did decent, others flopped. I would always check the view count like every hour after I would make a video, and it just isn’t very good to focus on numbers like that, I know I said I don’t care about views, but spending a lot of time and effort on videos just for them to flop just doesn’t feel good, especially when some of my own audience told me I fell off and they didn’t like some of the videos I made.
So now I’m here, without any stress about getting another “big hit” on my channel or worrying about what strangers on the internet think about me, and I genuinely feel like I actually have a life again, like my life was before I ever even started making videos, and I’ve never felt better. Don’t get me wrong, as much as I’m glorifying retirement, it does hurt a little bit to leave this channel behind, I’ve spent so many hours on it, reached goals I never would have thought possible, and I’ve had a wave of support just from me making some simple videos in my bedroom, seriously, if you don’t think you can be a YouTuber, just look at me as an example of “you don’t need fancy equipment to make it big on YouTube.” I’ll forever be grateful for reaching the amount of subscribers that I’ve had, I should have no more than 200, and knowing that I reached monetization on YouTube is something I’ll forever be grateful for. To a certain extent, I really am gonna miss this, I miss getting fan art from random people every single day, those made my days more than you could ever imagine, but truthfully, I’ve wanted to quit for probably over a year at this point.
It’s time for me to leave this chapter of my life behind, and who knows? Maybe in a few years I’ll have a change of heart and come back, it’s happened before, but I doubt that will ever happen. Anyways like I said before, I’ll probably do a final stream as a proper send off to the channel and to chat with some of you, but until then I’m going to try and have a happy birthday.
Hello everyone, I’d like to thank those of you who watched and commented on the last video. I’ve read your comments and I think my best course of action is to go on a hiatus for a while until I’m ready to get back into making videos, I don’t know how long the hiatus will last but once I’m in the right mood I will be back. As I’ve already said, I am not quitting YouTube, but I think I just need a long break from it as I haven’t enjoyed it for a long time now. I might still stream every now and again as I actually do enjoy talking to you guys, but to end off on a positive note, I’d like to thank @PaperMan57 for this cool fan art, it means a lot ^^
illogicalJason
illogicalJason
It’s hard to believe I turned 20 today, time really flies doesn’t it? And with how quickly time has gone by, I felt this would be a good time to give you all an update on the status of this channel. It’s been 2 months since I made my video discussing my thoughts on making videos, and I’ve had 2 months to think about what to do with this channel, I’ve had some different ideas, but honestly they’ve all ended in either me realizing nobody would care about what I’m talking about, or the video just wouldn’t turn out very good. On top of that, I just don’t have a lot of time to make videos anymore like I used to, and when it comes to YouTube consistency is key if you want to keep a channel alive, and admittedly my channel hasn’t had great numbers for a while now, which isn’t a big deal on its own, but making videos that I know even my own dedicated subscribers won’t watch just makes me feel like I wasted hours of my time editing, and why waste my time editing when I could be doing other actual important things in my life?
So it’s all come down to this: I Am Retired. I don’t plan on ever making another YouTube video ever again, I know I said I wasn’t quitting, but in reality after reading your comments, I knew that would be the best decision for me physically and mentally. I might do a final live stream just for one final chat with some of you, as I’d feel bad just leaving you all behind without asking me questions or talking with me one last time. I want to explain how the past 2 months have been for me personally, so you can get a good perspective on why coming back to YouTube isn’t happening.
When I was making videos these last few months I felt stressed to try and come up with something that would garner a lot of traction, some videos did decent, others flopped. I would always check the view count like every hour after I would make a video, and it just isn’t very good to focus on numbers like that, I know I said I don’t care about views, but spending a lot of time and effort on videos just for them to flop just doesn’t feel good, especially when some of my own audience told me I fell off and they didn’t like some of the videos I made.
So now I’m here, without any stress about getting another “big hit” on my channel or worrying about what strangers on the internet think about me, and I genuinely feel like I actually have a life again, like my life was before I ever even started making videos, and I’ve never felt better. Don’t get me wrong, as much as I’m glorifying retirement, it does hurt a little bit to leave this channel behind, I’ve spent so many hours on it, reached goals I never would have thought possible, and I’ve had a wave of support just from me making some simple videos in my bedroom, seriously, if you don’t think you can be a YouTuber, just look at me as an example of “you don’t need fancy equipment to make it big on YouTube.” I’ll forever be grateful for reaching the amount of subscribers that I’ve had, I should have no more than 200, and knowing that I reached monetization on YouTube is something I’ll forever be grateful for. To a certain extent, I really am gonna miss this, I miss getting fan art from random people every single day, those made my days more than you could ever imagine, but truthfully, I’ve wanted to quit for probably over a year at this point.
It’s time for me to leave this chapter of my life behind, and who knows? Maybe in a few years I’ll have a change of heart and come back, it’s happened before, but I doubt that will ever happen. Anyways like I said before, I’ll probably do a final stream as a proper send off to the channel and to chat with some of you, but until then I’m going to try and have a happy birthday.
Thank You.
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illogicalJason
I HAVE THE SHIRT!!! IT’S COSPLAY TIME!!!! :DDD
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illogicalJason
Hello everyone, I’d like to thank those of you who watched and commented on the last video. I’ve read your comments and I think my best course of action is to go on a hiatus for a while until I’m ready to get back into making videos, I don’t know how long the hiatus will last but once I’m in the right mood I will be back. As I’ve already said, I am not quitting YouTube, but I think I just need a long break from it as I haven’t enjoyed it for a long time now. I might still stream every now and again as I actually do enjoy talking to you guys, but to end off on a positive note, I’d like to thank @PaperMan57 for this cool fan art, it means a lot ^^
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illogicalJason
Today is my birthday! I’m 19 years old now! ^^
(Art by @callofdutyondadsi)
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illogicalJason
Thank You!
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illogicalJason
Thank You.
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illogicalJason
not only did I hit 1 million views today, but I got MONETIZATION!!!
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