Speaking of Our YouTube Channel in 2014

I briefly mentioned that we created a YouTube Channel where we are posting weekly Vlogs (video blogs) in order to keep in contact with our friends and family. The first video we made was the weekend of my birthday, and I honestly had no idea how much fun I would have with it.

The following week was Halloween. It was the first time we recorded for more than just a weekend and got pretty creative with editing and the things we did. The following week we had nothing special going on, and so I decided to take the opportunity to “talk” to the camera about things I was thinking about, and specifically about my hair. I know this is a major topic with me, but it’s because it really matters a whole lot to me. It’s not “just hair” in my book. So I recorded myself talking about why my hair matters to me, and that I was considering cutting it, as well as changing the color. Scott skimmed through the videos and basically said that it was too boring, and “who really cares about what I do with my hair?” It seriously bothered me. Probably too much, and I never addressed it with him either, but it still really bothers me.

The whole thing started because there is a video blog that he watches religiously from a family who call themselves the Shaytards. They are a wonderful family and it really inspired Scott to be a better husband and father. Not that he was terrible, but he saw things in the dad on the videos that he watches that he didn’t see in himself, and it bothered him. And then he thought that the people back home would like to keep up with us, and it really is hard, so why not make it easy by just recording ourselves, and putting it online where they can watch when it is convenient for them? So here we are, really invested in this, and part of me thinks it would be awesome if we could gain some sort of following, and maybe have it produce income for our family. I know there are millions of people out there doing the same thing we are, but why not us? Here we are at 7 weeks of videos, and our viewing drops less and less.

And so I wonder, what are we doing wrong? Are we trying too hard? Am I boring? I have basically stopped recording anything involving myself during the week and only doing really cute things of the kids because my husband rarely uses anything I do. And then part of me thinks that he is too over the top and maybe there is too much focus on him. And, apparently, I say umm too much. Scott says that I never talk like that in our day to day, but I disagree with him. I don’t think I say it as much with him as I do with my friends, but none the less he doesn’t think it translates well on camera.

Everyday I remind myself that we are just starting this. That it does not have to be a sensation, that our only goal from the beginning was to stay in touch with family, and we are accomplishing that. But it really honestly matters to me. It bothers Scott, and if we are being honest, it probably hurts our feelings too that we are losing a following.

And in case you were wondering, I did cut my hair, several inches off as it was my first haircut in over two years, and it is now a shade of purple.

And regardless of how I feel about the videos, I am going to be posting them here when we upload them. Here’s our latest video.