I'm back, and what's been going on. (Patreon)

Heyo. I'm sure you noticed I kinda just vanished. Truth is I just got completely burnt out with Youtube. I got tired of the whole thing, chasing views, the downward spiral of relevance, underperforming videos and the constant pressure of juggling making what you want to make vs what is relevant and will perform better. And the whole world situation over the past few years didn't help. It's hard to be motivated to make Youtube videos when you're basically done with life anyway.

So basically, I just needed a break. Like a proper break, as in, not even feeling guilty about it and just completely ignoring EVERYTHING to do with Youtube. Which maybe wasn't the best approach and frankly, I've probably lost a ton of patreons and subscribers but oh well.

Since then I've been on somewhat of a journey of self discovery, and what I want, and if I want to even do this anymore. Youtube has been so unpleasant for me for a while now that I did consider quitting. 

But alas, after much self reflection I have returned. So thank you very much for those who have stuck around.

Anyways, here's what's gonna change in order to keep me interested in Youtube, and some of you probably won't like it but here it is:

1) Barely any animation. I can make an entire video IN A DAY, if I don't worry about animation. It just takes so much effort, and it's not worth it. With the rise of vtubers and such, the novelty isn't even there and most people don't care. Heck most people just listen to videos anyway. So this frame by frame lip syncing which delays videos by weeks isn't worth it, and frankly drains my will to live at this point. So, most videos will have a little intro and outro, and otherwise probably no animation. So I think I'd rather be able to get content out fast rather than losing interest mid-video and thus losing motivation.

2) I'm just gonna make videos about what I want. Which might seem obvious but usually whenever I do that, the video performs terribly, which in term makes me feel bad about myself and hopeless about Youtube. But now since I'm in a position where the alternative is to let my channel die, I might as well not worry eitherway. Might as well just do what I want cos trying to play the Youtube "game" didn't work out for me anyway.

3) Gonna have to rework Patreon. I promise stuff but I can't follow through with it. This means the $10 tier is just gonna be wiped. I ain't been able to really do many exclusive videos at all and when I do I'm not entirely sure people are even watching them. And I constantly feel pressure and overwhelming guilt for not keeping up with the promises. So it's just going, even if it means I lose a ton of Patreon income. I'd rather take the L than feel like shit all the time.

So that's basically it. I might even have to change the Patreon pledges to monthly cos I suspect I will be churning out a crap ton of content now. Which would be unreasonable to be a per video basis. But I'll do that if I actually follow through with my plans first.

Anyways, sorry for going silent.  Thank you SO much for still being here. We now entering the next phase of Lonely Goomba content. Enjoy~