 What is up guys and welcome back to the John and Q channel. Thanks so much for watching. In this video I'm gonna get super duper uber-real with you guys. I'm kind of stuck in a rut and I don't know what to do so let's get into it. When I say I'm running on empty, I'm not literally running on zero creativity. I just mean there's just so much content out there it's hard to actually make valuable content for people. At least that's what I think right now. And really the struggle that I'm running into is that I just don't know if I have enough ideas or bad ideas or good ideas anymore. Again I think it's for the market to decide and I'm still kind of trying to maneuver what this YouTube channel is gonna look like for the future. But in the words of Gary Vanier Chuck, content is king. So I guess I just have to make better and more content. Put those together and you get better and more content, right? Like that seems like that's what should work. When I say Gary's right, I mean he really is right. Where content is king. And I just realized that I have to make more content. I have to make better content for my channel. I haven't posted in a couple days or even like three or four days but that's only because I'm trying to see what I can actually put on my channel. What I can continue to create hopefully that's valuable for people watching it. And it's really hard. It really is. So what is the valuable lesson in this video? I guess what I'm trying to say is in a world that's full of content creators with amazing content, how can I stand out from the crowd? And I think that's just doing me. Doing what I like to do which is creating these YouTube videos, posting on Instagram and being creative every single day. Yes, Gary Vanderchuk was right. More content, better content. You guys will decide. So far I've gained traction. I've gained views. I've gained subscribers and followers which that to me tells me the markets telling me that what I'm putting out there is actually somewhat helpful and valuable. And so I think I just have to keep creating content that's Johnny Q content. Is this video helpful for those wanting to create? I don't know but I had to make this video for me so that I can remember you know 10 days from now, 10 years from now or even you know in three years that at some point yes I was I was creatively depleted. I didn't know what I was going to be doing and I needed to make this video of hey you have to create more content by creating a video about telling people that you're out of content ideas which is content. Content inception but this is actually more of a video for me than it is for you guys. I just needed to actually put some sort of creative element to my mind and to my thinking. I hope that actually makes sense. So it really just comes down to this one thing which I have said repeatedly and will continue to say just as Gary always keep saying content is king. I have to create better videos, better content for people who like the content that I'm bringing. What has worked is like tech reviews, camera reviews, camera body stuff about what I do with photography with my job and how I can be creative and how I can bring some of that to you guys. That stuff has worked on my Instagram, Facebook and YouTube so why would I try to find something that changes all of that when what has worked are those three things? I should continue to make content geared to that. There's a fine line between actually creating content and thinking you have valuable content to give. Again the market does decide whether or not they want to watch your videos and I think that's where being aware of what you do and what you bring to the table is actually a good trait because you need to know what you're going to bring and you need to listen when the market says yes and when the market says no. So in that sense that's why I think Gary Vee is right. He's spot on. Create better content, create better quality content as you go. Document, don't create and this is just another piece of my content. This is a part of my creation, my process. I'm documenting this side of my story which is I feel like I'm on zero on the creativity line. I feel like I'm on zero when it comes to the creativity right now only because I'm watching other people and I'm thinking, oh I wish I could do that or I wish I could do this. You just got to forget all that and you got to do you. So that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to do me. I'm going to create as much as I can. I'm going to create as much as Johnny Q can do and hopefully that brings value as it has and with that being said that's what I'm doing. Hopefully this video brings you self-awareness to what you're doing and brings you some sort of value of what you should be doing. Now I know what I should be doing and what I need to be doing and that's document and keep on creating. So that being said keep on creating and I'll catch you next time on the Johnny Q channel. Peace. I was resting my hand on this wood and it's like all sticky like honey.