 the vlog starts now. Now, if you have been subscribed to this channel, you might be a little confused because at lunchtime today, I went out for like 30 minutes, filmed a quick time trial in the Nike Vapor Flies, and posted it like immediately. And so, I've already published one video on the channel today, and this is number two. But this video is the actual vlog. The first video was just a running story. So I'm going to talk more about that in like maybe two minutes. But bear with me, because the reason I'm publishing two videos today is that I had a little fire lit underneath me because of a gentleman on YouTube. His name is Evan, and he has 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube. And he took the time. He took the time to send me a little teeny tiny small creator this message yesterday. Hey, Seth. Thank you for the love, man. And congrats on hitting 1,000 almost. Keep up with your hustle, too. Happy Monday. And so, Evan, who has 220,000 followers on Twitter, took the time to tweet back to me a video, and it was amazing. But let me first pick up dinner, and then I will follow up on this topic in one second. Hold on. Hold on. That was quick. Wow. Boy. Scrumptious. Hero sandwiches were delicious. They were delicious, folks. Ladies and gentlemen, if you're sitting on your couch, I would not watch the rest of this video on your couch. I would go do the dishes, or I would go, if you're riding in a bus, I would listen to the rest of this video while commuting. Multitask, because I'm not going to do any B-roll. I'm not going to do any second takes. I'm not going to edit. I'm not going to cut. I'm just going to talk to you for as long as it takes, and I don't know how long that's going to be, because we need to talk. We need to talk. And I've been wanting to have this conversation with all of you for a long time, but it takes time to discern, to formulate my thoughts, to research, to figure out the path, the path. And we're all discerning, aren't we? Oh, aren't we ever? Oh my gosh. It's wild. It's a wild world out in the world, and it's a wild world on YouTube. Just a little recap. Been doing the daily for, I think this is 9.25. Like I said earlier today, this is the second video I'm publishing on this channel today. And basically, over the last two and a half years, I have learned a lot about YouTube, and that is one of the reasons I decided to start making a daily vlog, was to get better at video production, and oh, have I ever. And a second offset, like an offshoot of getting better at video production is getting better at YouTube, and learning the landscape of YouTube. And since I launched in, I think March, no, April 2016, YouTube has gone through a lot of changes. A lot of different changes. I won't even get into them. And so, 900 vlogs in a row is exciting. We're almost to 1,000, right? We're almost to 1,000. That's also exciting. About 75 to go. And so, before I get to that point of 1,000, I want to make sure I'm making wise decisions on YouTube. Therefore, I am not an expert, but I'm also not a rookie, so that's good. You know, I believe I've graduated. Sorry, my watch is blown up because I think people are commenting on the previous video I published earlier today. So, I don't think I'm a rookie anymore. I believe I have graduated to maybe, like, eighth grade status. I'm definitely not at my, you know, a master's level or, you know, doctorate level with regards to daily vlogging and YouTube, but, well, maybe daily vlogging, but definitely not YouTube. So, over the past three months, since, what is it, October, since basically like July, late July, early August, I have been doing a lot of research. And if you're studying in college and you're watching this video, you know, like it's, you got to pull the books out. You got to find the good resources to study. Well, I believe I have found some very, very solid resources in the last three months with respect to, and a couple of their channels are going to pop up in the next 30 seconds, with respect to learning about YouTube, learning about the algorithm, learning about thumbnails, learning about metadata, all of these different data points that go into publishing a video on YouTube. Through that research, and if you've been watching a long time, you know that I've been discerning the future of this channel for a long time. I wonder, I'll try and go back and find, and I'll point it, put it up there, I'll try and go back and find the first time that I mentioned the word discernment on this vlog. It was probably a year ago, maybe more, maybe a little less, I don't know, but I like to really think before making decisions. So, with all that said, the daily vlog, almost to a thousand, very exciting, and I'm grateful obviously for this opportunity to share a little of my story with you, to hopefully seek beauty together, work hard together, love each other through the comments down below. I'm hoping I inspired you. I'm hoping that, I'm hoping that we've connected, you know, and I know I haven't shaken many hands out there that are watching this, but I'm hoping that we've connected somehow, and I think a lot of people don't think you can actually connect with someone through the internet, or through YouTube. But I think they're wrong. I think they're wrong. In fact, I would frankly say I know they're wrong because I've connected with you, many of you out there. So, the vlog is not ending. It's not ending, okay? I just want to tell you right now, the vlog is not ending. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard to vlog. It's tiring. It's taxing. Last night, I slept like a baby for like 10 hours because I was so tired from thinking and producing and editing and publishing over the last two weeks. And I think you've seen an uptick in the watch time and in the length of the vlogs over the last two weeks. And that takes a toll on the human body. And so I've been tired. I've been tired. I have to be a man about everything. I have to be a father. I have to be a husband. And I've got responsibilities. Responsibilities that come way before YouTube. But I do love this. I do love what we have here. And I do not want the vlog to end, okay? And I'm here for you. And I'm here for you. And I want to keep this going. And that is going to happen, okay? And I've discerned that. I've gone through the process. But through this process of discernment, I've also been researching and basically I did a test today inspired a little bit by Evan, Carmichael, who I mentioned in yesterday's vlog. So I published yesterday's vlog 10 hours ago. Let me see if I can pull it up here. One second. And basically I published it 10 hours ago and it has 50 views. 50 views. Now, the video that I published two hours ago, which was titled the Nike Vaporfly 4% Flyknit One Mile Time Trial. It has almost 100 views. And I knew that it would have about 100 views because of the title. Because of the thumbnail. Because of the subject matter. And that is why I'm no longer a rookie on YouTube. And I understand how YouTube is working for creators, for the advertisers, and for the business side of YouTube. And sadly, folks, this is the hard reality. Daily vlogging is dead on YouTube. When I started, there were a lot of vloggers. There were quite a few daily vloggers. But the algorithm has changed. And that's a little tough, I think first. And this is, you know, not just a small creator saying this. Large creators are also seeing a dip on their daily vlogging channels. Why? Because YouTube has switched to a niche emphasis within the algorithm. Meaning, if your channel is not focused on one topic, not even multiple topics. One topic. It's really difficult to grow and to reach people beyond the... Even within the audience that you've already built up. Because when I publish a vlog on this channel, or a video on this channel, if you are not engaging with the content regularly, it will not even show up. The thumbnail will not even show up in your subscription list. That's how cutthroat the algorithm has become. And this is what, again, this is not just me saying this. This is lots of research over the last three months listening to really the YouTube experts that are out there. And there are people out there that study this stuff, study the data all the time. With that said, I want to just say this channel is not going away. But I have discerned something. I am going to start a second channel. I know. I know. And it's been hard. It's been a hard decision. A hard choice. True love and I have gone back and forth on it for a while. But I'm going to start a second channel. And yes, I'll let you know when it goes live. But because of the changes to the YouTube algorithm, because of all the research I've done, because of my passions in life, I've decided that it's time to start another channel. So I just wanted to let you guys know that I wanted to talk through this with you. If you're still watching, thank you, because I know I've been going on for a while now. But the question of the day is, did what I just explained over the last eight minutes or 10 minutes, however long I've been talking, did it make sense? Do you understand why I'm going to do this? And I'm not going to announce what I'm going to call the channel. But just know that it's coming. And I'm excited. But I have to get things in place before we press ahead. And so anyway, that's kind of the question of the day and the situation. And thank you. I love you guys. Thanks for listening. Thanks for watching. Thanks for subscribing. And just being here and being you on YouTube. All right. I love you. I think I already said that, but I really do. I love you guys. And thank you for everything. Time for me to go edit, upload, go to bed, and then start the day tomorrow with more adventures. See beauty or card? See you tomorrow.