 Alright guys, welcome back. So it's been a very interesting year. 2018 is the year where I really delved into YouTube. I really made a lot of videos. And so in the style of many YouTubers these days, this video is going to be basically reviewing last year, telling you what's going to happen this year. Now, I've been away from the camera for a while just because I've had really bad internet when I was travelling through Southeast Asia. Those of you who have been to Southeast Asia know that in many places the internet is unpredictable at the best of times. Obviously there are places where the internet is good but for some reason I managed to stay at the places where it wasn't as fast as it should have been and it certainly wasn't fast enough to upload lots of videos to YouTube which obviously requires a certain level of upload speed. I think I was getting about 0.02 megabytes per second upload speed. Something really non-existent like that. I mean I could download stuff, I could browse the web. Anyway, so yeah, it's been a crazy year. I've made a lot of videos on the one hand but then I've also taken a lot of time off towards the end of the year. Now this year, 2019, I really want to make this channel something special. In case you haven't noticed, I've upgraded my camera equipment. I've got this little message board in the background which I'm going to, I don't know, maybe there'll be like a comment of the day or phrase of the day or something. Something that you can like look out for, maybe comment on. It might even be like where I give a shout out to like the top comment for example or you know someone who's donated on Patreon and they might appear on this board as a thank you. It might be something like a lucid dreaming challenge or even just like a random word or just something, I'll think of something. Upgrading my equipment, I've got a lot of plans to make new videos, new topics, that sort of thing. It will be focused around obviously lucid dreaming because this is a lucid dreaming channel and I feel like if I deviate from that too much, then you know the core audience, the people that actually watch my videos regularly when I upload them, they, you guys might get a bit alienated, you know it might not be quite the right fit for you even though you know I do do other things beside lucid dreaming. It's not my only thing that I know anything about. You know for example I fly drones, I do travel vlogs, I talk about psychology and spirituality and personal growth and business and all this sort of stuff but for the most part I'm going to try and segment this. So this is the lucid dreaming channel, I've got transcend FPV as the drone channel, I've got transcend your limits as my travel vlogging place where I share my travel adventures and things and then I've got this channel which is as I said the lucid dreaming channel. Now that's not to say that I won't be making other channels because every time I have a new idea I tend to make a channel and sort of share my ideas with everyone else but at the moment these, you know those are my main channels. And yeah it's gone really well. I started the year 2018 I think and I might be wrong because I don't really keep too much of a track on this I'm pretty sure I only had about 10 to 20,000 subscribers I think. It might be slightly more or slightly less I can't remember. I think it was around that ballpark and then now we've ended the year on almost 70,000 subscribers we're shooting for the 100,000 mark hopefully sometime you know before the middle of 2019 and I'm really excited about it guys I really am. You know when I started this channel I didn't have a clue what to say you know I didn't really know if I was going to make videos long term or if it was just going to be an experiment you know just to test my confidence on camera and that sort of thing but it's really grown into something more than that now it's something where a place where I can share my ideas about lucid dreaming and also discuss things like various technology that is released or you know different techniques different ideas different theories and concepts related to lucid dreaming and I really do get a buzz out of sharing this stuff with you guys and reading the comments and letting you know what I'm doing and also you know teaching you hopefully how to do certain things like lucid dreaming meditations and that sort of thing as well. So yeah that is what you can expect from this channel going forward there will be hopefully much more regular videos that will be posted on this channel because I know that I've had so many gaps in uploading and that sort of thing I'm also going to try and keep them more concise I feel like with YouTube there are two ways that you can go about doing videos so the first way is you can be really concise edit your videos really well and create like a formatted punchy sort of video where everything is you know everything is explained in a really concise way and especially when you're talking when it's a talking head video like this everything is edited really well and you're not waffling that's the one way one way of doing it. The second way is to drag the subject out to the point where the video is about 10 to 15 minutes long or longer and include more detail some people like more detail and some people like it when I explain things in a more like long-winded detailed way where I go into depth about every point and other people don't and they find that boring or they just want me to get to the point so what I'm going to do is to address both of these types of demographics I'm going to make both types of videos so you might see one video which is really concise really compact it's just a two to three minute clip or even shorter where I just explain a concept and how to do it and then the next day you might see another video it might even be about a similar topic or even the same topic but it will be more in detail it will be detailed there will be references I'll go into depth about my experiences and stories and how I would do it if I was starting again and in general more detail so there will be these two types of videos the concise compact videos where I teach you something in a two to three minute clip and the longer 10 to 15 minute videos where I go into detail on the technique why it's important how you can use it how I've used it and that sort of thing and hopefully over time I will just by how popular the videos become I'll be able to see which type of videos you guys prefer as a majority and then I can focus on that type of video so in general if you see one of my videos pop up if it's a short video or if it's a long video just click on the ones that you want to watch and I'll do the rest say if you see a title and a video length that appeals to you click on it and watch it, leave a comment the more interaction you give the video the more I'm able to see that that's the type of video you want and then I can make more of that type of video that being said also please go ahead and like when you watch one of my videos try and watch some of my other videos because I feel like you get the best experience when you learn about lucid dreaming through one technique or one video and then that interests you to go and then watch another video where you learn something else and then after a half an hour or so watching videos you feel more inspired and motivated and you learn more about lucid dreaming instead of just watching one single two minute video and thinking oh that's kind of cool you know maybe I'll learn that one day and then before you know it you've been directed by YouTube to a video of a cat falling off a table or something and then you forget about the whole thing and you miss out on having that lucid dreaming experience so yeah another thing I might start doing as well is making even longer videos like 20 minutes or so where I just really go into depth about my experiences about everything I have to share about a given topic or idea but what I'll do is I'll have the first two to three minutes of the video be like a summary so for those of you who don't want to watch like half an hour of me talking that's fine you can just watch the first two or three minutes of the video and then those of you who want to keep watching you can but if you want to click away to another video that's fine as well because really you know with YouTube it's all about retention rate and the more times you click on one of my videos and then watch it till the very end that is what gets the video's popularity that's what makes the channel reach a wider audience if you don't do that then sadly you know they just get ignored YouTube doesn't really promote videos at all that don't increase what's known as watch time which is how long you spend on YouTube after watching the first video which is mine or whoever's video is the first video you watch so yeah if you would like to help me grow this channel which I hope you do because I want this to become a community of lucid dreamers I want to be able to share things and analyse things and review things that will really help you guys in as many ways as I can then yeah please do watch my videos, leave a comment and sort of interact with the videos that you want to see more of I'm going to be doing a lot more videos on like specific things review, reviews of products I want to make sure that I have at least something to say about most of the product out there related to either sleep technology meditation bands, you know, binaural beats audio products, digital courses and physical, like random things like for example right now I'm sitting on a beanbag it's a beanbag chair and I got this over Christmas and I really think that this is this beanbag chair sort of has a few surprising benefits when it comes to meditation and I really didn't expect this at all I just got this thing because I thought it would be cool I thought it would be like a relaxing, comfortable way to work and to make videos and to just sort of sit I mean that's what it's for right but a side effect of this is I when I started to do meditation on this beanbag I realised that it's actually a really comfortable effective thing to sit on to meditate you know normally I would meditate on my office chair or on the sofa but there was always something missing it didn't feel like I was fully relaxed because I was you know maybe one part of my body would be uncomfortable whether it's my feet on the floor or my back against the sofa because it's not quite tall enough to support my back I'm quite a tall guy or on the office chair it's not quite soft enough it's not obviously a sofa the beanbag chair is kind of all of those things but better and it enables you to meditate in a much more relaxed way so I'm going to be doing many more videos where I sort of talk about a particular product even if it's a random thing like a beanbag or how a particular type of smoothie before bed might help to stimulate a better sleep and better relaxation and therefore better dreams so I really want to I've got lots of ideas for content I really do have hundreds probably thousands at this point of unanswered questions in my email inbox I've got hundreds of ideas in a file on my computer which I'm ready to make videos about and I've got dozens not hundreds but dozens of you know product ideas, ebook ideas and ideas for video courses and all sorts of cool things like supplements and a lucid dreaming app I mentioned in my other video I'm making an app at the moment it's almost ready to launch I'm really excited about that it'll be a free lucid dreaming app which is focused on reminding you to do reality checks and just increasing your mindfulness in general it's also going to have a list of discount links for various products so that you can have everything you need in one place articles, technique guides that's being released soon sadly not the Android version just yet but if you support me on Patreon that will happen a lot faster because as I said the developers are expensive these days an iPhone developer or an Android developer they cost a fair whack of money just to make a fairly simple lucid dreaming app or any app really so yeah if you do support me on Patreon that will happen a lot faster so yeah I really want to make sure that there's content ready to be posted in a nutshell guys I want to help you learn how to lucid dream how to master your mind and your meditation, your awareness and just feel happier just do more things with your life and inspire you in general that's the goal here that is the long term goal of this channel it's just to be a source of positivity and encouraging messages that sort of thing the website is howtolucid.com I'm sure you know that by the channel name you can find like regularly updated articles and technique guides and all sorts of things really I've tried to improve the website a lot recently so if you haven't checked it out in a while go and have a look at it I've put a lot of effort into making it more user friendly and just sort of more useful hopefully so that it's sort of like a one stop shop for anything related to lucid dreaming or meditation, awareness, the mind I really want to get to the point where if you think about lucid dreaming like say if you see something on kickstart like a lucid dreaming mask I want it to get to the point where you think let me check howtolucid.com because there's probably a discount on there or there's probably like a tutorial on how to use it better or there'll be something I'll be in the conversation in some way and there'll be something hopefully which will help you guys even if it is just a discount link I'm quite good at making connections with the owners of these companies and whatever and negotiating some sort of discount for you guys which I share on the website I already have quite a few of these in place so if you go to howtolucid.com and the top of the menu bar you can see the resources section that's not just a drop down if you click the actual resources word you'll go to the resources page and on there you'll see all the links in most cases you click there'll be a discount or it will at least be some sort of bonus go ahead and check that out by the way they are affiliate links so full disclosure I do get a small commission if you click them and buy something but again it's a way of you supporting this channel if you like what I do and it's also at no extra cost to you whatsoever I try and keep it completely unbiased I have everything on there some are affiliate links some are not affiliate links but I promote them all equally depending on if I think they are good a 17 minute video explaining this is just what has been happening in 2018 and what you can expect in 2019 I know a lot of YouTubers do this sort of video but hopefully you enjoy some of you guys want to hear the updates and hear what is going on behind the scenes at howtolucid.com and with the whole howtolucid brand in general and one more thing there will be soon a supplement coming to howtolucid.com I'm really stoked about this one it's been in the works for a long time but as you can imagine with these things it's hard to get everything lined up perfectly you've got to do the research you've got to contact suppliers and get everything in the right place as well as making sure that it works and the ingredients are effective and the dosages are right and it's actually going to help you as opposed to just be another pointless supplement that's been made in China that's not going to be the case with this supplement it's going to be a high quality supplement probably produced somewhere in Europe as opposed to Asia although that will be slightly more expensive for me to make I feel like the quality might be that much better and also it will be easier to fulfil to what will be probably firstly a UK and European audience but then also an American audience in the USA I know a lot of you guys in fact most of you guys are in the USA with some difficulties with having a supplement shipped to the USA and that sort of thing anyway that will be in the works the more people donate to the Patreon page and help me in that way the faster I'm able to do these things and I really do mean that guys all of the money on Patreon goes directly into product development helping create something whether it's a supplement, an app or even just improve the website or make these videos indirectly or directly see a benefit from donating to the Patreon page it doesn't just go on ridiculous nonsense it goes to something related to this channel or related to the business which will help you guys in the long term yeah I really couldn't do it without your support and even if you're still watching this video thank you very much, you're probably one of the 5% of people who watch all the way to the end of a what is now a 19 minute video so thank you and I'll see you next time, probably tomorrow see you tomorrow please consider giving just a dollar a month to support this channel or just click the links in the description 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