 Welcome to the vlog, that talks about the consideration into why you should or should not start your own vlog. Let's do it. So I know this vlog is supposed to be about how to vlog, sorry I haven't gotten to that topic yet. It's been a busy day and it's about to get busier because something just arrived in the mail from UPS. Very exciting. Should we put a cliffhanger, Harrison, and make them come back tomorrow to see what's in it? Of course, right? I don't think they're going to know because we'll show them the case. We'll show them the case. Oh, it all comes in. Pelican case, uh oh. Rule number one, don't start vlogging if you want more free time in your life. Rule number two, don't start vlogging if you love sleep. AKA napping. Rule number three, don't start vlogging on YouTube to make more of this. Expect to make more of that. Rule number four, don't start a vlog if you don't like coffee. Rule numero cinco, you can't care what you look like on camera. Sometimes you have good hair days and sometimes you don't. Pause in the rules. Sorry to throw rules at you. I know I'm not your mama or your papa, but I got to get these guys out for a run. You guys ready? Back from the run. Rule number six, don't start vlogging if you don't want to get better at basketball. This green sheet, these are your ideas for the vlog. So here we go, how to vlog videos. That's what I'm doing right now for you. At the time of this recording, I have produced, filmed, edited, published 357 vlogs. Three, five, seven. So I would say I'm no longer a rookie. I'm definitely not a veteran, but I'm no longer a rookie. So I've got a decent amount of experience on what it takes to make a daily vlog. And that's what I do. Now you might be weekly. You might be interested in weekly. You might be interested in bi-weekly or maybe once a month. I don't know. This is applicable to you as well, but it's definitely applicable to the daily vloggers out there that are interested in making a video every single day. So starting at that 30,000 foot view, the best question to ask before you start vlogging, in my opinion, is who am I? Who am I? Why should I be drawn to this notion of daily vlogging? For my personality, it fit perfectly. I thrive when I am challenged daily and when I have a commitment to keep every single day. That's how I thrive. You may not be that way, okay? That's something to think about before you start considering a daily vlog. So if you go back to my first vlog on April 11th, 2015, now I was not committed yet to the daily vlog, but I was striving. I was striving. I was trying to figure it out. So it's not like you have to jump into this cold turkey right from the get-go. So April 11th, 2015, first vlog, I set out with three goals. Go watch it upper right hand corner. You're gonna crack up. I got a beard. Whoa. So I said I want to have fun with a vlog. I want to get better video production, and I want to share a little bit of my story. So on that topic of sharing your story, I believe everybody, everybody watching this right now has a story. Whether you want to admit it or not, no matter how dull you think your life is, you have a story. And now in the 21st century, we have the technology, this little camera right there, to communicate our stories on a global scale thanks to the YouTube. So not only does everyone have a story, but you have the opportunity to share your story, and that is powerful. So that's one reason to think about starting a vlog. So the second reason to think about starting a vlog is branding. For example, if you're a small business owner, a vlog could be really, really important for your brand. Whether you own a lawn mowing business, whether you're a painter, whether you have a cement truck company, whether you have a law firm. If you have a personal small business, vlogging could really help you connect with your people. But in addition, if you are in college, even high school, and you're trying to brand yourself and get your, communicate your story to the world so that future employers would be excited about who you are as a person and think about hiring you, I'm telling you, a vlog in the YouTube world is so powerful, so, so powerful. So that's point number two. So point number three to think about on why to start a vlog is communication. If you go up to that vlog, that first vlog from almost two years ago, upper right hand corner, you got to go watch it. I don't communicate nearly as clearly or concisely as I do now. So think about watching that vlog and compare how I was two years ago to how I am now. And you, I believe, will see a difference and communication is so important in the 21st century. All right? And you're going to mess up and that's okay. Andrew, I know you were a little concerned about your voice. And last week you commented that it goes away. It goes away. So I know I was being a little goofy earlier with the rules on why not to vlog, but they're actually pretty spot on. Sleep. It's impacted with, especially with a daily blog. I don't mind it. I actually, it helps me work harder in other areas of life. So once again, it's, that's my personality. But if you'd love sleep and unless you have, don't, you know, if you're not doing anything all day, then you might be able to pull it off. But think about, you're going to have to sacrifice somewhere. Hopefully it's not your family time, right? That's not good. You don't want to sacrifice family time. So you've got to squeeze it in somewhere to edit, to do a little bit of filming throughout the day. Just something to think about. And the money thing, there's no money in vlogging, no money in vlogging, except if you make it, unless you make it. And guess what? Shonduras started with zero subscribers. Casey Neistat started with zero subscribers. Tanner Fox, zero. Roman Atwood, zero. Lily Singh, zero. All right. All these guys started with zero subscribers. Don't forget that. So you got a shot. All right. But in the meantime, there's no money. There's no money. Throw that out the window. You got to do it because you'll love it. Done. I'm almost done. And those, what I just talked about were points in my head that I've been thinking about the last, though, you know, 10 days as you guys were communicating to me, let's do a series of videos on how to vlog. But before I talked about how to vlog or what to vlog or how to do it with, you know, technically with equipment, I wanted to talk about why. And this is, so those were like points, bullet points, kind of, kind of curriculum thoughts. Now it's more from the heart. Why would you vlog to remember the daily life of the blessings that we have on this beautiful earth? Like why not have a vlog that you could, you could look back on in one year from now, in three years from now, in 10 memories, memories. We've got to remember our roots, our foundation. If we don't remember where we came from, how are we going to know where to go in the future? Huh? And lastly, you guys, you guys, and you, you too, Andrew Garrett. Good to love Dave, Fabio, Sean, all of you guys. And I know I'm leaving off a bunch of you and I apologize. I apologize. If I think of more, I will let you know in the comments below. You guys, that is why I vlog. All right. Memories and you guys because you guys care. You care to come back every single day and drop a like, leave a comment, share some times if you want. It's like, that's what it's all about for. Capiche? Capiche? Are we on the same page here? So hopefully that helped you. So that was tutorial numero uno for the how to vlog series here on the YouTube. And thanks for tuning in. We will do another one next week on how to vlog. So this week was why. Next week, how. The next week, what? And the following week, probably mix it all together. All right. Have a little vlog, the smorgasbord, if we may, if we may. All right. Love you all. See you. You work hard and love each other. See you.