I am incredibly excited and nervous about this month’s challenge. I have wanted to start a YouTube channel for quite some time now, but have always found excuses for not doing so. My familiar enemy of procrastination won out. However, I am turning the tables on him this month!

Below are the parameters of the challenge:

• Spend at least 15 minutes every day (including weekend days) working on videos for the week. I am going to add this fairly high up on my daily hierarchy list. For the first few days, this time will be mostly spent preparing my studio space, where I will record the audio +/- video that will be uploaded to the channel.
• Upload at least one video each week to my YouTube channel. I definitely will shoot for just getting one video completed the first week. However, as the month progresses, if I feel comfortable and am enjoying the process, I could be getting 2 or even 3 videos finished per week. The challenge, though, is one video each week at a minimum.
• Videos can be live-streamed or pre-recorded. If live-streamed, videos must be a minimum of 25 minutes. If pre-recorded, videos must be a minimum of 10 minutes. In some sense, live streaming is “easier” because there is no editing; I just start the mic or camera and charge forward, come what may. Pre-recorded videos take more time to produce, but are a little less scary sense I can preview beforehand what I am uploading for the world to see. Well, maybe not the world, but hopefully at least a handful of people.
• Publish weekly blog posts that correspond to the video I produce each week. I definitely want to continue publishing weekly blog posts as I have done this past month. Again, this should be a fairly easy way to do this, as I would have already been working or uploaded a video on some particular topic, that I can then summarize or promote in my blog posts. Whether or not I continue producing videos and/or start a podcast, I want my blog to remain strong and healthy.

The name of my channel is Empowered Thought. What I am particularly interested in exploring is the fusion of philosophy and empowerment. I am subscribed to several different philosophy channels which I find fascinating though often they can be more on the esoteric side. I am also subbed to several self-help/personal empowerment channels which are motivating and useful but sometimes lacking in deep critical thinking and skepticism.

My channel will be an attempt to bridge these two worlds in a harmonious marriage. Whether I will come close to accomplishing this remains to be seen. It would be a great encouragement to see comments on my videos, so if you decide to watch any of the videos and want to leave a note about anything you saw, I will reserve a special place in my heart for you.

Namaste.