Why I Thought of Starting a Youtube Channel

“Starting a Youtube Channel? What for? Do I need to start one?”

Those are the things I had in mind then. Back when I was still contemplating if starting a Youtube Channel is a good idea.

But hey, motivation came in the way. Guess what??

I finally launched my Youtube Channel!

So you’re probably wondering…

Why would you think of starting a Youtube Channel?

Here’s the reason why…

Just last year, I did something that was way outside of my comfort zone…

I thought that perhaps it’s about time for me to bring my game to the next level.

You see…

For the 30+ years of my life, rarely do I finish something strong.

I would start an endeavour, but I would find myself falling through the cracks.

So I challenged myself.

I need to create a habit that’s worth embracing.

A simple habit that will impact my whole being.

I learned that it takes 66 days to create a habit and 90 days if you want to make it a lifestyle.

Habit is something you do that’s already automatic. You don’t even think about it.

Things like, brushing your teeth, taking a bath or the mere act of drinking or eating..

And I told myself, I want to create a habit that sets the tone of my whole day.

So an idea came to mind…

I want to make it a habit to wake up at 5AM.

In order for me to do that, I need to think something that I would look forward to doing to force me to wake up early.

And this is when the weird idea came to mind…

To force me to wake up at 5AM, I need to Do Facebook live everyday.

So I created a Facebook page and asked a few of my friends to like it. Those with whom I can be very vulnerable.

Especially that every day, I would commit myself to doing Facebook live. More of like an impromptu speech where I would share my daily life lessons and daily reflections

And that’s what I did. Every day I would share my random life lessons and stories.

Just like this video…

I only thought of doing it for 90 days, but guess what??  I ended up doing it for 120 straight days.

Here’s the funny part.

My ultimate intention was to wake up at 5AM. Guess what, because of other commitments, there were days I would sleep at 1-2AM which made it really impossible for me to consistently wake up at 5 AM.

But what has remained consistent?

My Facebook live.

It didn’t matter if I do it in the morning or evening, for as long as I do it consistently everyday.

And the more I was doing it, the more I was loving it!

Along the way, I learned 3 powerful lessons while doing the challenge…

1. I got to find my voice.

The more I was doing it, the more I got comfortable speaking in front of the camera. And it gave me a huge boost knowing that I got to love sharing my life lessons.

Eventually, when I got to purify my intentions, ideas were just flowing like crazy. Man, I was loving every bit of it.

I really felt my essence! And that has led me to finding this next powerful lesson…

2. I found a purpose bigger than myself.

When some of my friends were already sharing my contents, I realized, this is no longer about me. But it’s already about something bigger than me.

So, I thought, if I can impact at least one person, it would already mean the world to them.   Oh and other than starting a Youtube Channel I also have this blog, thecontentleader.com as a platform to share my message to the world!

And that was when things became a lot clearer.

Which brings me to this…