My YouTube Dilemma

[Helaman-99]

Hey guys, thought I'd get your input in here about this.

I've got a bit of a dilemma... I have a YouTube channel, and I honestly really enjoy making videos and posting them. I started my channel to document what I did to my 1999 Eclipse, and hopefully help out other new DSMers. However, I haven't posted in a while for a few reasons:

1. School: I am pursuing a bachelor's of computer science, and so my time has been mostly spent on homework and classes. However, I'll be graduated in June, so this issue will go away.
2. I kinda finished my build... at least the big stuff. Obviously, once I'm working and making good money again, there are things that I'd like to do, but for the most part my build is finished. However, I'd like to think of myself as a fairly creative person, so I think I could come up with some good content fairly easily (I actually already have a list of some things ). So yeah, this isn't a huge blocker.
3. But this is BY FAR the biggest issue... I LOVE working on cars; in fact, it's almost a therapy for me. It's somewhere I can go to get away from everything. However, if I film myself on a regular schedule working on my cars, it turns my passion into a bit of a responsibility, which detracts from why I got into cars originally. That, and making a video of whatever project I'm working on effectively doubles the amount of time it takes to film that video. Sometimes, I just want to work on my car.

That being said, I do enjoy making car videos, and I do think that I can cut down on how much time it takes by coming up with a good system for making videos. So that's why I'm asking this question in here. What do you guys think? I want to keep making videos, but I want to be able to both relax by working on my car and also share the good (and bad) times with you guys because, well, it's fun to engage with the community, respond to comments, help people out, etc.

If I could encapsulate this into 1 question, it would be this: How can you take your passion and effectively turn it into a career without that passion becoming stale or overworked?

Thanks guys.

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

Don't go to work as an auto mechanic. Rule #1 for a job, it takes ALL OF THE FUN out of working on your passion.
Have a friend video you as you get to certain goals and show them off. That won't burn you out. It's all I post on my YouTube channel. You don't see the behind the scenes stuff that it takes to get from point A to point B. I just show results.
Maybe you want more out of your channel, and if so, you will find you have more than one passion.
My videographer is my son and we just capture the highlight moments. You can click on mine and see it's just the fun stuff not everything. I reciprocate the filming when he is working on his projects so it's a win/win.
Marty

 

[99dsmer4g63]

I think Marty hit it pretty good. This is why I tell people don’t buy a carpenters house and don’t buy a mechanics car.

I own a residential carpentry business. I also hate working on my own house with a passion.

I enjoy working on my own vehicles. Kinda started as a way to save money and well most garages are a joke anymore anyways.

-Daniel

 

[Mello]

Stay away from deadlines & schedules. Work as you feel. As soon as you get deadlines hobbies turn in to jobs.

 

[CrackedDSM]

Keep the DSM for a side/personal project, and buy a cheap project you can do youtube videos are that you aren't "attached" to. This is what most of the bigger youtube guys do and why you notice they have cars in the background they never talk about or do a video on. Because the personal projects are much better kept to yourself.

It's also why there's little to no attachment to these cars when they're done and why they're sold off and replaced with the next biggest project(think Mighty Car Mods). It's the key.