Week 10: Fearing My First Youtube Recording

Post author:Harry
Post published:May 27, 2020
Post category:£1 A Day Challenge
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Week 10: I was worried if someone heard me and I was going to be judged. It’s silly, I know but it’s a challenge I’m going to need to face soon…

Day 64: Start of Week 10…

So, the start of week 10 of my £1 a day challenge. What have I got to show for myself. Well, I have a website and a brand I am now excited about building. Yet, i’m still yet to create a passive stream of income and increase my goal to £2. Although, this just inspires me to push harder. Now that I feel I have the foundation set, I have many opportunities I can go for.

My next step I believe is to start posting on the Money Your Concern Youtube channel. This will allow my brand to reach out to a wider range of people so I can help more people and have a larger impact. Today I did some research about creating videos and I’ve started planning out my first few. I find it a little intimidating but all I have to do is to take small steps each time to build that momentum.

Alongside this, I selected the best surveys on Swagbucks throughout the day to get my £1 goal complete. By the afternoon, I had completed 4 surveys to earn 163 SB’s (£1.27) to pass today’s challenge.

Day 65: A reminder of why I am doing this…

As lock down is starting to ease here in the UK, I finally was able to go out and surf this morning. It felt so good to be back out on the water and the weather was beautiful. As I was driving home today, I could once again feel that sense of freedom. That feeling that I am chasing with this challenge. I want to be successful at creating passive income online so I can go surfing and do the things I want in my life with who I want, when I want. This thought gave me a great sense of motivation as I was heading back to get back to work on my business goals. My first task was to open up Swagbucks to get my £1 a day challenge done…

Nice one. Today I found a great paying survey that took barely 10 minutes to complete. In total, today I earned 209 SB’s (£1.63) for less than 15 minutes of work.

The rest of the day I created two more posts for the website and put together some notes ready for my first Youtube video recording I plan to do tomorrow.

Day 66: A Lazy Day

I’m a little embarrassed about this but I’ve promised to be honest. I almost made something up to make today’s efforts sound better but what is the point of tracking my progress if I’m not completely honest?

I felt easily distracted all day today. Although, I tried to start writing posts, every time I went to put music on Youtube for background motivation, I’d end up watching something that took my interest. I’d then go down the spiral of mindlessly watching videos and before I knew it I went from stock market investing videos to “How to taste whiskey”. I mean, I like whiskey… But what a waste of time, when I could’ve been creating content for this website.

This battle went on all day…

When it came to recording my first Youtube video too, I put that off. I’m not sure what’s wrong with me today. Well I suppose this recording is intimidating me a little and I have been working hard lately. I guess I’m only human. I’ve been beating myself up over this but I think it’s natural to feel a little drained sometimes.

By mid-afternoon, I realised I ought to take a break for the rest of the day. To take my mind off things. So I switched off Youtube and forced myself to complete my £1 challenge, so I can chill out for the rest of the day. Luckily there were a few small surveys available. It took me about an hour but after completing 4 surveys, I had earned 137 SB’s (£1.07) to reach today’s £1 a day challenge goal.

I then rested my mind from everything by watching a few movies and doing a workout. At the time of typing this at 11 PM this evening, I’m feeling much more ambitious for tomorrow’s work.

Day 67: “Super frustrating today”

Swagbucks was super frustrating today. I was declined for at least 10 surveys throughout the day and was even unrewarded for one completed survey. This ate a lot into my work time today. Eventually I completed my daily challenge but not without wasting 2 hours of Today. Earnings on Swagbucks today were 137 SB’s (£1.07).

The rest of today however was much more productive than yesterday. I wrote up two more posts for the Money Your Concern website. However I once again sidestepped the recording of my first Youtube post. I’d written my notes and was ready to record on my phone but I just felt really awkward. I was worried if someone heard me and I was going to be judged. It’s silly, I know but it’s a challenge I’m going to need to face soon.

Day 68: This is hard…

My £1 challenge went OK today. Flicking back and forth to Swagbucks throughout the day, I completed 4 surveys by 4 PM to pass my goal. Today’s earnings were 146 SB’s (£1.14) for around 50 minutes of work. After writing up another post, that completes my day’s work.

No? What… Oh I suppose you want to know about my progress with the Youtube channel. Well I went for a surf midday today and I thought I could do my recording in the car afterwards. That would be a little more secluded than at home. Then when the time came, I worried what if people walk past and hear, what would they think. This is getting silly I know.

I know it will get easier once I record the first few videos and I’m sure walkers really don’t care what I’m up to. I just need to get the first few done. Tomorrow I plan to drive to a quiet car park early where I can record without people being around. I think that’s the easiest way I can think of to get me started.

Day 69: Need to get this done…

I failed to get my recording done again today but I promise I will get up early to get it done tomorrow. I really need to get this done before week 10 is up.

Today’s £1 a day challenge went OK. By mid-afternoon I had completed 3 surveys to pass the £1 mark. Along with a couple of search rewards, today’s earnings were 135 SB’s (£1.05) for about an hour worth of work.

Day 70: I Bit The Bullet!!

I finally recorded the audio for my first Youtube video this morning. I got up early and drove to a quiet car park to get the recording done without distractions. It felt awkward and I’m not sure if it is any good. But I guess that’s what it is about; getting started and moving form there. I’m glad I finally bit the bullet to get it done. All I need to do now is edit the audio and fit it into a Power-point recording. I’m going to hold my feet to the fire here and say, my first video will be posted before you see the week 11, £1 a day challenge update. That way, I have to just commit and get it out there.

The rest of the day proceeded to be a busy day of work. This left not a lot of time (or energy) afterwards to do much more work for the Money Your Concern website. However, I set aside an hour in the evening to get today’s £1 a day challenge done. I chose the best of the surveys available, completing 3 in a row to pass my daily goal. Along with the search rewards, today I earned 135 SB’s (£1.07).

Week 10 complete…

This marks 10 weeks now since I came up with the idea to make a change in my financial life. Although I am yet to add an extra income stream, I have built the foundations necessary. Once I upload my first Youtube post by next week, I will have another platform to reach a following too.

From here, I can then start to build out and test certain ways of making passive income online. Now that I have a website with a significant amount of content, I believe I will soon be ready to start applying to become an affiliate for certain companies…

I hope you enjoyed following another weekly update. If you feel inspired to take charge of your finances and embark upon a similar journey yourself, let us know in the comments section below. For more info on how to make and save extra money online, you may find value in the Personal Finance section of the Money Your Concern website. To know the best way to grow your extra income, I believe the Investing section of this website will really help you to grow your wealth.

Thanks for checking out week 10 of my journey. Talk soon.

Harry