i recently had a strange experience in my life. ideas that i had but was too scared to do, suddenly i was less scared. streaming specifically vtubing was something i wanted to try out since i began watching vtubers at the end of 2023. i had written down all these ideas i had for it, but i never found the courage to start the stream.
one day, i told someone that its what i wanted to do and they were not only encouraging but wanted to try it with me. with their help, i was able to stream and brainstorm ideas and schedule activities with this person. this person always asked why not now, what are you waiting for and they always prioritized doing the thing right away. they only slowed down when there was a real issue. other than that, they didn’t hesitate and overthink what they wanted to try out and dove right into taking action.
i stopped streaming but, he kept trying to upload videos to show his progress drawing meanwhile i stopped trying. it was fun doing it with him because he would put in the time to do the thing he planned. the only thing is that he doesn’t plan for anything big, but recently he implemented a small change to his approach and it was quite effective too see how much a small change could improve the process.
thats why i think its important to just start minimal and frequently iterate with small changes to improve the approach - short (30 sec - 1 min) - catchy title - brief dialogue (3 lines) - right into action - problem - resolution - tease whats coming