My mom told me today that a secondary school senior of mine is a BuzzFeed star.
She found out through Google feeds.
That’s cool.
She’s got 536k subscribers.
And I look at my channel.
Yes, I’ve got a channel
The number stands at 357.
357 views from 39 subscribers.
I think I can do better.
I just need to pick up the camera I’ve left off 6 months ago.
I just need to start writing the script for my next video.
I just need to get to searching the next keyword to rank in.
In fact, I’ve had this conversation multiple times in the past 4 years.
I dreamt that I could maintain a YouTube channel talking about pursuing a career in research, maybe extend into an online business selling courses on SPSS, and running a community helping young researchers find ways to get into the field.
But it never hit me how absurd my envy was.
What if I had 536k subscribers.
What if my next video went viral.
What if I was a BuzzFeed star.
Would I be happy?
Hell yes, you bet.
Is that what I need though?
Probably not.
So it’s time to re-do the data entry for my endovascular therapy intervention strategy study.
Publishing that paper in 6 month’s time is what I need.
And it’s time to get down to doing the research I’m dreaming to get done.