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I'll make this short.
Im lucky. I have a 6 figure job with no college degree that I worked my ass off for. But fuck me, I cant do it anymore. Constant anxiety and headaches and mustering up the willpower to not quit every day is getting harder and harder. If I wasn't the only income supporting my family, id quit immediately.
Im just not built for this corporate bullshit and working for someone else. The anxiety is bad enough that most nights I sleep between 2 and 5 hours tops and wake up with full on panic attacks. I lose my appetite frequently and feel sick. Sometimes going a day or two without eating just because I dont feel like it.
That being said, im not trying to complain, thats not the purpose of this post. The point of that is simply to provide context.
What im worried about is this:
Im starting on youtube with a plan to replace my income with youtube and other income streams like merchandise and other services. Contrary to popular belief, youtube success appears to be formulaic rather than luck. It requires that I develop an entirely new skill set, which is fine, I dont mind hard work. But I keep thinking, who the fuck will take me seriously? I dont look like half the people on here, not that I cant look like that, its just that I dont right now. I dont have any fitness or nutrition certs to fall back on and frankly, I feel like I forgot most of what I knew in the past few years because my focus has been on other priorities.
Pro muscle is different than the rest of the world. My content wouldn't be geared towards members here. But should I worry about this stuff at all or is it just imposter syndrome and I need to grow a pair and just do it?
Im lucky. I have a 6 figure job with no college degree that I worked my ass off for. But fuck me, I cant do it anymore. Constant anxiety and headaches and mustering up the willpower to not quit every day is getting harder and harder. If I wasn't the only income supporting my family, id quit immediately.
Im just not built for this corporate bullshit and working for someone else. The anxiety is bad enough that most nights I sleep between 2 and 5 hours tops and wake up with full on panic attacks. I lose my appetite frequently and feel sick. Sometimes going a day or two without eating just because I dont feel like it.
That being said, im not trying to complain, thats not the purpose of this post. The point of that is simply to provide context.
What im worried about is this:
Im starting on youtube with a plan to replace my income with youtube and other income streams like merchandise and other services. Contrary to popular belief, youtube success appears to be formulaic rather than luck. It requires that I develop an entirely new skill set, which is fine, I dont mind hard work. But I keep thinking, who the fuck will take me seriously? I dont look like half the people on here, not that I cant look like that, its just that I dont right now. I dont have any fitness or nutrition certs to fall back on and frankly, I feel like I forgot most of what I knew in the past few years because my focus has been on other priorities.
Pro muscle is different than the rest of the world. My content wouldn't be geared towards members here. But should I worry about this stuff at all or is it just imposter syndrome and I need to grow a pair and just do it?
