Life On Sail

Making a Youtube video from scratch is not easy. And I have to say I have lost the motivation for it.  It takes a lot of time and you are not even sure someone will watch it.  My goal was to create one long episode per month.  And so far, I only reached 10 episodes, although it's been now 11 months into the sabbatical.  Here below are the ones that totally flopped.  One only got 312 views as of now...  This one is fine, as it was rather fast to create and I actually had pleasure editing it. However, for the "TOP 10 Galeres" and the "6 months review", it took so much time to create and edit, I poured all my heart in, for just a bit more than 1000 views each.  It think these back to back flops in October had me demotivated.   But I still released one more video, "5 reason not to live aboard" that I think could be the last if I can't summon more strength in me to create 2 more... However, that  last one had a good viewing, 4000 views so far...

If you had told me a few years ago that I’d put my life on display for all to see on YouTube, I wouldn’t have believed it in a million years. I enjoy sharing my daily life on Instagram, but it’s just 24-hour stories, often from a POV perspective, so I only show my face once every 10 stories or so. What triggered this decision? When we were in Hong Kong, we started watching YouTube videos of people living on sailboats and sharing their adventures. They came from all ages and backgrounds—not necessarily YouTubers at first, but they eventually became ones. It looked so 'easy' that we thought, 'Hey, we could make a video too!' If retirees can do it, it couldn’t be that hard, right? So, when we were stuck at the harbor due to bad weather and couldn’t work on outdoor renovations, I decided to make use of my free time. I dug into our archives to create what would become our first YouTube video.  It was tough at first. Digging through years of video archives wasn’t easy—especia...