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Hello Louise, First and foremost, thank you for your YouTube channel and the classes you put on Skillshare.

After reading your newsletter, it is the second time today that I have come across someone who is playing down YouTube to focus on their initial passions. I have read a number of articles on making a living from your art or creativity on the internet, and they all say the same thing. Providing content at the rate it can be consumed now seems like a endless task, that can divert you from your true passions, due to the need to "feed the algorithms".

I wish you well in whatever endeavours you undertake, and I hope you find the balance you seek. I am sure you will.

Best regards

Steve

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Thank you so much, Steve. 🙏🏻

Yes, I'm definitely not alone in questioning YouTube, taking a break, or going down in publishing frequency. A lot of the creators I follow have made similar announcements. I think it's a general trend for all content creators right now, to slow down and be more intentional. It's either that, or burning out. And I have no plans on doing that, again. 😅

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Everything good and honorable about having consciousness that life is a journey. Keep on keeping on. I’m in your corner.

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Thank you so much for those words, Beth. 🙏🏻🖤

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Hello, Louise, so nice to get an email from you again. It is always a joy to me. I am going to stick around whatever you are plotting. My YouTube is buried under layers of email at my day job. It still feels pretty surreal. But reading you gives me thought food about my future creative living. I miss my personal endeavors a lot!

Wishing you amazing summer finale ❤️

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Vera! 😊 I was actually thinking about you the other day, hoping you're well. Haven't gotten one of your dispatches in a while. (Understandably.) Thank you so much for sticking around and liking what I do, even when it's all over the place 😅

I can't imagine the frustration of having to put one's creative life on hold like that. Hopefully it can become a kind of incubation period for ideas, or just a more introspective creative journey for now. Regardless, I'm here for the ride as well. 🖤

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Oooops! It is called short stories. "Novell" in swedish. hahaha, no pressure.:)

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Haha, I suspected so... Regardless: so happy to have at least one eager reader for my stories. ❤️😌

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YES! More stories. Novels please. :)

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Haha! 🙏🏻 I *might* be secretly plotting a fantasy book in my head... But I should probably warm up with some short stories first. 😅

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