Getting out of your own way when making video

Overview # Essay version of the video is below. You can also listen to the audio-only podcast version and subscribe to the unlisted podcast feed here if audio is more your speed. How do you get out of your own way when making videos or media? Download audio Let it be messy! # How do you get out of your own way when you’re trying to make media? It isn’t easy. If you aren’t used to it – if, for example, text is your primary medium – this shit is quite hard. I don’t know how many takes I’ve tried, or how often I’ve recorded videos only to find them unusable. This isn’t even my first attempt at this particular YouTube channel and starting something here. Video is not easy. There’s a reason why it often requires an entire crew for it to look good. There are people who find video to be an easy fit to how they think. They process the world using vlogs and “tic tocs”, much as I process my experience of the world using text. Text is how I think. I write even when I don’t have to – even when…