But, uh, no, no, I don't wanna I don't wanttobefamous, butatthattime I was 20 yearsold.
I waslivinginSwedenin a smallflat.
I hadjustmovedawayfromhome.
I havenoideawhat I wasdoing.
I justknew I enjoyedit.
I wasalsostudyingatuniversityatthetime, industrialeconomicsandmanagement.
Mycallinginlife, thankstowhat I wanttodo.
So I decidedthisYouTubehobby I'llprobablyhavetosetasidebecause I shouldprobablyfocusonmyfinals.
So I upload a videosaying I wasgoingon a break, butinreality, thatwas I wasquitting.
Itwaswasitforme?
Discountmyheartbeinfrontof, uh, thatrightnow.
So I'm sure a lotofyou I'm suremostofyouwillunderstandthatonDDE I'm gonnamissyouguys.
A loss, actually, whichwas a prettyreasonablechoicetomake, considering I hadaboutfivepeoplethatactuallywatchedmeduringthistime.
Butluckily, thebreakdownlastline.
Just a fewdayslater, I wasbackuploadingvideosagain.
I hadfoundwhat I wasactuallypassionateabout, and I wasn't readytojustletitgo.
I knewthat a careerinYouTubewassofaraway.
Itwasmoreof a myththan a dreamatthispoint, becausepeopledidn't evenknowifitwaspossible.
Butitwasalwaysatthebackofmymindthattherewas a tinychancethatthiscouldactuallyhappen.
I wasbackuploadingvideosand I triedoutthisnewhorrorgamethathadjustcomeoutcalledamnesia, anditwasscarierthananythingthatitdidn't evencompare.
Okay, welcomeback.
Andthetopcommentofthisvideoreallysaysit.
Ititiswhatstarteditallforme, atleast.
I wasn't popularassoonas I playedamnesia, butforthefirsttimethatfivepeople I watchmyvideos, theyreallyenjoyeditand I couldtell I wasontosomethingandthiswasn't justnewforme.
Itwas a newthingonYouTubeaswell, and I haveneverplayedhardgamesbefore.
Itwasgenuinelyhorrible.
I mademontagesandcompilationsofthebestmomentswhereit's reallyjustmescreaming.
They'rekindofloudthere, kindofobnoxious, butyougot a charmtothem.
Eventually I hadgrown 1000 subscribers, butitwasalsoclear I havegrownanaudiencethatreallycaredaboutme.
I usedtobeanintrovert.
Andbutyoutworeallyhelpedmeopenupbecauseontheothersidetherewaspeoplethatreallyappreciatedthesideofmethat I didn't showtoanyone.
Atthispoint, I hadcompletelyfailedschool.
I'm sorry, MomandDad.
Mypassionwassomewhereelse, and I famouslystartedsellinghotdogstosustainmyself.
But I lookbackatthistimewithgreatmemories, because I wasfinallypursuingmygoal, mydreamnotsellinghotdogsbutmakingvideosinmysparetime.
ThatISSatthistime I managedtomeet a girlonlinewholaterbecamemywife.
I won't boreyouwitheverystepofthewayofthejourney.
Ithasbeenlong.
Ithaditsupsanddowns.
I made a lotofmistakesontheway, but I'vegrown.
I feellike I haveatleastand I feellike I'vefinallycomingturnswiththeresponsibility.
I have a creatorabout 100 millionsubstoolate, butyouknow, Butthechannelhasdone a lotofgood, too.