Therewasonetimewhere I putcameragear, liketonsofcameragearandlike a droneontopofmycarand I starteddrivingandthentherewasthisladycomingatmehonkingatmeand I'm like, whatthefuckam I doing?
I don't wanttostopmakingthesejournalvideos. I wanttokindofdocumentthetransitionfromYouTubetofilmmaker. I wanttokeepthisalive. I thinkit's healthyformetoexpressmythoughtsandsharemylife.
I saythisallthetime, but I'venevermadecrazymoneywithYouTube. I'vealwayshad a reallyshittyCPM. MyCPMhasalwaysbeen $1. Itwentuprecentlytolike $4 or $5. Butthat's stillterrible. I seepeoplegettinglike $20 CPMs.
And I'm overherewith $5. Now I'vehadtimeswhere I'vemadegreatmoneywithYouTube. Lastyear
我在 YouTube 上賺了不少錢。去年
I madelike $200, $300k thatyear. Theyearbeforethat I think I madelikeanother $200k. Nowthereasonwhynoneofthatisinsavingsisbecause
那一年我大概賺了 20 到 30 萬美元。前一年我又賺了 20 萬美元。現在之所以沒有存款,是因為
I had a teamatthatpoint. I hadlikefourorfiveemployees. Soeverymonth I'llbegettingallofthismoneyandthenpayingittoeverybody. Gettingallofthismoney, payingittoeverybody. Itwasalwaysinandout, inandout. I'vehadtimeswhere I wascomfortable, forsure.
我以前也破產過。比如在我高中的時候甚至早期的YouTube時代這對我來說並不新鮮 Like this ain't nothing new to me.別擔心相信我
I ain't nostranger. Sometimesyouhavemoneysometimesyoudon't. And I don't wanttobesellingmymorals. I mean
我不是陌生人有時有錢,有時沒錢我不想出賣我的道德觀我是說
I don't wanttobechangingupmymoralsjusttomakemoney.
我不想為了賺錢而改變自己的道德觀。
Like I couldbegrindingout
就像我可以打磨出
YouTubevideosandbranddealsandstuffbutdo I reallywanttobedoingthatas a person?
YouTube視頻和品牌交易之類的東西,但作為一個人,我真的想這樣做嗎?
No. I don't thinkthat's worthittobemakinggoodmoney. I wouldratherlikesitback, listentomymindlistentomywantsandwhatmymindistellingmeisthatitwantstomakeartintheformoffilm. I know I'llbemakingmoneywiththateventuallybutitdoesn't havetoberightnow.