Dad's Log - A Glimpse Into The Mind Of A Broadcaster

I don't often talk about the backend, or business side, of what I do on a weekly basis, so I thought I'd take a stab at it. People look at content creation, or streaming, as the "dream job". Many times, because they only see the resulting content, they think it's as simple as hitting "Go Live". Build it and they will come sort of mentality. For every hour of content you create, there are 2 to 3 hours on the back end that make it happen. I am spending hours every week making friends in the space (networking), hanging out with other communities, updating graphics, sending emails, programming bots, building my website, helping other casters out, and other items on my list. The experience you get, is a culmination of all the things I do off screen, to make what happens on screen as best as it can be. My encouragement is to evaluate and know what you're getting into if you want to do content creation for a living. It's not just about the time spent creating content. God bless!