How becoming a Youtuber changed my life

-Written by Yasmin

When I started my YouTube channel, I didn't expect much from it. It was just a hobby,

something to keep me happy and creative in my spare time. I was 19 and had been living in

London for an internship, but I was lonely. I didn't know anyone in London at the time and

I had no friends and no money. Now, YouTube has completely transformed my life.

Initially, I didn't really see it as a career. As time went on though, I got more and more

views and subscribers on my channel and started to realise people were depending on my

videos a bit more. I knew I wanted to take YouTube more seriously, so I also saved up and

bought a high-quality digital camera to make my videos better.

I'm now a computer arts design student at the university for the Creative Arts in

Farnham, which is known for YouTuber University. My university is also quite close to a

famous filming location.

Being a student, you might wonder how I managed to balance filming, editing, uploading

and everything else being a YouTube involves along with all my assignments but for the most

part I've got the right balance. I'm going into third year soon and for my final project I'll

be making a game for a whole year. This is why I love having a relatively small, but loyal

base of subscribers that I can update them on my progress using videos and live streams

and really get them involved. So, my YouTube channel and my progress as a student are

quite merged which makes things a lot easier.

However, there have definitely been a few times I've struggled to get my assignments

submitted on time because I've been too in the flow of making videos. I can't help it!

Sometimes what I love most about being a YouTuber is the pure passion that I feel. I can

be making fairly standard, sit down, chatty videos one minute and then the next thing I

know I get an amazing idea out of nowhere, a flash of inspiration. I find that buzz quite

addictive!