Thoughts? What should i do?

[spiderman2]

So I have started thinking a little bit should I try making youtube video's talking about sports more so basketball and hope that some one see's me and like higher me to do broadcasting or something as I love sports? Is this a stupid idea that will not even like do any thing?

So I have posted a few threads in the past ranting has I fell stuck in life not being able to find a new job and hating the job I have right now and not knowing what to do. I have put so much effort into finding a new job for like 5+ years with nothing and have a big problem with depression has a result to the point where I wish I was dead because I fell like nothing is going to change and the thought of having to work like another 30+ years if things don't change makes me sick. Trying to stay motivated is so darn hard now and felling trapped and like there is nothing you can do is so scary hate felling like I have no control of life but that is how I fell. I am going to school but I have never been the best with school and I am still like 27 unites after this semester from getting a degree and that fells so far away. I don't even know 100% what I am going for and I worry that it will end up not helping and will end up being just a waste of time and money but at the same time because of how much I have tried to find another job with out any luck I fell like I have no choice but to go to school. I fell so lost and confused.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Yeah, go ahead, start a channel and talk about any sport you like, don't be afraid of finding it difficult early on. If you can livestream then do it, just don't show the whole game cause it will probably be illegal.

 

[jmc]

Doing something creative like a YouTube channel may end up being one of the best things you can do. You’ll be surprised how having a hobby like this can improve your general wellbeing, because no matter how crappy your job is you get to come home and work on something you love. And if your channel is unique enough, entertaining enough and shows how much you love sport, who knows, one day you may get enough views to generate enough ad revenue to make a living off of. Consider things like Patreon too if your channel starts getting subscribers and invest in a good quality camera if you can get one. Your chances of being discovered by some network are slim, so don’t take it too seriously and just make your channel for yourself. Remember to engage with subscribers early on, and check out other channels to see what they do to get ideas and to see what the production values are like. Don’t let detractors get to you, take your time building your channel, don’t be too hard on yourself if the videos aren’t perfect, learn from your mistakes and most importantly, have fun.

 

[the last son]

Do it. Do some homework on your subjects and like jmc said have fun. You never know.

 

[jmc]

Oh yeah, don’t ever tell yourself what you’re doing is stupid or pointless. If you love it do it. Just remember, your first few videos aren’t going to be the best, but whatever you do don’t let that deter you. Learn from your mistakes and get better overtime, look to online courses and tutorials in video editing and production design and teach yourself the skills. Udemy is a great place to find online courses and is fairly cheap. And yes, have fun.

 

[MadVillainy]

Stay strong. Hang tough. Keep at it.

Good luck

 

[Greens]

I don't know ANYTHING about sports, but you can have me on as a guest host where I make controversial remarks and get some attention to your show.

 

[spiderman2]

I also am getting to the point where I am just going to start looking for jobs like any where in the USA and move if I have to. I would like to stay in CA where like all my family is but sure fells like no one is hiring around here. So if I can find a job some where else I would so move even though it would suck to be away from family it may be my only shot at working some where that I may even like some what like.

 

[jmc]

You should also try working for yourself. If you're into sports maybe become a personal trainer and nutritionist and build a cliental. If sport is something you love at least then you've got somewhere to aim.

 

[ComicChick]

Can you take any elective classes towards the things you like to do? Or free classes at a local library or something?

 

[spiderman2]

You should also try working for yourself. If you're into sports maybe become a personal trainer and nutritionist and build a cliental. If sport is something you love at least then you've got somewhere to aim.

I am not the personal trainer type of person its just I love to watch and play sports with basketball being my favorite.

 

[jmc]

Think of working in a sports store, or selling sport related things online, or just start doing a youtube channel like you said. Plenty of opportunities to do something related on what you love. Just got to give it a shot.

 

[STINGRAY]

Well, I have no clue as to the background required for a professional Sportscaster, but I do know this;

Youtube & social media in general are so cluttered with people doing their own thing that it`s pretty hard to stand out from the crowd.

If you`re serious about it, why not make contact with your local stations and simply ask them what you need to get into the field?... Then you can go from there.

 

[spiderman2]

Well, I have no clue as to the background required for a professional Sportscaster, but I do know this;

Youtube & social media in general are so cluttered with people doing their own thing that it`s pretty hard to stand out from the crowd.

If you`re serious about it, why not make contact with your local stations and simply ask them what you need to get into the field?... Then you can go from there.

Yeah I get you when you say it would be hard to stand out on like youtube. Over all I fell like it would be hard to get into sports though and that you would like need to know some people or something. About the local station I live in a pretty small town around 16000 people but I was thinking about doing that.

 

[ComicChick]

it's worth a shot. maybe ask if they have any intern opportunities so you can learn from them

 

[Hotwire]

We've spoken before about your grammar and spelling and the impression it gives in regards to other aspects of your life. I bring this up because, as a broadcaster, you need to be articulate. You have to speak in a manner that everyone can understand you. The fact that you're unwilling to take the time to make sure your posts here are written coherently tells others you wouldn't take the time to do this in the videos you want to make.

I'm not trying to bring you down or crush your dreams. I'm telling you this because it's important. When you're trying to get a job, any job, you get exactly one chance to make a good impression. Poor grammar, spelling, and poor speaking skills will not make the good impression you need.

Try this. Go back and read your original post out loud. Read it exactly as it's written and I think you'll see my point.

 

[STINGRAY]

... Poor grammar, spelling, and poor speaking skills will not make the good impression you need.

Try this. Go back and read your original post out loud. Read it exactly as it's written and I think you'll see my point.

--Granted the run-on sentences and etc. are hardly conducive to a budding journalistic career; but this is not a job interview, application...or even a rigid elocution platform, for that matter.

Standards of professional comportment are not applicable here.

Personally; if someone pours their heart out, I tend to overlook their grammar in favor of the message.

 

[STINGRAY]

.... Over all I fell like it would be hard to get into sports though and that you would like need to know some people or something. About the local station I live in a pretty small town around 16000 people but I was thinking about doing that.

Every dream, every idea, has to begin somewhere.
Find that starting place and don`t shy away from taking a step.
If you`re not up to it--make some alterations !
Then go back at it again...and again....
You accomplish nothing standing still.
Sitting still, even a stone is not safe...rolling, it carries all before it.

 

[C. Lee]

We've spoken before about your grammar and spelling and the impression it gives in regards to other aspects of your life. I bring this up because, as a broadcaster, you need to be articulate. You have to speak in a manner that everyone can understand you. The fact that you're unwilling to take the time to make sure your posts here are written coherently tells others you wouldn't take the time to do this in the videos you want to make.

I'm not trying to bring you down or crush your dreams. I'm telling you this because it's important. When you're trying to get a job, any job, you get exactly one chance to make a good impression. Poor grammar, spelling, and poor speaking skills will not make the good impression you need.

Try this. Go back and read your original post out loud. Read it exactly as it's written and I think you'll see my point.

Listen to this guy.

 

[Spider-Fan]

So I have started thinking a little bit should I try making youtube video's talking about sports more so basketball and hope that some one see's me and like higher me to do broadcasting or something as I love sports? Is this a stupid idea that will not even like do any thing?

So I have posted a few threads in the past ranting has I fell stuck in life not being able to find a new job and hating the job I have right now and not knowing what to do. I have put so much effort into finding a new job for like 5+ years with nothing and have a big problem with depression has a result to the point where I wish I was dead because I fell like nothing is going to change and the thought of having to work like another 30+ years if things don't change makes me sick. Trying to stay motivated is so darn hard now and felling trapped and like there is nothing you can do is so scary hate felling like I have no control of life but that is how I fell. I am going to school but I have never been the best with school and I am still like 27 unites after this semester from getting a degree and that fells so far away. I don't even know 100% what I am going for and I worry that it will end up not helping and will end up being just a waste of time and money but at the same time because of how much I have tried to find another job with out any luck I fell like I have no choice but to go to school. I fell so lost and confused.

I myself am starting a podcast (it's something I have been meaning to do as well). I have a degree in filmmaking/video production, so I have some knowledge on this topic. If you're serious about doing following:

1 - Decide a format - Will you be doing video or audio? Once you decide that, then you need a destination (Podbean, YT, etc). Next, going in front of a camera or microphone without a sort of outline will lead to rambling. You need to format the show. This can be as simple as just deciding on what topics you will be discussing that day. But, in general, you want an Introduction, Topic(s), Conclusion. Don't jump around topics like crazy. Stay focused until you move on to something else. Another format item is run time. Decide about how long you want your video/podcast to be.

2 - Microphone - This is the most important thing for recording. Even more so than a camera. If you sound awful, people will tune out quickly. Spend money and get a good microphone

3 - Background/Shooting Location - Figure out where you're going to shoot this. This mainly applies to video. I would advise either shooting on some curtains or a green screen if available. If you're shooting in a bedroom, put up some curtains. No one wants to see your room, especially if it is messy. This is unless you can decorate it with sports memorabilia. If you can do that, just make sure it is nice, clean, and presentable.

4 - Camera - I would at least get something that does HD. You can do a phone camera, but I personally prefer using a camera.

5 - Editing software - You cannot put a video together without editing software and a computer. I don't know how advanced your PC is, but you may want to investigate your CPUs specs and then look up the requirement for running various editing programs. I personally recommend Premiere. I like it the most.

Like someone above said, there will be issues and your first few videos/podcasts may get low traffic or not be very good. Don't let it discourage you. Just keep at it. In time, you will improve and like they say in Field of Dreams, if you build it, they will come. Also, make sure you speak clearly. Don't mumble and use proper grammar. The internet will eat you alive for stuff like that.

 

[spiderman2]

We've spoken before about your grammar and spelling and the impression it gives in regards to other aspects of your life. I bring this up because, as a broadcaster, you need to be articulate. You have to speak in a manner that everyone can understand you. The fact that you're unwilling to take the time to make sure your posts here are written coherently tells others you wouldn't take the time to do this in the videos you want to make.

I'm not trying to bring you down or crush your dreams. I'm telling you this because it's important. When you're trying to get a job, any job, you get exactly one chance to make a good impression. Poor grammar, spelling, and poor speaking skills will not make the good impression you need.

Try this. Go back and read your original post out loud. Read it exactly as it's written and I think you'll see my point.

There is only so much you can do when you are most likely dyslexic and gramer and punctuation makes like zero sinces to you and that don't matter with most jobs any way has you are just going in and talking with them in person any way not felling out paper work. That would be like saying you are not getting a job because you don't do well with interviews when you are not getting interviews in the first place.

 

[spiderman2]

it's worth a shot. maybe ask if they have any intern opportunities so you can learn from them

I have started looking some to see about like interships at different places but like ever time I find something its like something I don't have the right education for or something.

Every dream, every idea, has to begin somewhere.
Find that starting place and don`t shy away from taking a step.
If you`re not up to it--make some alterations !
Then go back at it again...and again....
You accomplish nothing standing still.
Sitting still, even a stone is not safe...rolling, it carries all before it.

That is the thing not sure what to do or like what starting point to like take and like I said have a hard time staying motivated its like why spend time trying to just fail when I could be spending time doing stuff I enjoy instead. How do you stay motivated when life fells hopeless and you see no light? I really fell like I either work, school, home work or am job screeching fells like I don't have a life.

 

[ComicChick]

i hate to say it, but you're pretty much describing adulthood. not everyone gets to do their wildest dreams. There's a song by Little Brother that has a lyric that i've not forgotten that says "ive got dreams, but dreams won't keep the lights on".

it's not all going to be easy. it's going to be hard, and while we are all sincerely encouraging you to work towards your goals and what makes you happy, i hope you do realize that it's not going to be easy and you're going to have to work hard for what you want. don't expect any freebies. i'm not saying you will, but don't expect any handouts, and the ones that you happen to get, show your appreciation and don't take them for granted.

you said you have a hard time staying motivated, but if these are things you really truly want, you need to find the motivation and force yourself to stay focused. you might fail 9 times, but maybe that 10th time, you won't. you might get it on the first try. who knows? but if you're not willing to put in the effort and make some sacrifices, you'll never near what you really want.

i hope you take this as "tough love". i really hope you find something that makes you happy and helps you get out of the funk you feel like you're stuck in, but i also hope your prepared to do some work to get there too

 

[STINGRAY]

...I find something its like something I don't have the right education for or something.

----Then GO OUT AND GET IT ! Set a goal...plan a course of action to reach that goal...and do not stop until you attain it.

...have a hard time staying motivated its like why spend time trying to just fail when I could be spending time doing stuff I enjoy instead. How do you stay motivated when life fells hopeless and you see no light? ... like I don't have a life.

-----It sounds to me like you`re actively preparing for a 'career' as a clinically-depressed therapy patient.

Seriously--NOTHING is stopping you from making your life have all the meaning you could want...except yourself!

You seem trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of insecurity-self-doubt-and defeatism, bringing you full-circle back to insecurity, where the whole sorry mess begins all over again.
This snake is eating it`s own tail.

You lack 'motivation' because you are foredooming yourself to inevitable failure, so 'Why Bother Trying?'
You have to break this cycle.
Start simply; each morning, look into your mirror for a full 30 seconds..and tell yourself:
"I AM SOMEBODY WHO WILL NOT STOP!"
...I know this sounds ridiculous, but you need to hear and see yourself as someone who is going to go out, get what you want, and is not going to stop until he does.

You are not a stupid person, the fact that you are examining yourself at all points to that fact. If you were stupid, then you would not be asking self-doubting questions, because you would not be dissatisfied. You would not care enough to be questioning your self worth and future prospects.

Take that as a solid starting point in your favor.

See...? Right there I just demonstrated by a simple observation that you are in fact--MOTIVATED !

You should also work on not dwelling upon your limitations.
Remember;
IF YOU ARGUE FOR YOUR LIMITATIONS, YOU GET TO KEEP THEM !

Take stock of yourself, decide what it is you want and find out how you can get there. Then start getting what you need to accomplish it, be it training or education.

You are a walking, talking, thinking, living Swiss Army Knife--USE YOUR OPTIONS !

 

[Hotwire]

You know, the more I read this thread, the more you remind me of my brother.

He's 30, almost 31. He still lives in the bedroom we shared as kids. He JUST got his first girlfriend. He works part-time at Dollar General. He's going absolutely nowhere. But, this is how he wants it. He's gotten better jobs but, he squanders them for some reason. He's given the exact same reasoning you're giving. "Why try if I'll only fail?"

Bottom line, get off your ass! Take the time to better yourself. Invest in YOU! So what if your dyslexic, so is Steven Spielberg. He still manages to write coherently. If you have a disability, you don't let it define you. You find ways to work around and overcome it.

IF YOU ARGUE FOR YOUR LIMITATIONS, YOU GET TO KEEP THEM!

I'm stealing this!