I Spent 1 Year Escaping The Matrix. Here's What Happened...
Summary
TLDRThe video script narrates the journey of a young individual who, after achieving good grades in exams, takes a gap year to pursue online success instead of going to university. Inspired by others making significant money online, the protagonist explores various avenues like crypto trading and eBay reselling before finding a passion for creating YouTube content. Despite initial struggles, jealousy towards successful peers, and a period of stagnation, the creator learns the importance of hard work, persistence, and finding the right path. The story highlights the challenges of chasing online success, the value of experimentation, and the need to be exceptional to stand out in a competitive field.
Takeaways
- 📚 The speaker spent two years intensely preparing for final exams, feeling accomplished but also a sense of something more beyond academics.
- 🤔 After achieving good grades, the speaker experienced a gut feeling that there's more to life and considered a gap year to explore life beyond studying.
- 🚀 The idea of taking a gap year was to pursue the dream of becoming an online success, inspired by others making significant income online at a young age.
- 💡 The speaker was influenced by the success stories of young online entrepreneurs and aimed to emulate their lifestyle and financial achievements.
- 📉 The speaker attempted various online money-making ventures, including crypto day trading and eBay reselling, but found them unfulfilling or unprofitable.
- 🎮 The speaker's passion for gaming led to starting a YouTube channel, initially posting gaming montages and later exploring different video content.
- 📈 Inspired by successful YouTubers, the speaker invested in equipment and editing skills, experiencing initial growth but later stagnation in views and subscriber count.
- 😂 A skit模仿Hamza意外走红, but it led to a misconception of the channel's identity, causing the speaker to pivot back to preferred content types.
- 📉 The speaker felt demotivated by the rapid success of newer channels and questioned the path to joining the 'top one percent' of online success.
- 🤷♂️ The speaker grappled with the purpose of chasing online success, questioning materialistic goals and the reality of the 'digital nomad' lifestyle.
- 🔄 After the YouTube channel was temporarily lost and then regained, the speaker reflected on the support from the community and the motivation to continue creating content.
- 🎓 Despite the challenges, the speaker did not 'escape the matrix' of online success within a year but gained valuable experiences and started a content creation agency.
- 🛣️ The speaker concluded that success may require changing direction or doubling down on skills, emphasizing the importance of doing the 'right things' in the pursuit of one's goals.
Q & A
What was the main reason the speaker decided to take a gap year?
-The speaker decided to take a gap year to explore life outside of studying for exams and to pursue the idea of becoming an online success, as inspired by others in the online space.
What was the speaker's initial goal after discovering the potential of making money online?
-The speaker's initial goal was to make 10K a month online, inspired by others who were successful in this space.
Why did the speaker choose to become a crypto day trader as their first venture into making money online?
-The speaker chose to become a crypto day trader because they believed it could be a lucrative venture and spent hours learning technical analysis and indicators to trade effectively.
What was the speaker's experience with eBay reselling, and why did they drop it quickly?
-The speaker spent a week on eBay reselling but disliked it and quickly dropped it because it did not align with their interests or expectations.
How did the speaker's YouTube journey begin, and what was their initial content focus?
-The speaker's YouTube journey began with posting gaming montages and videos, as they had a love for making videos since a young age and believed they could be successful in this area.
What was the impact of the speaker's Hamza skit on their YouTube channel?
-The Hamza skit became very popular, but it led to an influx of subscribers who wanted more comedy content, which was not the speaker's primary focus, causing them to pivot their content strategy.
Why did the speaker feel demotivated and question their YouTube efforts?
-The speaker felt demotivated because despite their efforts, they were not gaining the views or success they desired, and they saw new channels surpassing them quickly, which made them feel envious and doubtful about their abilities.
What was the turning point for the speaker when their YouTube channel was lost, and how did they regain it?
-The turning point was when the speaker's YouTube channel was lost due to account issues. They reached out to YouTube, and surprisingly, their channel was restored, which reinvigorated their motivation to continue creating content.
How did the speaker's perspective on success evolve throughout their journey?
-The speaker's perspective evolved to prioritize health, social relationships, and the will to live over materialism and wealth. They came to understand that success is subjective and should be measured by personal fulfillment and recognition from peers.
What advice did the speaker receive from someone they looked up to about materialism and motivation?
-The speaker received advice that materialism can be a motivator, as it can push one to earn more, but it's essential not to be solely satisfied by material gains and to keep chasing personal growth and fulfillment.
What was the speaker's final decision regarding their content creation and how did they plan to move forward?
-The speaker decided to double down on their content creation skills, aiming to improve their editing, storytelling, cinematography, and videography to become so good that they couldn't be ignored in the market.
Outlines
📚 The Gap Year Decision
The speaker reflects on their decision to take a gap year after high school, driven by a desire to explore life beyond the academic pressures of exams. They had achieved good grades but felt something was missing. Inspired by successful young online entrepreneurs, the speaker decided to delay university to pursue their own online business dreams. They were particularly influenced by the allure of making significant income and enjoying a life of travel and freedom. The speaker set ambitious goals, such as earning $10K a month online, and began their journey by reading books on success and mindset.
🎮 From Gamer to Content Creator
The speaker recounts their initial foray into online content creation, starting with gaming videos on YouTube. They admired the cinematic style of other successful YouTubers and aimed to emulate that in their own content. Despite initial enthusiasm and investment in equipment, the speaker struggled with the slow growth of their channel. A skit impersonating a popular YouTuber brought unexpected success, but it also led to a shift in audience expectations towards comedy, which the speaker was not comfortable with. This led to a pivot back to their preferred content of street interviews, which unfortunately did not garner the same viewership. The speaker also discusses the frustration of seeing newer channels surpass their own in popularity and the ensuing feelings of jealousy and demotivation.
🔄 The Struggle with Content and Identity
The speaker delves into their internal conflict over the direction of their content and the identity they wanted to portray online. They express a deep-seated desire for success and recognition but also grapple with the superficiality of chasing materialistic goals. The speaker questions the sustainability of their pursuit and the reality of achieving a 'successful' lifestyle through online entrepreneurship. They also discuss a meeting with a role model who provides perspective on the balance between materialism and motivation. The speaker's channel is temporarily suspended, leading to a moment of reflection and a decision to continue their content creation journey despite the setback.
🎓 Balancing University and Content Creation
The speaker concludes their gap year experience by acknowledging the challenges and lessons learned. Despite not achieving their initial goal of becoming a successful online entrepreneur within a year, they found value in the process. They started a content creation agency, helping brands and businesses with social media, which was an unexpected but rewarding outcome of their experimentation. The speaker emphasizes the importance of persistence and improving one's skills to stand out in a saturated market. They also highlight the need to find the right balance between hard work and strategic effort, suggesting that success is not just about working hard but also about working smart. The speaker ends on a note of uncertainty but determination, ready to continue their journey in content creation and personal growth.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Final Exams
💡Gap Year
💡Online Success
💡Hustle
💡Crypto Day Trader
💡YouTuber
💡Skit
💡Stagnation
💡Materialism
💡Success
💡Turning Point
Highlights
The speaker reflects on the culmination of their hard work with final exams and the subsequent realization that there's more to life than academic success, leading to the decision to take a gap year.
The idea of not attending university immediately and exploring life without the pressure of studying is introduced as an attractive alternative.
The speaker discovers the world of online entrepreneurship and is inspired by young individuals making significant income through the internet.
A monthly income ranging from 100 to 300K is mentioned as a motivating factor for the speaker to pursue an online business.
The speaker's desire to be recognized for their own online success and the associated freedom it brings is expressed.
The challenge of not knowing how to become successful online and the decision to follow the advice of those who have achieved it is highlighted.
The importance of working hard, even when not feeling motivated, and the concept of 'everything is a hustle' is emphasized.
The speaker sets an ambitious goal of making 10K a month online and begins reading books on success, mindset, and money.
The decision to convince parents for a gap year to pursue online success instead of going to university is shared.
The speaker's first attempt at making money online through crypto day trading and the eventual loss of interest due to its mechanical nature is discussed.
A brief foray into eBay reselling that was quickly abandoned due to a lack of enjoyment is mentioned.
The transition to creating gaming videos on YouTube and the initial excitement about the potential of this medium is described.
The influence of other successful YouTubers and the attempt to emulate their style in the speaker's own videos is highlighted.
The initial slow growth on YouTube and the subsequent viral success of a skit video mimicking another creator is shared.
The dilemma of subscriber expectations versus the speaker's desired content direction after the skit video's success is discussed.
The pivot back to the speaker's preferred content of street interviews and the resulting drop in viewership is mentioned.
The speaker's struggle with jealousy and envy towards newer channels surpassing their growth is shared, leading to a period of stagnation.
The realization that success may require more than just hard work, but also working smart in the right areas, is expressed.
The loss of motivation and the questioning of the speaker's goals and desires, including the pursuit of materialism and online success, is discussed.
The encounter with a role model and the conversation about materialism's role in motivation and the pursuit of success is highlighted.
The unexpected loss of the speaker's YouTube channel and the mixed feelings about whether this is an opportunity to move on or to fight for its recovery.
The support from the very people the speaker envied, which reignites their motivation to continue creating content despite the setbacks.
The decision to double down on content creation skills and the pursuit of excellence as a means to succeed in a saturated market is shared.
The speaker's message that joining the top one percent is possible but requires using one's circumstances to the best advantage and doing the right things, even if they are not yet clear.
Transcripts
so this is you you spent the last two
years working so hard for your final
exams doing past paper questions
revision classes and staying up late to
get those Final hours of studying in it
has all led up to this moment did you
manage to achieve the grades that you
worked so hard for
looks like you did pretty good
but something doesn't feel quite right
you have this feeling in your gut that
there's more to this there's more to
life than just studying for these exams
there must be more and that's when the
idea of not going to University steps in
your mind
you realize a gap year is the perfect
place to see what life is like without
studying you're intrigued by this way of
life so you take the leap of faith and
you take the Gap year
so that was it University was delayed by
a whole year and I now finally had the
opportunity to pursue my dreams of
becoming an online success you see while
I was studying for my a levels I
stumbled across the world of making
money online I saw all these other guys
online about my age 16 17 18 19 20. and
they were absolutely killing it in life
I mean these guys are making like crazy
money what's your monthly income look
like usually on any month it'll be
anywhere from 100 to 300K a month profit
they were doing it all on their laptop
they were traveling the world they were
building schools in the pool okay that's
just one guy but
point and I I wanted to be one of those
guys I mean who wouldn't who wouldn't
want to just you know meet somebody new
and they ask you what'd you do and
you're like oh yeah I've got my own
online business I'm making 15 grand a
month I'm only like 19 years old they're
like wow and then you're like
yeah like I'm just him every guy in
their right mind wants that let's be
real but there was one key issue I did
not know how to become one of these guys
well surely to become one of these guys
I need to listen to their advice and do
the things that they tell me to do
the hard work especially when you don't
feel like it stop trying to learn the
meaning of life everything is a hustle
everything's a hustle so that's what I
did they all tell me to work hard to
work harder than I've ever worked before
our work the competition so that is what
I intended to do they told me to set
these super ambitious goals and that as
long as you aim high your mind will come
up with solutions to help solve these
goals and one of the goals that I set
was being able to make 10K a month
online how was I gonna do it I didn't
know yet but they all read these books
around success and mindset and money so
naturally I started to do that as well
and now that I was armed with all this
new knowledge
it was time to put it to use
I managed to convince my parents to take
the Gap year and now this this is my
opportunity to get that and if I could
prove it in this year that I could do it
I did not have to go to university
so here's when I set out on my path of
making some bread so I decided that my
first Adventure into making money online
was to be a crypto a crypto day trader
you best believe I spent hours analyzing
charts I was learning all the crazy
technical analysis I was doing this
indicator that indicator macd RSI
intersection I'm gonna click buy boom
yeah
uh didn't really work but even when I
was break even I kind of just lost
enjoyment for it it felt very mechanical
it felt very robotic and I was like
yeah
um yeah I'm all right then I tried some
other things I was looking at eBay
reselling spent like a week on that then
I hated it um yeah drop that real quick
and then I started making videos then I
started YouTube you see back in the day
your boy was a bit of a it was a bit of
a gamer and he used to post his gaming
videos his gaming montages hey guys it's
your boy denture back with another
Destiny video in today's video I had
always had a love for making videos ever
since a young age and I was like surely
I could do this I mean all the guys that
I'm watching who were successful at
making videos so when I first started
making videos
one of the biggest influences that I
took from was old sneaker his old
cinematic Style just stood out to me I
wanted to kind of emulate that you know
what I'm saying I kind of wanted to make
my own version of it so I was like okay
okay I can make money doing this I make
something cool as well this is it this
this is the route surely this is the
route I was fully on my way to becoming
a YouTuber I bought all the gear I
started filming more videos I learned
editing skills and things actually kinda
started to work for the first six months
on the platform things are pretty slow
but then I had the great idea oh what if
I do a skit of Hamza I'd such a sick
idea do you know why because I kind of
look like him and I'm good at chatting
[ __ ] boom I made the skit and it flew
that that she got sent bro I got sent
into the abyss I was like yo it's kind
of sick Bro I can't lie but you see what
I didn't realize about the hamster skit
at the time was that well all the new
subscribers that I got wanted more
comedy videos they wanted more skits and
I wasn't really a comedy channel I did I
didn't sign up for this I mean humor is
a it's a it's a very small part of it
but it's not the overall message I don't
want to be the skit guy so knowing that
I then pivoted my content back to what I
wanted to do which was at the time
Street interviews hey excuse me guys one
question go what's your biggest regret
of all time speaking to you
wow this is violations and those views
just bombed they did not get the
viewership that I wanted you see as I
was making videos though there was one
thing that bothered me and
I probably shouldn't have focused on
this as I was doing it but I couldn't
help it right as I made more and more
videos
there were new channels that spawned out
of nowhere these guys came out of
nowhere and they just blazed past me
their subscribers their videos and
I don't know how to feel about it at the
time
I was very jealous I was very envious of
it and to be blunt I thought the stuff
that I was making was better I thought
it was at a high level
but that clearly didn't show in the
numbers that didn't show in the views
and I found it very demoralizing at the
time
so you know what I stuck to it I stuck
to the advice that I was given I made
more and more and more videos but
ultimately I hit a period of stagnation
my long-form videos weren't getting any
views the only videos I got views were
my shorts occasionally sometimes not
often and the hamster skip and that was
it and it made me start to question
myself about can I actually join the one
percent the elite can I blow up for the
videos that I want to be known for or am
I going to be stuck making videos that I
don't want to make
I don't really think that is a
successful channel in my opinion a
successful business doing something you
don't even want to do for the long run
these YouTubers always advocated around
the top one percent the elite but that's
the thing
it's the one percent it's a one out of
every hundred people how on Earth could
I be part of such a small group blind
self-belief and just working hard is not
going to be enough to do it the ones who
made it didn't just work hard but they
worked hard at the right things they
work smart and then you know what I
don't know I just started to lose
motivation for it
I kind of just didn't even know why I
wanted to go viral anymore I was just
kind of doing it for the sake of doing
it and
I was constantly now I started switching
my content and trying different ideas
just in the hopes that one of them gets
views I don't stick to the style that I
started with initially I just kept
changing and after trying new stuff and
it didn't work it just frustrated me
even more and made me even more bitter
about the situation at the time
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should you work at it indefinitely Or
should there be a point where you
reconsider there's a few factors that
come into mind first is a security
Factor there's a pleasure Factor the
pleasure Factor goes with the idea of
how you feel in general so I guess it's
a ratio of both I guess it depends on
the chance of success I mean if it's
something completely impossible then
don't do it so for example let's say I
don't know you started like your own
business or you started your own YouTube
channel and let's say it's not working
and you've been doing it for I don't
know two three whatever years okay what
point do you you can keep going on or do
you really consider maybe have a
slightly different direction I think you
need at least at least 10 years 10 years
yeah yes to consider that you have
reached the end point
um I think it depends on what it is but
definitely you should give it a solid
year I would say if you see any success
then carry on but if you feel like it's
just going down south then maybe time to
either change direction or try something
else but definitely yeah at least a year
yeah and there's all these doubts
started to build it was getting me
thinking about why was I even trying to
chase these things in the first place
why was I trying to achieve all of this
I didn't even know why I wanted the
things that I want was this lifestyle of
making money online and buying all this
stuff and materialism a reality where
they think more is better is that really
the reality that I want to pursue
because I didn't know if that really was
the reality that I wanted to pursue at
the time the people who consume this
content me included were convinced that
they were escaping The Matrix they were
joining the elites they were because
they were becoming a digital Nomad and
the reality of that is that what you
have done is you've unplugged yourself
from the Matrix of the West and you've
replugged yourself into the Matrix of
online self-help
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certain threshold that once you get to
you're like okay I'm here I'm now
successful or is this something that is
continuous and ongoing I don't know like
you can look at success from this the
Viewpoint of like other people and then
you measure it in how much wealth you
have or whatever or is it like success
metrically you measure it well it didn't
tell you how you view life how do you
view life how do I view life
so in my life I prioritized three things
first health
then social relationships and thirdly
your wheel of continue to to live you
know if you stop if you don't have any
more will to live then you stop your
life you're not passionated about your
job and about anything that comes into
your mind into your life so as long as
you have those three aspects in your
life for me you're successful
and then the rest is about show
superficial so materialism none of that
is required okay yeah those are the main
core things
so what is success success is
um to achieve something you you really
want to do it and then it's also to be
recognized by your uh your father or the
other people doing the same thing
it means that you you can say that you
have succeeded in these things
recognized by the people you look up to
exactly and that's when I had the
opportunity to ask one of the people
that I looked up to this exact question
I met sneaker right here in Hyde Park I
interviewed him and I just I didn't know
what was going to happen he said he was
doing a meet-up in London so I brought
my camera I bought my mic I was wearing
this exact shirt and I asked him do you
think it's bad to be materialistic yeah
no also good too it can motivate you
like these glasses right here
materialistic as [ __ ] do you get
fulfillment I get motivated to make like
the money bro and I almost left it on
the train I got scared bro I know as
soon as I spent this morning like I
gotta make this back I'm only just gonna
keep chasing and don't be satisfied yeah
but that's how men that's how I need to
think personally I can't ever sit still
I always need to keep chasing next thing
next thing because what am I what else
are you gonna do sit on the couch what
else is there to do life is boring
without chasing chasing objects though
other things you could say chasing more
in general there's more more videos
quantity no quality no bro like more oh
[ __ ] good point good point the audience
interpreted that as me just telling
people to be lazy and to not work and to
not try and maybe there was a level of
complacency back then maybe there was a
level of
I deserve it this entitlement that I had
and to top it all off the end of the
gappy was approaching I only had about
three four months left before uni
started if I couldn't get this off the
ground I'm running then that was it I'd
have to go to university and it'd be
over the possibility of failure seemed
to stack Higher and Higher and then
during this final period the worst
imaginable happened
it was a pretty normal day nothing
really out of the ordinary
I I hopped onto my PC as I always do and
I pulled up YouTube
but to my surprise I wasn't signed in
and that's really weird because I'm
always signed in so anyways I go to type
in my password
and it doesn't work
so obviously I try again and I realize
that my password isn't working then I
started realizing that hey do I have
access to my Google account still and
then I think about I should probably
check my channel and I load up my
channel
and it's gone
but I took a step back from the
situation just for a second and I
thought maybe this is a sign
maybe this is time for me to close the
chapter
maybe this is not worth it anymore maybe
I should just start fresh or do
something
I either move this out the way but I
can't lie it's so in the way but who
leaves their bike right here bro I'm
gonna die moving this bike oh is it
stuck oh [ __ ] bro what the [ __ ] you know
what's crazy though when I actually
tweeted it's him YouTube to get my
channel back I actually got my channel
back and no way they responded this
little guy yeah 7K and big verified team
YouTube respond no way unbelievable
thank you and while my channel was down
and it was gone and I was like yo this
[ __ ] is in the water right it's not
coming back
the same people I thought I was jealous
of
the same people whose channels had
blazed parts of me were the ones who
reached out to me to see how I was doing
the same people I envied
and almost wished on their downfall
because I wanted to be them reached out
to me
I said hey how you doing what's going on
with the videos man and that just kind
of gave me the motivation the little
boost I needed to be like you know what
I can't give this up bro I mean look I'm
just so deep into this now there's no
way I can stop there's no way I can just
stop making videos I mean I'm out here
recording my a-roll in the middle of the
street with about 50 cars around me and
everyone's staring at me like it's too
far gone now like I've been thousands on
camera again now like there's no way
okay this camera's still kind of dead I
want to get a better one but I love it
here well
the question still stands was I able to
escape the matrix in one year
well I am pleased to announce that your
voice at Uni he actually gets taught in
this lecture hall right here by the
lecturer so yeah I mean I didn't quite
do it in one year was it a bit ambitious
maybe even a bit arrogant to think that
I could Escape in just one year maybe
but that didn't stop me from trying and
it shouldn't stop you from trying either
there was still a lot to be gained from
this Gap year there were new
opportunities that I couldn't have
predicted since these new opportunities
were a byproduct of me experimenting for
example I managed to start a small
content creation agency where I'm now
helping Brands and small businesses
scale up their social media pages online
and that is something that I could have
never seen myself doing unless I
experimented with creating videos
but during this time I had a realization
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there are two choices that you can make
when you get to a turning point you can
either a change direction and pivot
option b you double down what you have
and that is why over the last three
months I decided to double down on my
content creation skills I wanted to
improve my editing my storytelling my
cinematography my videography and just
become so good
that they just can't ignore you that's
really the only way to succeed in
whatever you want to do
if it's a market that is saturated or
you know it's difficult for people to
break into it the only way that you get
into it is you have to be so good that
they can't ignore you
and are you willing to make that
sacrifice am I willing to make that
sacrifice truthfully I don't know
I think so but I still have my doubts to
this day and my plan was to come up with
a viral video
that would kick-start my channel again
now did it work I mean you can look at
the views maybe it did maybe it
completely choked I don't know but if it
didn't work then guess what
we just gotta try again the message I
want to leave you with is
you can join this one percent
but the route may be harder for you than
it is for me or the route may be easier
for you than it is for me whatever hand
that we've been dealt we have to use our
circumstances to our best Advantage but
don't blindly think that it's just
working hard and hustling is gonna get
you anywhere you have to do it at the
right things what are the right things
truthfully I can't tell you if I if I
knew exactly what the right things were
I wouldn't be making this video
this has been the Journey of me trying
to find the right things and if this has
helped you then I'd appreciate a like a
subscribe and I will see you
I'll see you in the next video bro I
will see you in the next video in a bit
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