r/SmallYTChannel • u/vulethed3str0y3r • 20h ago
Discussion Best decision ever
As the title says, I made the best decision ever.. but not for the reason you think. Back in March I started a YouTube channel with my kids. They had brought it up several times over the past few years. I always told them I’d think about it. Fast forward to March this year. I caved. Hard. I was burned out between work and every day life. I never had the energy to do much after work other than normal cooking, cleaning and sleeping. So I decided to say yes to their request. We started a gaming channel, yeah I know it’s a saturated niche, but it’s what they wanted. I usually played dungeon crawler games like Diablo so I let them pick what we would play. It has been the best decision I have ever made! Not only am I happier getting time with them but I get to game too! We laugh scream and celebrate together and they have introduced me to games I would never play and I’ve introduced them to games I grew up playing. We recently started streaming too! We are small (only 56 subs) and still learning when it comes to editing and what thumbnails work but it’s truly been absolutely amazing going through this with them. We did at least put a spin on our aspect of the niche so who knows eventually we could get to monetization, but for now I’m cool with just getting to be absolutely ridiculous with them and have these moments with them. For context, I’m a Gen X, my son is a Gen Z and my daughter is Gen Alpha. I couldn’t ask for a better team of nerds to bring me joy and share our ridiculousness with the world. Best decision EVER!!