I think this film has showed me to remember to do it for the right reason, and not just the desire to gain all the attention! Thank you for this🙏🏾

"The man who loves walking will go further than the one who loves the destination." Nothing worse than reaching a destination only to realise "is that all there is?", we find the most purpose and fulfilment when we are working towards something. Found your channel today and your film making is great man, seems as though it's inspired and resonated with many. What's not to say it won't from now until the end of time? The goal isn't to live forever, it's to create something that will and I think you've done/are doing exactly just that.

Saving this video for when that burnout inevitably hits again! Thank you for putting into words something my mind hasn't been able to comprehend for years. From my early teens, I put all my eggs in one basket. Filmmaking was the goal, the destination. And that drive excelled me through school and university, but I missed out on so much more. Social activities, friends, myself. I got so wrapped up in the audience, the views, the response, that I neglected the rest of my life. Sometimes, we need to remember to make art... just for the sake of art, not the attention. Thank you so much for this, Jordan!

I think most of us fall into this - Wanting to share the things we make and along with that, wanting people to like them. We want to be loved for the things we create. This one hit home. Good message brotha.

Dude! Another gorgeous video! I think I use my personal filmmaking to have fun with my friends and my crew, or if it's smaller videos of just me, I know i'll always be able to look back and see myself from a different time. It's almost like a lifelong documentary project for me, by me. Everything in between are just the chapters of my own story.

Absolutely Jordan! We as artists view our worth by the level of our creations. But we have to realize people don't love us as individuals cause we are filmmakers. We are loved for who we are as humans. The most difficult thing ive struggled with is not soley focusing on my career. I hit burnout a month ago and it was horrible. Anxiety and depression set it. I realized I had been so self absorbed for 8 months. If you drive yourself too hare in your passion it will destroy you. We are more than artists, and we have to go be more than artists. Awesome vid, I'm glad you made it.

Man, you just keep putting out great stuff. I agree with you and think it's so easy to fall for the trap of focussing on result. And wandering down this path too much makes you fall out of love with the process, making it harder to motivate yourself and resulting in a negative spiral. For me, focussing more on doing what I love, whether that's filmmaking on one day or just reading a book the other day, has helped me to put less stress on results (sometimes, I still struggle daily haha). In the effort to pursue a career, we sometimes forget to listen to our own needs and those of people around us

Hey! I'm only a teen and am currently yet to have an actual career in filmmaking yet (a hobby for me), but I'd like to thank you for telling us this message. I consistently struggle with having a school-life balance where I prioritize my school work too much and that it takes apart my life, and this reminded me to find a balance in everything that I do! Let me just say, you've just impacted one more person's life. Thank you for this beautiful video, absolutely love the message and execution!

Amazing! This is a truth for all of us no matter what career path. Love this. 👊🏽

I'm at this point in my life and filmmaking career and realized this a few years ago, its changed my life and way of thinking and Im glad it did. Thanks for the the reminder man, at times it's very easy to jump back onto those tracks but they're often short lived. Take care my man

That ISO on the FX3 is killing it!

I am getting so frustrated recently because I am so focus on what I am doing, on what I am trying to learn and master and work, that I usually end up losing myself, losing my free time, all I have to spare with my loved ones. This is really something that pulls out of you a lot, it gives also a lot but It requires a lot of stress, hard work and passione. Sometimes thats too much for me, I feel I cant get over it and I dont want to continue on this path. Then I find videos like yours and I dont feel alone, I feel that I can work on it and pursue my passion without losing myself and all the things I love. Thank you Jordan!

Bro this video reached me at the perfect time, I’ve just started making my first short film and have so many ideas for it including great scenes and shots, but obviously that’s in my head, I’ve found it’s a lot harder to do it in the real word and to get the shots I wanted mostly because of my lack of equipment and stuff. Thanks for this though it’s already inspired me to look for the positives and not be too disappointed with my first film as I obviously wanted it to be great to show my family and friends, but thanks to your video I am just going to try to embrace it as the first step in my filmmaking journey, and to not force it to overshadow the rest of my life or my mood if it’s not exactly what I wanted. Thanks man sorry for the long comment but I really appreciated this video ❤

I respect you so much for your vulnerability. Sometimes it takes people at the top to let you know it's not all that. I struggle also with balancing my own connection to the industry and trying not to let it consume me as it often does to us..... Thank you Jordan

I was waiting for this!

Thank you so much for making this video! I was searching for sony fx3's reviews and I'm so lucky that I clicked on this video. I finally saw someone who had similar feelings about filmmaking.

This is much needed wisdom, Jordan. Thank you.

solid dude! felt the lord in this video..thanks for sharing!

Hey man this resonated with me. Thank you.

Thank you Jordan, I love you too. And like you, I love my filmmaking. When I started this job, everything was very exciting and full of fun. Until I was exhausted from work, sometimes I felt like hating myself and the job I was doing. It was a difficult time indeed. I feel like I'm lost and not happy with making movies anymore. I had a dialogue with myself, rediscovered the moment I first picked up the camera and decided to pursue filmmaking. And just like you share in this video, I realized, my work and passion for filmmaking shouldn't be my whole life. I need to make time for other important things too. And I think when we have experiences outside of work, that makes it possible to make a good movie. Take care and be happy, my friend!

Great perspective Jordan. Healthy Priorities will keep you in the game a long time.

nicely put.. and so true! thank you!

Allow life to happen with you, not without you - wow thats power!

Love the message bro. Made me feel something that I haven't felt in a while.

Wise words my friend. So true.

Awesome video! Love it!

i feel this in my bones with content creation. it's so hard not to focus so much on the results instead of just focusing on the art of it all.

I'm just starting film making and I'm happy that I cross your way with this video at that moment. I will try to keep it in mind. Thanks 🫶

Hi Jordan, I just want to say thank you for such an insightful video. I'm not actually a filmmaker myself, but have been interested in such content for a while now. I recently discovered your channel a few days ago, and really love your superb content. But this video was something different, and the message it conveyed strangely resonated with me, despite the fact I'm not even a filmmaker (yet?). Maybe it was becacuse there were some things you said in this video that could be applied outside of filmmaking. Anyway, once again, thanks for this video and all the best for your future endeavors!

Keep chasing those butterflies cowboy❤❤❤

Needed to hear this. Thank you

What an impactful message 👏 Very well spoken!

I love this whole film. I would love to create an image of this caliber with the Sony A74

Loved this message Jordan. Honestly couldn't have needed to hear it more then right now. I love your color grading, do you sell LUTs or could you make a video demonstrating that progress?

Nicely said my friend

This is an important message, really hit close to home

Amazing :) The point is , it could fulfill you if it's not this alone, it's if you prioritice the right things at it's propper Place, and we all have to figure it out, if it's with 18 or 24 or 38 :D Love you too man NICE VIDEO!

These videos are so inspiring 🔥

dude you're a nice person

So calm & nice content, I wonder how you manage to get the audio so clean? How do you clean the audio? If you could a tutorial on that, much appreciated. Thanks.

Gold, pure gold. How do you do it? Do you write these, or are they impromptu, from the heart?

I am amazed by your work and your videos. I have a question that intrigues me...why did you switch from the Fuji XH2S to the FX3? thanks!

Can you kindly admit that Fuji X-H2S is King of APS-C cameras out there for filmmaking? ._.

Very powerful message indeed to hear. Thank you. PS. What mic are you using. Sounds great.

Beautiful message 🔥

I love this!! The mic is so perfect what you use?

Dude your from memphis???? No way!

Hey man, what lens did you use for this?

How do you record audio !?

Way too deep for something so superfical: film making.

What a joke....