The follow-up video is here!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqyAqMSSns2sj58.htmlsi=k84Fm3juwan973ai To clarify, it's not that I believe we should all be starving artists and walk around being pretentious about our creations. I'll still be making compromises with what I make in order to monetize (for example, a few of you will notice ads even in this video--I tried to set them so they would have rather cheeky timing, see if you can catch what I did😉) My message here is really about striking the balance, so that both our hunger to create and our hunger for food can be satisfied

I thought this was a voiceover until he reacted to messing up, lol

"It doesn't matter when we start. It doesn't matter where we start. All that matters is that we start!" - Simon Sinek

*Fellas!* *Get Ready!* The next generation of KZfaq starts starts now!

I don't mean this lightly when I say this, you are so unbelievably optimistic and positive it's like a burning sun. I am such a pessimistic person but when I say that you (a complete stranger on the internet) were able to give me hope that maybe my art isn't pointless is just so incredible. Thank you for giving me hope in these dark times were I constantly feel beat down by the weight of the world

"Don't just sit there and waste your precious time. When you want to do something, do it right away. Do it when you can. It's the only way to live a life without regrets". -Sonic the Hedgehog, 1991

This man saved more people's dreams than finding a job ever could nowadays

i PICKED UP A PENCIL AND DREW THE WHOLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOUR VIDEO. This is after years long drought of creative expression, not without many attempts. Thank you.

Even if I don't end up a KZfaqr, I got some good advice about how to approach playing Sonic for the first time. Thanks!

I'm sorry. But, I gotta say man. I've gotten sick of the more corporate video creators, it is SUCH a breath of fresh air hearing, a REAL PERSON

I love how this isn’t just a voiceover over pre-recorded gameplay. It gives the feeling of a rant you’d have with a friend at 3 am while playing Xbox together

“Art IS society.” Thank you for this. You just turned my whole day around.

Dude, you are the real life spider man. You have no idea how much better I feel now thanks to your video.

The fact that this video is achieving the popularity that it has is proof that authenticity is king

About a month ago, my daughter asked me if I could make a game with her. She is a wonderful artist and I love her drawings. She’s been getting more into digital art in the last year. I was a software developer for 15 years before moving into management and I am excited to be able to work with her and lend my programming experience towards her game. Life has been extra busy as we recently moved, but this past weekend I finally had a chance to start the game with her and I am so excited to do more for it.

Your words, influenced and swayed me way more than any KZfaqr, swimming in millions, ever could bro...

bro the BED PART GOT ME FUCKD UP i was about to make my first video ive been failing to do like for 10-20 days i am easily distracted every time (adhd) and then i was about open my youtube for sleep at 4 am on a loop routine that is driving me crazy BUT that bed part on your video mann... that made me feel something different is like i just woke from a endless hypnosis thankyou subscribed

This is 100% the type of atmosphere I want to surround myself with. For more creatives and creators, we've had enough of judges!

Wanted to say even as an “established” content creator or whatever you’d call it - this is exactly what I needed to hear. So thanks. Judging from the comments I’m not the only one but this meant a lot to me right now and I really appreciate it. Keep creating king ❤️

I accept your challenge. I'm a creative at heart, and there are literal dozens of projects I've been sitting on/ putting off for a while. Today, I'm going to start something. If I remember to, I'll report back, just like you said. Thank you for the insane inspiration boost you have been today. I'm at work right now and I'm excited to get home and start crackin!

The algorithm really blessed me, I always had the idea of making a video game and I didn't think I was capable enough to do it. I was never good at creating stories, drawings, or anything like that. But thanks to your video, I will give it a try just to get better and in the future create a good video game. Thank you very much

2024 is the year of "nerds talking about nerd shit" god damn it

I’ve been making music for 7 years now. 2 years ago, I spent over half a year composing an full EP I never released. I’m 21 now and since I finished that project I’ve felt like it was not worth releasing since the industry is saturated, the algorithm won’t favor me, or nobody cares about the type of music I’m making (even though I truly believe this project is the best I’ve ever done and is representative of myself). But this video kinda lined up with my own thoughts on the subject (recently, at least). I think I just needed someone else to say it for me to truly believe it. Thanks for the video and your message man, I’m gonna release it this month.

I needed this. Im an artist. And have been going for years. But over those years Ive struggled to find my space. I have been streaming for about 8 years as well. Drawing live fir people to see, but mostly on smaller sites as my content is often too spicy for Twitch. It can hurt sometimes to just be making art to an audiance of no one sometimes, especially when you have hopes of slowly replacing a bad job with the job you are passionate about. But whenever I feel like giving up, one of my friends pops into stream, or now that Im doing SFW art streams on twitch I keep meeting new people who just are just excited to see art, to talk about their art, and my heart is... Its hard to describe. Its this fullness, this completeness... Passion meeting other passion. Excited creativity meeting creativity. I think this vid is my new push... I have things I wish to expand into. To take my art to. Animation, game design. Here's to a year of tripping and falling as gracefully as I can.

I may be watching this at 12:55 am, but it is exactly what I needed. I just graduated Highschool and everything in my life has ben pretty awful since, but I've been wanting to start creating something, so once I wake up, I am going to livestream me creating a png tuber for myself on twitch, then actually edit it and post it on KZfaq. Thanks for the video!❤

This feels to me like we are rediscovering the "old era" of youtube I hear about. People sharing random videos they made because they just really enjoyed it. Hopefully/eventually, the ai videos will get rooted out as time goes on, and we return to those genuine videos again (also, speaking of the challenge you shared at the end of the video, I happened to finish an art piece and shared it to friends today!)

This was an awesome watch. Thanks for putting this out there, dude. You're absolutely right.

This video came at a perfect time. I was literally just thinking a few hours ago about how I used to have so much ambition to share my singing and how I feel like I’ve lost that and then your video pops up on my feed. I’m saving this video right now to a playlist so I can keep coming back to it. I really needed to hear this today. Thank you so much!

I keep getting this same cycle that has been repeating in my life. I’ll listen to my “soul’s call to adventure” or however you want to say it, strive toward it, I take risks, I create videos that- I don’t care how anyone feels about it, I’m proud of my work. I have kept creating, and then getting discouraged. Creating, getting discouraged. I’ve been in a lot of abusive relationships, and those make you feel like: all the things you thought you were good at are just you having been a naive fool and arrogantly thinking you are talented and unique enough to make anything worthwhile. Nasty stuff. Point is, I keep arriving here over and over. It’s circling back to the same placement in destiny, because I didn’t ever get past this part. Thank you for reminding me that I have so so much to say. So many things I want to share, so many ways I’d love to help people who need a reason to hope again and all that cheesy shit :)) The video I was most afraid to make, is also the one I’m most proud of. It is a 3 hr or longer stream, where I watch a really funny flat earth debate and get very very passionate and excited while nerding out about science and physics:)) But yeah seriously. This video helped me a lot, and this is one of those videos that I’m definitely gonna revisit at least a million times

Ngl I clicked cause I saw sonic and I love sonic but I didn’t expect this video to really hit me. This was really motivating, thank you.

Who else is watching this instead of working on what they want to do?

The “that drawing with hands behind the back bcs you’re to scared to draw hands” made me feel called out but also thank you for calling it art 😂😊

I 100% agree with you here, I have just started to make my own art and have been posting it on Instagram, I am not very good, or do I have very many followers, but ever since I have started I have learned so much and am getting better at draw every day and even if I only have a few followers and hearing them tell me how much they like my art makes me feel very motivated, knowing that someone else likes something I made, even if I don't think its very good myself.

The part where you talk about authenticity hits the head right on the nail. There are a bunch of us who are searching for authentic old school creatives

As a 20-year-old in college that still has no idea what they should do with their life, thank you. I think I've realized with the whole concept of Dharma you described that I should find what I can do with my unique talents that provides the most value to the world. Don't know what that would be, but it's a start.

BRO THANK YOU!!!! I also just lost my job a week ago. I’ve been having all of these feelings , thoughts for the past 3 weeks….the feeling that I should be doing something more. I shouldn’t be sitting still, I should be creating!!!

I was algorithmically served this right after I decided to upload a piano improv for once. Thank you for making this, I saw it exactly when I needed to. I’m going to go and stream myself movelisting in tekken and edit and upload a highlight video. I appreciate what you’re doing and hope your numbers only grow.

"The best time to plant a tree, was 20 years ago. But now works too"

I hardly comment on KZfaq anymore, but I couldn't leave this video without. I went into this video thinking it'd be another inspirational piece on romaticising your life, building a business and audience, making money selling attention to advertisers - which is fine, but often ends up feeling like an ad for content platforms. There is so much in this video that resonates: the critical engagement with media, the questioning of purpose, intention, and authenticity, the spiritual elements, all of it. And on top of that you express things so eloquently and succinctly - WHILE PLAYING?? I thought this was a voiceover until I saw you mess up. You have a great talent for laying out ideas in a way that makes sense without diluting it. Long story short - thank you, this video was much needed.

I think this was exactly what I needed to watch, the timing couldn't be better. I'm in the midst of the largest art block I've had yet while also trying to figure out how to properly run an actual play dnd show with a new campaign on the horizon. I think its honestly just about *doing* it now. Don't fear results, trust the process. Honestly your optimism is really infectious and I greatly appreciate it

Extremely motivational man, it’s so easy to feel rly bad and demotivated when you see the fast moving trends, the 5second popularity moments, the landscape of the algorithm on almost any social media platform, and think you’re work is hopeless, won’t work, you might get bullied, no one will like it, you’ll feel like you wasted your time, because I’ve felt like that throughout my life towards my creative works which stunts me for long periods of time. Thank you for your advice, now this, this actually motivated me with reasonable and compassionate points rather than just “THE GRINDSET” that makes me feel burnt out after a week of “grinding”

"Even Spider-Man has to deliver pizza on the side." Wow man that line brought new perspectives in my world view. It's so tough being an actor/writer but I need to write a short film idea! Thank you so much man!!

After 4 years of procastinating and wasting precious time, I finally decided to take it seriously and edit the highest quality videos on the platform. Thank you for inspiring me to make videos again. This time I will only edit videos that I TRULY LOVE, and right now I just uploaded my first one after 17 hours of editing it. Once again, I thank you!

Thanks for the video, dude. It's nice knowing people still wanna watch the kinds of videos I wanna make. Def gonna do the creation challenge thing you mentioned

I have no clue how I got to this video, but im glad I did. The way you were able to articulate feelings and thoughts thats are related are on a whole new level, especially with the added active gameplay!

My toxic trait is loving to watch those mlm "how to be xyz" creators who are just all doom and gloom about content creation, and it's honestly SOOOO refreshing to see someone have such a positive and uplifting outlook!!! Keep doing what you're doing, I really hope to see KZfaq return more to it's roots with videos like these

22:27 the part where you said "art is society" touched something within me. it was a belief i resonated strongly with in the past but i lost touch with it as i grew. i stopped believing in art, started convincing myself that i was supposed to do other things that were more "important". i started seeing and critiquing the things i've created by looking at them on the surface level, just as products, started to dismiss my old art as something small i used to do to "pass time". but after watching this, it made me remember how art made me feel. not just creating, but also witnessing and experiencing others' works, and how it had the power to shake me to my core. that strength and connection that i felt which came with the experience of art. thank you for rekindling something within me again.

Dude you are so inspirational, never thought a random dude playing sonic would make me think this much. Thank you bro.

"Engaging with the game through the lens of making character choices instead of mindlessly seeking in-game rewards." You put into words exactly why I was so into Skyrim, and still like it for that matter. When I made a character I had a personality type or assigned an alignment to them (neutral good / chaotic good etc.) and would play the game with that in mind. So instead of making choices that I would personally do, instead I would base my choices on the question, "What would my character do?" Which made it a *lot* more fun for me.

Yooo thanks so much for the shout out! It really warms my hear to my video being called inspirational. Someone recently commented on that Emergent Narrative video by saying that it helped them feel more confident about the style of content they want to make. It's enough to make a guy tear up. I only expected a handful of views when I started recording my thoughts about Daggerfall, but I had the feeling of needing to "get this off my chest" and share my thoughts with whoever would listen. Seems like being passionate is half the battle. Incidentally, my real passion is writing, but my faith in myself on this front has diminished as my time gets swallowed up by my day job and now content creation. So in a way this video was inspirational for me as well, as I've come to realize just how many people are out there waiting for your passion project to make its way to them. Also, it was really cool to watch someone else simply play a video game while talking about something on their mind. There's something very calming and conversational about it. Thanks again for the mention, best wishes to you.

1:07 this is the most accurate depiction of the sonic 1 special stages. It goes like this every damn time lol

Very much needed this. I’m a filmmaker who graduated school and had a short film do really well in the festival circuit, but it didn’t pan out to anything right out the gate, I was poor and in debt, and so I took up a very comfy office job in video marketing. I’m there still to this day, going on a year, and every week feels like I’m slowly wasting away and not living the life I’m meant to be. I haven’t touched a personal project in nearly 6 months. I can’t live like this. Things have to change. Thank you for being a piece of the inspiration I needed.

Thank you for giving me the push I needed. I definitely have room to grow, but I also have goals in mind to get to where I want it. Again, Thank you!

Tried it, got tired of KZfaq's increasing policies that kept me from uploading video game videos to the point where music had to get muted. This ain't the KZfaq that I knew almost two decades ago.

“Art is society”, well said! I would love for my little KZfaq channel to be my livelihood, but it doesn’t pay the bills. For now, I am very happy to have it as my creative outlet. I’ve been at it for over a decade and don’t have any plans to slow down with it. 👍

this was genuinely so inspiring. i’ve been working on some ideas on and off but have been really discouraged for a long time out of fear or failure and disappointment. this video was definitely the kind of push i needed to keep going :)

This gave me a whole new perspective about art and what it means, in addition to giving me more hope for the future. Thank you!

The number of videos I've been recommended by channels with under 10k subs in recent months has been more than I've ever had before. It's seriously reinvigorated my creative drive for the niches I'm interested in, to hear all sorts of new voices, and many of them keep me coming back. Even a lot of larger channels I follow have started returning to their fundamentals and it's been so refreshing.

I’ve been debating on starting my own channel since 2015. It’s been my dream to make KZfaq videos, and ramble, draw, play video games and now I feel like I have the strength to do it. It was hard for me because not only do I have anxiety and worry about literally everything, but I also am a perfectionist who will spend hours trying to make something thats so perfectly perfect, its what has been holding me back this whole time. I feel like seeing your video in my recommendations was meant to be. I’m finally gonna do it even if it’s something small at first. Thank you ❤

thank you so much, literally today I was having so many doubts about what content I should have up and regretting some videos, I was paniking and watching all those "how to get big" videos, you have helped me calm myself ik not here to be some giant youtuber I'm here to show my personality and interest and hopefully find a community who loves it too, thank you a lot ik so close to 3k subs and I've got here within 4 weeks and now I've plateud so I think I've scared myself, I just have to keep doing what I love

Besides the things with JP, this has been great to watch. I've been afraid to launch my channel for a while, and now I can finally go forward knowing that a lot of other people will want to listen to my niche. Thanks, Neat!

I'm not exagerrating, this is one of the best videos I have ever watched on KZfaq. This is *truly* inspiring, unlike some of the other 'inspirational' slop out there, and should reach more people.

I'm 25, been watching KZfaq since the early 2000s pretty well since the beginning. This may be the single best and most valuable video I have ever watched. Thank you, genuinely.

I honestly really needed this. I started streaming on Twitch a long time ago but took a long break. I recently started it up again with the intention of trying to grow it and also start making videos on KZfaq. Lately I’ve been discouraged because I felt like it was just a waste of time since it seemed like I wasn’t getting a whole lot of attention. But this is truly something that keeps calling out to me. The desire to keep putting my stuff out there and streaming is still there. I just gotta listen to that and keep pushing on. Thank you for this video. Truly.

Thank you for making this video, it really got me thinking and now I'm ready to pick up some projects that I put down or never started.

33 years old. I’ve been a KZfaqr, but have been taking the nicheless authentic route you mentioned with less editing and more transparency. Even with less views due to this algorithm and not being a traditional “content creator” I enjoy being nicheless. Amazing vid!!

You, sir, have earned my sub. I've been lost for a little while now. 27, married with a 9 year old. Struggling to find purpose in life outside of what's expected of me. Recently cut off contact with blood family because they only criticize, and are so highly opinionated of themselves that I got jumped on by most of them because my own mother tried to tell me what I should do with my life, and when I tried to keep her in her lane, she went and told the whole family I disrespected her and they all also jumped on me about it without even listening to my part. That was a few days ago. Then I see this video as I'm about to shower. And I can say, thank you. I feel like it's exactly what I needed to hear.

First video I’ve ever watched of yours. Subbed. I’m 35 and have been kicking the idea of starting a channel around for a decade, but family and work have been riding shotgun. I’m determined to start this year!

3:44 nah man, this, this is calling me to fully go after what i want to do, (tbh idk what that is yet but) thank you, honestly this is very nice, and like someone else said its a breath of fresh air to hear someone just be passionate about something they care about :)

I had the idea years ago to do a podcast where I record gaming B-roll simultaneously while recording the audio but don't really talk about what's happening in the game. I never did it because I never knew what to talk about. My theoretical idea was to talk to friends for it, that way a conversation could be more natural, but I never got in a call with someone just to talk. I'd still like to make that, but the biggest issue is with having someone in that call because they only time I really have that chance is when I'm playing games with them, which necessitates talking about the game a lot, and at that point it just becomes the average Let's Play. I have started streaming again, though, and I've been enjoying it, it's just not quite the same idea - but maybe that idea doesn't have to happen. Or at least it doesn't have to be me. This kicks ass and is almost exactly what I was thinking.

Anyone who is able to effectively say what's on their mind and move another enough to do the same is "the next Dr. K" to me. I know what you mean though.

23:27 this. I always felt that I could never make it as a musician, because the more popular you get the stronger the pull to make stuff that people want to hear from you, the more you conform and the more you stray away from the music that’s uniquely you. The music that’s in your heart. I know it sounds cheesy but it’s true, I always feel like there’s a tune or composition that echoes throughout my being, but every time I get down to writing it, feelings of worthlessness and how nobody would want to listen to your music just seep out into the forefront. Soon enough your pen just stops before it hits the paper, and you forget why you’re even there in the first place. You look around you, social media or KZfaq music, desperately trying to find a melody that fills that void, but each time you’re just reminded of the true self that you abandoned that you can’t even hope to remember. Sorry for this being so long, I’d just thought I’d leave a genuine opinion for once, since you left me with a yours. This’s pretty much where I am at in my life right now, so sorry if it didn’t have a happy ending or had any loose ends tied up. But I just wanna say that this video had an impact on me as great as any Dr.K video. Thanks a lot

Dude…your video had an impact on me! Maybe more than anything I ever saw from Dr. K! I love the idea that society is nothing without art and the idea that we all have our own voice and the idea that it’s so easy to miss the point of doing the thing in the first place which was to have fun and make the thing you wanted to make. Rock on!

This video made me cry, I have been wanting to become a KZfaqr ever since I was a kid but never had the opportunity or equipment to make the things I wanted to make, now that I am an adult with a computer and a brain I let my mind run wild, thank you so much for this video, it really has encouraged me to keep trying! Also, I wanted to add something about the "become successful fast" topic that a lot of people think about when it comes to making content: I do like that you mention culture being an important and impactful part of our recent world, but I feel like there's a lot of people who see content creation as a way out of living the "hard life." I have met countless amount of people that have told me that they want to "work in marketing to get easy money and live the luxurious life" that we see in media nowadays, and frankly -- although I ultimately respect their decision and perspective on why they would want to do that-- I think its a pathetic way to view life. The world has become such a huge oyster for the "rich man controls the world" mentality that we have forgotten what it means to enjoy our existence. I loved the example of the Runescape Infinite Money Glitch bullshit, because its true! People want all the luxuries and all the accolades that money brings, but would rather find the easiest way to get rich instead of enjoying the process and how good it feels to EARN what you work hard for, the money becomes their sole purpose in life and they forget to enjoy everything else. People forget the hardships and the process of success. It takes YEARS before you can reach an audience, my favorite example is Videogamedunkey, he started as a kid on Newgrounds making animations because he wanted to make art just like those people that he looked up to, he made voice overs, gameplay videos, edits, songs, things that he just finds silly and fun to him, and people loved that about him. It took him north of a decade to get to the position he is at, but the one thing that never changed for him was his passion for the things he made, and thats why his viewers still stick around, because not only do they enjoy the personality of videogamedunkey, but the effort and love he has for his craft. Your first video will most likely not get a million views, and if it does then you are a rare case! but for the rest of us who are climbing our way to the top, we will get there eventually. Rome wasn't built in a day, y'know...! With that being said, I'll take that advice for myself as well, and thank you Neat for this extra push that your video has given me personally, and I hope it gives others that push as well.

I keep a select few videos in a playlist, in the event I ever start to lose motivation. They've helped me get myself into that mindset of "I should just do it because I want to." I think this video is going to go into that playlist. Sure, I monetize my videos, but I've also made drastic changes because the money wasn't enough to keep making those videos. It was the incentive that I can express what I want, when I want, however I want, that kept me going. I'm going to come back to this video once in a while because it's always nice to have that reminder. Since your title also mentions artist, there is something I've wanted to try my hand at. I wont say, but what I will say is that it's for the silliest reason that I want to commit to. Great video, Neat.

Hard to stay motivated when you're doing everything on your own with online creations. I needed to hear this, thanks man. Subbed!

Epic insights at 17:46 👍 I felt like you were talking directly to me. Amazing talk, thank you! Nice Sonic run too :)

You nailed it brother! NAILED IT! I'm 35 yrs old and I am excited and look forward to each and everyday I wake up. Unleasing creative energy has awakened my soul! Thank you for sharing brother!

This was a video I desperately needed right now. Thank you Rocks! First video I've ever seen of yours and it's an instant follow and bell notification.

Thank you for making this! I’ve gotta back to making content on YT. I feel it’s my calling just to create. I love my current job, but I know in my soul that it’s not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I find joy in people appreciating my art (content). This video lit that fire in me again. I’m promising myself to at the very least create something every week and not just to satisfy the algorithm, but to make something that I am proud of. Thank you so much for your words and o accept your challenge! You are definitely someone that is worthy to be looked up to.

Honestly that was the most inspiring video i have ever watched in YEARS, so many famous creators talking about motivation on yt, but instead of actually helping, all they do is making me feel even more stressed and depressed, cuz it is all about how to get money and be selfish nowdays.The only thing that can actually make us happy is feeling useful by creating art,make poeple laugh, culture or making ur dreams come true, without caring how huge is ur comunity, but caring only about what comunity you draw to ur creations.Even if its only one person. My favourite phrase from the bible is " The present has enough problems on its own, u dont need to put up with the problems that MIGHT come in the future". I really needed to be reminded that by someone.

When you spoke about dharma and one’s calling in life, it really struck a chord with me. Ever since I was about 10 years old, I wanted to be like the creators of KZfaq’s golden years and be able to make other people laugh & smile, just like they did for me. I wanted to be able to share my love for my favorite games and art with others. For one reason or another, -either lack of time, money or knowledge, -I shelved that passion and desire to create to focus on other “more important”but less fulfilling things in my adolescence through my early 20’s. In the past two years, I’ve been streaming as a VTuber, building a small community. I’ve even tried learning how to edit recently in my small amount of spare time, which is something I find I love. While I’m nowhere near “successful” or even in a place to be able to leave my day job to be able to able to pursue this full time, content creation something that’s genuinely changed my life for the better, and it’s something I genuinely feel called to. I can’t say this enough - thank you for making & posting this video. It’s something I really needed to hear in this period of my life, and this video is really motivating for someone just starting their journey 🩷

I really like the way you explained dharma and when you were explaining the plot of Spider-Man 2, it made me tear up a bit because you explained it so beautifully. The fact that the "call", that same "call" that your brain knows requires a lot of work, comes up all of a sudden while you're doing anything that gives you instant gratification, like scrolling reels, playing games, watching movies, laying in bed, etc just means it is so powerful and important and purposeful to you. When your mind is reminding you to do the tasks that requires a lot of efforts while you're pleasuring yourself the quickest way, that really is important to you and you should do it! ohh and btw i'm making videos that really interests me for my channel, thanks for the challenge! And to think, i was about to skip this video lol

This video was honestly something I needed, and I hadn't realized it until hearing your sage words. Thank you, and I hope you are having a great life!

I don't usually comment but I wish I could like a video more than once. The amount of genuine laughs I had and the way I felt so refreshed afterwards was actually mindboggling. I sat in bed, staring at the ceiling as I was listening. It felt like I was listening to a friend rant late at night about a topic their passionate about while I'm half asleep yet still taking in every word. I gained a new perspective on purpose and passion while simultaneously agreeing as if I already knew all of this. Your ability to articulate your thoughts is impressive, especially while playing a video game! This is actually the best piece of media I have seen all day. Seriously thank you for posting this.

I never leave comments on videos but this was just genuinely inspiring. I think it's so important to remember that the world and system we live in and under are designed and purposed to make the average person depressed. It's the simple rebellion through authenticity that is meaningful and I think this video captured this perfectly. It's so rare to see something genuinely authentic.

I'm in a very hard place right now, everything is falling on my head, work, relationships, mental issues and Ai art stuff... and thanks for this video, it motivated me :3

I love writing more than anything in the world. You've inspired me to start work on another story (not sure what it'll be, though) and record a video of me reading it for KZfaq. Thank you for that. It's been a long time since I took my passion seriously, and You've gotten me back on the right path

I love how you are actually playing sonic in the background and reacting to it, it feels so real and soulful.

I've been making music for a long time and releasing it for 3 years. I stopped posting on KZfaq basically like 8 months ago because I've been more focused on fast paced shorts. But I HATE IT so much. I used to make pretty authentic content and now I feel like when I promote my music, I don't make it authentic but something that people will stay hooked on. This video has inspired me to start making AUTHENTIC KZfaq videos again.

What you just said makes so much sense to me. You've just echoed something I've been feeling for the last couple of months. Its inspiring and I think others, like myself needed to hear!

JUST STARTING MY CHANNEL 🙏 YOU INSPIRED ME , well not just me OTHERS , Good luck ON YALLS JOUNEY , THERE IS HOPE !

**Very** small time KZfaqr here. This video really resonated with me. I work a regular full time day job, and I'm surrounded by people who enjoy it. But to me, it just pays the bills. Without it I'd be screwed but that's equally the same for my KZfaq hobby. If I wasn't spending every waking moment outside of my job working on this silly little hobby, I would feel like more of a failure than if I lost my job. Being creative is what gets me up in the morning. I too struggle to get up for anything else. Literally. I have over 15 work alarms. Aside from numerous hidden videos, I've released two long-form videos. One did scarely well (to me) and one flunked. It took a lot of reflection and reassurance from my friends to not tie the value of my art to the view count. And to actually consider my work as art to begin with. I've come to the conclusion that even if I never become super successful at this KZfaq thing, I'd much rather that than one day being an old man regretting I never tried to my fullest. Making videos and sharing my voice is absolutely my calling. Excellent video, Neat.

18:15 Oh no, this video is *exactly* what I need to be watching right now. There's no doubt in my mind about that.

Thank you so much for making this video, i really needed to hear everything you said here. I've been wanting amd getting ready to start making videos fro some time now (ON ANOTHER ACCOUNT, THIS IS NOT SELF PROMOTION) but i just haven't started because i keep thinking that it has to be perfect and i put it off, convincing myself that its just gonna be until i get a good microphone or a better computer but i just have all these ideas and this motivation that im not allowing myself to do because i fear that im gonna ruin it if it isnt perfect. But just like you said near the end of the video, ill start today, ready or not. I dont know how long itll be untill i get somethingnwatchable ready but ill just shut up and do it.

Appreciate the amazing commentary, definitely inspired me to start editing videos just sitting there on my computer.

The little interjections between the actual topic about you messing up makes this video so human. I love it. Thanks for sharing

I'm gonna be honest, seeing my favorite video game character of all time In the video makes this even more inspirational, I always looked up to sonic, even when he went downhill, I still looked up to him and appreciated how much joy he brought me. And I don't care which sonic it is, classic, boom, modern. Sonic is sonic to me. And sonic is the reason I got into art, which of course I started pretty rough, but I kept going and I found a style I was comfortable with. People may have different views on my art, but if I like it, I think that's all that matters.

Thanks I feel so much better about my project now :] I'll go work on it. Keep doing your thing man 💓

This video showed up on my KZfaq recommendations today and I'm so happy it did. I loved it! I'd never seen any of your stuff before (and this is the only one I've seen as of writing this), but I'm grateful you made this!