I am going to start a YouTube Channel!
For the last couple of years I have been thinking about creating a
YouTube channel to share my life experiences and other stuff, however, I never
got to do actually anything about it. My obsession with YouTube started back in
2016 when I arrived in India, where I was provided with unlimited internet
access with a pretty awesome speed, thanks to Indian government. And then when
I started working on my English in the beginning of 2017, I thought that one
day in a very near future I will create a YouTube channel where I will speak
merely in English. Since then it’s been five years and I am not any nearer to
implementing that plan than I was five years ago. I finished college a year and
a half ago and since then I never had anybody with whom I could talk openly and
freely in English, like I used to with my Indian friends back in India.
Frankly I thought I
need to work on my speaking some more in order to pull this thing off. However,
all the work that I have put on learning this language, did not give me the
confidence that I thought I needed in order to create my YouTube channel. So I
thought to myself what if I never felt that confident? What if I never got to
be a fluent speaker of English language? Then my dream would remain a dream
forever and I don’t think I would not be disappointed of myself five or ten
years later down the road. So why not just do it right now? What would be the
worst scenario?
Like most people I am also terrified of making a fool of myself in
front of the world but then again people are pretty much occupied with their
own lives and actions to actually care about mine. Sometimes I think everyone
around me is watching every move of mine carefully in order to find something
to criticize or at least talk about, but it is possible, since I am not
observing anybody around me for criticism, neither would anybody me.
English Fluency
The next and last issue has been my fluency in English. I have come
to be pretty good at finding the right words to express my thoughts and
feelings in writing but when it comes to speaking, due to the lack of exercise,
I never felt confident about it, not even after reading more than three hundred
books in English. Therefore, it is possible that it might never happen until I
actually start speaking. So I am going to start from this moment on. This
actually is going to be on the top of my new year’s resolution for 2022. Even
though we have another week till the end of the current year, I think, I should
not waste even another day to put this plan in action. Who knows, I might be
able to make one or two videos until the next year arrives.
Topics I am going to talk about
Books
Since I am not an important person or an expert in any subject I do
not have to discuss all those important stuff happening in the world around me.
On the top of my head about the topics I can talk about is, my books. I read
books. I love and enjoy reading them. So it would not be probably such a bad
idea to talk about them online. I mean there are millions of people around the
world who share my love for books, hopefully they will be my audience when I am
talking about books.
Situation in Afghanistan
And there is also my country which sadly has become a big mess
right now. I can talk about all the challenge I along with my people are facing
under the regime of Taliban. I can be voice of millions of poor and uneducated
Afghans who have no way of raising their concerns and worries. I think this
might be a very positive and useful aspect of my channel. I mean, I am not sure
there is any Afghan who is sharing people’s troubles to the outside world by
using an international language while staying living inside the country. There
are millions of good people around the world who have the means and will to
help poverty and disaster driven people of Afghanistan. I can be a way through
which those people can reach to Afghans. Of course there are a lot of news
channels national as well as international who are operating but let’s face it most
people do not watch TV anymore, let alone news. Watching news leaves us with an
unpleasant feeling. That’s why more and are more young adults are quieting
watching news entirely. I have not started my first videos and ideas are
already pouring in my mind. Wow! Good for me…
Internet connection
There is another issue but I think I can handle it. I need internet
connection in order to upload my videos on YouTube. And since internet packages
are very expensive in Afghanistan right now, I will hardly be able to upload a
video every week. I believe that is fine for now. In the future I might be able
to get an actual job and purchase some better internet packages. My videos
should not be more than 15 minutes, otherwise it would be unaffordable to
upload it on YouTube. I just need to remember that I am investing little money
that I have on my hobby. So I need to be a little frugal about it, just not to
dry up my financial resources too soon. It is not like I am going to get
anything in return. It is just going to be a way through which I will be able
to keep practicing English language and also in the process I might be able to
help my poor people. Frankly at this point calling my people poor would be
showing a little arrogance from my side, since I can technically be classified
among poor class of people. I do not have any income source whatsoever and I am
living in my parents’ house.
Editing the Videos
The next part after shooting my videos would be editing them. And
since I have no experience in that regard, I think it will be challenging for
me. At this point, I suppose it is safe to say that this is going to be the
least of my problems. My videos do not have to be like perfect. I can do some
editing in order to make them more attractive and that’s it, at least for now.
Microphone
I am going to need a microphone in order to record a better sound
but as you must have guessed it, I cannot afford buying one at this time. I am
going to have to proceed without a microphone. Perhaps this would be fine for
now, since it is the earlier stages of this project. Until I will be able to
afford an actual microphone, camera’s would do the trick, I guess.
Strengths
Among all these challenges, I believe it would be unfair to not
mention my strengths here as well. I have a wonderful computer which I love
working on. Plus my canon 77D DSLR camera is beyond perfect for YouTube. I bought
them both in India with my stipend money which I was receiving through the
scholarship I was granted by the government of India because of my high score
in Kankor (National Examination for university entrance in Afghanistan). I believe I made the right choice by saving
my stipends and then buying some useful stuff for myself.
I think I made this piece lengthier than I had intended. That’s enough
for now. Wish me luck!!! I will try my best to do a good job. The idea itself
is very exhilarating for me, let’s see how amazing the implementation is going
to be.
For a better future for Afghanistan.
Faramarz Majedi
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