When Life Gets in the Way of Photography

Ever feel like life just gets in the way of your passion?

I started this small YouTube channel as a way to force myself to get out and do more photography, be more creative, and relearn how to edit videos. And for a little while, it was going okay.

Lately, however, I've had a slowdown in videos, and it's because I'm struggling with a prioritization problem. Between a demanding 9-to-6 job , my own fitness journey , and helping care for my wife who has a chronic illness , my available time for photography and editing has become minimal.

Unfortunately, health and career have to come first. But I still want to make videos for this channel, which means I need to be smart about what I work on. I have hundreds of gigabytes of footage and several projects I could edit, but I'm not sure what to focus on.

This is where I could use your help. Please let me know in the comments which of these video ideas you'd be most interested in seeing next:

Landscapes: A trip to North Yorkshire to take some pictures.
Macro Photography: Experimenting with a macro lens for video and photos.
Street Photography: Me facing my nerves and trying street photography for the first time in Manchester (sober and/or hungover!).
Local Walk: An edited video from a walk up on Moel Famau.

Thanks for watching, and I'm interested to hear your thoughts!

(P.S. My apologies for the audio quality in the first half of the video! I just realized I recorded it all on the internal mic by mistake and didn't have the time to re-record.)

Chapters:
[cite_start]0:00 - The Prioritization Problem [cite: 1, 2]
[cite_start]0:11 - Why I Started This Channel [cite: 3]
[cite_start]1:11 - Too Many Hobbies, Not Enough Time [cite: 9]
[cite_start]1:31 - Life Priority: My Health & My Wife's Health [cite: 13, 15]
[cite_start]2:03 - Life Priority: My 9-to-5 Job [cite: 18]
[cite_start]2:44 - Life Priority: Cooking vs. Takeaways [cite: 24]
[cite_start]3:06 - Other Life Commitments [cite: 27, 28]
[cite_start]3:44 - The Hobby "Tier List" (Games, Home Lab) [cite: 30, 31, 34]
[cite_start]4:18 - (And I just realized my audio is wrong...) [cite: 36]
[cite_start]5:05 - The Time Cost of Making YouTube Videos [cite: 46, 47, 48]
[cite_start]5:57 - My Problem with "Polished" YouTube [cite: 50, 51, 52]
[cite_start]6:56 - Editing vs. Other Priorities (like Exercise) [cite: 58, 67]
[cite_start]8:44 - The Gear Video Conundrum [cite: 78, 81, 87]
[cite_start]10:04 - I Need Your Help: What Should I Edit Next? [cite: 90, 91]
[cite_start]10:33 - Option 1: North Yorkshire (Landscapes) [cite: 91]
[cite_start]10:44 - Option 2: Macro Lens Experiments [cite: 92]
[cite_start]11:00 - Option 3: Street Photography (Nervous!) [cite: 94]
[cite_start]12:12 - Option 4: Mole Farm Walk [cite: 102]
[cite_start]12:47 - Final Thoughts & Summary [cite: 109, 110]

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