Hello guys, thought I’d start a journal here and share my experience and progress. Been enjoying reading your guys journals so I want to contribute as well.
I’m starting to run StarkQ ZP and Gaming Mastery X ZP. I will follow the recommended schedule for now, where I’ll listen to both of them once every other day and take a break after 21 days.
One wise man said, if you can’t measure it you can’t master it, so I am thinking of a way to see if I can track my progress. Not sure if it’s possible, or what format would be the best, so I’ll have to get back to you on this. But I am keeping track of actions I am taking in my goal to reach Partner on Twitch for now.
For now I have identified 3 “actions” that I must take to move towards partnership.
- Networking / Chat
- Stream
- Improve my skills/knowledge in areas that benefit streaming (think vocal exercises or taking improv classes).
Of course I’ll have to expand this list, remove redundant ones and add other ones. Perhaps I’ll learn what has the most impact of my progress and keep those, and remove the redundant ones. I’m also up for experimentation.
So for now, I’ll keep track on the factors of actions taken, subs listened to and amount of followers and average viewers (weekly/monhtly not daily) for now. Basically every seventh day or something I’ll write down the “stats”. Of course they will most likely be “dissapointing” in the beginning, so keep that in mind, as to not give up and be all too sad. But I hope the growth will get momentum over time.
There are of course other interesting factors/actions that I’ve heard are important for my goal, like streaming consistently on a schedule or posting content on YouTube for example. But sadly this is not something I can live up to for now, it’s just worth noting, and knowing there are other important factors. It’s good to know them so you have a list of things to experiment with later on if possible.
I ran my first subs yesterday on a bus trip.
My head felt heavy. Now I know I also haven’y been hydrating enough and the bus was for some reason super hot. But nonetheless my jaw and head was heavy and tense, so I assume the power of the subs were a bit “heavy” on me. Nonetheless I listened to the whole thing and made sure to take deep breaths and “go with the flow”. Resisting it will make it worse, and I ain’t going to stop. Might as well breath through it. Perhaps it was stupid, but I finished it.
Apparently I also were snoring yesterday night, not something I always do. One could conclude I was very tired and exhausted. Perhaps from the subs, perhaps from reading up too much and too long into the night about the subs on these forums before purchasing them, or perhaps a mix of it all. Nonetheless, I hope there were massive processing done during the night. I don’t remember any dreams or anything.
Now, to start, let’s say some numbers. I’m at 7 followers and 1 avg viewer. Today I’m chatting/networking with streamers on my work breaks and perhaps I’ll stream tonight. Today is rest day so no subs.
That concludes day 1 and day 2 of my journey, til next time.
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