I've always imagined that my first YouTube video would be a hit. People would think I was funny, and I would become an overnight sensation. I would release my first of many books and live out the rest of my life as a public speaker who would veer away from comedy and into the issues that I'm passionate about. But so far, my first video hasn't lead to any of this -- because it doesn't exist yet.
I told myself that I would have one up by the end of this year and as the seventh month approaches, I've gotten as far as asking for a tripod for my birthday in August. My only consultation is that Tyler Oakley, my role model of sorts, was a communications major and he worked at his school's call center during college, just like me! So in that aspect, I'm on the right track, but a year or so behind.
In my defense, I've spent the past year at the University of San Francisco, studying Communications -- whatever that is. I'm told it's the most versatile of areas and that I can use it for whatever I want. Only, I don't know what I want?
Of course, I know it's the millennial cliche, but it's my reality. I know I have a lot of options; I can write speeches for others and myself, deliver my own speeches and a couple of books, make others laugh, help others find a voice of their own -- heck I can even go to law school. Essentially, I do, in fact, want to communicate for a living, but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with an actual degree...
For most of this school year, I questioned why I was going to school in the first place. Why do I have to sit through my (admittedly enjoyable) Communications classes, when I could be getting my name out there and networking. Even now, as I anxiously await the start of the new school year and the arrival of my tripod, I'm not sure why I'm going to college other than a selfish FOMO.
Regardless of my all consuming doubts, I've registered for another semester at USF. So in order to compensate for my selfish college years, I've started doing these pieces and I've decided that my first YouTube video will be up before 2017 is upon us.
Stay tuned
