Ep33: 5 Year Reflection - What I Wish I Knew Before Starting YouTube

✨ 5 Years on YouTube: What I Learned + What I’d Do If I Were Starting Today ✨After FIVE years on YouTube (!!) and over 2M views, I’m sitting down to reflect on this surprising, wild, rewarding, and unpredictable journey. In this video, I’m sharing my real stats — uploads, followers, and views — and talking honestly about what worked, what didn’t, and what I wish I knew from the beginning.Whether you're thinking about starting a channel or you’ve been at it for years, I hope this inspires you and gives you the clarity I wish I had when I began. If you love videos here, help me spread the word and share with a friend so we can get to our stretch goal!Don't forget to join me 12/6 at 2pm PST LIVE!!! We'll look back at old videos together and see how far we've come!Timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:40 - Mindset02:43 - My invitation03:32 - Upload stats04:43 - Have a mission06:20 - Do you need a niche?08:11 - Views stats08:45 - Subscribers stats10:08 - What I'd do differently13:25 - Further reflections📌 Watch Next🔗 What Youtube paid me: https://youtu.be/QXZDgomhRIA🔗 First 7 months monetized: https://youtu.be/4k-lNaFR9FU🔗 How Youtube changed my life: https://youtu.be/Wv6B6D7dTs4✅ FOLLOW▸ Subscribe to our journey and hit the notification bell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6qWaR6nZ-4HCBU3v3Z8Scg?sub_confirmation=1 All the links: https://linktr.ee/wholewellnessmamas▸ Stress Free Japanese Cooking course (solo or + kids): https://www.wholewellnessmamas.com/japanesecoursewaitlist▸ All my freebies: https://www.wholewellnessmamas.com/freebies▸ My Amazon store with all my favs: https://www.amazon.com/shop/amynesbitt▸ Blog for all the things and freebies: https://www.wholewellnessmamas.com▸ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.nesbitt.2025/▸ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholewellnessmamas/▸ Book Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@amynsreads▸ Tag me on Instagram @wholewellnessmamasDisclaimer:Some of the above links are affiliate links and I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for the support and letting me be the bridge to share things I love with you!