Name: 5 Ways to Support Life Where I'm From and Thanks!
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T04:40:41.000Z
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Hello World, Greg here. In case you don't already know,

I'm the dad that films and edits all these videos.

Now I've thought of a long winded way and a brief way

to tell you about the 5 different ways you can support the Life Where I'm From channel.

So, to kind of get both of those perspectives,

right now I'm just going to summarize quickly,  the 5 different ways

First off, I've started to make mini documentaries about Japan.

If you'd like to support those, I've created an account on Patreon where you can do so.

Of course there are many ways to support Life Where I'm From that don't involve money,

One of the best ways is simply to watch the videos

So watch them, like them, comment on them,

And if you hear something in the background, that's, that's the kids.

Now the third way to support is to join our email list.

Now this is a place where I can ask you questions and you can provide answers,

with the goal of making better content on Life Where I'm From.

The fourth way to support, and many of you are already doing this,

so thank you so much, is to contribute to the subtitles.

This ensures that all the different language speakers around the world

The fifth way you can support is by sending in videos about what life is like where you're from.

Many of you have already done this as well, so thank you so much for that.

So that's the summary, now let me get into the details.

This channel started off as just a hobby. It was a creative outlet.

what life is like in different countries around the world.

There are many cultural differences, and I thought if you could show everyday life,

that those cultural differences that seemed strange, or weird, or odd,

if kids saw them, they would start to think of them as normal,

as something that's interesting, as something that's cool.

And this might sound kind of, like way out there,

but in a small way, I kind of wanted to contribute to world peace.

Because the more you understand, the more accepting we are of each other.

So, when we first started this channel, I thought it would be just a part time thing,

something that I could make a video in 1 day or so.

Well it turns out that was never the case,

videos usually take me about 2 or 3 days to make.

But the response from people has been so amazing that it's really worth the time.

And I thought that maybe we'd get a thousand or 2 thousand subscribers

by the end of 1 year, that was my hope, I really hoped for that

and now that we have hundreds of thousands of subscribers

and each video can get like a hundred thousand views

or something like that that is just, wow, I'm really floored by this

and so amazed that so many people are watching what we do.

Having this audience of viewers is simultaneously super cool but also quite intimidating.

Right now I'm just talking to this camera,

but behind it might be, you know, thousands or hundreds of thousands of people watching.

That's just crazy, I can't even imagine what that's like.

I've always had this dream of connecting to people

through video and now that it's actually happening, it's,

well, I don't know. I don't know if I quite believe it.

But, in any case, I'm starting to make these documentary videos.

These mini documentaries that take a little more time to make.

And get a little more in depth than the videos I've been currently creating.

You may have seen a couple of them already.

One I made was about travelling in Japan with a physical disability

And there was one on this channel, where I showed what life is like

as it takes a deeper look into what everyday life is like.

Many of you have asked what I do, and 3 years ago,

when the family used to live in Vancouver, in Canada,

So this means I would take money from businesses or organizations

and I would make videos that they wanted to see.

I enjoyed doing those, but to actually make videos that I want to make,

and that you like to see, that's just a whole other level of satisfaction.

So now that I've moved to Japan, the work I do is mostly online.

So this is freelance work where my time really is money.

Well with the YouTube videos I make it's kind of the opposite.

The more I work on the videos, the less money I make.

So that you know the time involved, each regular video,

that takes maybe 15, 20 hours to make, sometimes more,

sometimes less, but that's about the average

Now when I make these mini documentary videos,

Again, sometimes more, sometimes less, but it takes a bit of time.

Doing the regular videos and doing the mini documentary videos,

well they take up a big chunk of my time each month.

I know this because in the past couple of months

I've scaled back my paid work, and I've tried to focus on just making videos,

and it does take up most of my time. And like I said I love doing this,

but it's just not something I can financially afford to do for the long term.

And the ask is that if you can financially afford to,

to the creation of these mini documentary videos on a monthly basis.

And you can support as little as a dollar a month, or a little more money if you like to.

Now if you do contribute to Patreon, I do have a few modest perks,

such as a monthly newsletter, access to deleted scenes, a live Q+A,

and some early access to some other things.

Just a bit of a warning, those perks may change based on feedback I get from you guys.

But, essentially what I'm trying to do is have my cake and it eat too.

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