This is a summary of the video if you don’t want to watch the whole thing!
This video is me explaining why my content has dropped off the past year so substantially. Basically I took on another job and made absolutely no accommodations to my workload to factor this in aaaand I also didnt do anything to work on my perfectionism which just kind of spiralled out of control as I kept missing deadlines and promising myself I would make up for it by producing the most insane final product in the whole wide world. Just a bit of a clusterfuck really. HOWEVER, I’m doing a hard restart and changing how I do things to get back on track.
Here are those things -
1. If you are tired of waiting and want a refund thats more than okay! Manyvids refund system is easy, mymembersite is a bit more complex and I’m working on a way to do monetary refunds through there but for the time being if you would like a product swap instead of a refund i can do that too. Examples are free videos, free membership, free video call session all to equivalent value to what you originally spent.
2. Im going to focus on queueing content for a consistent output rather than intense bursts of content followed by silence/burn out
3. The pressure to consistently be on top of my inbox when its just me handling it has meant I’ve put it off many times - I'm changing to having set inbox answering days. These are Monday, Thursday and Sunday. Hopefully I will be able to answer stuff in between those days etc but I wanted to set the bar low so I can hit it rather than setting the bar too high and getting overwhelmed as I have already been doing!
4. My backlog is being done in strictly oldest to newest order. Unfortunately I’ve caved to the pressure of some customers being pushy and focused on trying to rush their orders to prevent an escalation in their behaviour. This SUCKS because it’s meant that those of you who are sweet and patient have ended up waiting longer for being nice and sweet people which is so unfair. I’m sorry for this.
5. I’m going to do a monthly newsletter where I round up what I’ve done over the month (content wise lol) and what I’m planning on doing the next month. My aim is for this to help keep those of you who want to be in the loop updated and also be a good way for me to be accountable to the (achievable) goals I’m setting each month. I wanted initially to do a fortnightly one but I’m setting the bar lower than I think I can hit so I can make sure I actually achieve the goal!
In summation - I want to focus on steady and consistent small steps rather than intense periods of work followed by burnt out! Please don’t worry I will retire and not say anything and just disappear. I will ALWAYS announce if I’m retiring. Thank you for reading and/or watching, this felt quite vulnerable to post but hopefully it gives everyone a better understanding of how much I care about this job! My silence has never been one of indifference, more usually I’m freaking out on the other end lol Hope you’re all well and here’s to a new chapter! Lots of love, Demi xoxo
