You need to find what works for YOU. At first there is a learning curve to everything. (I just typo typed that as learning “curse” not “curve” – hmmm.) You have to give learning its own time, and its own path. As a Video Idiot Boot Camp student, you know that. Creating video doesn’t have to take a lot of time. Some videos are lickety split fast. Some take more time. Depends what kind you make and how you want it to look. And as another person in our private Facebook group mentioned, at first it took her a long time to create videos and now its fast for her.

So, as with all things, do the things that feed you. That nurture your creativity, that feed your career, and that help you blossom as a person, too.

I have been listening to your podcasts and I have written to you a while ago. I am so glad to see you on video selling video boot camp courses, and most of all, to get a dose of your contagious optimism and creativity.

Since I last contacted you, I wrote two more workbooks for a major Quebec publisher. Didn’t get paid much but I am gaining speed and confidence in my ability to produce and create.

I think we have much in common. I have BFA in Studio art, and I stayed at home with my kids, I got freelance jobs: worked on a software package for “the gap” in fashion , and designed beach towels for a while, then at around 40, I went to school to do an technical diploma in web design, learned html, java, flash etc. I couldn’t find a job , got interviewed by 20 something year olds who said I had a good portfolio yet would not give me a job.
I went back to school again in for an education degree, in teaching English as a Second language. Now I am teaching part time, small classes at a language school, and writing. I feel that teaching makes me a better writer because it keeps me in touch with students.

So I am inspired by your ability to take all your experience and put together , teaching, writing, marketing…. and produce this wonderful course that combines all your talents.

After seeing your video, I realize that hearing and seeing you talk about your course is so much more compelling than having the course presented on a static page.

I am considering teaching online and I want to teach English as a Second language through the arts, online using the books I published and other resources I have gathered. I plan to make a video to explain my concept of teaching English. I have made videos with my ESL teen group, so I can edit and write a script.

I wish you success with your online course and perhaps I will ask for a consultation for marketing.
Best wishes, Cynthia