November of last year, I uploaded a video that I hated. I have been hating the last couple of videos I have posted because I did not put the care I wanted to put into them because of the the upload schedule I gave myself. The other reason was the job I got, that I thought was an opportunity turn out to sucks. The job posting lied about the job and the shift. It was suppose to be a 4 day a week, 10 hours a day job with SOME overtime. Replace some with ALMOST ALWAYS and it would be more accurate.
At first I thought I could handle it. Maybe lose some sleep here and there to get my videos out but as long as I kept my schedule and improved with every video. I even started to pay for online storage so I won't lose any recordings from crashes.
I mostly did Minecraft but wanted to move away from Minecraft to other games and video. Even plan on adding animation because it is something I always wanted to do.
So where is the burnout? Well working nearly 50 hours a week, every week, on a job that wont even give you the shift you apply for and having other obligations, since I was living with some family at the time, I felt like I constantly was in a rush to get the videos recorded and edited. I was also working a script for a none Minecraft video that I already recorded all the gameplay for. I only was able to put 15 to 20 hours a week on it at best.
I ended up stressing myself out trying to meet my deadlines while producing good content. I have not touch Minecraft since and It took me almost two weeks before I play a video game again. I have some video ideas but I don't want to stress myself out over something I liked doing. I have a few none video projects I work on but would like to make video content again. I am not against work. I am against being lied to and overworked.
I loved my previous job. Very easy, on the night shift, next to no overtime but played less than half what I make now. I did not know if this was the place to post this but I wanted to get this off my mind.