YouTube Adventure


As I moved to Finland for an exchange, I decided that I wanted create a YouTube channel. I must say that I had it in mind for a very long time, but for some reason always felt shy and not so open about it. It felt scary and for some reason, it felt awkward to talk in front of the camera outside. People would give weird stares. But when I moved to Finland and got engaged with school, I had this feeling of change in a good way. It was as if I was waiting for this moment because everyone was so encouraging and supportive. It almost felt surreal. I wasn’t so sure about it at first but I finally said ‘’let’s do this’’ and created a channel. I didn’t really know what to do really, it was almost like the same urge I had when I started doing the radio show. I had a feeling of ‘’I can do it’’ and so I did. It felt amazing. Within a couple of hours, my account was set up and I was ready to go.
To be honest, the first videos were me being so shy but then I somehow started to be much more confident in myself. I could pull out the camera, look into it and talk. I was also forcing myself to do that and so that is how I started the whole YouTube journey. I had started loving it as people supported and I gained subscribers every day. It felt awesome, I even had a subscriber count set up, I would check it every day. I think my camera shyness really went away on the Lapland trip. I couldn’t be shy there, I had to film. I just really went along with it and not really cared about it that much. People were staring but hey, I was a film & media student and I wanted to pursue a career in acting so this was a no for me. I had to be in front of the camera urgently without being shy. And, that is how we got the YouTube videos! I believe that they are nice since I just want to portray the reality and even keep the mistakes in the video. I think that makes them more realistic than a TV format.

Here is the link to my channel if you would like to learn more about Turku and Lapland! Enjoy!

My Youtube Channel



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