Scared to stop
How a temporary, stop-gap career switch became an all-consuming passion that I just can’t quit.
At 10am on Monday 23 February 2021, I looked into a camera and said: “Good morning and welcome to The Break Fast Show.” It was the first episode of my new LiveStream show and the first time I ever uttered those words.
I had hosted live shows for almost a year by then. LiveStreaming had been my primary means of news delivery since I had returned from a Las Vegas exhibition in March the previous year and found that I was no longer able to produce my magazine due to COVID-19. But I had broadcast inconsistently.
On 23 February 2021, I went all in.
At the time I broadcast show number one, my YouTube Channel had 1,247 subscribers. When I broadcast show number 618 yesterday, that same YouTube channel had 98,894 subscribers. We have broadcast more than 450 hours of LiveStream content during that time. The channel has been viewed more than 93 million times. Viewers have watched our content for an astonishing 508,000 hours. And the audience, the subscriber list and the views continue to grow each and every day.
All of which sounds very exciting; and it is. But there’s a problem. I am scared to stop.
