Before I became Me

Brief Summary

Airi reflects on her journey as a content creator, starting from her initial insecurities and the bullying she faced, to finding confidence and joy in sharing her stories and voice with others. She expresses gratitude to her audience for their support and positive feedback, which motivated her to overcome negative comments and continue creating content.

  • Overcoming bullying and negative feedback
  • Finding confidence through audience support
  • Expressing gratitude for positive feedback

Starting on YouTube

Airi began creating videos on YouTube with the aim of sharing her stories in her own voice, hoping to bring happiness to others. She was motivated by her own experiences of finding comfort in stories and wanted to help those who felt scared at night, leveraging her soft and gentle voice.

Facing Challenges and Doubts

Airi recounts being bullied for her first YouTube channel in high school, which led her to delete it. When she started posting videos again, she faced negative comments about her voice, which was discouraging since it was one of the few things she liked about herself. The hurtful remarks made her consider quitting, but she persevered.

Growing Confidence and Gratitude

Despite the negative comments, Airi slowly grew more confident. She acknowledges that she doesn't see herself as particularly talented, but she felt loved by the people who chose to watch her. The positive feedback she received helped her forget the negative comments and motivated her to do more for her audience.

Continuing Forward

Airi expresses her worries about her audience growing tired of her content, but affirms her commitment to continue creating as long as she brings happiness to others. She thanks her viewers for their positive feedback, which makes her happy and motivates her to keep going.

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0:01 It's been 3 years, hasn't it? But for me, it's been a little more than that. I don't usually talk about things like this day and age, but I wanted to convey my feelings to you today, even though I'm still too shy to do it live. When I started creating videos on YouTube, I didn't think I'd ever become popular. I wanted to tell my stories, not as a voiceless person posting them as text to the internet, but as me. And I hoped that they would make people

0:47 happy the way that reading stories made me happy. I always struggled to fall asleep, but since people told me I had a soft and gentle voice, I wanted to help people who were scared at night like I was, too. At the time I was in high school, I got bullied for the first YouTube channel I ever made, and ended up deleting it before it had even really started. I think those were pretty hard and lonely years for me, but then again, life gets hard for everyone right? When I started posting videos again,

1:35 I just wanted to have fun, but I often got negative comments about my voice. It was very discouraging for me because my voice was one of the very few things I liked about myself. So, reading many people saying that I was grating to listen to or that I should just give up when I was just someone who wanted to share her stories with the $50 microphone, hurt me so very much. I thought many times about quitting then too. Even as I kept going and I slowly began

2:21 to grow more confident, these comments always stayed present and for a long time prevented me from doing things I loved like singing. When comparing myself to others, I never thought I was talented. To be honest, I still don't. But people chose to watch me even when I was clumsy and just starting out, and I felt loved. Even though I'm bad at accepting praise, the more people said kind things to me under my videos, the more I began to forget about the negative comments that had made me afraid to post in the first

3:07 place. And even though I've always been a very shy person, I wanted to do more for the people who said that my stories and my voice made them happy. Now, it's been a while, huh? At times, I get worried that people will grow tired of my voice and my stories eventually, but as long as you tell me they make you happy, I'll keep wanting to do even more. So, thank you for telling me when I make you smile or I make your day better. It makes me so happy.

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