Views!!

 Kiddo has been behind me to start a youtube channel for some time and wants to be a famous YouTuber! He watches so many youtube channels and goes on and on about the famous ones like Mr. Beast, Unspeakable, etc and how many followers and views they have. That made me think if all this youtube stuff is good for kids, will it make them happy or will they become more anxious comparing how many views/followers they have. The more I thought the scarier it looked, what if they get carried away or what if they get disappointed, etc. I did not have something to compare with my past experience to draw some conclusions. Probably it was similar to being the center of attraction or the most famous person back in our days, again couldn't relate much to that. That is where the problem is, MY PAST EXPERIENCE, MY VIEWS!! 

Many have been trained to look at the experience and define what success or failure is. Most of us keep going back to them and stick to our success mantra. So much so, we are not ready to accept new things or look at them from a different perspective. That is probably why many spiritual gurus talk about looking at things from a far-off view. I think Sadguru said not to teach anything to kids. Why would a grumpy adult try to teach a kid who is super happy and does not give a damn about their surroundings? It should be the other way around isn't it 😉

That's when I started to look at kiddo's youtube requests differently and help him make videos. I did manage to talk to him about being original, not doing stupid games videos, and somehow convinced him to do cooking videos. Even if he does not get many views/followers, he will learn one of the most important life skills, Cooking!! On the journey, we both spend time doing something together and have a father-son bonding time. TBH, I am enjoying this and learning to cook (even though it is not as regular as planned) and contributing to my house in a very small way. I also realized how difficult it is to make a video and the effort needed to put everything together. It is a good project management learning for the kid too. There is a long way to go and I have made a start.

This topic also reminded me about how views work in most of these channels. Read about how views are counted irrespective of incognito or anonymous login. I have been blogging for the last few months and did not realize that the blogger site does not count views and we need to look at the web version (blogspot.com). And the best thing is that Blogspot counts views even if you are viewing it, mad isn't it!! I don't know how many of them did not realize it and missed out on those previous views 😂

I need to remember to share the correct link https://raysofravi.blogspot.com/ when I want the world to read my writing 😆