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Well THAT Was a Big Mistake
Hopefully I learned my lesson, but somehow I doubt it...
Matt Karamazov
July 08, 2025
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I blew my “Daily YouTube Uploads” streak in one of the dumbest ways imaginable.
For whatever reason, I thought that I’d be able to record an hour’s worth of footage and edit it down to a digestible, entertaining, helpful video in a matter of hours, and I was cooked even before Premiere Pro started a mutiny.
It was my birthday a few days ago, and I decided to publish 35 URGENT Messages to My Younger Self - a video that I am actually quite proud of in several ways.
But between editing the actual video and dealing with some corrupted file that took me hours to find a workaround for…
I blew my daily streak.
A few things that might be helpful for you to know though:
As a creator, there’s ALWAYS going to be stuff like this that happens. ALWAYS.
You can either allow it to stop you, convince you to pack up shop and leave the internet dollars for someone else, or you can choose to keep going no matter what.
Every creator goes through this same stuff. Every. Single. One.
Corrupted files, lost footage, bad takes, periods of low (or no) views…
It’s all a test of endurance, and if you CAN make it out the other side, you’re not only going to become wildly successful as a creator, but you’ll be able to handle a lot of the other negative stuff that you’ll have to deal with in your life too. It’s all practice.
Finally, a great skill to have is to be able to do great work under pressure.
Nobody starts out perfect - and I’m not convinced anybody EVER gets there - but one thing I can promise you is that if you commit to relentless forward progress, constant improvement, and unbreakable resilience, you WILL get somewhere.
There won’t be very many people there, either. Most people will have quit long ago.
If you want my personal help to add between $1-5K/month in monthly recurring revenue to your creator business, and grow your audience and authority exponentially at the same time, Creator Launch Academy is exactly where you need to be. Join here.
“While it’s impossible to choose what genes we get from our parents, it turns out that we have a lot of influence over what those genes do. Combine that influence over genetic factors with our significant ability to decide on lifestyle and environment factors, and it adds up to a huge amount of control over what happens to our health.”
*Publish 13 Reading Life Newsletters (10 LEFT)
*Publish 106 Medium Articles (98 LEFT)
*Publish 31 YouTube Videos (26 LEFT)
*Publish 12 New Course Videos (12 LEFT)
*Publish Skool About VSL (INCOMPLETE)
*Update My Instagram Profile (INCOMPLETE)
*Update My YouTube Channel (INCOMPLETE)
*Update My Welcome Sequence (INCOMPLETE)
*Update 50 New Patreon Book Notes (40 LEFT)
*Get Monetized on YouTube (3,473 Watch Hours Left | 13.18% Complete)
*Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | (12 LEFT)
*Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | (12 LEFT)
Reach 120,000 Instagram Followers | 3,919 Followers Left
Reach 30,000 Threads Followers | 6,301 Followers Left
Reach 10,000 Twitter Followers | 1,802 Followers Left
Reach 100 TikTok Followers | 52 Followers Left
Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 596 Followers Left
Reach 1,500 Facebook Followers | 87 Followers Left
Reach 3,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,564 Followers Left
Reach 5,000 YouTube Subscribers | 2,823 Subscribers Left
Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 2,648 Subscribers Left
Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 65 Subscribers Left
Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 2 Members Left
Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 13 Supporters Left
NOTES: I’ll update these weekly, as it’d be a waste of time to go through all my analytics multiple times per week. “Focus on what gets you paid,” right?
Woke Up: 9:00AM
Sleep Quality: 89%
Pages Read: 115
Workout:
100 Push-Ups
100 Pull-Ups
100 Air Squats
Work Completed:
Posted 1x on Instagram
Posted 4x on Twitter
Posted 4x on Threads
Posted 4x on LinkedIn
Posted 4x on Facebook
Published 2 Medium Articles
Published The Reading Life Newsletter
Worked on Current Author Campaigns
Worked on Next YouTube Videos
Worked on Next Book Breakdown
Worked on Next Issue of The Reading Life
Managed Creator Launch Academy Community on Skool
Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow
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Today was actually awesome. I got ahead on sooo much work that was hanging over me, I got some good reading done, I published great work, I got my pull-ups in and everything…great day!
Winding down now, but I’m ALL ready to get after it again tomorrow.
And always remember: even if NO ONE else believes in you…I DO.
All the best,
Matt Karamazov
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