It has been a while since I have posted a blog. We can all thank my new time sucker….videos!
This trip is one year out of our life, a relatively short time, and we are creating a lot of memories. In 10-20 years, I want to be able to look back, remember the trip, and savor it.
And who knows, maybe we will go around again!
My plan has always been to make videos to remember the trip and post them on Facebook for friends and family concerned about our safety or who are jealous and want to see everything. I thought it would be no big deal.
How naïve I was.
I have zero background in video editing, content creation, and how to do all this. It has been a steep learning curve, with a constantly moving home, learning boat skills, changing locations, and new people. At one point, I gave up and thought, forget it.
After a break and getting settled into our new lifestyle, I went back to give it one more try. I watched YouTube videos on how to edit videos, tried several different editing software until I found one I could figure out, and made about 5 or 6 “practice” videos.
I had no idea how much time, effort, and money it takes to make a “free” YouTube video. I probably spend about 12-24 hours per 20-minute video in just editing alone. I had to buy an external hard drive and a new laptop due to this much video content’s storage requirements. A professional microphone for voiceovers….you get the idea.
I have started posting videos on YouTube that show the beginning of our journey and plan to have the complete Loop recorded, not for fame and fortune, but for us, the future us. To remember times, just like this.
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