Did it! Finished day seven of my two week video challenge. (If you’re curious what this is, and to see the other days, check out day one.)
I must admit that there’s only one thing I like about this video: I filmed it in the rain. I enjoyed the heck out of that. Everything else… eh. The message seems a little banal, my presence seems a little lackluster, and I’m squinting. Squinting! In the rain!
But I did it, and I don’t have it in me to do another.
Well, folks, what do you think? You don’t need to butter me up. I’ve done lots of stuff I’m very happy with.
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Hey Mark, I love this and SO need to do the same – been struggling with video but really want to stop putting it off. Have camera, have tripod, getting Camtasia studio and working up the nerve.
BTW – it’s been so great to SEE you in action as well as hear and read you. It occurred to me that while we who will be video-ing ourselves can become super-self-conscious about the medium, no one else cares. They just want us to be present. They just want to see and experience us. They don’t care if it’s raining or our hair looks bad. At least, that’s what I was thinking when I watched your videos. Just so you know – I think we’d rather fully experience than partially experience each other.
I’m reminding myself that when it comes to video to FORGET PERFECT and just do it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you, Karen- it’s lovely to hear that. It’s really helpful to have the validation. It’s so hard to get a perspective on myself and my performance, I really depend on hearing from others.
Mark, I’ve enjoyed watching you walk with this video challenge. Thanks for sharing your process.
Thank you! I so appreciate the support.
I just found out about your video challenge and watched all 7 videos back to back. Thank you. What I loved about this was getting to see and feel YOU, as well as getting inspired by your message.
Yes, my mind got some good information that was helpful, but even better was that I got to emotionally experience the transmission of the love and generosity and kindness that is you (thank you for explaining AND modeling transmission for me, never understood it until now)… without your video it would have been just more info that my mind would have loved, but with the emotional connection of the sight and sound of you I really got it.
Thank you for a wonderful evening! I hope there will be more video beyond the video challenge.
Now THAT is amazing- you watched all of them back-to-back? I’m touched. And your description of your experience- really validates for me stepping into this. Thank you so much, dear one.
Ah, the rain.
Here we don’t have much rain, but when we do, it tends to be somewhat heavy, and you don’t want to walk when it’s heavy.
When I lived in England, I walked in the light rain, that was fun, and yes, this is life.
By the way, really liked the first ending 😉
Thanks, Sylvain. Yes, it can rain heavy like that here, too- but we get enough of the light rain we’re not trapped inside. Although we took our twin sons walking in heavier rain back in the spring and they loved getting wet like that.
Glad you liked the first ending. If I hadn’t been so exhausted, I would’ve added more blooper endings on, just for fun. That 2 min video was edited out of 6 minutes of awkwardness… 🙂
Yeah. It’s YOU, and that’s what we really need. Thank you for the transparency of your process. I’m seeing all over the place where it’s enlivened people (self included) and our willingness to get our mugs out there.
I would say something lewd about how we got to see your butt in this video, but that’d be crass of me.
Undoubtedly that would be very crass. At least I wasn’t transparent there.
Good for you, Mark! I am watching and I do feel like I am learning from watching you go out there and challenge yourself.
Still haven’t started any sort of business. This past month has been exclusively about family. I don’t know if I mentioned that I have a son with behavioral issues and this past two weeks that has been my focus, being with him. I guess it was my own sort of rain. Not that there isn’t also a lot of sunshine with him too.
But today he is back at school and I can do things like look at videos and even write comments. Maybe some day I will get back to my own blog too.
love,
Erika
Erika! Absolutely- family first. All in time. Your son needs you, and if you have the ability to give him that attention, that’s a beautiful contribution. But you don’t need me to tell you that.
I’ve been so impressed by your videos, and by the fact that you’re doing this in the first place rather than just continuing to dread making videos.
So, I started something new, too. I’m not quite ready for video, yet, but I’m starting with a podcast to try and get comfortable. Honestly, just hearing the playback of my own voice still sounds strange to me! I’m doing 21 days of brief recordings on the topic of “non violent communication”. Definitely not fancy, and definitely rough around the edges, but it’s a start.
Just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to sit down and get going!
Rock on! And more NVC is what is needed- so bring it on! I’m glad you are taking on a challenge, too. I did audio before I did video- it takes some getting used to, but you will.
Hey Mark! It started raining as I was watching your video! (not a big surprise really, as we’ve had 3 days I can remember this past 4 weeks that it didn’t rain…) Anyhow, good lesson: not to let drizzle set the mood.
Good work you’re doing. And lovely to see how you loosen up, tighten up, stop, start – you’re real, Mark! And when you smile – the sun breaks through.
Blessings,
Bevi
Right on! Thanks, Bevianne. Enjoy the drizzle… 🙂
Oh the squint! THat was what cracked me up about your first video. It’s so, well, cute, ridiculous and endearing!
There! … Now that wasn’t buttery at all, was it?
Not at all. Squint Squint.