Key Takeaways
- 1Freedom feels fun at first, but it still needs structure.
- 2Perfectionism slows growth more than “okay” content ever will.
- 3Your mind needs daily reps, just like your body.
- 4Getting ready and leaving the house multiplies your content.
- 5Filming in public gets easier every time you choose your dream over strangers’ opinions.
Be an influencer, they said. You will have all the time in the world, they said.
Here is the part they leave out: if you are not great at managing that time, the freedom can lowkey choke your progress.
On the day from this vlog, I woke up late, again, staring at the clock like, “Girl, really?” That annoyed feeling you get when you fall back into old habits... that feeling is exactly where real change starts. Not from a perfect morning routine video, but from the moment you get honest with yourself and decide, “We are not throwing the whole day away just because it is 1 p.m.”
Working For Yourself Sounds Cute… Until You Actually Do It
Being a full-time creator means you are your own boss, your own manager, and your own “get your butt up” alarm. No teacher checking attendance, no supervisor asking for a report. If you decide to scroll all day in bed, no one stops you.
That freedom feels amazing when you are in a good groove. When you are in a funk, though, it can turn into “I got nothing done this week and I do not know where the time went.”
This is why discipline matters so much for creators who work from home. Not the harsh, “you are lazy” kind of discipline, but the loving kind. The version where you treat your dream like an actual job, not a side hobby you fit in when you feel like it.
On this day, my apartment felt messy, my mind felt messy, and my sleep schedule was on clown time. So I did the bare minimum reset: made the bed, picked up the space, got dressed, and left the house. Nothing fancy, just enough to break the funk.
Perfectionism Is Cute Until It Stops You From Posting
One thing I wanted to highlight in this vlog is how perfectionism quietly blocks creators. I have been making content for years, and I still catch myself thinking:
- “This video could be better.”
- “This angle is weird.”
- “My personality feels off today.”
The wild part is my audience does not see what I see. You might be the same way. Everyone else sees a fun, helpful creator. Your brain zooms in on one tiny thing and decides the whole piece is trash.
That mindset keeps you from posting, which keeps you from growing. You do not need perfect content. You need content that is honest, helpful, entertaining, and “good enough” to ship.
The growth happens through the messy videos, the experimenting, the awkward phases, the seasons where your style changes every month. You cannot improve a piece of content that never left your camera roll.
Feeding Your Mind Like It Is A Muscle
In the vlog, I talked about something I noticed about myself. If certain ideas are not right in front of my face, I slowly stop living them out.
For example, when I was listening to mindset and self-concept podcasts every single day, I felt powerful, grounded, very aware of my thoughts. I was regulating my nervous system, choosing better stories about myself, and my life responded.
When I stopped feeding my mind with that kind of content, old patterns slid back in. Not because the knowledge disappeared, but because I was not practicing it.
Your brain is just like your body. If you stop training a muscle, it gets weaker. Mindset works the same way. You do not need to be “on” all day, every day, but a tiny bit of intentional input each day keeps you aligned with the version of you that you are building.
For me, that looks like:
- Playing my favorite mindset podcast while I get ready
- Journaling out my self-talk when I catch myself spiraling
- Reminding myself that life responds to how I see myself
When you change the internal world, the outside eventually lines up with it.
Get Ready, Get Out, Get Content
Something I have learned as a full-time creator: if I do not get ready, I do not film. Very simple.
The days I throw on a cute outfit, do my hair, add a little lip combo, and step outside the house, I end up with way more content than I planned. Instagram photos, B-roll clips, podcast ideas, random thoughts for TikTok, you name it.
The days I stay in a big t-shirt with no real plan, the vibe is “couch and vibes only.” Nothing wrong with rest days, but if every day turns into that, your content and your income feel it.
So if you want a practical hack from this vlog: build a “get ready and leave” routine. It does not need to be full glam. Even a simple outfit and a cute lip can shift your energy from “scroll” to “create.”
Recording In Public Without Shrinking Yourself
Let us talk about the awkward elephant in the room. Recording yourself in public can feel so weird. People stare. Some are curious, some are judging, some are literally just zoning out in your direction.
Here is the mindset that helps me:
- You will probably never see these people again
- Some of them wish they had the courage to do what you are doing
- You are working on your dream, not theirs
You truly do not know who is rooting for you in their head and who is hating, so you might as well assume they are all confused little fans and carry on.
The more you film in public, the easier it gets. Eventually, your brain connects it to “this is how we pay our bills, this is how we change lives” and it stops feeling like a spectacle and starts feeling normal.
The Not-So-Glam Part: Systems, Products, And Real Work
The end of this vlog shows a side of influencing that people rarely think about. I spent a whole Saturday in front of my laptop building membership tiers, writing benefits, planning digital products, and setting up community spaces.
That is not just “posting a cute picture.” That is:
- Pricing offers in a fair way
- Creating value that actually helps your audience
- Setting up long term income streams so your money does not rely on one brand deal at a time
Being an influencer in 2025 is not only about the viral moment. It is about turning that attention into something real that supports you and serves your community.
So yes, you will see the coffee runs, the try-on hauls, the cute nails, the gym days. Behind all of that, the real work looks like: sitting with your laptop when you would rather scroll, editing when you feel tired, staying committed to your schedule even when no one is watching.
If you want this life, I am rooting for you. Just know you are not crazy if it feels messy some days. You can be grateful and still admit that you are tired. You can love your job and still tweak your habits.
You do not have to wait for a perfect routine or a perfect mindset to start. Start with what you have, with who you are right now. Press record, post the thing, and then keep going.
