Is There a Difference Between Creating and Maintaining a YouTube Channel?

I think what's great about your story is that it took you a lot of years to find a niche that resonated with your community. And then it also took you a long time to build up that community as well. So tell us about that decision process to let go of academia and actually do this full time. I just really trusted my instinct and like trusted my gut feeling. My parents were a little bit skeptical at the beginning. They're very, very stereotypical Chinese parents. You know, they wanted what's best for me."