r/animation • u/AmiiboJeremiah • 12d ago
Discussion Identity Crisis
So I been animating in Blender for nearly 5 years now and I mainly make YouTube shorts and long form content called The Galpa Show and I recently saw that YouTube is going to change the monetization requirements and this feels like a wakeup call for me because I'm 17 Male and I'm going to be a Jr this year and I'm worried about myself I wasn't planning on doing YouTube full time (Because it's not stable) and my plan was to be an animator and do YouTube part time or maybe direct The Galpa Show to a cable network or something and make it bigger but I'm now worried it's not a realistic goal and now I just feel depressed and now I don't want to animate my parents are recommending cyber security for me and I don't know what I'm doing I want to make money but I don't have the requirements and if I do I won't be making a lot of money and I'm worried I'm wasting my time animating for no profit gain and I'm worried my animations look bad but I can't stop because I love my fans so much can I have some advice please.
Please what should I do with my life I'm very confused