Making this course was very hard
This is me after recording the final video, the Introduction.
It took something like 300+ takes over three months for that one video.
I never want to go through that again.
I thought making this course would take a month, but it took a year.
And I’m grateful for every moment of the experience because man, it was nuts.
Even if no one watches it, just the whole experience of making this damn thing was worth the effort.
So for anyone interested,
I wanted to share a bit about how and why I made this course.
I thought it would better help you understand who I am as opposed to listing my accomplishments and other stuff.
It started during COVID
I had 1.5 years in my room to think about what I wanted to do with my life beyond my Career, and what I wanted to share with others.
Because at some point in my life, I developed a passion for Teaching.
I taught Kids Yoga classes for a few years on the side, and a bit of Improv Comedy. Two things that changed my life completely.
So I wanted to share all of the skills and lessons I learned so far with younger people.
I was never a creative person, especially growing up in a country like Saudi Arabia.
But when I got into Yoga, Meditation, Writing, and other creative habits - that part of my mind opened up.
Then creativity bled into everything I did. My work, my relationships, my health etc.
However when I sat down to start creating content to share with others, it was all a blank.
So I started to read and watch videos about creative people.
I received a lot of advice from my Mentor and other friends as well.
Then I started to find my process to tap into my Creativity.
At the beginning, the connection between myself and the creative source was extremely delicate.
The creativity would last a little while and then simmer away.
For the past 2.5 years since COVID began, I repeated that process a few hundred times.
There was lots of pen, paper, coffee and confusion.
I started creating bits of content to help other people.
A lot of posts on LinkedIn... All kinds of posts talking about all kinds of things.
I started to better understand my process of creating, what I liked to talk about, and how I liked to share it.
Then I made a website.
This was really confusing, cringey and painful. But I knew I had to make it.
I made sets of video workshops, blog posts, and an audiobook.
Things started becoming more clear.
At this point today, I’m still tapping the surface of my Creative potential.
But the connection that I was talking about earlier, the one which used to be so delicate, is much stronger. And I know how to access it almost any time.
So at the end of 2021, I decided to put everything into one course.
Making this course was insane.
I had to brainstorm ideas for the course, finalize the topics, review 1.5 years of old content I made, and script out the new videos.
That was the basis.
And it evolved every day until I was done.
This is what it took to film one video.
Write the script of a video
Edit it 20 times
Plan a good, sunny afternoon to shoot the video
Sleep well the night before
Manage my morning routine, meditate for at least 20 minutes, build my energy
Find some inspiration on Youtube, watch my favorite creators do their thing
Call a friend to get into a good mood
Eat well and healthy
Make a coffee, and drink it at the right time.
Put on the right music for that day
Start to practice the script, maybe write it down so it enters my head deeper
Start filming.
Reflect in between takes
Repeat until I have something that I’m very proud of
Watch the final batches of good videos later. If they’re not good enough, then cry
Repeat another day.
One of the most interesting things from this experience, was that music started to sound better.
I started to appreciate any form of creative work much more, because I saw what it took me to make just one little course.
I could probably make another long post about all of the things I learned from this experience, but I’m tired..
Anyways, after all that, it’s done!
I’d like to do something different after this, like write a book. I’m a bit traumatized from making videos for a while, so writing would be really nice.
But until then, I need to get this course out to as many people as it’s meant to reach.
You can be one of them :)
Check it out!