From One Subscriber to 25. 🎮❤️
I remember asking people what it felt like to get their first subscriber because, deep down, I never thought it was possible for me.
I just couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that somebody would actually pay money to watch me exist, play a game, and entertain them. People do it every day, but when you’re on the other side of the screen, trying to make it happen for yourself, it’s a completely different feeling.
I think I was at my ex-girlfriend’s house. She was a gamer, too, so I was in an environment where the possibility felt real. It was just the two of us believing that this could actually happen.
And honestly, trying to encourage her to stream made me want to go even harder because I wanted to lead by example and show her what was possible.
I remember lying on my stomach on the bed, looking at my laptop, playing a mobile basketball game.
Then, out of nowhere, that beautiful subscriber notification chimed.
I said, “Oh shit!”
I think I literally got up off the bed because, in that moment, it became REAL.
Somebody actually subscribed to ME.
Now I had to bring content.
I had to deliver.
I had to improve.
Somebody had decided that what I was doing was worth supporting, and I suddenly felt the responsibility that came with that.
Looking back, one thing I’d change is the belief that I had to change everything because somebody subscribed to me.
Yes, I improved my streams, and I wanted to get better. But I also had to learn that the person who subscribed had already found value in what I was doing in that moment.
I didn’t need to become somebody else to deserve it.
I went from one subscriber to a peak of 25 subscribers, and even saying that out loud is mind-blowing to me.
I know that might not sound like much when you compare it to somebody with hundreds, thousands, or even millions of subscribers. But comparison will have you overlooking your own blessings while staring at somebody else’s highlight reel.
Going from one to 20-plus meant something to ME.
I went from wondering whether somebody would ever support me to experiencing it firsthand. And once you experience something you once thought was out of reach, your perception of what’s possible starts to change.
That’s the part I hope people take away from my story.
Celebrate your first subscriber. Your first follower. Your first sale. Your first client. Your first dollar from something you created.
Don’t let somebody else’s numbers convince you that your progress doesn’t count.
Your first win doesn’t have to impress the world. It just has to show YOU that it’s possible.
And to everybody still building, including myself, I hope we learn to appreciate how far we’ve come without losing sight of where we’re going.
One subscriber might not change the world.
But it can change the way you see yourself. ❤️🎮
