Hi from your fellow creator and classmate!

Oct 9 (edited) in 💬General

Hi all! New creator here! My name is India Witkin. I'm a born and raised New Yorker (yes, that is the totality of my personality - because, duh), I am obsessed with food, travel and history and I am starting a Youtube channel! I'm very new to YT, but I have a background in film, tv, video and podcasting. I work in the media industry as a producer/production coordinator and had a podcast series called "Eating America with India" from 2020-2021. The series was me exploring different immigrant diasporas around the U.S. through the lens of food. I am now LAUNCHING it as a video series called "India Eats the World". The first season is the America's and the second season will be around Asia. She's a global girlie!!! Very excited to be here and trying my best to power through video editing and scripting and strategizing but it's all difficult when I'm juggling a 9-5p. I'm looking forward to connecting with my fellow Grindstoners and getting inspired to do that damn thang! Sharing my Current / Dream state!

Current state:

1) Current monthly income? 💰

Job: $4.7K

Content: $0

Other: $X

Total: $4.7K

2) Current online following? 🌍

YouTube: 9 subscribers

Instagram: 2.5K followers

TikTok: 80 followers

Podcast: 10K streams overall

Email: X subscribers

Total: 2.6K audience size

3) Current weekly content workload? ✍️

Days worked: 1/2 day (aiming to get to 1-1.5 days this week)

Hours worked: 4 hours

Uploads: 1 uploads

4) Describe your typical work day: 💼

Morning: Wake up and listen to a podcast, watch a Youtube video, write, then log on to start my job at 10am, coffee and breakfast.

Afternoon: More work… maybe take a break to watch a Grindstone video or do research for my show.

Evening: Make dinner once I clock off at 7pm.

Night: Watch something to unwind with my roommate, and then do a bit of writing / editing for my show. Watch a YT video and take notes!

Desired state:

1) Dream monthly income? 💰

Job: $40K (I want to quit my FT job and take odd projects here and there)

Content: $250K

Other: $60K (maybe if I have an apartment one day and rent it out)

2) Dream online following? 🌍

YouTube: 895K subscribers

Instagram: 900K followers

TikTok: 1.2M followers

Stream: X followers

Substack: 500K subscribers

3) Dream weekly content workload? ✍️

Days worked: 2 days

Hours worked: 15 hours

Uploads: 3 uploads

4) Describe your dream work day: 💼

Morning: Yoga and meditation, write an article for substack, have a meeting with a sponsor who wants to sponsor one of my videos. Approve the edits of a video from my editor.

Afternoon: Go do an interview with a restaurant owner in NYC and film some social content. Have a meeting with a chef I’m interested in profiling.

Evening: Have a nice meal where I shoot some content of the food. Get wined and dined out on a solo evening or with a friend or partner.

Night: Upload my footage and send it to my video editor who will have a rough cut ready for me the next day. Watch an episode of my favorite Netflix series with a glass of red wine and sleep at a reasonable hour.

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