My attention span isn't always what I would like. I admit, I find it difficult to stick to one task for long enough to get anything done. So I look around for tricks to hack my brain into getting stuff done.
One of those tricks is watching youtube videos in the background. It's a lot like when I used to watch TV, I knew the show was a set amount of time, and used that to guide my action. I would work until the show was over and it really helped to have the background noise to distract the part of my brain that want's to get up and do something else. Music helps too.
This last few years, I've been using Study With Me and LoFi Girl videos to help my crafting. But to be honest, studying isn't a good friend for crafting. It's so serious, the music is designed to cause deep focus and my crafting is more light brain work and repetitive tasks. I'm not engaging the same part of the brain.
I really needed something more craft specific. Preferably something with yarn, good music, and no talking.
But alas, the internet seems to be lacking in this.
So I made a thing.
I really enjoyed making this!
I want to make more.
I worry it's going to flop pretty badly by youtube standards. There's very little out there like this and even if I'm not the only one who needs something like this in their life to help make things, people don't know to search for it because it's too new.
Maybe I can make one a month, if I can stick to a schedule that much, if only to use up the extra footage that didn't make it into my main videos.
And maybe it will become a thing. I hope so. I imagine having a whole bunch of people making Craft With Me videos about many different crafts, so I can choose today I want to spin yarn, so I watch a spin with me video. Tomorrow maybe I'm in the mood for a woodworking with me video. I don't know.
If you think it's a good idea, please share with your friends who need a little motivation to get crafty.
