My first Collab! My Anxiety vs New Experiences

Well I uploaded my first collab today. I was very nervous about doing a collab for lots of reasons mainly anxiety but I'm very happy with how it turned out! But I had a lot of obstacles to face along the way. 

1. Who to collab with? 

I got a lot of suggestions in the comments for other asmr artists but I didn't know how to reach out to them. Then one of my friends on discord mentioned he was starting a channel for asmr roleplay. Ofc I was thrilled for him and offered to help however I could. I don't remember who suggested the collab, but we were both super excited about the idea. I wrote up a script and sent it to him. 

2. How to get his recording? 

The video was too large to send on discord. We tried google docs but that didn't work because technology hates me. Finally, by some miracle of science, Styx managed to send me the file. Still don't know how he did it honestly, but good for him regardless. 

3. Editing 

I was worried that mixing files wouldn't sound right. But I held my breath and uploaded it into my software, only to discover that it sounded just fine. Styx's setup wasn't amazing so it wasn't perfect, but it didn't need to be perfect. I thought it sounded great. And our voices worked well together. 

Once I got it pieced together I sent it to Styx for approval, and he did! Then I tagged his channel and uploaded it to my channel. So far the video is doing well. I'm proud of it, Styx is proud of it, and that's what matters. I had a lot of fun making it. I'd love to try a collab again. 

There were a lot of roadblocks. With each one, my anxiety flew off the handle, telling me that it was too much work, it was too much stress, what if everything went wrong, I should just give it up. But I pushed through. Styx helped, I helped, everything worked out. And in the end, it was fun. 

I've found it's like that for a lot of things. I get overwhelmed with new projects and anything that comes up, I'm tempted to give up. But when I push through, I end up having a lot of fun. Not to sound like a cheesy inspirational story. This is just my experience :) 

Today's episode of Updates with Topi is brought to you by Topi (on the left) and Rollie (on the right) and a staircase. 

Love you all. Be safe, drink water, push through.