release list: Collaged Thoughts

14 Sep, 2025

Collaged Thoughts is a YouTube video series where I collage the spreads of an old kid's boardbook and yap. I recorded the first video for Collaged thoughts on July 31st. Over the past month and a half, I've been regularly recording and collaging, and not-so-regularly editing video. But now it's time to start publishing (and also editing!).

This list is for the first two videos. The first one is completely done and needs to be prepped for publishing. The second video needs one final audio pass (my least favorite/the thing I feel I'm least skilled at), plus publishing prep.

My ambitious goal is to get through this list in one day (tomorrow, Monday the 15th). So that I can get started working on editing videos 3 and 4 and have those ready to go well before the weeks they're meant to be published for a weekly publishing cadence. I might try out a "create list" with the tasks I need to do for editing those videos; I think this list + task log combo is really effective for me to get things done.

release list

1. video #1
   1. make thumbnail
   2. write YouTube description
   3. upload to YouTube - schedule for Friday 9/19
   4. make post with transcript
2. video #2
   1. last audio pass
   2. make thumbnail
   3. write YouTube description
   4. upload to YouTube - schedule for Friday 9/26
   5. make post with transcript
3. self high-five
   1. also, gift self $5 per scheduled video to spend on new Pokemon card collecting hobby (there's a card show on the 27th I want to go to!)
4. notes on process

task log

— 9/14 4:15pm

• Created this release list!
• I also did an exercise called Close Being with the my YouTube channel and YouTube Studio (the dashboard where you manage uploads, etc). Close Being is something I learned on a Forest Bathing walk and is essentially spending 15 minutes or so sitting with something, not doing anything else. In the forest walk, it was about paying attention and noticing and thinking about something like a specific plant, but in my work life I've been using it as a way to ease myself into things that I feel a lil' anxious about. Sitting with something like the YouTube upload screen and not doing a single thing, just existing with it, gives my nerves time to dissipate so I can come back to the thing later with less anxiety.

— 9/15 11:03am

• Made a thumbnail for the first video. Do I like it? mehhhh. Did I make another for video #2 to match? yeah.
• I also uploaded the video to YouTube! And also made a playlist for all of these videos to live in.
• Next: The first video is a weird one, so I'm feeling a little anxious about re-listening to it, for fear of cringing like crazy. Gonna take a quick break and then try to use YouTube's auto generated subtitles to make a transcript post.

— 9/15 12:10pm

• Okay, I had some lunch and skimmed through a book I read a while ago called Artpreneur. I read through some bits about confidence and belief in self. This quote especially jumped out at me: "Believe with all your heart that your effort is worth it and take action to move forward."
• I created a draft post and copied over the subtitles from YouTube. I fixed it up a little bit, mostly just adding spacing and removing some repetitive bits. I cringed while listening and definitely sank into my chair wanting to hide quite a bit, but overall, I think I'm fairly happy with how the video ended up. It feels a little awkward, like someone still getting their footing making videos, which, I am. So, yeah. The effort is worth it because the effort eventually results in getting better.
• I also wrote a very brief description (literally one sentence). I should probably write a better one, but for now, it's going to stay because that's what's needed to get through this.
• That finishes video #1! Gonna give myself a high-five and then do some mental push-ups to prepare myself to cringe more at video #2.

— 9/15 4:31pm

• Took a hot minute, but I did it! I finished a final audio pass (it's definitely not perfect, but I did what I could with what I know right now and that's enough). I watched the whole video and only wanted to die of cringe a little bit.
• Then I uploaded it to YouTube with the thumbnail I made earlier and wrote a similarly short and sweet description.
• Tbh that took me maybe an hour after a couple hours of not doing anything. I'm going to take another break and then get the transcript post done in a bit.

— 9/15 5:13pm

• It looks like the video hasn't auto-generated the captions yet, and according to their docs, it can take a couple hours to a day or so. I'll check again later tonight, but even if I don't get it done today, I'm happy with getting everything else done.

• Written: 14-15 Sep, 2025
• Published: 14 Sep, 2025
• Last updated: 19 hours, 31 minutes ago
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