WHAT I LEARNED FROM NAS DAILY.

Fast forward to a month ago, I see one of my favorite travel vloggers, aka Nas Daily, setting up his first boot camp to go in Ecuador, travel with him, learn from him, work with him.

I sent a video to apply, next thing you know, I’m in Ecuador sharing cameras with him and 5 other amazing people.

This is my review of the experience.

This a big, fat reality check. In this case the reality check went different ways, but the few days of watching and collaborating with Nuseir and the team impacted me tremendously.

When I started YouTube with weekly videos, I thought I was fully committed. When I started daily vlogging, I thought I was committed. Now that I have seen Nuseir work, I know what kind of commitment will be needed to get where I want.

The lifestyle that comes with creating one high quality video per day that will please/inform/teach hundred and thousands is no 9-to-5 job and I saw it first hand this week. I expected that, but seeing it for consecutive days through my own eyes gave me that reality check to show me I can do more.

Late nights editing and posting, strategizing and scrip-writing, followed by early mornings to film the whole day while the sun is out. That is the formula, and few can take on such a commitment.

Late nights, early mornings : every. single. day.

It is quite odd to the boot campers to see one of our favorite vlogger in real life. On Facebook, he is full of positivity, smiles all the time and we see him for 60 seconds discovering the most impressive places in the world.

In real life, Nas is most of the time behind his schedule at 8am in the morning.

There is no such thing as ''enjoying the view, a fancy restaurant, a luxury hotel''. When arriving to the places he decides to visit, the script is already written, the camera is already out : this is his work place, not a new travel place to check off his bucket list.

That part really hit home for me. I went on two exchange programs and love to hangout with people from different parts of the globe.

I’m quite proud to say : in half the countries on this planet, I probably have at least a contact there. At least someone to call grab a coffee and show me around.

Before the Bootcamp that was something I was proud of, and I still want to build on that now. Take a look at the video at the top to listen to his take on being socially rich. (at 01:35)

You know that phrase ''you are the mean of the people you hang out with the most"?

In 5 days, that was the biggest illustration of this for me.

We were 7.

We had different areas we were specialized in.

We all had a similar goal: make videos, and make them well.

You know that time when you are with talented people, who strive in the same direction, which brings the best out of everyone in that group? That feels very very good.

So, you behind your screen, hangout with talented people.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm still 22, I don't know precisely what Im gonna do with my life. From seeing this, for 6 straight days, I now believe I'm ready to take on the responsibilities needed to succeed in that environment.

The ups, the downs, the requirements and all that goes with it. I really like it, I might be made for this. We’ll see where that can takes me.

Thank you for reading,

Love and tacos.

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