For today’s episode, I’m so excited to be joined by Samraddhi “Sam” Awasthi 22, South Asian, queer, post-LSE, London based (and sometimes everywhere else). She’s built a space of unfiltered honesty around study abroad, YouTube growth, identity, mental health, and creative life design, so I wanted to sit down and hear her story of being on YouTube almost 10 years and growing from 0 to 262K in that time…
Together, we dive into:
If you’re here from Sam’s community, welcome :)))
Feel free to hang out, suggest content you want to hear, or tell me your burning questions. This podcast exists to help young women & creators design the templates for their dream lives, because life is too short to live someone else’s playbook.
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⏱ Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:14 Sam’s backstory
5:40 Going from 0 to growing on YouTube
8:21 How to set goals as a high achiever
9:45 Why you should set multidimensional goals as a creator
11:30 Going to LSE and studying abroad whilst creating
16:50 Building other career paths as a content creator
21:50 Working with big brands
22:30 Why creators are mini founders
24:50 How to develop your creative instinct
27:30 How to stop caring what people think
29:30 How to develop a thick skin
31:00 Boundaries as a creative
36:00 Navigating loneliness
46:00 Getting mental health help
50:40 Navigating queerness and growing up on the internet
54:00 Labels and rejecting the labels that society gives you
58:00 Advice to people starting their journey
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