What a trip this whole experience has been.

It was a lot more work than I expected it to be, but overall a good experience.

The first takeaway from my 30-day video blogging journey was that I got a lot more comfortable putting myself out in the world. In the first few video blogs I was extremely insecure about looking like an idiot to the whole world. By the end, I felt really comfortable putting my true self out there. Also, I love the idea of having a time capsule on my life over the last thirty days.

The second takeaway was that—out of necessity—I became much faster with the editing and production process. I was able to test out new techniques and was forced to step-up the speed at which I shot, edited, processed, and uploaded. This is definitely a set of skills that will serve me in the future.

The final takeaway, which I discuss a bit in this last video blog, is that I was able to shift my perspective from suffering through it to enjoying it. At the beginning of the process I enjoyed making and uploading the video blogs, but after about ten it became a huge burden and I started hating the process and suffering through it. Finally, someone asked me, “How is hating the process making you better at the videos or in business?” After thinking about it I realized, “it’s not.” Suffering through the process is optional and I was just making it unpleasant for myself. You can watch my resolution in How is Your Stress Serving You?

Watch my final video blog, My Takeaways and let me know what you think about this whole journey.

If you’re just starting watching these video blogs, here is a quick recap: I’m doing a 30 day video blog series on elephant journal called Truth or Consequences: My 30 Day Startup Video Blog on my experience re-launching my business from the ground up.

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Catch up on my previous entries here:

Day 1: Truth or Consequences: My 30 Day Startup Video Blog

Day 2: 3 Things that Inspired Me to Shake Up My Business

Day 3: Why Did I Agree to do 30 Days of Vlogs??

Day 4: A Summer Kind of Winter Day

Day 5: Snapchat, Sunshine, and Slander

Day 6: Life’s Short. Get Sh*t Done. High Five!

Day 7: The Friday That Got Sucked Away

Day 8: Climbing, Chili, and Community

Day 9: How to Make a Date Ball in Your Mouth and other Hilarious Advice from The Veggie RN

Day 10: Get in the Arena or Shut the F*ck Up—Just whose criticism should you actually take?

Day 11: Enhance Your Business with YouTube, Linking to External Sites

Day 12: A little dog, a little Noosa, & big meetings

Day 13: In Bed, Talking Business, Listening to Biggie

Day 14: Bike Crash

Day 15: 3 reasons why working on the weekend is great

Day 16: Climbing Set to Beyoncé

Day 17: Filming Sustainability Sustainably

Day 18: Fall in Love with the Ride this Valentines Day

Day 19: Wiped Out

Day 20: Two Tricks to Eat Clean on a Budget

Day 21: The Consequences of Taking Time Off

Day 22: How is Your Stress Serving You?

Day 23: Managing Financial Fear

Day 24: What Do We Stand For?

Day 25: Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster

Day 26: Stylish Bikers in Colorado Drinking Tea

Day 27: I Don’t Want to Be A Dirtbag Forever

Day 28: We Got Into BIFF (Boulder International Film Festival)

Day 29: One Day in Vegas and things get Weird

Author: Jeanne Eisenhaure

Editor: Renée Picard

Photos and videos: via the author