Hit 10k subscribers on my tiny channel but now I'm terrified of posting

My cooking channel finally hit 10k subs last week and honestly it's freaking me out. Before I was just messing around in my kitchen making weird recipes and nobody cared. Now I feel like every video has to be perfect or I'll lose all these people. Got a comment yesterday from someone saying "your last video felt rushed" and I can't stop thinking about it. Has anyone else dealt with the pressure getting worse after a big milestone?

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anderson.david6d ago

Every video has to be perfect" is the problem, not the fix - just keep making weird recipes.

sage_ramirez423d ago

Yeah, 100%. When I got to 1k on my art channel I was so scared of messing up that I stopped posting for two months. The worst part is people start treating you like you're some kind of professional all of a sudden. I straight up got a comment saying "this sketch feels lazy" on a video where I was just doodling for fun. It made me wanna delete everything. But you gotta remember those 10k people subbed because they liked the messy weird stuff, not some polished version of you. Keep doing your weird recipes, that's why they showed up in the first place.