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Canadian-born comedianLilly Singhprobably knowsYouTubeinside and out.
Those are some seriously impressive metrics.
But Singh wasn’t always a world-famous personality with a successful YouTube channel and a fat bank account.
“I was a creative kid constantly doing weird things,” she recalled in an interview withMarie Claire.
“I was a lot.
I was also very obsessive.”
Fortunately, that was something she was able to push through.
Dreams really can come true!
“I was a sad person,” she continued.
“As a kid, I lovedentertainmentand dancing and being creative, and I lost that in university.”
So so you can cope with herdepression, she tapped into her creative energies and started making videos.
“It was self-medicating.”
Rather, she just had some creative ideas and wanted to express herself.
Thus,IISuperwomanIIwas born.
Pretty soon, she was an early YouTube sensation.
“It boggled my mind.
How did these people find this video?
Who were they and why were they watching?”
Good questions, indeed.
“My phone was going bing, bing, bing,” she continued.
“After that, I turned off the notifications.”
Unicorn Island had been established!
It was important to her, then, that she find the right individuals to work with.
That would certainly be a transition.
As for going forward, Singh established some goals for herself to help things run as smoothly as possible.
That’s what I’ve been trying to do this year."
That didn’t dawn on her until shetraveledto India in 2015, where she was extremely well-received.
“Something about it validated me and now my parents get it.”
“No other words can describe it besides life changing.”
“It’s a constant battle with my mind.”
Haters gonna hate, Lilly, so don’t give them the time of day!
As she blossomed and spoke at colleges and universities, Singh saw things hadn’t changed much.
And that, Singh can’t get behind.
Louder again for the people in the back!
“So it was a lot of me trying to be very analytical.”
Well, given how well-received the book was, Singh clearly did it right.
“I turned into such a machine.
I was feeling that I was completely losing what it means to be human.”
To that end, it was clearly time for Singh to take a break.
So in November of 2018, she announced she was doing just that in avideoon her YouTube channel.
“I’m going to be real with you all.
I am mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually exhausted,” she confessed.
“I haven’t been super happy with a lot of the content I’ve created.”
That shows just how important it is totend to your mental health!
She did so in atweetin February of 2019, an act that wasn’t exactly easy for her.
Singh’s motivation for coming out was to be as authentic as possible and to accept herself wholly.
“Loving myself was a very hard lesson,” she continued.
“I want to love myself, but I also want to be myself.”
Nothing but respect for that!
Initially, however, she wasn’t interested in taking the gig.
“It was whether this was a puzzle piece that would fit well in my existing life.”
Given her busy schedule, that’s a legit concern.
“I’m very much all or nothing.”
“That’s something I’ve really had to unlearn because I am not made for that path.”
“It’s a battle for me to get rid of thoseexpectations.
You got this, Lilly!
