TikTok — As a Hobby

Three key takeaways:

1. The start does NOT have to be perfect. And that's OK!
2. It gets better bit by bit once you're all in.

Last year, just for fun, I started running this channel. It was my first experience as a content creator. I'd thought about it for a very long time, and I finally decided to act. A faceless channel with a logo I had created with the help of an AI model. It was a lot of fun. It was all about World of Warcraft. Why WoW? At the time I'd been spending a lot of hours in the game. So the first idea was to do something with it — I was already in there anyway.

Since I'd always found the world of WoW to be something truly special, I decided to make videos featuring its landscapes. Even the first videos did pretty well on views: 300–500. The third video even hit 1,000. It motivated me to keep going. And within about two weeks I had 500 followers. WOW! Me, a content creator! No, this can't be true. But it was.

Long story short: it lasted 3–4 months in total, with varying success, with ups and downs. When the follower count reached 2,000+, I stopped. Why? Hard to say. Gaming wasn't exactly what drove me. Meanwhile I was thinking about another channel, but this time with my face on it. Some kind of mindset-coach thing, with tips, stories about what I'd experienced, and the knowledge from the books I've read. So I wanted to talk about life, and I thought it would spark more interest than WoW entertainment. I recorded exactly one video. You can watch it on my YouTube channel, but please be aware that this video is in German.

And the third takeaway? I've learned this lesson: at the end of the day it doesn't matter what I do, it only matters how I do it. Simple!

Stay tuned and stay healthy

Begli

Update — 15.09.2026

This project is live again! You can read more about it in this Essay.