Setting boundaries before you post your first video
Launch library · evergreen read
It is far easier to set a boundary before an audience exists than to enforce one after people have grown used to a certain level of access into your life and choices, especially once the novelty of starting out wears off, especially in the early stages of a creator's journey.
Decide in advance which topics, locations and people are simply off limits for your content, and write those boundaries down somewhere private rather than deciding in the heat of a tempting moment, even when it feels like a minor detail at the time, particularly once an audience starts to grow.
Boundaries set early are not a sign of smaller ambition. Many long running creators credit clear early boundaries with protecting the parts of life that let them keep making work for years, which becomes obvious only in hindsight, even if the benefit is not immediately visible, which is part of why patience pays off here.