Why I Stopped YouTube & What's Next - An Honest Life Update for My Followers

So I haven't uploaded in well over 6 months... Here's where I'm at.
I'm moving away from ADHD-specific content for the foreseeable future. However, many of my future topics (including this) can always be related to the matter in some way.

#adhd #adhdmanagement #adhdmastery

[ADHDMastery]

Reading all these positive and supportive replies warms my heart. It's reminded me of how great it is to be part of a community and influence people's lives for the better. Thank you all for such kindness and understanding.

[subhammajumdar]

You are one of the reasons I felt validated after getting diagnosed with ADHD. Good luck brother

[laurielansue]

Just learned about your channel a month ago. Came for the adhd, inattentive type content, stayed for the clear, concise, objective, real person. Put out whatever content you want!

[ADHDPatrick]

Thats really great idea Stuart, at some point every creative person wants to evolve and try new avenues. Doing different things with passion is far better choice in the long run than doing things on autopilot zombie mode just for the views/profit.

[GoADHDGo]

Mental Wellness Mastery. Boom. Done.

Wait… Wellness Mastery. Boom done.

Wellness Mastery might be better because then you can do mental and physical wellness videos. Let’s face it, yous gots ADHD and you know dang well that you’re gonna end up wanting to do physical wellness videos at some point. :)

Whats nice about doing mental (or mental and physical) wellness videos is that you can pepper in ADHD videos whenever an ADHD video idea hits you… which it will.

Another nice thing about this “change” is that pretty much any wellness topic can be beneficial to those with ADHD.

Transitioning from an ADHD channel to a mental wellness channel isn’t like changing from ADHD channel to a Ford Pinto repair channel.

Current subscribers should stick around because, like I said earlier, any wellness topic will be beneficial to ADHDers.

Am I still talking?

[Alex-vcdr]

I support your shift. I believe that we have to evolve. Keep evolving.

[MrHez]

this is growth. im so happy to hear this. as someone whos trying to start fresh also in 30's I need to see ppl turning away from the darkness of adhd. Glad your back and glad you grew.

[jomana]

Excited to see the new content, ADHD or not doesn’t matter too much.

[Kamel]

I'm not disappointed, in fact I'm excited. Thank you for your honesty, I'm sure most of us here will respect your decision and follow your new content. Afterall, it's a journey.. All the best

[RacheyBabes]

Sounds great! For someone who has just been diagnosed with ADHD combined and struggling still to figure my stuff out, it's inspiring to see you having enough mastery of your ADHD to want to move on to new topics instead of continuing talking about it.

I would definitely be here for both content, the old and new. I think you'll lose some people but I don't think it should hold you back!

[d.g.]

You do you and make no apologies for it. It's your life, live it.

[Mindimalist]

I so much connect with what you're saying. I started my channel last year, uploaded a bunch of videos on personality types and I found myself not wanting to do it anymore. So I'm preparing a massive turn for my channel. I think we, ADD (and ADHD) are highly creative, and niching down our channels to something so particular can only work for a period of time because we want to explore more. And I'm learning that that's totally fine as well :)
Congrats on your decisions, sounds great!

[PSG]

The past videos are still very helpful.
Lookin forward to the New Content

[IsaacJu]

Stuart. You are an amazing person. You are appreciated, you have everything you need. God has a lot in store for you. This is coming from someone who has struggled and you helped me. thank you

[katie]

Hi! I'm really looking forward to your new content. I relate in that there's only so much you can learn/say about ADHD and then it becomes old hat. But i'd love more content about random stuff, by people with adhd. And wellness/mental health is a huge part of life for anyone, espeically ADHD people.

[GeekLoveu]

Hey man, first time commenting, and just wanted to say thanks for all your great content so far, and to be honest, I'm glad you're moving into a new space for your own sake. I actually think there is a limit to the amount of content that YouTubers can make on specialist subjects like this, and it's very wise to diversify, so you aren't rehashing topics for the sake of it, or flogging a dead horse.

I think it detrimentally waters down channels and can make them less useful to keep grinding on past the point where passion has faded. It's also a bit like if you had a library that only had the best books on a specific subject you were interested in, versus a library which had every single book on the subject. I know which would be most helpful, given that nobody has the time to read (or in this case watch) everything, you value the highest quality information with the most passion behind it.

I don't think this is a disappointing move because your back catalog of content is very impressive, and very helpful, and we can always dive into that for some great advice.

I'm glad you're doing so well in your life, and it's good to hear you've got a new plan. I was definitely one of those people a bit worried about how you were doing, as I got into your channel and found your honesty and groundedness very refreshing, you're not putting on a character, and I think that makes your stuff more relatable, so it's really great to hear you've got this new path, and that the break was for good reasons as opposed to bad reasons.

Rather than saying "Keep it up!" I'll say that I hope you continue to live by your own compass and do what works for you, and only make things you feel passionate about, because viewers like us benefit when voices of creators are genuine.

[ProvocativeSloth]

This is my favourite video of yours so far, actually. Totally understand where you're coming from.

6 years ago, I had a channel about Weight Loss Surgery and some lovely followers. But after 2 years, it wasn't a particularly defining aspect of my life. And so I decided to make all the videos private. It's now just a little personal archive documenting a chapter of my life.

I had a video chat session with yourself a while back - and since then I got my shit together, got married and went back to work.

Remember kids, It's just low dopamine. There's way more to us than that.

Looking forward to seeing what you do next. X

[taylorivan]

My fav video from you was the one you did about feeling that it’s better for you to stay single rather than in a relationship, id love to see more from you about that type of stuff and other general social life type stuff. That will obv have some connection to adhd stuff because you would talk about your experience but that adhd connection doesnt have to be explicit, I would probably relate to your perspective without needing it to be just within an adhd context.

[AnnikaOBrien]

I just found you last night and I feel like you speak my inner thoughts aloud. I actually started crying during one of your videos about staying single because I’ve felt and said the exact same things since I was a teenager. Minimalism and simplifying my life with processes helped a lot.

[jamesryan]

Heyo, its great to see that you are alive and well. A few words here to express my enormous thanks for all the content you have put out previously. Your videos have been a huge help in my ADHD journey and I will be forever grateful to you for that.
After all you have already done, I can totally understand where you're coming from. Thank you for the honest update, I am excited to see what you will be sharing in the future and will be looking forward to it. Take care