(medical device beeping) - Suction.
- Suction. - Retractor.
- Retractor. - Defibrillator.
- Defibrillator. - Subscribe.
- Subscribe? - Scalpel! Scalpel. I meant scalpel! - Wait, wait, wait. Are you a YouTuber? - What? No, no, no. I'm not. - Yeah, yeah. Aren't you TheAMaazing? - No way, bro. You do YouTube? - Try saying what's up guys to me. (laughing) See if that helps. (all laughing) - [Offscreen] Comment down
below if you like bees. - Hi, my name is Maaz, and
I'm officially a doctor now. (more laughing) - Oooh. Like, comment, subscribe. (rambling) (shredding) (window breaking) - This might come as a
surprise for you guys, but during the last 3
years of me doing YouTube I've also been going to a
teensy weensy easy little baby wabey thing called medical school. (screaming) And the reason I didn't bring
it up earlier on my channel was because I was scared
of being punished if I brought it as a medical student. But now that I'm out, I
can finally talk about what I've been dealing with
for the past few years. The crazy experiences,
the lessons I've learned, and the moderate amount
of self-loathing that I've gained. Unfortunately,
those stories will be for future videos
because I wanna talk about my journey with this entire
YouTube versus medicine gig. (apple growling) Wait, what? - Mortal scum. An apple a
day keepeth the doctor away. (scream crying) (laughing) - That rhyme was made so
that people eat more fruit. The things you learn in
medical school, am I right? Anyway, let me take you
all the way back to when I was a teeny weeny kid in primary school when I was first introduced
to the world of animation. I was playing around with
this old stick figure based program called Pivot,
and whilst I wasn't very good at it, I didn't really care at all. Because I was mesmerized.
Ever since then, I've always tinkered around and made
some sort of digital content by myself, like
my childhood original character, or an awkward
interview, or this game where you're supposed
to annoy the character until he jumps off a cliff. - What the heck were you doing Young Maaz? You need to chill. (crying) - But I was so passionate
about doing digital media that I even considered it as a career. And I distinctly remember
that when I was in the car with my parents, I mustered up enough courage to tell them. Mother, father. I, Maazias,
wish to pursue digital media as a job after high
school. What do you say? (ominous music) Now, I'd forgotten that
my parents were very... Um, brown. So to them
I wasn't even bringing up a legitimate career choice. It was so far outside
their grasp of reality that they thought I was joking, because you know what they say
about brown parents. You can either be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, or a failure. But you know what, mom? I
became a doctor and a failure! So take that! My decision to actually
enter medicine came after I attended this nerdy science
camp thing in Australia. I went to a workshop where
they were showing off architecture and engineering, because hey, I was good at art, I was good at math, and so wham bam thank you ma'am this should have been perfect right? No. No, yeah I was very bad at it. Feeling really down after that, I saw that they were holding a workshop for a mock medical entrance exam, and
I thought, why not you know? Like it wouldn't hurt to try it, right? And oh, oh man. I blitzed that thing. Like, I did dummy well for
it being my very first time. Unfortunately, this also meant having to accept that I'm not different. That I'm not quirky nor random and that I was just like the other brown boys. And so when I got back home from camp, I walked up to my parents and told them. Yeah, I don't know. I'm probably
gonna apply for medicine. - Oh, thank God he won't be a failure. - And so off I went. Packed
my bags, made my parents cry a ton, and started the
next chapter of my life. Yeah, it was super
nerve-wracking, but I was also super duper keen to be living an independent life at university! But seriously, I did
really well through out the first few years. I got great marks, I
started tutoring my Kouhai, and made some awesome non-quirky
friends along the way. Everything was gonna be A-okay! All according to the brown plan. And so imagine my surprise when I felt lost during my holidays. I mean everything was
going okay, but something was just slightly off. And I wasn't bored or
anything, cause I was playing Final Fantasy 14 for twelve
hours every single day so, I guess I was having fun? But surely, this wasn't it. Right? Is it just going to be this kind of static lifestyle from here on out? What do you think, guys? - Bro. Dude you're not
doing enough damage man! We all wiped because of you! - What? You mean to say
that I'm feeling this funk because I'm subconsciously aware that I still wanna pursue a
career in digital media but won't be able to
because I've been shoehorned into a time intensive line of work? Wow, you're so wise guys! - All right, kick this guy. - And so my holidays continued. Playing online games on autopilot, eating whatever was in front of me, and lazily watching YouTube. It was around this time
that this dude named Domics kept popping up all over my recommended, and I'm like, Domics? More like dumb-ics! (laughing) But I clicked on the video anyway. And, I kinda liked it. Next, YouTube recommends
me this tall, white marshmallow guy named the odd is out. Like, pfft, who? What? I'm totally not in to him! And finally, YouTube
slides me another channel by the name of Jaiden Animations. And I was like, wow! Who
is this dumb asian bi... Big hearted girl? Awesome
creator. An angel living amongst us mere mortals. (bird screeching) In all honesty, whilst I
really enjoyed these animation channels, nothing really stood out to me in terms of inspiration. That is until I watched
Jaiden's video about Hero's Journey, some of Domic's videos, and oh, James is just there I guess. But these videos all
discussed both YouTube and university at the same time. And I felt so ashamed, because
here I am telling myself that I can't make content
because I don't have enough time, and here are people around my age doing just that and succeeding. Was it really a case of not enough time? Or was I just making excuses? And so yeah, that really
spurred on my motivation and that's when I decided to make YouTube videos alongside University. And it wasn't til six months later that I learned Dom, Jaiden, and James all dropped out of University for YouTube. Wait what? (flat lining) It's funny, because when I started YouTube I had a few requirements that I needed to match before I made videos. One, I wanted to remain
anonymous so that my classmates didn't find out. Two, I wanted to be
generally accessible so that anybody could watch
my videos and enjoy them. And three, it had to be
more or less family friendly because my baby brother
watches this kind of stuff and I don't wanna set a poor
example to him, so you know. - (bird screech) you bro! So, anonymity, accessible,
family friendly. Hmm, what could I make? Oh, I know! Anime reviews! But that didn't work out
because I kept getting copyright striked, I
hated editing, and I was really bad at being entertaining. Then I sat back down and had to rethink my entire game plan. What did I actually enjoy
that would translate over really well on to YouTube? ASMR! Nah, I'm kidding. I realized that I love telling stories. It's all I ever do with
my real life friends, so it was natural that I
do the same for YouTube. And so I dusted off my old equipment, made my first animation, and joined rank as a story time animator. It's funny, cause I
thought the animation would be done in like two days, and boy... I was right! Man, this
animation thing is so quick and easy! Why are people (groaning) save this, please, please save. (computer crashing) Now if you're in the same position as me, here's some of my advice. If you wanna juggle your work, college, whatever with your other passions, then it's definitely possible to do that. You have way more time than you think. But you do have to approach it with some level of moderation, a plan,
and realistic expectations. I think it's important to
realize that with YouTube and anything online really,
because of how unstable it is I recommend having some
sort of back up plan as well. Unfortunately I found that
if you tip your effort levels too much either way,
that it will all crumble. For me, if I focused too much on YouTube, then my medical marks crashed
right through the floor. Similarly if I focused
too much on medicine, then I don't upload on
YouTube for months and I take a huge hit on my growth. I can't even tell you how
many times in the last few years I've been pulled,
pressed, or stretched due to these two massive
commitments in my life. - Hey, you wanna hang out after lecture? - I can't I'm making a video. - Hey, you wanna stream with us? - Can't I'm studying. - Hey, could I get some pain killers? - Can't. I'm making a video and studying. Also I don't feel like it. But guys, I'm at a bit of a crossroads. Now that I've graduated,
the rest of my working medical life is waiting for me. Spending time at the hospital for the full 8 am to 5 pm and everything. But, I don't think I'm okay with being a doctor when knowing that I haven't given YouTube a hundred percent
of my effort just yet. And so, I've decided to take a year off before starting my internship. That means for 2020, this entire year, I'm going to be working
as a full time YouTuber. This isn't a spontaneous decision either. Since last year, I've
been saving up as much money from YouTube, scholarships,
and whatever I could, to hopefully last me through out 2020. Fingers crossed there.
I don't have too much, but it's definitely enough for me to eat food, pay rent, and survive. But other than that, this year I'm kind of on my own with YouTube as
my primary source of income. And that's why guys,
if you watch my videos, enjoy them to any capacity, and want to support me in the future,
then please consider supporting me on Patreon,
YouTube channel memberships, or my new merchandise. I
reworked them all to be worth while to you,
especially the merchandise, because look at this. Doesn't
this look really cool? (laughing) And if you're not in a
situation to help out like that, then just watching my videos,
engaging with comments, or forcing your loved ones to watch is good enough for me. So Maaz, what happens at the end of 2020? Well contrary to the
stereotypical brown dude pushed in to medicine, I actually love it and I definitely plan on coming
back to it in the future. But with my own channel, well, I don't know. What I would love to do
is keep creating videos. But unfortunately with
the little time I'll have with work, I probably
won't be able to sustain my YouTube channel that well. So if I don't find a
way to be more efficient or get help with creating videos, then I'm probably going to have to stop making videos on YouTube. And that's why I'm biting the bullet (chewing) and asking for help. So, if you're an animator,
background artist, colourist, editor,
storyboard artist, and you wanna help me make videos, then email me with your portfolio at this address. You'll be paid, of course, in exposure. And money. So, yeah. It's really,
really nerve-wracking and I'm not even sure
if I can keep this up for the whole year, but I'm
absolutely gonna try my best. Sure, I love the feeling
of making videos with my own distinct touch to them. But you know what I love more? Actually being able to create videos, and not ending my channel. It still doesn't feel
real that I'm a doctor, like I'm not supposed to take care of other people's lives? Like, what? Anyways, if you stuck around this far then I want you to
comment "apples will win" down below so that I
know that you're a true blue martian. All right.
Thanks for watching all the way through guys,
laterz, and stay AMaazing. (upbeat music)
