Sharing cathARTic explorer project at https://catharticexplorer.wordpress.com also found under the “Course” tab above. This therapeutic arts project will be a work in progress. I am starting to move examples into the site. I have also added an extensive “My Story” page outlining my own path and why/how this project came about. Eventually I will have learning modules both free and paid along with real-time therapeutic art services.
33% of people live with sensory disorders. People from all walks of life experience these. The disorders become more problematic when there’s an underlying condition. I’ve lived most of my life impaired by a sensory disorder. The most problematic being vertigo followed by temperature, auditory and vision. I’m happy to find this resource where I can better inform myself and improve my environment and work so that I can make better for others either in person or virtually. With so much lived experience, I already have built-in strategies and coping mechanisms but it’s been very helpful expanding the learning of this for better quality of life. Spending my life masking and hiding this has only made it worse. It’s time to embrace it. This is my first step in the learning process.
As someone who has been living with sensory disorders my entire life, it’s no wonder it’s been nearly impossible trying to fit in somewhere – when constantly dealing with impairment. I recommend that ALL take this training. Not only for my physical experience, but as a content creator who strives to make sensory friendly content, I can make even better informed choices going forward. Course 1 of 6 completed and with a year subscription to the platform, I have access to a supportive community and this is so important.
At a later time, I plan to go into greater detail, explaining my own sensory disorder and how it’s changed my life.
Nerd talk time! Analytics definitely tell stories. Here’s a 2025 YouTube graph of 2 neighbouring cities (in my geographical location) and their behaviours/patterns. There are a few things to observe here. Note the flat area in the middle and how it picks up. That flat area was when I had traveled away from home (my geographical content changed) and those locations, did not tune in until after I returned. Also note how they alternate so when one is active the other isn’t. Might this be the same person in 2 locations traveling back and forth? Why did they stop observing my content when I left my geographical location? Are they only interested when I am producing content from my home? Do they have a specific interested in the local nature content? Might it be to monitor my behaviour locally? There are other possibilities to consider as well. Also, when I follow the locations back in the data, I can see one (blue) entered my YouTube channel a couple of years ago while the other (green) this spring. No matter if it’s 1, 2 or more people, they are contributing to my watch time. Analyzing behaviours is helpful in determining the channels activity and changes. In this case, I see what they were doing and on what days. See that green peak on the graph below? That was April 11 and below that is a screen-grab of what I uploaded on that day (local nature shorts):
I should mention that I do not indicate my location nor in my hashtags. One doesn’t need to be subscribed to a YouTube channel for the statistics to pick up their behaviours.
📈📉 I studied analytics with my Google certification and while I really didn’t love the topic, it’s definitely coming in handy now. This might be a teaching moment and hope it helps someone else read their statistics and contemplate the stories they tell!
I am the caretaker of over 30 air plants, most of those were born at home. I have had extremely good luck with my plants thriving and reproducing. Many people tell me that they are unable to keep their plants alive and that they die very easily. This inspired me to put together a visual poster of my plant species and a short instruction on how to care for them. Enjoy
It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve also been on and off traveling pretty consistently over the past year 2 years and so it’s easy for me to disappear for a while. Last year, I started making Lego content for my YouTube channel. The Lego content is often based on the ASMR style for the purpose of providing calming to the viewer. On the about page, I explain a little bit about the endeavour.
This year I completed Google’s Marketing and E-commerce certificate to help me elevate some of my projects. While some of that learning was well over my head, it was clear that I needed to focus on improving my marketing approach – it’s not something I have ever sat down and studied properly. As a result, I have upgraded my handcraft website with a stronger background story. For my YouTube channel, I followed the learning advice and built a blog that I could share to other social channels, to help get my content noticed more. Of course this also helps the search engines to discover my content as well. On that note, here’s a reminder to pay attention to labelling images with proper titles and descriptions since images can’t be read by a search engine otherwise. By embedding the original video in the blog post, the additional views are added to the source video. I have found YouTube can be disappointing at times, when it comes to getting content viewed. If you’re interested in Lego content creation, please subscribe to Build With Bo and my Curious Bo YouTube channel. Also, check out my improved Bo Handcraft website – featuring a blog with interesting and related content. Below is a crosspost of my latest Lego blog post.
