Where are we headed

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about who I am, what Jarvis Outdoors is and what I want Jarvis Outdoors to be. I have been asked many times what Jarvis Outdoors is and I always have the same response. ” Its just a little thing I do nothing big, but I have things in place in case it would take off and get bigger”. Well in the grand scheme of thing it is getting bigger and it has already grown further than I had ever expected. It’s way more than just a little thing, it’s growing followers on all platforms more and more each day. There are people subscribing everyday, weather that is in the form of YouTube subscriptions, people subscribing to the blog mailing list, or followers on Instagram. Each and everyday there is some kind of growth and I could not and would not do this without growth. I want this to be so much more but I struggle with exactly what I want it to be. I’d have to say in an ideal world I would like Jarvis Outdoors to somehow have a roll in the outdoor community,  what that roll is, could go many ways but I would like to be able to produce good positive content that reaches the entire outdoor community. I want to produce content that people enjoy seeing, and content that has some kind of positive effect. 

If you have followed us long you know that hunting is my true passion and what drives this whole thing, but it goes so much further than hunting for me. Jarvis Outdoors is all about enjoying the outdoors with family and friends, whatever the “outdoors” happens to be. People joked with me that Jarvis Outdoors will be on T.V. one day and wouldn’t that be awesome. I’d be able to reach all kinds of people then. Who wouldn’t love to travel all over hunting, fishing, camping and being outdoors all while getting filmed and being paid to do what you love. Count me in!  However in today’s world of outdoor T.V. I believe its a long road. Take a look at who and what is on outdoor T.V. now. Professional sports athletes, singers, T.V. and movie stars, people with tons of money. Not many of the new up and comers are normal people that just started with a passion, a blog, or a YouTube channel. I fear the days of the simple hunter trying to make it are long gone. However it still may be possible for someone to make it big, and there are a few guys doing it. There are also other ways to make it in the outdoor world besides T.V. and lets say that’s where I am heading for now. Now don’t get me wrong those big name people produce a lot of good content and show how passionate they are about the outdoors but they have taken a very different path to get where they are.

It takes motivation to do anything. Motivation drives better outcomes. If you don’t have motivation to do something its likely you will fail or whatever you are doing will be done poorly. I am motivated by my passion, and all my supporters. I also receive motivation from following two guys who are pretty big names in the outdoor community, Mark Kenyon and Randy Newberg. I follow both of them along with many others around them on many different platforms, each and everyday I am inspired by something they have said, done, or something in the content they have produced. I guess you could say these two guys give me the drive and I strive to be like them. Now I have never met either of these gentlemen but I am usually a pretty good judge of charter and I truly think I know who they are and what they stand for. In the last 5 years I have had a chance to talk to several people who are involved in the outdoors in various ways. I have heard stories from these people about some pretty big names in the outdoors. Stories that just make you shake your head, stories about lying, cheating, bad attitudes, and some other things I don’t care to discuss. All things you would not expect from people who get paid to do what many would give a limb for. Never the less no one is perfect, but it still doesn’t make it right. I truly feel in my heart that Mark Kenyon and Randy Newberg are the real deal they are two of the good ones and I feel very much like them. They too had a passion, a drive and found motivation to take the steps to get where they wanted to be, look where they are and where they are going. I can only hope that one day I can be just a little like them and look back at where I started.

At this point I can’t say where this is going. It is my passion and I will continue to move forward as I have done so far. I started with a YouTube channel, then came the website and blog, and now I have started dabbling into social media with Instagram. I feel I can continue to grow and reach more people by expanding my platforms, growth in any amount is positive. I think my next step should be striving to produce better content. Up to this point I have used very basic equipment and I feel that upgrades are due. Upgrades take money so I have started to making a few custom wooden display pieces for local taxidermists along with a few other projects like corn hole boards, flags, and I am hopping to make some outdoor furniture to fund the coming upgrades. I’m sure some of you have seen this on Instagram. With my next goal in growth being to produce more and better content, I hope this allows me reach more people with better quality content to support the growth of Jarvis Outdoors. Just maybe one day I’ll be a Randy Newberg or a Mark Kenyon and maybe one day Jarvis Outdoors will be a name in the outdoors that everyone will know. Big hopes, right? For now we will just keep doing what we are doing and reach as many people as possible. I mean I love doing this, it doesn’t feel like work when your doing what you love.

I want to thank each and everyone of you who has taken the time to watch my videos, read my blog, leave a comment, or subscribe to one of my platforms. You are a big part of this and your support helps drive everything I do. It takes time for you to support us and I thank you so much. I can promise to keep bringing you content and will be working to make it better. Come along for the ride and lets see where this goes. Every step forward no matter how small is still a step forward. Until next time get outdoors and stay safe!

Chris     

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