I let a stranger choose my tattoo (big mistake)
Description: I had a simple idea: let strangers pick my next tattoo.
I created a brand-new Instagram page and waited for the internet to flood it with tattoo ideas. I imagined thousands of people submitting designs, voting, and turning this into the ultimate tattoo challenge.
But nothing happened.
No comments.
No messages.
No suggestions.
That’s one of the realities of being a small YouTuber that nobody talks about. When you’re just starting out, the internet doesn’t always show up for your ideas the way you imagine it will.
So I had a decision to make: cancel the tattoo… or commit anyway.
Instead of strangers online choosing the design, my tattoo artist and I printed out a bunch of random flash designs, cut them up, threw them in a bowl, and let pure chance decide what tattoo I would get permanently inked on my body.
Whatever got picked… I had to get.
This video isn’t really about tattoos.
It’s about building something when nobody’s watching.
Every creator, entrepreneur, artist, or person chasing a goal goes through this phase. The phase where you keep showing up before the world notices.
The tattoo I ended up with represents WWMBD — Where Wonder Meets Bold Dreams, the philosophy behind this channel.
If you're building something right now — a YouTube channel, a business, your fitness, or your dream life — this video is for you.
And if you’re here early, just know I appreciate you more than you know.
Because one day when this channel is bigger…
you’ll know you were here when we were just building.
Subscribe if you want to follow the journey.
Chapters
0:00 The tattoo idea
0:26 The reality of being a small creator
1:04 My backup plan
1:40 Letting randomness choose my tattoo
2:22 What the tattoo means
2:58 Building when nobody’s watching
Tags / Keywords
tattoo challenge, letting strangers pick my tattoo, random tattoo challenge, tattoo reveal, tattoo vlog, small YouTuber journey, building a YouTube channel, motivation for creators, tattoo artist vlog, random tattoo design, commitment tattoo Close description
I created a brand-new Instagram page and waited for the internet to flood it with tattoo ideas. I imagined thousands of people submitting designs, voting, and turning this into the ultimate tattoo challenge.
But nothing happened.
No comments.
No messages.
No suggestions.
That’s one of the realities of being a small YouTuber that nobody talks about. When you’re just starting out, the internet doesn’t always show up for your ideas the way you imagine it will.
So I had a decision to make: cancel the tattoo… or commit anyway.
Instead of strangers online choosing the design, my tattoo artist and I printed out a bunch of random flash designs, cut them up, threw them in a bowl, and let pure chance decide what tattoo I would get permanently inked on my body.
Whatever got picked… I had to get.
This video isn’t really about tattoos.
It’s about building something when nobody’s watching.
Every creator, entrepreneur, artist, or person chasing a goal goes through this phase. The phase where you keep showing up before the world notices.
The tattoo I ended up with represents WWMBD — Where Wonder Meets Bold Dreams, the philosophy behind this channel.
If you're building something right now — a YouTube channel, a business, your fitness, or your dream life — this video is for you.
And if you’re here early, just know I appreciate you more than you know.
Because one day when this channel is bigger…
you’ll know you were here when we were just building.
Subscribe if you want to follow the journey.
Chapters
0:00 The tattoo idea
0:26 The reality of being a small creator
1:04 My backup plan
1:40 Letting randomness choose my tattoo
2:22 What the tattoo means
2:58 Building when nobody’s watching
Tags / Keywords
tattoo challenge, letting strangers pick my tattoo, random tattoo challenge, tattoo reveal, tattoo vlog, small YouTuber journey, building a YouTube channel, motivation for creators, tattoo artist vlog, random tattoo design, commitment tattoo Close description