Future Milestone Predictions

MrBeast (Jimmy) shares a story about recording prediction videos for his future self when he was a small YouTuber.

"The greatest thing I ever did in my life was when I was studying for a history test with only 8,000 subscribers. I closed my book, threw it on the floor, and recorded multiple videos scheduled to upload in the future.

I recorded 'Hi me in 6 months,' predicting I'd have 10,000 subscribers. Then 'Hi me in a year.' Then 'Hi me in 5 years' where I said 'If you don't have a million subscribers, you're a fucking idiot.' I also did 'Hi me in 10 years.'

The 5-year video went live about 2 years ago. In the original video, I was a teenage kid saying 'I hope you have at least a million subscribers and maybe you're doing this as a job. I make like $10 a month right now.' When it went public, I had 40 million subscribers. I completely forgot I even did that. Everyone thought it was one of the coolest things I ever did.

The 10-year video hasn't come out yet, but in it I said 'You should be out of college by now and definitely doing YouTube full-time - there's just no world you're not after 10 years. You're probably making a little bit of money, I just hope you are.'"