"I've never met anyone who wrestles with life as deeply as you do, Tim."
After meeting with a life coach for almost a year, these are some of the last words he shared with me. It was during our final meeting when we were wrapping up all of our previous discussions that he said this and I immediately thought, "Yes, that's what I do and I feel like it's important."
While he meant it as a compliment, I suspect there were moments when my wrestling left him scratching his head a bit.
But here's the thing: I believe that how we live really matters. Too many people live day-to-day, look up years later and don't recognize where they are, how they got there, nor even evaluated if this is where they wanted to be. As a person of faith, I think it's important to ask, "Lord, what do you want?" and then live in that direction.
My journey focuses on growing in five essential areas of life, what I (and others) call the five capitals:
- Spiritual Capital - Deepening my relationship with God
- Relational Capital - Nurturing connections with my wife, children, and local community
- Intellectual Capital - Pursuing and implementing wisdom
- Physical Capital - Maintaining health to serve others effectively
- Financial Capital - Stewarding resources to fuel growth in all areas
This means there's a lot of wrestling over business, family, and faith.
I chose the word "wrestling" deliberately. As someone who competed from pee-wee through high school, and now trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I understand that meaningful growth requires intentional effort, disciplined training, conflict, and embracing discomfort. The greatest rewards often emerge from our most challenging struggles.
My Journey So Far
My path has has taken several unexpected twists and turns:
- I graduated from Bible college and seminary, believing my career would be in youth ministry.
- In 2005 I started a personal blog that turned into the most widely-read blog on the Internet in the youth and family space.
- I married Dana in 2006. We were blessed with seven children in eight years.
- Vocational ministry came to an end when I was fired in 2011. I suddenly became a full-time blogger and YouTube creator.
- After several years of YouTube success, I founded Video Creators, a YouTube growth agency serving clients like Disney, Warner Brothers, eBay, Budweiser, HBO, and YouTube itself. I sold that agency to vidIQ in 2022.
- During that time my wife and I worked through significant marriage challenges, but after years of therapy we're doing better now than we were on our honeymoon.
- Currently I serve as Chief Creator Coach at vidIQ, building a team to provide 1:1 coaching for our 3 million weekly active creators.
What You'll Find Here
This blog goes back to my 2005 roots of blogging. I want to wrestle through the ideas, challenges, and questions that are currently in front of me. I want to explore the intersection where business, creativity, family, relationships, and faith all meet.
If you're someone who believes in living intentionally and wrestling with life's important questions, I invite you to join me. Subscribe to access both the complete archive and all future content.
Wait, who is Tim Schmoyer?
After starting a popular YouTube channel in 2006, Tim became the first person to educate marketers and creators on how to successfully grow YouTube channels.
Later, in 2013, Tim started a YouTube growth agency, Video Creators, and did YouTube strategy for Disney, Warner Brothers, eBay, Budweiser, HBO, and more. His team earned over 20 billion views and 100 million subscribers for thousands of clients.
In 2022 vidIQ acquired Video Creators and today Tim is their Chief Creator Coach where he’s building a YouTube coaching program to work with millions of creators.
He lives in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. He homeschools his seven kids and together his family spends their free time developing a little homestead farm on their property.
