My channel was finally remonetized just a few minutes ago. While this is a relief, I want to make clear that I am not celebrating. This is for a couple reasons... 1️⃣ This should have never happened in the first place. I've been working my ass off on YouTube for 20+ years, trying to create unique and high quality content. I should have spent the last month working on new videos rather than spending my days begging YouTube not to destroy my channel. 2️⃣ The $8,000+ that was withheld from me last month is no longer showing up in my Adsense, and I have no idea if I will ever get it back. My guess is that I'm now going to have to spend the next month tagging YouTube again on here to make sure I get this money. 3️⃣ I have no confidence that I or any other creator are even remotely safe on YouTube. At this point, I will definitely continue to focus on building my other platforms like Patreon, because I just don't feel safe on YouTube anymore. Perhaps one day my faith and confidence in YouTube will be restored, but I want to make clear that the simple fact that they have remonetized me does not restore my confidence in them. 4️⃣ Creators shouldn't have to get a lot of post views on X just to get a fair review of their channel. My posts didn't get as much traction as others on here, but I did get thousands of views on several post. Yesterday I even messaged some of my govt representatives about my situation. Did this have something to do with why my monetization was restored? IDK. But either way, no creator should have to go through this just to get a fair review of their situation. 5️⃣ There are so many other creators still demonetized like @1Skilaw @HuntersPad @lilyYtCreator and many others . I'm not celebrating my own channel being restored, because so many of you are still in total darkness, being ignored by YouTube. For those of you wanting to know what I did to get my channel back, my honest answer is, I DON'T KNOW.... Being remonetized came out of nowhere. I've been rejected in my appeals multiple times, and when I pressed YouTube support for clarification or a human review, they told me the decision was made and there was nothing more that could be done. I just kept posting on here... continued sharing videos that explained how I made my content and what my channel was about... and kept tagging YouTube on here. 👉 I'm going to be sharing posts over the next few days to explain some of the things that I did which may have played a role in me getting my channel back. Make sure to follow me if you want to hear more about that. In the meantime, to the other creators who are still demonetized, don't give up! I do think that if you continue sharing your story on here and tagging YouTube... you will get your channels back eventually. Thanks to everyone who has helped me out by sharing my posts, sending me encouraging messages, and just having my back. Thanks to @MovieTalkNOW1 for taking the time to fully look over my channel and give me suggestions about what steps to take/changes to make.