Hi everyone!! Thank you for welcoming me into this beautiful group. I’m a 63 year old who embraces life with a full heart no matter the situation. We only have one life to live and it’s important to make difference. My YouTube channel is called “Memories & Must Haves”. My channel focus is on lifestyle, wellness (I have an PhD in Naturopathic medicine) and exercise with some storytelling. Since I’ve had to do a keto reset, that’s been my focus. Oh, and we’re kind of homesteaders where we could live completely off grid 😊. I live in the middle of 50 acres just outside of New Orleans but was raised in Columbus, Ohio. I joined or rewatched the group videos and everyone shares so much information that I’ve enjoyed hearing. I look forward to talking with each of you.

Today I was going through the posts and I saw that I had missed a lot; both new posts and comments 😞 I am gutted about that. I went into my notifications to see what I had turned on - and have now fixed it so I can see everything. I was so touched to see so many new conversations and questions people had asked, and had answered by you (I was MIA!), our community, and I am so sorry I missed this boat. It's a big effort to decide to contribute, especially meaningfully, in a community, or on a video, or anywhere - because the ask is greater than the human capacity to give to everyone who would like us to contribute. I hope I don't get a strike for a swear-y cup. I am watching reruns of "24" (I never watched it 20 years ago or whenever it came out) but I heard the only reason they got an R13 rating is because the language is low level.... Thank you for being here 😍

I am telling YOU first, because you have been so kind to join my community, this corner of our greater community, adding another thing to your socials life that you check in on occasionally in the hope that it is going to add some actual value. I appreciate you 💝 Not sure if you have heard of this annual event https://www.vidsummit.com/ but I am beyond ecstatic to be going to this for the first time. I am going to make lots of content while I am there, and I'll be focused on getting tips, fine distinctions, and hopefully transformational information for us that will make a difference for our channels. Rest assured you will get my honest takes on everything as being a Kiwi, I keep it real 🦾 Let me know if there is anything you would like to know from VidSummit because I am your girl on the ground!!!

So after downloading the YouTube Ebook and Mini Journal from the classroom and printing it off i have, after 45 years, started journaling, and what the hell, im actually putting words onto paper about feelings, dreams, and seeing them on paper rather than just on a computer screen makes them feel so much more powerful.

So last week, after posting 2 videos on my old channel and receiving some lovely comments, I then found the login to the new channel I created. I was stuck then not knowing whether I should stick with the old channel which feels safe and comfortable, but try to add more content, or to rename and try again to make the new channel feel more like me! Then on Monday morning, I realised it was the 1st of September and I randomly decided to upload a little chat video everyday based around my daily Tarot card draw! I have now uploaded 5 videos, all just ten minutes or so. I have had tech issues and been working through them, but it is getting me back into creating for the love of it, and connecting with a community I thought I had lost. But I don't just want to do Tarot. This afternoon I looked through some of my old videos and I realised, that although there is a lot of Tarot mentioned, the video content actually talks about many things, and life and stories, lots of stories. So if I do carry on with this vlog I don't think it will be an issue to record the content I want to record. The big issue will be the talking head stuff and vlogging out in nature etc that I really want to do. I don't look at the YouTube tech stuff, the charts and graphs and numbers, I never have. Maybe one day, but right now I just want to have fun and run with it. So 5 videos is a win, comments are a win, learning about the initial low res preview that YT shows is a win! I have to learn to get the best out of my little lav mic but that will come I am sure :) Really looking forward to the google meet thing tomorrow!! I think the live stuff will help me to be more confident on camera. I hope everyone has had a brilliant week 🥰 Bobby