I don't knowifthat's possible, giventhecircumstances, but I hopeyou'rehanginginthereand I hopeyou'restayingsafeandstayinghome.
And I wish I had, like, usefuladviceweremeaningfulthingstosaywhenitseemslikenomatterwhatanybodysaysinthissituationlike, it's notreallyhelpfulbecausenoneofusknowwhat's goingon.
Anyways.
I wantedtomakethisvideobecause I justwanttogiveyouguys a quickupdatethat I'm nolongergoingtobepostingon a strictlyweeklybasisanymore.
Mostofyouarereallylikecool.
Youdidn't needtomake a wholevideoaboutthat.
Youcouldhavejustdonethatandnobodywouldhavecared.
But I knowsomeofyouguyshavebeenalongonmychanneljourneyforquitesometime, and, youknow, I havebeenpostingvideoseverysingleThursdayforlike, threeyearsnow.
I'vetaken a lotofprideinuploadingeverysingleweekforsomanyyearsbecause I havealwaysjustwantedtoprovethat I'm notlazyisthat I takethisseriouslyandthatthisis a joband I wantedtobeconsistentandbeprofessional.
Butwhen I haven't accountedforisthatoverthepastthreeyearsmyvideoshavegonefromlike, Ah, threeminuteoutfitvideothat I shoton a littlelogcamerainbetweenclassesandtheneditedinthreehourstolike a 40 minuteroommakeoveror a 20 minutevideothat I spent a dayplanningandseveraldaysshootingandthenanotherfourdaysediting.
Essentially, theeffortthat I putinto a videohasincreasedliketenfold, and I'vetriedtomaintainputtingoutthesamefrequency, a videooneeverysingleweek, andthemathdoesn't reallyaddupanymore.
So I hopethatyouguysbelievemewhen I saythat I'm gonnabeworkingjustashard.
And I havebeenworkingjustashard.
Ifanything, I havebeensleepinglessandlettingworkconsumeevenmoreofmylifethan I everhavebefore.
And I wouldlikeThioreboundsthatout a littlebitandgivemyselfthetimethat I needtomakethedealsthat I'm proudof.
A lotofYouTubersatthispoint, enduphiringaneditororcameracreworboth, orlikemultipleeditorstotrytohelpthemwiththeworkload, because a lotofpeopledon't know.
Butediting a videoreally, reallydoestakeaninsaneamountofours.
Butquitefrankly, I don't wanttodothat.
I lovebeingableThiomakevideosthatarereallyandtrulymyown.
I lovebeingthepersonwholikesSetsomehightripodandthepersonwhojustlightingandthepersononthecameraandthepersoneditingeverysinglesecondofthevideo.
I enjoythatcreativeprocess.
That's when I wenttoschoolfor, and I don't wanttoexportthattosomebodyelsetomakemyownlifeeasier, that I coulduploadmorevideos.
I wanttomakevideostheway I wanttomakehim, and I thinkthebestwaytostickbythatfornowistohave a littlebitmoreflexibilitybuiltintomyuploadschedule.
Somethingthat's beenreallyfrustratingrecentlyhasbeen, youknow, workingon a videoallweek, andthenitcomestolikeThursdayat 5 p.m. And I stilldon't havemyvideoquiteready.
I wanttocontinuemakingedits.
I wanttocontinueimprovingit, butthat I beatmyselfupfornothavingitdoneintimewheninreality, I'm doing a betterjobbyspendingmoretimeonthevideoandmakingsomethingthat I'm reallyproudof.
Youthink I feelaboutlike I feelguiltywhen I'm notvisiblybusy, butoftentimesthetimes I'm workingthehardestarethetimesthatyouguysdon't evenseeanythingwhere I justdisappear, likethreedaystoeditbecause I'm genuinelyworkingor I'm writingor I'm testingout a newcameraand I wanttimeforthat.
I justwantanextraweeksuchasthisleakwhen I'vebeeneditingmyNewYorkFashionWeekvideo, and I'm tryingtoenditinthisreallyinterestinglike a documentaryslashoflongstyle.
I have a bunchofinterviewswith, like, editorsandmodels, and I wanttocreate a really I justwanttomake a goodyouknow, andgoodthingstaketime.
Sojustheartheir I wantthatextratimetoeditvideoortoplan a reallylongtermprojectortogetcreativeandtohaveroomThio, youknow, experimentandpushmyselfbecauselikethat, thatiswhy I thriveon I promiseyouguys, I couldcontinuemakingthesameboringassfashionvideoeverysingleweekforeternityandhittingmyweeklydeadlines.
Butmybrainwouldliterallyshrivelinsideme, and I wouldjustlikeKatemylifebecause I wouldn't bechallengingmyself, and I wouldn't bemakinganythingnewandexciting.
Soanotherfactor, admittedly, hasbeenthatrecently.
Mymentalhealthhasbeen a littlebitmorerocky, andit's notsomethingthat I liketotalkaboutingreatdetail.
Maybebecause I don't wanttomonetizemyownmentalhealthstruggles.
Maybebecause I have a lotofinternalizedstigma.
Maybeit's Maybelline, I don't know.
Butyes, since I graduatedthathavebeennotuncommonamountofweekswhere I'm likecryinginbed.
Andthen I, like, pickmyselfupandputonmymakeup.
AndlikemyhappyfaceformoneyDiosandformyownsake, I don't think I wanttodothatasmuchbecause I wouldliketoyou, youknow, maybetakethattimeto, like, see a therapistorgetactualhelpratherthantryingto, like, fixmybrainbyjustworkingMaurandMaurindistractingmyself.
So, yeah, that's kindofthewholethewholeupdate.
I apologizeifthiscomesat a terribletime, because I knowthatmorethanever, peoplearelookingtotheInternetfor a waytopassthetimein a senseofnormalcyandjusthave, like, fun, upbeatstufftowatch.
And I apologizethatthiswasn't thatandalso I feelstupidformakingthisvideobecausetherearepeoplesomanypeoplewholiterallydon't havejobsrightnowanditcan't theytheirrent.
Andhere I ambeinglike, I'm gonnapost a littlebitlessfrequentlylike I don't know.
I knowthatdoesn't detractfromthat, but I stillfeellikeit.
Don't ask.
Youknow, I wellawaremyproblemsareaboutthesmallestproblemsthatanybodyhasintheworldrightnow.
But I havebeenwantingtomakethisupdateforabout, like, sixmonthsnow.
And I thoughtthattoday I finallyhadtheballstodoit.
I knowthisisn't likethatbigof a deal, butforsomereason, tome, itstillfeelslike a reallybigdealthat I stillfeellike.