2020 vision: new year, new us.

2020年願景：新的一年，新的我們。

Same us.

我們也一樣。

Yeah.

是的。

Just different.

只是不同。

Well, what's up everybody?

那麼，大家好嗎？

I'm Alex. I'm Marko.

我是亞歷克斯。 我是馬爾科。

You are watching Vagabrothers.

您正在觀看的是《流浪兄弟》。

Welcome back to the channel.

歡迎回到這個頻道。

It's a new year, a new decade.

這是一個新的一年，一個新的十年。

There's a ton of stuff going on in both of our lives,

我們兩個人的生活中都有大量的事情發生。

and we figured it's the perfect opportunity to

我們認為這是一個完美的機會來

sit down with you all and just talk.

與你們大家一起坐下來，只是談談。

Yeah, I mean it's been a while since we've checked in.

是的，我的意思是我們已經有一段時間沒有聯繫了。

We're always trying to give you guys really

我們一直在努力為你們提供真正的

factual travel content, inspirational vlogs and stuff.

實事求是的旅行內容，鼓舞人心的視頻博客和東西。

But every now and then,

但每隔一段時間。

we've got to just check in and speak person-to-person.

我們必須簽到並進行人與人之間的對話。

You might have noticed that in 2019,

你可能已經注意到，在2019年。

we published a little bit less frequently.

我們出版的頻率有點低。

The truth is it was a really difficult year for us.

事實是，對我們來說，這是非常困難的一年。

We had a lot going on.

我們有很多事情要做。

First and foremost,

首先，最重要的是。

our mother was diagnosed with breast cancer,

我們的母親被診斷出患有乳腺癌。

and she's a huge part of our lives.

她是我們生活中的一個巨大部分。

Luckily, she has been a total trooper throughout

幸運的是，她在整個過程中一直是一個完全的戰士。

the entire process and is feeling much better.

整個過程中，他感覺好多了。

So that's a huge relief.

是以，這是一個巨大的安慰。

I feel a lot of gratitude for

我感到非常感激的是

the way that it's played out so far and

到目前為止，它所發揮的方式和

just so much love for Mom and for her

對媽媽和她的愛是如此之多

indomitable spirit, really.

不屈不撓的精神，真的。

Personally for me I also felt a slowing down,

就我個人而言，我也感覺到了速度的減慢。

not like kind of in the same time period,

不像那種在同一時期。

but if you notice I didn't go up Mount Kilimanjaro

但如果你注意到我沒有登上乞力馬扎羅山

And I found out this year that I have arthritis

而且我今年發現我有關節炎

in my ankle from an old injury,

我的腳踝有舊傷。

and it really slowed my body down

它真的讓我的身體變慢了

and forced me to really confront

並迫使我真正面對

the fact that I've been running for so long.

事實上，我已經跑了這麼久了。

I moved to India a week after college in 2008.

2008年，我在大學畢業後一個星期就搬到了印度。

Last year marked 11 years

去年標誌著11年

of pretty much straight traveling.

幾乎是直接旅行。

I needed some stillness in my life and to take

我的生活中需要一些安靜，並採取

a moment away from the road

路遙知馬力

and also a moment away from social media

也是遠離社交媒體的一個時刻

because that can also be its own form of pressure.

因為這也可能是它自己的壓力形式。

We've had the opportunity through this channel

我們已經有機會通過這個管道

to reach millions of people and

覆蓋數百萬人，並

inspire tons of journeys around the world.

激發了世界各地數以噸計的旅行。

But personally this year,

但就我個人而言，今年。

I kind of felt both of those things:

我有點感覺到這兩件事。

the pressures of travel and the pressures of

旅行的壓力和

keeping up on social media really got to me.

保持對社交媒體的關注對我來說真的很重要。

I just needed a little bit of break from both of them,

我只是需要從他們兩個人那裡得到一點休息。

and so I took some time away to do that.

是以，我花了一些時間來做這件事。

And some of you been asking

而你們中的一些人一直在問

why I haven't been posting so much,

為什麼我沒有發那麼多的帖子。

and that's part of it.

而這是其中的一部分。

There's a whole journey behind that

這背後有一個完整的旅程

that I'm happy to tell you about in another time

我很高興在另一個時間告訴你這些。

on my own channel or my own Instagram.

在我自己的頻道或我自己的Instagram上。

I'm going to start posting more around that journey

我將開始圍繞這個旅程發佈更多資訊

and the inner journey that I've been going on,

以及我一直在進行的內心旅程。

but that's kind of made 2019

但這是一種由2019年

a challenging year for me, in that respect.

在這方面，對我來說是具有挑戰性的一年。

One of the challenges that we had to overcome in

我們必須克服的挑戰之一是

2019 was just being out of rhythm with each other.

2019年只是彼此不在一個節奏上。

I think that as Mark was feeling the need to slow down,

我認為，由於馬克感到需要放慢速度。

I was kind of feeling the opposite.

我的感覺有點相反。

I was feeling more inspired than ever.

我感到比以前更有靈感。

I wanted to take on challenges like Kilimanjaro,

我想接受像乞力馬紮羅這樣的挑戰。

but also just wanted to continue

但也只是想繼續

to explore and document it

以探索和記錄它

and share all of these incredible experiences

並分享所有這些令人難以置信的經驗

and opportunities that were presenting themselves,

和正在出現的機會。

not only with the people that I love in my life,

不僅是與我生命中所愛的人。

but also with all of you out there.

但也與你們所有的人在一起。

2019.. you know, the end of a decade.

2019年......你知道，一個十年的結束。

I personally feel, just more than anything,

我個人覺得，就是比什麼都重要。

just immense gratitude for all of the incredible

我只是對所有令人難以置信的

life experiences that this channel has given us,

這個頻道給我們的生活經驗。

and therefore that you out there have given us

是以，你們在外面給了我們

by subscribing, by interacting with the content and

通過訂閱，通過與內容的互動和

getting these messages from all of you

從你們所有人那裡得到這些資訊

about how videos that we've made

關於我們製作的視頻如何

or experiences that we've had

或我們所經歷的經驗

have positively influenced you

對你產生了積極的影響

and even caused you to go out and explore a country.

甚至導致你出去探索一個國家。

That for me was just like this incredible,

這對我來說，就像這種不可思議。

closed-circuit loop.

閉路循環。

Every time I would make something and share it

每次我都會做一些東西並分享給大家

and people would interact positively,

而且人們會積極地互動。

I felt that much more inspired to do more.

我感到更有動力去做更多事情。

It was challenging because we were firing on different cylinders.

這很有挑戰性，因為我們是在不同的氣瓶上開火。

Coming in 2020, we're getting older

即將在2020年到來，我們正在變老

I'm 33 years old. That's my Jesus year.

我今年33歲了。 那是我的耶穌年。

I'm trying to grow the beard out to match that look.

我正試圖把鬍子留出來，以配合這個造型。

We've both made it past terrible 27s.

我們都已經過了可怕的27歲。

and I think that we're coming into our 30s strong.

而且我認為我們即將進入我們的30歲，很強壯。

There's a ton of incredible stuff happening...

有一大堆不可思議的事情發生...

I'm engaged. I'm getting married in May to Carrie Rad

我已經訂婚了。我將在五月與卡莉-拉德結婚。

who is an incredible person.

他是一個不可思議的人。

She's the love of my life,

她是我生命中的摯愛。

She said yes! She said yes!

她說好！她說好！她說好 她說好！

and I feel so much joy around that,

而我圍繞著這一點感到非常高興。

so much excitement.

這麼多的興奮。

But also the channel is approaching

但也有管道正在接近

a million subscribers.

一百萬的用戶。

Wow.

哇。

That is something that you and I have been working

這是你和我一直在努力的事情。

together towards for almost a decade in itself.

一起走向近十年的本身。

It's been like seven or eight years.

好像有七、八年了。

Yeah, it's nuts. We started off this channel.

是的，這很瘋狂。我們從這個頻道開始。

We were like 24, 26..

我們好像是24、26歲...

just backpackers teaching English in Spain.

只是在西班牙教英語的揹包客。

Two guys with a GoPro duct-taped to a broomstick,

兩個人把GoPro膠帶粘在掃帚上。

up against the world.

與世界對抗。

Alex got a Hero 1.

亞歷克斯得到了一個英雄1號。

This dude invented the selfie stick.

這位老兄發明了自拍杆。

I'm giving him credit for that.

我在這方面給他點贊。

If only I had actually patented it.

如果我真的為它申請了專利就好了。

He literally had a broomstick and duct taped it to the Hero 1 GoPro

他真的有一個掃帚，用膠帶粘在Hero 1 GoPro上。

and started vlogging.

並開始寫博客。

I was so nervous, I could barely stand in front of the camera.

我非常緊張，我幾乎不能站在鏡頭前。

And I kept feeling so, so self-conscious on camera,

而且我一直覺得在鏡頭前非常、非常自我感覺良好。

and Alex pushed me to feel comfortable and that

和亞歷克斯推動我感到舒適，這

is really what allowed this whole process to happen

是真正允許這整個過程發生的原因

And so, you know, the channel's evolved.

是以，你知道，這個管道已經發展起來了。

We started off in the beginning... we were making like..

我們開始的時候......我們在做像......。

kind of documentary style things that were.....

紀實風格的東西，是.....。

It was kind of like a Discovery Channel or like Vice style

這有點像探索頻道或像Vice的風格

depending on what the subject was and

取決於主題是什麼和

then we kind of became... We won this contest;

然後我們就成了...我們贏得了這場比賽。

we travel around the world for six months

我們在世界範圍內旅行6個月

We then kind of got on the daily vlogging mix.

然後我們就有點兒上了日常微博的混合。

That was wild. It's just been an evolution.

那是狂野的。這只是一種演變。

And when you think back about how

而當你回想一下，如何

much content we've made.

我們已經做了很多內容。

We've made hundreds of videos-

我們已經制作了數以百計的視頻-

like over 500 videos- I was looking the other day-

像超過500個視頻--我有一天在看--。

from dozens of countries... I don't even know how many.

來自幾十個國家...我甚至不知道有多少。

People ask me. I don't know,

人們問我。 我不知道。

Now we're approaching a million subscribers,

現在我們正在接近一百萬的用戶。

and it's just a moment for both of us to pause...

而這只是我們兩個人暫停的一個時刻......

to thank you guys, to thank each other,

以感謝你們，感謝彼此。

to thank our family for putting up with two

感謝我們的家人忍受了兩個

family members going into business together.

家庭成員一起做生意。

We do a lot of this. You've got to hug it out.

我們做了很多這樣的事。你得抱著它出去。

You know, but like dude, here's the thing.

你知道，但像老兄，事情是這樣的。

Here's the thing.

事情是這樣的。

We're brothers. We're both creative people.

我們是兄弟。我們都是有創造力的人。

We're both driven and we have our own visions,

我們都很有動力，我們有自己的願景。

and a lot of the time, 99 percent of the time,

和很多時候，99%的時間。

those visions overlap.

這些願景是重疊的。

And when that happens, it's incredible.

而當這種情況發生時，它是不可思議的。

And then sometimes we have different interests

然後有時我們有不同的興趣

where one of us is like, yes.. I'm excited about that,

我們中的一個人說，是的，我很興奮。

and the other person is like..,

而另一個人則是..,

I'm not so excited about that.

我對這一點不是很興奮。

Yeah, and that's life.

是的，這就是生活。

So you're probably wondering what's in store for 2020?

所以你可能想知道2020年有什麼打算？

Well for me, I've had a very surprised,

對我來說，我有一個非常驚訝的。

unexpected offer that came to me.

意外的提議出現在我面前。

I got the opportunity to

我有機會

work as a producer on a new travel television show,

在一個新的旅遊電視節目中擔任製片人。

and I hadn't expected it.

而我卻沒有想到。

I was kind of like a little bit confused,

我當時有點像有點困惑。

but then I started thinking about it and

但後來我開始思考這個問題，並

I know that Alex and I have been working

我知道，亞歷克斯和我一直在努力

together hand in glove for the last 7 years,

在過去的7年中，我們一直攜手共進。

and this is obviously something

而這顯然是一些

that I will have to step away from the channel to do.

我將不得不離開這個頻道去做。

But I thought about it,

但我想過了。

and I really realized this is the right direction.

而我真的意識到這是正確的方向。

It's a six month job,

這是一個為期六個月的工作。

and I will be making two seasons of a television show.

和我將製作兩季的電視節目。

So I will be traveling for the next six months straight.

是以，我將在接下來的六個月裡連續旅行。

Television for me has been something that like although growing up,

電視對我來說一直是喜歡的東西，雖然長大了。

I'm the person that always loved to read books,

我是一直喜歡看書的人。

and it was always like... no, no TV.

而它總是像......不，沒有電視。

The reality is we're living in the Golden Age of television,

現實是我們生活在電視的黃金時代。

and I personally,

和我個人。

if you had to talk about the type of content I like to make,

如果你必須談論我喜歡做的內容類型。

I like to make deep, long-form, highly produced content,

我喜歡做深度的、長篇的、高度製作的內容。

and we've done a lot of that on Vagabrothers,

而我們在《流浪兄弟》中做了很多這樣的事。

and I do think that there's a lot of room to still do that.

我確實認為仍有很大的空間來做這件事。

However, television still is really the gold standard for

然而，電視仍然是真正的黃金標準。

long-form highly produced content,

長篇大論的高度製作的內容。

and taking an opportunity, a short -term opportunity,

並抓住一個機會，一個短期的機會。

to really dive into that......learn and grow because

真正潛心研究......，學習和成長，因為

the weird thing that you might not see from there

從那裡你可能看不到的怪事

is that we don't have bosses, which is like

是，我們沒有老闆，這就像

a blessing in many ways,

在許多方面都是一種祝福。

but sometimes you just want to be like,

但有時你只是想成為這樣的人。

"Dude, what do I do right now?" because there's no one.

"夥計，我現在該怎麼做？"因為沒有人。

When you're on YouTube, you're blazing the path,

當你在YouTube上時，你就在開闢道路。

and sometimes you get to a situation,

而有時你會遇到這樣的情況。

you're like, "How do we deal with this?"

你會想，"我們如何處理這個問題？"

And you don't know.

而你卻不知道。

One of the things I'm stoked about

我感到興奮的事情之一是

is the team that I'm working with..

是我正在工作的團隊。

the producer's.. really really..

生產者的......真的真的......。

There's a couple producers

有幾個生產商

who are really, really well experienced. It's a great team.

他們都是非常、非常有經驗的人。這是一個偉大的團隊。

I'm obviously bummed to be leaving my brother

要離開我的兄弟，我顯然很無奈

for the next six months because I love him.

在接下來的六個月裡，因為我愛他。

I love the channel and I know there's some great things

我喜歡這個頻道，我知道有一些很棒的東西。

in the pipeline for Vagabrothers that I'm going to

我準備為 "流浪兄弟 "創作的作品。

unfortunately not be able to participate in.

很遺憾不能參加。

There's a lot of room to grow and I'm just grateful for

有很大的成長空間，我只是感謝

the opportunity and for my brother to help me

機會，並讓我的兄弟幫助我

accommodate the situation so I can do it.

適應這種情況，所以我可以做到。

Yeah, you know the thing is this:

是的，你知道事情是這樣的。

you are a great producer.

你是一個偉大的製片人。

That's the skill- set that you've developed over the last

這是你在過去幾年中發展起來的技能組合。

seven or eight years of us working together,

我們一起工作了七、八年。

and you excel at it.

而且你在這方面很出色。

And this is an opportunity for you to take that skill- set

而這是一個機會，你可以利用這個技能--一套

to where it's most needed and to grow it

到最需要的地方去，並使之成長。

and to learn new skills and to learn

和學習新技能，並學習

new things and to try out a different form of creativity.

新事物，並嘗試不同形式的創作。

And I think that that in itself is great.

而且我認為這本身就很好。

It's immensely beneficial.

這是很有好處的。

I think that this is like honestly,

我認為，這就像誠實的。

the universe is opening the right doors at the right time,

宇宙在正確的時間打開正確的門。

and I don't look at it like a sad thing.

而我並不把它看成是一件悲傷的事情。

I look at it as a happy thing.

我把它看成是一件快樂的事情。

Not only is this an incredible opportunity for you..

這不僅對你來說是一個難以置信的機會。

to learn, to increase your skills, and to diversify,

學習，增加你的技能，並使之多樣化。

it's also coming at a great time for me.

對我來說，這也是一個好時機。

I'm getting married in May. I have a lot of plans.

我將在五月結婚。我有很多計劃。

There's a honeymoon coming up.

有一個蜜月即將到來。

There's also on the work front

在工作方面也有

a ton of really interesting opportunities.

一大堆真正有趣的機會。

I want to continue to improve my craft, my storytelling.

我想繼續提高我的手藝，我的講故事。

I want to make content for the Vagabrothers channel,

我想為Vagabrothers頻道製作內容。

but also for my personal channel,

但也是為了我的個人頻道。

and I just really want to increase productivity.

而我只是真的想提高生產力。

I want to share more. I want to create more,

我想分享更多。我想創造更多。