Hi everyone, today i wanted to just sit
down and have a chat.
I made one of these videos a few months
ago when i moved, and was just thinking
about a lot of things... realizing stuff.
And I just thought i would sit down
since it's the end of the year and sort of
chat with you guys and reflect on the
last 12 months. 2016 has been an
interesting year. A few days ago I
thought about it and realized that this
is the first year where I never attended
school, at least since I started going to school
when I was in preschool. So this is the
first time in, what? 17 years? That I had a
year without any "education". And yeah that
doesn't mean I didn't learn anything.
Something I love about being an adult
and being done with school-- even though i
absolutely loved it and would love to go
back to school someday-- I like that it's
kind of life that teaches you. It sounds
so cheesy and cliche, but when you're not
being forced to learn certain things,
it's just interesting to see where your
interests lie,
what kind of takes over your brain, and
what you start to learn and what you
prioritize. Obviously reading is a huge
way for me to learn, the way I love to
learn, and the way I learn best. But
it's interesting to see what I gravitate
towards in an effort to learn more.
I listened to a lot of podcasts this year, and I
especially loved the NPR Politics Podcast,
which i never thought i would love
listening to politics, but obviously this
year has been very interesting and very
different and there's been a lot to
learn in the course of this election.
I was super grateful to that podcast for
keeping me informed and allowing me to
have at least a semblance of knowledge
about what was going on in the political
climate this year. I also moved into my
own apartment. After graduating I lived
at home for a little while, and then
moved into my own place about four
months ago. And it has been super great, a
lot easier of a transition than i
expected. I love having my own place and
being able to do what I want on my own terms.
You know it's just, I think, the next
natural step after college for me, and
I've been super lucky to have a place to
call my own. This year i also got to do
something that I realized I never talked
about on my channel. I mean i mentioned
it but I never really thought back on it
and reflected on it and
discussed with you guys-- and that was I
went to VidCon for the second time and I
was able to speak on the BookTube panel
at VidCon with some lovely people.
I had such a great time and I feel bad
that I didn't talk about it afterwards
because if it wasn't for you guys, for
watching my videos, for I suppose people
recommending me to VidCon-- I don't know
how they chose me out of all the booktubers--
but if it weren't for you guys I
wouldn't have been on that. So I want to
say thank you. I almost am at 19,000
subscribers, which in the scheme of
YouTube is very small, but for me, who
started this pretty much like three
years ago this month, I never even
thought in my wildest dreams that i
would be where I'm at. Being able to do
the things that I do because of YouTube.
And it's just a fun hobby-- it's not even
a job for me. I mean I put a lot
of work and effort into it and i really
try to do my best with my videos because
i really appreciate your participation
and watching them and engaging with me,
but it is just a hobby. And to think that
meeting all these people that I've met
and gotten to see, it's just so cool. And
VidCon, the panel and everything, was such
a great experience. So sorry for never
talking about it. It just kind of escaped me,
and now I'm here to say thank you. And if
you have the chance to go to VidCon, I
highly recommend it. i'll be going again
next year, and i'm super excited to see
who they pick for the panel next year.
I've gotten to work with some great
companies like Quarterly and
Book of the Month, which has been such an
awesome partnership. This isn't sponsored,
but I've been so lucky to work with them
and promote something that I genuinely love.
They've also introduced me to some
awesome reads that I probably wouldn't
have read if it hadn't been for them. And
i know that a lot of people have
subscribed to Book of the Month after
hearing me talk about it, which is so
cool because i just, I love to share
books. That's why I'm here, and to be able
to do that with a company that I think
has a great mission and does a great job
at it, it's just super cool.
That's something that happened this year that I
was not expecting going into it, and I'm
really happy to have found. What else? I made a
ton of videos this year. I have been
adding captions to every one of my
videos, so that people who aren't able to
hear or have trouble hearing would be
able to still watch my videos. And that
has been so rewarding. I've gotten a few
messages throughout the year of people
saying "thank you because I get to watch
them with my family,"
or "I just never really get to watch
booktube because not a lot of people add
captions." And I've seen more people start
to do it,
not necessarily because of me,
but just because of people who do it in
the community being vocal about it. So if
you have any questions about adding
captions, please ask me and watch my
tutorial because it's so easy. It just
takes a few extra minutes and it really
helps people who need it, and that's been
really rewarding. I have to say thank
you to Rincey from Rincey Reads who is
one of the first people in this
community that I saw doing it, and
influenced me to do it as well.
Yeah this year has been great for me. i'm
really lucky. that's all i have to say.
like I'm super blessed beyond anything
that I deserve, and a lot of it is from
you guys watching my videos and i'm
super excited about next year. I don't
know what's to come on and that's kind
of the best part, but i hope that you
guys will be there with me. i'll be
making videos still, and i'm looking
forward to reading a lot of great books
and talking about them with you guys, and
hopefully you'll be along for the ride.
so I just wanted to end this with thank
you again for all your support, and I
hope you guys had a great 2016, and
have an even better 2017. Thanks.
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