 Hey guys, it's Monica. I sure hope that you had a wonderful holiday Christmas New Year's Can you believe that? 2022 is over. I mean like where did the year go? Right? I mean it's like And it's gone So I'm going to revisit a tag that I did last year and it was actually Susan little poet's tag And it was the New Year's tag that she did. I don't know if she's done it this year at the time of this filming I have not seen that she has but it's the New Year's tag and it's sort of like a You know community confessions like how was the year for you and there's a series of questions I think she has like 10 questions I'm going to copy them below if any of you want to do the tag go right ahead I'm sure Susan will not mind I will also link Susan's video from last year anyways the New Year's tag So rate And I have to read this rate 2022 on a scale of 1 to 10 with the 10 being the highest so How was 2022 and I I have to say It has to be for me probably a solid seven Mainly because the year was a mixed bag. I had gone through the loss of my brother the year before Went through a whole bunch of different things with with him and his property and getting everything settled and stuff like that And then I got hit with health issues. So I had inner ear surgery. I had Mohs surgery and My mom had some health issues. So we were working through that but Even though we had those issues go on I still think overall the whole in the year in total was Better mainly because life seemed to get somewhat for us. Anyways up here a little bit back to normal You know, we were able to go out We were able to travel Those that wanted to wear masks and warm masks and those that didn't didn't have to it just seemed like life kind of got back to a somewhat normal cadence and While COVID is still there and we still have to take precautions and be careful and and all of that It seemed like we were able to do things that we enjoyed again traveling Camping all those wonderful different things that Jay and I really like to do. So for me was a solid seven and Yeah, without a doubt a solid seven Number two, what is your favorite memory of? 2022 oh my gosh So I had I stopped and I thought about that because I really had I really had a lot of good memories mixed into the year of 2022 I think of the one that kind of stands out the most for me right now because Jay and I when we go away, we go camping we take our RV so when and we go somewhere where we might be staying in a hotel or an inn it's very different for us and We ended up going to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and we stayed in Falmouth We actually stayed on a little in called the Falmouth Inn and we rode our bikes So we brought our bikes down. We did the Cape Cod rail trail. We did the shining sea trail Which I that was my favorite the shining sea Beautiful beautiful well maintained trail system off the road. There's some road cross crossings But they're very well marked it just really really a nice nice road a nice ride, and I love the views I loved riding, you know The ocean being along the ocean in Cape Cod off season when there was not a whole lot of traffic It's not something we get to see often when we get on to Cape Cod. So that was definitely I Think a really cool experience that we the room we had we had a hot tub in our room and It was nice after being sore from riding your bike all day because I can't remember how many miles we put on But we did a lot of mileage that weekend To soak in a hot tub and for me especially going away in a hotel It was nice to be pampered right and set up when we go camping, you know, yes We go to dinner. Yes, we do outside stuff and we have a blast and I love every moment of it But when we go camping, I still have to plan the food have to plan a little bit here It was like no women out for breakfast We went out for dinner. It was it was nice to be pampered and not have to do a whole lot of planning so number three Did you change as a person in 2022 and if so how? so I This is really going to sound weird But I really feel that I am at the self-aculization phase of my life And if you know anything about Marslowe's hierarchy how he talks about the phases of life and the steps of life and all that I feel that Self-aculization I'm probably pronouncing it wrong, of course It's sort of like that Psychological development that place you are at in your life where you've gone through all the different phases And then you've achieved a lot of your goals or you've accepted the level of the achievement that you had Whether you you achieved it fully or whatever, but you had the point where like, okay Been there done that got the t-shirt. I'm perfectly fine. You know, I have shelter. I have food I have companionship. I have friends. I have family. I can I can travel a little bit I still work. I hope to work a little bit less But I'm at that stage where been there done that and the rest of what I want to achieve in my life is just Purely simple things like happiness. I want to maintain my health obviously in my family's health but happiness being with people that I love and and I Guess just enjoying the more simpler things in my life because I've been through all the other phases. So Yeah, I've changed that way because I have that realization of that's where I'm at So we it's not to say we don't have goals. We do we have certain goals We want to go to Germany with certain other goals in our lives but If they happen they happen and I'm not going to be beating myself up over if they don't have it happen So yeah, I know it sounds weird number four favorite video you did in 2022 Hmm. So here I go, right? I really don't have one. I look back on my video production in 2022 and You know between my inner ear surgery which kicked me for a while and then my most surgery I think my video protect production if you want to call it that in 2022 fell way short of where I thought it was going to be and what I was going to do including the growth of my channel I think my channel is kind of withering It's kind of like stagnant. It's not really growing much, but Yeah, so that's sad. I do and create my video content because I and I enjoy it I enjoy the the filming. I enjoy the editing. I enjoy especially vlogs. That's what I really enjoy about my But my video videos So I don't have one favorite. Maybe next year. I will maybe this year. I will Anyways, number five. I'm yeah, number five name one or two products that totally blew you away I didn't have to think really hard about this. I This product came right to my mind And I and I know that there have been some other content creators that have tried this product and loved it And then there was some that happened So it's very much an individual how your skin reacts what you do But this is a concealer and is from Fiera and this was originally sent to me via the Octoly network way back And I have purchased this. I really love this concealer I have the three different shades that I use. I kind of mix them up. I am I love the fact I open it up. I put it I Womb it in my hands and it is it it melts into my skin and covers at the same time It's kind of like really weird how it does it melts into your skin and Covers it doesn't give you that cakey icky look that most concealers Give me so I really that that has to be the product that blew me away this year without a doubt What creator on YouTube number six inspired you the most in 2022? Well, there's two women that I have watched One is is so huge that she you know, certainly doesn't even know I exist and that's okay And the other is she has a large channel, but she knows I exist and every now and then she'll come watch my videos And leave a comment and all that But these two people one is Tati and I know she's very controversial by many of you But what what she has inspired in me is here's a woman that was at the top that fell way Way low that was attacked that was whatever, you know, I mean she lost her business She almost lost her husband. She lost a lot, but she's she she started doing her vlogging videos and that is what I'm getting at Tati's vlogging videos not the makeup not you know the cosmetics and all that stuff and her and James doing their unboxing None of that really is what does it for me, but I love her vlogging videos I just think this so and I and I love that she embraced that part of it So she found her niche in a different realm of YouTube because she's got a following that just loves her vlogs And that I think is really cool. The other person that's inspired me is a woman called nanny nanny and moose and it's this woman and her husband and they're retired and She she has her life her life stories. She she is she is just a unbelievably real person and so I think nanny is so funny. I Find her videos entertaining. I love how she is just natural in the camera. She's not staged You know, she's not she's just natural and and her husband moose So I I do I watch a lot of her videos. I may not comment all the time on her videos, but Her videos inspire me. I just think it's wonderful to see someone retired, you know older folks enjoying life Being vibrant doing what they can. I just think that's that's really awesome Now that said there's a number of mature women that I am inspired daily by and I'm not going to go into naming them Because I always will probably someone off But there's a core of women that I watch on a regular basis that watch me and we support each other That's what I really love about you, too. I think is the community aspect of it So number seven, what is the funniest meanest strangest comment you got? I haven't really gotten a ton of mean ones this past year But the funniest ones are the marriage proposals. I get a lot of marriage proposals. I get these wacko men. I love you I love you. You're so beautiful. You're so beautiful. Oh my really. Oh, I want to come be with you be married Duh, duh, duh. Oh my gosh, those crack me up. I know they're just spammers. They just crack me up Eight, what was your proudest achievement in 20 22 my proudest achievement Hmm. It has to be for me overcoming the health issues. I've had my inner ear surgery I mentioned that happened in the beginning of the week that kind of kicked me in the butt for six weeks I couldn't drive. I had to be very careful bending walking what I whatever I was doing and I Healed really well with it. I continued on working. I taught from home. I held classes from home Most people, you know, if they attended my classes, they would never have known that I was laid off due to surgery They wouldn't have asked so I when I have to I just I just you know as I call I just pull up my big boy panties and I Perform in that sense. I'm going to teach a class. I'm going to make it as entertaining as I can no matter what's going on in my personal life so Overcoming in those health issues and and then I got hit with the most surgery right and the most surgery kicked my butt as well and That knocked me that was harder for me than my ear surgery because I don't think I was prepared for the level of recovery I would need with the most surgery But I stayed strong and I stayed I was determined I still even though I had to be out of the Sun and I had to do things very differently that summer I Was determined to still go on my bike I was determined to still go camping to go to the beach to do the things that that I love to do while I recovered from my most surgery, so Yeah 2022 with health issue year for me for sure and number nine What is the one word you would use to describe yourself in? 2022 darn it. Let's see I Think number nine is the last one The I would say stubborn. I was stubborn in 2022. I got to that point where Health kicked me and looked me right in the face. I Had to deal with my mother who had health issues So there was all of these little factors out there that all of a sudden slammed me and I just said you're not getting me You're not getting me. You're not getting me as hot as it is. I remained stubborn and steadfast And I stayed the course for my recovery doing what I had to do for my self preservation So I was stubborn so stubbornness. Yeah, that would be my word So I think I got them all unless I messed up, which I tend to do But thank you so much for watching this tag and again I hope you had a wonderful new year and thank you always for supporting my channel and I'm hoping that in 2023 I Actually have a little bit more of a growth get back on a regular schedule. I know I've been saying that for a while I've been trying and And just to do whatever I can do to stay the course so by the time you see this I Think I may not be able to comment right away because I won't be in a place where I can comment right away But I will read your comments and get back to any comments you leave me but Um Yeah, anyways, thank you all so much and I hope you all have a Wonderful wonderful weekend and much love to you all. I'll see you in my next video. Bye guys