 Hello, can you hear me? No Hello, hello. Yes. Yes. I think it's working. Hold on. I'm gonna turn this Hello, hello, I think you can hear me now. I'm seeing the the dots so Can you hear me Robin? Hmm. I think it's working a different computer. It's like seriously, I think it's working. Yeah I'm seeing the green dots Okay Awesome. Hello. Welcome to 2022. Oh my gosh Okay, great. Thank you. I'm glad that you can hear me new computer. Don't know. Don't know what the kids are on Streaming, you know, this is what it's like Kia ora. Hello anyway, I Have been traveling. I don't know about you but like everywhere I've gone and even in Wellington It is so hot. It is like warm So I'm not complaining. Are you people sitting in snow? Sorry and shoveling Yeah So, yeah How are you would you guys do tell me about your holiday tell me about any Trips that you've taken or if you just did a staycation have you guys ever done a staycation because I Have it really Doesn't really work because like people are like I'm not taking off work and they're not going somewhere and doing something Oh, so yeah, so we've been traveling for three weeks a little less than three weeks South Island exhausting Just a lot of driving so then that makes it exhausting So anyway, I just thought I would come on here today and just be like if you have questions I'm happy to answer questions. Just talk to you a little bit about 2022. I don't have a video this week I am still on like holiday essentially So I'm heading up to Lake Tarawira this weekend and so we're leaving in like an hour So I don't have much time, but I'm all packed So I just thought I'm gonna go on and just see how everyone is and just know that I'm here And not that you're worried about me. I mean, let's be real Tell me where you're you're from and yeah Let's chat. So I'm just gonna tell you a little bit about my 2022 since I guess I'm the only one talking Sorry, I'm moving a lot. I will stand still and be a professional youtuber so Trip to the South Island lots of camping. I was happy with okay, this is my frustrating thing about camping in New Zealand is No fires I Am not saying That we should have fires if it causes the danger I'm just saying that the camping experience without a fire in the evening. It's not the same But the campfire is like everything. So like when you camp in the u.s. It's like The fire time around the fire the conversation the community is Everything around the fire and so but I was happy there was a lot There was like one campsite that we stayed at that you could have fires on the beach Like literally way better than a fire at your campsite like fire on your beach Like a big bonfire and hit it all set for you and just literally go light it get some sticks like so easy Amazing Yeah, and then like some of them had like built in like how do I say like a fire like not a fire pit But like a oh, it's like a pizza oven, you know, so you could have like a fire at night You have something you could sit around and be a little bit warmer You know repeat the sand flies away a little bit And yeah, and so that was really nice. So Anyway, I'm just wanted to come on here. Sorry. I'm just gonna do do do do do. Oh Like terroir is hot Okay, Hamilton. Hello. Oh, you spent your time in a Mariah. How nice tell me what that's like I'd really like to know like like do you have like you just go there every day or it's like are you staying overnight? There's like everybody kind of congregating and like it's like a big family reunion in the reunions huge In like African-American communities like that would be like the event for the summer The whole family gets together. It's like a whole weekend and they have like a couple people generally will be planning It's really cool. I've been a part of some of them Um, yeah, hi Hamilton. Hello. So yeah, so anyway, so fun. So we went gold handing Just because the rivers are so fun to hang out It's nice to have something to do other than swimming like to have a gold You know try something new so we I mean we're prepared. We had like six pans. We got from Aliexpress for nothing We had a sluice like You don't know that is google it because it's not it's not exciting for me to explain it And then we met real gold miners Where we work because we were like in the best gold mining areas and so they were so great They taught us everything. They like were so nice and helpful and like are we doing this right and like is this really gold and You know and like we were really fine, too. We got good. I'm telling you it was like everywhere Like I don't know if we're just like really good at picking a spot There's gold Like everywhere and you just like pick a spot like you guess this is what we did Look, here's the mountain. Where do we think it would fall and land if it was coming down and it's heavy and pick a spot There's all these strategies around it and you dig dig dig dig dig and there's 10 of us So we're with another family and so It was hard work, but not for 10 people. It was like much easier. And so we just dug and Panned it and got oh, I should have got my goal. Oh the car is gone. It's in the car I will post a picture. I think I have posted I have posted a picture But we've gotten more since it we've got I think a nugget like so the gold miner people said that if you drop it it goes Then it's a nugget and we had one piece that did that. So I don't know Um No, I didn't I had good question asking if I prospecting and all the license It's not we were only in the public areas like we did all the research We only did the public and we followed all the rules like we only have a sluice that's the right size and Yeah, we're not trying to get in trouble. Just trying to try and something new. So um Hello, hello, hello Oh, you were in wellington last weekend. Yeah, I wasn't here. So then we did that and the west coast man What's happening? Yeah, I don't think we like actually made money and that wasn't really the goal. It was just kind of the The the quest and then the finding and it was very rewarding because you would rather consistently find something And so it just kept you going and so it was fun and the kids and so we have it and like if we were to find something We travel with this family a lot. So we would have just been our travel fun and that's easy to split, right? But um Yeah, so we did but then we did lots of fun things. We did like rafting through a cave they did some I don't know going down into a canyon I didn't do that that day. I wasn't feeling it just a lot of time outside and you know in on the rocks and so like, yeah Hi, I'm back. Yes But it was just like really fun and just like kind of learning like that whole process So it's just fun. I really enjoyed that actually like I would do it always I'm a big like in the states like I'd love to dig for food. So like crabs lobster You know, like it's fun to catch it and like dig it out like it's kind of the same thing like so in the us though I've gone diamond mining And so there is a public diamond mining in arkansas And you can go and you can dig and if you find whatever diamonds you keep it Uh, so it's cool. We've done that post pictures of that. So i'm going to do probably Hopefully it's the next video. I get all these ideas right because I've been relaxed and haven't been working um Like I think that the west coast reminds me so much of route 66 in the u.s Like some of the weirded and wonderful things that it has and so like I have pictures of both we did both trips and so I might um The most cool ever got panning has been an eighth of teaspoon Have I gotten more than that? Probably I don't know there was 10 of us. So I think we got quite a bit um But yeah, it was good I don't know if it's more than an eighth. Oh, we were going to go get it weighed in arrow town But just didn't make it because then we went to queen's town. It's a whole thing Let's talk sand flies So I have been corrected I have been corrected The sand fly I I've said in the past. I don't know if it's on here or tic-tac I don't know when I've said it but I have said that there's no bugs here. It's like I'm inside I mean, you don't even have screens. I mean comparatively the thing is it's like people think we do have bugs But I'm talking comparatively to places with a lot of bugs. Okay, and so hello. Hello. And so You don't until I went To the west coast of the south island and those sand flies are no joke. No joke just fights everywhere I mean mostly on your legs, but No joke They're annoying. Lots of bug spray. Lots of itch cream. You know, I mean we're You know, we're used to mosquitoes and all annoying bugs. So we just like adjust. It isn't like an abnormal thing Um Bushman's is the best really because I've gone through like which someone's saying bushman's is the best record. I am like I don't know. I had like six different brands Nelson has bugs. Okay, because I was thinking about doing a beach holiday. They're good to know now I I'm used to a lot of bugs. You don't understand. You don't understand. There's so many annoying bugs in the u.s Oh my gosh, especially in the midwest and especially when you're camping and you get in the really dangerous things like Get limes disease and you know from deer ticks and just anyway The sand flies were no joke. That's my point. The beaches were beautiful. I love the people that I met They're very interesting Lot of small towns place called black ball That's a funny black ball. It was very like Wow, it was like a cool. It was a coal mining town. It was cool. There's learning of the histories of all these towns. Um Reefton was really cool. It just felt like a cowboy town. Like it's been redone That's really nice. We haven't been there reefed in great and that's where we went We went to slab hut creek campground right there. So I'll do that So that was great and then so from there we'd like 10 days different campsites Then we drove down to well aspiring area per night and then we went to Wanaka queen's town might then we went actually we would drove right to fjordland and we did What do we do Doubtful sound have you done the doubtful sound to our so of course everybody's done milford sound and milford sound was probably my favorite place like what is more beautiful than that Doubtful sound I think is better It's like an experience. So like you're in like the sound the amazing sound like um in milford sound for like 45 minutes Doubtful sound three and a half hours like you really get an experience. I loved I loved it We wanted to do some tramping but by that point with all the camping also You know, we try to work it out, but then like The Kepler track had like bed bugs and like and then they we couldn't get the nights We wanted anyway, it didn't work and then the weather turned and then we drove out So we spent some nights in queen's town did some jet boating um What do we do there? We rested a little bit. We were tired queen sounds so beautiful. We went on the top of the ski the remarkable is there and that was beautiful You know it was just kind of like at the point when you're like two weeks of like being outdoors Like could I just have a rainy day? Could I just have a rainy day so then I don't feel bad about going to the movies or something? Because like I just want to sit down in it and not be in the sun and you know I mean like you just kind of have the I mean my kids were feeling the same way But it's just so beautiful. It's like how do you not go outside and swim and then like okay glen orky I have been to queen's town a lot. Sorry. Um glen orky It's like so Absolutely stunning like this is how new zealot is for me As you're going farther and farther south to the south island How can it keep getting better? It just keeps getting more beautiful. I'm just like Like literally queen's town is stunning and that whole area the fjord land glen or all the arrow tower whatever it's just If you haven't been there don't hesitate go um Then we had to drive all the way back up to the parry the ficton The ferry and picked in okay, and so we drove straight to christ church. We did aca rora. Am I saying that right? Sometimes these words are hard for me. Um aca rora. I think I'm saying that right. Maybe I'm not Yeah, anyway, it's like this french town. It kind of reminds me if you're in the u.s. Of meccanau island in michigan Uh, it's so cute. I think it's like some cute. It's me. It's it's a good like We did two nights so we drove in one night and this you know spent the day there It's just a day trip into beautiful cute little movie theater and this anyway good food french delicious um And that was great too and then we had to drive all the way to ficton And that was like five hours and then get on the three and a half hour ferry got home at 1 a.m So, yeah, so that's why I was tired had to go to work the next day. So that was fun Anyway, so that's what I did. What did you guys do? Am I saying around aca rora aca rora? Anyway Oh nice Oh, yes, I've been to han Hanmer hanmer springs. I've been there Um, so that's why we didn't stop there because we had been there. Um That was great too. Oh and I did like a natural spa day It was by reefed in it's like 30 minutes from there the boys did knife making and the girls did some spa time Oh gosh sand flies flies. Okay. Yeah, sorry if you're experiencing lots of flies So anyway, I just want to come on here and just say hello 2022. I haven't got around to videos I have lots of ideas and thank you for all those that have filled up the survey and gave me ideas because those were really good Uh, really helpful. So I will put the um survey link in the description if you want to give me some feedback or say or just post it on a comment It's fine. Um Yeah, because I just want to create things that are useful to you and that you want I've been talking with a lot of people are thinking about coming here and that's been really good And so their questions are really helpful to hear Uh, so what I'm doing is I've started to move my youtube channel onto the podcast So if you'd rather just listen to me and I have to look at my scraggly tooth You can do that so it'd be the same information But just on my podcast and then I'll probably do other ones too, but I just you know, it was christmas and haven't had time And yeah, so if you are thinking about moving here or traveling here or you have any questions I have consulting. I've been lots of bookings Um, so that link is below as well. Um, if you haven't tried my american recipe book that link is below I'm just trying to think of things I'm planning for this year. So I know that there's I've been watching some youtube and there's so much feeling of um Oh just sim does online. Well, this wasn't a good timing. What time is it? Must be one. Yeah All right, see you. I'm only on for a few more minutes, but I just wanted to say that um, yeah So 2022 so many fun things. I have a marketing company that's kind of taken off and Uh, another podcast with another business partner and so that's really fun. So I'll put those links if you guys ever want to do that Um, but yeah, so I have lots of fun things So I think I'm gonna do a video on the west coast of New Zealand compared to root 66. What do you think of that idea? Uh, and then just like talk about it a little bit, um You like my scraggly tooth. It's like I have a kiwi. Yeah Yeah Well, I'm not fixing it because I asked the dentist and I like I'd have to do full braces 10 grand not happening I guess I could just pull it but I don't care. I don't care really, you know, you can get my edgy and over the care So, yeah, um What else was I gonna say? Oh, yeah, so what's coming up in 2022? Okay, so so many people have been saying I don't like to set goals and I don't like to do this and uh, that's fine, but like I do I don't mind sitting goals. I like I like a fresh start to be like, okay. I'm motivated now I've had a little rest. What am I gonna do, you know, and I always have too many goals, you know Even a million goals. You want to get in shape and I want to do this. I want to I want to try this You know, I started three businesses last year And so I'm like a little bit over my head So like I have to be really clear and like what I'm gonna do. So like I love this so this is happening and You know with the podcast and everything else. I love this. So this is not going anywhere um other things may change But I will keep you updated. So, um Hello, hello And so yeah, I mean it can't I mean travel is like you can't like really plan it So but there's other things like personal growth and things books. I want to read and things I just want to accomplish and you know Spend time with kids, you know, like I just need to just decide the person that I want to be and then you know Organize my life Like that. And so yeah, so I'm feeling good about that. I'm feeling I'm starting to get clear, you know I'm not really good at writing it down. I'm not a journal or Sit down. What am I gonna accomplish today? Like I probably should like I'm not saying it's bad. I might be more efficient But yeah, but I love it. Um, I will be coming out with like a video series Um about You know things you need to know if you're coming here or anything like a little bit of cultural training For people that are just like just kind of adapting like so that they know because like I would have loved that Um, may use some of you for help for that because of course, I don't know everything. I don't pretend to know everything um So that would be good. Um, what other things am I doing? There's a lot of things Oh, I do a lot of cv resume help getting so many bookings for that too. So if you want help with that I'm here for you And I've been helping people get jobs a lot of people are switching, you know A lot of people are dropping in and want to do something else or or if you want to start your own business I've run so many companies I can give you a lot of advice. I've been giving a lot of business so people like can you help me with my tiktok and then I end up Getting business advice so hold on Because I just can't help it when you just like thought about that for how many years That's what you know. So anyway, I won't keep you. I hope you guys had a wonderful holiday and I just wanted to catch up and say hi uh, and I'm just gonna read a couple things before I get off Um I love that you love my scraggly too. I'm gonna just like take that because I get a lot of comments about that Yeah, taking four days off to get two weeks off totally so good So I'm feeling a lot better as you can see my energy is starting to come out. So um, so yeah So You know share with me like what topics you'd like fill the survey if you want or don't I don't care and just You know email me with questions. I'm also starting like a Where you can text me and stuff like that'd be great. Like I just I love my community across different social platforms and just would like to talk more so You guys have a great holiday weekend if you are celebrating the Wellington anniversary weekend. So I will talk to you later