 been a while since I've done this oh this is a really weird angle we're gonna get a mitten oh that's weird too is this better no not better not better at all are you good no this is horrible well hey there it has been a while since I have been on the interwebs and um today actually wearing the same exact outfit I asked on my instagram to ask me questions because like I legit don't know where to start it has been over a year since I posted a video and I wanted to kind of get back into youtube and I just didn't know where to start so I asked you lovely people of instagram to ask me questions just to like get a good starting off point and you guys had some really good questions and I kind of categorize them by type so a lot of people ask questions about youtube questions about the house questions about my work questions about like family stuff and then like random things so let's start with youtube let's just dive right in number one question is why did you leave youtube or why was the absence so long and also was there a specific incident that made you leave and the answer is there was no specific instance that made me leave honestly it was all work related not youtube work other work related and I'll get into that later but that is why I was gone I was just incredibly busy working seven days a week for very long time and I just could not dedicate time to both like I had to pick one or the other and my other job pays my bills and youtube does not pay my bills at all I know a lot of people think that like oh these creators get so much money if they have a certain amount of subscribers and doesn't necessarily work that way like sometimes it does but for me it doesn't I'm not motivated by the money I am motivated by sharing what I can when I clearly have the bandwidth for it and at that point in my time of my life I don't know big run-on sentence I did not so those were like the really big questions about youtube also someone asked a really funny question I'm like reading down on my paper here it says uh have I been filming but just not posting gosh you know what I wish but no I have not that would have been awesome but again I just didn't have the time to dedicate to any of it no filming no posting no nothing and to be honest I rarely even watched youtube at the time like I could hardly even you know dedicate any time to watching youtube or anything like it was it was it was crazy um anyway so now let's get into the work questions because we're just gonna do that I'm gonna switch my hands I'm like not used to this and like my back thing is open because um I'm new house and there's things that are going to be going in my trunk I'm just a little bit so work questions did I change jobs oh yes I did I no longer work for the company I worked for previously that had me working seven days a week yeah there were some just very unfortunate incidences that happened after some management changes that I'm not really gonna speak on but it was finally my I've had it moment you know how some people are like you know you put up with so much crap when is enough enough and I didn't I hadn't hit that point until I hit that point and I think a lot of you watching will probably understand what I'm saying but I had finally just had it and when you're feeling undervalued and not appreciated it's time it's time to go it's time to go so now I am in a new role at a different company which is amazing I actually know my boss I've known her actually for several years and we have remained obviously friends she told me about this great opportunity and it was actually working directly for her and I'm like well I would like the opportunity to apply for the role if you think I would be a good fit and she's like oh my gosh I feel like you'd be an awesome fit so we worked it out and I am now working for directly for her so it is it's a very good fit and I really really like it um also someone asked since I left YouTube for work which clearly that person follows me on Instagram because that's where I've been posting anything um am I enjoying my work um you know what I really enjoyed my work before and I really enjoy my work now so I enjoyed what I did at the previous company I worked for and I really enjoy what I do now um the previous company I worked for I honestly really loved the people that I worked with it was just some not so awesome situations that I was put in made me really realize that I was no longer valued there I would always be an individual that they would continue to take advantage of and I was just done at that point someone also asked what industry I work in so before I mean I've kind of like I just say that I work in like building materials because that's kind of what I do so I've worked in building materials in one way or another for decades now um I worked selling granite countertops or granite slabs for a very very long time all natural stone as well as manufactured materials and then the last company I worked for we did all custom different things like railings stages platforming things like that um so yeah like lots of stuff lots of like stadiums and theaters like that's like our main kind of bread and butter and where I'm actually working now is I am a facilities and maintenance coordinator so um I help out other locations because this company that I'm working for has a ton of locations um that need service to their location so um that's kind of what I'm doing now so I really enjoy it I've only been doing it since end of December is when I started here learning more every day learning more every day so those are kind of all the work related questions I'm going to answer because I'm trying to be peacefully about it and uh yeah so let's get into more fun stuff how's the family right so everybody had questions like how's Doyle how's favorite mama how's favorite father how's the favorite brother so Doyle is doing good he turned 15 back in January so he is getting a whole lot older and I mean he's definitely slowing down I mean he slows down every year but um he's doing pretty good he can't jump as high as he used to which is like totally normal but um yeah but he's he's doing good and um you know just living his senior dog life and um you guys will hopefully see him more in these videos as you know much as I can share so um I'm excited to show you him in you know future videos because he's always the star of the show um how is the favorite mama she's doing good she's currently in Florida um nothing big has really changed with her or my dad and um no big news to report which is probably good considering you know they're retired and you never know like there could be like big news but there isn't so you know every time I talk to them and I'm like any any good news out of Florida and they're like no everything is pretty much the same and I'm like all right well no news is good news you know what I mean um so yeah um favorite brother is doing really good he's actually out of town right now at some training so he is furthering his military career and knowledge doing all of that and currently still living in Minnesota so that's kind of the update on the favorite family so yeah let's get into the random questions because I feel like the house stuff is like the most interesting to people um but let's get into the random questions so random question number one did I plan while I was gone from YouTube sadly no um again the time I just like at the end of the day I just really didn't have the energy to do it it planning honestly gave me or it still gives me like so much joy a lot of the stuff I do every day is not using my creativity in a way like I want to use my creative juices my creative brain and I just I could never do that what I what I was doing before like what I'm doing now actually I can do it a little bit more I guess um sorry my hair just looks like weird sadly I did not use a planner like at all while I was away um I recently just kind of started planning again and I'll get into that in a second is someone else to ask what planner am I using what planner am I loving so what I'm currently using so I have I have a planner packed away that's a whole another story that I will get into at some point um I'll tell you guys like my whole house journey at some point in a video I'm thinking because it's dramatic um but I have my planner it's packed away it's totally fine however I did get a what are those called like the erin kondren daily duos um like the two planners the spiral bound ones for work because it was so much easier to like write down all my meetings even though I have it on a calendar but I have so different so many different like locations of what I do for work and like services that are coming into their centers like trying to organize all that in my brain to be like oh this one's going here and this one's going there and I need to follow up with them and make sure that service came out there like whatever um I needed something tangible to write down and those are like a full page for a day and I'm normally not that person like I try to daily duo for like a hot second when it came out and that was just like this is not for me um but it's for me now because of just all the things I need to keep track of and then like scheduling stuff out and like the the job I previously had like I barely went to meetings which was great um but also like then I wasn't in the know of certain things but um my life now I'm in meetings all the time so that's just a different change for me and so it's kind of like keeping track of meetings and then like scheduling time by like with myself that I can focus on other things so yeah it's that's what I'm using and loving right now um so yeah and then um my other planner was just like the erin chondron hourly neutral I think like the same thing I've been using for like ever right so this this question's from Ryan from a man with the plans I'm gonna link um his channel down below you guys should check him out for sure and um he says are you and Ryan still dating and are you guys gonna ever film another drunk cook with me um Ryan we're not dating um I'm sorry we're not I mean maybe we are and I just don't know about it we did go to dinner a few weeks ago and we are getting on a plane together and getting a hotel room together tomorrow maybe we are dating just kidding no we're not dating it's a joke um but yes I feel like we need to do a uh drunk cook with me bake with me something once I get my house set up so um plus I'll have a guest room and you can sleep over let's get into house stuff that's a good segue into house stuff thanks for the question Ryan okay you guys so many questions about the house stuff first question is do I still have my original townhouse did I sell it is that now an investment property am I still living there like what what's going on so I don't have it anymore I sold it I sold it about a little over a month ago and I put it on the market and it sold in two days less than two days and sold for over ask which was amazing so yeah I was very very happy about that it's been a bit of a journey in the real estate market but now I finally closed on this other house that now I'm going to live in and um there is some improvements and things like that need to be done so those things are going to be done in due time but uh I'm actually going on vacation tomorrow to go wild it's it's kind of a lot so once I get back from go wild it's going to be all hands on deck trying to just get some of these things done that need to be done and I'm going to do a house tour for you guys that was another question that was asked several times you guys wanted me to give you a house tour and I am going to give you an empty house tour and then I'll take you along on my journey of you know decorating or just showing you around whatever I don't know something another question is when am I actually moving um I'm not totally sure yet I think it's going to take about a month or so especially with losing basically a week basically week week and a half it's probably going to take about a month so I would say like April I'll be in there but I'm not totally sure on that yet and then will I be sharing house videos absolutely I'll be sharing my process or as much as I can do at the time that I am you know filming them or whatever so I'm very excited about that there's lots of projects guys there's lots of projects so am I still in Minnesota yes I am still in Minnesota and I am closer to work um my commute now will be about a 30 minute 20 30 minute drive and right now I'm currently at about an hour or more so yeah it's going to be really nice when it's all done and then is the house larger or smaller than my last one it's actually larger and uh will I share financials not on this house honestly I didn't do like I didn't do any like the big prep stuff like I did in my last like mortgage video if you guys are interested in that I'm going to link it um somewhere like in a card or if I even remember how to do that um or down below for you guys but um I did like a huge financial breakdown of that house but for this one I honestly didn't do anything big and spectacular at all like I just rolled equity into this one so like it's not interesting at all so yeah and then the biggest question is why why did I move why did I decide to sell my house and move so that's a very very good question that is uh needs a really good answer I wish it was more dramatic but honestly at the time when I bought my townhouse that you guys have all seen it was well it still is very far away from like the Twin Cities area like I said I'm I'm driving over an hour to get to work every day it was what I could afford at the time and I could not afford anything closer for what I wanted to spend like what I was comfortable spending I could I get I shouldn't say I couldn't afford it I could afford it I just didn't want to spend that kind of money closer to the city at the time so I just waited and I'm glad I did and you know it was just time for me to move on there was a lot of change happening in my life I was looking for a new job um things were just going to shit at my other work like I had just had it so shit was hitting the fan in my brain and I was like you know what I need a clean slate like I need to just you know move on like all the way on and I did and so it was just time and I'd been wanting to move for quite a while but just never found the right opportunity or just never like got the gumption to do it and to be honest it's just me so like I just didn't ever have that like urge or pull from another person or another situation being like oh well we gotta move because you know my kids going to school and I want them in a different school district or like whatever it just I never knew like when was the right time and I just thought if now is not the right time I don't know when the right time is so it's like it was just time to just move the f on so anyway I'm really glad about the time I got to spend where I did and I really enjoyed living there but I feel like I'm going to enjoy my new place so much better so yeah also other quick not quick questions but just questions in general sorry this sounds like hitting my face all funny now people want just like a general life update I feel like this is my general life update now and then questions how are you like no for real how are you there's been so many questions like that also mental health update how am I doing with my mental health and then what have I been doing with my time so what I've been doing with my time is working obviously um mental health is so much better now that I don't work where I used to work it was extremely toxic for me as an individual and um again I have great friends that still work there and friends that have also moved on too but um I just I couldn't do it any longer for me in my position in my specific situation so I'm very happy for everybody else that's there and wish them continued success but um I had to move on for me you know what I'm saying okay and the last question I'm going to end off with is going to be how are you like how are you really and you know what I'm really good I'm really good I'm doing so much better than I was before now that I've left that other job I'm in a new position at a new job that actually values me and treats me like a real person and um you know other good things are happening I'm finally closed on the house I'm going on vacation tomorrow like there's a lot of change going on in my life but I actually kind of like enjoy change I don't know most people hate it but I kind of like it so yeah but no I'm actually doing really really good um so yeah but thanks for asking so that's kind of it for the questions these are the most commonly asked questions there was a few other questions I got that were either a little too invasive or I think I answered some of them just like privately too so if I didn't get your question I apologize but that is my life update I'm hoping to get this edited and uploaded tonight if possible like fingers crossed I still remember how to edit like do I remember how to edit I have no idea but um yeah so that's kind of it um gosh I wish I would have like sat down and done this sooner to be honest like it feels good to whip up the camera and say hey but I'm hoping to share lots of content with you guys um I'm gonna bring you to go wild with me I'm going to go wild tomorrow I'm so pumped um you're gonna see a lot of updates on Instagram that's like mainly where I'm gonna be um social media links are always below for you guys hopefully I'll be able to do some other go wild related videos too after the fact um I'm not sure what the internet connection is going to be like so we'll see but um but yeah I'm like really really pumped to go on vacation anyway I am going to go because I need to go to Menards I was there yesterday and pick up stuff to go back there you know what I'm saying home ownership y'all home ownership so I need to go do that because I've got a lot of stuff going on tomorrow I'm gonna see you later thank you so much for watching but yeah feel free to subscribe if you haven't already um you get notified when I post new videos which obviously I haven't in a while so I apologize um but yeah that's it for me and I'm gonna see you guys in the next video bye guys well folks it's time to kick it old school