 What's up everyone? This isn't a typical video you would see on this channel So I just want to let you guys know how this video is gonna be formatted It's gonna be formatted just like my vlog channel. So if you guys didn't know I do have a vlog channel It's called more Johnny Tide. That's gonna be this exact format for the most part So you guys have seen the title if you guys want the full update you guys can skip towards the end This is gonna be formatted as the vlog first and then I'll give you guys a full update being fully transparent with you guys About my mental health. First off, I want to let you guys know that this video is sponsored by Skillshare So let's get right into it because one of my favorite youtubers Nathaniel drew actually came out with a class on Skillshare and my arm is hurting right now, but Yes, he does have a class on creativity unleashed and let me go and talk to you guys about that class Skillshare is an online learning community where millions come together and fuel their creativity with thousands and thousands of classes That will suit anyone if you're a curious person or just bored from 2020s issues They got a ton of classes from photography graphic design business interior design drawing whatever you're interested in They've got y'all covered. It's a great way to take your mind off what's been happening while learning something valuable I've explored a ton of classes offered here Some of my favorites are any class by Thomas Frank or Jeff Staples And like I said earlier, Nathaniel drew did come out with a class on unleashing your creativity You guys will hear this later But I've been struggling creatively hence why I haven't been uploading as much And he gives you many tips and tricks that he does to continue being creative like looking into how you were as a child Or looking into your past work definitely recommend this class Especially for those of you who are interested in making youtube videos or pursuing your creative outlet because the biggest problem with getting started Is our own insecurities and i'm sure this class would help any of you guys even if you do already make content So for a limited time guys use my link in the description to get a free trial of Skillshare's premium membership to explore everything They offer whatever you want to learn. There's surely a class for you and after that It's only going to be $10 a month on an annual subscription Thank you guys for visiting that link and thank you again Skillshare for sponsoring this video All right, what has happened to fellows? Guess what guys? Your boy is finally back in new york city and this is normally a vlog that goes on the vlog channel But this is an update video that's going on the main channel I'm just gonna update you guys on what's been going on and the future of this channel. But first off Um, I'm gonna be meeting up with Christian. We're gonna set up a board And then I'll keep uh keep updating you guys as we go We are actually with christian and christian. Say what's up, man? Welcome to the covid vlog every vlog sounds like this Uh, yeah, so we're about to go we're about to go get something we're gonna set up a board Both of us and then uh, hopefully we teach christian how to shove it. Maybe I how to ollie He's gonna let me know And then uh, he's gonna let me know Update update you guys on the rest of what's been going on. So yeah, we're at this shop called agar Uh, just a little brooklyn joint support local support support local skate shops So the shop didn't have the same deck size that typically rock They had like eight eight and a half for truck sizes and they had a bunch of decks but not for size eight So we just bought it some some fucking complete Uh, christian you got the same exact is this the same exact one? Yo, we got matching Matching completes and that's what I recommend whenever you guys if you guys ever start skating Just get a complete because you don't know what you're used to yet. I mean there's like 52 millimeter wheels and 54s and all that they all function differently And different size boards give you different weights better for flip tricks or whatever Uh, just get just start off with complete and then you'll just adjust as you go So, um, we're gonna test these out and just roll around your front foot just jumps forward So let's just jump forward with it because it pivots off the this right here So it's gonna go forward slightly you put it up first or do you start turning? So you can do either you can pivot or meant flip. Well, by the way, it's just Yeah, it's kind of the same time you flip pretty hard. Yeah, it really is How do you expect me to do is I could barely eat soup with my left hand Nice There's your first shove it man first one that's sick 20 minutes Oh christian what you got there I got the uh Speeding up my mortality Look at this. I got the kc nice that 1000 We're ready to go Which way's forward this way or this way that would be the rotors are in the back. So this is going forward. Yeah There you go. All right. All right. There's a bit of a yeah, there's a bit of a pull There you go And he's gone He stole my board Yeah, it's like different from skating, but it's like if you got the fundamentals of standing on a board I hope you guys enjoyed that that vlog that we shot uh on 9 11 moment of silence for all those that lost their lives that day So this video isn't as serious as I may make it come off as this is gonna sound like I'm complaining and I'm not complaining Um, this is just me being transparent with you guys. So uh, just want to put that disclaimer out there But like I said, this isn't as serious. This is all filmed uh Unscripted so I'm gonna stutter a lot. I have talking points, but I don't have like a script script. So The first let's start off with the first one. Um I have not been enjoying making videos lately. I think this has happened with a lot of other youtubers Um, you've seen blue mon tim de saint I've seen daniel simons and there's many many factors to this Uh, for me personally, it was because a lot of it was because of the pandemic what's been happening All right, this is unavoidable. We're all experiencing that we're all dealing with this together but Another main factor was me being Back where I'm from up crook into mexico not that there's anything wrong with that state or city It's just not the place to be for my career. So up crook is where I grew up and there's literally No fashion out there. No fashion inspiration out there I'd have to like Look up gq articles of new york fashion street fashion. That's happening The street fashion of new york and that's where I got a lot of my inspiration from but it was kind of hard to Find that myself in new mexico and then also with new mexico and albuquerque. There isn't too much to do Um, I think a lot of you guys from albuquerque would understand I can only you can only go hiking and to the boss case so much So and if you want to do more fun stuff, then you have to drive at least minimum an hour to two hours and for me time And for me time is very important. So the Time driving doesn't equate to uh, satisfaction whenever with the activity that I'm doing So that's just a personal problem though with my Um, my views on new mexico with my career. I love where I'm from. I'm glad I grew up there Even though it's a very poor state and there isn't as much opportunity I'm very I'm so glad I grew up there and it felt weird to make videos on Clothes when everyone's quarantine, you know, so it's kind of Awkward and a lot of it as well as my own insecurities with my own Videos that I've made in the past. I've made terrible videos if you go to the very beginning of the channel Those videos are so bad. I can't even watch it. So Um, but that's the thing. It's very subjective and that's just a personal insecurity Some of you guys might might find those videos helpful. I don't think I executed those videos well Hence why we make a lot of those videos But you know, that's just a personal problem as well. And then another main thing Is in july I moved out of my apartment back to my parents and I was down to stay there for a long time So that whole entire moving process was just if you guys haven't moved at all It's one of the worst things you can do. It's so much stress So much things you got to pack unpack figure out your logistics figure out travel how to move the stuff And then, you know, it's a lot of it's a lot of lifting. So it makes you physically tired as well So that was in july come august me me and my girl. We see rent prices go down out here in new york city. So We're like, okay. Is it a good idea to move out here? And this was July was when I believe new york went to phase four So that's one thing really opened up. So that really shifted us into Yo, should we should we move back or no? So my girl and I kept on flip-flopping if we should stay or move to new york and it was just a lot of back and forth. So Once again, I just moved to my parents at this point in time. This is going all over the place So basically I haven't uploaded. I've only uploaded like four videos in the past two months the moving process takes too much Mental bandwidth is a good way to explain it. So There's that and then we're looking into new york city and we haven't really fully settled in with my parents And so we're thinking about moving again. So that takes up the priority because in my head if I move to new york city There's going to be better opportunities. There's going to be better inspiration. I'm going to be a lot more creatively driven And I'm just going to be a lot more Hustle driven as well hustle quote unquote That's just the culture of new york city and you guys know, I lived out here for the past four years Except for the end of 2019 and top 2020. I've always had the the new york hustle culture inside of me But it was hard to bring it fully out in new mexico. So Yes, I did triple my amount of subscribers since I moved to new mexico. I doubled my instagram followers Um, so thank you guys for that. But I feel like I didn't fully Accomplish what I wanted to do out there just because I felt comfortable out there, which is not a good thing In my opinion moving back out to new york city. Yes rent prices. It's still a lot higher than new mexico Everything is pretty much more expensive out here. So the stakes are a little bit higher Which is why I kind of have to work harder just so I can make those needs and that's why we moved out here So we're back out in new york city feel at home here more it's more so than in new mexico Mainly because of my career and so that's just what's been happening guys I had to move twice So july I wasn't moved getting settled with my parents for two weeks and then we moved out three weeks later after that So, uh, it was it was two moves within three months and then i'm gonna be moving again Okay, right now i'm staying at my friend's uh, my friend's place shout out to my home girl dan For letting us stay here. My girl and I were looking at places in brooklyn, you know midtown and all that so we're Busy with that stuff too. So it's kind of hard to balance the the schedule of content creating and Finding a place because the place is what's so important with my my job You know making videos But in in new mexico I would have to drive like an hour two hours Just to find a good place to shoot for you guys a lot of you guys don't know that as well Here I can go right downstairs and take a picture and it's already has a lot of character to the photo And it's just better for b-roll shots whenever i'm shooting outfits and all that and that's really it guys It's mainly those i'll be moving three times in three months Super stressful stuff. So i have to The whole moving process for new york is crazy and ridiculous, but I feel like it's going to make my content a lot better the pandemic my own insecurities You know imposter syndrome. I feel that a lot especially recently and That's the main reason why i haven't been uploading but I feel like it's paying off because here's the future of this channel guys So i've taken off so much time that i've been reevaluating my my channel It's still going to be fashion, but i've been playing it safe to be honest. I've been making you know seven Essentials every guy needs and all that stuff. It's very safe videos um that Everyone uploads so it's like hard for me to stand out if you guys are if you guys wonder why i've been uploading for three years And i've only hit like 65k subscribers It's mainly because i've been playing it safe. I had terrible videos in the beginning I've only recently been able to find my own style with videos So, you know the the content format i started finding my own style versus I was like copying everyone else like you know five points hit five points hit seven points You know seven things five things five essentials, you know, and then i just it's like a list I don't want to make those types of videos anymore. I'm still going to make those So i should i should rephrase that i don't want to make all my videos like that anymore um, they're going to be a lot more different type of videos um So i'm gonna i'm gonna be experimenting a lot more And this is mainly for my own satisfy my own creative interest instead of just trying to hit numbers and views so um, which is really how you should take on youtube anyways instead of just trying to hit the the views But um, yeah anyways, that's that's where the the channel is going to be going and just be aware that My luggage is scattered throughout the city Some of my friends have my luggage and i only have like a little bit over here So i i don't have as many clothes as i do as i would back home into mexico But once we get a place and i get all settled i'll be really going into it with the content and just switching up the format Putting in more efforts rather than you know repeating the same formats more unique topics I get a lot of inspiration from adam regucia I don't know if you guys watch cooking stuff But cooking is like one of my hobbies and adam regucia is like one of my favorite youtubers in general And he has a lot of Educational topics Which is where i want to remove the channel towards as well as you know how to style items and all that good stuff So it's gonna be a lot. It's gonna be a mix of those instead of just Essentials you need how to style this how to style that and yeah, that's where it's mainly going I think Like a good video I feel like i made was the phases of men's fashion as well as the recreating my old cringy outfits video Those satisfied my creative interests. Those are very different type of topics that a lot of youtubers haven't made as much Um, you know, they have similar videos like roasting their old outfits and stuff But that's where I feel like I want to you know head towards as well as how to how to style Jordan ones I got to remake that video because those other two were terrible But stuff like that how to style vans layering and new york is the perfect place to do it guys Fashion is incredible here. Even though i'm not the best dress dude out there This is just my personal taste, which is how fashion should be. This is very Scattered and unscripted. See what happens when I don't script videos Um, i'm all over the place if you guys enjoyed this type of video you guys can subscribe to my second channel It's the vlog channel. It's called more johnny tie don't expect as many videos But expect different type of videos instead of the same safe content that you guys have been seeing all over youtube Just to remind you guys, there's a lot of youtubers going through this. Um, I don't think it's just I mean I'm just some guy, but You guys have seen other fashion youtubers make these types of videos Your favorite youtuber is probably going through this right now. They are they are human They aren't perfect. You know, we're not robots. Um, so I just asked you guys be respectful Just show them some love. It's a crazy time right now Not everyone has uh Not everyone is lucky and a lot of my friends have lost their jobs. I'm grateful for you guys for making this my career Um, it's better than mechanical engineering And yeah, I'm just really appreciate you guys and until then subscribe to the vlog channel. Follow me on instagram Uh I'm out. I don't know where my dog is but peace