 Dear twenty twenty four guys welcome back if you're newer or newish to the channel I do this once a year every January 1st. Happy new year by the way. Happy 2024 I'll make this sort of video every year. You can see I have a playlist on my channel form. I started back in 20 I did dear 2021 22 23 so to be my fourth year in a row doing this I'm actually kind of proud of myself for keeping up this tradition because It's honestly not an easy one and not for the reason that like I hit record and talk to the camera for 20 or 30 minutes It's not easy for the reason that a sort of self-reflection. It's very hard to Swallow sometimes especially when it's not all good and I think I watched of course last year's before This one I haven't watched the first two in a while, but I watched last year's to sort of compare And it's very tough seeing things that you like ways that you felt about certain things and then realizing it either a didn't come to the fruition the way you thought it would or wanted it to and Be sort of the optimism that you had about certain things that just didn't work out In terms of both life and content. I think it's it's like that every year, right? There's things that you look forward to that don't end up happening and the opposite things You don't expect that happened that are awesome. You know what I mean, so And I just I say it's difficult, but it's also kind of comforting knowing that the inevitabilities of life Are inevitable and that you can't always control everything that's right in front of you So just that's sort of a preface to this. Yeah, I'm gonna be talking about mostly just life stuff There's no crazy reaction today But it's more just me talking about my current perspective on content life the direction of the channels and So what is so forth? So if that's your cup of tea It's your a literal cup of tea and we'll we'll talk about a little bit. Hopefully I won't ramble too much Oh, I guess I was watching last year's I ramble a lot in the intro. We're already at like two minutes here So I'm sorry. I don't have any Q&A questions from you guys. I do apologize I meant to but at the time recording this I'm a little late too And I don't want to have to wait for comments to roll in because I want to get this up for the new year So next year hold me to it. I will do a sort of small Q&A section so First off, I usually like to recap or not recap but get a general idea of where we were Last year in terms of channels. In fact, I looked up the reaction channel, but for some reason I didn't even check the main channel Last year for the reaction channel at this time of the year I I was in terms of one piece We were headed to any slobby and I had finished recording any slobby about the time of this because I watched so far ahead Now it's kind of the same case in terms of watching ahead because we're in Fishman Island And I am I have finished up punk hazard Recording like I'm about the same number of episodes ahead. I think like I don't know if it's like 40 or 50 or 60 Just really far ahead just because of how much I genuinely Enjoy one piece like it's actually taken over my life So hang on let me I will cut this but I want to find out exactly where we were So one year ago today in terms of the non reaction channel. I was doing the Hunter Hunter game You never knew existed. I was playing the cell arc in Xenoverse 2 Just a bunch of kind of random stuff on the channel I think I just started Tenkaiji 3 which I haven't really continued all that much But you know and then again for the reaction channel. I was finishing up Hunter Hunter and whatnot So it's kind of crazy to see so about this time next year. I imagine I'll be on like episode like 900 or so of one piece and then by the time we're at the next next it can you believe in two years on dear 2025 or no dear 2026. I'll be like guys. Isn't it crazy like we're caught up with one piece I can't wait for that day to just like talk about all the current stuff with you guys I also wanted to bring up in dear 2023 I said that crocodile was my favorite villain in one piece and at this point. I just don't know anymore I really like blackbeard. I kind of see the Navy like a kind new in general is a really good villain Crocodile is still pretty high up there. Delfa Mingo is really high up there I just like the further I get into one piece the more I realize how stacked the villains are So another little section that I want to talk about is the goals that I Lined up. I didn't really say many number goals, but I did say that I wanted to do 365 videos like upload every single day on I Shinobi or now Jack the bus reacts Didn't make that for several reasons and I'll talk about them one Daily uploading whether it's reaction videos or not is a pretty hefty ask Especially running two channels God bless lay shout out to lay lay knows how much he helps me He is Virtually the full-time editor of the one piece reactions at this point and then I do all the other reactions and Like 70% of the stuff on Jack the bus But I I need you guys to drop a heart for lay because I don't Genuinely think pumping out one piece reactions would be as fast without him because there is a lot of editing that goes into my reactions and if you want to see a video one day on the process of Like my timeline of reactions Let me know because I would love to lay it out for you guys and even those of you that want to start reaction channels Of your own and I would be more than happy to sort of give it a general outline of how I do everything So that being said 365 videos did not happen for that reason and for you know the DMCA stuff that happened as many of you know The Naruto series the Naruto reaction series that was well over two or three years old Some of them were copyright struck this year and I spent a long time Dealing with that. It was one of the most stressful events of my life I still think I have Remaining stress from that like I wake up thinking I should be like anxious about it And then I have to reset be like, okay. No, no, no, that's we're moving past that But I think just the general anxiety of that still kind of remains and it will for a long time But the Naruto series gone on the channel But one thing that I kind of saw us in is knowing how much editing and how much transformation goes into the reactions today How much I make them truly my own type of video And as you guys know that sort of led into the rebrand of the channel from I Shinobi to Jack the bus reacts That was a very very difficult decision. I know in the video the rebranding video. I kind of Made it seem like I was like all in on it and I am still But I don't think it really portrayed how difficult it was to make that change because I was very attached to the name I Shinobi And I did it for two reasons One is just the general Plan for the channel in the future. I don't want to do just anime reactions forever I don't think I even want to do just reactions forever. Who knows one day. Maybe Jack the bus reacts will be some other form or concept Because it everything's always sort of evolving with the YouTube channel So it was kind of that Moving on from Naruto and stuff as much of a place that holds in my heart Having two brands Jack the bus and I Shinobi was Not confusing for the average viewer but for some Yes, it's having to split brands and being sort of two different people on the internet. I didn't love personally even if A lot of my audience didn't have a problem with it and understood that two channels existed. I didn't like having two brands Not like being referred to as I should know be rejected boss or one over the other but um, I Genuinely don't know if I can describe What it's like having those sort of like split not personalities because I have the same personality but split brands So I had to make the decision to change one for myself personally and I Like being Jack the bus because it's who I actually am just Jack, you know As much as I loved the brand I shinobi and who knows one day in the future Maybe I'll do something with the name I shinobi, but I had to sort of lay the groundwork for the future So I was kind of my more specific thoughts behind the rebrand that I didn't really lay out in the rebrand video Because it was more of just an announcement slash return video. So Yeah, I think that that pretty much explains that sort of side of things I don't think I'll ever shoot for one video a day the entire year unless I get like a full team Where I'm not even worrying about half the stuff, but until then I will probably not make that promise again But I am enjoying sort of the schedule that I have now which is around four to five reactions a week Well more like five to six reactions a week and in like three videos on Jack the bus a week So it's a perfect segue. We'll talk about my sort of current feelings on content in general Still if you guys can't tell enjoying one piece like it's nothing man for me to record that far ahead I have to be like so absurdly addicted to the world that I'm watching that I genuinely can't explain it's why I'm able to bench one piece so hard and Despite yes, the pacing isn't the best. I get why there's so many episodes. I really do on the Dragon Ball side of things I think since finishing it, of course, I'm still posting Dragon Ball Super reactions here on this channel But I have finished it finished the recordings up. They're all on patreon now Including the reaction to Broly is on patreon But genuinely and I even tweeted about this since finishing Dragon Ball I have fallen in love with the world of it even more in terms of the games Xenoverse to fighters I have it's like amplified my enjoyment of those two games solely because I feel like I have more of an attachment more of a care about the characters in the world of general Following the end of it. So it is actually affected Jack the bus like recordings like I'm even more gung-ho about Getting in Xenoverse time or fighters time every day and getting to record and stuff like that and not to say it wasn't exciting before But now it's like it's like amplified and I feel like I can enjoy that kind of stuff even more with you guys having the knowledge that I have and Knowing that I can't wait even for like one piece today that I'm Current or caught up and can talk about current stuff with you guys and play all the one piece games And I feel like it's sort of just like cracks open this entire world that I'm limited to whatever I don't have the knowledge that I have and now that I've finished super I sort of have a lot more knowledge So I just wanted to say that's one of the things that I'm really the happiest about Right now in terms of content is just how much I enjoy what I'm watching slash reacting to and The effect that's having on videos. So yeah, just a very very happy about that So I wanted to get that settled because X parts a little bit heavier I don't want to dive too deep into it because I never want you guys to think that I'm just like coming on here to Mope because that's not really what these videos are about. It's more about Recognizing the good and the bad and what's next, you know what I mean? I think my biggest struggle right now in terms of like life as a whole is and this has always been how I've been is always Struggling wanting to do more wanting to be more wanting to be somewhere else that I'm not and I'll currently I'll explain because currently it's that aspect for a lot of things Content how I'm spending time where I am stuff like that Like I think the biggest example that sort of highlighted this to me was this summer I took a trip to Spain and it was the furthest I've ever been away from home and I get very homesick very easily So getting to Spain I got there and I just had this just like deep hit of despair in my stomach Like both being so far away from my usual stuff being away far so far away from home a completely Different place. I think it was the most I would say exaggerated that feeling in my chest has ever gotten It's what I've always grappled with the most but this year. It's felt Elevated, but I don't think the whole DMC I think really helped. You know, I mean That's kind of like stacked on top of it So I I know some of you might like out there might relate to it like always feeling like you should be doing something else You should be hanging out with someone else. You should be spending your time differently I don't know how to label that feeling But it's a really bad feeling because it feels like you can never enjoy the moment enjoy what you have and enjoy Who you're spending that time with even just you know Sitting at your PC talking to a friend on discord Like it feels like those are like sort of the types of things that you'll look back on that seems like little moments that end up being Special in the future. I don't want to speak a cheesy quote But I was watching Community actually if you never seen it's a great sitcom the day I watched this episode I've been feeling this way very Very particularly so whenever I heard this it like it it hit pretty hard And I thought and like I said anybody else that feels this way or like deals with this kind of feeling Could possibly relate to but the first episode season four a lot of the concept of it is the current group Moving on with their lives like the group breaking up and stuff like that And that's kind of related to my problem is like change like having to deal with change and how scared that kind of Makes me is of anything that changes whether it's wherever I live Whoever I'm hanging out with spending time with being Away from family stuff like that anything in my routine being different scares me and it's like I think more than the usual person And this episode was about change. It was about this group breaking up and Obed One of the guys in the group of the study group Is a lot like that like very scared of change wants them to all just be this study group forever And then this sitcom forever basically and it takes the course of the episode for him to realize that they have to slowly Branch off the new paths. He says at the end of the episode I tried to hang on to this moment because I was so afraid of the future But then I realized all of this was once the future and was completely different from what I'd known before And I heard that and I was like it's like it seems like a little bit cheesy because it's like Yeah, of course, this this is the future the past was the past, you know, I mean, but I think a Lot about dealing with how I feel sometimes is putting things in the perspective like that and realizing like yeah It's the things that you look forward to That you don't realize you're looking forward to them till either you're already there or it's past So yeah, I think that applies to a lot of things in my life Like whenever I first moved out of my parents house, how scared I was until I realized how happy I am being in my own space How scared I was to change the name of I Shinobi Knowing that was sort of my brand or my name for so long and then realizing that maybe right now I'm still not super comfortable having it be completely different But more comfortable than the day I changed it Of course and just everything else in life like just being afraid to make that jump to make that change and realizing that You once were afraid to make these other changes these other jumps in your life and how where you are now Not everything may be peachy keen, but it's still these these positive changes that you learn and grow from so I Wanted to share that solely just to sort of explain myself and like I said if anybody out there Can even remotely gain some sort of comfort from that and then I've mission accomplished man Honestly, it's just funny how in life when you have the opportunity that I do to look back at literal Years like the beginning of years of my life and the perspective that I had And seeing like especially like last year's how confident and comfortable I was in the decisions I was making and how I don't feel like I'm at that point right now It's both comforting and scary because sometimes you just don't make it there But knowing that there's that version of you out there depending on what you're doing for yourself What you're doing for others? I think that's what draws the most comfort So like I said, it's like a double-edged sword that I record these every year because the years that aren't Don't seem as bright as the years before only give you more reason to self-reflect and recognize what's different or Yeah, how you're just looking at things in general. So sometimes you just you don't make it there and that's okay Okay, we got to lay out some goals for 2024 I don't think New Year's resolutions are typically necessary all that much because I think I think making a goal for the new year can be Too daunting to some people. So whenever you like make a resolution, it's like, okay, it's all or nothing If I don't do this, it's everything's over the world explodes But I think setting general goals or outlines for how you want to change things or be better is It's healthy, you know, it can't do it can't do any any bad You know I mean so I tend to not set like hard set goals But instead recognize things that I want to change or be better about So I wrote down personal goals and content goals personal goal wise I am on and off at the gym like some weeks. I'll go consistently others I won't so I would like to stay more consistent with that as well as keeping my home and my setup more clean I think whenever I get my whole house clean and my setup clean I feel a hundred times better But if I let one dish start in the sink then it just piles up if I Throw one piece of a shirt on the floor. It just piles up, you know I mean it's like you just have to stay on top of stuff like that and then just in general having more time for life by Time management Working whenever I need to work and not whenever I don't need to Content goal wise. I generally just want to put out videos and streams that I'm proud of More specifically, I also do want to do more IRL streams if you didn't see I've done I did two this year They were both very scuffed very very very scuffed and ended with me running out of data because I still don't understand IRL streaming so I definitely want to do more of those and To tag on I want to do more extras on the patreon to support those of you guys that are on the patreon that monetarily support me because Without the patreon, I think I'd still be able to do YouTube relatively full-time, but I think they Patreon existing kind of gives me that blanket of security Like find more financial security So I want to do more in terms of just like behind-the-scenes type stuff for that platform I even kind of want to bring up The time I'm recording this meat Canyon just came out with a video. He's the guy that does like animations and stuff Talking about how he's taking like a sort of a step back and like a break from his usual animation stuff and putting more time and love into things he genuinely is proud of and I watched that and I try to put myself like in his shoes and Relate my content to his because I'm so different like I do gaming videos do reaction videos stuff like that He does animations and then on his a second channel. He does other stuff I try to put myself in his shoes because I genuinely am very proud of the content I make now Well, well, I feel like that forever about future content. No because eventually I'll want to do other things or branch out and do other stuff And I try to remember that and I try to keep myself sort of grounded and knowing that I don't always have to enjoy the content That I'm making because once that starts happening, that's when I need to pivot That's when I need to change things to where I am still enjoying what I'm doing It's not a bad thing to feel burnt out and stuff like that. It's just inevitable. Yeah I think I felt a lot of a lot of comfort in knowing that even people I look up to in terms of like really talented Animators like him can feel burnt out with stuff that I find absolutely incredible and that it's just about doing what you enjoy and Just giving it your best shot that to represent you because your content does represent you So I don't know I just wanted to bring that up because I found a lot of comfort in it and knowing That you know everybody Everybody's dealing with the same type of stuff and like you you're never truly alone in Feeling left out or burdened or feeling like you're just not enough with that being said I want to talk about stuff that I sort of think you should look forward to it on both the channel What I'm especially looking forward to One piece one piece one piece. I just I can't exaggerate enough how much I'm still enjoying That's the show and just the the world in general Dragonball gaming and show content since we are finishing up super it kind of just explodes the opportunities for the non-reaction channel In terms of things I can do gaming videos game show videos just everything Dragonball contents Zenoverse fighters Tinkai chi everything and even sparking zero which is hopefully coming out in 2024 Hopefully I'm not making dear 2025 going. Please release sparking zero But yeah, and then just branching out more I think last year I don't think I mentioned it actually in dear 2024 But I said I want to do more collabs and I think I branched out a little bit this year in terms of collabs But I want to even more It's funny if you're not a content creator You can still relate to this Branching out to other creator reaching out to other creators and going like hey Do you want to record this video is a lot like being in grade school or like even in the office at work? Like trying to make a friend basically Except it's it's just over the internet So I don't know if that makes it easier harder, but it's literally that exact same feeling like I feel anxious shy DMing other creators going. Hey, you want to make a video together about Dragonball? so Definitely want to do that more it's out of my comfort zone, but that's the best place to be So and then just more on the reaction channel. That's why I changed the name It's the bigger vision that I have for it that I always want to just keep expanding on so That about wraps up what I wanted to talk about. I hope I didn't get too personal but again, I always want to Be a little bit vulnerable in these because I know Hearing it from others whenever you're experiencing the same feeling can be a very comforting feeling So if any of you have that same sort of Feeling on the day-to-day just know It's normal man. Just how it is And it's something that I grapple with and I will continue to I'm assuming for my life It's just about like I said keeping things in perspective. So I hope you have a happy New Year I hope you're not watching this hungover on New Year's Day. I hope you're having a nice Fresh start to the year get that glass of orange juice. Yeah, hopefully this time next year in dear 2025 I will have a fresh new update for you guys and we will we will circle back to how everything is but thank you for being here. Thank you for joining me and Here's to the new year. Peace guys