 We always talk about how, no matter what it is that you do, you have to have good balance. And no matter what your occupation is, what your job title is, whatever you do on a daily basis, it has to be times when you sort of take a step back and take a breather. And that's what today's video is. And we're not talking about anything Ravens today, we'll get back to that tomorrow. We'll get some questions from subscribers in tomorrow so y'all can see that. But today I just, I really wanted to check in with y'all. I wanted to check in and see how you all were doing. I wanted to check in and let y'all know how I'm doing and just so we could check in with each other. If things are going great right now for you, if things are going smooth right now for you, feel free to let us know. It's a good thing. We love when things are going great for people. I love seeing that man. Uplifting comments, oh man, I just graduated or I just got married or I just got this new job. Oh, I just had my kid. I just, whatever. We love that. I'm with it all day. But if things aren't going so good in your life, you can let that be known too. And this, I just want this video to serve as sort of an outlet for people because a lot of us, we have family. We have friends. A lot of us got people to talk to. A lot of us got just some way as an outlet, but not everybody feels like they have that. Not everybody feels like they have somebody to reach out to. They have somebody to talk to. Not everybody feels that way. So in this video, I just wanted to check in on everybody on Team Keep It Clean just to see how everybody was doing. A lot of times, especially most of when things are going bad, speaking from experience, when things are going bad, you can almost feel like, man, like this is never going to end. This is never, ever going to end. Things are just going to be going bad forever. Things are just, they're never going to turn around. And that couldn't be farther from the truth. It couldn't be. Again, speaking from experience, trust me. It's like, yeah, things can be rough. Life can be rough. It can be very rough. But I think a big thing that I learned in life and seen it along the way is that it's important to have good people in your corner. It's important to have people that are willing to listen to you and not people that's going to talk over you like when you tell them what's going on. Okay, this is how you solve it. Because a lot of times, me, myself, I can think that way. And I know a lot of people say it's a guy thing, but I know me myself. I can think that way a lot. My wife is telling me something and she's telling me a story about something and she's telling me how there's a problem with something somewhere. And I'm thinking, all right, my brain goes to, all right, this is how you fix it. This is how we got to get it done. And that's it. Boom. But we got to be careful and make sure we actually listen to the whole thing. Because if our minds are in one spot and somebody is telling us a problem, then we could be thinking about the solution, which is nothing wrong with that. But at the same time, they could still be talking and we may miss a big point of something that they're trying to let us know. So that's super important to listen. Because again, we were made with two ears, one mouth. So that means we have no excuses not to listen. And less reason to talk. Talk less, listen more. It's hard. It's tough. But we got to try it, man. But I just wanted to hear how y'all are doing. Like I said, man. So whether things are going good or things are going bad, just let us know. But what I was saying earlier is that even if things are going bad, trust me, you're not the only one going through it. And I just wanted this to, like I said, serve as an outlet. Serve as an outlet for people. Because everybody doesn't have somebody to express stuff to to get stuff off their chest too like that. Not everybody has that. And that can be tough. That can be super tough. So I know Team Keeper Clean is family though, man. It's family. I done seen so many, so many different examples when somebody put in the comments. And we'll be talking about football. We'll be talking about something with the Ravens or something with NFL or whatever. But somebody put in the comment section, man. I'm just sorry. I know this ain't got nothing to do with the video. But I'm going through this right now. X, Y, Z. It's tough. It's rough. And then I see under that, man. So many people encouraging them. So many people encouraging them, being positive, uplifting them. And just really, because y'all just, you don't know how powerful your words are, man. You don't know that, man. You just don't underestimate the power of your words, the power of tongue. Because that thing is real deal, man. And that could be for good or for bad. But certainly for good. And again, we always talk about it. You never know what somebody on the opposite end of that avatar is going through. So somebody on the opposite end of that profile picture is going through. You never know. You never know. So again, I'm checking in with y'all. One of y'all to check in, just see how y'all are doing. And I, of course, hope everything is great. But I know sometimes everything is not so great. And that's fine. Because again, that's life. We all got to deal with different stuff. Now, for me, just a quick check-in, just a quick recap of how things are going. Things are going pretty good. Overall, things are going pretty good. This off-season has been, it's been a lot. Recently, there's been some days where I just, I don't feel like it. I don't feel like it. I don't feel like working. I don't feel like editing. I don't feel like uploading. I don't feel like doing nothing. And on some of those days, I won't do it. I won't do it. But at the same time, there's some days where I will. And most of those days, I end up still doing something. But I've got to push through. I've got to push through. Because it's fun. Again, it's a lot of fun. I love what we do. Love it. But it is still, it's work. And it's a lot of work. A whole lot of work. Like some people think, oh man, all you're doing is just standing behind the camera talking about the ravens or whatever for a couple of minutes. A lot more goes into it than that. Especially when you have family. Because a lot of people, they forget about that part. But it is, it can be a lot. But I am very appreciative of y'all. I am very appreciative of the fact that y'all don't just support. But y'all support hard, man. Y'all support heavy. Heavy, heavy, heavy. And I appreciate that. Just past couple of days, quick update. Yesterday, of course, we went to the fun day with LJ thing, which was fun. And then today we didn't go to the 7-on-7. We did not go to the 7-on-7 because I was just tired, man. I'm like, I don't feel like, because yesterday we were out in the sun all day with the Lamar Jackson thing. And then after that, me and my wife and Carter, we went to one of my boys house. We went to him and his wife's house. And we had dinner there. Then another couple, they came through too. So we just talking, drinking, laughing, having fun, having a good time. Just vibing, man. But last night when we were over there, it made me, it sort of inspired me to do this, to check in with y'all. Because we all did a check in with each other. There was a point, excuse me, there was a point in the night when the wives, they went to one room and there was just all us husbands in the other room. And we just talking. Just talking. And of course we had our jokes and all that, but then we had a serious talk as well. Just checking in to see how each other were doing. And with that check in, it showed that, yeah, we all men, we strong men, we taking care, taking care of the household or whatnot. Handling business and whatnot. But at the same time, we still have things that we deal with as well. We still have things that we struggle with as well. And again, even though things may be going great, you still got different little things that you got to deal with. And take care of that can just, they can either, whether they drive you crazy, whether they annoy you, whether they bug you, whether they just, they hurt you, whatever it may be. We all have things that we still gots to deal with. So with me, like I said, we good right now. Things are good. I'm very appreciative of just everything. Very, very appreciative. Carter, he's doing good. My wife, she's doing good. Pookie, she's doing good. Because you all remember, she had the diarrhea for a day and that is gone. It's gone. And that was on me because I got too comfortable because with her, she's a little over three months. She's still a little baby. But what I was doing, I got two legs because, and it was a little bonding time to him. When I would eat, I'd be like, hey, Pookie, there you go. Then I would eat something else. I'd be like, okay, Pookie, there you go. And I did that and it's a big mistake. But she enjoyed the food because when she would get food that I would eat in the tail would go to wagon and all that. She would be hype, man. And I'd be hype right there. Like, let's go Pookie. You love it. I love it too. But it wasn't good for. Life lesson. So not doing that anymore. But yeah, she's good. The poop's back to normal. She's back to normal. And it only took like a day. It only took like a day. So she got that flushed out of her system. But yeah, man, things are going pretty good, man. With the channel. I mean, the videos, they obviously been coming out. But it's been growth right now, like I said, it's slow season. So that's fine. But there's been growth on the channel. There has been, I've been loving feedback too. I love getting feedback. Because there's some people that will, they'll give you feedback and it'll be like legitimate feedback. Like, oh, this would be a good idea if you did this in a video. And then there's some people that will give, how do you explain it? There's some people that, you can tell when it's like genuine feedback versus feedback to where, there's not even feedback, but something to where people are just looking for any little thing to complain about. And sort of nitpicking at different things. And you can tell when it's not even feedback, but more complaints about when people will never be satisfied. No matter what you do, no matter how you do it, no matter the way you do it, no matter what, there will be some people that are never satisfied with what you do, especially when it comes to this. But it can be life in just a period. There will be some people that no matter what, no matter what, nothing will ever be good enough for them. And hey, it is what it is. But in regards to YouTube, the way I feel, like, and I've told y'all this a while back, like there used to be times when I would see certain comments and stuff. I would be like, man, I would try to cater my videos to everybody. Like if somebody said, oh man, you should do this. I'd be like, ah, it would be in my head. And then somebody said, oh, you should do this. It would be in my head. And if somebody else did the same thing, it would be in my head. And I'd be like, man, I got to change this. I got to fix that. But no. And I'm not saying that I'm not above criticism because I'm not at all. I actually appreciate criticism. And I appreciate critique what it is, criticism, but I appreciate feedback, like I said. But if you get so caught up in trying to please everybody, it's not going to work. You are going to drive yourself crazy, crazy, crazy. And so I stopped doing that a long time ago. I stopped doing that. And I, like with people that I've worked with on here, I always tell them the same thing. And anybody that I've worked with, they will let you know. I always tell them the same thing. Do not get caught up in trying to please everybody. Do not. If somebody says, oh, you should do this or somebody else says, oh, you should do that. It can be easy to do that because you want the people who watch your videos to be happy. You want them to enjoy it. You do for sure. But at the same time, if you're trying to do this for that person, that for that person, that it's always going to be somebody that's not happy. So in my opinion, my suggestion, you should do it the way that you enjoy doing it. You should do it the way that you enjoy doing it, the way that you love doing it. And that's that. Some people will like it. Some people won't. They won't. But that's life. Not everybody's going to like it. Not everybody's going to like you. It happens. It is what it is, man. Not everybody's going to like your style. Not everybody's going to like the way that you do things. Not everybody's going to like the way that your video, it's life. But it's not a big deal. If you're happy the way that you're doing it. And of course, you still want to grow. You still want to try new things. You want to try to take different avenues and add different elements and whatnot. Like, again, big difference between criticism and hate. Huge difference. Huge, huge, huge. So try to be able to be able to, you'll be able to tell which is which. You'll certainly be able to tell which is which. But that's just where I'm at right now, man. So I appreciate y'all. I really do love y'all. Like I said, I know this was way different from the norm. Way different than what was expected. But again, like I said, we'll get back to all the questions from subscribers and stuff tomorrow over the next couple of days. We'll get back to talking about some ravens. But yeah, man, I appreciate y'all. I appreciate people that have sent DMs one way or another, whether Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, whatever. Just to check in. Just to check in. I really do love y'all. And it's just, it's great. It's just the pot. Again, the positive outweighs a negative by a ton, by a ton. That's pretty heavy. Do I weigh a ton? No, I don't weigh that much. Anyway, the positivity outweighs a negativity by far. And like it's not even close, man. It's not close. But I appreciate it, man. I appreciate you all being a part of this journey. I appreciate you all being a part of this ride. I appreciate you all being patient. I appreciate you all being part of the process as we work and do different things, do try new things. I appreciate you all's honesty with stuff. I appreciate you all teaching me about things. Like I said, man, there will be, there have been, I have learned so much about the game of football through questions from subscribers. I have learned so much because you all have these great questions and these great breakdowns and these great analogies and these great theories and these great examples. And I'm like, wow, like, I ain't think about it like that. And then another thing I've been loving too, with bringing people on, man. Shout out. Shout out to Raven C. Shout out to keeping it real. Shout out to couch writer Raven Jermaine Lockett. Shout out to coach Evans. Shout out to trust the bank media. McConnell and Joshua. Shout out to a shout out to Purple Rain podcast. Simply as 10 and Sutton Def. Shout out to Joe Nubow. Shout out to Sonny, SZG Sports. Shout out to all of them boys, man. Shout out to shout out to DTVs. Like all of them shout out to 410 Sports Talk. Like all them boys on came on the channel already, man. All them boys on came on the channel and shout out to Sarah Ellison. And again, there will be more. There will be more people that come on. But one thing that I've been loving with that is that they came on. And I may be thinking one thing about the Ravens. I may be thinking one way. And hey, sometimes they may be thinking that same thing. But other times they on a whole nother vibe. And I'm like, whoa, okay, I like that. I like when they would present different things about, not even just the Ravens, but just about football period. I love that. And I appreciate it. Oh, lunch break hot take two. Shout out to Rodney and Jose, man. So yeah, man, it's this, this whole like Ravens, YouTube, Ravens, whatever it is, social media. It's a big family, man. And I have loved working with almost everybody. I ain't working with everybody yet, but we getting there, man. We getting there. I know my guy KTE. He got, I got to bring him on soon. And I got some other people that I got to have on soon. I have to, but it's on the way. Trust me, it is, man. Again, like I said, y'all know my schedule. So it's a process, but when I can, I will. When we can, we will. But it's just, I do appreciate y'all hearing them on here and then going over to their channels to support them too. I really appreciate that. I love going when I go on their videos and I see y'all, I see names that I'm familiar with on here, on there, on their channels. I'm like, that's what I'm talking about, man. That's love right there, man. That's support. That's what we talking about, man. That's what we on, man. Support, man. Straight up support. So anyway, in conclusion, I know this was just something way from left field for a lot of y'all. A lot of y'all got a notification and it said, check in, people, what? What this got to do with them Ravens? This ain't got nothing to do with them Ravens. But it's so good, man. Oh yeah, late round corner two, when he came on two. And shout out to my offensive line guy, Cole Jackson, man. Cole Jackson, he came on two. Now he done started a YouTube channel with Mike. So yeah, man. Man, I love it, man. I have loved doing the videos with other people, man. Loved it. And again, there will be more. So we're going to try some new stuff too, man. And like I said, I ain't going to speak on it, man. Because I don't like speaking on different ideas that I got and putting them out there. You'll see it when you see it, man. When it's ready, boom, we roll it out. But anyway, I love y'all. I appreciate you all's energy. I appreciate you all's support. I just appreciate you all being you all. I appreciate team keeping clean. I love y'all. So y'all stay up, keep your heads up. And remember to check in with your people. Check in with your people. See how they're doing, man. Even if the last time y'all talked, it was kind of awkward conversation. It's okay. That was the last time y'all talked. Now you can change the last time y'all talked to something different. If it ended bad the last time y'all spoke, okay, now let's end it good. It can be tough, especially if somebody has annoyance. Oh, you know some people be so annoying. Some people be so annoying, man. They really do. Some people just be annoying, man. Like, oh, gosh, why do you have to be like that? And they can be like that consistently. But we got to try it, man. We got to still keep trying to keep pushing, man. Anyway, team keeping clean. I love y'all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank y'all.