on to some juicy questions a lot of people have been wanting to know if Giselle and I
are living together yet do you plan to stay in La long term Late Bloomer dating advice how come you
don't blog as much as you used to everyone it's Morgan Yates and welcome back to my channel for
today I thought we would do a very cozy q a I just finished drinking some tea and it's chilly out and
just the holiday Vibes are here as you can tell I've already decorated you guys submitted some
questions over on Instagram and we're just gonna get started first question is how are you doing
lately I'm combining this one with how are you feeling slash how has your health been because
if you watch my Vlog Channel I've been talking for a while about how I've been having a bunch
of knee pain knee problems going on which from experience I feel like until something like this
happens to you you don't realize like just how bad it is or like the extent to which it inhibits
your life the past few months for me have been a bit of a struggle and very discouraging with
just feeling like I don't have control over my body um but I started physical therapy you I've
been it's been over a month now and I'm feeling so so much better so thank you to the people who
asked about that like I feel like a new person I don't know just not being able to work out or
like literally just walking around my house and like being in pain and not like working out and
like you know releasing those endorphins it was just like my my mental health you know it was
just on the decline I'm happy to report that I am feeling better I've been going back to rumble I'm
going there today and I'm just so thankful to be feeling better and I said this in a vlog recently
but it's just been such a lesson in just never taking any part of your health for granted as
for other things not pertaining to that October was the craziest month for me between Halloween
party stuff which I think I hate to say it and not that people care this much but I think next
year I'm gonna bow out oh man you just this time that goes into setting up like one of these theme
parties the way I do it and then like the time to like clean up and just like it is exhausting and
I'm thinking next year it would just be really nice to go into whatever Halloween event I go
to spend my few hours there come home and like not have that control a couple weeks of my time
so oh but yeah there was that my sister came to visit things have just been like super busy
the blog I just posted spanned like an entire month honestly also I have been work wise like
not in the best situations a couple of times I'm beginning to work with some really great Brands
but I feel like but one brand in particular a very long-term partner of mine that's not fabletic so
he got one other option here Partnerships that I really loved really cared about really put my
all into it's just like completely going against our contract and like screwing me financially and
I'm doing everything I can in this situation and I don't even know I don't want to get into
that but that's just been like a situation that's been weighing on me a lot lately and I'm it's not
resolved at all but I'm trying to just put it out of my mind aside from all those things I'm
actually doing really well I love that we are entering the holiday season I'm so excited for
just like that in general like having friends over for like some casual little just like how holiday
activities making cookies gingerbread houses also just really happy in my relationship and
I feel like that makes the holidays so special things on the horizon are looking good thank
you for asking that was a very long answer but I am feeling the best I have presently
um in a really long time next question do you have any trips coming up the only trip I have
between now and the holidays is going to San Francisco actually this weekend me and Giselle
are going to go for like less than 48 hours just because I had a Delta the credit card I have
um it's like the Delta Reserve card every year I get a round trip Companion Ticket would have been
better to use that like in North Carolina or New York or like somewhere where I was getting some
better value in then a short flight like San Francisco but I just don't work out that way
so we're just taking a little weekend trip um to cash in a free flight basically also I will have
that credit card not that you should ever just go get a credit card because I'm talking about
this those are serious decisions but if you're in the market for a travel card I will link the
exact credit card I have below because I know they're doing a really good referral
offer right now for anyone who joins to get like a ton of miles and then I also would use
also but other than this weekend I am staying in town I just really want to like like more than
ever I've just been loving staying at home after the summer I just want to like soak up the holiday
season here but on that note also because I got some questions about if I'm gonna do another like
group travel with me trip uh in 2023 I actually am I'm gonna be working with a different company
um it's looking like this might end up being to Croatia there's still a survey I'll have
links below if you're interested in going on a trip with me you can fill out the survey it's
just like where you'd want to go the time you're free your budget whatever we have enough interest
to set that trip up which means probably in the next like two weeks this would be like live and
bookable Instagram is probably where I'll share about that first but if you do fill out that form
um your email will be able to contact you as soon as it comes out like to your email address
on to some juicy questions a lot of people have been wanting to know if Gisele and I are living
together yet and the answer drumroll is that yes we are we have been for a second I just wasn't
in any rush to announce it it's been really good living together I feel like we spend so much time
together anyways just not being alone like I'm very paranoid like especially just at night I take
comfort knowing that like someone else is here we just live really well together like the chores I
hate doing she does them I don't have to do them anymore um or like the things she really doesn't
like I don't mind doing it all my rent also went up a lot this year so uh that worked out timing
wise because I've been here it's been over a year that I've been in this house like a year and two
months which is crazy I feel like that whole time like flew by all right next another juicy
one and an unexpected answer even for myself do you plan to stay in La long term so I feel like
I've always said like I can't see myself anywhere else that yes like I would want to stay for sure
in like Southern California like if not La so I'm shocking myself here that really only in
the past like couple of maybe like even months but like one to two months for the first time
ever this is just like entered my mind oh this is where it started was my best friend Caroline
who I like grew up with middle school high school went to college together lived together
um still my best friend she and her husband just bought a house in Raleigh in North Carolina
conveniently at the same time that I've just been like a little disgruntled as a la resident I'm not
going to get into specifics here just like things that have happened personally that have been
really frustrating involving some crime incidents some police responses that I just wasn't I'm just
like I don't feel good about living here anymore I got a freaking thing in the mail to renew my
car registration that is like 500 that was like a month's car payment you know how much it is to
renew your car registration in North Carolina it's like 35 like this is the first year I've had to do
that that I've had my car actually registered in California and so I was like are you kidding me
and then I got something in the mail for my alarm system permit that I have to like pay a hundred
dollars for with the city for the next year like I'm just tired of paying so much dang money and
here I sound like my dad like it's comical if he's watching this I sound exactly like my dad
right now but as I get older it's like I want to buy a house someday and I toured some places in
la like a couple of months ago as well which I feel like really is just what did it for me of
being so discouraging like touring some places they had been like renovated did and whatever
to look like nice I mean they were cute like from a design perspective but just like below just the
appearance like so many things wrong with them that like these are things at the like out of
my price range even that I wouldn't even want to live in really and like here I'm spending so much
money on rent which is fine but like obviously that's not something I want to do forever if I
could buy in like this townhouse I could not even afford to buy something like this townhouse what
I could afford to buy in La is like just not it so that's just been becoming more of a reality to me
lately I guess in like getting to a point where I could buy a North Carolina something like really
nice so it just feels like the longer I stay here in a way it's like the longer I'm setting back my
like future at least financially you know what I mean and so with that said I'm not in any rush
to move honestly like I'm saying North Carolina right here just because my best friend's moving
there my family's there but I don't even know if I would like it there like I would want to
go visit her like multiple times and like you know see if that's somewhere I would want to be
see how that is with the you know homophobia or our life thereof that's definitely a concern of
mine as well as just like moving from somewhere like La where there is so much to do so many cool
restaurants so many events just like things going on constantly I just I worry that me personally
that the comparison would have me like missing La so I don't know it's just a lot to think about I'm
not like attached to that I don't have any kind of timeline here and I don't know if that will
even end up happening but to answer the question for the first time ever it has been on my mind
of I don't really see myself here for the rest of my life as well as I've just been which I'm doing
better with this again in the past like month or so because I've made an effort to change this but
for the past few months I was also just feeling like my life here in La has kind of become a
little bit stagnant I feel like when I moved here I was like growing so much like it was so exciting
I was doing like all these cool things and it's just kind of like flattened out throughout time
where I feel like I'm living the same days I'm living the same weeks just like on repeat for the
past like year or so but I know that I also like have the power to change that to a degree so and
recent times I've been trying to Branch out try new things try new restaurants go to parts of LA
I have not previously spent much time in and with that things have been feeling just more
fresh more fun lots of thoughts there if you live in Raleigh I mean if you live somewhere else cool
that you think I'd like that's more affordable you can also let me know it's not like I'm attached to
there it's just like if I have already Community there then that kind of makes sense of being like
a place to go but if you live there though let me know how you think it would be especially with the
gay stuff Late Bloomer dating advice and I'm gonna combine this with advice for single life so I feel
like I have some advice here but also like very limited because this is from just my perspective
I know that for a lot of people being single is like a struggle or like not ideal like people
understandably like long to be in relationships but being completely honest that was never me
and I think that's probably because I was like a late bloomer when it came to dating which I don't
think is a bad thing either like I feel like I I don't know my life has worked out like exactly how
I was supposed to like I don't feel like I missed anything by not being in relationships more like
in the past I was going to say though like when I was single that was all I'd ever known so I was
very happy like in that and so the only real like takeaway or like thing that I guess I took for
granted or didn't realize like back then is that when you're single like I never realized like just
how nice it is to like just do whatever you want like at any given time which is not to say at all
that like I would rather have that over like being in a relationship because I feel like I'm actually
thriving like being in a relationship and like love that and like would not change it back to
how it was before they're just like two completely different things and like both are great and I
didn't realize like one day you're just gonna like wake up and it'll never be the same of where like
you are only thinking about yourself I don't know if I'm getting my point across here if this is
making sense but like if you are single like soak it up like really I know it's if you are like the
type of person that it sounds like is like wanting to be in a relationship then I get that this is
like easier said than done try to like soak up that and in terms of just like another thought
I guess on like being late bloomer dating I'm not trying to like project this concern on the person
asking this question but like for me I always thought like I'm so I was really like hesitant
and like scared going into like dating situations because I felt like I lacked that experience
um or that like people would see that as like something being wrong with me or like weird
that I whatever hadn't been in some like long-term relationship and so if these words are any comfort
like the right person is not going to care about that at all like I don't think outdated anyone who
cared about that I know we get so many like worries in our head about like everything
pertaining to dating and you know comparing yourself and feeling behind and whatever it's
just so crazy because it's like we really don't need to do that because when you find the person
that's right for you it's like exactly who you are like just like as you are like that is gonna be
what they want like what they love the right fit for them whatever and all your like anxieties and
fears and whatever only matter when it comes to like dating people that you're not a fit for so I
don't know I don't know if I even answered that question my role advice which again is so much
easier said than done but it's just don't put the pressure on yourself try not to buy into the whole
like comparing your life to someone else's and feeling behind I never thought this would happen
to me and one day you're just gonna find your person and it's gonna feel like that was like
everything that was meant to happen you know that everything in your life worked out the way that it
was supposed to to like lead you to that at least that's how I feel so next someone said are you
doing vlogmas this year slash how come you don't blog as much as you used to so I haven't done
vlogmas in a few years so I will not be doing it this year either however in general a goal of mine
um I'm actually vlogging today the day that I'm filming this is to be vlogging more and posting
more Vlogs as for why I don't Vlog as much as I used to I don't want to like blame this on like
not being single anymore but like ever since that changed for me I have not been able to get like
into the swing of things in terms of having like a perfect balance where I get everything done like
content-wise that I want to do like I just have not been able to make it happen like I have in the
past like when I was single and another big part of that is like when I was living with YouTubers
and when I was just by myself all the time day and night it was super easy it was like obvious
for me to just like want to Vlog all the time because I did spend so much time by myself and
I guess around the same time too so it's a mix of all these things it's like Tick Tock came up out
of nowhere and like ever since that it's like I just feel like I have not figured out how to
balance all of them like I don't have an editor I don't have a manager I'm not like a team of
people I'm like one person and I used to have this great balance so it's a mix of all those things
I appreciate everyone who like still does enjoy watching and like has stuck with me despite like
I know I don't Vlog as much as I used to but also the frequency to which I was vlogging just all the
time and like showing every part of my life back then I do just value privacy and like offline
moments fully being present with like my friends most of whom aren't YouTubers now that but also
realistically I don't think it'd be sustainable for the rest of my life to like keep vlogging like
that like I don't know so things are evolving but it is a goal of mine to get back to vlogging more
as well in terms of just like vlogging full days um versus like how my Vlogs have been lately it's
like October being crazy as well as last thought YouTube viewership as a whole across the platform
is also just like on the decline in terms of users so I'll be lying if I said that it wasn't also a
little bit harder than it used to be to like want to post all the time on YouTube when it's like not
discoverable versus somewhere like Tick Tock you know compared to in the past like if I don't have
a video that I'm like excited about that I like like whatever then I'll just skip the week now
which isn't how I used to be I don't want to rush to put up some video that I don't even like fully
love necessarily just for the sake of getting a video up like in the past maybe when like that
would have actually done something good for me all right we're gonna end on a looking forward
note someone said what are your current goals slash something you're looking forward to kind
of said this in the beginning but I'm just really excited for the holidays I'm excited to be home
with my family I am excited and thriving just being home in La and General like more than ever
just looking forward to doing so many cozy things and um excited for getting back in shape oh my
gosh I am so excited to be going back consistently to my workouts I've been getting to work with some
really cool Brands lately like Target and HBO and just like really cool like bucket list brands for
me I have some video ideas in the works that I think also are just going to be really fun
maybe that's not too many specific goals at the moment but I'm just enjoying feeling good sliding
is getting crazy about second so it's time to wrap this up if you have any other questions or video
requests I would love to see those in the comments and I'll see all of you guys in my next video
thank you