(playful music)
- [Girl] This is my best friend Amy.
Amy is truly the most caring, empathetic,
giving, compassionate, wonderful human I know.
I've known her since middle school,
and she has always been this way.
A couple of years ago Amy moved to Kigali, Rwanda,
to help strengthen adolescents,
LQBTQ persons, and sex workers access
to sexual reproductive health and rights.
She loved being in Africa, and would've stayed forever,
if she could.
But recently, she moved back home to Las Angeles,
because of her mental health.
I'll let her explain that.
A few days ago Amy happened to send me list she'd made
of fun things around LA, that she really wanted to do.
I know one day of fun won't solve all her problems.
But Amy deserves the world,
and I want to try to give her a little piece of it.
That's why I'm in the car with Shera,
me and Amy's mutual BFF.
On our way to pick up Amy at her house.
She knows she's gonna be in a video,
she knows we're hanging out, but she has no idea
that we've planned a day full of her favorite things.
(playful music)
(knocking)
Hello! - Hi!
- We're gonna get you to change.
- No!
- And then we're gonna get in the car,
and I'll explain everything.
- But I like my outfit.
- It's very cute, let's take a minute
to appreciate her outfit.
♪ Ah ah yes work it here we are ♪
- I already feel awkward about this whole situation.
(girls giggling)
I'm nervous people, what are we doing!
- Okay, you've had a rough last few months.
- Correct.
- I know that like one day, of doing a ton of things,
that you really enjoy, like isn't gonna fix everything.
- Oh!
- So, we're just going on a adventurous day of Amy things.
- I love you both, so much!
(giggling)
- First, we are going bouldering.
(Amy gasps)
None of us have ever done this before.
- In summery none of us have any upper body strength,
so it's gonna be really fun. - Yes, that is accurate.
(playful music) - Get it girl!
You did it!.
- Right here, right here, (beep) great job, great job!
- She did it, pose, woo!
- This is fun, to watch you guys
trying to do something that I love,
and you hate.
(playful music)
- Ya jump! - Ah!
- Are we done? - We're gonna call it a day.
(playful music)
(upbeat music)
(rustling)
- Okay. (giggles)
Amy, would you like to know where we're going next?
- Duh!
- Earlier, we were killing time for a minute,
and we were trying to think of like something fun to do,
in the meantime, and you suggested something.
And I was like no, that's gonna take too long,
we shouldn't do that, what was that thing?
- I don't remember.
(gasping)
- Are we gonna do a escape room!
(giggling)
(clapping) (screaming)
(dramatic music)
- [Man] Your heist beings in three, two, one.
(playful music)
- Oh my God. - Oh God!
- [All] Ah! (laughing)
- [Man On Intercom] You have 24 minutes left.
- Cool!
(playful music)
- We closed it. (alarm beeping)
- 54 minutes 23 seconds. - Yay!
(rustling) (giggling)
- We have had a whole day of like, activities.
So we're going to Griffith Park.
(Amy gasps)
Where we're just gonna like find a nice view,
and just be together, and you know, like, enjoy the time.
- I love that. - Yeah?
- I do. - Peaceful way to end the day.
(calming music)
- [Amy] I would say my depression became so overwhelming,
that daily activities became really challenging.
So, getting up to go to work was really hard.
I spent the last week that I was in Rwanda, in bed,
and I wanted to take my own life.
I just felt this dismal sense
that nothing was getting better.
I just reached this breaking point,
where I was like, if I don't leave now,
I'm going to hurt myself.
I think this was helpful, in so many ways.
I think it was such a brilliant reminder
of what there is in the world.
- So y'all. - Mm-hmm?
- The day has come to a close.
- It was a literal bucket list
of everything that I wanted to do in my hometown,
that I've never had the opportunity to do,
with the people who I would love to do it most with.
- Link's in the description below,
for how to actually care for yourself,
if your mental health is in decline.
- We support you, we love you. - We love you.
- You are heard.
- Yay!
(soft music)