we are home and I am in my PJs already my lilies since we've been away because if in a lovely
position have bloomed so I'm actually going to do a little life hack here obviously these middle
ones are the ones that grow that pollen that stains but because they've just bloomed they're
not actually covered in pollen just yet so what I'm gonna do is Snip them off it doesn't really
affect the look of them and it just means that there's not a staining pollen everywhere there
we go as if by Magic because I can't cut and Vlog at the same time all right let's get these done
if you don't know about this which obviously I didn't until meeting Keegan those are the ones
before they have pollinated and this one you can see those bit orange bits they're the things if
you get them on anything clothing or your hands it stains so the dogs are absolutely knackered
well you can't see Ava there there we go aren't you tired yeah right so as some of you guys know
I'm off to Scotland on Sunday on a group trip with some of our viewers mine and Leah's viewers
really excited however the weather is not looking great which is to be expected in Scotland but I
realize most of my coats are like puffy coats that are very warm but they don't have hoods
and they're not necessarily water or windproof I've just ordered three coats online and they've
arrived today I don't know if that's going to be more quite like it though that does not look
warm enough I think this is more fashion than practical I'll wear it with my hoodie
because the chances are I will wear layers I mean it's a jacket I don't know if I like it
it's too colorful it's too much color this one is New Balance so this should be a good one it feels
very thick that other one was so thin this is more like it though it feels like a proper windproof
coat I quite like that I mean it's not necessarily colorful but it's not black so yeah I think that
will be my Scotland jacket perfect how much was that 39.99 bargain I think the original price
of this was something like 80 quid but because it's from TK Maxx it's got a good reduction on
it I did buy this one but this one doesn't have a hood so I kind of just bought it because I liked
it it's black and it's under armor oh it's very thin but it does look windproof like the back is
very thin material the front is a bit puffy an all year round purchase not just a Scotland purchase
oh that's nice it's quite small in a way I quite like that it is very thin though it's just like
that material there's no padding there's padding at the front guys it's Thursday I'm just sitting
down to do some me time my goal this year is to be very selfish hear me out now I don't mean
selfish in like a really bad way I mean selfish in terms of I just want to focus on things that
develop me and grow me investing in me so like for example I could have sat down now I've got a spare
30 minutes I could have sat down and watched some Bridgeton which I was going to do and then I was
like no Joel do a skillshare class because that's what I want to focus my attention on this video
has very kindly been sponsored by skillshare uh you'll know if you've been following me for a long
time that I've worked with skillshare in the past I absolutely love it they're all about self-growth
um that's hard to say self-growth say that five times really fast self-grip yourself you might
have heard of skillshare for you know their editing classes and their artistic classes and
things like that but did you know that you can actually get like career help career advice on
skillshare for me as a self-employed person it's really important to sort of learn more
about what I'm doing rather than just chucking up a video and hoping for the best so there are two
classes that I'm taking at the moment and I've kind of dipped into both of them maybe what I
should do is work on one and then work on the other but I quite enjoy dipping back and forth
because my attention span is quite short luckily the classes on skillshare are quite short and you
can literally take it video by video it's just like watching YouTube to be honest but it's
videos that like actually help and educate so I'm doing one here called creative confidence
and silencing your inner critic and I'm also doing another one about productivity and time
management now those are really important to me firstly because I'm very critical of myself
I know that lots of you are going we know Joel because I'm always I've had a call with my coach
this morning and she was like you're always so hard on yourself like I'm here to tell you that
you're like you're doing really well but you're being hard on yourself so I need to work on that
and then productivity and time management I'm not very good at that when it comes to all of
my self-employed stuff all the YouTube stuff the happy healthy homo stuff literally everything I
sort of just grab time here and there and I I want to be better at productivity and time management
so this second video down by Kevin siskar which is all about managing your attention in the digital
age is so good so he talks about how you can hone your ability to focus on a task and also
reducing your daily distractions which is really good and he also talks a bit about prioritizing
your workload which has been like life-changing for me that instead of just writing a generic
to-do list write it in terms of priorities high priority to-do list medium priority and then sort
of like a low priority because I might finish a day where I go oh I've ticked off loads of things
for my to-do list but they're all low priority and I'm still leaving the high priority things on the
table which is why I'm feeling constantly stressed because I'm not taking off the high priority stuff
and then to do with the creativity classes I'm doing a course at the moment about eight exercises
to power your creativity and this woman Danielle Chrissa or Chrysler I'm not sure how you pronounce
it it's just been so great like she's an artist and I'm not necessarily an artist but I still find
it really really helpful she talks about embracing your weirdness how your weirdness as a human being
is your selling point whether it's your career or just a hobby like embracing your weirdness
is actually your key to success so have a look on skillshare there's something on there for
everyone and skillshare very kindly given you guys a discount my viewers the first thousand people to
click the link in my bio will get the first month for free which I think is an amazing thing because
obviously you want to invest in yourself I think I'm a big believer in investing your time effort
energy and money into yourself however you get to try it out for free first to see if you like it
which I'm sure you will because as I said there's tons of things on there and if you want to join
me in talking about these classes then let me know down in the comments as I said I'm doing
one all about creative confidence and silence in your inner critic which I know that lots of you
are similar to me which is why you follow me uh because we're all very hard on ourselves so if you
want to do the course along with me then let me know drop me a DM on Instagram leave comments on
YouTube and we can chat it's like it's like a book club but a skillshare club but yeah click the link
down below if you want to try it out but I need to crack come with these lessons now because they've
only got half an hour now I've got 20 minutes right bye I've come to like here guys for no
real reason than just to have a little brows can you get us out all day today so I've got a day to
myself and I go to Scotland tomorrow for a week with Leah and so I've got a free day so I didn't
really plan anything for today so I just thought why not come to Ikea I've just remembered I do
actually need one of these I have these to keep my cotton pads in in London but I left it behind
for Lucy so I need one for myself oh that was a very quick whirlwind trip whereas Ikea is not as
much fun on your own or when you don't have much to get for the house because my experience of Ikea
in recent times has been going with Lucy so a had a companion there and B we're buying for our house
for our home another you know there's it's not they can't buy anything for my house with Keegan
it's just that he's got everything so there's not really any need for anything any furniture
bedding just anything it's like well we've kind of got everything covered that said I was looking at
plants because we would like a big plant for the main bathroom but I didn't have a trolley with me
I should have picked one up and uh I was like I can't carry a massive plant plus a big plant pot
so I was like I'll just save that for another time but I'm gonna go Chuck this in the car and then
I'll see if there's any other shops you want to have a look around because I rarely get to do this
I have the time to sort of mooch around the shops and I do have the time today I mean I need to pack
I I haven't started packing at all for Scotland I need to do some washing I have to edit a video
and it's a sponsored video as well so I need to get that filmed and edited ready for when I'm in
Scotland so there is a lot to do today yeah I'm just enjoying having a little mooch around when
I'm at the range I've been looking at the indoor stuff but nothing's tickled by fancy but I've
come to the garden center part because it's coming out to mine and Keegan's year anniversary and one
thing I wanted to get us for a year anniversary was a tree a little tree maybe like an apple tree
or something which will grow in a pot for a few years and then eventually you can plant out when
we buy a home of our own so yeah I'm just looking to see if they have any trees here okay they look
very unimpressive at the moment so this is a Cox apple tree that's cool there's some over here
is a pear tree these are all different so we've got Golden Delicious tree Cox's Orange
tree a granny smith tree this is a cherry tree
well I didn't get any I think I need to do a bit more research into what what tree I
actually want because they all look like Twigs so it's not possible to choose one
based on its look because even if we're on an apple tree I'm like well which type of apple
um anyway time to go home it is now two o'clock I dropped Keegan off at midday so I spent a couple
of hours I edited a video I didn't show you that I was in Costa for the first hour editing a video
which will hopefully go out maybe tomorrow then as I said I still need to edit one for midweek but
yeah I'm going to I think head home take the dogs for a walk and then I'm gonna go to the gym and
then yeah crack on with packing I mean before I go to the gym I probably will stick a load of washing
on me and King went out for breakfast this morning before I dropped him off we went out for like a
brunch and so I uh I feel very full but almost a little bit sick I don't know why um so I'm
not very hungry for lunch I think I'll just skip lunch today and I'll just have dinner later on
I am about to do my longest road trip ever in this car which is going to be a good test and I'll come
on to that in a bit I'm driving to Scotland guys it's three hours 58 minutes to Scotland which
is baffling to me that I can get to Edinburgh Scotland quicker than I could get to London or
to my parents house so strange the thought of driving to Scotland all my life has been like
absolutely not that's like a minimum eight hours drive with stops like nine maybe even ten and now
here I am doing a little drive to Scotland which is good now the test part is because one of the
reasons for getting this car and the many reasons was to make longer Journeys more comfortable
because in a mini I'm sat quite low down my legs are pretty much outstretched and it was a manual
cut so it's actually quite exhausting shifting up and down through the gears mainly mentally
not physically whereas I don't have that this is an automatic it I'm a bit higher up I'm sat in a
better seating position and I am going to test to see how comfortable this car is on this journey
but I've only left the house for five minutes and I'm already stopping at Dunkin because I'm like
I need a coffee and you know what guys I might treat myself to a donut I never get a donut in
Duncan but today's the day hi could I get a medium Americano with oat milk can I get a speculo donut
and everything for you yeah that's it thanks all right thank you thank you guys how long have I
been doing YouTube I've just been wittering on about five minutes and I looked at the camera
and I went it's not recording anyway why would I would ears I hate having to stop that early
in the journey it's like when you get petrol and you're like I'm just psyching myself up for this
long journey and now I've got to stop and get petrol immediately but I was like no I want
a coffee and a donut start the holiday strong because I also like road trips I sort of miss
them a bit obviously I did a lot of driving and road trips when I was long distance with Keegan
and I don't like doing them as often as I was that did get exhausting but I'm realizing now that I do
miss my little road trip so I'm excited today for my four hour road trip up to Scotland I'm
a bit nervous to them I am excited because the uh the itinerary is going to be so good but I'm also
like basically guys you know I'm always full of worries so I am a little bit worried that I
might be a bit of a letdown to these viewers like we've got 15 viewers we've spoken to them on zoom
and obviously they've booked to come to Scotland and some of you will be watching this video now
um I'll talk directly to you you will have booked to come Scotland because it's an amazing itinerary
but you've also booked to come on holiday with me and Leah and I'm just like oh my gosh what
if I'm what if I'm a disappointment what if I'm not what they're expecting what if they're like
oh Joel's not as fun as he is online or it just feels like a bit of pressure of like oh my gosh
I feel like I need to entertain people but I'm I'm also realizing that no I just need
to be myself and have fun so there's that I'm also the itinerary is really good the trophy trip the
people that have organized it are a very reputable company so I have every reason to believe that the
trip is going to go so smoothly and be amazing however because it's our first time doing one of
these trips I don't know my worry brain is like what if it goes wrong what if the tour guide
doesn't turn up what if one of the things on the itinerary gets canceled last minute then what do
we do and what about this and what if the hotel is rubbish like we're staying in five hotels for
six nights so yeah I'm like what if the hotels are awful and looking online I think the first
hotel tonight and the next night it looks like a decent hotel some of our viewers have arrived
already and they've been texting us and they said the hotel's nice here we go Lotus Biscoff
hmm so I keep forgetting that I've lost my sense of taste and swell I feel fine in terms of how I
feel um I know I probably sound a bit punked up but but I'm not that bunged up and I feel fine
I've got energy I just don't have taste and smell however I can taste this maybe it's coming back
I've never lost my taste and smell before and it's actually very isolating it makes me feel a bit
like where's the joy in life if you can't taste all right guys we are halfway I've just stopped
for a little wee and I bought a Pepsi Max and a protein cookie with me so I actually didn't stop
for lunch and I'm not even that hungry so I've had the Biscoff donut and a protein cookie but
I'm not gonna my first proper meal will just be the dinner that we have the welcome dinner with
her viewers When we arrive that's at 5 p.m I'm due to arrive at the car park for 4 30 and then it's
like 15 minutes to the hotel and then it's another 15 minutes the restaurant so I might not have time
to check in I might just have to park my car and then go meet everyone for dinner the garage where
I bought this car from was in Edinburgh and they put it on the back of the Lorry and shipped it
down to me in Yorkshire and I'm driving back to my car's Hometown so cute why do I get excited about
the stupidest things it's only since having a partner who is very different to me in that sense
where he's just not actually very sentimental at all and for example I've been used to my
parents whenever I leave home or whenever guests leave like from visiting my family we all go to
the front door and we all wave goodbye as people are driving away I just thought that was normal
Flash Forward to like Keegan we obviously said a nice goodbye had a kiss and a cuddle and and
everything in the hallway and then he was just like okay well have a safe trip text me when you
get there and then walked into the kitchen and I was like in my head I didn't say it but I was like
are you not going to come to the door to wave me off but that I know talking of this before I was
like I'm just used to family members like waving at the front door and that to me is normal so the
fact you don't do that like my initial thing is like you don't care but that's obviously he's
like that's not true it's just I don't do that but that's funny let me know what you guys do
have you been taught to do that like it's almost as if I've been taught that it's a bit rude not
to wave someone goodbye from your front door which is a bit strange because I suppose it's not rude
because we said our goodbye in the hallway and then I just drove off but yeah it's very odd but
that the things like I'm going oh my car's going back to Edinburgh like Keegan would just be like
oh dear good job we're all different isn't it keeps
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well guys I've arrived the car park is very Swanky and I actually know where
this is because I've been to Edinburgh a couple of times I'm like at least I've got
my bearings because I know where we are we're meeting for dinner in 20 minutes
um there's going to be a mini bus taking Leah and all of our viewers to the restaurant I don't have
time because I'm late so I'm going to meet them at the restaurant so I just need to gather my things
I'm just gonna take my bag and then come back for my suitcase I parked just in that glass building
and this is The Meadows which I've never been here when The Fringe Festival isn't on so The
Meadows is full of like big tops and Tents and performances Keegan and I watched a weird circus
performance there it was very good but very strange I just texted Keegan a video of it
and I was like congratulations Edinburgh will now always remind me of him even though I came
to Edinburgh before I ever met Keegan I think last time I came here was just so much fun and
I've said in another Vlog I just view it as like our city now and I can't wait to come back with
him in August feeling a little bit nervous guys I'm gonna be five minutes late to the restaurant
but hey never mind I don't know how much I'm going to be vlogging guys for this channel so
um I will speak to you when I see you next time the houses in Edinburgh are so stunning I love
them I don't know if you can see thank you guys for watching this video I have got some
post Scotland footage to give you a debrief of everything and how it went so stay tuned
for that but thank you for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it don't forget if you want
to try out skillshare for a month for free then click the link down in my description the first
thousand of you to click on that link will get the month for free so make sure you claim that because
once a thousand people are done then there's no more free trials so um yeah go check that
out if you want and anyway I will see you next time for another video very very soon oh my gosh
nine days and we go to Florida at the moment when I'm filming this so excited see you guys [Music]
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