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- Hey, guys.
Welcome to Travel Feels.
Today, we have a bit of a different kind of episode.
I haven't really done one of these,
but we're gonna do a good, old-fashioned mail time.
There's just been a ton of stuff sent to me,
and I just wanted to highlight some of it
and show you some of the coolest stuff that I've been sent.
That's one of the perks, I guess,
of running a YouTube channel.
You get sent a whole bunch of cool stuff.
So, where should we start?
Maybe we can start with some of the smaller packages.
(grunts)
Ooh.
Look at this.
Travel Feels T-shirt.
What?
Thank you.
Where is this from?
Who sent this?
No note.
Somebody just sent me a Travel Feels T-shirt.
That's awesome.
Thanks.
Maybe I should start selling some merch.
Might be a good idea.
Would you buy some?
Travel Feels?
Learn, make, repeat?
That kind of stuff?
All right, next, I've actually unboxed
some of this stuff already, I couldn't help myself.
This was a really cool backpack I got sent
by Solgaard, and the reason why it's cool
is that it actually comes with this.
(grunts)
And what this is is it's a speaker
that goes onto this backpack, but not only that,
it's actually a solar panel so you can actually charge
this up, and it also charges things like your phone.
It's got these USB ports here.
It has this nice little pouch here.
And you put it in here, zip it up,
and now, when you're traveling around,
and you're, let's say, on a hike,
it's charging this battery pack the whole time,
so you can keep charging up your cell phone
or whatever you're using on your hike.
Super handy, really cool idea.
I really like this.
I can't wait to actually test it out
and see how it works in the real world.
All right, I'll do this little package.
Ooh.
An iPhone case.
Appreciate it.
It doesn't say who it's from, but thanks.
Appreciate it.
Ooh, I got these.
Got some nice, new ND filters for my drone from SANDMARC.
Really appreciate that.
I'll be testing these out, and hopefully,
I'll be making some drone tutorials soon,
so I can show you what these guys are like.
Thanks, guys.
And of course, Aputure.
Aputure has sent me some new stuff.
I think I know what this is, but let's check it out.
Yeah, it's the 120d.
If you guys don't know Aputure lights, they're amazing.
I use them all the time for my YouTube videos,
for lighting the talking heads and all kinds of stuff.
I've even used them on actual commercial shoots
while I've been DP'ing.
They're really handy, and I really like this light
because it's actually a single-source LED.
Well, it's a bunch of little LEDs,
but really closely packed, so it's actually a single-source,
so you really just have the flexibility
of shaping and molding this light,
and it's really powerful, super small, LED.
Oh, and not to mention, where is it?
Oh, found it.
Not to mention, you can control them by remote,
which is super handy when you're filming yourself,
because you don't have to go to the light
and then switch things around, you can just kind of
dim it, turn it up or down, turn it on or off.
While you're looking at your monitor,
you can see exactly what's happening.
Really handy.
I love Aputure lights.
Huge thank-you to Aputure for sending me more stuff.
Really appreciate it.
I will put this thing to use.
And I actually want to make a lighting video,
a lighting tutorial on how to use some of these lights,
'cause I think lighting is really hard sometimes,
and I struggled with it a lot, starting out.
And they also sent me this guy, which is really interesting.
It's called the Aputure DEC Vari-ND,
and what this is is it actually goes
in between a Sony and a Canon lens,
so you can put Canon lenses onto a Sony.
Not only that, you can actually change
focus using, let me open it up.
Ooh, nice little case.
All right.
This is what I was talking about.
This goes onto your camera, in this case a Sony,
locks in there, and then you can put Canon lenses
onto your Sony, but it also controls focus using this thing.
You can control focus, there's an ND filter,
you can control that through this remote,
and also, I think you can change the aperture.
I believe you can change the aperture
also through this thing, so I'm really curious
to see what this is like, especially maybe combining this
with a little gimbal so you can actually focus
and use a gimbal at the same time.
Really interesting idea.
I'm really curious to try this out.
And I'll try to do some videos with this guy
to see kind of what is good for what it can be used for.
So, huge thanks, Aputure.
You guys are amazing.
Really like what you guys are doing.
Next, we have this little guy.
I think I know what this is.
Isn't it really nice to get packages, sometimes?
I really like getting mail.
It's just fun waiting for it,
and then you finally get it,
and you get to open it up and check it out.
It's just really fun.
I like it.
Ooh!
The new MacBook Pro.
I decided to upgrade my MacBook.
I've had the 2012 version for a while now, since 2012,
and I really needed an upgrade,
so I decided to go for the new MacBook.
I was a little bit apprehensive,
because it's just ridiculously expensive.
Way too expensive.
I am not sponsored by Apple, I paid for this in full.
In fact, I wasn't paid to talk about any of this stuff.
People just sent me all this.
But I did purchase this myself,
and there's one more package, a nice, big package,
and I'm really excited for this one.
I've been waiting so long to get my hands on one of these.
(grunts)
this thing's huge.
All right, I need a knife.
Ooh, there we go.
This will do the job, of course.
Real men don't need big knives.
(grunts)
Struggling.
This thing is heavy.
Boom.
A Boosted Board.
I am so excited to test this thing out.
Ooh!
Nice.
Man, this thing is heavy.
It's built like a beast.
I'm gonna have to take this thing out.
Let's charge this up.
(upbeat music)
Now, while we wait for the Boosted to charge up
so we can go test it out, let me address one thing.
I bet you as soon as I pulled out that Boosted Board box,
somebody was thinking, and probably already writing
in the comments, "He's a Casey copycat.
"Casey wannabe!
"Stop trying to be like Casey."
I know these are coming, but that's still not
gonna stop me from buying a Boosted Board.
And actually, I wanted to mention this.
The human tendency is to always
compare ourselves with somebody else.
We're always looking at other people,
what they're doing, what they look like,
what they're wearing, what camera they're using,
what electric skateboard they're using,
and we're comparing ourselves to those other people,
and then we're also comparing other people to other people.
It gets really confusing.
But it's just part of human nature
to want to compare ourselves with somebody else.
And I know the people that are writing,
"Casey Neistat copycat," you're also comparing yourself
to other people all the time, and that's probably
something that you really struggle with.
Maybe you don't feel like you've accomplished enough
because you're looking at all these other people
like Casey Neistat, and you're just thinking,
"I'm not good enough, I haven't done all those things
that those other guys have been doing.
Or maybe you're looking at me and Travel Feels
and my channel, and you're thinking,
"Oh, I wish I had that."
well, let me tell you, that is time you're wasting.
That is energy and effort you're wasting
thinking about other people when you could be thinking
about making your product better,
making your channel better,
doing whatever you're doing better.
And I have no problem being compared to Casey.
I think Casey is one of the greatest YouTubers there are.
He's probably one of my favorite, if not my favorite.
Next to Peter, of course.
Peter's awesome.
So, I have no problem being compared to Casey.
I think he's awesome.
I really like what he does.
I think he's charismatic, he's hard-working,
he's really an inspiration,
and he's just a great storyteller.
That's the number one thing I think that he has.
He's just a really good storyteller.
And it's natural to compare yourself to other people,
but it's not gonna get you anywhere.
It really is time wasted, words wasted,
it's typing wasted, it's just a waste of your time,
and really, what's happening is that you're actually
falling behind, because the other people are working hard
at their own thing, and building their own brand,
building their own talents, building their own skills,
and you're just comparing yourself to other people
or comparing other people to other people.
We're all different.
Every one of us has different skills and different things
that we're good at, and different interests.
Some people love filmmaking, like me,
and other people are super into sports and other things,
and that's okay, but the key thing is to know
who you are, to know your own identity
so you don't get caught up in other people,
you don't get caught up in comparing
yourself to other people,
because you're just so confident in who you are.
All right, let's go check out the Boosted.
(board revving)
And what's better than a Boosted Board?
- A second Boosted Board.
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- Whoo!
- [Matti] Is this what these are meant for?
Yeah, not bad!
So, man, what do you think about the Boosted Boards?
- Oh, I love it.
I've been a Boosted rider for ages now, man.
I had the original back in the day.
I have the V2 now, which is cool,
it's got a little more kick to it.
It's amazing whenever you ride it
and everyone's like, "Casey!"
Because apparently, you know, he's the only one
that gets to ride a skateboard.
- [Matti] So, what do you think
about the whole comparison thing?
That's what I've been talking about today.
- I think our society is, like,
it's pretty hellbent on comparing themselves to everything.
It depends on the industry, but, like,
you compare yourself to other photographers,
other filmmakers, or maybe another athlete.
It's funny on the YouTube world, too,
because people get these massive followings,
and, you know, I love to drink coffee,
I'm sure that if you started your vlog out
making coffee, people might be, like,
"That's a rip-off of Peter McKinnon," but guess what?
Peter McKinnon didn't invent coffee.
Everybody drinks coffee.
Just 'cause you drink it doesn't mean you're stealing
anything from me, so it's the same thing.
Like, yeah, I ride the Boosted Board,
I get comments all the time.
Like, "Oh, you're a Casey wannabe."
I'm, like, "Okay, first of all, that's not a bad thing
"that, like, people are comparing me to Casey Neistat--"
- [Matti] That's what I was saying.
- He's a successful filmmaker, so if you want to compare me
to someone, I'm all for being compared to Casey.
Like, there's way worse people to be compared to than him,
but is it frustrating in the sense that, like,
what, because I ride a skateboard, I get compared?
And, like, my whole body of work,
I am wrapped up, I am summed up into, like,
"You're trying to be Casey Neistat,"
just because I ride a skateboard,
or maybe because I have a little girl as well,
or maybe because I also happen to use cameras.
- [Matti] What do you think the problem
with comparing yourself to, like, other people is?
- Oh, well, you'll never progress that way
if you're just constantly,
you'll never be happy, ultimately.
We're only here for so much time
and you don't even know what that is.
Why spend it being miserable because you're comparing
yourself to people that have more than you,
or that are better at something than you, or,
it's just super counter-productive.
You're never gonna get anything done,
and you're never gonna be happy with your own work.
You're just never gonna be happy.
Legitimately, nothing good comes from comparing yourself.
I don't know.
Just my two cents.
Take it or leave it.
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- So far, it's been a great ride with Peter.
We are here at the beaches in Toronto.
Boosted Board: amazing.
Really liking it.
Super happy I bought one.
Definitely not regretting it.
It is pretty pricey, but super fun, still.
Storm is coming, though, so we gotta boost it out of here.
Focus, focus.
Not on Peter, on me.
Focus.
So, all in all, a super fun day riding around
on the Boosted with Peter.
Peter's just a fun guy to hang out with,
and now we're Boosted buddies.
All right, see you guys in the office.
So, the moral of the story is to not let people
cage you in because they expect you to do
certain things or not do certain things.
And also, don't waste your time trying to cage
other people into your worldview or what you expect of them.
Instead, use that energy, use that time to build
the things that you're good at, that you enjoy doing.
Don't fall behind because you're just wasting your time
comparing yourself to other people.
We're all different, and that's awesome,
but we're really also the same in so many different ways.
We're all human, we all do it, but don't waste your time.
So, next time you go to comment on somebody's video,
something like, "Stop trying to be like Casey,"
think about what you're doing and why you're doing it first.
All right, I hope you guys enjoyed this special edition
of Travel Feels, and if you want to send me something,
the address is in the description.
I'd love to get some mail from you guys.
Like I said, I love mail.
It's awesome to open up mail,
and I'd love to hear more from you guys.
And you wanna support Travel Feels,
make sure to check out the presets, the videos,
and any of the other teaching courses I have.
All those things make it possible
so that I can do this full-time,
make these videos for you guys,
and the more support I get through those avenues,
the less I have to work with other brands,
which, in turn, I think makes the channel more fun,
because it's more free and more open
and we're not worrying about sponsors
and other brands and all that kind of stuff.
So, a huge thank you to all of you who have purchased
those presets or taken one of my courses.
I really appreciate it.
Thank you for all the support.
Thank you for supporting me
and Travel Feels and my family.
I really appreciate it.
All right, that's it for me.
Hit that Like button, subscribe to the channel,
guys, enjoy the filmmaking process,
and go get some of those Travel Feels.
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