At the end of the current year and the beginning of the new year I always like to do videos that
are kind of like reflecting on my past year and I know you're probably seeing that a lot around
YouTube, and that is not necessarily what this video is don't get me wrong one is in
the pipeline you will see a my year in review like I've done for many years but when I was
kind of reflecting on this year of course it was a dumpster fire I feel like it was a real Sharknado
of a year you know you just kind of like don't think this could be happening and then another
shark gets added to the tsunami like that's what this year was but among the bad there were
moments of good and there were little things that brought me joy as I was sitting reflecting on my
year preparing for like my year in review video I kind of was like what are the things that made
me happy this year because obviously it wasn't like experiences or like going places or like
life events what made me happy what brought me joy what brought little sparks of light amidst
the dark so in this video I want to share with you the things that made me happy and they're
all really silly things they are 2021 is coming in a day because it is 1am on December 31st 2020. so
tomorrow is 2021 and even though the calendar page will be turned things are not changing you know
we're still going to be inside the pandemic and all the bad in the world yadda yadda we we know
it that's all still staying here so I feel like moving into the new year being prepared with like
what makes you happy so you can go back to it have it be like you know an arsenal of like oh a little
bit of joy that I need let me take that joy I don't know what this analogy is but if I can give
you an arsenal of joy i'd like to do so so here are the silly things that made me happy this year.
Where do we begin… let's start with like tv, video…… movies, is what those are called they're
called movies the motion pictures. the talkies as some people may call them still. anyway,
Trolls World Tour if you haven't seen trolls the original trolls one you don't necessarily
need to in order to understand Trolls World tou- Tour which is so hard to say I don't know what it
is about the trolls franchise but I just I really do love it and I regret not getting a picture with
poppy and branch the last time I was at universal studios to be completely honest it's on HBO it
has Kelly Clarkson in it it's fun for the whole family I cried it's so good I just it's it's I
yeah okay the next movie that just came out I have the pop of Joe there, Soul Disney Pixar
it just came out so I'm not gonna really talk about it but you are going to cry probably I
did you have a very much like my life like it's a movie that hits deep man especially this year
especially this year but it's also so the music oh I love jazz music.. so much. Other things I
loved watching this year that might not be as interesting to go back and watch now that I'm
thinking about it but the Apple events that happen this year obviously this is mainly a tech channel
you all know if you're not new to the channel that I love tech I love the Apple events I was just so
happy as a tech like obsessed person as an Apple fanboy there's something about the Apple events
that they are always like such a big deal for me I always say they're Apple Christmas and I enjoy
the excitement of new technology and it just does something to my heart and we got like four
events this year and they were so beautifully put together and just so exciting and I they were the
little big not little they were big sparks of joy this year they really were and it sounds so silly
for the announcement of tech products that most of the crap I couldn't even afford but there's just
something about technology that like strikes a chord with me and it got me all giddy and excited
another thing watching wise was Love Island UK, season four specifically. that show got me through
the beginning of quarantine and that show is just such good trash reality tv like if you like
reality tv it's just so dense it was so it's so funny and honestly there's like a couple different
versions of Love Island but the American version I don't think i'd want to watch because the fun part
about the UK version is trying to figure out what these freaking people are saying Jack and Dani,
love them but just trying to figure out what these people are saying because their accents are
so thick it's just so fun it doesn't mean anything another thing that was just fun was and welcome to
the YouTube show on wow presents YouTube channel with two of my favorite drag queens Trixie Mattel
and Katya. They have this show on YouTube that is just like two best friends who are
also comedians and drag queens just talking about a topic for like 15 and 20 minutes the editing
fantastic whoever edits their stuff is also a comedian of their own because it's so good
such good editing so much fun they're in front of a green screen so like anything can happen
if y'all like drag queens if you like Trixie and Katya on YouTube, go watch it it's a good
time now I want to talk about video games video games that I've been loving this year they're all
on the Switch that's the only game console I have Among Us brought me tons of joy this year I think
it brought the world tons of joy the best way to play it don't go into those random lobbies
you always get kicked out early but if you play with friends I was playing with friends earlier
and experiencing a whole lot of joy because it's so much fun I was playing with my old improv team
and like it's a weird way to feel like you're with people I've been loving watching videos actually
of my favorite YouTubers playing Among Us but also a few times I get to play with friends it's always
just like such a good and fun and like you're laughing it's just like it's a good good time
also I really have loved animal crossing because that came at the perfect time this year and it's a
really freaking good game and it was so exciting to have that game back from my childhood on my
Switch it looks beautiful all the downloadable content is really cool too because the game's like
constantly changing if you haven't played animal crossing yet and you've you've been waiting for
like the sign this is your sign, go forth and play. Now let's talk about music maybe you're
looking for more music in your life five albums that you need to listen to Lady Gaga's Chromatica.
Art Pop walked so Chromatica could run and boy did, Chromatica run. Katy Perry; Smile . Due Lipa:
Future Nostalgia. Ungodly Hour by Chloe and Halle, Trolls World Tour- Trolls World Tour,
Trolls World Tour, you'll thank me later and the last couple of things are all little random
things something I love this year doing Duolingo I'm learning Dutch. Duolingo is such a fun way
to learn a language and if I'm grateful for anything this year is to be having to have-
to have been given the opportunity to spend so much time on learning the language that I've
always wanted to learn and never been able to dedicate so much time to another thing I'm so
grateful for about this year is a reading okay the book I've been reading is this one here one
of the books is the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson it's a thick boy even if you're not an
Apple fanboy like myself such a fascinating book but I've been having so much fun reading which
wow I'm so happy I get to say that as a 25 year old I've been having fun reading that's exciting
wow look at me getting smarter this year okay another thing that this is stupid I know I'm a 25
year old lady Disney Parks Wishables have brought me so much joy they are these stinking little
stuffed animal boys and they're so cute I don't know what it is about these cute little eyes or
the little smirks or the little eyebrows I could be doing drugs but instead I'm spending my money
on stinking stuffed little figure plush animals whatever and they make me happy when I look at
them so sue me if that's wrong I don't want to be right folks I feel like the Wishables are a very
niche thing but I love them so much another thing I don't think I've ever talked about online is my
knitting I've also picked this back up I've knit since I was I think 10 years old so I've knit for
about 15 years I made this this shawl thing I'm very into that it's very soft and it is
just such a nice and relaxing way to kind of like unwind and just do something that isn't
just sitting and staring at a screen I've been really loving knitting if you don't know how to
knit definitely like look it up on YouTube it's a good time knitting is a good time and I've loved
getting back into it and honestly getting better I'm getting better I've been knitting for 15 years
all I've ever done is rectangles and squares but I feel like I'm getting better and maybe 2021
is the year I go into things that are not squares and rectangles who knows anything is possible the
New York Times crossword puzzle I've been into crossword puzzles for a long time and I used to
get people magazine only for the crossword puzzles I just kind of spur the moment said I'm going to
buy myself a year subscription to the New York Times Games it's like 30 bucks totally worth it
they've got the mini crosswords they've got the big crosswords if you want to feel smart complete
a crossword puzzle also there's different types of brain puzzles I love myself a brain game I love a
puzzle it's been really delightful I can honestly say that crossword puzzles in knitting how old am
I I'm 60 or I'm ethereal can you tell it's um almost 2am and the last thing on my list that
really just brought me joy this year is going on walks and I started this before the the quarantine
and the pandemic and everything I actually started going on a daily walk every morning or like right
when I would get off of work if I started work at like 5 a.m or something like that I would go
on a walk a minimum of a 15-minute walk and when I tell you and I had a video planned for this and
maybe I'll do this video like actually complete it because I like filmed everything and then I
just decided to not finish it for some reason I don't know why I didn't but I started it as like a
30 day challenge to do walks every day it was something that I continued to do and then even
when the pandemic started and I came home I did that too and the last couple months I haven't
been able to because of the weather and just like things at home just not giving me the opportunity
to go out during the daytime and your girl's not going on a walk at night there's something
about going on a walk and either just listening to the nature sounds or music or podcasts and
just going on a walk being able to like one exude some energy has been so nice especially this year
where a lot of us have been sedentary but then one you're you're being active so yay moving your body
that's good but then just getting some fresh air oh yeah that was the other thing the fire's in
california I made it to where I couldn't go on a walk for a really long time and I was really
bummed about that but I noticed how like much my mood changed by just being able to like I don't
know man I don't know what it is but walks have brought me so much joy it's something you can do
that you can be distant from other people and just kind of like take some time for yourself
and even like 10 15 minutes like flies by for me so I've been it sounds really silly but I've loved
walks this year going on walks has been absolutely peachy there you have it there are some things
that brought me such joy this year and I know a lot of them are pretty silly but in a year of a
lot of not silly things happening you need some silliness to make you happy and if that means
you're spending like 10 bucks on a little plushie of Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast that you can
just look at a smiling face and smile as well I think it's so important that we find little
things that we know we can return to to make us happy because this year did have a lot of
darkness in it it totally did but like if we can just find one little candle to bring us some light
You know what I mean like so I hope you found something in this list and I would love to know
what brought you joy this year thank you so much for watching thank you for spending time with
me because my YouTube channel has definitely been the biggest bringer of joy and every comment that
y'all leave anytime you share a video, you send me a message about my videos or whatever like
my YouTube channel my YouTube community has brought me the most joy this year I am so so
grateful for every single person like you don't even understand you don't even get it if you're
yeah man thank you just thank you so here's to hopefully more opportunities of joy
in 2021 thank you for watching stay beautiful have a marvelous day and
I'll see y'all in the next one bye! ooh a two-handed wave, oh