Hey everyone, how you do? Happy New Year,
it's a brand new year which means that it's time
to hit reset on that imaginary clock that's...
ticking us down to our inevitable Doomsday.
# victory trumpets #
It's time for a fresh start, do-over, clean slate,
tabula rasa, let's right wrongs and...
triumph over evil-
And in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!
...Wait, what?
Anyway, I used to be one of those people
that thought that setting goals and resolutions
at the beginning of the year was really dumb,
but then I realised I was just dreaming too big.
# victory trumpets #
I mean it's really good to want things out of life,
but without setting a plan for how to get them,
it's, you know, you're gonna have a rough time.
I did pretty well with my list in 2015,
I had an incredible year, so I thought I'd up the ante,
and come up with twenty things
that I want to accomplish by the end of 2016.
Here...they...are! # drum rolling #
Number one: look hot in 4K!
Or 720p...
Or...VHS tape...
I'll take whatever I can get!
Number two: visit a new country.
Number three: read more books.
Or...you know...crack open the books that I bought
in school that I never read in the first place!
Number four: stop assuming that I understand an article
after only having read half of it.
I am really bad at throwing into a conversation:
"You know, I read an article about this..."
When in reality, I probably
didn't actually read the whole thing,
I just...read the headline on Twitter.
Number five: have a famous friend.
Carly Rae Jepsen or Seungri, I'm looking at you.
Number six: learn to play the guitar. For real.
# Ich habe Sauerkraut in meinen lederhosen #
Number seven: stop wearing graphic tees,
unless I, or a friend, is selling them.
Nothing wrong with graphic tees,
I'm probably still gonna wear them in videos,
but in my everyday...day-to-day...outfit of the day
...I'm gonna avoid them.
Number eight: be the same critical thinker that I am,
but in a way that's less angry, and more fun!
# bell jingles #
There's nothing wrong with getting very passionate
about things that you're passionate about,
but, uh, I have a tendency to sound...
vicious, uh, when I start talking about
things that bother me about the world.
I get a little riled up, and that's a problem.
Number nine: make content that's a little more
meaningful; encourage my viewers to be aware
of certain world issues, specifically as they relate to
people of colour.
More than 100 deaths of unarmed black people,
in the United States, at the hands of police,
that's a big problem,
and we need to talk about it.
In a way that's not angry!
But again, if you wanna be angry,
you are well within your right to be angry,
it is a frustrating issue.
Anger on its own does not accomplish anything,
it's an emotion, it's a very important, valid emotion,
but it's...it's best when it's a catalyst...for action.
# phone makes noise #
*laughs* I'm glad you agree!
I'm not trying to police anyone's right to-
y'know, what they feel, but let's be angry,
and let's do something.
Number ten: plan content around
Asian American Pacific Islander Month in May.
Number eleven: assemble an artsy-hipster, socially
conscious travel squad to go on adventures with.
Number twelve: experience lunar new year in Asia.
Number thirteen: new friends.
I came into 2015 thinking "no new friends",
and I quickly realised that if you open your heart
to forgiveness, and also meeting new people,
you will lead a much more fulfilled,
well-rounded life, so I would love to continue
to reconnect with some of the awesome people
I met last year; meet new people,
and just hold a really close group of friends,
and eventually steal their life force
and become them.
# dramatic music and thunderstorms #
Sean Miura, I'm looking at you.
Number fourteen: become a contributor
on a global platform that isn't YouTube.
Not leaving YouTube, but it would be great
to be involved with...you know,
either a news platform, or an entertainment platform,
or something completely new that is not YouTube.
Number fifteen: weekly videoblog.
Number sixteen: release another album,
and also stop announcing things
before they're 100% finished,
and I'm satisfied with them.
Number seventeen: get my other major accounts
verified so I have more control over them.
Number eighteen: find real love,
and failing that, buy a house.
Number nineteen: see one film a week,
maybe review it, or something, to keep myself on track.
I used to work at a film festival,
that was the most film I had probably seen ever again.
I'm really bad at seeing movies.
I just tend not to have the patience for it,
I don't prioritise it...
I've realised also that ever since I quit my job,
I just don't make time to unwind the same way
that most people do, which is:
going to the movies, watching TV shows,
reading books...
It makes me really bad at conversationalists,
because I can never, ever, contribute to conversations
about...Game of Thrones...
Unless it's something like:
"You know, I read an article about this..."
Number twenty: stop engaging with people who
don't get it, and stay close to people who do.
There's like, not a lot of time left in our lives
and...I just wanna be happy,
and I want everyone to be happy,
so I think a big part of that is just working with people
that you trust, and are smart, and that get it,
and hopefully becoming stronger than the voices
of the people who are, you know,
a****les.
Or who like to make controversial statements for attention,
but I'm not naming any names.
# sips tea #
So there you have it, my list of twenty dreams,
goals, soon-to-be achievements.
Basically I want to continue to evolve as a
human being, learn how to be better,
and use my platform to entertain, and hopefully
encourage you to also, you know...grow
-oooooh?
*laughs* That wasn't a question!
It was a statement, I want to encourage you to grow.
To travel, to just be more aware of
what's going on in the world, and hopefully
impact it in a positive way.
If you've given any thought to your own goals,
resolutions, hopes and dreams,
let me know what they are in the comments below,
if you have any critique of my hopes, dreams,
goals and resolutions, um...
I don't know why I said that, I don't wanna hear it.
I'll see you next time! À la prochaine!
Oh, I just wanted to show you this planner that I got
when I was in Korea, it's really nothing special,
it's a daily planner, but if you're like me and you have
a lot of things that you're working on,
and you become very overwhelmed with them,
it's a good idea to kinda map out your daily goals...
Come up with a plan, and there's a monthly section
as well, so I can kind of, take a step back
and look at how much time I actually have to
accomplish things. I really wanna be on top of my
stuff this year, so I would highly recommend
getting something like this, you can use an app...
I like to physically write stuff down,
and there's nothing more satisfying than
X-ing something off of your to-do list.
So, definitely get a planner,
stay on top of your stuff,
be a good person, and...
don't...eat too much cheese
if you're lactose intolerant.