2020 has been a challenge for us all.
Posing new problems and challenges that we hadn't thought of before,
altering our plans and affecting our lives.
We decided to take this time to do something meaningful for ourselves.
Traveling isn't a viable plan at the moment so we decided to move in a new
direction for ourselves and for our channel.
So we decided that we're going to move back to America.
Let us tell you why.
Please stick around for the whole video if you're interested in why
we're doing this but also you get to hear what Jae's job was.~
Okay, if you're commenting about don't come to America
like "just stay in Korea"-
Just stop.
And listen. Hold on. Just pause. / Yeah, time out. Listen!
What's good?
It's Maleea~ And I'm Jae~
And we are actually in a hotel right now if you couldn't tell. It's not our house.
You know why?
It was Maleea's birthday yesterday and that's why we came to the hotel and it's really nice.
And actually we don't have a home. We don't have a house for now./ Homeless.
Yeah, homeless and jobless for now..
All right, so this year's been quite the time for us.
It gave us an opportunity to really think about our
future and remind us kind of to have that back up plan since we didn't anticipate COVID at all.
No one did..
As you may or may not know, we were planning to do a world travel this December
and we were actually like clinging, clinging to hope for a few months.
So you know COVID hit back in march and
many of us thought that it would be done by summer. You know, "it'll be quick"
But alas...
It is November and it's not done.
So we had to completely scrap that idea and we won't be
traveling but we will be telling you what our plan is now.
So this year's also been super stressful for us just to give you some background..
We've almost been sued.. TWICE.
I can't tell you who's gonna sue us but twice, from different people.
So that's that. COVID, obviously, something that hit everybody.
We weren't really able to spend a lot of time together which was a big downer.
We also had to cancel our wedding because of corona so that's another thing.
And like we said we weren't able to travel so we had to really think about what else that we could do at this time.
So we did post on our Instagram about van life and we asked you guys like "what do you think"
and some of you were like "don't go" like "it's dangerous" and of course we know that..
Like of course we know that, we were just curious what you guys felt about van life in general.
But we have seen a lot of our favorite Youtubers, especially the travel ones, they are
having this van life and it looks great.
and that's awesome but you know, the fact of the matter is
we are minorities and racial tensions are kind of high so of course we wouldn't do it and COVID.
So that kind of sucks, you know, we know that we don't even have that opportunity to do that
So instead we're gonna just go back to America.
So one of the first reasons why we're planning to go back is because
I'm gonna go back to study my master's.
So originally, we were planning to travel for about a year or two and then come back to the states and
then I would study at that time but because of Corona we can't travel, it's completely not an option.
So instead of almost wasting time in Korea just working I'd rather get a jumpstart on my studies.
The next reason is [about] my job. So you guys are curious about my job for how long?
But I couldn't tell you guys because I was in the Air Force as a Master Sergeant.
So I've been working for almost seven years and I recently got out. What is that, quit?
Because of that, I was working in other city and Maleea had to work in Seoul and that's why
we can't live together. And we couldn't make like a lot of content because we got to see each other.
Every weekend somebody has to go all the commuting and then come back but we want to spend
time without shooting. Yeah, all of all of that.
It was really hard going back and forth you know you
want to just like relax because it's not like 30 minute drive. It's like an hour and a half.
So we really had to plan and we still made content but we know that we could have done better.
And to the next point, we weren't living together so we weren't really able to produce
as great of content and also the frequency.
We couldn't produce a lot of content.
So youtube isn't our lives but it is becoming a bigger part of our lives and so we really wanted
to be able to spend more time and devote more time to this.
Especially because it's a hobby that we both do together you know?
And we did feel like our content this year was really strained
and you know we just told you the reasons why and we're hoping that when we go back to America
we're able to just only focus on Youtube so it'll be kind of refreshing for us like a completely new way.
So that's why if you think we look like tired-/ Or like boring or anything like that
And strained, yeah maybe that's why. Yeah, because we are strained we are tired.
But making content is fun so like we still wanted to do it but alas.
And so, when we do go back, we want to move towards a more specific niche
rather than what we were doing before I guess?
And we want to move more towards lifestyle vlogging.
When we move back to America, of course it is going to be difficult to get a job.
Especially right now with COVID and we understand
that so that's why we're deciding to make youtube our full-time job (for the time being).
So obviously in order for us to succeed as Youtubers for a full-time job we do have to produce more content and make it better.
And since we'll be in America, in our home all the time, we feel like this is the
best time to do more lifestyle [vlogging]. You know, that is a big part of us and I feel like that is
the perfect kind of content to do right now during COVID since we won't be going out and doing much
outside of the house. Besides these like little problem of us, we have other some personal private
really serious problem is going on. Problems that we can't share with you guys.
But we're sorry because they have like clearly affected our ability to make great content.
We really hope you all continue to support us and we are really thankful for watching us.
Even if we are like these kind of people./ Even though we're having a hard time.
Yeah, so whether you've been with us since the beginning or you just joined, today even ,like we
appreciate you seriously. Thank you.
Oh yeah yeah, so we asked before like who's been watching us
and a lot of people said like they were watching from the start. I was shocked.
Heartfelt. <3
These are our biggest reasons why we are moving to America and leaving Korea.
If you have any questions, comment below and then we can gather and then we can have a live stream
or we can make Q&A, another video. / So please just let us know. I'm sure you guys will
have some questions so go ahead and just comment, we'll answer them.
And we just want to say that we are well aware of the situation in the world, especially in America right now. But we've
really thought about our options and this seems like the best option for us.
So we just wanted to put that out there for you guys to know.
So make sure you're subscribed to our channel so you don't miss any videos because we definitely
will be posting way more. So you really don't want to miss it. So make sure you're subscribed
and always share our videos so other people can see it as well.
See you in the next video!