Hi everyone, welcome back
Today I am doing a personal Q&A
So after reaching 100,000 subs, I asked you guys to ask me some questions and I received a lot of language-learning questions
but also a lot about me as a person and my faith and YouTube in general
So I'll be answering those today. The language-learning questions are coming in another video. So please stay tuned
I have a few questions on my laptop that I will be reading through
But before we get started, I know a lot of you guys comment on my videos and my Instagram posts
And you asked me where I got my earrings because I like to wear really big and bold earrings
Especially because I have short hair. I want to have something interesting for people to look at because there's no hair here
So today I'm really excited to tell you guys about these earrings that I got they are from Ana Luisa
So what I really like about this brand is that they are completely sustainable
So that means they use recycled gold and it's not all cheap quality
It comes from the same jewelers as Louis Vuitton for example
I picked these earrings because the one is a bit longer than the other so it's got an irregular shape and I like the
Impurities of it it's not like a pure round or oval shape
It's got kind of some jagged edges
which I really like and it just gives them an interesting look that one is a bit longer than the other one and
Then I also got another pair of these
beautiful long earrings with different plates and shapes and the jewelry came with this
Beautiful box that I can keep and store for later and it also came with a cleaning cloth so you can keep your jewelry
beautiful and shiny
Today I've styled these earrings with a white button shirt and a gold necklace. This is not from Ana Luisa
This was my mom's. So it's vintage from her college ears. You can combine the jewelry with other pieces
You already have if they're in the same hue so gold go bold
And then just you know a plain white shirt and some high waisted jeans for the office
Anna Louisa also has a complimentary one-year warranty on every product so you don't need to worry about it getting damaged or broken
Because you are set for a year and because I love you guys so much
There is a gift for you in the description box. You can get $10 off your first order from Ana Luisa
So check the description box and use the code Linde 10 at checkout, okay?
the first question is from someone on instagram and they say
if 100,000 seemed far fetched at first, what new dream seems slightly more attainable. Wow!
Yeah, a hundred thousand did seem very far
I feel like when you have a hundred thousand
You can call yourself a youtuber and I always looked up to people who had a hundred thousand like wow, they are
Youtubers and I never thought I'd get there, like I just thought I made videos for fun
So really thank you guys. My next goal or dream would be to provide more educational materials for you guys
There's a lot of people who ask for resources for Korean and Afrikaans
So currently I have some resource lists on my website
If you haven't checked it out go to lindiebotes.com and you'll see there's a resources tab where you can get a whole
bunch of free resources in a few languages
But I know a few of you do want to learn my home language Afrikaans
If you haven't checked out, I have a channel called Afrikaans with Lindie. It's not very updated
Sorry about that, but I am working on materials for Afrikaans. So please give me time for that
But yeah, I think that would be my next dream to start creating more educational content, maybe courses for languages
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. Next question is why did you decide to become a youtuber? I just remember watching
Time Doner's polyglot videos way back in the day like
2012 maybe and I was like wow
This guy is so cool and like he's sharing with the world his languages and I thought I wanted to sort of join this community
Of language learners, so I just made a really bad polyglot video. I think it's still up there
I mean don't go look at it please, my accent is terrible in all of the languages
Honestly, the growth wasn't really fast
It was more for me just to keep track of my languages and to meet other language learners
Which I've done along the way, I've met some really great people and yeah
I guess my goal still stays to create language learning content
The next question is really interesting it is what should all people consider in their life decisions
I'm gonna mention two things
Number one is: is it good for the people around you? and number two: does it make you happy?
We should always consider if our actions are good for the people around us, not necessarily
Beneficial directly to them but whatever you do will have an impact on people and I don't think we should be bringing extra
Negativity into this world. So if you're going to be doing any life decision and it impacts somebody negatively or it's gonna hurt them
It's probably not a good idea
But if it's just a big decision that you're making for yourself
Consider asking yourself. Will it make you happy?
Because I feel like in our really busy society
We're always taking on way too much that we can not actually handle so start asking yourself
Is this really a priority in my life? Can I take on this extra task?
If it's something like learning a new language, same thing. Think of why you want to learn the language, what resources you have?
Who you can speak to in the language?
And what is the goal that can keep you motivated when the times come when you feel like oh man, this language is terrible
I just want to drop it. So every situation is difficult. It's hard to answer for
Any decision in general.
But just remember it has to make you happy and it also has to not be detrimental to the people in the environment around you
Next question. How many children do you want to have and what language would you teach them? How I feel right now?
I'm turning 25 this year. I feel like I would be okay with not having children
But I do often think about how nice it would be to have a family and teach my children languages one day
so if my husband one day and I decide
we don't want kids, cool. If we decide we do, maybe one or two and I would teach them definitely
Afrikaans because that is my home language and the preservation of Afrikaans is very very important to me.
And then whatever language my husband speaks.
Whatever language the country we're living in. And then a few global languages like English and French
Maybe Mandarin maybe Korean, Japanese because I love those. So we'll see, next question thoughts on dating across
languages, language balance and miscommunication
Oh, yeah miscommunication is a big thing especially because within dating you do get miscommunication regardless of the language
So really establishing
The importance of communication whether you can communicate that properly in the language or not
You should still try and make time to explain your issues to each other. If you have an issue start talking about it immediately
The Bible says don't let the Sun go down on your problems. And that's something I like to apply to my daily life
So that means before the days over if you have an issue with someone talk it out. Don't let it become
What is the word of English?
Okay, I don't know what word I'm looking for. But don't let the problem become bigger by postponing the problem, start talking about it immediately
Language balance. That's an interesting one. So I once dated a Korean guy for a year and
We sort of, I think mostly spoke a Korean because his English wasn't excellent, but he did want to practice English at times
So we would just sort of switched back and forth
so maybe you can set a few days in the week for a certain language or
Just see what comes naturally, generally
it's a whole like code-switching amalgamation of languages and that's fun too because the point of language is communication and if you feel like
Communication works for you by speaking a mix of languages, then go for it. Someone asks
Have you ever considered being a full-time language teacher? I would like to work for myself. So not at a school or an institution
So I consider taking my tutoring of languages and my youtube and my language website if that becomes financially stable
I would like to take that full-time
So I'd like to go into languages full-time and content creation full-time
But not necessarily running a class or teaching at a school, and my passion for design still stands. I really love design
So if design stays as my full-time job in languages at the side, that's cool
Otherwise, it would be really great to do something to do with languages and content creation full-time and design on the site next question
What would you have become if you had not studied languages?
Trick question. I did not study languages and I'm a designer so I would still have become a designer
Actually, okay all jokes aside
I really wanted to be a fashion designer, but then I realized I'm not very good with using my hands making clothes and
taking fashion design courses you have to know how to sew and I was not feeling up to learn this (she used an Afrikaans word)
I was not feeling up to learning. I wasn't keen to learn how to sew I just wanted to draw
And then yeah, I studied information design and it was the best course for me and I'm super super happy about that
Next question. How has the Lindie of today changed from the Linde of your first youtube video? and congrats!
Mmm if you go and look at my old videos
( Please don't) you'll see my voice is very monotone and deep like: "hey guys, so today I'm gonna talk about languages"
And I didn't have a voice that projects well on camera, not that this is a fake voice or anything
But I feel like I could have come across a lot more warm and friendly
But I was just talking to a camera so my old videos are very boring, but me as a person
I feel like I try now to have my videos have something helpful to you guys because I have been given this platform and
To do with it something helpful to you guys
And it's not good for anyone for me to make videos just about myself like look at me
Look how cool I am look at my life
I really want to be able to help you guys, educate you, share my life with you and start conversations
So I think my original sort of just "I want to put myself out there" has changed too
Okay, I am out there now. How can I help people with this platform. Next question comes from Twitter
She asked what is one thing you've been seeking the Lord on lately?
And when you visit other countries how to find ways to fellowship?
Yes, so something I'm seeking The Lord on lately is
Especially now in this period of having just moved to a new country is, what does the Lord want me to do here?
Seeking him on how can I shine his light every day?
How can I inspire people around me and bring people to the Lord?
Then how to find ways to fellowship when you go to a new country, interesting question
so I googled as many churches as I could and I have been visiting them each weekend and
I've been finding a lot of friends online
So some people have contacted me through my youtube and my Instagram saying thery're also Christians and I'm welcome to go to their church
Someone actually contacted me through reddit and took me to their church and a friend from you know
Their friend's friend told me about a salad group. It's kind of just like meeting people and then it grows
like a tree branch from there.
Next questio. Hello Lindie! What does inspire you to live a minimalist life and how do you start living minimalist?
I watched a lot of videos on YouTube about minimalism so that I could get all of this input and then form my own ideas
Minimalism is not a rulebook
it's nothing like you are only allowed to own five t-shirts and they're only
Supposed to be black and gray and you can only have 10 books. No, no.
Minimalism is about valuing and appreciating that which you do have
for me clothes was very difficult when I moved to Singapore
But because books are more important. It was a little easier to get rid of my clothes to make space for more books
Which still need to arrive I'm waiting for my packages. It's been months
Inspires me to live a minimalist life
It's just the cleanliness and not being
Bound to material objects because we came into this world with nothing and we're leaving this world with nothing
You can't go to heaven with your possessions. So what's that gonna help, right?
So, I mean I just want to know and show to myself that I don't need
Physical objects to be happy. I need people around me. I need friends. I need inspiration. I need art
I need music to be happy. I don't need physical objects.And of course the practicality of moving different countries and traveling a lot
It's always easier to just have less
Somebody else says: have you ever thought that you sound like Sana from twice when you speak in Korean?
Surprisingly I've gotten that comment a lot. I do not know where it comes from, I don't hear it
My voice probably sounds different to me than it sounds to the camera, than it sounds to other people
So if you think I sound like Sana then that's great. I don't hear it
But a lot of people have said that. Right that is it for now
My headache is getting a little bad. So I should go drink some water and have an early night
But thank you guys so much for watching
Just a reminder to check out the link in the description if you want to get $10 off your first purchase at Ana Luisa
These beautiful earrings that I got from there. So check that out
Thank you very much for watching and I will see you in the next video
Bye, bye!