- Hey, everyone, I'm Amanda.
And today I'm gonna be showing you
how I get these really cute and quick curls.
So the other day I actually reached 50 subscribers.
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I just reached 1000 subscribers.
1000 subscribers, that's just crazy to me.
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I ended up getting myself a bullet journal.
I can even do a video about my bullet journal
if you guys wanna see the setup
that I end up going with when I set it all up.
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Oh my god!
Got one more to...
We did it.
Aah!
This is too much for me right now.
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Okay, so I don't even know where to begin with this video.
About a week ago,
I hit a million subscribers on my YouTube channel.
I finally had time to settle down and think about it.
And I wanted to do this video to not only thank you guys,
that's like the number one thing
because obviously I'm so thankful
and I wanted to show my appreciation through this video.
But I also wanted to just talk about why I do what I do,
and why this number means a lot to me,
and why this channel and you guys mean a lot to me.
So first of all,
let's start off with the number one thing
and the most important thing,
thank you so much for everything.
Whether you were subscribed to me
when I was doing cringy fashion and DIY videos
back in the day,
or if you just saw my channel yesterday.
Either way, thank you for being invested enough
to click that subscribe button.
You guys probably saw in the clip before
but when I hit 1 million I was by myself in my apartment.
I was watching the numbers go up
and I was getting so emotional for some reason.
And I was like, why am I getting so emotional?
This is just a number.
But after things have settled down,
it's been a week since it's happened.
I was kind of able to form my thoughts
and the reason why this means so much to me.
So obviously 1 million is like a huge number
and never in a million years.
When I started my channel six years ago,
I was like 14 years old.
I would have never thought that
this would have been possible
like 1 million seemed like such a faraway unrealistic idea.
Hitting 50 subscribers or hitting 100 subscribers
was a huge deal to me.
I remember posting videos and pictures on Instagram
and tweets where I'm like,
thank you so much for 50 subscribers like this is crazy.
And then now I have a million
but I also think that this is extra special to me
because I hit a million subscribers on my channel
while I was doing something that I loved.
So if you guys didn't know back in the day,
I did not do any art stuff on my channel whatsoever.
It was mostly beauty, and fashion, and DIY, and lifestyle.
And I loved that stuff.
I loved beauty, I loved fashion,
but I knew it wasn't permanent.
And knew it wasn't like my true passion.
It was just stuff that I like to watch on YouTube.
And it was what was popular on YouTube at the time.
So it's kind of just following along,
and I was having a fun time doing it.
But I knew it wasn't gonna be permanent.
I went to an art program in the high school.
And I was drawing every single day.
And I started my YouTube channel in freshman year.
So I was going through high school
with my weird fashion DIY beauty YouTube channel.
And then I was doing art at school.
And I never thought to mix the two,
for some reason.
Now looking back, obviously it's so strange to me,
because it seems like such a no brainer
to do art on my channel.
But back in the day,
not that many people were doing art on YouTube.
And I didn't think I was good enough.
I was like,
there's so many more talented artists out there.
But then in January 2017,
so almost two years ago by now,
I was already out of high school
and I was missing that art influence in my life.
And I discovered bullet journaling,
I got my first bullet journal,
you guys can literally watch the,
What I Got For Christmas video.
Where I bought my very first bullet journal.
And I posted this one off video,
I never meant for it to become a permanent thing.
I was just gonna post that one bullet journal setup video
and then go back to the beauty and fashion stuff.
But people seem to really like it,
which was such a shock to me
because it was something that I knew I loved.
But I didn't know other people loved as well.
So after that one video took off,
I decided to slowly integrate art more to my channel.
And I saw more and more people being
interested in doodling along with me.
And I think that's the craziest part to me
is that things only started picking up on my channel
once I started truly showing my passion
and doing what I loved on my channel,
which just makes it extra special.
I'm literally doing what I love to do on my channel.
And for some reason I get to call it my job.
And there's other people, a million other people
who love the same thing, as I do.
So mind blowing to me,
like I don't think I'll ever be able to understand it.
I don't want to make it seem like
this entire six year journey has been smooth sailing,
because there was definitely ups and downs
and people who doubted me
and times when I wanted to give up on my channel,
and just quit completely.
But I'm so glad I did it.
When I see one of you guys post
a picture of a recreation of a drawing that I made.
The idea that someone picked up a pencil
and decided to doodle and be creative because of me,
makes all of the hard work and the hardships worth it.
My favorite part about this whole thing
is our creative, supportive community.
And I love seeing you guys interact with each other.
I love interacting with you and when you interact with me,
and there's literally people across the globe
who don't speak the same language as me.
But we're connected because art is such a universal thing
that we all can connect on and love together.
Which I think is so beautiful.
I think that's beautiful.
I started my YouTube channel February 2013,
and it is almost February 2019,
just a couple months ago.
So that would mean that I have been
on YouTube for almost six years.
And in that time I went through puberty (laughs).
Unfortunately, my puberty is recorded
for all of the world to see,
which is probably not the greatest thing
but I will never private those videos
'cause I think it's so entertaining
to see how much I've changed.
But yeah, I grew up on the internet.
'Cause of YouTube,
I've met some of my best friends in the world
who will forever be in my life.
And I've also been able to travel the world
and have these crazy experiences
that I never thought would be possible.
Like this girl, me,
who started making videos secretly in her bedroom
was able to go to New York Fashion Week
and sketch front row.
I went to VidCon,
which I remember even before I started my channel,
I would watch my favorite YouTubers go to VidCon
and I would wish I would be able to go.
And this past year I went as a creator,
and I was able to see those same YouTubers
that I grew up watching.
And I also got to meet a ton of you guys.
Obviously over the past six years,
I've been able to meet so, so many of you.
And you guys are literally the sweetest.
But yeah, that was a really, really long way
of me saying I love you and thank you so much.
My entire life is because of you
and I know that
and I do not take that lightly at all.
I can't wait to keep making videos for you guys,
keep drawing with you guys,
doodling along side all of you.
And some more exciting stuff is in the works
but yeah, I just wanted to take this moment
and be thankful for everything that's happened in the past.
Oh my god,
do you guys see this?
The tears are already forming.
Whenever I think about it, I actually get emotional.
I already cried.
Suck it back in Amanda.
Can't wait to see what is in store for the future for us.
So, thank you guys.
I love you and keep doodling.
I'll talk to you guys in the next one, bye.
I can't believe I'm crying again.
This needs to stop.
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