before I begin this video I wanted to say a huge thank you to those who have supported my
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channel going so thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this cozy little q a
good morning everyone I hope you're having a wonderful week so far apologies in advance if you
hear the rain and the wind in the background it is somehow managing to be sunny and rainy at the
same time it feels like a contradiction to have sun rays and rain but it's happening nonetheless
this week it has been a very rainy April Showers have been very real and it has been so windy
that lawn chairs at times have been flying past my window and so I decided that it would not quite be
appropriate to be filming Outdoors when there are flying projectiles through the air so I thought I
would do something a little cozy a little cozy chat this week I know that's not everyone's cup
of tea so if not I will see you next week with a lot of Nature and wildflowers I hope hello
hi Hi how are you it's good how are you doing I'm good I'm filming so you just interrupted
come on just say hi I wasn't sure the first question is I admire everything you create but
how do you keep your cat away from it I think the answer to that is I don't um a lot of things get
destroyed and um I have quite a few regrets but mavi is an extremely curious and involved very
social cat and so there's no really keeping her away from whatever I'm doing unless I lock her
in a room which she despises and holds against me for quite a few days she has me well trained
is there anywhere in the world you would like to travel I have not really thought about that too
much recently I actually grew up traveling a lot my dad was in the military most of you I'm sure
know that already but um I grew up doing that and I I think now I'm really enjoying kind of staying
put I know that is so odd I mean who doesn't love to travel right um I do of course enjoy traveling
but I've just done so much waiting in airports waiting at restaurants waiting at hotels waiting
for cars throughout my entire life that I'm just glad I don't have to deal with all the logistics
of travel for a long time however if I would go somewhere you know I would really love to someday
see the Lake District in Britain I of course would love to go back to Prince Edward Island I'd love
to see my brother he lives in Australia now and I've never been to Australia however if I really
had to choose where I'd want to travel I think right now I would travel to Houston Texas because
that is where my sister lives and I would love to see her right now have you had any Supernatural
experiences I was surprised how often this question popped up I did not know so many of you
had ghostly interests so um I unfortunately cannot give you a really good story do though uh share
your stories down below whether you um believe in the Supernatural or not um I do think they make
wonderful campfire stories and they are a lot of fun to listen to and so um definitely share below
if you have any once when I was really really young I was at a shopping mall with my family
and I got separated from my family and I kind of moved with the crowd kind of pushed with the crowd
into an elevator and it was an extremely busy mall and it was a very very scary experience and I was
extremely lost and quite far away from my family and I remember a woman appeared in the elevator
the doors opened and a woman appeared and she took my hand and brought me to my family who were quite
a ways away and she just led me there and uh my memory of her was that she was wreathed in bright
light I would call her my guardian angel for years after seeing her and it was a very special
experience so maybe she was just a Good Samaritan and I just imagined that she was glowing from the
inside out and Rays of light were coming out of her but it is interesting that she was a stranger
and my family has no memory of her and she knew who my family was which is interesting because
if you see my sister and my mother they have much darker skin and darker hair than me so most people
don't think we're related and yet somehow this woman knew we were so it was uh it was interesting
so you can tell me what you make of that in the comments section this is all in good fun
of course I don't want to be spooky anyone another question I got was several requests for wardrobe
tour but as I'm in the midst of putting things in storage from Winter I decided it wasn't quite the
right time to do that however I thought I would share with you some of my favorite spring dresses
I re-wear my dresses often you probably will see some of my favorites again and again in my videos
I also have some favorite shoes that are from the Dubliner brand I found they last the longest and
I really value items that I can keep for possibly even a decade or more which is the case with these
boots and I absolutely love them and they're super comfortable and warm so as I've been trying on all
these outfits to show you I've realized that quite a few of them do not fit me anymore especially
the ones that were already on the a little bit smaller side when I got them I have gained about
10 pounds I think since this time last year and it was intentional I realized that I was
just kind of snacking throughout the day and not always stopping to enjoy a wholesome nutritious
meal so I really wanted to make a point of doing that for my health for my long-term health and
for my present energy and it has made me feel so much better to take care of myself better
however there are quite a few dresses that I do need to find new homes for and I'm realizing that
this so um yeah so there you go that's why I'm not showing you as many as I thought I was going
to I will say however I do wish I could share with you more sustainable ethical brand options and I'm
going to do that that is a big goal of mine a lot of the clothes I have are from labels I wouldn't
buy directly from they are from thredup or they are you know gifts or thrifted items and so I
really want to share with you some ethically made options that I think are beautiful so that is a
goal that is going to happen and I'm saving up my money because um there it's a lot more expensive
you know as it should be because everyone is being paid really well and the clothing is of
a high quality so I want to do that but it's going to take me a little bit time to save up
okay back to the normal q a another question was I'm trying to put my phone away any tips
one tip that might be helpful to you if you really want to cut down on your screen time if you put it
away for one entire day if you're able to of course you know we all often need to check it
for one thing or another but at least trying to limit it as much as possible you may be surprised
to realize how much you use it and how much time goes to that and you might find that the feelings
arise might be quite uncomfortable you might feel boredom or maybe even anxious or just not knowing
what to do with yourself I think that experience while might be slightly unpleasant might help you
understand what type of relationship you want with your screen time you know if you are so reliant on
it that it's really hard to be away from it that might be a sign that you want to discover other
types of hobbies and interests I would say however it's definitely takes a little bit of time there's
a little bit of that kind of withdrawal period I know in college I used my phone a lot and then it
was um very strange to kind of wean myself away from it and it took a while but I did find that
I am now able to focus on projects such as reading or painting or anything else um with
a lot more ease it takes a while to build up that ability to refocus on tasks that are not quite as
entertaining as what you might find on your phone I don't know if that makes sense but I do love to
have soft music in the background throughout the day sometimes while I'm working on projects you
know I definitely think there's a balance it's about using technology and social media in a way
that nurtures you so maybe just developing your philosophy on that will help you find a happy
medium between screen time and time doing other sorts of hobbies and tasks will you make another
video similar to the winter bunny tale you made before I do get this question quite a bit I will
leave the link to the video they're talking about below it is called I think a winter tale I think
I along with my sidekick actor Mr Darcy created a fairy tale story and filmed it together and
it was a really fun experience and it seemed like quite a few of you really enjoyed that and I would
love to create another story like that I just haven't quite found the right story that I can
abridge into a short video I have a lot of stories but they're all very long so I'm not quite sure
but I would love to make a new one Carolyn Marie reads asks which three books do you think everyone
should read at least once Carolyn is an amazing booktuber if you don't know what a booktuber
is you can acquaint yourself with the booktube community here on YouTube and she does some really
wonderful wonderful videos I really encourage you to check her out she is just a lovely lovely
human being and I will link her Channel Down Below there are two that come to mind immediate lately
and they are my two favorite books which is Once Upon a river and the snow child however I don't
know if these are books that I would recommend that everyone read I just think they're some
of my favorite books if you are someone who has experienced quite a bit of trouble with worrying
and anxiety and stress I find the book fear to be a really helpful book the book is written by
someone who is Buddhist but I think that no matter what you believe or what your um religious or
spiritual beliefs are I believe that at least most people could gain something really powerful from
that book I found it very helpful for me the boy the mole The Fox and the horse is a really sweet
very short kind of Zen inspired book that I really love it's absolutely adorable and I love that it
is poignant because of its Simplicity The Hobbit is a fantastic book it's just a really good book
it's it's an adventure story it is a classic it is funny it is hopeful it is about ordinary people
doing extraordinary things I highly recommend listening to it as an audiobook I apologize
Carolyn because I definitely didn't answer the question in the correct way I did not name just
three books I have a very hard time narrowing things down I really did love those books and
I'm going to put several more of them here other books that I really love because I know I'm going
to come up with a lot more another question I had was what are my go-to hairstyles and my hair care
routine I will insert some images of hairstyles I like to do that are really basic I like to
keep things mostly simple however when it comes to taking care of my hair all I do is put some
conditioner in a spray bottle and I spray down my hair section by section in the morning foreign
so here are just a few of my basic hairstyles I do every day they only take a few minutes I
will leave links to an example on YouTube for the last one because it's a bit tricky the other ones
just involve a simple English braid I have these hair pins I use that are designed for thick hair
that I really like they will not work on fine hair so you were forewarned I inherited the
thick coarse hair of my Puerto Rican ancestors so it's rather rough to the touch it's not
super soft but I can make a lot of intricate hairstyles with it so there are pros and cons
how tall are you I am five foot nine inches so yes to those of you that comment saying that I
look very very tall it is because I am I am rather tall whenever I wear boots though I'm easily six
feet tall so that um that was something that I was not always comfortable with growing up it is
so important to celebrate your body for so many other things than how it looks gosh I think that
is one of the things I love to do in meditation is to just take a moment to think my arms my legs my
head my joints you know to be able to get me more or less where I need to go I do try to take time
every day to really appreciate what my body does for me life that your body is giving you and your
mind as well to be grateful for that Consciousness with for that gift I mean I remember looking up
once what the odds were you had the opportunity to live a life and those odds are very small it is
um it really puts things the perspective of what a gift it is to be here right now what a
gift to be here with you what do you eat I um get this question so often and it's very very boring
that is why I haven't made a video specifically on it you know I don't think I could contribute
of anything of worth I eat a whole lot of pasta and rice and chickpeas and potatoes and beans and
that's about it I feel the best when I mostly plant-based and I do love the reducitarianism
concept the sake of the environment you know I try to not go overboard on animal products and kind of
limit those while um just yes still keeping things simple what are some of your favorite
movies I cannot think of any right now for some strange reason so I'm just gonna put photos of all
of them here because I know they're going to come to my mind the moment I stop filming but yes I do
have quite a few favorites why are you so happy I thought this was a funny uh question because
um I just wanted to use it as a opportunity to remind anyone watching I do have the choice to
be able to edit these videos and if I'm having a difficult day or if I am facing a challenge
in some way I do have the opportunity to face that challenge um away from the camera so I see
these videos as a way to tell stories to focus on beautiful things and enhance the beauty of this
Valley and daily life my life itself is extremely normal I have good days I have bad days I am not
always happy and I do like to share a little bit about that even though visually I like to focus on
beautiful things mostly nature how is married life going it has been lovely but it has been a huge
transition I wish that we opened the conversation a little more of how difficult it can be to move
into a new house to transition your entire life to share a space with someone it um can be such a big
change and such a big Challenge and sometimes as well not all of it is smooth and perfect
and I think it is good to acknowledge that it has been wonderful full of amazing moments challenges
stressful days and the adventure of figuring out life together and I'm so grateful for that
what book are you currently reading I'm actually reading the wild Tales by Jackie Morris and they
are absolutely delightful they're written like old style fairy tales and both stories I'm almost at
the end of the second one so far both stories have just been so enchanting and I couldn't
recommend it enough so if I didn't get to your question I do apologize I had to pick and choose
um but if you are interested in past q and A's where I may have answered your question
I'll list them down below I don't plan to do another q a for quite a while this is
definitely due to the weather not permitting me to be outside and so um I hope you enjoyed
this and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful week and I will see you very very soon goodbye