Here is my last vlog for a while, all about closure.
I have had a blast on these walks.
I feel like I've been able to reach you and talk to you.
About things that matter in my life.
I have gone through quite a lot of crazy things,
and I was able to share intimate details.
I feel like
this was a visual memoir in some ways, and also sometimes it was just a chat.
It was a podcast in this kind of weird way.
Closure is an interesting thing.
I was able to get closure
on a lot of different parts of my life just by talking about them.
I was able to use these walks as a way to kind of unpack issues,
enjoy sort of celebrating things that were really positive.
It was really, really cathartic, and it brought a lot of closure to me.
I'm really proud of being able to bring my life to words because it's
my truth, and I don't think there's a reason to be sort of laughing at it.
There was quite a lot of tweets and memes
that people were initially putting out there about my little vlogs,
which I'm totally impressed with because I'm flattered
if people feel like
they want to do some sort of like a version of a Christy Romano vlog,
or if they wonder where I am, by the way, I'm walking on the same exact trail
every single time, and I walk back and forth and yes,
I get my steps in and I drink either caffeinated beverages, water or whatever.
Just to kind of like satiate this
stepping, I think I actually looked at my steps
and I walk about three and a half miles every single time I shoot these videos.
It's a lot. It's a lot of walking.
But it's actually, like I said, it's super cathartic.
It's a great way of getting outdoors and enjoying the sunshine.
I would encourage you to actually take some walks, really take some walks
with a friend, take walks with somebody who's also taking a walk on the phone
and just walk together because the walks are super helpful.
It's almost like journaling. Hearing yourself talk.
I feel like really makes you have accountability.
And, you know, by now the accountability is really big for me.
Once you kind of put it out there and by the way, this guy right
here has always gotten in my way and I want to just rip him.
But he just, I’m done with that goodbye tree.
People joke about that tree being in my face.
Several different parodies of my vlogs. Look closure is really cool.
So I've been very blessed with these vlogs to be able
to bring closure to some things.
Some of them actually brought up desires of people.
So like even though I'm putting closure on certain things, like here's
the truth, I haven't ever said anything negative about anyone on here.
I've never done anything but try to focus on mental health
and how I've grown, and also to take accountability
of anything that I've ever felt said or done in my lifetime.
It's been a wild ride Like, I didn't actually start this thinking
that this was going to do anything.
It's been really fun to see it
kind of explode, and it's been quite a journey, essentially.
I'm so done with that.
I've been able to touch base with like fans.
I've been able to really understand my brand more because like
when you're just being yourself and you can see who really feels you,
I think you can start to try to connect with them more and more and more.
Eventually those things will kind of find their way.
I'm not on any kind of timeline.
Like, I feel like the success of anything that I may do in the future, it's
going to find its own timeline.
It's going to be conservative growth and like, I feel good.
I'm okay.
I'm just happy that I was able to kind of start to be my own person
because let's be real.
I was kind of stuck in everyone's like memory
as one of the, like, celebrities that they grew up with.
Not like my own person who stepped out of the shadow of being some Disney kid.
I was not my own person.
My YouTube channel has really helped me
step away and bring closure to being just another Disney celeb.
Now I have my own name and my own channel and my own thoughts
and my own videos that everyone can watch in perpetuity.
And I have a library of stuff
that if you haven't seen certain things, chances are I've covered it.
I have lots of different opinions about things,
and the comments sections have been really great.
You guys have been so supportive.
You know, I encourage the comments as long as they're respectful.
I actually do read most of the comments.
I may not have the time to get back to everybody, but I read a lot.
I read a lot of stuff about me on Twitter, and I keep up in the know
because I'm seeking advice when it comes to what my next moves are.
You know, I'm
putting closure to these walking talks, not because they're not getting enough
views or something like that.
I'm putting closure on them because there's something more for me out there.
And I'm very encouraged because I think that talking
is something that while I didn't think I could do it at first, now I realize
I feel very comfortable, very comfortable and confident in myself and I can do it.
So podcasts are a thing that's going to happen.
I've got two podcasts in the works.
One is going to be more mental health focused, called vulnerable.
And I'm going to go to L.A.
with my hubby
and he's going to help me produce these and we're going to have a blast
because the other podcast is called I Hear Voices,
and it's with Will Friedle, who is I'm just so excited to work with him again
and be, you know, doing something fun with other voice actors.
So stay tuned for all of that because those are the new formats.
You know, I've had a lot of different what we call formats in YouTube.
It's basically like series like I've had my cooking show series,
Chrissy's Kitchen Throwback which is also going to have a cookbook
because it was successful and it was a beautiful moment
for me to kind of have fun with experimenting on my own content
and cooking in the kitchen.
And I got to touch base with so many new celebrity old celebrities, sorry,
but I could start new friendships with and kind of
bring closure to like, you know, I hadn't seen Brandon Baker
on my cooking show since we were like 16, 17 years old.
And here we are in our thirties and cooking some fried rice for Christmas.
It was so random and so the cooking show was, was really near
and dear to my heart, and I put closure on that when we were done with that.
And it felt like COVID was really making a wedge into being able to
to see people and to produce the content effectively and economically.
It just wasn't it wasn't good for me.
So we had to stop doing that and we moved here.
And then the content that I kept making was just trying different things.
And that's what's really cool about if you are a creator
and you can figure out different ways of trying to connect with your audience.
So this was very unexpected.
I'm super happy that I was able to connect with everyone. With the new podcasts.
It's about conservative growth for me.
I want to get into podcasts because I'm comfortable in front of a microphone
and I'm more than comfortable interviewing people and I really want
to learn about people's highest highs and their lowest lows.
So vulnerable is going to be focused on people of interest
that have had unique journeys.
And then I hear voices.
It's going to be very cool to tune into because you'll see people
like Tara Strong and like Will Friedle doing Batman's voice.
We'll all be doing some great voices and coming together
and basically just having a fun party.
And so that will feel just like its own crazy little world.
Both of those will be living on my YouTube channel.
We'll be going live with those soon.
I am just really enthusiastic about the future of the channel.
A little note about closure.
This just wouldn't be a Christie Carlson Romano walking talk
if I didn't have to give you a little tidbit of how I feel
about the concept of closure, I have a big smile on my face
because I've given myself closure for a very long time.
I struggled with not having any answers.
I didn't feel empowered because I didn't feel like I had a voice.
Having a voice is extremely important, you know, using
either your platform or the people that you impact
in your community and having a voice and representing something
and not just representing something superficially, but like actually believing
the stuff that you say in the stuff that you preach, practice what you preach.
For me, I'm doing that. I really actively am.
I want to say that
I haven't had closure on a lot of stuff up until I started my YouTube channel.
You know, I didn't have closure on past relationships.
I didn't have closure on who I was and to the past and like who I am.
I was lost for like a long time.
And I didn't realize that I could have brought myself closure that whole time.
All it would take is leaning into who I am.
Like, for me, people knew me as the girl from those times.
And those things.
That's not exclusively who I am.
I'm not walking around when I go to my parent teacher conferences
and saying like, Hey, what's the sitch to the teacher.
Like, that's not me.
I'm like, not interested in my past in that way.
So I don't think that there's any real judgment that's like
worth my time, because what I'm doing is I'm building my brand in doing so, I'm
leaning into the past and I'm looking towards the future
because now people know where I stand on a lot of things and I'm my own person
also.
Speaking of closure, I wanted to give you guys a little bit
of closure yourselves because on Twitter, there's been tons of people
questioning who's filming me and how we're making this work.
So I'm about to show you.
Here's my phone and here's Gamba.
Say “Hi Gamba”. Hi.
What is the rig that we have?
We have a gimbal with a little vlogging camera and a lot of walking.
And a lot of walking.
You're treated very nicely, aren't you?
Oh, yeah. I love it here.
No tripping or anything.
No tripping and no forced walking.
Gamba has been my Austin based videographer
and also my editor and he's amazing and I am super grateful to have him.
So just in case you were wondering which I know some of you were.
That's the setup that I have as a little content creator on the go.
So thank you for coming on the journey with me.
Because I had a really good time and I hope it might have been helpful for you,
or at least to answer some crazy questions
that you may or may not have ever thought to have about me.
But listen, I was never lost in the woods.
I was only just making my way home.