thanks to skillshare for sponsoring today's video.
May 6th 2022. To the inner thoughts of lucy. A lot is changing right now;
we are reaching the end of an era and everything feels like a possibility. Let me explain. It was
mid-september when we first arrived to valencia and i remember having no idea what to expect.
i picked this city out of gut not out of research. In all honesty i think i underestimated how much
this year was going to change me. It's extremely cliche to say that your your bod changed you
and it's just as cliche to use the word cliche. But it's the truth.
When you and i first moved to valencia, i remember as being a distinctly different character:
we were lazy and quite a bit anxious after the pandemic. As we walk around the city on this
lovely saturday in May, i realize we are looking at it from a different lens than the one when we
first arrived. I think during this year you have discovered how to actually be happy without guilt.
I found joy in the simple things like my walk to work every morning and a catch up with my best
friends. Where once my idea of a great night was a movie in bed, i now would choose a day
at the beach or a night playing cards with the people i love. In valencia i've learned to stop
and breathe to let things be closed. I've learned to take my time both at dinner and on the street.
I've learned to enjoy a simple espresso as i read a new book,
and if i'm running a little late as the spanish say "no pasa nada". I have changed the way
i see time here. In scotland i thought i didn't have enough time to do it all
and here i've realized i have all the time in the world, and it's up to me to get it done.
Now as i leave Valencia in a month, i realize that i need to keep evolving and that change is
actually good. Companies don't keep going if they don't adapt with the times and no offer
has ever had a successful second book with the same title as the first. When we are young life
is like constant growing pains: compromising and developing to fit the world around us.
It's kind of scary coming out of a perfect year
and wondering how you can keep going up from there. I can't help but worry how i can top this;
how i can top perfection. I never want to feel like the best is already behind me.
I guess that's why i'm always pushing myself to do more, to experience more, to have more.
i've learned a lot in this past year in spain and i don't want to allow myself to return to
the old habits i had. As i come back home today we walked across the land for the city
and took our time on the walk to think about how we can do better, from both my personal life and
my professional. As my mind develops and i mature, i wonder if i can be a better friend. girlfriend.
daughte.r or employee. I wondered how i can change my life for the better again. And it was then that
i realized it's already perfect. I'm exactly on track. i'm exactly where i need to be right now.
As for my youtube channel i feel as though my channel needs to develop alongside myself
so i don't begin to feel held back by my old self.
In the process of looking for change within my creative pursuit i watched the course "youtube
success build an authentic channel that's worth the follow" by Sorelle Amore and she helped me
realize that i need to stop thinking about creating videos to reach a wider audience,
and instead focus on providing real content that my current viewers will value.
I've been using skillshare for years and it's helped me in so many stages of my
growth during my young adulthood from learning to edit videos from my channel, to documenting
my life with purpose. Invest in yourself and your personal growth ad-free and make the changes you
want to make in your life. If you're interested in trying skillshare you can use my code lucy allan
and the first 1000 people to use the link will get one month free trial of skillshare .
But where are we going now future lucy? In a more literal sense we are going back to Bordeaux for
the summer to take a break and enjoy the little things like a question or a day at the beach.
On the topic of where my life is leading me, i'm still unsure. But isn't that the beauty of it all?