- Okay.
Today is Sunday, June 16th, 2019,
and I have decided that I'm gonna start
a daily vlog.
And here's the reason why.
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It's Father's Day today.
Happy Father's Day.
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Now, normally I would never, ever go
to the office on a Sunday.
I don't think I've actually ever been there on a Sunday.
But today is a bit of a special day,
so we're making an exception.
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Still on my skateboard.
I actually ended up fixing
the stuck button on my one wheel.
I had 200 IQ moment, I took a hot glue gun stick
and melted the end, put it right on the button
and I just let it dry for a bit
and then just pulled it out, pop!
Got the button unstuck.
However, when I did go to turn it on,
it wouldn't turn on anymore.
So.
Stuck with this thing.
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I really miss my one wheel.
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It's kinda funny, when I did get the button unstuck,
I accidentally, accidentally or not,
said that this is the happiest day of my life.
My wife overheard that.
She was mad.
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Okay.
Today is Sunday, June 16th, 2019,
and I have decided that I'm gonna start
a daily vlog.
And here's the reason why.
I've literally been thinking about this
for like, the last two or three weeks almost non-stop.
It's constantly on my mind.
It's that, like, butterflies feeling, that excitement,
and when I get this excited about something,
I know there's something to it
and I need to explore whatever that thing is.
And I've thought a lot about this,
I've thought about all the reasons
why this is an absolutely terrible idea,
and I've also thought about all the reasons
why this is an amazing idea, why I'm so excited about it.
And really, it's come down to three reasons,
or three things, three goals,
that I am trying to achieve with this daily vlog.
Number one, I wanna know what is it like to daily vlog.
I wanna know, in 2019 is it even possible to daily vlog?
Daily vlogs are what first got me, really,
to watch YouTube on a consistent basis.
Before that I had just watched a funny video
or a tutorial here or there,
but daily vlogs are what really got me into YouTube.
And it's a crazy thing to make a video every single day.
The thought of daily vlogging is,
it's pretty crazy.
And most of the people that I used to watch
on a daily basis almost,
have now stopped daily vlogging.
So I wanna know, in 2019,
first of all, is it possible?
Is it possible to keep a daily vlog going
without burning out and just hating
the thing that you're doing?
Is it possible to daily vlog in a sustainable way?
And if it is, is it even a good idea?
Should you be daily vlogging in 2019,
or is that kind of a trend that's now passed
and it's not really relevant today anymore?
Essentially, what I'm trying to figure out,
is daily vlogging dead?
And then, number two, and this one really excites me,
is to just capture more of my life.
Right now I kind of work,
I kind of have to have a nine to five schedule,
and I'm working at the office I film,
and then I go home, and I don't film.
I don't film kind of our family life,
I don't film a lot of the fun things we do,
and I don't have those memories on film.
So that's something that really excites me
about doing a daily vlog,
because it kind of gives me permission
to film more throughout the day
instead of just making a tutorial at the office
or a specific place, and then editing that,
and then going home afterwards.
It also scares me quite a bit
that I might not be as present in life
if I'm kind of vlogging throughout the day,
so that scares me, but at the same time,
that idea of documenting more of my life,
more of my family's life, really, really excites me.
And then the third goal, or third thing
that I wanna achieve through this daily vlog,
is to kind of expand myself creatively.
Right now, I'm kind of bored of just doing tutorials.
I've kind of got it down to a science,
it's really easy for me to come to the office,
think of a good tutorial idea,
something that you guys will learn from,
do that, and then go home,
and as long as I keep that going,
my channel just kinda keeps going also.
But I'm the type of person that
as soon as I get bored,
or I feel like I'm at a plateau,
or I'm being complacent, I wanna switch things up,
I wanna mix things up, I wanna grow,
I wanna innovate myself, I wanna see what else can I do,
and the daily vlog really seems
like a creative challenge that I've never done
in my life before, and I know I'm gonna learn so much
making a movie, making a film, making a video
every single day of the week.
I don't know how long this is gonna last,
because I know that we need breaks.
People, we need breaks.
And I guess that's part of this whole experience,
is what is it like creating something seven days a week?
'Cause that's a lot.
So, yeah, I don't wanna just teach the whole time,
I wanna also make stuff.
What's that saying?
"Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach?"
I don't wanna just teach, I also wanna be
making things, learning more,
and just getting better at my craft.
Other than that, I don't think there's any rules
to a daily vlog.
The format can be anything, it might be a review,
or a tutorial, or just a vlog about me washing a car.
Really, anything that's inspiring, entertaining,
might just cheer you up, I'm kind of trying
to conjure those feelings in you guys
that I used to get watching my favorite daily vloggers.
I wanna bring that back again.
I guess a good way of saying this,
is I wanna make daily great again.
I think in some ways daily vlogging
kind of got out of hand,
and everybody was trying to one-up each other,
and it turned into something different
than when it started out.
I kinda wanna bring it back to that real, raw, daily vlog.
Now, I know there's still a ton of people
doing daily vlogs, and I have
a tremendous of respect for anybody that tries it out,
'cause if you try it, even for a couple days,
you will realize how hard it is to do,
so I have a lot of respect, and in no way
am I saying that I'm better than
the people that are doing it right now,
or better than the people that used to daily vlog.
But most of the people that I used to watch
don't vlog anymore, and I really miss that,
so I wanna try to give you guys some of that.
I just wanna bring those feelings to you guys,
because I used to love watching daily vlogs.
First thing every day, I used to watch daily vlogs
and just get pumped up, so yeah,
I wanna give you guys some of that.
Man, I haven't been this excited about YouTube in so long.
I feel like one of those bulls in the rodeo cage things,
you know what I'm talking about.
I've been waiting for like, two or three weeks
just to start this thing already,
but I wanna do a whole bunch of planning
so I'm not mixing up things too much,
I'm still gonna do tutorials and reviews,
and film stuff, photography stuff, all of that.
I'm just gonna add a little bit more
and do it daily.
MADGA, make daily great again.
Hopefully.
We'll see.
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All right, it's time to head back home
and spend the rest of Father's Day with my family.
Whew, why is there so much traffic everywhere?
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- Daddy!
- Hey buddy! - Boo!
- You wanna go ride the skateboard, Kai?
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My absolute favorite place in Toronto, by far,
is the beaches, so this is a perfect way
to end Father's Day.
You wanna go throw some rocks, buddy?
Throw the rock in the water!
What'd you find, buddy? (child mumbles)
Whoa, big rock?
Being a dad is one of the hardest things,
but it's also a lot of fun.
Should we go home, buddy?
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