Hey you guys it's Phoebe here from Little Grey Box with Matt behind the
camera and on this channel we usually share with you our experiences and tips
to help you travel well but as we all know a lot has happened over the last
few weeks and months now if you follow us on Instagram you would have seen that
Matt and I actually went to Thailand recently at the time that the job offer
came up and at the time that we travelled there were no travel bans in
place things were different to how they are today so Matt and I felt very
confident going to Thailand and I have to say we had the most amazing time over
there we went to Bangkok we went to Hua Hin and then we went to Phuket and all
three spots were fantastic there were a lot of coronavirus kind of safety
precautions in place we were having our temperatures checked regularly
we had masks we had hand sanitizer we had the whole thing going on and we felt
totally fine then the Australian government kind of said guys best to
come harm to everybody this Australian business to come home and anybody that
is coming home you know you wonder to the 14 day self-isolation so we are
coming to you from day 6 of our self isolation so far we don't have any
symptoms we're both feeling great just a precaution I think just a really smart
thing to do to you know observe what your government is telling you to do
stay inside for the 14 days and make sure you don't make anyone else sick so
that is what we are doing and we were kind of talking about what we should do
content wise because we have filmed this amazing Thailand series um it has so
many great bits in it for you guys so many cool travel tips some really great
experiences that we've never had before in Thailand but it didn't feel right
sharing kind of a travel video right now I mean just with what's going on in the
different ways that people are being impacted
it doesn't feel appropriate to share a travel video and I think to be really
upfront I think it's always important to be honest with you guys
business-wise it also doesn't make sense to launch a brand new travel series
right now the number of on videos were putting up has gone down
significantly add the number of visitors to our website it has gone down to a
place that it was many many many years ago when we were first starting out so
business-wise we have seen a really big impact on what we're doing it's been
huge and yeah I just want to be mindful though like that's our impact and I
guess in in many ways we're very grateful that that's what's happening to
us because there are a lot of people who are impacted far more severely than that
so we are grateful that all that's happening to us is you know a bad time
with our business it's a bit scary I have to be honest you know when we
started this year we had so many great goals and aspirations and dreams things
we really wanted to achieve in 2020 Matt and I were very focused and driven and
we knew exactly what we wanted to achieve this year and we were really
excited when some awesome job offers and travel opportunities started to come our
way and we said to book some amazing paying jobs and little grey box is our
business it's our only source of income aside for
some freelance work that we do in the writing and creative space so to see
those jobs get cancelled one after the other after the other has been
terrifying for us it's very scary obviously none of us know what's going
to happen this thing has snowballed and it has impacted so many people and none
of us know when it's going to end if it will end how it will end and what's
gonna happen so all that clients have been right to cancel jobs of course it's
just a scary time for us not knowing what's going to happen so basically our
plan is to weather the storm we're in a position where we're going to be able to
pay our bills just fine for as long as we need to that's not gonna be a problem
and I guess we just have to navigate a new territory and to be honest we kind
of need your help with that we can't travel
we can't go out and film the kind of con that we have been filming even though we
love to do that so what we need to do is come up with some new ideas some new
ways to keep doing this thing that we love and keep little grey box going and
we really need your help with that so I would love to know what you want to see
and more importantly than just what you want to see what do you need right now
are you really really stressed and overwhelmed and anxious about everything
that's happening do you need a laugh do you need us to make something funny do
you want to see something that entertains you in a different way do you
want some information you know any ideas that you have we would love to hear them
you know do you want to get to know Matt and I a little bit better do you want to
find out how our business works do you want some tips on working from home from
two people that have been doing it for years and years and years now because we
know the things that work and we know the things that don't so basically what
we're doing is asking you guys to tell us what do you want to see little gray
box produce for you during this time and we'd love to get those ideas from you
and then take those and see what we can do with them
because you guys matter to us a lot so we want to make sure that we're still
doing things that you love we're also having a meeting with somebody very
close to us from a YouTube incubator that we did we're gonna catch up with
Fred on Monday and just have a bit of a talk about our business and see if we
can come up with some ideas there but I guess I just wanted to reassure you guys
that we're hanging in there we're not going anywhere we're gonna
weather this storm we're gonna come out of the other side of this thing and when
we do there are going to be a lot of people in the tourism industry that are
going to need our help and everybody's help there are so many small business
owners out there people that come from situations that aren't as advantaged
as Matt and I have had you know these are people that haven't had the same
opportunities that we have had in their lives and they depend on tourism that is
their one and only source of income and to have that taken away from them it's
going to be very scary they do not have the financial position that we have so
as soon as we are able to travel again and show support to people and countries
like that that really thrive on tourism we will definitely be doing it we will
be getting back out there but in the meantime
we're gonna be coming up with some new interesting dynamic fun content whatever
you want to see please let us know just to give you a bit of an update on
how self isolation has been going I know Felix Felix who always watches our
videos and comments thank you so much Felix we love you Felix has been in
self-isolation he's a couple of days in the future from us and I really
appreciated these updates so if there's anybody else out there in self-isolation
we would love to hear how it's going for you if you have any tips on them for
other people on how to UM make the most of self isolation we would love to hear
them Matt and I are both naturally introverts anyway so this is being kind
of natural for us we spend a lot of time at home working anyway so it's kind of
being the same it's just been hard when it comes to you know getting groceries
and things like that but thankfully our families have been helping us yeah day
six and we've still got quite a bit to go tomorrow will be the halfway mark
which I'm really looking forward to but we're gonna be doing some really deep
spring cleaning we have to clean out our comforts we have so much junk that's
been accumulating there are definitely some like personal projects that I've
been wanting to work on for a while you know just do some more riding and get
back to those things I love so I've made some space for that we've been cooking
eating hanging out with the cats just trying to make a time pass but yeah I'd
love to know what situation you guys are in self isolating social distancing
quarantine let me know or are you just out there living your best life I don't
know let me know what you've been up to and we would love to hear it
but you guys I think that's gonna do it for this video um hopefully you're okay
with this video I'm sure you will be you guys are so supportive and again any any
insight you can share with us on what you'd like to see we would absolutely
love to hear it and please know that we are here for you any time on instagrams
and this message you know comment under the YouTube videos and we're here to
chat with you if you want to have some live hangouts and you know just have
someone to spend some time with we can do that for you too so just let us know
what you want to see and you guys also finally just let you know we are
thinking of you we sincerely and genuinely hope that every single one of
you and your families are safe and healthy and well and we are sending you
all about love and all of our support so again if there's
anything we can do for you please let us know
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weekend and I will see you next week with a brand new episode love you