the fear of aging and growing up

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBolW04dyz8

概要

TLDRIn this birthday-themed video, the creator reflects on turning 22, dispelling fears about aging and celebrating personal growth over the years. They express how life post-teenage years is filled with new experiences and wisdom, highlighting activities with friends, such as hiking and a birthday celebration at the lake. Throughout the video, the creator offers positive affirmations about growing older, emphasizes the beauty in every age, and showcases thoughtful birthday gifts received. They encourage everyone to embrace life’s journey and look forward to the adventures that lie ahead, regardless of age.

収穫

  • 🎉 Embrace every age for its unique experiences
  • 🌄 Outdoor adventures can lead to self-discovery
  • 🥳 Celebrating birthdays doesn't require grandeur
  • 🎁 Thoughtful gifts foster stronger friendships
  • 🌎 Travel plans can make turning an age exciting
  • 💫 Aging is a privilege, not something to fear
  • 💕 Good friendships contribute greatly to happiness
  • 📖 Reflecting on past ages shows personal growth
  • 📝 Journaling helps clarify thoughts and feelings
  • 🎶 Nostalgia can be bittersweet but offers perspective

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The narrator reflects on their fear of aging while approaching their 22nd birthday, influenced by negative comments about aging they saw online. They express that aging should be celebrated and discuss the joy and growth that comes with each age, emphasizing that life can be fulfilling beyond the teenage years.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The narrator embarks on a birthday hike and shares their excitement about aging by participating in new experiences and continuing to learn about themselves. They note that life becomes richer after the teenage years and reflects on the importance of enjoying the present rather than dwelling on the past.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    After the hike, the narrator prepares for a birthday celebration with friends, showcasing their beach bag essentials. They and their sister have lighthearted conversations about growing up, emphasizing that it's not as intimidating as it seems and encouraging a focus on the present and personal growth.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:22:00

    The narrator concludes with insights on the beauty of aging and the importance of appreciating every stage of life. They reflect on their birthday gifts and the sense of community they've developed over time, emphasizing gratefulness for friends and experiences as key to happiness, all while looking forward to their travel adventures.

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ビデオQ&A

  • What did the creator do on their birthday?

    They went on a birthday hike and spent time with friends at the lake.

  • How does the creator feel about aging?

    They believe aging is a beautiful experience and urge others to embrace it.

  • What activities did the creator mention during the video?

    Hiking, celebrating with friends, and receiving thoughtful birthday gifts.

  • What advice does the creator give to those afraid of growing up?

    Don't worry too much about aging as life offers new experiences and growth at every age.

  • What was the creator's mindset about their 22nd birthday?

    They see 22 as a special age and correlate it with exciting future travel plans.

  • What gifts did the creator receive for their birthday?

    They received a handmade art print, a mini radio Bluetooth speaker, and heartfelt cards.

  • What does the creator think about aging?

    They express that every age has its unique experiences and joys, and they encourage a positive view on growing older.

  • What quote resonates with the video?

    "Aging is a privilege, and you haven’t experienced life fully until you embrace every age."

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  • 00:00:10
    hi guys it is the day before my birthday
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    it's 8:41 so have a few more hours of
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    being 21 I wasn't planning on recording
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    this clip but I just saw this Tik Tok
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    and I was like I need to record this
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    clip right now these girls like seniors
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    blasting emotional music on their last
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    nights is making me unwell and they're
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    like in college or something I was
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    reading some comments and people are so
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    bitter they're like as a 27-year-old I
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    promise things get worse in college is
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    the most fun you'll ever have or like
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    this other person as someone who just
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    turned 29 everything goes downhill after
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    22 hope this helps the fear of Aging
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    these days is so common and I was like
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    that too I was so afraid of Aging I just
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    wanted to stay a teenager forever I felt
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    like that was like the coolest age and
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    the most relevant age and after your
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    teenage years life is just whatever and
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    boring you're just waiting for your
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    deathbed and present day me is here to
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    say that is not true and it's just it
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    hurts my heart to see people who are so
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    bitter and afraid of aging and hate
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    their lives and obviously these negative
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    people in the comments are projecting
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    because even someone responding can't
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    relate life is amazing at 31 for me and
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    then people are like [ __ ] on this
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    person saying almost 200 people agree
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    with the original poster two people
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    spoke out otherwise wait and see over
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    someone saying how they like their life
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    how bitter do you have to be to to bring
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    someone down like that it pissed me off
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    seeing someone hate on someone enjoying
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    their age and be like just wait and see
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    just wait and see you life will get
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    shitty I understand we're human beings
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    we get really nostalgic but I just wish
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    everyone would realize aging is such a
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    beautiful thing today we're going to
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    talk about chasing the Teenage Dream and
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    how to not fear aging as a person who
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    loves Coming of Age movies and has based
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    their entire brand on being a teenager
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    back in high school I used to be heavily
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    afraid of Aging but my mindset shifted
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    when I turned 20 and in this video I'm
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    going to tell you how hello this is the
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    show
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    called I want to dis C okay let's start
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    our
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    [Music]
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    show it's my
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    birthday let's go on a hip
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    Oh What a Beautiful
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    dream Oh What a Beautiful
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    [Music]
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    s going on a little birthday hike with
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    my friend it is 9:00 a.m. pretty early
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    for me honestly
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    [Music]
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    it's so
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    beautiful wow I can't believe I've never
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    been here before and I've lived here my
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    entire life that's crazy this is one of
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    the places that I've always heard about
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    but just never got around to going to or
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    seeing yeah I parked on the side too I'm
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    literally parked where all these cars
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    are parked yeah me too okay I'm here
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    yeah I'll be right here waiting for you
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    okay a good thing to remember is that
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    with every new decade still comes new
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    experiences memories and privileges I
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    get it when you're a teenager you get
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    experience High School beginning of
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    college a lot of first and you're
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    learning a lot but exciting things don't
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    stop after being a teenager in your 20s
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    you get to experience so much you're an
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    adult you have more freedom and access
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    to do things you couldn't before whether
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    that's things like traveling or having
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    nights out or even more seemingly
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    mundane things for example me
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    experiencing this hiking trail for the
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    first time not to mention you learn more
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    about yourself cuz when you're a
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    teenager you're just a conglomerate of
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    your PE and classmates judgments I feel
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    like when we're young we're all just
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    insecure impressionable wrecks I found
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    as you get older you're going to meet so
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    many more people outside of just your
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    little Hometown and everyone is much
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    more comfortable being themselves I
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    imagine in your 30s it's the same but
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    even better you get wiser and really
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    settle into who you are oh my God look
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    at this Fool's Gold though look at this
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    Fool's Gold guys can you see
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    it no oh can you see it can this is
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    where people go panning for gold the
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    Gold Rush it's like cold but it's so
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    nice yeah for the weather yeah but don't
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    go in there right no or you'll
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    die a lot of dead bodies in here guys
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    yeah lot of dead bodies not here though
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    cuz they move out oh cuz of the current
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    what advice would you give someone
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    afraid of growing up
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    I would say do not care about what
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    anyone says cuz we live in this short
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    amount of time and in this life so be a
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    kid until you can no longer be one I'm
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    still a kid I don't care I do what I
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    want to do it's
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    fun 1 two three slipping through my
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    fingers all the time I try to capture
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    every
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    minute slipping through my fingers all
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    the time is it called slipping slipping
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    through my fingers like we just been
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    [Music]
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    singing keeps on
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    gr there's someone hiking by Like We
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    join us join sing with
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    us I am back now to quickly get changed
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    and pack my things and head to meet my
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    friends to go the lake I also picked up
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    some cupcakes for my friends and I so we
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    can do a little you know birthday
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    celebration all right let's
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    [Music]
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    go if you have ever wondered what's in
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    my Lake bag SL beach bag this is my
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    go-to bag it's a vintage not me calling
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    a military bag vintage obviously it's
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    [ __ ] vintage my journal and a pen my
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    current read sunscreen this is kad's
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    beauty Elixir it's basically just a
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    facial M spray cuz my skin gets dry eyes
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    so I can just like spray it after I go
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    into the water hand sanitizer Aqua for
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    Chopstick eye drops my eyes always get
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    really dry with my contacts my film
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    camera my Digi and then in this case a
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    lighter for the cupcakes and a mini
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    tripod for my blog camera and my keys
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    and that is what's in my bag and also
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    sunglasses this Puka shell necklace that
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    I thrifted I don't know if Puka shell
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    necklaces are like tacky I don't know
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    how people view them but personally I
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    really like it especially in the
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    summertime I just I just got to pull
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    this bad boy out I literally do not wear
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    this anytime unless I'm near a body of
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    water suddenly when I'm near a body of
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    water this has to be on my neck when
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    this is on my neck summer mode is
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    activated it also just looks really cute
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    hanging from the side of my bag anyway
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    let's
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    go here is my little sister Destiny and
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    she is 13 years old now her first year
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    being a teenager how does it feel feels
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    great um what are you most excited for
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    being a teenager now high school because
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    actually um not really I'm more stressed
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    about it um what age are you excited to
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    be um 16 cuz I can D or wait did you get
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    your 16 right mhm 16 because I could
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    drive and hang
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    out
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    [Music]
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    16 happy birthday should I read this
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    first or should I look this
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    [Music]
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    okay it's okay St thank you you made
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    prints I made print oh my just one print
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    yay thank you wo it's turn out a lot
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    better it's so cute guys she finally did
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    it she made an an art print take it up
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    when do you think your art Shop's going
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    to go up I don't know hopefully by that
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    you have like a month okay before this
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    video gets up she has her Art Shop up I
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    will have it linked go go
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    [Music]
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    sh do you guys only take cash as
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    well okay yay there's this like cherry
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    strawberry stand when you drive to the
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    lake and I've always wanted to stop and
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    get some and we're finally doing it
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    today now that you're 22 now that I'm 22
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    I can get strawberries can we have just
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    a cherries one
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    you okay thank you have a nice day you
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    too what is one piece of advice you give
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    someone who's afraid of growing up it's
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    not as scary as you would
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    [Music]
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    think guys a minute ago she was like
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    like me like like just keep pushing girl
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    that's what she said I don't have any
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    advice I don't know what to do someone
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    give me that advice well watch this
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    video I'll be given that
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    [Music]
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    advice what is one piece of advice you
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    would give to someone who's afraid of
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    growing up don't think too fast try to
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    Center yourself in the now I mean you
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    can't really predict the future so all
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    you really have is today so just strive
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    each day to be your better version of
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    yourself better than my
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    her answer just keep pushing girl that's
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    true though that's honestly true though
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    oh damn these are hella sweet see guys
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    you got to try new things that
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    strawberry stand you always want to go
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    to go to it people tend to forget
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    there's a beauty in getting to
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    experience every age aging is a
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    privilege we've heard this before but
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    not everyone gets to grow old yes it's
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    bittersweet that we have no control over
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    how long we got to stay in a certain
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    period but I think that's the beauty of
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    it there's a time limit to life if helps
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    remind you to stay present and be
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    grateful also you already got to
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    experience that past age don't you want
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    to experience something else and see
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    what's to come high school and your
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    teenage years are only a small portion
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    of your life and honestly it truly
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    doesn't matter afterwards you don't
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    realize it till you're out of it there's
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    so much more excitement in the future
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    and that's the mindset you have to
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    adapt
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    summer funny enough the Sex in the City
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    really helps me they were these group of
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    women in their 30s and 40s still living
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    it up in New York City that's why I
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    truly believe we need more media based
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    on older protagonists we just have too
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    much media based on teenagers and stuff
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    even college students I feel like we
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    don't have enough media based on college
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    students either so I think showcasing
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    just older people living their lives and
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    it's not just them playing a parent role
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    or something like that could really show
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    everyone that life doesn't stop after
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    being a teenager being young and also I
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    feel like in general just the Teenage
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    Dream the concept so unrealistic you're
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    expected to have you know the perfect
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    friends that you hang out with every
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    weekend and you can go to their house
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    unannounced and open their fridge like
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    in the TV shows or experience your first
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    relationship your first love have the
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    perfect boyfriend girlfriend have the
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    perfect family where you eat family
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    dinners every night and just have the
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    perfect life a lot of that stuff takes a
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    lot of time and a lot of luck to develop
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    so obviously it's not super realistic to
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    achieve all that get all that while
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    you're young and you don't really have
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    too much control over that but when
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    you're older things develop you have a
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    little bit more control over your life
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    and you know you could get those things
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    so I just feel like it's kind of like
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    trying to be successful when you're
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    young but in life terms like you don't
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    have to be successful all in your young
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    years you have your entire life to live
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    to get all those
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    things birthday to my dearest
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    that's happy birthday to you today was
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    such a lovely birthday doing things I
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    love being outside in nature with my
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    friends and just spending time with them
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    and doing Sumer things and I got to you
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    know cut a cake with my with my parents
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    my family today was honestly like the
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    most perfect day lately in life I've
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    just been having like so many good days
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    I feel very happy I'm so content now I'm
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    back home from the lake took my shower I
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    got that nice you know sun-kissed tan
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    sleepiness right now one of the best
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    parts about going to the lake or going
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    to the beach or something it's like that
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    post afterwards when you're all tan but
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    a little bit sweaty but then you shower
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    and then you're all tan and Sun kiss and
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    you feel good even though my birthday
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    this year was very simple like nothing
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    too crazy nothing too big but it still
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    felt so lovely and special to me in past
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    birthdays I feel like I've always done
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    something like a little bit grander also
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    these ages always felt special and
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    that's the thing about being 22 now this
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    year is the first year in a in a long
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    time that it's been just like very
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    quaint but I still loved it just as much
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    I feel like 22 gets a bad rep like any
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    age past 21 gets a bad rep people look
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    at it as filler years they're not looked
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    at as very special when people are past
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    the age of 21 no one is really proud of
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    their age I'm not going to lie I kind of
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    felt that cuz every year I stay up till
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    midnight for my birthday this is the
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    first year I stayed up for my birthday
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    and I didn't feel like this special
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    energy inside I didn't feel like this
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    excitement where I was like oh my God
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    I'm 22 and I think that's because every
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    age prior to to 22 18 to 21 that age
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    demographic not only am I no longer part
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    of that 18 to 21 age demographic anymore
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    which feels weird but there's nothing
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    really special that comes with 22 when
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    you're 18 you can like I think buy
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    cigarettes and stuff like that and like
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    you know stuff happens you're legal
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    you're legal adult and when you're 19 I
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    think 19 is looked at as not as a
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    special year but I looked at it as a
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    special year because I'm a I'm a lord
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    fan and she has a whole album about
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    being 19 and also I think 19 is just
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    such a special age cuz it's your last
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    year being a teenager you just kind of
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    really live it up and turning 20
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    obviously you're entering your 20s
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    that's special and then 21 you can drink
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    legally in the US so that's also really
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    special every age the past four years
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    has been so special and this is the
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    first year that nothing really special
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    has come but honestly I don't really
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    like the bad rap it gets I don't like
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    the propaganda on ages past 21 until you
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    hit 25 I think 25 is a cool age but then
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    after that it's like 30s then you know
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    every five is the the special age but I
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    hate that I'm trying really hard to not
  • 00:14:57
    feel that way even though now naturally
  • 00:14:59
    I do feel that way but I'm trying to
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    shift my perspective I don't want to be
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    that person that that ages and you know
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    is bitter and hates their age and thinks
  • 00:15:06
    they're old I want to look at every age
  • 00:15:07
    as special cuz every age is special I
  • 00:15:10
    mean it does help that I am literally
  • 00:15:12
    when I'm filming this I am well in a few
  • 00:15:14
    hours to start my backpacking trip
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    around the world oh just casual So that
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    obviously really helps it helps me
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    correlate 22 with something special
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    which is I'm about to travel the world
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    at age 22 and I think it does help to
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    correlate something with the age so this
  • 00:15:30
    year it's traveling abroad but maybe 23
  • 00:15:33
    it's correlated with something else even
  • 00:15:34
    something more simple like maybe I don't
  • 00:15:36
    know knock something off my bucket list
  • 00:15:38
    every age is special because every day
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    you're still living your life although
  • 00:15:42
    22 isn't looked at as the most
  • 00:15:44
    significant age but I disagree I think
  • 00:15:47
    22 is a very cool and special age and
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    I'm going to cherish it and I'm so
  • 00:15:52
    excited to see what 22 has to come and
  • 00:15:55
    bring me actually I want to read a
  • 00:15:56
    journal entry I'm only going to read a
  • 00:15:58
    section of the journal entry that's like
  • 00:16:00
    relevant to what I want to talk about
  • 00:16:01
    Amber asked me today what has been my
  • 00:16:03
    favorite age and I responded I feel like
  • 00:16:05
    every age has only gotten better and
  • 00:16:07
    genuinely I couldn't think of a specific
  • 00:16:09
    age that I thought was the best age I
  • 00:16:11
    genuinely have felt like every year
  • 00:16:13
    every age has been good and every year
  • 00:16:15
    the age just gets better and that's not
  • 00:16:16
    to say oh 21 was the best age no I
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    appreciate every age for what it was and
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    genuinely I have loved living through
  • 00:16:23
    every age and I don't think one is
  • 00:16:25
    better than the other I don't have a
  • 00:16:27
    favorite every year comes so many new
  • 00:16:28
    new memories new experiences new growth
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    new friends this past year has been so
  • 00:16:33
    good having that conversation today I
  • 00:16:34
    wish I was filming it but I didn't want
  • 00:16:36
    to pull out my camera just cuz we were
  • 00:16:38
    it was just such like a organic the
  • 00:16:39
    conversation just happened very briefly
  • 00:16:41
    that little conversation made me realize
  • 00:16:43
    lot I was like wow that was such like a
  • 00:16:45
    beautiful conversation and I didn't even
  • 00:16:46
    know I felt that way until she asked me
  • 00:16:48
    that question and I just naturally set
  • 00:16:49
    it out loud also I wanted to do a little
  • 00:16:51
    birthday haul I'm never the one to get a
  • 00:16:53
    lot of gifts on my birthday I've just
  • 00:16:55
    never have gotten gifts from people it's
  • 00:16:58
    just not really a thing that happens in
  • 00:16:59
    my life and honestly I'm okay with it
  • 00:17:01
    I'm not even a huge gift guy I'm the
  • 00:17:03
    kind of guy who likes really specific
  • 00:17:05
    things and will just buy things for
  • 00:17:06
    myself right away when I want them this
  • 00:17:08
    year I was asking my family what I want
  • 00:17:09
    for my birthday my mom got me this
  • 00:17:12
    backpack that I was already going to buy
  • 00:17:14
    for my backpacking trip my brothers
  • 00:17:18
    asked me what I wanted for my birthday
  • 00:17:19
    and I literally think I'm just going to
  • 00:17:20
    have them go havies on my travel
  • 00:17:23
    insurance so if you ever wonder what you
  • 00:17:25
    need to get me for my birthday that's
  • 00:17:26
    the kind of stuff I'm going to ask for
  • 00:17:28
    very prac gold I was honestly pleasantly
  • 00:17:30
    surprised this year that my my friends
  • 00:17:32
    gave me little gifts friend Amber she
  • 00:17:34
    gave me this like first of all beautiful
  • 00:17:37
    handmade card Amber has been in her
  • 00:17:39
    scrapbooking bag lately I keep every
  • 00:17:41
    birthday card so I have like a shoe box
  • 00:17:43
    just filled with birthday cards from
  • 00:17:45
    years prior a handwritten letter or note
  • 00:17:48
    that is love you know what I mean that
  • 00:17:50
    is something I will cherish forever and
  • 00:17:52
    I do I keep it all it's all in my shoe
  • 00:17:54
    box for the actual gift she gave me this
  • 00:17:56
    art print this is her original artwork
  • 00:17:58
    she's been working on this piece and
  • 00:18:00
    I've been like sliding up on her stories
  • 00:18:02
    and telling her how much I love this
  • 00:18:03
    piece and like I want art prints of this
  • 00:18:05
    if you guys don't know the lore if you
  • 00:18:07
    guys watch our painting video that we
  • 00:18:08
    did few years back I've been telling
  • 00:18:09
    this girl to open an art shop for so
  • 00:18:11
    freaking long y'all the art print thing
  • 00:18:13
    is practically just like an inside joke
  • 00:18:15
    at this point it's like just a running
  • 00:18:17
    gag will she ever open her Art Shop we
  • 00:18:19
    shall see I'll probably make it happen
  • 00:18:20
    guys I'll make it happen for you guys
  • 00:18:22
    I'll push her to do it I've just been
  • 00:18:23
    talking about this art piece a lot from
  • 00:18:25
    par just cuz I just think it's so cool
  • 00:18:27
    and I love the colors and she got the
  • 00:18:29
    art print made for me this is I think
  • 00:18:32
    the only art print of this piece that
  • 00:18:34
    she's made so far so I feel very special
  • 00:18:36
    the first and only one for right now I
  • 00:18:38
    can't wait to frame it and hang it in my
  • 00:18:40
    room and then my friend Ella she gave me
  • 00:18:42
    a birthday card as well I will say with
  • 00:18:44
    Ella every year we have given each other
  • 00:18:46
    just really long messages on birthday
  • 00:18:48
    cards it's quite a tradition we have
  • 00:18:50
    right now it's generally so
  • 00:18:53
    sweet so sweet I love my friend so much
  • 00:18:56
    Ella's just so good at writing cards
  • 00:18:58
    honestly she gave me a gift this year
  • 00:18:59
    which I was very shocked about cuz like
  • 00:19:01
    we never give each other gifts she
  • 00:19:02
    actually got me this like mini radio how
  • 00:19:05
    cute is that and it's also a bluetooth
  • 00:19:06
    speaker at the same
  • 00:19:11
    time9 got to the offse yeah it's like a
  • 00:19:14
    real ass radio and it has like a whole
  • 00:19:17
    antenna like oh my God it's so so cool
  • 00:19:21
    literally every time I go to the lake
  • 00:19:22
    dude I'm bringing this to me that was
  • 00:19:24
    the little birthday gift haul I've just
  • 00:19:25
    been feeling so grateful for everyone in
  • 00:19:28
    my life lately I think this is like the
  • 00:19:30
    first time I felt really loved
  • 00:19:31
    especially by my friends I feel like my
  • 00:19:33
    friendships have been the strongest
  • 00:19:36
    they've ever been like I got so many
  • 00:19:39
    birthday messages and made me realize
  • 00:19:41
    wow I have like a lot of friends now if
  • 00:19:43
    you guys have been watching me for a
  • 00:19:44
    while I've never been one to have that
  • 00:19:45
    many friends ever or like friend groups
  • 00:19:48
    I've never had a friend group before so
  • 00:19:50
    the fact that I have like so many
  • 00:19:51
    friends now this is like what younger me
  • 00:19:54
    always wanted just was like a lot of
  • 00:19:56
    friends and to feel loved and I feel
  • 00:19:58
    that way way which this is what age does
  • 00:20:01
    guys you meet more people you experience
  • 00:20:03
    more life and 16-year-old me would have
  • 00:20:05
    never thought I'd have this many friends
  • 00:20:06
    who actually care about me and love me
  • 00:20:08
    and look at me now Look at me freaking
  • 00:20:10
    now y'all that's why I'm saying Adent is
  • 00:20:12
    so good and you know you're genuinely
  • 00:20:14
    happy when yes you still have the things
  • 00:20:17
    that you want and you envy for like for
  • 00:20:19
    me personally like I still have some
  • 00:20:21
    career goals I would like to hit but yet
  • 00:20:23
    even though I still have those wants I'm
  • 00:20:25
    still so content and grateful for I
  • 00:20:28
    already have and that's how you know
  • 00:20:30
    you're happy when you have this like
  • 00:20:32
    warm full feeling yes I have these goals
  • 00:20:34
    but I'm also just so happy with what I
  • 00:20:36
    already have honestly if this is what I
  • 00:20:38
    end up with for my entire life I'm happy
  • 00:20:40
    with that cuz like honestly one of the
  • 00:20:42
    most important things is life is your
  • 00:20:43
    community and I have that now to wrap
  • 00:20:45
    this up if you leave this video with
  • 00:20:47
    anything I will just say once you accept
  • 00:20:49
    the fact that you were just scared and
  • 00:20:51
    start embracing that there's still so
  • 00:20:53
    many great new things that are coming
  • 00:20:57
    and can come into your life is when you
  • 00:21:00
    won't be as fearful anymore and I think
  • 00:21:02
    that's just the key to growing up
  • 00:21:03
    there's just so much of life to
  • 00:21:05
    experience and you haven't experienced
  • 00:21:07
    it all yet and I think that's how I'm
  • 00:21:09
    going to conclude this so anyway I hope
  • 00:21:11
    you guys enjoyed my annual birthday
  • 00:21:13
    video and I hope it helped you whether
  • 00:21:15
    it opened up your mind a little bit
  • 00:21:16
    brought new ideas or even just brought
  • 00:21:18
    you a little bit of comfort happy
  • 00:21:20
    birthday to me and I am now going to get
  • 00:21:24
    2 hours of sleep and then go on a plane
  • 00:21:28
    cuz I'm traveling the world baby come on
  • 00:21:32
    22 hey also I will say I'm not on this
  • 00:21:35
    like high hor I've not figured out
  • 00:21:37
    everything I think with this and with
  • 00:21:39
    everything in life there's highs and
  • 00:21:41
    lows there's you know days where I
  • 00:21:43
    probably won't like getting older
  • 00:21:46
    obviously Cons with getting older as
  • 00:21:47
    well health stuff like that again you
  • 00:21:50
    just have to embrace what's to come even
  • 00:21:52
    embrace the down days of how you feel
  • 00:21:54
    about aging bye guys bye
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