spring week in my life vlog | exploring nyc, book recs, chatting with you

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seven days crooked evil smile laughing at my face from my little dreamy setup being quiet because natalie's still sleeping but this is like my first vlog at the new apartment which is very exciting reading green light this morning having a little oatmeal and iced coffee and it's gonna be a good day hello happy vlog how's it going wanted to film another little new york city diaries video because it's been a minute and it's finally warm here which is like completely shifted my mood it warmed up in just the last two days and you could feel it it was like palpable in the air just the difference in people's just like mood and tone and everyone was out and it was lovely but i'm taking this little warm spell while i can and running with it because it's such a game changer so today's thursday i've just been getting work done all day it's like halfway through the day and i think i'm gonna go take a little work break and go to the park natalie because it's just so stunning outside and i want to take advantage of the warmth because seasonal affective disorder hit hard this year and the winter was rough but things are looking up another thing that is so so exciting i've been working on this for seriously months if you like watched my summer vlogs you know i've been talking about this forever i've been working on this course alongside bright trip basically of course all about vlogging how i film how i edit how i basically like kind of grew my following the way i found my own niche in the internet talking about gear just pretty much everything i've learned about vlogging over the years and i decided to finally make a course about it and it's finally done it took so long to create and edit and to work through and johnny harris who's one of the founders of bright trip who for one is an inspiration he's really cool and i'm gonna be like him when i grow up he's not that much older than me but you know still uh he basically helped kind of like you know show me the process it was like a really great kind of guide throughout it and so i'm super excited with how it turned out um if you want to check it out for yourself i will leave it in the description below and i would love to hear your thoughts if you do end up taking it also here's a little trailer so you can know what to expect hi hello how's it going my name's elena and i'm a full-time youtuber by the end of this course you will learn how to concept film edit and produce a vlog from start to finish so i have a youtube channel of half a million subscribers where i create content all about travel fashion wellness home decor life here in new york city the whole deal vlogs are a primary feature on my channel and i've been making them for many years and it's taken me a lot of trial and error to kind of figure out the best formula to really create a meaningful vlog i am excited to share with you everything i've learned about telling compelling personal stories through that lifestyle vlog format whether you want to grow a really big audience on youtube and maybe one day even make money off your channel or if you just have a perspective and a viewpoint you really want to share through vlogs or if you just want to capture sweet memories to share with friends and family a vlog is an incredible format that can really cover all those purposes from epic travel videos all the way to just simple day in my life videos throughout the years i feel like i've really figured out my favorite way to create a vlog from start to finish that i'm excited to share with you guys so in this course i'll be talking all about what a vlog is how to find your niche and the thing that you really want to highlight how to tell a meaningful story how to make your everyday life look interesting for a vlog i'll be talking about camera gear how to film i'll be talking about how to edit it every step of the way how to really create an entire vlog from start to end now that i've updated you guys on the course finding being live i think i'm gonna go put on some maybe some short sleeves for the 60 degree weather and uh go ahead to the park here's the fit for ya nothing exciting but i am wearing a tank top which is pretty crazy i got this jacket from thredup a while ago it's originally from wilson leather i believe then some thrifted trousers which we love second chance i what's up guys found brett you just delivered us some some lovely pizza uh great day in the park yeah wait you have to give the review how was the pizza the pizza 10 out of 10.

so good the honey so we have honey on our pizza here which is a first for me absolutely incredible so i partnered up with one of my favorite pizza shops to help give back to all the restaurants that have been suffering during you know the current situations so i partnered with them created my own custom menu launched la bamba as this third party entity some of you may know it as a ghost kitchen and went out and did some hand deliveries myself and came to yeah give some to my favorite youtuber it was good it passed the election it was so good listen to elena you've never seen it check it out exactly i wouldn't lie pizza's serious here in new york good morning i'm so tired all right hello from my new bathroom i'll do a little morning skincare routine because when's the last time i've done that my speaking has been a little lackluster these days a little dry and i'm excited because this video is sponsored by pyongy if i'm saying that right hopefully it's a korean brand i got a set from back in like november december and i've been literally obsessed with them like you can see how i've been like slamming through the moisturizer i only have like a third of this left because it is delightful all right so i'm starting off with the toner i really like the stuffs feel like the ingredients are very carefully chosen they're fragrance free and the lineup just really helps kind of like revive your skin bringing like moisture and vitality which i need my skin has been very just like dull and dry as of late it's also nice because like this set is just three steps which is perfect for me i've kind of been like paring down my skincare routine last few months i'll go through phases and as of late i'm like i don't want to do like a 10 step routine like just giving my basics and like i'm good to go putting a little moisture serum if you guys have seen my past videos i've been to south korea twice and since then i've literally been so obsessed with korean skincare and then last but not least this moisturizer which i'm really obsessed with i've been putting a lot on because it just feels so good on my skin these days amazing so if you want to check out pyeongchang for yourself i'll link everything of course in the description below and i'm gonna make myself some coffee and let's get on with the day good morning hello how's it going just getting some work done here just trying to get this day started i just have a lot of like random stuff to do today as always and let me get the room more situated today because it's looking pretty bare at the moment i finally like bought a coffee table yesterday and me and i are trying to figure out like rugs and things like that to get the place starting to feel a bit more like home but i do love my desk set up i sold my last little desk and i bought maxine's bigger desk so now i feel like i have an actual like work desk to get stuff done out which is fun so let's get working you know tracks a market index and it basically is like a big old basket of a bunch of different stocks someone do but a lot of times when it comes to building your finances and your wealth it's about patience it's about putting money and just letting it sit over time which isn't as sexy as like making a bunch of money on one stock oh okay i got this this is the citrus flower aperitif wine and i'm determined to make more fun cocktails in 2021 to make life interesting this is from haas and then i have my q mixer tonic water and got some prosecco hence the pop a sporty mom because oh my boys i have such a morning voice um i booked an f45 715 class i don't know why i really could not get up for it i think i'm like iron deficient or something because i keep getting like eight and a half hours of sleep in the mouth so they exhausted the next day trying to add more iron and veggies into my diet or something like that i don't know so i could not get after that class which i had to cancel which i very rarely do but i was like it could not be done so i think i'm gonna go for a little run right now it is 30 degrees and i don't really know how to dress to run in 30 degrees weather i think i'm gonna die i'm gonna put on some gloves maybe a beanie i don't know let's go figure it out but the sun is out so i think it'll be lovely i'm back yep that was rough hello i figured i'd do a little book check-in if you've watched some other vlogs i think i mentioned that i'm trying to read 50 books this year hopefully 52 but we shall see and i made it a lot further along than i expected i honestly what i've done is just tried to like cut out an hour or two of screen time and basically replace it with reading time and it's working quite a bit let's see i start off with trick mirror by gia tolentino seven husbands of evelyn hugo the henna artist beyond religion ethics for a whole world the vanishing half severance throne of glass daisy jones and vi the underground railroad half a failed sun one we believed in mermaids invisible women data bias in a world designed for men and i just finished like streams to the ocean notes on ego love and the things that make us who we are and i'm currently reading green lights by matthew mcconaughey so i've been reading quite a bit a lot of really good books in there i absolutely loved trick mirror i thought it was delightful vanishing half was really good underground railroad and half of the sun was very heavy but i think both are obviously super important messages so i'm really trying to chug along in that on notion i have it all kind of organized out of like books i want to read and i'm really trying to like pull from different areas well like i'll have just guilty pleasure fun fictional books but then i'll have books that touch on like self-help or historical fiction or you know philosophy spirituality educational etc so i can like make sure as i'm reading i'm like sprinkling in a mix throughout because for what i think it keeps it interesting if i'm reading from different categories and i am more likely to just learn and grow more i'm curious if you guys have been reading anything good recently i can always use some more book rex so clear this year more now than ever how much my mood is dictated by the weather when the sun comes out i feel like a new woman um so i cannot wait for the sunshine i just feel like this summer is gonna be so incredible i'm gonna manifest that put that energy out there i feel like most of new york is going to be vaccinated certainly by the summer or hopefully there'll be a level of human immunity where things will be super open i've had a lot of friends already got vaccinated who have like underlying conditions or healthcare workers and so it's like tons of people here already vaccinated which is incredible um so you can kind of feel like a bit of a slight change in the air and i'm just like please let the summer be it it's pretty surreal how long it's been and it's also pretty surreal to think that there might be like an end point in sight like this reality has just been so all-consuming that it's hard to imagine what life once was like about to head out i think i'm gonna go work at a coffee shop in williamsburg which is a crazy concept now these are open how can she hello from coffee me and yenni are catching up for the first time in so long it's journey i missed you on my channel oh you look really pretty keep going recently it's not you it's me and i'm sorry i promise i'll be back she's coming back got a little devotion devotion she's edgy she's cool caffeinated