a quick catch up 📮 moving to usa plans, married life, confidence, favorites, mbti, living in korea
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after posting my q&a about my work life, i had some requests for a general q&a so here's a bit about my life in seoul, solo travel, recent favorites, and if i am still an infj lol love always!
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2:52 reintroduction (study abroad, marriage, why i moved to korea)
4:59 moving to the usa plans
7:32 mbti
9:16 favorite snacks and hot take lol
11:13 driving in korea
14:04 confidence and being solo
16:46 what would life be like if i didnt do yt/move to korea
18:13 difference between solo, couple, and group travel
21:09 dealing with marital conflicts
24:36 is book publishing like fast fashion now?
26:41 favorite book at the moment
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a quick catch up 📮 moving to usa plans, married life, confidence, favorites, mbti, living in korea
re: driving test - thanks for letting me know your countries do that too! i guess that was a bad example 🥲 i was just tired of the classes being so obsessed with the test without actually teaching things i felt were important like paying attention to other drivers (we never really learned about merging, switching lanes, etc) and being told i didnt turn my emergency flashers on fast enough over and over was the final straw 😂 but i learned something new so thank you!!
Haha, I’m an INFJ-T too! I think we just find your channel because we’re all into books, cafe hopping, museums, music and animals ❤️
the recipe for an infj magnet hahah
Omg INFJ here and you hit it on the nose also I hear we tend to find each other lol
Same 😂
omg no way! I'm literally an INFJ-T too
cari's videos are so calming & right up my alley haha
hey im INFJ-T as well :3 nice seeing u guys here hhhh
As a fellow INFJ, I tend to listen and converse with my fellow INFJ. It is just we can talk with a certain depth with words but I can feel peace at the same time. This is the reason why I love listening and watching Cari's videos. I love love your channel
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so tanghulu is originally a chinese snack, and it's traditionally made with this chinese native fruit called hawthorn berry! they're small and kind of look like tiny apples and are a bit sour and a bit bitter. that's why it's covered in sugar :) i LOVE tanghulu when it's made the traditional way but i agree i'd also rather have good strawberries on their own!
i should really try the original cause strawberries, grapes and oranges need to be enjoyed by themselves ahahhaa
I just found out you're an INFJ. I am, as well. No wonder I love watching your videos. Our interests always seem to align! I hear that INFJs are most compatible with INFJs, so it makes sense how we all tend to find each other. 😂❤
love that for us :''')
tokyo vlog next week 💕 love always!
I am visting tokyo the first time in my life in 5 days... (being also my first solo travel🥴) Love your videos❤
Abby Cox has an excellent video on the topic of books turning into fast fashion. Her background is in historical fashion and she really dives deep with her research.
Oh my goodness thank you! Yes, such a good vid (im only 10 min in!)
I'm an only child too, and I love doing things alone and didn't think it was weird until my friends told me they felt left out cause I went a couple of times to the cinema alone and didn't call them 😆 when I go alone I don't have to think how the others are enjoying it or look for their reactions so I enjoy them more. So yeah nobody is going to say/ think anything about you for doing things alone, except maybe your friends that want company
omg yesss i love going to the cinema alone - its sometimes stressful to go with others haahaha
Since I started watching you (maybe four years ago?) I’ve become so in love with solo trips and reading alone in coffee shops as a way to relax. I feel so at peace when I have those moments, taking everything in, being observant of the world around me and allowing my thoughts to breathe. So thank you Cari!! 🤍
that makes me so happy you have no idea!!!
Why does every video of yours make me feel oddly sentimental like I’m listening to a friend talking about their best life?
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I'm an INFJ too and I feel like INFJs tend to unconsciously gravitate towards other INFJs. Like when it comes to k-pop idols, unknowingly many of my favorites are also that :D and even some of my friends and other content creators I follow. There must be something about our personalities that make us feel comfortable and understood and that's why you have lot of INFJ viewers.
reverse culture shock is so real😂 I grew up in Thailand, and moved back to the states RIGHT before COVID hit. the culture shock and complete change in way of life took forever to adjust to
we almost moved right before covid too and i dont know how i would have dealt with that (i mean, badly is how i would have dealt with it but hahha)
INFJ-T here. That's probably why I feel so at home and peaceful while watching your vlogs.
you know it’s going to be a good day when cari posts 💕
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San Diego ROCKS...and exactly for those weather reasons along with being so adjacent to gorgeous beaches, beautiful mountains and so much more!!! Yay for California!! xo
California’s climate is definitely enticing for people that don’t like extreme weather. You can be spoiled by how moderate the climate is. It’s a beautiful place.
always thankful that was where i was raised :'''')
As a rare ENTP in this comments section, love your videos! I especially love your book channel as an avid reader and have bought many books that you've recommended just because of how you explain them. Your vlogs are also very relaxing, it makes me feel like I am travelling myself (when I should be doing my essay for university instead lol).
lol nooooo go do your essay hahahha but thank you
i am an INFP-T..., probably why i love you so much
weekend catch up we love 🫶🫶
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Thank you for making my day a little bit nicer.
thanks for watching!
little add-on to your advice on traveling/eating out solo etc. I have traveled solo extensively for years and generally tend to look for restaurants that have bar or kitchen counter seating. And it's never been a problem. HOWEVER, last year when i was in Amsterdam of all places, I was having lunch at a super cool restaurant and observing the scene etc and a young waitress asked me if I'd like a book to read - she was clearly projecting her discomfit of eating out alone on me. Even to this day, I feel a little insulted by that experience. LOL. And, btw, I am going to be in Seoul for 3 weeks in May and your vlog has been so helpful. Really excited about my upcomign trip.
OMG! Your hair is so beautiful! I love the color!!!
Happy Sunday Cari! 🥰
happy sunday to you too!
I’m currently with the CIEE program in Spain! I’ve been binging your videos to inspire me to solo travel more once I’ve settled 🩷
I absolutely love your Q&As 💕
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Hi, i just wanted to say I love your videos!! they really make my day!!! thank you :)
thank you :')
I also am an INFJ and an only child! That actually makes a lot of sense with how I always find your content comforting and I relate to a lot of things 🥹 I don’t have any problems with eating alone, but I’ve never actually been in a cinema by myself (I might try to do it this year). Yesterday I started planning my first solo trip abroad and I’m so excited about it 🤭 I want to go to Vienna for a few days around my birthday in May and I’m going to rewatch your video from last year to get some inspo 🤍 Hope you’re having the best time in Tokyo! 🫶🏻
omg if you go to vienna please give it my love! such a cozy city :'''''')
Im also a INFJ-T nice to meet like minded people love your channel ❤ I always feel very happy and calm when I see your content so thank you for the content you make
AGGGGHHH THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR IS SO GOOD! Also good comparison; I love the Locked Tomb series. I’m just so excited that someone else read “Library”
SO GOOD
I've watched your book channel and I've just recently found her vlog channel. I've been binge-watching all your videos and you're so calming after a long day at school. I wanted to say I feel like you and your husband have a Washington state vibe. I also live here so I'm biased. Anyways I love your videos
Woohoo! Excited to get to know you better 😊❤
thanks for watching^^
Also an INFJ and my hubby is one also, we have talked about this so much, I think in general INFJs tend to flock together since we are so unique. So many of our close friends are also.
What helped me see the full picture was when my job had us all take the test and I was the only INFJ and there were so many more ES** types and I would never hang with those people after work because they are too much mentally. It was a nice big picture snap shot vs a community snap shot.
I totally agree. I think when I took it in my psych class (about 100 years ago in high school lol) I was the only INFJ, but my husband is too and so many of the people I gravitate towards are also INFJ. It’s not something I think about when forming new friendships, but when it comes up later on down the road I’m like, “oh, that actually makes a ton of sense.” 😂
INTJ here, and I love your content, enjoy it so much. Thank you for sharing!!
Very nice Q&A video. I always enjoy when you film at cafes. I got a Paperwhite about 8 months ago and can’t believe how much I love it; I also thought I was a hard copy girl all the way. You do have the most gorgeous hair! I also love the Burt’s Bees tinted lip balm. If I’m getting fancy, I put it over a lip liner (I color in my full lip).
the paperwhite is truly a life changer!
Im an INFJ too!! Its cute how we all found each other on your channel
I have been following you at least 5-6 years Cari, and thanks to you the COVID era had been endurable with your visuals and talking assistance! I see now, why it has always been joyful to reach your content. cause SURPRISE! I am also INFJ haha
Hi Cariiii!!!! Love your videos
Girl !!! I am an INFJT- no wonder you are a kindred spirit big hugs another great video
Seoul > USA, I’m so happy for you Cari! I enjoyed this relaxing lifestyle kind of vlog! ❤❤
agree to disagree hahah and thanks!
I’m an ENFP but i have this theory that my favorite people are all INFJ, and guess what recently youve been coming up to my top people from CZcams 😂❤ theres just something about the calm and the perfect diction these people have!!!
I looked it up and there’s a really great quora answer regarding this. Apparently the most common type among women is ISFJ, but because of a lot of women’s value on intuition, it can skew results towards INFJ. There’s also the phenomenon that INFJ women attract other INFJ women so it makes sense for a group where the central figure (Cari) is an INFJ to get so many of them in the comments section. But may I just say that I love that you’re a different personality type?
Psyched for the best part of my Saturday! 🙂Greetings from a snowy Rochester, NY. Always love a more personal angle video. Have a great weekend, Cari! P.S. I'm an INFJ too, lol.
i've been loving all the east coast snow updates i've been getting haha have a nice snow day^^
Random but I was just in Rochester NY for my first (dj) show ever haha
@@ponimusic Cool!
I love these videos!! I also think you should set up another book meet up in Seoul ideally between the 19th-23rd May 🙈🙈🤗
LOL! yes i hope to do one soon, just have to get my act together ahhaha
Thank you!! That's really good to hear! I'm just planning my visit to South Korea - it's my first time going there!
Great as always, me watching your video in the collage( rest time ) hoping l can watch it till end ,your videos always erase the stress , Heavy feeling inside thanks beautiful 💞💕
have a nice rest of your day 💕
The Library at Mount Char got me back into reading a little over a year ago!
INTJ here - love love love your videos!!
I'm still in a middle of watching. But, thank you for drilling down essentials in finding a home/place - books, coffee, nature, food.
I’ve been using that same burts bees lip balm for years! such an underrated product❤
INTJ here. When I travel with my husband, I do all the planning regarding where we go, where we stay, what we do, and where we eat. He handles the logistics of the actual travel, booking tickets or figuring out the driving route. It works for both of us.
As an INFJ myself, I heavily relate on how you travel to new places. I really need an itinerary so I won’t regret not having to go to the places that I want because the destinations are planned beforehand 😅 Can’t wait for your japan vlog! ♥️
your vlogs and book vids have honestly become the best part of my week 😭🤍 also I'm an INTJ-T and my best friend is an INFJ-we're like two sides of the same intense coin 😂
Infj!!!!! We just gravitate toward each other.
Yes, I'm also anti-tanghulu! I feel like I'm chewing glass horrible texture I just want fresh fruit
thank you!! i dont get the hype hahaha
I just tried the test again, the result is INFJ-T, I honestly love your solo travel videos a lot, the first video of you that I watched was that ghibli like place,where you went. I remember you rented a cycle too. It felt like a friend sharing her experience with me. I absolutely love your videos. Can't tell how much comfort and positive energy I get from your videos. I'll miss you traveling around Korea all by yourself once you leave Korea. But I believe the future has something better to offer.
Due to work, I have been going through horrible burn out and lost all will to do things I once enjoyed. Thank you for your content, I now feel a bit better and started reading again (plus I am loving the 2005-2015 references, I feel a bit less old on YT now😂)
Same with food phases!! I'll eat the same chips or pastry until I'm over it or a new taste changes my life 😅When the day comes I will honestly miss your daily korea vlogs when you move to the US just because I see Korea as more calm in content than the west but you do have an eye in capturing calm moments wherever you are.
I didn’t like emergency breaking but it’s a part of driving test in UK too and yes you need to slam breaks regardless of drivers behind you - as they should be in appropriate distance to brak and stop themselves.
I guess I didnt explain it well enough because the way it is talked about with your driving instructor is was very frivolous and the most important thing was pleasing the computer’s timer
As someone living in Nebraska, born and raised in Maine.... theyre basically the same but less trees, hotter summers, and more thunderstorms LOL worth visiting at some point though! I didnt know anything about Omaha until I moved here and my boyfriend (who moved with me) and I really enjoy it.
No way!!! We’re both INFJ and Capricorns??? That’s so cool to have that in common 🤯😍
I am also INFJ + capricorn! That is so wild 😄
yesssss us quiet hardworking bookworms hehehhe
Same! 🙋♀️
Hey Cari Love your videos! Just wanted to let you know (in you didnt) that Bose has an app where you can control the amount of noise cancelation as well as the deceives its connected. As a female solo traveler i found it both help and entertaining to be able to hear my surrounding when people think I cant. 💛
🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 I love it here and it’s so much of beautiful overlap that I feel when I see you do your things and listen to you talk because it’s all so much like what happens inside me :)))
Had to pause after your section talking about - just how and your husband work together. My husband and I are similar in that we're both introverts, I'm the more emotional one and he's more logical, we definitely share "hey I'm feeling irritated today" because that absolutely saves everyone from guess work, and as well we never argue. We butt heads here and there, that's normal, but we just don't argue. Never once have either of us raised our voices at each other, because we agree that it's not necessary and neither one of us like that (re: yelling).
I'm like you Cari when it comes to traveling, in which I do like to have a little structure to my days, but I'm still flexible about it. My husband is the same thankfully, haha. We'll often have 1-3 spots we want to hit in a day, but we're still easy going about it. =)
We'll have to throw a welcome back party in a few years 🎉
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As a west coast girl, it’s great to hear Kurt loves the west coast haha. Would you consider doing a book meet up in the US?
i am always a little busy in the us cause of family but hopefully one day i'll have more time!!
Lmfaoooo im on my exercise bike listening to you roast 탕후루 and i was imagining you eating the strawberry one downtown and you said 'ive only ever had it once' and i was like OHP :D
thanks for the memories but give me fresh strawbs anyday hahhahah
cari, you’re so right, i AM dehydrated 😅 chugging water as we speak!
atta girl!!!
i never had tanghulu but i hated candy apples when i was a kid. i dont like to bite on sugar! Im with you on this.
I've been to Seoul twice, and the second time, I took a 14-hour flight to Boston. It was also one of the loudest planes I've ever been on, but my Sony noise-cancelling headphones did the job, and I fell asleep for the first 7 hours. I was so shocked 😂 28:09
oh god yeah i took that boston flight in october and it was SO long hahaha
I'm reading The Library at Mount Char right now as I watch this! I'm about 56 pages in, but I am HOOKED.
If you ever do consider the Midwest, this is my plug for either Chicago, IL or Madison, WI. I have/do live in both and they are both stellar Midwest cities. Plus, you'd be smack dab in the middle and can go to either coast pretty easily!
In Switzerland, where I live and did my drivers license, I also had to learn and practice emergency stops. It's important because if you ever need to stop immediately because the car in front of you stops or something else, you need to be able to react fast and also hit the breaks very hard (otherwise it will take too long to stop). During your training is the only time you can actually practice this. What I liked though, is that my instructor always said: "I'll take care of our surroundings and make sure nobody is near. When I said Stop, you have to hit the breaks immediately". That's how I felt save doing it. And I guess now I feel more prepared, should I ever have to do it in a real situation.
Hope this explanation helps
I'm an ISTJ-T ... Hope you guys are having a great time in Japan
I'm having my kindle for TEN YEARS now, still going strong, love it. Best investment ever :)
INFJ-T here also. Great Q & A 🥰
Just tested Myer Briggs for the first time in years and got INFJ. I used to be ENFP a long time ago. It's cool to see how it develops at different stages. ofyour life.
About the tanghulu: to be fair, the Chinese original is made with hawthorn instead of just random fruit. I dunno if maybe that makes for a more consistent texture experience?
Hehe you are slowly bringing all the infjs to one place 💚, also hate strawberries so tanghulu is a hard no
Ah, Cari! I hope you and your husband make the move to SD. And if you do, please host a meet up. 🤩 I’m a creative freelancer myself and totally feel like we’d be friends. Just started a book club here too. Anyways I’m so hooked on your content - it always leaves me feeling artistically motivated and just happy! Wishing you all of the best. ♥️
Sometimes I enjoy eating alone because it’s a great people-watching experience and the ambience is great for sitting back and enjoying. Or sometimes you may find a rare instance of human kindness. I remember I was traveling to my friend’s house on Inauguration Day 2017, feeling anxious and tired, and I stopped to eat at a classic American diner on the way. I guess someone in the diner saw how tired I looked, because when I went to pay for my meal, the cashier told me that someone had already paid for it for me. I was shocked by that random act of kindness, but it made me feel looked out for on an otherwise rough day.
We enjoy your Vlog in Korea !
I’m also an INFJ!! You attract them to your channel somehow 😂✨💜
7:38 San Diego is here for you!
I am an INFJ. I think the reason I enjoy your vlogs so so so much is that we have the same mbti ~~
I'm an INFJ -T, too. Taken 3 times with years apart between. I guess that's why I vibe with you! 😂 Hello from Houston!
Good morning to you.
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morning!!!
YOU’RE AN INFJ 😭 No wonder I love your videos cuz same !!!!!
I've noticed your hair has been looking so vibrant in recent videos! ❤ As an INFP, I can confirm that not all your viewers are INFJs! Looks like we're all introverted with similar interests tho
I can envision you and Kurt in San Francisco! I’ve lived there for 18 yrs and love it. Lots of parks, coffee shops, bookstores, great food.
Also love that you’re able to INFJ! I am too but don’t know any in real life
Born and raised in San Diego and highly recommend you come back 😎
Did this test years ago. Couldn’t remember what I was. Just went to the website and did it while you were talking. INFJ-A
I love both your channels and always look forward to the videos. I especially enjoy your videos outside of Seoul, it’s nice to see other places that I may never get to see in person
Also you mentioned having reservations in Tokyo for an unagi place? If it’s good could you please share the information for it? My husband and I are visiting Japan again in October for our 10 yr anniversary and we both love unagi
Thanks 😊
Cari the Midwest is best 😭 Chicago is amazing. Idk if Kurt would survive our winters though haha
I’m sending you love (:
I am also an INFJ-T lmao. I think it all makes sense that we all have similar interests and hence consume similar content. I also think we have somewhat of a similar humour because you always crack me up in your book reading videos.
Thanks for the video 😊
Your driving test experience is such a good metaphor for education in Korea. You study to get a good score not to learn.
Oh yes I’m with you on tanghulu - it’s so overated 🙊 also maybe that’s just me, but eating this just feels like asking for a trip to the dentist 🥲😂🦷
the dentists must love this trend hahahah
Loved the video, thanks. Can’t find the link to the ambient playlist you mentioned. Would like to try it.
It's very early in the morning and im drawing and drinking coffee while watching this and its just so cozy₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ
Ohhh the moment you mentioned Bose QC I was like YESSS, they’re really decent and noise cancelling helps with anxiety so much. My mental state before them was definitely not as good 😂 Joining you in recommending those 🤌🏻🎧
Love your Q&As Cari!! I wanted to ask, where do you get your Kindle covers? I'm finding it hard to get a nice one for mine in Korea ㅠㅠ
YES finally someone else who feels weird about the fast fashion comparison. I understand what they mean, but it's not a good comparison.