Preparing for the New Year (feeling a little lost). Living alone in your 30's, a vlog.
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- čas přidán 4. 01. 2024
- The new year is here! 🎉 Is anyone else feeling a little lost and anxious about 2024? Last year living in New York City was one of my most challenging but rewarding years. Now so much has changed and I have no idea what to expect or what direction to go in. I'm learning to trust the process in this video exploring why I'm feeling that way, and doing some things to calm and reset. PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION! So grateful for another year here on youtube! Love you.
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happy new year! missed u 🥹 figuring my life out one step at a time. grateful to share it with all of you ❤
Missed you too! ❤️
Same! 🙋🏻♀️
Sorry but Hirrari.... eeeeeeek! World economic forum flip head
Missed you, tooo ! It’s so good to see you ! As per your content moving forward, keep doin’ YOU, Chelsea ! It works ! We love you !
missed you too! im also figuring out my life (just moved alone for the first time in years). your videos are calming and comfortnig in a way. ❤
I quit my job after a 4 years, just before christmas, with nothing on the horizon at 29 years old. I feel lost and happy and devastated and hopeful, all at the same time... seeing you on the "same" path, not having "a plan" and just rediscovering yourself, makes me not feel that crappy anymore. So, thank you for showing your days without a whole pink filter. Love from Mexico ❤
oh god a little life is not a crying book. it's soul crushing. you're gonna be irreversibly devestated
My nana told me this once, and it stuck with me ever since. She said, “sometimes you’ll find that the time spent not knowing, is the best time.” The unknown is scary, but it’s also a beautiful place where truly anything can come through. A low for me, while simultaneously being a high, was moving to New York and dealing with the loneliness that came from being here alone without knowing anybody, but as you know, you best believe that the loneliness turned into an even deeper and stronger connection with myself. There’s always a silver lining, if we’re willing to look 🙏🏻 keep trusting your gut and listening to whatever you need, and you’ll be good!!
thank you for sharing this ❤
"My want is to make content that is thought provoking enough to... dislike!" - now THAT is ART, Chelsea! You're a true artist, and I love that about you.
My low this year was getting into a cycling accident dislocating and breaking my jaw, whilst also damaging three teeth, and spending 9 months recovering.
My high was finally being able to afford a honeymoon after 5 years of marriage, spending three weeks in Japan, and the day before we left getting my jaw unwired, so I was able to eat most of the food in Japan after 8 weeks of only eating liquids! That first bite of sushi was pure heaven.
Happy New Year!
I’m so glad you’re okay!! 😧
So glad you're ok! Love to see that ending though! Well deserved ❣️
“we carry into the new whatever we don’t process from the year before” you couldn’t have hit the nail more on the head with that. The high of 2023 was me graduating nursing school and getting into my desired specialty. My low, my dad passed away. It happened toward the end of the year and made the holidays and most recently my birthday feel completely off. I hope this year is better. I hope everyone can give their loved ones a hug or a hello for me. Happy new year, hope this year goes better for everyone 💙
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I agree! Chelsea saying that made me realize how true it is. Congratulations on your graduation and I'm sorry for your loss.
I was just reading through comments on here and wanted to give you a virtual hug because your Dad passed away. Mine also passed away the end of 2023, between Christmas and New Years. And like you mentioned, everything feels completely off. It's so strange. ♥
I lost my father around the end of the year …in 2013 and got married this past year. Even tho 10 years has passed not having him there was hard. Anyway I’m sending you hugs and love right now. ❤
Ditto! CONGRATULATIONS on the nursing and I lost my mom in September. 2024 has already been a challenge don’t know if I’ll have my current job after September and my adult son is in the hospital recovering from severe Baclofen toxicity, here’s to tomorrow
I stopped trying to figure out my life a long time ago and now I just live each day as it comes.
Oh no A Little Life!! It’s so good and so heartbreaking. Those characters will crawl into your soul and then dig their nails in and never leave.
Everyone feels a bit lost this new year.. everything has changed lately and the world is no longer the same.. who knows what this year is going to bring🤔
My low in 2023 was leaving an abusive 14 year marriage. But through that, I have gained safety and freedom, so that’s a high.
I went thru that kinda thing too in 2017. SO GLAD you got out. Youre a super strong lady💪🏼🥰
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Welcome back Chelsea, everyone will be so happy to see you again! ☺️
A little Life is good, but devastating, but good.
Low of 2023: being made redundant for the first time at 43 years old and feeling completely lost.
High of 2023: realizing that there is no better way to try self-employment and that’s what I am going for this year.
Love your channel! ❤
@themellaedit8817 just subscribed to your channel, can't wait to see all of us flourish this year! I hope you find abundance in this new journey! You're worth it and it's never too late 💝
The best thing about 2023 is I retired after a lifetime of working 8 to 5 or 6 or 7... The worst thing about 2023 is I retired after a lifetime of challenges, freindships and accomplishments. It's an adjustment for sure. I miss using my brain but love my third cup if coffee and my freedom. I miss my friends but love the peace and quiet and time to read and take a nap. So glad you are back. Others may be here for the spoons but I'm in it for those bodega sandwiches. Yum! 😊
Greetings from Brazil! 💛💚
- My low: Being fired because the company went bankrupt.
- My high: Because I was fired, I was finally freed from something I hated. And this was the perfect opportunity to follow my dream of becoming self-employed. And so far it's been great, not perfect, but the personal growth is so worth it.
In the end, we all need our lows before going to the next phase of life. Keep up with the work Chelsea. It's so refreshing to watch real content, made by a real and amazing human! You make us all feel less alone in the world.
Wow you really made lemonade out of lemons! That's super inspiring. Wishing you the best year 🩵
One high of 2023 for me was getting my first ever work from home job. It's a challenging job and I'm still in training but loving it! Getting this job proved to myself that I am capable of achieving my goals, even if they seem unattainable at the time. My lowest moment of 2023 was was the loss of a close family member. It was very unexpected as he was still young and seemingly healthy. This showed me how precious our time is and has helped me to bridge the gap in my relationships with some other family members and has brought my family together, closer than I can ever remember. I am truly so happy I found your channel Chelsea. Every video is like a breath of fresh air for me and moment for me to clear my head and just feel connected to something larger then myself, as the community around your channel is so welcoming. I hope we all have a great 2024 ❤
Welcome. Back! Girl you got Spoons! We often forget as adults to give ourselves grace for not always immediately knowing the path. We always get there girl ❤
that's why i love your videos. when you said you didn't need to set goals or expectations for the new year. no fake feel good stuff nor anything like that. completely second that. thanks for sharing it, makes me feel less weird about not setting goals for this year but just living it as it is.
I feel, as someone with a solo project myself, like I work (decently) hard to reach my goals, everyday, because out of choice I picked harder path, but that is constantly fulfilling me. I don't know if it's relatable to anyone, but that's how I feel. It's hard, but I like it, and I know I'm moving towards my goals, a little, everyday. Anyways, this thing was thought provoking for me. Thanks!
My 2023 high was starting a new job that I’m so happy with, my low is 3 deaths in the family. I didn’t set goals but am sticking to a my mantra which is “In my healthy, productive and happy era”.
2023 low: mother in law diagnosed with cancer and having to be her caretakers during treatment, surgery, etc.
2023 high: nothing.
2023 was a hard , stressful year. glad to have my favorite youtubers here to keep my company and distracted.
Hey Chelsea, I don't think I ever commented on one of your videos but I just wanted to say that discovering your channel in 2023 has been such a great addition to my quiet life here in the French country side. It's very interesting to see you evolve in NY which is the complete opposite type of environment to where I live : a tiny hamlet that is at least 2 hours drive from a big city. It's so nice to have such a personal perspective on what life can look like for another human being, same age as me, living across the Atlantic. I can resonate with so many things you are going through though. Chelsea, watching your videos is like having a little piece of chocolate whilst looking at the window, it just always makes me feel good. Thank you for sharing such an authentic, fun, witty and benevolent content. For what it's worth, I think you're amazing! Happy new year and I hope that all those juices killed the hangover, ahah💝
I wanted to share one of my favorite sentences I read in 2023, I think it might resonate! From The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audiobook narrated by the one and only Tom Hanks):
"There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you'd been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you're suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself."
Bc OOF I've never heard a more accurate description of that feeling, that is both exhilarating and wildly disorienting! Here's to landing well in 2024 :)
2023.....worst year of my life. Lost my partner of 32 years, feeling surprised and grateful that I actually survived the year, it was touch and go for a while. My goal for 2024.......I just want to feel inner peace. Happy new year chelsea x
My high this year was going back to therapy after a (way too long) break from it. I found a therapist in my new state that I really clicked with and she has pushed me to appreciate all the work i’ve already done to better myself while also encouraging me to keep going in that journey.
My low for the year isn’t an exact moment, moreso I let a lot of people speak for me this year, which really left me feeling like I didn’t have a voice and my year was filled with other peoples decisions for me instead of choosing what I wanted or needed to do for myself. But I’m on to bigger and better things this year, including finding my voice again!
This resonated. Thank you for sharing ♥️
Wow, so powerful! A good bond with a (new) therapist does wonders. Also, beautiful realization of your low as well.
First of all, may I say how brave it is that you took this huge step into finding your voice and appreciating yourself! You go girl 🤗 just keep going no matter what, the results will continue to get better!
OMG!! I needed this video so badly. Thank you. I feel like you were reading my mind on some things. I am so tired of being tired and of having random moments of 30-60 second cry fests while I make the bed or just drive to get gas or ANYTHING!!! And feeling so so so alone!.
A Little Life was on my shelf for two years before I could read it. I had heard it was gut-wrenching and it was. A good story, but a really difficult, sad read. A great testament to lifelong friendships and how complex and loving they can be. Hope you enjoy it. ❤
Highs and lows….HIGH as a family, my wife and I let go of toxic family members and have navigated to a content with our little family. LOW our dog (our baby, joy, world, love, etc) died suddenly and unexpectedly on Dec 30. We are so heartbroken and devastated. One day we may not cry multiple times a day but it’s a tough ending of 2023 and beginning of 2024. My outlook is low and my anxiety is high. 😢
I am so so sorry for your loss ❤
This is the sort of life affirming, inspiring spoon content I'm here for. I never comment, but I love every video. I hope you have an amazing 2024.
Welcome back, you beautiful soul. Sending you warmth and hugs from afar during this season of uncertainty.
Im loving this life for you! I started watching while you were in your studio, and I must say; you seem so much more calm and balanced in your "new life". Why we romanticize the hustle culture, is beyond me. Trying to slow down myself. I love slow mornings with coffee, reading, taking my sweet time. Thank You for sharing your vulnerability and transitions. Love your channel so much! Happy New Year!
If you’re going to read “A Little Life” wait until you’re feeling less fragile. Happy New Year Chelsea 💛
I've been silently watching your channel for a while now, and I've realised how much I see myself in you and how you want to live your life ❤ your passion is endless and I love watching your videos like I'm one of your friends just catching up! I hope you continue to find inspiration to make more videos ✨️ all love from Northern Ireland!
High: I met the love of my life and experienced falling in love in a way i never thought I deserved
Low: I lost my job right during the holidays and still don’t really know what to do :)
Overall 2023 was a year of figuring out that at the end of the day my happiness matter. 2024 is the year of embracing joy ❤
She's back! Happy New Year, Chelsea. Hope you had a wonderful time with your people.
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Happy new year! I sobbed multiple times when reading A Little Life- don't bring it on the train for reading like I did LOL was a mess before I got to work one morning 😅but it's SO GOOD
A Little Life is life changing.
My low from 2023 was having to put my relationship of three years on pause due to the fact that I have a 50/50 shot of having a deadly neurodegenerative disease...and it took the ENTIRE year to get life insurance prior to testing for said deadly disease. I didn't want to put that burden of caring for me on my significant other, and our relationship hinged on the answer of whether or not I have it.
The high from 2023 was finding out on December 8th, that I do NOT have the deadly disease and that I get to be an old lady. In that one instant, I realized that I get to see my kids graduate high school and college, and that I'll be there for my grandkids. It was an amazing way to finish out the year :)
thank you for sharing this, you are INCREDIBLY brave. wow. I am so happy to hear the good news ❤
Love your channel Chelsea ❤ you are fabulous 😊
Will add “A little life” to my TBR list.
2023 LOW: unexpected passing of my beloved Mum 💔 and the NO result for the referendum for our indigenous Australians to have a voice in parliament… devastating! 😢
2024 HIGH: European holiday… Lake Como my fave ❤ wish I could have taken my Mum back to her homeland.
Here is to 2024 and whatever it holds ❤ xR
8:25 IM CRYYIIIINGGG😭😭 you know what you this kind of talent that you can touch our hearts with your words. Like you’re a friend that is giving advices. I like to repeat myself again, one of the reason we looove and keep coming back to your channel is that we can all relate to you. You are just a human too💗💗💗💗💗😭😭😭
😭😭😭this is so nice. Love you ♥️
The spoons are gonna become your version of Jason Kelce's sporks - subscribers coming up offering you a spoon lol. Love it haha + a great reminder that I need to buy spoons too
My high last year was finally getting music lessons after wanting it for years but not being able to afford it. And I was really there for my friends and made an effort with my long distance friendships and with making new ones in my new town.
My low was at my job, where I let my much older colleagues rob me of my confidence until I felt too small and stupid to even try to bring my ideas to the table. I am determined to change that this year. I worked way too hard in my 20s to gain this confidence to let two boomers destroy it all.
Just here to wish you, Chelses, and everybody else a very happy new year! May it turn out the way you've never even realized you wanted. 🍾🥂
Hi Chelsea! I've been a silent viewer since you had 15k subs? (cant remember how long ago that was!) so proud of your YT journey, and how you're so close to 100k subs! thanks for inspiring me to film my own videos and create my own channel. You made me feel like there is excitement in the ordinary, and there's a place for everyone! I always feel so emotional during big holidays like the new year, so hang in there! we're all here for you
Wow thank you so much 🙏🏻 that’s awesome you started a channel! Happy new year :)
I just went and watched your first video…great job. I subscribed and am really looking forward to see more of your life.
Have a blessed day. 😊
So true about not rushing! I’ve always regretted buying things just because I wanted to fill the space. It’s so much better to discover treasures you actually love as time goes by. Happy you’re back ❤️
Chelsea as soon as I heard your voice I smiled ear to ear, thank you for this lovely video, big changes ahead in 2024 in my life too, feeling hopeful and fearful all at once, it helps to see another woman my age living in NYC going through similar life stages, all my best for the new year!
And are you interested in doing a color analysis appointment vlog?Would love to see one done in NYC
Lowest point of the year was becoming so burnt out at work that I ended up at urgent care because of a mind numbing migraine that would not go away while I was in a work situation that did not allow me to take time off (I was rebuilding a chain of stores which had been neglected for a very long time - we were understaffed, I was the only one able to train staff and take sick requests for 4 different stores. Not to mention I was thrown into the deep end with no training on how to do this insane task (I'd managed one store prior to this)). I want to be careful not to romantisize the physical and psycological consequences this period of time caused however I did learn a lot from it. First and foremost setting boundaries. Still a recovering people pleaser haha, but especially in the context of work this helped so much - I'm still at the same company but in a new city and I set very clear boundaries regarding how much I could work when starting my new contract and I try and check in consistently when I feel myself spending a bit too much time in the store or thinking about work. I genuinely enjoy the work I do and am finding a balance that works for me in the life I'm living now (new city, fully moved out of my family home, starting university again this semester, finding my own in my twenties - all that jazz). Besides boundaries I am impressed at how much my body and psyche were able to take. As someone who struggles with severe generalised anxiety (GAD) I often get exhausted and overwhelmed when thinking ahead - will I always feel like this? Will I ever be able to see tasks or goals through? But looking back I've seen through an immense challenge - uni and taking care of my mental health won't be a walk in the park but I am more than capable of getting through them and even enjoying many parts of the ride!
High was definitely moving to a new city, starting a-new with my adorable lil (almost 14 yo) dog and the bags i could physically carry on the train haha. I finally feel ready to stay in one place for a little while, build new friendships, value and care for old ones even when from afar, and try new things while finding my own. It's been a wild year to say the least and I'm very excited to see what 2024 has to come
High: six weeks in Europe with a guy I love.
Low: 7 months of unemployment because of the SAG/WGA strike.
Lessons from the low: I actually like routine and a boost in confidence that I actually can manage my finances even when it’s extremely dire. Working in film, I NEVER had routine. For the first time in my life I did, and I liked it. Now I’m back to work but trying to incorporate a routine into the chaos and it’s actually kind of working. I never would’ve done that without the strike.
I'd have to say, my high and low of 2023 were hand in hand. I was working for a luxury company that I thought would have been a job that would financially benefit me but instead, it helped me grow emotionally and mentally. I think working in an environment like that where everything you do is good, but not good enough, really makes you self reflect. first I was reflecting on how a job shouldn't make me question my worth which lead to me going into therapy, which ended up being the best thing I've ever done. I don't think I would be the strong mentally & emotionally person I am today without this experience so though, in the moment, I hated every second, I look back with so much gratitude.
Unfortunately my family, including myself, had quite a few lows last year, but we will get through them. One of my lows taught me, at the age of 69, to realize I needed to let go of a relationship with someone in my family. So hard to do, but the relationship was causing me so much stress it was harming my health. The high for the year, adopting a 6 year old dog that had a rough life. She is now very loved! Best to you and your viewers for 2024
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Such a funny video with the drink purchases. Looks like you're all set for the new year with the spoons. Obsolutely love the dishes.
So cool to see someone else enjoying Annihilation! The whole southern reach trilogy is really weird and interesting!!
I’ve always loved the new year as a fresh start and fresh possibilities. Maybe that’s corny, but I’m a glass half full kind of person. For whatever reason, I love even years… when all the numbers are evens. Just a little quirky thing. I feel happy going into this year. For no particular reason. Have a great 2024!
Welcome back! I was just thinking , “ I wonder when Chelsea will be back?” You got us all addicted to your content with vlogmas, and now I just miss hanging out.
Hope you had a good time with your family! 🥰
Welcome back, Chelsea. You were missed. I believe in YOU. Be where your feet are!
So glad you're back. My high was definitely moving back to the city I love in Virginia. I have a sweet little house that's close to everything and it makes me very happy. The low a relationship that didn't last long but had a big impact. The ending hurt my confidence, which is unusual, and I got mad and said things I regret, which is unusual too. But it created a shift in me as I really took a look at myself and owned what I did wrong and not just what he did wrong and I am stronger and happier for it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 ✨✨✨. embracing all the changes as Casey Neistat said. Loved the voiceover so much!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Happy apartment hunting too!
Hi Chelsea. Happy New Year. I stayed home. Didn’t watch the ball drop. Nothing at all. I didn’t get back to my home until Christmas Eve day, after being gone for 3 months. My high is I’m alive. Survived 2023 that wasn’t a good year. Telling you my low would only depress you so I’ll save that. You will have a great year starting new and fresh. New silverware always feels good 😂. Have a beautiful day lovely Chelsea.
I love the energy a new year always brings but this January 1st came with a lot of unwarranted nervousness. Decided to go for a run that day and felt much clearer after having some time to reflect, yet still couldn't put into words the sort of cautious optimism I was experiencing. Watching this video days later and I get it now!
Your sincerity shines through your content and makes many people feel seen - can't wait to see how much bigger your community grows in 2024! Cheers 🎉
Hurray! You are back! I hope family time was amazing and the New Year will bring much joy!you looked fab on NYE. Fun is good!🎉I never set new year goals. I enjoy that spontaneous moment when you hear or read something that makes you “want” to try that. And it works for me. Some have become good habits I continue to this day- others not so much. But life is full!I am a book hoe- read everything I get my hands on. 3 years ago I captured a quote from every book I read for the year-I made it thru November and it’s fun to read back quotes and ponder-why that quote?? What does it mean? The self is challenged-life rolls along.
When Beatrice Caruso quit her stressful job and went full time youtube, she got massive anxiety and even moved in with her mum to cope. She posted less videos, but now she and her channel are doing well. She felt better after a few months / a year and started posting more again after that. I think it is common to get anxiety after quitting a stressful job! You and your career will be fine, don't worry about that. Take care of your mental state first. Don't underestimate it, you deserve to enjoy life and not just survive to be successful ❤❤❤
Oh wow I didn't know Beatrice went through that too! I found her when she went viral a couple years ago. thanks for sharing this, helps to know she made it through ❤
For me I had a lot of goals I guess😂 I can’t remember now! I’ve had health issues that are continuing in 2024 that I just found out about recently. No fun as you get older! Honestly Chelsea I’m grateful I’m gonna get through it again! 🤗🥰🌷💗💕😘🌺 Also, Welcome Home!🏡
High: worked my way up to doing 10 pushups with good form, after having an injury last year.
Low: a girl I liked, feelings weren’t mutual.
Stay in the present Chelsea, don’t worry about tomorrow(easier said than done I know!) Remember some things aren’t in your control and that’s ok. You’ve made it before like when you transferred from your waitressing job to your administrative position and you killed it. You’re a really creative person and I have no doubt you will succeed. I don’t always comment here but I’ve watched all your vlogs when I came across your channel a couple of months ago. I’m from Australia and your awesome 💛
I’m moving slowly into the new year. I have some goals but one of them is just to slow down a bit. Last year was a mixed bag of good and bad and I worked way too much so this year I need to slow down and live life a little bit more/develop some healthy rhythms in life. Which for me also means easing into the new year. Highs and lows from last year: the low is a good friend of mine (like a sister) diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She’s still here and doing well but it’s been a long road. Also one week I thought my dog might be dying but she was fine and also made it through. High: my best friend had a baby! I actually met her baby the day I found out my other friend had cancer so that was a day of mixed feelings. My best friend and her baby were the light in my life last year. ❤
M'lady you are an inspiration of both strength, good humor, wisdom and beauty!
I wish you a happy New Year and nothing but further success!
And on a personal note I would date you in a heartbeat if i was worthy of being a suitable sutor to a lady like yourself.
But I digress, be well, Lady Chelsea!!!!!
My high was sailing for a week in Guadeloupe last january after dreaming about it for years. My low: 🤔 dreaming again about it!
Happy new year! Unfortunately my start failed. Began a new exciting job on January 2nd, just to get sick on the second day and had to call in sick on day three. Getting panic over the fear they might fire me right away. So, thanks for your video. It helps distracting and also what you said about ups and downs in life relaxed me a bit. I'll just keep going. Love for everyone who needs it today ❤
ahh I hope you feel better soon! hoping everything works out for you ❤
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Hey Chelsea, the video really resonated with me. This year on New Year’s Eve I cried watching the fireworks because 2024 comes with many major changes for me. Most of them are wonderful opportunities but at the same time extremely scary (I’m moving to Japan in February for a three month internship for example). While I am grateful and exited it scares me being far away from my partner and friends, I will also graduate university and have no idea what comes after that.
So I really relate to uncertainty and even some fear regarding the new year & while I love New Years (just like you) this one was different. I hope everyone who feels such an uncertainty and has big changes coming will have amazing new learning experiences and growth and to let everyone who feels this way know they’re not alone. I like the Idea of just seeing all the passing years as one long line with ups and downs and I’m curious to see how you will grow in this year 🧡
Onwards and upwards! Such an exciting change moving to Japan, but I totally get the anxiety around the unknown. Wishing you all the best in your journey this year ❤
I don’t know which I love more - the shiny new spoons or that cozy living room! Happy New Year, Chelsea. 🙌🎊 I, too, am in recovery mode this week and unsure what 2024 will bring. Last year’s high for me? Surviving it, haha! Surviving the many lows of 2023 feels very good when looking back now. And finding your channel was a big highlight too, thank you. 🥰 Here’s to turning messiness into magic as we all move forward! Let’s gooooo! 🥳
surviving > thriving!! Thanks for being here, I love reading your comments ❤
@@ChelseaCallahan thank you, my dear! Clinking my coffee cup to yours! ☕️❤️☕️
Low, My Mother in Law, who i was very close to, died in May, along with my Step Dad who died in October. High, my wife and i started a food truck and finally had our first day on January 1. I was a year of being all over the place with the food truck..., but we finally got it all put together and out and working.
Hope this New Year brings everyone in this community peace and health🎉
Hello Hello! Grateful to see you Chelsea! I also think that this time of the year is a reflection time. I kinda prepare myself for the new year, projects, school, goals. ❤ Hope you have a great day!!! Btw, I love the lamp you have next to the couch. 🛋️ Just a great vibe! 🙌🏻🥹
Great to see you back!! Happy new year :)
High: beginning a great job and getting results. Being comfortable saying no.
Low: failing in school due to family emergencies. Not volunteering for work projects.
This was incredibly inspiring to me. I really appreciate the way you look at things, I feel many of the same things you do and have experienced. You have an interesting perspective and a good sense of humor 🩵
I am a new viewer, started watching when you started your moving series and instantly subscribed! You are the only channel I actively watch and check for uploads! Can't wait to see the apartment come together! Love from Ireland x
Welcome back, girlie! Happy New Year!! You were definitely missed, but I'm glad you were able to take some time off with no deadlines. One of your books, Annihilation, was made into an amazing movie starring Natalie Portman. Definitely check it out after you've finished the book (I didn't even know it was a book until today, so I'll get adding it to my to-read list).
As for my 2023 highs and lows, I had one big low. Back in February, I experienced the worst pain in my life in my abdomen, then a period of overall body weakness. It turned out to have been an ovarian cyst that had ruptured and was hemorrhaging. I ended up in the ER unable to breathe on my own and had to be intubated for 24 hours. I had pneumonia caused by sepsis and my body was shutting down. I stayed in the hospital for a week and had a hysterectomy two months later. The whole experience was traumatizing for me as well as for my partner, who had to deal with almost losing me, but what it taught me was to never take my health or my life for granted, as well as how important the people in my life are. Love is really the most important thing in life. Love for your family, love for your partner, love for yourself. So, yes, in the end, my biggest low point brought me to my biggest high point. ❤
Oh my god I am sooooo glad you are okay! That is so scary and definitely traumatizing :( ❤
Yay you are back!! I was so excited when I saw you posted your New Year’s Eve video! I have definitely missed your videos! It was so good to see that you had such a great time dancing your booty off for the last day of the year! I haven’t been dancing in years but I used to do it as often as I could when I was single and childless 😂 good for you for giving yourself time and grace to figure things out and not stress and run faster than you have strength to! I am looking forward to seeing what you do this year!
Hi Chelsea, welcome to 2024 ❤. So great to see you back and looking great. Last year was huge, even if you’d just prepared for the marathon it would have been huge. You totally understand that life is a very curly line and you’re all over it. I’m so looking forward to seeing what you do this year as you face it head on. I love the spoons 😂. You are still a complete breath of fresh air, I love your work ❤❤❤
I'm glad you had good holidays. I think I will use your advice for this year
Your washing machine sounds like a musical instrument. Glad to have you back 🎉
It kinda feels like my whole 2023 was a low point tbh but definitely some high points were that I started volunteering that year and it’s made a great impact on my life
OMG, Chelsea! You’re the only CZcamsr I can really connect over here. When you were showing the books you’re reading and A Little Life appeared, I was sure I had to come write you. I bought this book a couple months ago and was a little “scared” to read it. But then I thought: “Chelsea is super brave and courageous to read it, why shouldn’t I?” Thanks for being you! 🫶
Ahhh this is so nice of you to say ❤ Let me know what you think of the book!!
FINALLY a new CC video! My friday is complete.
i am all for taking the pressure off. pressure sucks and none of us need it. Boom. Happy New Year Chelsea, love ya!
Happy New Year to everyone!
My low was when I moved to a new country and had no furniture, not even chairs to sit on, I had to sleep on the floor and sit there and everything was aching for weeks and in the meantime I had pancreatitis and had to work. I felt so defeated and alone and starting yet again from 0 literally and I did not want it and felt like a failure.
My high? Good question. I think starting to work out in a gym nearby and lifting heavy. Makes me feel so good.
I am turning 40 this year, so it is a turning point anyway in my life in a lot of senses. I just can't do corporate anymore but for the life of me, I just cannot figure out what else to do and not starve while doing it. I earn a good salary that made it possible to save up to retire earlier, but I feel like I cannot do this for another ten to 15 years to be able to then do what I want...I need to change now. But what to do? I have no idea, plus i have each year more and more ailments and illnesses, seriously STAAAAHP!
Happy New Year to you too. I hope 2024 is kind to you 😊
My low last year was that I got Tinnitus in february, just a couple of days before my Birthday. That shook me to the core and I got really depressed. Even thought about ending it all cause I didn't think I was going to be able to live with the lack of silence. The high of the year was when I sometime in the Autumn realized that I really do could live with it, and I wasn't as bothered by it anymore. It took me a good 6-7 months to accept the Tinnitus, and kind of embrace it. Here I am almost a year later, still got it - but not letting it get to me as it did in the beginning. Love your channel!
thank you for sharing! I can't even imagine how that must be like ❤
You’re back and with big and small spoons!!! 🎉
My high was going to a class with my dad once a month for six months. It was amazing to spend so much time with him.
My low was going through the worst time of my 22 year marriage over the summer. Exhausting but healing.
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Happy new year! My new year resolution? Nothing. Keep going and continue to be the best person I can be to others and myself.
I feel you. This year is all about taking a break, or at least the first 6 months
Sooooo glad you’re back, we missed uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ❤❤❤❤ Don’t feel pressure to finish setting up the apartment. I like to do it slowly because you don’t know how you are going to live in an apartment until you’ve lived in it awhile; how you think you are going to use spaces isn’t necessarily how you will in real life.
CHELSEA!! I MISSED YOU GIRL! Of course you feel a lil lost because you been taking it slower and working at home is differant.
maybe you are just adjusting and not lost?? This may just be your take it easy Era. I know one thing so many people adore and love you and adventures are always on the horizon! ❤❤❤❤Be easy on you!! Happy new year!!! I was looking everyday for your next video and so thrilled to see your face again! You were definitely missed!!!
Sapiens is a book my sister raves about and has insisted I read for years. Maybe this will be the year!! She says it is fantastic.
My high of 2023 was graduating with my undergrad! My low (which kind of relates) is living much further from my friends now and working 9-5. I’m grateful for the stability and less stress but I am unsure what 2024 will bring. Whatever it may be I’m excited to see! I love your perspective Chelsea it brings me lots of peace to listen💜💜
I’m 54 and still don’t know what I’m doing!! 😂I did bring in the New Year in NYC so that was a plus but back to reality in FL. 😂
Only because you said that you struggle with your mental health I have been thinking about what might brighten up your day to day existence. You might consider changing your color palette to lighter calming shades such as yellows, creams and lighter blues (as your bank account allows).
Hi Chelsea. Happy New year! My low for 2023 was my beloved dog Milo passing away in my arms just a few hours before my birthday last January. My high for 2023 was FINALLY getting my dream job as a librarian at the age of 61. BTW, love watching your vids and how you share daily life. I think every life is a story, interesting, and worth telling.❤
Oh man, losing a dog is the most devastating thing. I am so sorry :( Great to hear that you got your dream job, that is so exciting ❤
Great video as always. I love watching you content. Single 30 something living in Houston all alone. I LOVE how relatable you are. The lowest moment of my year was finding out that I won’t be able to have kids and the highest point was when my nephew was born. Thank you for all you amazing videos Chelsea! ❤❤❤❤
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I have notebooks of favorite quotes & when I’m overwhelmed I go through them & I’m connected again.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Wishing you well on your journey.
Omg I have been watching you for the last several months, enjoying every second of it, but a bit technology challenged and couldn’t figure out how to make comments on your video. I finally figured it out though. YAY!!!!! 😂 I really enjoy all of your content, I love how raw and real you are❤, and I look forward to following you through 2024. 🎉
Oh Gosh, A Little Life is devastating but so so good
just wanted to say that I always love your videos and how you talk to camera as if we are all your childhood besties! you showing your relatable struggle has always made me feel not alone. ❤❤❤