Everything Changes
10 years on YouTube - it is all about to change
I am in a stage of life right now where there are big changes coming. Scares the hell out of me because while I have always been a free spirit - as I get older, I find risk somewhat adversive. When I was younger, I would take the leap to do things that others thought were crazy! Evidence of this can be found on my YouTube channel, where I sold everything and hit the road in an RV. Throwing caution to the wind, I just did it, and whatever happened would happen. While I was scared as hell to do it, I leaped anyway. I documented my experiences preparing for the road, hitting the road, and my RV and eventual vanlife on YouTube. It was an amazing ride!
But things change. Life goes on, and your needs change. While I never thought I would come off the road, COVID had other plans. Fast forward - CIRCA: Today, my life is very different. While I still travel (A LOT), I am not on the road full-time. In fact, I recently finished two big trips. The first was earlier this year, traveling from my home base in Tennessee to Phoenix, AZ, for work. Most recently, I visited my amazing friends who have come off the road and are settling in Michigan in a beautiful home. From there, on to Minnesota. Travel is in my blood, so I do not ever see that changing.
Ten years on YouTube is a long time, and I have valued all that my presence on YouTube has brought me. Friendships, connections, and the ability to find my tribe. I am excited about the next 10 years. YouTube will always be a central place for me to express my creativity and to connect with people. But my content will be changing. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am shifting gears and focusing my content more on life enrichment and ways in which RV and vanlife travel can be enriched and enjoyed. As a nurse and life coach, I believe this niche is important, and I want to share my experience with those either considering hitting the road or those already on the road. Creating a new partnership with my audience is exciting. And, I am here for that!
Combining my professional pursuits with my RV and vanlife experience and my new life coaching business is something new for me. But it is equally exciting to head down this road. I do not know what it will bring, but I do know I am excited to see.
If you are new to Simply Paddy - welcome. I am in the midst of changing my social media presence and adding a new life coaching business to my endeavors. If you are familiar with Simply Paddy (Paddy Wagon Travels), I and glad you are here, and I hope you come along with me for my new adventure. Please visit my YouTube channel as a new video will be dropping soon, telling you all about the changes.
More to come! Paddy
I'm looking forward to following your new adventures and endeavors and watching you flourish. Changes are difficult and navigation can be both exciting and challenging--something my nurse life coach (YOU) gave me excellent tools to use during recent changes of my own. This next chapter is going to be interesting as we share it with family and friends in yet another stage in life. It's been quite the ride so far, and I can't wait to see what's coming.
Change doesn't frighten me, at least at this time of my life. In my younger days dealing with panic attacks out of the blue and with 5 children, I wanted thing to stay status quo. As my children grew up change was inevitable. A crazy move to Texas started it all, but I didn't feel fear, at least it didn't feel like fear(I think of panic attacks, now that is real fear). Even though we decided to return to NY state with little to no money I knew somehow we would come back to normalcy and we did. From that point on I was not afraid or had any fear of change.
Today, at the age of 80 I welcome change. I met a man from YouTube and married him at the age of 75, that should strike fear in anyone at any age LOL But it didn't and here I am today living my best life and both husband and have God as our motivator and leader, we read His Word and listen to his guidance and He has directed our steps.
Thank you for your writings, they inspire me to look back and ponder over things in my life I probably wouldn't have normally.