why I broke up with YouTube

Right. Hey guys. It's been a while. I think this is the first video I've made on this channel. I know it is for eight months. So I wanted to just jump in and kind of explain where I've been. Right now I'm in Nicaragua. That's what's behind me there. And I've spent the last month in Costa Rica and the previous six months before that, back in England. And I didn't really plan when I came back there to just not do YouTube for like six months. Cause I think the last video on this channel was when I was in Mexico. I just kind of, I don't know if I'm, if I'm honest, I just got to a point where I was, I wasn't enjoying it anymore. So I stopped making videos and I had a nice break and I know I didn't really, I didn't put up a video on this channel to say, Oh, it's my last vlog or, you know, whatever. I'm never making videos again because I didn't know. I was just having a break to take some time out. And it was nice to do that. I just kind of chilled back in England. Um, spent a lot of time getting lost in some crypto stuff and learning everything I could possibly about crypto and defy and all that kind of side of things. So I'm going to try and include more of that in the future because some people have asked me as well, how am I making money if I'm not doing YouTube and that's now become a bigger influence on my life, my income. So I'm going to explain more about that in other videos, but that's not what this is about. I just want it to kind of come in and say, I haven't stopped YouTube. I've filmed a bunch of videos both here and in Costa Rica over the last month. And actually the next video that I put on this channel will be something I filmed back in England as well. But I just kind of wanted to jump in before that. So it's got a bit of context, but yeah, I'm planning to make videos again. I am making videos again. I've been filming here and I am doing a trip all the way through Central America with my girlfriend, Claire, which is also the reason I moved back to the UK and probably a reason why I stopped filming as well. Young love, new love. I don't think it counts as young love anymore. I'm like, I'm 31 this week, but yeah, so it's just nice to have some time out and just enjoy that back in England as well. That's kind of it really. I think this is going to be quite a short video. I'm going to get to where I am in Nicaragua right now. No, sorry, in the future. But I'm right now in a place called San Juan del Sur. We're going to be doing some stuff here as well around Nicaragua. Got a bug on me. It's actually really hot in here as well, because let me show you quickly. I will get to this later, but I'm going to show you where I'm staying right now. Check it out. That's the Airbnb that we've got with that view on one side and that view on the other side. I'm going to be including this video at some point, but if I look like I'm sweating, it's because I just turned off the fan to be able to film this video with some decent audio. That's about it. A few people, you know, I've had various messages and I've tried to reply to a lot of people saying like, have you stopped YouTube or why haven't I seen your videos? What's going on? It was never really any real reason. I just wanted to have a break and now I've had that break. I'm going to get back to making videos on this channel. I think it's going to be slightly different to before in that I'm just making whatever I want now. I'm not really taking any sponsored stuff. I mean, like now and then if a hotel or a tour company says that you want to come and like make a video, I'll say sure. But like, I'm just doing it completely with complete freedom. So I'm not really doing like a bunch of like sponsor stuff where this is what you have to create or they get like approvals. If you know what I mean, basically the way it works sometimes on YouTube, which is one of the reasons I stopped enjoying it is where if you do something for a company or whatever, they can then watch the video and decide what you're allowed to say, or like have first refusal and all that, all that rubbish. And I don't really want to do that. I just want to be honest about what I'm doing and honest about the travels I'm going to be doing and just like self-funding it and showing you guys how as well. So yeah, I mean, let me know what you think. It's been, I don't know, like I said, I've been filming for the last month and it's been good to get back into filming again as well. So I'm going to, I'm going to be putting out maybe not every week and maybe not, I don't know, every few days. I don't really know. I haven't got a schedule because we're also just enjoying our time here. But as much as I can, I'm going to show you what we're getting up to. I am dripping now. So I'm going to finish this video here, put the fan back on and there is AC, but with all of these windows, it's, it's like a little microwave oven up here. So I'm going to, I'm going to end it and just say again, thank you for watching. New videos coming soon and cheers for the support as always.