Comments by "Kimberly C" (@kimberlyc84) on "Van Life creators: You can succeed on YouTube honoring God and doing it your way!!" video.

  1. I remember scheduling a tour of the Chik fila museum w my kids as one of our summer excursions. When we first relocated from NY to GA in '94, I really didn't think about the fact that S. Truett Cathy deciding to not have his restaurants open on Sundays was a thing. But I wasn't even considering all the ff places that were open. Our family Saturdays were spent cooking for the week (two proteins, 3 veggy choices, some type of starch, choice of sugary sweet tea and syrupy sugar water, a butter filled dessert, and always salad 'fixins.' I guess to try & pretend it would counter balance all the other stuff🤷‍♀️) I had adopted the routine my then husband's mom had set when they were growing up. She was a stay at home mom, though. So cooking all day for the week was fine for her as well as cooking different items daily. My mom worked bankers hours w Friday late nights. I often accompanied my dad to various train stations to run the booths on the LIRR. He often was our 'pseudo' chef and took up the slack (swim lessons, appointment taker to-er, bday party accompanier, etc) Mom made simple casseroles or crockpot meals. My former spouse's parents didn't do that. Even in pain, it was expected that she would clean, cook, it would get devoured, and that was just the way it was. But, of course, all I saw was the after effects: the house was always tidy, food always available, smiles everywhere. Yeah...no. it was truly a facade. Me: I became exhausted and frustrated that I was also expected to work outside as well as tend to the children (whom I did not create alone), tend to the house, and expected to make mini banquets each week. This made no sense. I got to the point where I was so 'heavenly minded that I was becoming no earthly good." I started that frustrating fiasco at 21 and made my Exodus 21 yrs later. I knew things had to change and if not then (now), when? I had to step back and regain the semblance of normalcy that worked for me. Now, I am in no way condoning divorce or separation. But I felt like I was being guilted into needing the slightest sliver of 'chill time' (which usually was just journaling uninterrupted on the patio). I actually felt bad when I wasn't constantly 'doing' something for others. When I made my Exodus, I had to pull back and take time to navigate our new normal. But it seemed like the 'waiting' was what I needed: I had to wait for assistance results (the worst that could be said was 'No.') I had to wait for answers to requests for payment arrangements or due date changes (working for the school system, we are paid once monthly). I had to wait for creditors to respond and accept/reject payment settlements from the 'fun toys' someone else decided was worth spending all the children's monetary gifts to procure. It was that 'waiting' that was truly needed. I adjusted as things adjusted. It took me several years to just be honest w myself. If I'm running around tending to everything all the time, eventually I would be of no use to anyone and I'd wind up with a trio of enabled, immature people who felt that everyone else owed them the world. People who, when they delve into another's life and are not given a play-by-play of that person's life itinerary, they retaliate w scorn, belittling comments, mocking, and intimidation. You owe no one any explanation as to why you are choosing to pull back, focus on your priorities, and position yourself to becoming a balanced person. It still amazes me how 'now' social media has conditioned people to be. "When's the next video?" "When are you going to interview so-&-so?" "I spent all day/week waiting and you didn't post this/that/the other." "I'm insulted you didn't respond with a detailed playbook with subsections to my request for the Pythagorean theorem in modern jargon 🤔🙄) Although you don't owe anyone an explanation as to why you're re-prioritizing choices and revamping things, I appreciate you sharing why/what/how you'll be posting your content. Bravo for doing what's going to work for you and your family🥰 Best always to you! 🚐☁️☁️
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  2. Also an opportunity for click bait. Keep in mind that some of these comments are posted by a 'bot' that then may run an algorithm on the name. I am being bombarded with offers for 'comfortable car seat options' and generators🤣
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  3. @ 6:20 last I remembered the 1st amendment gave freedom of speech. But even without that, I don't remember you ever standing over anyone with a rubber hose and ski mask threatening anyone to watch your videos. (In my best Mr. T voice & scowl, "You betta watch and listen to all my 'Bible stuff,' FOOL!😡" (Those of us old enough to know will remember 😆) Just as YOU are free to post on YOUR channel content that YOU'VE come up with and that is dear to YOUR heart (anyone care to venture what the theme is here?🤔), other people are free to NOT watch/listen. I mean, let's face it, unless we're in, oh, say, GRADE school, this really shouldn't be an issue (teacherteacherteacher (while pulling on teacher's shirt sleeve incessantly) she's using my airwaves to talk about something I'm not interested in and it's bothering me! Make her stoppp...wah wahwahhh😭) And what does the teacher inevitably ALWAYS say? One doesn't HAVE to listen. But unlike elementary school where one may request to move one's seat, one doesn't even have to sit near Carol. One can ignore her, unsubscribe from her channel, actually get up and NOT access the phone or computer every 30 seconds and (here's a novel idea) one can choose to spend time NOT surfing & trolling the web and actually cultivate a new hobby, teaching a child or another person a new skill or sharing an interesting hobby (my walking sticks are almost ready to sell at the summer farmer's mkt. Oak and elm, uniquely inlaid w shells and smashed pennies from all over, sturdy, and fun (Amazon's got NOTHIN' on these😊) and this is my second yr.), maybe actually teaching a child to ride a bike, make a container garden, read a BOOK. We're working on screening in our patio together. Best hubs/wife project EVER. Downsizing and checking out a tiny festival coming up soon. Revamping the budget, cooking from the deep freezer, creating new concoctions. Besides this post, last time I accessed something was last night when we fell asleep on Star Trek reruns 😆 The drift is gotten, I'm sure. Don't know if the AI algorithm will even post this, but what have I got to lose? The points are: No one is being forced to watch/listen. Of all the online videos, it's refreshing to find one where I don't have to be bombarded with belligerent, idle vulgarity, scantily clad (if at all) shakers of their 'groove thangs' and front grills of teeth that give reflectix some serious competition 🤣 Thankful that your hands are neither jazz nor crotch dwelling. Thankful that you are humble enough to say when you don't know enough about something. Thankful that I'm able to access something (buckle up & get ready for it) that I CHOOSE to on my little non-fancy, no contract for 24 yrs, (as somebody wrinkled their nose and said) ugly phone. She said I NEED to get a specific phone. Funny, I don't remember it being a problem for ME. Just as tuning into your channel (or not) shouldn't be a problem for another, NOT tuning into it shouldn't be an issue. That's my two cents (I would have more, but I haven't turned in my cans for deposit yet🤣) P.S. Thank you for the other channel links, too. I'm on L.A.V.ALindys Awesome Van adventures and it's great to see someone I can relate to as well. I'm almost caught up.😊 ~Thank you and be well. 🚐☁️
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  4. Re: the Posi-vibes challenge: My daughter gifted me with an echo dot a while ago. It took me a full year to even want to set it up. I only use it for my alarm clock and I do use it because I like the ease of accessibility to info (traffic as I'm heading out, weather in a state we may be heading to a week ahead), listening to a specific artist while I'm doing housework, etc (although I do have a record player as well (there's nothing like Nat King Cole on the record player around the holidays. Love the popcorn crackle of the albums 🥰) I also am very well aware that it runs algorithms on things that you say and do even when you don't access it. So I'm very careful about what I access on it. Mainly it's the weather, and my favorite jazz stations. But when I first get it up in the morning, I ask it to tell me today's positive affirmation. And she tells me a 10-second affirmation. There are affirmations for morning, noon, and night. And there are generic affirmations for the day. And if you ask for one for the day, and then ask it again immediately after, the affirmation will be different. I have absolutely no problem with receiving three or four different positive affirmations. I, by no means, ignore what's going on in the world. I also set a timer for 3 minutes and I tell it to share what's in the news today. I tell you, after that 3-minute litany of 'news' I welcome the positive affirmations. I will continue doing this as part of my daily positive start. And I am not saying that nothing bad will ever happen, or that I expect everything to go all rainbows and butterflies throughout my day. I also read a chapter of Proverbs that coincides with the day. It takes about 2 minutes, if that. There are 31 chapters, so, say on the 24th day of the month, when I get up, I will read Proverbs chapter 24. I like to use different translations so we can give me a different perspective on different ways to implement and do things. But I don't need to internalize all the negativity that's already out there. Thanks for the challenge! Wishing all safe travels and even safer stays! 🚐☁️☁️
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  5. I tell you, the things we take for granted! Sending good vibes and wishes for the days to be able to wear shoes comes sooner than later! I am the 6th direct generation of bunions. We are born w them. I wore EE walkers at 12 months. My sons wore EEE Buster's Brown's when they walked. My daughter doesn't have them. I was teased incessantly, seems like from kindergarten on. "Claw toes, knobby knuckle numbs, ugfeet, etc." It also didn't help in grade school that every end of the year field trip was always to the beach 🙄 Later, my former MIL actually said she couldn't fathom why her son would want someone with such ugly feet. She said if she were me, she'd keep sneakers on all the time...gee...thanks for accepting me🤦‍♀️ She dubbed me "Sasquatch" when I would come in sandals for family gatherings. I wear anklets in the summer. This was deemed a horror in that I was drawing attention to my "Big foot-itis". But I wasn't in pain & chose not to have surgery. They don't bother me as long as I have the proper cut of shoes. And I can and do have nice shoes & cute functional sandals. I've trained my toes to sit next to each other instead of on top, and I began a regimen of coco butter, Vaseline & socks since 1st grade so there was never ash or dryness. I polished mine like everybody else. But I also learned I had perfect feet to go on pointe within my first year of ballet at 7, and earned the lead in three performances each year. My balance was exceptional on beam and landings for the 10 yrs I was in gymnastics. My feet may have been ugly to some, but they were mine, they were big & oddly shaped but they were mine. At 4'11" I've been in size 9 (10 in boots) since I got my first pair of heels at 15. I am grateful every day I can walk (even when 'Arthur' (short for arthritis) makes a visit) unassisted. There is a third grader who has progressive rheumatoid arthritis at my school. When it rains, she is in excruciating pain. She walks with the help of a rolling walker every day, but some days she has to use her wheelchair. She also has brittle bones. She's been in a foot brace for close to all year. I'm glad you're healing & found something constructive and enjoyable to watch. Sending you good vibes for a wonderful recovery!🎉 🚐☁️☁️
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