GRWM Q&A!! IM MOVING!
Summary
TLDRIn this personal vlog, the creator shares her journey of moving across the country, reflecting on the emotional aspects of leaving her old home and the excitement of starting anew in California. She discusses the reasons behind the move, the process of finding a new house, and how she and her husband are handling the transition. The video is a heartfelt Q&A session where she addresses fans' questions about her family, pets, and the future of her current home, all while candidly sharing her feelings and the realities of the move.
Takeaways
- π The video creator is moving across the country and is currently in the process of packing and preparing for the move.
- π§οΈ The filming location is in the creator's soon-to-be former film room, which is currently in a state of disarray due to packing.
- πΉ The creator discusses their love for Poppy, a brand that helped them overcome their alcohol habit by enjoying mocktails.
- π The move is a significant life change, as the creator has been wanting to leave their current house for years and start fresh.
- π‘ The decision to move to California came after a spontaneous conversation and a quick house finding process through a friend's realtor.
- π« The creator is not moving to Los Angeles but will be living about an hour outside of it, avoiding the lifestyle they dislike associated with LA.
- π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ The creator's family is not moving with them to California, but they are supportive and will visit frequently.
- πΆπ± The creator's pets, including their dogs and cat, will be moving with them and have been prepared for the journey with vet checks and medications.
- π The creator's current house will be sold, not rented, as they feel the need to fully close that chapter of their life.
- πΏ The creator is excited about the new experiences in California, such as planting their own vegetables and potentially having a chicken coop.
- π The creator and their partner, Jordan, are doing much of the moving themselves, which is a change from past experiences with more assistance.
Q & A
Why is the YouTuber moving across the country?
-The YouTuber has been wanting to move out of her current house for years, and after getting married, she and her husband decided to move together. They have explored many houses in the Tampa area but eventually decided to move to California after opening their minds to the possibility.
How did the YouTuber find her new house in California?
-The YouTuber became friends with the Lers, who introduced them to a realtor. The realtor showed them a house that was still under construction and off the market. They loved it and put in an offer, which was accepted quickly.
What is the YouTuber's stance on Los Angeles?
-The YouTuber is not moving to Los Angeles but is relocating about an hour outside of LA. She has always been vocal about not liking LA due to fears of getting caught up in the lifestyle there, but she loves the state of California for its natural beauty.
How did the YouTuber's family react to the news of her move?
-Her mother was initially emotional but supportive, while her brother, his wife, and her nieces were understanding and already have tickets booked to visit. The YouTuber's family is not moving with her, but they are supportive of her decision.
What is the YouTuber's plan for her pets during the move?
-The YouTuber is flying with her pets, ensuring they are in crates and with her at all times during the flight. They have visited the vet, are up-to-date on their shots and vaccinations, and have been given medication to help with the stress of the move.
What will the YouTuber do with her current house after moving?
-The YouTuber plans to sell her current house after moving her belongings to California. She initially considered keeping it as a second house but decided to close that chapter of her life and move on completely.
What is the YouTuber's new house like in terms of style and features?
-The new house is more modern with super light wood and beige tones, featuring very tall ceilings and an open concept. It has a view of the mountains and is in a different style to her current house.
How is the YouTuber feeling about the move?
-The YouTuber is excited and sees the move as a new adventure with her husband. She acknowledges it will be hard to leave her family in Tampa but is looking forward to the change of scenery and the opportunities that living in California presents.
What are some of the YouTuber's plans or aspirations for her new life in California?
-The YouTuber is looking forward to exploring different cuisines, planting various plants, and potentially having a chicken coup and roses in her new home. She is also excited about the prospect of improving her quality of life and taking this step with her husband and pets.
How has the YouTuber's approach to moving changed compared to her past experiences?
-In the past, the YouTuber had a lot of help with moving, but this time, she and her husband are doing most of the work themselves. She enjoys being busy and finds happiness in doing things on her own, which is a change from her previous experiences with moving.
What does the YouTuber value most in her life currently?
-The YouTuber values her relationships, particularly with her husband, dogs, and cat. She is content with the idea of living a simple life with them, regardless of material possessions or location.
Outlines
π Moving Across the Country
The creator discusses their upcoming move across the country, expressing their exhaustion and excitement. They plan to answer questions from their audience while getting ready, providing a glimpse into their current environment. The creator shares their feelings about moving, the reasons behind the decision, and the emotional significance of leaving their old house. They also mention their new home, their love for their job, and their gratitude for their audience's support.
π New Beginnings in California
The creator opens up about their journey to finding a new home in California, which happened quickly after considering the move. They share how they became friends with the sellers and how the house found them rather than the other way around. The creator clarifies that they are not moving to Los Angeles but to an area close by, explaining their dislike for LA's lifestyle and their desire to maintain their family values. They also discuss their family's reaction to the move and the support they received, emphasizing the importance of their family in their decision-making process.
π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ Family and Moving Forward
The creator talks about the impact of the move on their family, especially their role as an aunt. They express their excitement to be a mother in the future and the need to focus on their personal growth. The creator discusses the practicalities of moving their pets and the changes they will experience in their new home. They also share their plans for their current house, deciding to sell it after moving out their belongings and settling into their new place.
πΏ Embracing Change and New Adventures
The creator reflects on the changes they are making, including their new home's style, which is different from their previous one. They discuss the compromises they are making with their partner and their excitement about creating a new space together. The creator also talks about their decision to sell their current house and the emotional significance of letting go. They express their gratitude for their audience's support and their readiness to embark on this new chapter of their life in California.
π Gratitude and Excitement for the Future
In the final paragraph, the creator expresses their deep gratitude for their online community and the support they've received throughout their journey. They share their excitement for the new experiences that living in California promises, from diverse cuisines to the possibility of having their own garden. The creator acknowledges the uncertainty of the move but embraces the adventure, stating they are prepared to return to Tampa if they find California unsuitable. They end on a positive note, looking forward to sharing their new life in California with their audience.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Cross-country move
π‘Q&A
π‘California
π‘Home
π‘Family
π‘Career
π‘Restoration Hardware
π‘Pets
π‘Home decor
π‘Emotional support
π‘New beginnings
Highlights
The video is a candid Q&A session while the creator gets ready, discussing their move across the country.
The creator is moving to California in just over a week, answering questions about the big move.
The decision to move was influenced by the creator's desire to leave their old house and start fresh after a difficult period in their life.
The creator's love for the brand Poppy is highlighted, which has helped them overcome their alcohol habit through mocktails.
The house in California was found through a friend's realtor and was a perfect match just 4 days after considering the move.
The creator is not moving to LA specifically, but to an area about an hour outside of LA.
The creator's family is supportive of the move, even though they are not moving with them.
The creator's new house will be a different style from their current home, more modern and light.
The creator is excited about the potential to grow their own plants and have a more exciting quality of life in California.
The creator plans to sell their current house after moving their belongings to California, embracing a new chapter in their life.
The creator is doing most of the moving preparations themselves, a change from past experiences with more assistance.
The creator's pets, including a cat they initially disliked, are being moved with special care to ensure their comfort.
The creator is embracing the change and is prepared to move back to Tampa if they do not enjoy living in California.
The creator expresses gratitude for the support of their online community and looks forward to sharing their new journey in California.
The creator is excited about the diverse food options and the potential to grow their own vegetables in California.
The creator is donating most of their furniture and belongings, taking only a few personal items to their new home.
The creator reflects on their journey on YouTube and the support they've received, expressing gratitude for their subscribers.
Transcripts
welcome back to my channel you guys
today's video is very different in the
sense that it's I don't oh God you guys
listen we're just going to keep this
video very real I am so tired we are
moving across the country just a little
over a week away I know you guys have a
ton of questions so I'm going to answer
your questions while doing a get ready
with me this is what we're working with
right now I'm sitting in front of a
window in my film room okay my film room
is like no longer my film room it looks
like this actually looks very pretty
over here it is like a disaster but I'm
sitting in front of the window and it is
about to pour rain like it's so gloomy
and cloudy and I'm like okay gr our
neighbors just started mowing their lawn
and so you might hear the lawn mower but
it is what it is this is life all aboard
the hot mess Express let's get into it
orange poppy I'm so obsessed hold
on that sound goes so hard the orange
and the watermelon I feel like there's
the two most slept on flavors by poppy
so freaking good and
refreshing oh nothing makes me happier
than when I find a brand that I fall in
love with especially one like poppy that
legitimately helped me get over the act
of drinking alcohol cuz I started making
mocktails and enjoying them so much and
then becoming a partner with them like
it's the best it's amazing and I
freaking love my job and I'm just
grateful and blessed to be here let's
get ready together I can't believe how
casual this video is I hope you guys
appreciate it because this is just my
life right now every produ that I use
will be listed in the description box
below since I am doing a Q&A as I get
ready I probably won't be able to talk
about every single product I'm applying
it so if you're interested what I
actually use my face description box the
first and most asked question is why
California I cannot believe I'm
moving and I can't believe I'm talking
about this out loud it's actually so
crazy the fact that now it's like been
put out there into the world it's been
such a long time coming and like such a
behind thes scenes situation it's giving
Kevin Mall Sarah I'm
like okay so I just want to start off by
saying that I have wanted to move out of
this house for years like my Hope was to
be out of this place before Jordan and I
got married because of the fact that I
bought this house before I ever met
Jordan even though he moved in and he
pays bills you know what I'm saying it
doesn't matter it still felt like mine
and I hated that so my goal was for him
and I to find a place before we got
married which is crazy because now we
are moving the same month as our oneyear
wedding anniversary which is actually
pretty crazy also I am filming
everything for Jaclyn's Journey so you
guys are going to see a lot more of this
process much more in depth and also
probably a much more raw vulnerable side
of me talking about moving and leaving
this house that I'm going to give you in
this video because I feel like they're
two separate type Style videos like
Jaclyn's Journey I'm just very very raw
and get ready with me I'm just a little
bit more yeah right I was going to say
composed as if I've wanted to leave this
house for years but ever since I stopped
drinking it's been like a whole
different level I'm like get me out of
this house the house itself is so
amazing this house is so beautiful the
location of it is amazing like it's
literally a 10 out of 10 it's an amazing
house in an amazing location I have gone
through the darkest days of my life in
this house and I've lived here for 7
years and like five of those years were
just so horrible that for me I'm like I
got to get out of here like it's part of
my story it's part of like my book if
you will it's like the next chapter
requires me to get out of this house the
past couple of years we have
consistently gone and looked at houses
in the Tampa area we've probably toured
20 30 houses in like the last I would
say 2 or 3 years that we always have our
eyes open for something that could like
open up and fall into our laps right
after I stopped drinking and I got
really clear-minded I was like I've got
to get out of this house it got to the
point where I was like listen Jordan I
don't care what that means I don't care
if we move to a less desirable area less
hot spot location and a smaller house
like I really don't care I just want to
get out of here like I don't need like
the big house we started exploring all
of our options because I was like I just
want to get out of this house and Jordan
was totally fully 100% on board one
night him and I were having a
conversation and I'm just feeling so
frustrated cuz I'm like nothing is
showing up like nothing is happening he
said to me what about California just
being like a total that I guess I
am was very dismissive and I was just
like yeah no I would never I used to
literally Say Never Say Never but I
would never live in California we have
so many friends out there you guys
that's where all the events are for both
of our careers now at this point we get
invited to events all the time that we
can't go to because a lot of these
events literally send the invite 48
hours or like 72 hours before the event
and I'm like um we have stuff to do it's
a 5H hour flight so with our friends
being out there the environment is just
so beautiful it's where our careers are
Jordan's like let's just think about it
we don't have kids yet there's nothing
that's tying us down here except for our
families who are all healthy able to
travel like let's just explore this
option and I was like okay we'll see
what happens if it's meant to be it's
meant to be we literally found our house
4 days later the second that we even
opened up our minds to the possibility
of going out there it literally fell
into our lap so this leads me to the
next question a ton of you guys are
asking how did we find the house it was
like out of a book like you just can't
even make this up basically long
story short we became friends with the
lers a couple of years ago we met them
at our friend well one of my best
friends Mike and PK's wedding okay we
met Taylor and Taylor lner at that
wedding and we became friends with them
they're the sweetest couple we told them
like Hey we're opening up to the
possibility of moving out to California
and he was like oh my gosh one of my
greatest friends is a realtor okay
period 2 Days Later the lers and a
couple of my friends met up with their
realtor and walked this house that was
still in the process of being built that
was off the market and they facetimed us
and we loved it so much that we put in
an offer it happened so quickly I called
my girlfriend and I said listen you're
meeting up with Taylor and Taylor lner I
need you to go tour this house for me I
need you to FaceTime me and she was like
I'll be there she's like this
house is incredible you would be an
idiot not to move here like it is 10 out
of 10 it fell into our laps it was a
brand new build hadn't even been on the
market no one else has even walked
through it yet like how is that even
possible in our price range in the area
that we were looking to move I didn't
even tell my mom because that's how
nonserious I was about this move I was
just like you know what if it's meant to
be it's meant to be Jordan and I said a
little prayer and we're like make it so
obvious that this is supposed to be our
next step that we're just for to do it
and literally the same week sorry my
makeup by Mario bronzer like broke it
will no longer roll up like they're
always a little tricky but like it's
completely broke it won't roll up
anymore it's been like that for like a
week so I'm just using it like this and
whatever technically this is not even my
shade but we're not going to focus on
that because we're talking about the
house right now another question
everyone wants to know is are we moving
to La no we are not moving to LA but
we're going to be close to La we're
about an hour outside of La I have
talked about how much I cannot stand La
basically my entire career and I still
stick by that you guys and I'm not
trying to be a hater I love California
California is I think personally the
most beautiful state that we have here
in the US like it is the weather the
mountains the valley the desert it is so
freaking gorgeous but I don't like LA
because more than anything you guys I've
always had a fear of getting caught up
in that lifestyle and like losing myself
to that because my morals are so
important to me I pride myself on being
very very family oriented and who I am
as a daughter and as a sister and as an
aunt it's my most important identifier
more than my career could ever be I
would live under a bridge in order to be
a good family member more so than being
like a celebrity but it's just gotten to
the point you guys where like I'm just
going to keep it real marrying Jordan
going to therapy and stopping drinking
just genuinely change in my life and for
the first time I actually feel like I'm
ready to take risks I'm ready to go on
adventure and I know I'm not going to
lose myself like I now at 33 years old
feel so grounded in who I am that I'm no
longer afraid of that it's getting deep
up in here guys I like it okay next
question and one of the biggest
questions that I got and I knew I was
going to get is about my family is my
family moving out there with me is my
family sad what am I going to do about
my family because you guys all know how
family oriented I am also side note I've
changed my blush placement that's hard
to say blush placement recently and I am
obsessed you know how everyone's like
bringing it up in this area I sto doing
that I'm focusing it more so on the
apples of the cheeks area and then
whatever is left over I like slightly go
up in here and blend it out with the
bronzer trust the process I'm obsessed I
just think it's so pretty and I'm like
why did I start bringing it up here so
everyone wants to know how they took the
news and all that so everything happened
so quickly that we did not even tell our
families that we were looking into
California and then we just poof found
this house and we're like holy this
is happening I've never been more
nervous in my entire life to tell my
brother we were repainting our bathroom
because we just couldn't find a house
and I was like going crazy here so my
mom was helping helping me repaint my
bathroom and I told my mom I was like
listen mom I think we're going to move
to California and I told her and she
cried she got all choked up and she's
like you know what sweetheart I support
you you're such a good man you have a
partner and I know that you know what's
best for you guys and your future family
I'll come out and see you guys all the
time like her instant reaction was just
so supportive and she just had so much
trust in me and Jordan and like our
decision for ourselves and our future
family the approval of my mom like I
can't even put into words how what that
to me my mom was fine I was like okay
check that box my brother I was like I'm
going to die like I invited my family my
brother his wife and his two kids tly
and Jada you guys know who they are
we've all grown up with them I was so
freaking nervous I could not sleep for
like three nights like I was in my own
personal hell because I was like this is
going to be the worst moment of my life
Talia and Jada they both cried my
brother and his wife they both knew it
was coming they were like yeah we've
seen this coming for a while they were
very understanding and that was that my
family is not moving out there with me
but Talia Jada and my sister-in-law they
already have their tickets booked they
come out there the same week as we move
which is like two less than two weeks
from now to come spend a few days with
us although I don't have kids of my own
my most important job that I've ever had
is being an aunt I cannot wait to be a
mother but in the meantime I have taken
my job as an aunt so seriously I've
always wanted to create such a safe
place even though I know that they have
such great parents like I never was
close with any of my aunts growing up
and I've always just been envious of
people who are I think it's such an
amazing relationship and bond like some
things you're not comfortable telling
your parents so being able to go to your
aunt and have like that trust that
conversation and then if something
really terrible is going on in their
life of course I can go to my brother my
sister and talk to them about it like
that's just always been a job that I
take very serious but here's the reality
of the situation you guys my nieces and
my nephew they're all growing up like
Talia is about to be 18 I'm going to
throw up all over the place on her 18th
birthday I'm not going to be well don't
even bother trying to check in on me the
girls are 15 16 17 and they're all just
growing up and it's at the point where
it's like they don't need me you know
what I'm saying and it's like they've
got their own lives they're doing their
own thing it's the way it's supposed to
be like now we hang out and we have fun
they're at the point where they can all
travel alone like they're all
comfortable getting on a plane they're
all comfortable traveling like at this
point they're like expert Travelers they
can come out and see me I'm going to
come out and see them like my entire
family is still here Jordan's entire
family is still here so it's like we're
going to be back and forth like crazy I
don't need to be here for them anymore
you know this time of my life is about
me I want to become a mother I need to
take care of myself because pretty soon
if I'm lucky enough if I'm blessed
enough to be able to conceive and have a
healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby
like pretty soon my life is going to be
consumed by a child and I'm going to be
the kind of mom who's going to fully
wrap myself up into the life of my
children this era of my life is about me
like this is my time it's my time to be
a wife it's my time to figure out where
I want to live what I want to do what's
the next step do I want to open up
another business do I want to do a
fragrance line do I want to do makeup
again do I want to redo my lipsticks
like I just need to figure out what I
want and I'm so blessed to have a
partner where I'm able to do that with
him and also because of him it's very
bittersweet because leaving my family
here in Tampa is going to be hard but at
the same time everybody supports it and
everybody knows that this is a really
good thing okay I threw my brows on and
I'm doing a little bit of baking down
here next question people want to know
if this house is going to be the same
style as our current house and the
answer is no it's actually really fun
and this is one of the reasons why I
wanted to move out of this house before
I got married to Jordan I wanted to like
find and create like our style as a
couple so I'm going to put some random
photos that I have saved right here of
just like inspiration photos for our new
house but this new house in general is a
completely different style it's much
more modern it's got like super light
wood it's very beige and I've never been
a fan of that home decor whatsoever but
Jordan has always loved it since we
started dating he's always loved that
and so this is about compromise right
like Jordan makes good money too he's
paying half the mortgage so we're going
to decorate this together and we're
going to compromise so we're having fun
really just kind of like creating and
finding out like what our style is right
now we're working with Restoration
Hardware because we both love
Restoration Hardware and I just cannot