Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that
next week I'm going to be doing a live Q&A right here on my YouTube channel. We're going to do it
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Anyway, I hope you all have
a good day. Gracie, can you say bye-bye? Bye. Nothing ever looks that steep on camera, but it
is. Good morning, everyone. I just wanted to walk you through my personal process of dealing with
stress and anxiety. I feel a little bit like a dweeb because I'm doing a selfie video while
hiking, but this is where I'm at right now. And I'm wearing yesterday's makeup, got a pack on
my back.
I'm training for a big hike in two weeks and um dealing with a lot of stress with
my work. So I bet some of you guys can understand that idea. Dealing with enough
stress that it bothers me throughout the day makes my stomach hurt a little bit, interferes
with my sleep. So what's my game plan? Well, game plan number one, honestly admit
it. Say to the stress like "Okay, this is stress; this is anxiety." And then
number two is just like acceptance, right? Like okay, if I want to do good in the world, if I wanna make YouTube videos that help people
and if I get big enough there's gonna be problems, there's gonna be people who come after me or mean
comments or just the stress of trying to run a small business when I've never run a business
before and not doing that perfectly, right? So my first step is like okay, stress is part of
the game.
Then my second step is like okay, what else can I do to decrease my stress, right?
What else can I do to change how I'm feeling? First step for me is well, I love exercise.
It helps process all those stress chemicals, helps me feel better, helps me relax. So here I
am. I'm out hiking the Y. It's uh only a mile, but it's a thousand feet of elevation gain.
Okay, it's a little more than a mile. And uh it's my morning workout. Next thing I'm gonna
do, I'm going to look at what can I cut out. What am I doing that is too much? What do I need
to let go of? So I'm making a better to-do list and I'm reminding myself it's impossible to do
everything, it's impossible to fix everything, it's impossible to control everything. So instead
I'm just gonna choose what I'm gonna act on this week and what I'm gonna let go of. And then
the next step is just facing it head on. I seriously feel so nerdy talking
to the camera while I'm hiking.
So facing it head-on. So I'm facing some issues,
like it's an area where I'm I'm not an expert in at all – legal issues. I'm legally in the
right; my lawyers tell me so. But still every time I think about legal issues and contracts
and stuff my stomach drops a little bit. So how do I face this head on? This anxiety, bring
it on. Let's do this. As soon as I get done with my hike, I'm gonna go sit down and write it
all down, right? Never worry inside your head. Write it down. Put it on paper. And then
you can choose, I can choose to take action. Now right now I'm feeling pretty
composed about this. The last week – no, it's two weeks ago – I woke up at like six in
the morning just like freaking out about this. Like just I never wanted to be famous – I'm not
famous, but I do have a certain amount of exposure when a million people watch you every month.
I'm
like an introvert, right? Like my career calling was to sit in a room with one
person and talk about your feelings. I never thought I'd be on YouTube, so that's a lot
of pressure. And the other day, two weeks ago, I was having like an anxiety attack about it really
early in the morning. So I tried to calm down, I tried to do some breathing, I tried to
talk myself through it, and I was still like just feeling really upset. I was crying – I cry
like all the time, so that's like normal for me. Not all the time; I easily let myself cry. Not
a big deal for me. But two weeks ago this was a bigger issue. So I'm trying to make all this
anxiety go away, and it's making it worse. And so instead I say "Anxiety, bring
it on.
I can handle you; let's do it. Do your worst." And I tried to feel
as anxious as I possibly could. And honestly, that like released, it like it
dropped the whole struggle with it. Then I called a friend at like seven in the morning. I'm like
"Hi, can I cry to you?" And she was like "Sure." And then I cried to her. And then I felt better.
And I was like "Okay, I know what I need to do. I need to choose my value direction, which
is continuing to do good in the world, continuing to make content, continuing to try to
help people even if it does expose me to some risk or some haters or to, you know, the stresses
of just trying to run a business or whatever. So then I just move forward, like I'm gonna do
today.
Anyway, I hope this video is helpful for some of you out there. This is my actual process.
I am human. My husband will tell you I experience stress and anxiety all the time. And he's like
"Emma, um do you know uh an expert on anxiety or stress?" And I'm like "Shut up" because – I
mean, I'm not mean about – I'm joking with him; he knows everything. But he's like I'm like
yes, even though I know all the things, I still feel a lot of the feels. But I just
choose how I'm going to move forward with them. Oh yeah, one last thought: I'm gonna make
a YouTube video about it, right? I'm gonna take my fear, my stress, my anxiety, I'm gonna
channel it into doing some good. Anxiety isn't always a bad thing, right? It motivates us to
action, can motivate us to feel more deeply with other people and to reach out and help them
too.
So yeah. There's the top of the way up there. Well guys, I made it. I'm up at the top of the
Y. Just wanted to say thank you all for watching and a big thanks to all my patrons who are helping
support my channel. I'm hoping to be able to hire a video editor soon so that we could potentially
make a little bit more content or a little bit faster. So I appreciate all the patrons
who are supporting my channel. And um yeah, look how pretty it is up here. Pretty cool, huh?
Like a two-year-old beat me up here, so that's showing how impressive I am. But yes, sweet. Okay,
have a great day everyone. Oh, by the way, I'm feeling pretty good. Like I don't feel so stressed
out anymore. So thank you all for listening to me..
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