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A question for your upcoming Q&A: How do you come up with new topics for a video every week? Where do you find inspiration?

Does starting a RUclips channel, count as a mid life crisis? I'm 53. LoL 🗡️👍

It doesn’t seem like a mid life crisis to me-you weren’t happy, so you made a change. Very practical-you didn’t quit your job, you planned carefully. I associate mid life crises with more chaotic behavior. I knew a lady who abandoned her family & went to a Christian commune, for example. I had a relative abandon her kids & run off with a man she was having an affair with. I don’t 100% agree that women can’t have a crisis, but overall good video; thanks for sharing your story.

I've had the past week home without a car unexpectedly and I'm going out of my gourd with boredom. I'm even making youtube shorts of a jigsaw puzzle that no one is going to watch lol Your life will not get better during retirement, it will get boring. Start making lists of all the hobbies you ever were interested in. Start with the ones you did as a kid. Look at travel you want to do and do it now when you can afford it. Set up your social opportunities. And look at volunteer opportunities. I suggest animal shelters.

Plus women are the caregivers….so we can’t afford to have a midlife crisis. I am 71. Married for 46 years. Cared for my daughter who had cancer until she passed away, cared for my husband before he passed away recently and now I am caring for my 93 year old mother. I have always been too busy for a midlife crisis. You are so brave to make such a big move. I am proud of you and enjoy your videos.

I against my family advice moved from Boston to Glendale AZ. Drove out there in a truck with my cat and everything I owned to start a new life and will retire here. Bought a car and a home in 5 years. Best move I ever made. Yes we can do anything if we really want to even on a budget and a prayer;)

Thank you. You're inspiring me ❤

😅 That's me I don't know anything about this !!! I always think am too old for this But I open my account and super happy with 91 subscribers ☺️ 😊 🤗 ❤

Thank You Ma'am for Inspiration

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I too enjoy silence. I can drive 5 + hours in silence, just me and my thoughts…

Hi there! I’ve been seeing your Chanel grow, and I’m about to start my own Chanel, ANY ADVISE FOR ME, TIPS? Thank you

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Exactly. Being single does not mean you have all kind of money. We have to pay it all.

Hi there! I’ve been seeing your Chanel grow, and I’m about to start my own Chanel, ANY ADVISE FOR ME, TIPS? Thank you

Great advice

I came here from the Vidiq channel and must say it is an impressive achievement, and not only that, your story is inspirational. Hope your channel keeps growing, congratulations.

I find technology very difficult,I wish I could use it more……..need help 😮

I worked so hard I ended up on dialysis at 40. being relatively young and disabled is a real eye opener about your devoted relationships. You have to let the toxic people go and the sooner the better. I cannot emphasize enough how bad people will drag you down hard.

I have the kid who grew up next door and his best friend sharing a tiny house in farmland with me. I lived alone in a giant house after my divorce for two years and I am unequivocally happier sharing a tinier space with good people. I also kept all my books. I long to live in the Pacific Northwest but I think I am simply stuck with my 3%mortgage and modest government pension.

Hi, I’m 56 years old and I started my RUclips channel a week ago, I hope to monetize it 😢❤

Thanks a lot

I've just seen a video that it was normal in the past times to wake up at 3am, get up, do stuff and then go back to bed. I am starting to think it is true. I am in bed by 10-11pm and wide awake at 3am every night.

Love seeing your every video! I find them empowering, calming, guiding, informative and entertaining! Also I have a question. When is your birthday? I hope it's not too personal.

I m also very new

Great video. Love the realism ❤❤❤

Thank you! This is good advice for handling work bullies.

Hi Jen, I have a question. As I watch and listen to your videos I find myself trying to read the titles on your bookshelf. Admittedly a habit of mine. I’d love to hear what interested you in your readings what you’ve learned or loved about them. Weird question. I’m an introvert too and love books. LN. PS one recommendation.

Well, I did a move similar to you with no backup plan like you did and it ruined my life. Turned out to be the worst mistake I ever made and im still trapped unable to move away from this miserable place. 20 years later. You got lucky everything went right for you. I urge other Gen X women to use caution when making a move like that and if you dont have a back up plan dont move. Youll save yourself from the nightmare Ive experienced.

Hi Jen, love your channel! You are a big inspiration. I am wondering how many hours a week you work on the channel? I am planning on starting one and am still working FT. Wishing you continued success in the New Year!

oh I love a good mid life crisis story! I"ve had one too! It involved the phrase "I Quit!" Thanks for sharing Jen!

46 almost 57. My midlife crisis is adopted my 3 grandkids. Still in sweats car seats and sippy cups 27 years strong. Lol❤🎉 love the channel here!!!

Omg watching your channel is like looking in a mirror lol, apart from I live in the UK - I am 58 in February and I have had a very similar history and I'm doing a lot of the same things you are doing!! I got my pink toolkit and drill for Christmas two years ago 😂😂😂

Thank you for sharing ❤🤗

My movers from US west coast to the Deep South was similar with my stuff in big trailer with other people’s stuff - they put my beautiful furniture with dove tailed dresser with drawers on their sides!!!!!! …and now none of those drawers move smoothly!!!! And I had to go six weeks without my belongings that they were transporting. Luckily I had a small U-Haul with some basics behind my Jeep in which I transported my three dogs and indoor cat. Oh, and I had purchased my home long distance via video chat with my RE agent, in a state I had never visited, to follow my daughter, granddaughter & son in law. 8 months later my daughter (& grandbaby) left him and moved in with me…a year and a half later she moved across the states north of me. Luckily I love the South, and I have made friends here so I’m staying put. BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED❣️🥰🙏

Having a few years on you. The phrase I remember from my coming of age years was "You can have it all." I recently heard a phrase I like much better. "You do anything, but you can't do everything."

Great story. I don't understand the whole 'having it all' idea. Life is full of compromises every day, miniscule or big. If you are connected to people in any way, these relationships will necessitate compromising yourself to some extent, the problem is when it becomes too much. I moved country 20+ years ago, and it has been full of pros and cons and will continue to be because it's hard to leave 'place' behind.

The Myers Briggs personality test is flawed. I recommend the Big Five personality test

Im also curious of your first video uploaded so i dived in and landed here in your first uploaded video..i am also running my channel but i dont know how to start..so im watching some videos the first time it uploaded.

Thank you for this story- as I contemplate what life in America will look like this coming year I have decided to to ask myself 2 questions. What is working for me? What isn’t working for me? I can only control that much of my life. I love gardening, knitting, healthy cooking. I plan to focus on this and not read as much news - I need to be in charge of keeping myself happy, kind and learning new things. It’s nice to know there are like minded people who have figured out how to make a life when situations try to take it away.

I do have a question for your next video. Do you have any New Years Resolutions? If not why not?

Wonderful tips! I’m a voracious reader and audiobook listener. Coloring while listening to a great book is a regular habit. Going to bed with fresh sheets and pjs is delicious for me. My husband and I do a bit of traveling. Finally got out of the U.S. last year to London. Next May I’ve talked him into visiting Australia and meeting a friend I met via Twitter. Tickets purchased! 🎉The anticipatory pleasure of planning a trip, bookmarking websites, and making all the lists is my happy place. 😊

Jen, I am in awe of your courage. I am in my mid-fifties and never married. I have a couple of friends but no one I can just call to hang out with or go on a vacation with. But I would love to make new friends, find hobbies, and start traveling. I dread having to take a few days off in a row because I get bored now. Can you talk about how someone can start working on setting themselves up to meet new people and create hobbies so that you look forward to retirement not dread it? Is your live going to be recorded in case we can't watch it live?

well done. congrats on finding success in 10 weeks. I been working at YT for over 5 years and going no where still, lol, thanks on the information