I’ve encountered several people lately who have encouraged me to get back into Vlogging, because they enjoy seeing a slice of of life that’s different than their own. I often think my life is fairly unremarkable, but I’ve heard otherwise from people I’ve shown some videos to, so for them, I’ve been more diligent about recording with increasing frequency. I’ve been intentional about simplifying the process by shooting mostly with my iPhone and doing as little editing as possible, that way I’ll actually make the things frequently, rather than giving myself so much video editing work that I’ll never get it done. I’ve discovered about myself that I want to spend as little time in post as possible. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it - it’s just that if it’s more than a very minimal amount of work, I will never do it. So, the only way for things to get done is to simplify them down to the level that it will actually happen - and it needs to happen immediately after I made the video. In the case of this one, I made it and uploaded it from my phone before I even got up from where I shot it.
And what is this one about? It’s about how excited I was to be home after 2 weeks of traveling to the west coast. Traveling is wonderful, but one of the best things about it is how much you appreciate home when you get back to it. Stay in the same place for too long, and you’ll probably start to think it boring and regular. But leave for a while and return, and everything seems new once again. Highly recommended practice.