Vlog#41: No More Gaming Videos

Summary

In this heartfelt vlog, the speaker shares that they will undergo eye surgery tomorrow and explains their feelings about the process. They reveal that due to exhaustion and loss of interest, they are retiring from making gaming videos but will continue occasional vlogs. They plan to focus on personal projects, like quilting and reading, and may still share some content related to books and daily life. The speaker emphasizes their need for rest post-surgery but assures their audience they will stay connected through future vlogs.

Takeaways

• 👁️ The speaker is undergoing eye surgery on their right eye tomorrow and will need to leave at 6:00 AM for it.
• 🕒 The surgery is scheduled for 8:00 AM, but the speaker is unsure about what will happen between 6:30 AM and the time of the surgery.
• 💉 The surgery will be done under local anesthesia, so the speaker will be awake but comfortable during the procedure.
• 🎮 The speaker has decided to stop recording gaming videos as they no longer enjoy it and feel tired and bored of the process.
• 📹 They will continue making occasional vlogs, but not daily, about various topics like their surgery, gifts, or anything they find interesting.
• 📚 The speaker loves to read and might talk about books they are reading or even read stories they've written in future vlogs.
• 🛌 After surgery, they will need to lie flat on their back for a few days and only get up briefly for specific tasks like eating and bathroom breaks.
• 💧 The speaker will need to use several different eye drops after the surgery and is concerned about remembering to use them on time.
• 🧵 The speaker plans to start making a quilt they designed a while ago, sharing progress updates through vlogs.
• 👋 The speaker is saying goodbye to gaming videos, but they will still connect with their audience through vlogs and occasional readings.

Q & A

What type of surgery is the speaker preparing for?

The speaker is preparing for eye surgery on their right eye, scheduled for the following day.

What time does the speaker need to arrive for the surgery?

The speaker needs to leave at 6:00 AM to arrive at the surgery center by 6:30 AM.

How does the speaker describe the anesthesia they will receive during surgery?

The speaker mentions they will be under local anesthesia, meaning they will not be fully asleep but will be relaxed and able to respond during the surgery.

Why is the speaker deciding to stop making gaming videos?

The speaker feels tired, bored, and no longer enjoys making gaming videos, noting that it has become a chore rather than fun.

Will the speaker stop uploading content altogether?

No, the speaker plans to continue making vlogs about various topics, like sharing life updates, showing things they find interesting, and reading books.

What will the speaker focus on after stopping the gaming videos?

The speaker plans to start making a quilt they designed a long time ago and will show the progress in their vlogs.

What concern does the speaker have about their post-surgery care?

The speaker is concerned about remembering to take the eye drops as prescribed, as they have a long schedule for using four different drops over a month.

What type of videos might the speaker continue to make occasionally?

The speaker might occasionally make videos reading books from the game 'Skyrim' or reading chapters from a book they write.

How does the speaker feel about comments from their viewers?

The speaker appreciates meaningful comments from regular viewers but doesn’t engage with comments that simply say 'Hi' or 'I love you,' as they find those comments unproductive.

What restrictions will the speaker have after the eye surgery?

The speaker will need to lay flat on their back most of the time, only getting up for five minutes each hour, or to use the bathroom and eat.

Outlines

00:00

👁️ Eye Surgery and Personal Update

The speaker informs their grandchildren about an upcoming eye surgery on their right eye, scheduled for the next day. They explain the procedure, which will involve local anesthesia. The speaker is apprehensive but expects the surgery to be short. They also mention how tiring it has been to keep up with their usual routine, particularly recording gameplay videos, and announces their decision to stop creating and uploading game videos due to exhaustion and lack of motivation.

05:01

🧵 New Hobbies and Post-Surgery Plans

The speaker discusses their post-surgery plans, which include starting a long-awaited quilting project they designed. They also plan to vlog occasionally about various topics, such as receiving gifts, spotting beautiful flowers, or sharing book reviews. The speaker emphasizes they will no longer produce gaming videos but will share updates on their quilt and possibly read new stories chapter by chapter, as they’ve done in the past.

10:02

💬 Interactions with Viewers and Adjusting to Change

The speaker reflects on their interactions with viewers, noting they only respond to meaningful comments from regular, thoughtful viewers. They also describe the recovery process after their eye surgery, which will involve lying flat most of the time, with brief breaks to stretch or use the bathroom. Despite the changes, the speaker reassures their audience that they will continue to post vlogs and update them on their recovery, albeit without gaming content.

Keywords

💡Eye Surgery

The video discusses an upcoming eye surgery the speaker is undergoing. The surgery is described as being minor, involving local anesthetic and requiring postoperative care. The speaker expresses some uncertainty about the exact procedure but provides details about the preparation and recovery, such as needing to wake up early and follow a schedule of eye drops for several weeks.

💡Local Anesthetic

The surgery will be performed under local anesthetic, meaning the speaker will remain awake but comfortable. This allows them to communicate with the medical team during the procedure and provide feedback if they feel discomfort, which they mention as a benefit of this type of anesthesia.

💡Tiredness

The speaker repeatedly mentions feeling tired, both physically and mentally. This tiredness is not only a reflection of their age but also a reason for their decision to stop making game videos. They describe how this fatigue affects their motivation and desire to create content, signaling a larger theme of aging and reduced energy.

💡Quilting

Quilting represents a new creative endeavor the speaker plans to pursue in place of making game videos. They mention having designed quilt squares and express enthusiasm about beginning this long-anticipated project. Quilting symbolizes a shift towards more traditional, hands-on activities as part of their life change.

💡Gaming Videos

A significant focus of the video is the speaker's decision to stop recording and uploading gaming videos. They explain that while gaming and making videos were once fun, the activity has become tiresome and more of an obligation than a source of joy. This marks a turning point for their YouTube channel, signaling a major content shift.

💡Vlogs

Although the speaker is retiring from gaming videos, they mention continuing to create vlogs on occasion. These vlogs will cover a variety of topics such as updates on their life, their hobbies like quilting, and reviews of books they are reading. The speaker sets clear expectations that vlogs will not be frequent but will be more personal and varied.

💡Book Reading

The speaker mentions a love for reading and expresses a desire to share this hobby with their audience through vlogs. They refer to potentially reviewing books they enjoy or reading chapters aloud from stories they've written, as they have done in the past. Reading becomes a significant part of the speaker's new creative focus.

💡Post-Surgery Care

Post-surgery care, particularly for the eye surgery, involves a strict regimen of applying multiple types of eye drops and resting for an extended period. The speaker notes the challenge of remembering the schedule for eye drops and mentions concerns about adhering to it. They also highlight needing to lie flat for several days to facilitate healing.

💡Aging

Aging is a recurring theme in the video, influencing the speaker's decisions and emotions. They openly discuss feeling old, tired, and less motivated to continue certain activities. Aging is not only physical, as seen in their eye surgery and fatigue, but also emotional, shaping their desire for a slower, more restful lifestyle.

💡Content Shift

The video marks a significant shift in the speaker's content from gaming videos to more personal, varied vlogs. This content shift is driven by the speaker's changing interests, fatigue, and a desire to focus on activities like quilting and reading. The transition represents a broader life change, where creativity is no longer tied to a screen but instead to personal fulfillment.

Highlights

Announcement of upcoming eye surgery, which will take place tomorrow.

The surgery will be on the right eye and involves a local anesthetic, meaning the speaker will be awake and responsive during the procedure.

Preparation for the surgery begins early, with the speaker needing to leave at 6:00 AM.

The surgery itself is scheduled for 8:00 AM, and the speaker is unsure what will happen in the hour and a half before the procedure.

The speaker reflects on past experiences with local anesthetics, mentioning that it was manageable and comfortable.

A major announcement: the speaker has decided to stop making gaming videos permanently.

The speaker describes feeling increasingly tired and disinterested in continuing to create gaming content.

Although gaming videos will stop, vlogs will continue, though not on a daily basis.

After surgery, the speaker will need to apply several types of eye drops regularly for four weeks.

The speaker plans to ask the doctor for clarification on what to do if a dose of eye drops is missed.

New activities after stopping gaming videos will include working on a long-desired quilt project.

The speaker mentions their love of reading and plans to share insights about the books they read in future vlogs.

The speaker might continue reading in-game books from Skyrim on occasion.

The speaker notes that they may continue writing stories and share those chapter by chapter in future videos.

Following the surgery, the speaker will be on bed rest for a couple of days, only able to get up briefly to move around or eat.

Transcripts

good morning

grandkids forgot my

mic

okay I wanted to let you know that

tomorrow is going to be the some kind of

eye surgery they're doing on my right

eye

and

um it'll be done like well I have to

leave to go there at 6:00 in the morning

this is tomorrow

Monday and

uh I don't know what I don't know what

they're going to be doing exactly

between the time we get there about 6:30

and uh the time of the surgery at 8

that's an hour and a half and I don't

know what they'll

do

um actually I don't think the surgery is

going to be all that long I've had

something done to my eyes before under a

local anesthetic like this is going to

be it's uh so that I'm not really put to

sleep I'm

just made comfortable and relaxed and

I'm still able to respond to any

questions they asked during the surgery

and I'll be able to let them know if

anything starts hurting so they can give

me a little bit more an

athetic

um the other thing that I want to

say is it

it it doesn't make me too happy but it's

something

that I feel now that I have to

do uh I don't think you're going to like

it either but I can't help it I'm old

and I'm

tired and

I don't feel like doing much

anymore so anyway what that's leading up

to I'm not going to be

recording game plays

anymore in the past I have stopped for a

few days or maybe even a week or

two and then I come back and I start

playing again maybe every two or three

days and pretty soon I've got it right

back up to every day

and it seems like I spend most of my

time sitting in here at this

computer and

lately probably for the last

month I walk in here and look at my

computer and think

I've got to make a video

today and then I just shake my head at

myself and

say I don't want to I have no desire to

and I turn around and walk back out so

that leaves a few days in between each

video that I put up because I have made

one and then my son laughs at me and

says when when you say

I need to make a

video he laughs and

says no you

don't cuz I'm just doing it for fun and

it isn't fun

anymore I'm tired of it I'm bored with

it bored to death with

it so I am making the decision

now totally fine

finally I am not going to be making any

more game videos and uploading

them I will continue to make Vlogs ever

so often and don't expect that every day

it certainly will not

be I have other things to

do

um I'll let you know in a in a vlog how

my eye surgery goes I know I'm going to

have to be using a lot of drops in my

eye all day long just ever so often

there's going to be like four different

drops I

think and I'm going to have to be taking

them off and I've got a long list

scheduled and this is going to go on

for four weeks a month wow

and I'm I have to check it off every

time I do a drop I know I'm going to

forget some but and I don't know if if I

forget some I don't know if it would be

later better for me to go ahead and do

it a few minutes later if I forget one

or just let it go until the next time

I'm supposed to use one I don't know I

will try to remember to ask the doctor

that tomorrow at the surgery

oh let me

see I will continue to make

Vlogs about things if I was to receive a

gift or if I buy something I think is

really

cute anything like that if I if I see

some pretty flowers sometimes I might

take a video or a picture or something

and come and make a vlog and let you see

it just stuff like that

but also I am going to now since I won't

be doing this take it a half a day's

time to do

nothing I'm going to start making a

quilt that I've been wanting to make for

a long time I designed the

squares a long time

ago so it's going to be a quilt I've

designed and and uh so I'm going to

start

making

it and I will show you it bit by bit as

I make it in a

vlog uh let me

see you know I love to read and I in a

in Vlogs I'll tell you something about a

book I'm reading tell you a little bit

about it and just in case you'd like to

read

it and

if that's a big

I write another story of my own I'll

read it to you chapter by chapter like I

did

before but I can't guarantee that CU I

don't I I start I've started one cuz I

really want to write that one but I just

can't stay interested in it long enough

to do

it I really am getting bad with not

wanting to do anything

um sometimes when I wake up of a morning

and I'm so comfy in the bed and it just

feels so good and I think oh my goodness

I've been here all night long and I'd

love to just lay here all snuggled up

all day long isn't that terrible that's

a sign you're getting

old truly it

is um

if you want to watch me playing videos

you know that I have a

lot that you can watch I

mean on my channel click on

playlists and they're all there you can

watch anything you want to

watch I always have to laugh whenever

somebody leaves me a comment and says

I'm sorry I'm late this morning

I I don't really understand their

thinking

because I might I've probably made the

video the day before and uploaded it for

the next morning that's what I usually

do and I'm not

there and uh it's posted on the channel

it's not running and you have to see it

at the beginning right away first thing

in the morning it's just posted there

for you to see anytime any day any night

any year so I don't understand what what

they're saying

but it must be all the little kids cuz

the older people know

better uh let me see what else I got

here in my notes

oh even though I won't be making gamling

videos anymore I might I I like to read

to you I like to read the books that's

in Skyrim that you find all over the

place I might continue doing that once

in a

while not all the time just once in a

while

let me see and of course if I do ever

write that book I'll be reading that to

you chapter by chapter as I write

it so that's the way things are going to

be here on my

channel uh after the surgery on my eye

it's just it'll be different everything

it will have changed and be

different anything that I come up with

that I want to show you or tell you

about it'll be in a

vlog

um I'll answer your well no I started to

say I'll answer your comments to me but

that's not true I don't answer hardly

any of the comments because I'm not

answering hi and I love you that means

nothing it's nothing about any video I

leave and I cannot take up my time

answering those I'll answer videos or

I'll answer comments where people are

talking to me and I talk to them mostly

my regular viewers which are about that

many of of of over a million

subscribers I have about that many

constant talking

reasonable talking

viewers and to you I talk

to

okay I'm going to say bye for

now and

um I'll talk to you later one way or

another I will talk to you as soon as

I'm able to sit up here at my computer I

I have to lay on my back for a couple of

days to let whatever they

do settle in in in form and heal and so

on in my

eye all I'll be able to

do right then

is it's on my sheet of paper they gave

me it says I can get

up I think it says every hour for five 5

minutes just to exercise and be up I can

get up to go to the bathroom and right

back and I can get up to go eat and

right back other times I'll be laying on

the bed

flat and I got a pair of glasses that

the lenses are arranged so weird that

you can put them on and you can see a

book right here I think it's so cool but

I won't be reading the book right away

I'm sure

okay I guess that's all of my

rambling for now I will see you in a

vlog later

on I

promise

but no

more gaming

videos so bye-bye grandkids all of you

be good and I'll talk to you later