Goodbye, My Friends
Summary
TLDRIn an emotional farewell, the YouTuber expresses gratitude to her audience for their support and growth together. She shares her journey and the reasons for stepping away from YouTube, citing a desire for balance and personal growth. The creator reflects on her impact, her love for her audience, and her future aspirations, which include a scholarship program for women in STEM. She leaves the door open for a possible return, emphasizing the importance of making mindful decisions and staying true to one's purpose.
Takeaways
- 😢 The speaker is emotional about leaving YouTube and her audience, reflecting on the attachment she's formed over time.
- 👋 She is saying goodbye and expressing gratitude to her audience for their support and growth together.
- 🌟 The audience is described as intelligent, ambitious, wholesome, and kind-hearted, and she cherishes the memories made with them.
- 🏋️♀️ The speaker's initial message focused on the science of nutrition, training, and health, and the importance of these aspects enhancing life rather than distracting from it.
- 📚 She feels she has said what she needed to say on her platform, and with the ever-changing trends in fitness, she wants her content to remain relevant and complete.
- 🧘♀️ The speaker is taking a break to find balance in life, acknowledging the sacrifices made for work and the need to spend time with loved ones.
- 🎒 She has a long-term goal of creating a scholarship program for women in STEM, potentially in collaboration with UCL.
- 🌐 There's a possibility this might be her last YouTube video, but she leaves the door open for a return under different circumstances.
- 📚 The speaker is interested in learning new skills like animation, coding, and potentially pursuing a PhD in chemistry.
- 🤝 She will still be somewhat active on Instagram, sharing more personal content rather than focusing solely on sports science.
- 💌 She encourages her audience to believe in themselves, stay resilient, appreciate their bodies, and protect their focus and attention span for happiness and success.
Q & A
Why does the speaker feel emotional about leaving YouTube?
-The speaker feels emotional about leaving YouTube because they have a strong attachment to their audience, whom they consider the best part of their YouTube journey. They also appreciate the personal growth and the memories they've created with their audience through meetups and interactions.
What is the speaker's long-term goal for their career?
-The speaker's long-term goal for their career is to create a scholarship program for women with exceptional potential in STEM who otherwise wouldn't have the means to get the education they deserve, ideally in collaboration with UCL.
What is the speaker's perspective on the science of nutrition, training, and health?
-The speaker believes that the science of nutrition, training, and health should be about adding to one's life and making one more capable, rather than being a distraction from living life fully.
Why does the speaker feel they have said what they needed to say on YouTube?
-The speaker feels they have said what they needed to say on YouTube because they believe they have shared their message about the science of nutrition, training, and health, and they feel that the fitness industry is full of trends that change more rapidly than the actual science.
What does the speaker plan to do in the immediate future?
-In the immediate future, the speaker plans to take a break, step back, and travel to see friends they miss. They also want to visit Japan and take time to think about what they want out of life next.
What are some of the personal sacrifices the speaker has made due to their work?
-The speaker has made sacrifices such as not spending enough time with loved ones and possibly neglecting other personal interests due to the demands of their work, both on and off YouTube.
What is the speaker's view on balance in life?
-The speaker believes in applying balance in life in various ways and emphasizes the importance of taking a multifaceted view on balance, suggesting that it should be applied in a way that makes the most sense to the individual.
What are the speaker's thoughts on the future of their YouTube channel?
-The speaker is uncertain about the future of their YouTube channel. They mention that there's a good chance this might be their last video, but they also leave the door open for the possibility of returning to make videos in a different way or on a different channel.
What are the speaker's interests outside of YouTube content creation?
-The speaker is interested in learning animation, coding, and pursuing a PhD in chemistry, indicating a desire to continue personal and professional growth in various fields.
How does the speaker plan to stay connected with their audience after stepping away from YouTube?
-The speaker plans to continue posting on Instagram, which will likely become more personal in nature. They also mention that their team will still provide support for their fitness programs, and they encourage their audience to reach out if needed.
What advice does the speaker give to their audience regarding skepticism and focus?
-The speaker advises their audience to maintain a healthy level of skepticism towards claims online, to stay resilient, and to protect their focus and attention span, which they believe is crucial for achieving one's true potential and happiness.
Outlines
🌊 Emotional Farewell and Gratitude
The speaker expresses their emotional attachment to their audience as they prepare to leave YouTube. They share their vulnerability by admitting they cry during significant life changes and appreciate the audience's intelligence, ambition, and kindness. The speaker recounts fond memories of meetups and emphasizes the importance of balance in life, hinting at a decision to step back from their online presence to focus on personal growth and relationships. They also express their desire to create a scholarship program for women in STEM and acknowledge the uncertainty of their future online presence.
🧳 Taking a Break for Balance and Personal Growth
The speaker discusses their decision to take a break from their online work, including YouTube, to balance their life. They mention packing up and traveling to see friends they've missed and to explore new places like Japan. The speaker also shares their long-term goal of establishing a scholarship program for women in STEM and their potential desire to return to making videos in a different way or on a different channel in the future. They emphasize the importance of making mindful decisions and continuing to learn new skills such as animation, coding, and potentially pursuing a PhD in chemistry.
🏋️♀️ Empowering Messages and Life Advice
The speaker imparts several pieces of advice and encouragement to their audience. They stress the importance of believing in oneself, staying resilient, and appreciating the body's capabilities. They caution against overly simplistic advice and emphasize the importance of nuance in all aspects of life. The speaker also discusses the significance of focus and attention span for achieving one's potential and happiness, suggesting ways to protect these, such as minimizing multitasking and being present in activities. They express their continued commitment to empowering girls in science and building strength and self-confidence, both online and offline.
🏅 Reflections on Influence and Personal Values
In the final paragraph, the speaker reflects on their journey and the impact they've had. They express a desire to have been a voice for their younger self and to share the knowledge they wish they had known. The speaker also hints at their own curiosity and openness to new experiences, as evidenced by their interactions with a gold medal taekwondo champion and their candid reflections on personal products. They conclude with a reminder that health, happiness, and longevity are what truly matter, encouraging the audience to stay true to themselves and not compare themselves to others.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Emotional attachment
💡Change
💡Audience
💡Fitness trends
💡Science of nutrition, training, and health
💡Personal growth
💡Balance
💡Intentionality
💡Focus and attention span
💡Happiness
💡Skepticism
Highlights
Emotional attachment to the audience and the difficulty of change, even when it's for the better.
Gratitude expressed to the audience for their support and growth throughout the years.
The creator's intention behind starting the YouTube channel and the message they aimed to convey.
Decision to step away from YouTube due to feeling that the intended message has been sufficiently shared.
Reflection on the ever-changing trends in fitness and the creator's focus on providing timeless, science-based content.
Personal commitment to taking a break and stepping back from constant work to achieve a better life balance.
Plans to travel and reconnect with friends, indicating a desire for personal fulfillment outside of work.
Long-term goal of establishing a scholarship program for women in STEM, showcasing a commitment to education and gender equality.
Possibility of returning to YouTube in the future under different circumstances or with a new perspective.
Interest in learning new skills such as animation, coding, and pursuing further education in chemistry.
Continuation of personal posts on Instagram, indicating a shift towards sharing more personal content.
Dedication to supporting the audience with technical needs through email, showing ongoing commitment to the community.
Final encouragements and life advice shared with the audience, focusing on self-belief, resilience, and the appreciation of movement.
A call for nuance in advice and skepticism towards overly simplistic solutions, promoting critical thinking.
Importance of focus and attention span for achieving happiness and success, with suggestions for maintaining them.
Expression of potential disappointment from the audience and the creator's intention to continue empowering them offline.
Emphasis on the importance of health, happiness, and longevity, encouraging self-tuning and non-comparison.
Transcripts
I didn't buy tissues which is silly
because we know that there are going to
be tears and I have waterproofed my
mascara and I've waterproofed everything
and I just know that will make
absolutely no
difference okay welcome back to my
channel my friends it feels very weird
that this could be the last time that I
ever say that I get very attached and I
even though I think change is good for
me I don't always like that process
because I I just get very emotional like
I cried when I left school I cried when
I left uni I cried when I did a summer
camp for a week long like I just get
very attached and I have thought a
really long time
about this and me moving on from YouTube
and I do want to explain why but I want
to say thank you first it's just we're
just not going to make it through are we
I don't like this part you know I'm
fully aware of how lucky I've been to
have an audience like you you I know
what the internet is like and you are
the absolute best of it and I say that
and I genuinely mean it because I've met
probably like 10,000 of you guys now
from all of the meetups we've done and
from seeing you out and about every day
and you are so scarily intelligent
you're so ambitious you're insanely
wholesome and you're just really
kind-hearted and some of my favorite
memories of my entire life have been the
days where we get to to meet up and
catch up and every brand that I've
worked with I've pested them to do
meetups and if we couldn't do it with a
brand then I would just do it casually
we just meet up in a park like we did in
New York or in Miami or in LA or in
Sydney and every time we do them they go
really far into the night we're talking
like 1:00 a.m. kind of getting ushed out
of the park but for weeks after that I
have a huge smile on my face you just
are the best people so thank you for
being patient with me for giving me the
benefit of the doubt if I ever made an
honest mistake thank you for always
cheering for me and also thank you for
growing with me and I'm sorry that I
haven't there was just never enough time
a day to individually reply to every
single message and tell you just how
proud I am of you the best part of
everything that I've done on YouTube has
been without a doubt you guys and your
friends me included are lucky to have
you in our lives and I hope people tell
you that all the time I guess if I've
managed to contribute in any tiny little
form then that's honestly the biggest
honor of my life so I do want to kind of
explain why I've decided to step away
from YouTube and what the future looks
like um I think when I started my
channel I knew I always knew that this
day would come um because I had a very
particular message to share it was the
message that I needed to hear as a
teenager about the science of nutrition
training and health and also the
perspective that these things should be
adding to your life and making you more
capable as a person and more capable of
living life fully not distracting you
from it I feel like I've said what I
have to say now like Fitness is so full
of Trends I feel like we've seen that
over the last seven years it's not that
long but we've seen so many Trends come
and go but the truth is our
understanding of the science doesn't
evolve anywhere near that fast and so
when I created my science explain videos
I well my goal was to make them as
relevant as possible for the foreseeable
future unless something major changes in
our understanding and so I wanted them
to feel as complete as possible so that
I didn't have to revisit it and so that
you had all of the information that you
need on a topic to feel confident in
terms of what's next here's what I know
there's a lot of stuff I don't know um
in the immediate future I have been
promising myself for a while now to take
a break and to take a little bit of a
step back I think you can and you should
apply balance in lots of different ways
in life and sometimes it makes sense to
take a multie view on balance I just
think you should apply it however makes
the most sense and with work over the
last few years I have said yes to
everything and that goes Way Beyond
YouTube so things offline and things
private things that I can't share
publicly um like some of the brands and
organizations that I've worked with and
invested in and I don't regret it like
I've I've loved every second of it and I
think sometimes you have to strike when
the iron's hot it's just that those
things also come at a cost right um like
sacrificing other things that I love or
sacrificing the time I spend with people
that I love and so yeah I think taking
time away is just me just balancing
things out a little bit for a while as
you can see we've packed up our stuff
there's still quite a lot of moving that
we need to do we're going to put all of
our stuff in storage and I'm going to
travel a little bit and see some of my
friends who I really miss and my friends
have been incredible and they've never
they've always been really understanding
when I've said I can't cuz I've got work
or whatever so I feel like I owe it to
them to
really spend some time with them and I
also want to travel I want to go to
Japan and I want to really see Japan and
what happens after that is the part that
I don't know um but I'm hoping that with
the time away I'll have some time to
think about what I want out of life next
if I'm really big picture about it my
long-term goal for my career is still
the same like I want to create a
scholarship program for women with
exceptional potential in stem who
otherwise wouldn't have the means to get
the education that they deserve and yeah
ideally I would do that with UCL and I
know I know what it takes to make that
happen but I'm also really happy with
the progress that I've made to making
that dream come true in terms of YouTube
and sharing online there's a good chance
that this is the last video I ever make
and if that is the case then I guess I
just didn't want to leave without saying
goodbye and saying thank you um but who
knows I mean maybe I'll realize that I
do really miss it or I do really want to
keep making videos but it's in a
completely different way maybe if the
science changes on a major topic or we
do six-month updates or I share when
something big happens in my life or
maybe I'll make videos on a different
Channel I'm I'm not sure and if that is
the case then this video won't be
goodbye my friends and it will become CE
to my friends what I want is to change
and grow as a person and to continually
be intentional about what's fulfilling
for me and maybe that will mean making
YouTube videos again in the future I
just I want to make sure that
it's a mindful decision and that I'm
intentional about it and not just I just
got comfortable able with making YouTube
videos there are so many things that I
want to learn still like animation and
coding which I've mentioned years ago on
my channel and doing a PhD in chemistry
cuz I love that and yeah I think taking
a little bit of time away will help me
figure out how all of that fits in I
think I'll still post a little bit on
Instagram yeah I know in the past I used
to post more about the sports science
around training but I think from now on
it will probably just be a little bit
more personal I just want to talk about
the programs cuz I feel like that would
be a big question and I'm still 100%
committed to supporting you and if you
ever need any technical support or
whatever you can always email my team at
support natasha.com um that's not going
anywhere and I know a few of you guys
have been asking about new
releases I guess you probably know now
that there won't be any new releases but
I do feel like I can say that with a big
smile on my face because I'm so happy
with where the programs got to through
all of the years of feedback and all of
the research and just it's been such a
labor of love if that changes things for
you then I've left a little thank you on
my website for all of the years of
support and it'll be valid for the next
7 days I guess I just want to say thank
you so so much for believing in my work
I never thought that when I released my
first ever program in 2008 18 that a few
years later there'd be 250,000 of us
training together all around the world I
never thought that I never thought I
would turn up to a marathon and meet so
many of you who train for that marathon
with hybrid that blows my mind and I
take that as a huge responsibility to do
you proud and to be deserving of the
support that you've given me like my
vision for the programs was for it to be
a tool for life and that's why I never
made it a subscription it was always
like a oneoff so it makes me really
happy to think that even if I'm not
uploading YouTube videos anymore the
programs that you've picked up through
the years mean I can hopefully still be
there for you this channel always felt
really special to me because I've always
felt really clear about what my message
is and sometimes that means being super
literal about it like with the science
explain videos but most of the time I
chose not to be too literal and so if
there are a few final things like get to
encourage on here I want it to be this
believe in yourself you can do anything
if you just give it enough time you stay
at it and you figure out a way to enjoy
it but if you don't ever let yourself
believe that it's possible then nothing
will ever change stay resilient know
that you can get through anything so
what you didn't get it first time or
second time or third time that's life
you are
tough that's the story of my life to be
honest it's happened more times than not
movement is one of the greatest gifts
we're given so don't wait until it's too
late to truly appreciate what your body
can do for you and how it can make you
feel celebrate all the ways that it can
move make lasting amazing memories with
it nothing is black and white there is
Nuance in everything and I would just be
careful of people giving overly
simplistic advice like this thing is bad
always or this rule should only ever be
done this way I just think there is
Nuance in everything and if people don't
see that then it's usually a done in
Krueger thing so yeah you don't have to
be all in you don't have to choose
between extremes protect your focus and
attention span I feel like this is more
important to talk about now more than
ever I I do feel sad with the direction
the internet's gone in the last few
years and I think if you really want to
achieve your true potential it will be
impossible without the ability to focus
deeply but this isn't just about success
I think it also plays into
happiness I spent a long time
researching on the science of happiness
for a potential video I can share with
you the take-home message from what we
know happiness seems to come from making
progress towards a purpose that feels
truly worthy of your time staying
present and not letting your mind wander
to the Past or the future and having
really deep relationships with people
and so I think doing what you can to try
and protect your focus and your
attention span is invaluable for all
three of those things for me I do that
by not doing two things at once to try
and minimize task switching and when I'm
working I always put my phone away and
when I'm not working I also like to do
slow things like artwork or reading or
just getting really roast in a film I'm
really sorry if you guys feel let down
by my decision
um I guess from the start I always
wanted to empower you with a platform of
knowledge around training and nutrition
and also help you help encourage this
like healthy a healthy level of
skepticism around claims online and I
sense that in you and I'm so proud I'm
so proud we're getting to the end now of
things that I wanted to say and I'm like
Ely
aware I'm just too sentimental
everything I look at just reminds me of
YouTube like this is the only eyeshadow
palette I've ever had and is I use these
two colors all the time for my YouTube
videos and even if I'm not in front of
camera anymore I will still keep working
to make things better I still care so
much about helping girls get into
science and helping them build their
strength and their self-confidence and
I've learned over the last few years how
to do that offline so I'll continue
doing that and yeah if you ever see me
out and about please come and say hi you
are such a big part of my life and you
always will be even if we're I don't
know 80 years old and we're in the
Grandma's lifting
Club I will be so grateful to give you a
hug so I love you thank you so much for
watching thank you for being part of
this amazing family and
I will see you
around your health your happiness your
longevity these are the things that
matter so I hope you stay in tune with
yourself and never compare yourself to
anyone
corner see them and them
disappear see some try hard
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you can do this multiple studies that
suggest that sleep
restriction just embrace it be Weir be
out of this
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world do
Banas welcome back to my channel my
friends now I'm literally about to fight
the gold medal taond Champion
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yay oh wow that's what I get for being
curious you know the scale does not
measure how you look or how you
feel this smells like my vagina goop
candle
multiple world record holder I'm
genuinely quite Star Struck if I'm
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honest I just I wanted to be a voice for
my younger self everything that I say
now I wish I'd known when I was younger
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