Vlog#41: No More Gaming Videos
Summary
TLDRIn 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
👁️ 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.
🧵 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.
💬 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.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Eye Surgery
💡Local Anesthetic
💡Tiredness
💡Quilting
💡Gaming Videos
💡Vlogs
💡Book Reading
💡Post-Surgery Care
💡Aging
💡Content Shift
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
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