Answering Your Questions... Moving back to Seattle, Getting a Dog + Do I Still Want to Buy in LA?!

As someone who works for someone else - i envy your life so much. I hope you can stay on your own as a success - it is so much more gratifying to do the work when it is for you, in lieu of for someone else

Pls post them on YouTube too because I have never gotten a TikTok and I don’t wanna cave in now 😭😭

1:34 "To me it's so boring" Exactly what I was thinking 😅

Salmon is the best no matter it's sushi, cooked with rice or on a salad. YUMMY!!

What is fun about golf, is that you can spend a few hours with some friends. No phones, TV or nothing to disturb and you can just really talk together, have a laugh etc. the game itself is so slow and boring, you are right. But I love the social part. More viewer questions videos. But you should do that as a separate video, and not mix it with the vlog.

Can’t get out of bed and so tired, and you upload. Thank you!! ❤

The job sounds like a fun opportunity to try something different but still within your wheelhouse, you won't have to worry about health insurance, and then you will have new content opportunities - going from YT to a 9-5, and vlogs too! Does the job let you work from home/anywhere? Maybe you can negotiate those aspects into your employment contract so you still have the freedoms you have now. Great vlog Shelby!

Implementing this 5 minute strategy TODAY! Happy you included it in your vlog because I'm not on Tik Tok

Love the way you eat healthy food without thinking about it. I used to be like that many years ago. Sounds like you have already got yourself together.

That's an interesting point, about investing in stocks until you're ready to buy your primary home. I went ahead and bought a condo in California, even though it's not my "dream" home, because you do not get taxed on the capital gains when you sell, and also because the mortgage interest is entirely tax deductible. So for me, it's worth it to live in the condo for a few years and later trade up for a bigger home once I want to have a family. Also, I bought the condo in the Bay Area, so I assume that prices across the area will increase sort of uniformly, so if my dream home goes up in price, my condo's value will theoretically increase too so I'll still be able to buy the dream home. Stocks aren't guaranteed to appreciate in correlation with your local housing market. However I do agree with your points about wanting to invest in the Joshua Tree project so it's smart to not tie up all your money with mortgages. Anyway, I appreciate your vlogs and I like how you really think through all your decisions!

Shelby, you inspired me when you asked for questions for the vlog today and so I asked in my Community and got loads and loads of questions. I wouldn't have done it without your inspiration! Thank you and I appreciate you vlogs so much!

OMG. That is a huge news!! Do what you think feels right! We will be waiting here if you decide to come back! ;). Good Luck!!!

I agree with what you mean about no place being perfect. It also makes it hard to move because one thing might be better but at the cost of something else not being as good like it was before.

You're right about the dog. I got mine when I really didn't have extra money so I had time, but basically now it's hard to take trips and go out because I love her and walk her about 5 miles per day. This means about 3 hours of my day is making sure she's out and about. I do have a roommate that helps walk her for me when I need to go out, but yeah dogs are time consuming. Cats not so much and I have cats, but they're messy, for an animal that grooms themselves 5 hours a day they sure love to mess up my stuff, they're lucky they're cute.

Yes I want this new series! I will check in every day! 🎉🎉🎉 it’s crazy how there’s usually only 1 or 2 tasks nagging on my mind. Both combined may only take an hour or two but I will wait weeks before doing it because it’s too intimidating 😂

Thanks for the 5 minute motivation tip! It’s nice to finally do something you have been procrastinating for a while.

I 100% agree with your points about NYC. Honestly ever since COVID i feel like it's lost most of its appeal and hegemony and im glad more people are realizing that there's a lot of other great cities/states to live in outside of NYC. ps im LOVING your CA and tennis content! you've inspired me to sign up for tennis lessons this summer and i'm nervous since i'm such a beginner but im also excited!

I love your vlogs no matter what they are!

I would feel bad for leaving my dog home when I'm out and about. This is why I volunteer walking dogs at the animal shelter. I get the fun parts of interacting with dogs and they're time bound to whenever I have free time. Plus, it's super easy to hit 10k steps that day.

Pausing the vlog just to comment about those bears lol. They're a part of a carnival ride, like a spinning ride where there's a bench and table on inside.