SMALL CREATOR TAG (STARTED BY SMOKEY GLOW) | Hannah Louise Poston | MY NO-BUY YEAR 

at the end of this year, we need a compilation of all of the times you said "my no-buy year"

you are by far my favorite person on youtube, your channel reminds me of how beauty yt used to be before it was capitalised and the youtubers i used to watch either got big and unwatchable or stopped posting. i love how you speak intelligently and emotionally about beauty. while you were talking about poetry i thought about a podcast where one of the hosts sometimes shared a short poem or a few lines from a longer poem at the beginning and i thought maybe that is something you could do at the start or end of your videos. i would really enjoy getting some curated fragments of poetry from you, then i could go look up the author or ponder the words you shared. i think i would be a lovely way to get back in touch with poetry because like you said, it can be a little daunting. just an idea maybe for next year :) best wishes from germany :*

I think your videos are starting a low/no buy trend on RU-vid and I love it!! Also I DONT think you need to be plugged into the “consumerist machine” to make it!!!!

I haven't finished the video yet but hearing you choke up about poetry and writing really moved me, and I wanted to tell you that your eloquent videos and just you mentioning your writing in previous videos have prompted me to pick up writing again. I'm just doing some practice work for now and I doubt I'll complete NaNoWriMo but I've skipped about two years of writing, and loathed myself for it but was unable to kick myself back into it. I'm back into trying and hoping to never stop again. Much love to you for that.

I was so excited to see Angelica talking about you on her channel. I hope more people find you. I always sing "What I'm not gonna buy-hi" whenever I get paper towels from a Kimberly Clark machine. I hope you get to meet her.

I'm so glad I've ran into your channel. Your English is so beautiful it sounds like music to me. Not to mention you are amazing in finding the exact words. It's a gift obviously.

Writers, especially poets, are the translators for the rest of us, and you are doing great work 😊. I'm so glad you've started this endeavor. And you + Kimberly Clark would be my dream collab, too!

I miss Kimberly so much! I never thought about it before but perhaps that is one of the reasons I enjoy your channel.

I would love if you started a channel on poetry!

As someone whose been watching your videos since early this year and has followed you on this journey, I can with utmost confidence tell you that you, Hannah Louise Poston, are not garbage-trash. ❤️

Omg your tears made me cry too! It is so incredible to see people so passionate about things, it really motivates me to follow my dreams and to be the best version of myself to make people apreciate what I have to give

One of my favorite things in life is hearing the passion that someone else has on a subject. Listening to them emotion in your voice when you spoke of poetry and how it is your calling was just breathtaking. It is amazing how you stand in your truth. I absolutely adored this little sneak peek into your life. P.S. Thanks for the medicine recommendation. I’m already feeling 50% better!

Hello! I've been binge watching your videos over the last week and I am enthralled! The bit that you always say at the end about doing your work in the world makes a little tink on my consciousness every time I hear you say it. I really appreciate you explaining it more in this video. I have been struggling lately with what to do with my life other than just work to live, and the concept of having "your work" as a purposeful mission just makes so much sense this morning! My sister has children who are currently her life's work, and I think a lot of content people have a drive to do things in a field that they are passionate about. I'm not sure right now how to go forth into the future and do my life's work, but your videos and channel have inspired me to do some deep thinking on the subject. Thank you for all that you do!

I would love to follow a channel about poetry by you. Your passion for it could be contagious

I was so touched by your video in many ways. I don't know a lot about poetry but would eagerly watch any content you created. I am in awe of you with your elegance, and all of your talents and passions. I hope somehow Kimberly Clarke sees this video and reaches out for a collab. It's interesting that RU-vid has changed so much... before I started watching for the Beauty channels and it became a form of entertainment like reality T.V., I only accessed it as a reference for videos on things like "how to fix the toilet" or "how to do a double crochet stitch". My kids and their friends were the ones who were following RU-vidrs like Miranda Sings and my daughter got me started with the beauty channels. I hope you are feeling better and have a lovely weekend. xo

Oh Hannah! You are such a light on this platform! I’m endlessly thankful to have found you, not just for the anti-consumerism aspect, but also for your eloquently thoughtful conversation. I have read your essays and poetry when I can and am so excited when you recommend reading content because it feeds my soul. Please continue to share your light with us and know that I’m sure the majority of those of us subscribed to you are here for you and your voice. ✨❤️✨

I would love to learn more about poetry from u Hannah. Ive had a long case of depression issues that started due to a breakup. Im better now , and i cannot believe i wasted years mourning for someone who did not deserve to be loved that badly. I began feeling better as i started to write ot out in form of poems. They werent any good poems but just words that let me pour my anger, sorrow , depression whatever i felt to my bones. Poetry just helped me find self love . But id love to learn more about poetry now as art. The history, technicality side of it. ... Whoa!! Im just trying to say that id love to see a poetry channel of yours :)

Hannah, I've been really enjoying your videos, they've really inspired me to moderate and reconsider (impulse) purchases, and influenced how I think about consumerism. I've been slowly decluttering all things in my life in the past one and a half year, trying to create more physical and mental space. I've found it sometimes a real challange, but a much needed change. Coming from a country with a communist past, some things come really natural to me, such as trying to fix things instead of purchasing something new, but I've noticed how I've slowly grown and also inherited some bad consumerist habits which I am trying to rid myself of. You've also reminded me of the fun being had in simply enjoying what i already own. As your no buy year is coming to an end, I'm curious, are you planning on continuing making videos? As a side note: I purchased the Korres Wild Rose sleeping facial and it's great, thank you for reviewing it. However the lady at the counter told me it might be getting discontinued, and checking their website it does seem suspiciously out of stock... Just a heads up, I'm sure you will still be able to find it in January if you decide to repurchase. :) Take care!

Hannah, thank you so much for your bravery and willingness to be vulnerable with us. You’ve taught me so much in the short time since I found your videos, and I can’t thank you enough for that. ❤️❤️❤️

What I'm not gonna buuuuuy! I love Kimberly Clarke too : )

I am so happy I found your channel. I’ve written this before but I’m also a writer...a poet. I appreciate beauty in all forms and I love that I found someone else who shares those same appreciations. I’m still struggling with the superficial stereotypes of the beauty community but your channel is helping me understand that better. I’m doing a no buy year in your inspiration and I’m really excited. Thank you for all the work you’ve done so far this year. Edit: I would love to see a video on your origin story of your writing career. It’s tough to make it in poetry and it’s something I’ve been struggling with since college many many many moons ago...like a decade. The wold of print and media has changed so much since the early aughts.

You are so special,genuine and transparent. I love your content. It’s amazing. I looking forward to your future videos

Hannah, you are so great! If only more youtubers were like you, I wouldn't feel as though so much of the time I spend on RU-vid is time wasted. Thank you for sharing this little bit of you with us, and for always speaking so eloquently and for being, as you say, a wrench in the cog. You're lovely!

you have no idea how much I needed to hear this - being an artist requires a robust life. I am working on my writing and my music and I seem to meet a lot of artists with lonely, money-stricken lives who frown at me for working/living in the real world. Life has to be deep AND broad so you have something to write and sing about - that is how I feel and now I have an expression for that feeling. Thank you so much, Hannah!

I'm so glad you speak your truth. The shame and fear aspect doesn't show through in your videos at all and I'm glad those feelings don't hold you back!

This was really thought provoking for me Hannah, thank you for the continued intelligent content! I had never realised that the closing statement ends “your work in the world” as I think the music kicks in over “the world”, it really resonates with me now, my ‘work in the world’ is so very different from my actual daily work and I feel we should all put more energy into what makes our hearts sing. Love from Scotland Jude

I have a confession - for a very long time, the closing you have at the end of your videos made me choke up. I could tell you put a lot of thought into it, and it really made me think more about my purpose in life, etc. I always wait to hear it.

I really love your videos! 😍 Thinking about starting a low/no buy year because of your videos ☺️😍

I love your spirit, how you express yourself, and what you stand for. Although I’m older than you, my goal is to grow up and be like you! You have an old soul that connects people from all walks of life together. You’re pretty darn amazing. 😁 I don’t really like poetry...but I could listen to you read the phone book. 😊 Thank you for putting yourself out in the world.

As someone who loved being an English major, I think reading/experiencing good poetry is such a pleasure. Even when I read novels or essays, I feel writings are elevated to another level when they incorporate elements of poetry, like Toni Morrison's Beloved or Gabriel Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude. I think of poetry as the writing "gift" that keeps on giving, because I can think about what I read on subsequent days or weeks and make more connections and understandings. I was lucky enough to be an undergrad at Williams when Louise Gluck was teaching there and I think it made the rest of the excellent faculty 'up' their teaching game w/r/t poetry even more. Thanks for tagging Genevieve Fields on this tag; I can't wait to see her video. I think that Genevieve also talks like Kimberly Clarke a lot actually (dramatic; sarcastic; ironic, self-aware, over-the-top sense of semi-insanity, lol etc.) and I love it. (Btw, it was *HILARIOUS* when you jokingly inserted the video "announcing" your egg breeding channel.) XO, Julie

I love your channel. You’ve inspired me in ways you have no idea. I’ve watched no buys and low buys and I’ve said I wasn’t going to buy but I’ve never been compelled to stick with it. When I heard Elle then she mentioned you and I came to your channel it’s like it clicked with me and I know this time I’ll stick with it. So far it’s the longest I’ve ever been without buying something I don’t need. Granted it’s only been a couple weeks but I’m forever grateful for you

Love you Hannah! You are enough and you are doing an awesome job here on this platform. So happy you push past any fears you have and continue to post your content ‘messy’ or otherwise. I (and clearly many others) really connect with what you are producing and doing here! I hope you too take extra good care of yourself this week so you can continue to be the most effective version of yourself as you do your work here on RU-vid and in the world. 💕

Question 15. How do you juggle Sadie, me, and your RU-vid channel?

I’ve followed your no buy journey from the beginning, athough I think it was a few months in when I first started posting comments on your videos. I am happy to have seen your channel grow and progress because it is well deserved. You have an amazing gift of expression and you are able to reach something within people and foster a connection. It’s evident within the comments on your videos. You have inspired many and sent them on their own journey. Poetry does already exist in your videos with your eloquent choice of words and the manner that you bring forth your feelings and your thoughts. As someone who loves reading and writing, I would be happy if you shared some of your favorite poetry, or excerpts from books or essays. One thing that I hope you will do once your no buy year is finished and you have had the opportunity to reflect and gather your thoughts is write a literary piece about the whole experience.

If you created a poetry channel, would you include your pending book club videos on that channel as well?

I loved hearing your answers - it will maybe be a weird comment but I love the sound of your voice, it is just very pleasant to listen to you. I am so happy I discovered your channel! Your journey is very inspiring and I do not think you have to be embarrassed by any video you put out.

This was incredible to watch today, you talking about your passion for poetery and what your expectations are for youtube in the future whilst right now pre-orders for your first poetry book are being are coming in and youtube is your main gig. It has made me very feel very reflective about my journey over the last 5 years and what the next 5 might bring.

Hannah, thank you for your candor. I have only been following you for a few weeks and you have made a significant impact on my life. So much so that I am going on a No -Buy next year and am documenting the process in monthly essays that I'm sharing with a few of my close friends! I am a journalist for my local paper and have been experimenting with poetry for the past few years as a way to m expand my skill set. I would LOVE for you to feature poetry, book club, essay writing content on your channel! Can't wait to see what you have coming next year. Also , you're gorgeous inside and out and should touch your hair as much as you want! 😁 Update: I emailed you my intro essay, no obligation to read it, just thought I would share 🤗

Thanks for sharing! I think the shame you feel might be because you feel vulnerable. I think it's natural... but allowing yourself to be vulnerable is so beautiful and it is the best way, I think, to truly touch and move people. I adore the books written by Ellen Hopkins. I think it would be cool if you wrote an article on your blog or kept a running list of your favorite poems and/or poets. I have always loved to take note of when someone mentions their favorite poet so I can go back and look in to that post. I need to remember to actually go find the poets work. * Idea: I like watching Coffee Break With Dani and she'll mention life style favorites in her monthly favorites. You could always incorporate your love for poetry in to something like that :)

I hope when you look back on these videos and your no buy year that you feel proud. You have helped me immeasurably, and so many others. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen someone on Reddit reference you as an inspiration for their first no buy, or for thinking about their consumerism. No garbage trash here lady! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking us along on your journey. Sylvia

Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability and the work that you are doing here. What you say in this video about the sick shameful feeling around important creative work is something I have needed to be reminded of for a while.

This was lovely; thank you for sharing it even though it was probably a little stressful. I know what you mean about shame and the fear of exposure--it's why I keep my channel so separate from my real identity. Your videos have inspired and nourished me this year, so I'm glad that shame didn't stop you from making your channel!

Hannah, you are and angel placed here on earth to teach us all and touch our soul in a special way 💕.

We really appreciate you for being you Hannah. You bring joy and wisdom to this world.

Liz Gilbert in Big Magic referencing Einstein about alternative forms of creativity to fuel the writing itself. I both dabble in creative writing and make my living as a writer (lawyer), but painting is my main gig. It's not my livelihood and that was an intentional choice for reasons too long and complicated to explain. But writing, cooking, makeup, living, all of that goes into maybe two paintings, maybe four, a year. And so when I am not painting, I am flexing the creative muscles in a bunch of ways. And also, as you will say a year later, having the mental and creative space to have an internal life. Maybe not this week when law career is crazy hectic, but honestly most weeks. And that is why I watch your channel with such passion. Because it allows me to do the kind of thinking about all the kinds of things I enjoy that spark interest in all of my creative ideas. So when you talk about poetry, I think not only about poetry, which I love to write and love to read more, but mostly painting.

Hannah,thank you so much for this realy beautyfull bonus video,I love this video so much because of you awnsering these questions gives us a chance to learn to know you better.I loved your Chanel from the first video,that one was great,and each following video was even better,because you started to open more op to your subscribers,and all the things you mentioned which Made you insecure and sick in your stomach,is totaly unnessesary,because the most beautifull about your Chanel is that you are so open and genuine.I learned a lot from you since Januari,I started my no buy also in Januari,and I was searching on you tube,if there were more people who did a no buy,I was interrested in that because it’s always helpfull when more people are doing the same thing so you can change information with eachother about that project,and at the same time you can find help with eachother,when somebody has a difficult time,just share things with eachother to help,because we are all in the same project/situation.I learned a lot last year and I deffinetly grey as a person,and that was one of my goals by doing my no buy,to learn and grow,and you helped me maybe without knowing thru Some tough times,but I managed it,just like you and I think many other subscribers.I had never in my life something with poetry,but when I got ill,I learned to know somebody on Facebook with the same illness as I have,and that woman writes so many and beautifull poetry about EDS,and more important about the feelings that people get by being so sick,and having a body that doesn’t work along with our minds,she writes mostly about EDS,feelings,loosing control about your body,and how to get along with all,the medication,the pain,doing to much,expectations from others,how other people look at this illness,place everything,and she wrote a few boots with poems,but she post on a regular base a poem at the EDS page,I started to read these poems,and these poems makes so many emotions loose with me,that I can’t get enough from her poems,she write Some poems in dutch and Some in English,under the name x-tien,by this I started to like Reading poems,I love poems about feelings,and emotions.Maybe it would be nice to introducé us as subscribers with your poems,maybe it’s nice to read a poem that you write,or showing us a written poem in one of your lovely video’s,maybe it’s a great idea to combine Some things in a video,you also can show us something about your tango dancing,and the beautifull clothes you make,or sometimes a poem.I Think that you can combine more subjects about your lifestyle and work in your beautyvideo’s,It’s always worth to try it because I think that a lot of people are unknown with poetry,just like me until a few months ago,and you can always see about the comments what people think about that,or you can see on the Numbers if those video’s get more vieuwers,or subscribers.But I realy think that you are talented in so many different ways,beauty is something that many people love to watch,but I think that more of your subscribers are curious about all the rest in your life and work,just because you have a nice close group of subscribers,and they all love your Chanel because of that beautifull genuine person that you are.I would love to see a beauty video which starts or end with a beautifull poem,or I would like to see a video,where you put your dance make-up on,and show us a beautifull tango,or a video where you get your make-up ready for a beautifull photoshoot with all that beautifull clothes you make.Just by combining a few of your beautifull creativitys can give you a lot more subscribers,or people who get interrested in your poems,clothes,or dances,and than you can put Some information about those products,or how people can buy those items,in your videoinformation.i just think about these combinations because you are such a talented woman which works so incredibly hard,that maybe your products Will sell faster,because a lot more people get to see how talented you are,and when ther are a lot of people interrested in one of your buissinesses than you always can make sepperate you tube Chanels,for example a beauty Chanel,and a poetrychanel.I Know I love your beautychanel more than other ones just because you have a Chanel where you don’t need to keep up with the newest products,but you learn us to work with the things we already have,and that we almost have dupes for every colour,and that you don’t need to use always the exact colours to create a fantastic look.And you helped so many people with the wrong shoppinghabbits.I gave your Chanel to many people which have so many depts by buying all new make-up,or having a shopping addiction,or a hoarderingproblem with make-up,and you helped so many people by being so open about your own situation.You helped me as well,even if I already started my no buy,you helped me to get a totaly different mindset,and that I was hoardering beautyproducts just by buying way to many drugstoreproducts which were on sale,I always needed to buy those,and because I still have so many products,I Will go on with my no buy for as long as I have way to many make-up,and I Will sharpen my rules next year about buying clothes and housewear,and I wanted to start decluttering everything in the house,room by room,to get more space because of my bed in the livingroom and my wheelchair,but I also want a little more minimalistic life,to get more rest in my head,and I know that Will take a long time because of my EDS but I Will have the whole year of 2019for that.Hannah Thanks again,for this beautifull video,you’re the best,xoxo wendy

i am DYING laughing at the fact that you did the title card and everything for the "my name is hannah and this is my egg breeding year" part! you are so incredibly wonderful and humorous and your personality has drawn me into watching all of the videos on your channel despite the fact that i rarely utilize makeup anymore and have not bought any in about a year and a half!

Hi, Hannah. I just discovered your channel a few days ago, and I’ve been binge-watching your videos every time I need a break from planning the college writing classes I teach (our semester begins next week). It all makes so much sense now! Of course one of the reasons you really resonate with me is that you are a poet! Very pleased to learn this about you and to “get to know you” through these videos. Thank you for sharing them with the world! And if you start a poetry channel, you’d have me as a subscriber in a heartbeat. Wishing you the best, Maggie

Bring in more poetry Hannah! I’d love more recommendations and discussions from you 💖

I find you such an inspiration, you've made me contemplate art again and it's importance and the joy it can bring :) Thanks for your honesty and your gift with words! Hope you're doing well xx

I so want the 2024 Hanna to watch this video! The one that has a poetry book published, the one that is working full-time in RU-vid with her husband, the one that make this channel a business that let her family grow and buy a house! 2024 Hanna deserves so much to see this video and appreciate her growth! ❤

Hannah! The first half of your videos are fine! I have gone back to the beginning and watched all of your videos in order since late December and they're all delightful. I'm not surprised you're too hard on yourself, but they're beautiful.

Hannah could you give an update on your no but experience on your other areas of the no but. 👍👍👍 I really enjoy listen your thoughts and understanding more about how I feel when I shop.

Kimberly Clark replied to my Instagram messages once and I about died of excitement, so I feel you. Love your channel!

I've enjoyed this tag so much, everywhere I've seen it. It's the most "in- depth" tag of 2018!

You have to be my favorite woman online. Or in life in general. So smart, beautiful, honest and charismatic. As an artist i fully understand how it is to want to expose onesself but at the same time feel so intimidated by it. But you do it so well, and i have so much love and admiration for you!

Thank you for sharing lots of things with us. i've been binge-watching a lot of your videos recently, and enjoyed all of them. You're brave and all. I've never had interest in poetry, but after hearing your sharing, I would like to try to read some of them to see if i can get the sort of inspiration you got. Thanks again~ love your channel so much!

Once your nobuy year is over, I would be very interested to hear your poetry recommendations for beginners. I read mostly fiction novels and I find poetry intimidating to know where to start. I love thoughtful content and this tag video getting to know you better ☺️

i bought robert hass' "praise" a few weeks ago because of you and have been absolutely moved by it. thank you!

Omg you're the second person to tag me and I've been so lazy to do it :)) Guess it's a sign haha. Thank you so much for the tag

My first impression of you months ago was a female version of Kimberly Clark! Yes! Why did she have to go on tour with the talking heads frontman. Grumble people following their dreams!

I just Love your videos! My mom loves poetry! She wrote a poem about me and had it published, so I know how wonderful it makes you feel. Because I have heard her say this my whole life! She feels the same way about poems that I feel about reading books. I know I got my love of reading from her! I would love to share that poem with you some day if you are interested! I love to hear how excited you are about poems and writing them, because it reminds me so much of the passion I grew up with. This is one of my favorite videos! I just love watching tango dancing! I am reading a very large book right now that has poetry in it. It is Don Quixote, I have never read it before. I am only a quarter way through it. So happy you shared this with us!

hannah, i would love it if you would film q video at some point where you read some of your poetry and some of your favourite poems out loud, ive always been fascinated by poetry but i am not the most skilled reader and i often struggle to make sense of what im reading. i find it so much easier to listen.

re: the video itself. i honestly think you were a breath of fresh air the community needed and you've caused such a ripple effect with people who started considering their consumption, their expenses, started doing low buys, no buys. i legit see your influence all over communities in youtube and reddit and it's simply amazing.

Hannah, your true emotions are so amazing. Thank you for being you, for being so honest and passionate about poems and life 💕 I understand that embarrassment feeling and that is on of the reasons I can't make myself to speak on camera or create a RU-vid channel. But I am so happy that you were brave enough 💖💖💖

Girl, talk about having a lump in the throat holding back emotion! Thank you for pouring out your truth. I enjoyed this video on so many levels! I agree with others that you're great at articulating struggles that I also contend with in ways that are super helpful to me. 💖

I love poetry too. I've had a few poems published over the years. I haven't been as able to do writing generally since I became severely ill with my chronic illnesses, but it is still my passion. and even with brain fog I still try to keep it in my life. I just have to not be so obsessed with things being perfect now lol. great to hear your answers xx

I thought it would bring you joy to know that watching this video has inspired me (a "non-creative") to set a goal to write a poem by the end of this year. Thank you!

You did it again! Your transparency and truth are inspiring. I mentor young professionals in their career and your videos remind me that I have been given the power to inspire others. In just a few videos, you do that for me...you inspire my creativity. Your videos remind me that as a mentor, to foster my mentor-mentee relationships I too need inspiration. Can't wait for your next video!!

Hannah, I would love to see you post a video of you doing tango! Maybe a mini lesson even. :)

Yay for more poetry on your channel! XXX

I subscribed to you as a result of watching a video in which you got up to find a book of poetry because something made you think of a particular poem. A beauty channel NOT focused on buying buying buying AND which featured poetry (and a cute kitty)? It seemed too good to be true. Plus you are a fellow dancer! It has been such a pleasure going on this journey with you this year, Hannah.

You are such an incredible person I wish I could sit down with you for a chat, but I also think I would be terrified because I’m always in awe of you. You’re so intelligent and inspiring and I’ve been endlessly intrigued with how you articulate yourself. I’m a lover of poetry and literature but I’ve never been able to create myself. I admire and appreciate the work of other people and use that to relax as my safe place. I’m so excited for any content you have coming in the future. I had to come back to say I laughed so hard about your egg breeding year. 😂😂🦎🐍

I would LOVE a collab between you and Kimberly Clark! I hear she’s coming back and I can’t wait to see her again

This made me love you more. 😍 Yes, you & Kimberly Clark are very similar. I couldn’t put my finger on it but you hit the nail on the head. You are smart. I love listening to smart, genuine people. Keep on being you. Your best self. 😉 This is probably not your intention but after I watched your making rouge video, I’m curious to see how much I spend on “bath & beauty” and want to track it via Sephora. I wonder if I could make Rouge organically by purchasing necessities? A project for a future time.

What a beautiful and moving video. Thank you Hannah

Love your channel 👍🏻

This is a fun tag... glad you did it 🥰 I’m glad we all now know your Kimberly Clark Stan story

Looked up enneagram because of you. I think I’m type 6. :)

great video. I love the way you talk with such a meaning....And I also feel like I know you more after this

!. I have been able to tell that words are of utmost importance to you from the first time I watched you- and it is beautiful. 2. That tango video - mesmerizing. I watched a video of Dr. Christiane Northrup talking about her love of tango and seeing her dance and it was fascinating, so sensual. Would love to see you dance too. Does Mr. Joe dance too? 3. I think you should include your favorite poetry du jour in your favorites etc... Would love to be expertly guided to drink from the poetry well by a passionate director.

I learned about you from another you tuber. I really like this project and how you have approach it. Thank you for sharing part of your day and your thoughts with us. 😊😊😊 I’m glad I found you channel.

Nowhere near your level ,but I've always loved poetry and lit also and before I switched over to nursing I was pursuing an English degree. In middle school I discovered ee cummings and for some reason fell on love with his non use of capital letters, adopted it for my own and still don't capitalize anything to this day lol. I always wonder if it bugs the heck out of everyone that has to read my chart notes. I just can't do it. But I AM gonna look up some of your poetry and essays, I love essays, reading and writing!

Ms Hannah! I hear you on the point where the people who misconstrue a point, or take a point out of context, and pass judgement or come to a head-scratching conclusion as a result. (IE you bought something during your no-buy, therefore all no-buys cannot work and your no-buy failed.) Rest assured, the vast majority of your viewers “get it”. I know you want to ensure you’re clear; I find you more than clear.. however, you could explain everything like your audience was 3 year olds and there would still be those few who don’t understand- and infinitely more maddening- the ones who CHOOSE not to understand. For the sake of what, exactly? A chance to passive aggressively snark? Rain on someone’s parade? Troll? But we are all at different places in our infinite journey. I read several times that the average IQ is about 105, which I can never believe. That would mean fully half of us are BELOW that. There will always be someone who doesn’t “get it”. But it’s not you, it’s them. Further, if you changed your verbiage for a small subset it would change what the rest of us enjoy watching. An articulate, educated dynamic woman who doesn’t apologize for who she is or feel the need to dumb things down for the lowest common denominator.

Would really like for you to incorporate your love of poetry into your channel. Maybe you could read a line from a poem at the end or beginning of every video, and spend one minute giving your take on it. If you do a video series, then you could take a single poem and divide reading portions of it into each video in the series.

Such a beautiful a vid in every way.

Would love to watch your videos about poetry and books and literature. Please make them

I'm dying laughing over the egg-breeding year. ;)

Thank you for this invitation, Hannah. I adore these words by Edna St. Vincent Millay. “Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.” from The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems.

Hannah, not sure if you’ll see this, as this video is months old by now, but I have a story to share that you may find amusing! I, too, am very drawn to Kimberly Clark; her humor and use of language, I just “get” her, and found myself very disappointed when she left You Tube, when was it, maybe a year and a half ago? Anyhow, I was recently at my local grocery store, and had to use the restroom. I’m squatting there in the stall, looking around at the “decor”, when suddenly it occurs to me that the toilet paper holder has the following branding on it: Kimberly-Clark. I am now loling from within the stall, trying not to sit upon the dreaded toilet seat. I had wondered about her drag name choice and the origins of such were now quite clear.😂😂 It makes total sense, drag queens usually choose their names based upon word play combinations that are either risqué or even grotesquely sexual or else have to do with representing beauty out of context, and turning ugly words into more freeing terms. I absolutely butchered that description I was trying to make, so if you want to help me to say what I am struggling to say in your response, I would greatly appreciate it!!! Anyhow, perfectly on brand for Kimberly, I feel that her choosing that particular name is both tongue-in-cheek toward the usual, deeper meanings behind drag name choices, AND, sort of simultaneously mocking the origins of drag names in a playful way? What are your thoughts on that idea? Please tell me your thoughts on this if you understand what the heck I am trying to say! I really love Hannah (@SmokeyGlow) and also enjoy her humor and wit, as well as her fiery personality, so I’m pleased to know that you watch her as well! I also could not be more in agreement with your statements about why you chose to start a channel! I too watch far more You Tube than any person probably should! I work 3 night shifts per week as a Labor and Delivery RN, and have done so, along with various other nursing jobs simultaneously throughout the past 20 years (hospice, institutional psych, and corrections nursing) though always night shift. I would sleep in the day and be up at night even on my nights off so as not to lose a whole day switching to days and then another day lost switching back every week...anyhow, I do everything in the night when the rest of the house is sleeping soundly, from laundry, vacuuming and deep cleaning areas to cooking (meal prep) and going to the gym (24h gym) to showering and journaling and Bible study to even socializing with other night shift nurse friends who were in the same boat! Traditionally I am not a tv girl, as I like to learn if I’m watching... even if I am simply learning about the beautiful intricacies of other people’s lives, or something as basic as makeup application, that to me still counts as valuable learning...Enter You Tube! I will have it playing through everything I am doing, much the way others play music... I would love to start a channel to participate, in precisely the way you described, in the community, given the time spent currently watching🤓🤓🤓. Unfortunately though I have huge involvement in a multitude of issues which I wish to make people aware, and thereby help other girls and women , I am not sure if You Tube is the best way for me to bring attention to these issues, or if perhaps writing a blog might be better. Anyhow, I enjoyed this video very much (just as I enjoy all of your videos!!). Thank you for your insights, and for tolerating that inner discomfort you feel when posting a very revealing video, long enough to allow for the growth that comes as a result. May God Bless you, and all the work you are doing in your own life to grow and be the very best version of yourself, as well as the fact that through broadcasting it all, you are helping so many other women, and probably men too, to begin to examine these same issues in their own lives! ❤️😁❤️😁❤️😁❤️

If you were to collab with Kimberly, my dreams would come true too 😍😍😍😍

I love this video so much ❤️

Thank you so much for sharing your enneagram number! I feel like I have more context for the work that you're doing :) As always I appreciate the thoughtfulness that you bring to your videos, and the grounded presence that you are within the youtube beauty community.

OMG the Egg Breeding Year title, I died.

I would like to hear about your essays as well as poetry.

I like the times you talk about your poetry and writing here and there, we're all mutli-interest people and that is what makes life fun. Is there some poetry youtubers folks could recommend for me? I finished reading 'The Princess Saves Herself In This One' by Amanda Lovelace and have been needing something new. Edit: I once had someone describe 'good stress' as being 'happy-sad'; In some cases you are stressed because you care about what is happening, which in turn means you are connected and experiencing what is going on around you instead of pulling away and shutting down.

Who is that wonderful creature behind you? I love that aesthetic :)

I would love to have you read a bit of poetry on your channel... perhaps share some of the work you did? I did read Lady Lazarus upon you citing it (even have the tab pinned on my browser as I write)... And I liked it. I'm not such a huge fan as you of poetry, but a bit of curated extracts here and there sounds lovely.

You can't save everyone Hannah. But awesome that you try. 😉

If you'll start your egg breeding channel I'll start my butterfly breeding one and we could collab! 😝 (lol, but seriously my son&I are breeding every summer one or two butterflies from worms finding in our garden 🐛)