Turn on the ads!! Accept sponsorships! You are legitimately WORKING and deserve to be compensated for it. Most viewers understand and want our favorite RU-vidrs to thrive! Plus gas money = adventures we get to come along on.
I absolutely love that concept - that my making money on ads helps me go on adventures that ya'll get to come with me on. I should be able to resume my adventures soon, and part of that will absolutely be because of gas money I'll get from RU-vid. So thank you for helping me adventure, and thank you even more for coming on the adventure with me!!
@@WaywardAbode I completely agree. I have Premium, so I wouldn't see them anyway. LOL I would also encourage setting up a Patreon or RU-vid Subscriptions at some point and publishing exclusive content. I support several van lifers through both. It is worth the content, connection, and entertainment for me. I don't really watch TV. 😂
I vote yes on the ads. There is an older guy I watch who said he couldn't afford to travel into town very often for gifts viewers wanted to send him so he asked that his viewers watch the ads instead. I have no income so it allowed me to feel like I was contributing in a small way and I would be happy to do it for another "adopted" family member, you! You always give me laugh which feels like a rare commodity these days, thanks and Much love
Girl, I would still watch you with ads, you deserve to make money on your content. Also we are close in age, I am 49 turning 50 this year. So it’s time to not care what others think, you just open that van door and walk out the Queen as you are. As for the dude that decided to tell you about his goals as you were brushing your teeth….I would have the mace can ready to activate…..seriously you are so sweet that you are concerned about offending a crazy man. 😅
Lol I didn't want to hurt his feelings! But thinking back on it now I sure should have been a bit more careful. Lesson learned. :) thank you for putting this smile on my face. Us 50ish gals are in a great club, it seems. 💙
@@WaywardAbode55 years old here and for DECADES I've fought the urge to be nice to everyone. Society teaches women to be complacent and compliant. You know what finally worked? Menopause. A few years in that is. It made me fed up with jerks and all out of patience for arseholes. 😅
No do not turn off ads , you deserve compensation for your work and the smiles you put on our faces. You are great natural stand up comedian. Continue with your journey 💜
Hi Birdie, those kinds of conversations you want to steer well clear of. No one in their right thinking mind goes up to a stranger and starts talking like that. I would say he was getting a perverted high from telling you about it. Add ads if you want to, helps to cover extra rent etc. Part & parcel of van life & posting videos. I used to always skip ads until I found out that the poster wasnt getting paid or not getting paid full amount for ads not watched. ❤
Yes! Play the ads! I love your videos and being a 47 yr old woman I relate so much to you. I may have a sticks and bricks but I enjoy your daily life content. You are absolutely hilarious!!! Get paid girl!! ❤
Please please please use the ads!!! Those who matter won’t care and those who care dont matter. This is an awesome opportunity you’ve got here. You’re so relatable and frankly, you’re so likable!! You get what you can here , you know ?
Girl, you don't EVER have to listen to ANYONE'S nonsense, about sex or anything!!! Eff that. Vanlife or not, you are never obligated to listen to anyone's nonsense.💖💖💖
I'm a Premium subscriber so I don't see the ads, but I say turn 'em on, every little bit helps! Thanks you for the extremely entertaining upload, you are so funny and charming! What does that feel like?! (I hope it feels great, cause you make me laugh and smile, thank you!).
It feels amazing to hear! I can't tell you how many times in my life I've been told I'm "too much" (and not in a good way) so for you guys to be so damn nice and actually wanna hang out with me is just the coolest thing ever. Thank you!!!
Turn on the ads! There are times that I do let an ad play through and times when I skip. You're a creator and we as viewers are reaping the benefits from your creations and creativity. I say it should be a reciprocal relationship.
I do feel the same way as a watcher, so I'm not sure why I was hesitant to turn them on as a creator. I just really want folks to know how much I appreciate you all and that I know I'm here to provide for you, not the other way around, if that makes sense. :) ❤️
@@WaywardAbode Awww...come on, now. It's so easy for others to see you are VERY creative! You have a knack for making mundane, everyday things in your life so relatable and funny. Seems to me that's what the best comedians do! Could you do that? You ALREADY do!
@@mightysweetlife Man, you've really made me feel good this morning! Who knows what the future holds. Especially with folks like you behind me. Thank you!🥰
😂 i love how you put it about the 10 year old self. I think if talking to us on your phone helps you get through the day keep it up. Some people just need to let it out. If i had the guts i might do it too. Keep on being you!!
Binge watching all your content to catch up 🎉 I’m 55 this month disabled living in Yorkshire Uk . I love love love your channel. Thankyou for being you xxx
Girl!! I have had a year from hell! And I just stumbled onto your channel and literally belly laughed!!! Love Love Love you! I think about doing what you’re doing just because menopause makes you want to run away ….I’m living vicariously through you,, if your in Michigan feel free to park!! ❤
Belly laughs! Heck yeah!! That's awesome. :) Menopause is a huge meanie! That's all I know. lol. I have always wanted to visit Michigan, so you never know!
Thank you for sharing your life with us all! Your joy is contagious and inspiring, your a little bit heaven on 4 wheels! Sending you many blessings and hugs!
Definitely yes to the ads. I like supporting people I subscribe to by letting the ads play. Also, that dude telling you about his love habits so funny and so damn wired since you’re a complete stranger. lol
Hey Birdie! Loved this episode. Glad to see you're getting more comfortable on the road and enjoying van life. Sorry that your storage rent is going up. When it comes to monetization. DEFINITELY DO IT! We were RU-vid creators for a while, and it's definitely worth the time and effort, and it's nice to make money making something you love. Just remain consistent, and stay in your niche and the algorithm will keep you flowing. Safe travels! 🌛😊
@@WaywardAbodeWe started off doing Mukbang, got bored and changed niche to Vlogging and that was algorithm suicide! LOLOL Stick to your niche and be consistent. PLUS, our jobs don't allow us the time to create and edit anymore, unfortunately!! It was a good distraction during 2020!!
🦋 💜 Miss Bernie you’re doing better and better every day! baby steps it’s OK to still feel some kind of way about getting in and out of your car. I get it been there done that. But look at the bright side, you had a great nap!❤
One of these days I'm gonna throw open the door with a flourish so everyone knows I'm a badass in my van. It for now, I'm gonna be happy with my van naps and clandestine exits. 🤣😂
We love you for you and girl, do what you need to and as long as we get to enjoy your videos, I believe most of us wouldn’t mind the ads knowing it’s helping you out! Love your genuine personality and your realness! Stay safe out there!
No problem with ads. If I hate one, I'll skip it, easy. Congrats on reaching that milestone 👏 I watch accounts I'm interested in - sometimes it's the content - a How To, but mainly it's the person. I get to really care how folk are doing as they travel around. Occasionally, another RU-vidr will recommend another account to go watch and I'll have a look, but mainly, I find them myself.
Please add the ads! That’s a mouthful! Lol You earned those extra pennies! You should also start memberships! I’d join! I just adore ya! I love your spirit! You’re like that fun friend I haven’t had in years! I’m turning 50 in April and my daughters who are 30 and 24 are my best friends! Which I’m so thankful for but they don’t get those being 50 things! Lol sending tons of happy vibes and Bigfoot babies from the Pacific Northwest 🌲🐵🌲
Hi! I totally know what you mean about your kids being your best friends, which is awesome, but a gal still needs/wants friends who'll understand the creaky phase of life! 😅 Y'all are that for me, for sure! Thank you for that.
I didn't realize there weren't ads. Go ahead, turn 'em on! I'm sooooo used to it. 🙂 Besides that, you gotta think about you (and imo that applies to strange guys who walk up and are inappropiate-I say that as any good friend should fyi). Take care of you mainly bc we really love you. Don't let your vitality die! Not a surprise you're growing -at all!
Thank you for caring. That means the world. I'm gonna take another's suggestion and get some wasp spray. The guy was harmless, but I would have felt better with that spray nearby, that's for sure. ❤️
Omg girl I just came across your channel and have been laughing my butt off!!! I just love your personality! I am 52 and have been looking into the van life. I watched your first two months video and was cracking up and when you said you were grieving your old life style that is actually what I was wondering would happen. Just subscribed and looking forward to more videos!!!
Hi! So nice to meet you! Transitions can sure be hard. I wonder if the butterfly mourns the cocoon he left behind? Hopefully, he can find the humor in it, too. 😁
Yes ads!!! We're already friends and we haven't even met yet. Make your money friend. You deserve it and we all could use extra money. Go get it. You make my day watching!!!
Agree with the wasp spray idea, loved the puppy pad idea, so enjoyed "dancing" with yoy. I feel like ive met a great friend. I do plan to be a nomad someday but right now i have family obligations so im enjoying my future through your experiences. Cant express how much im enjoying your positive, enthusiastic outlook. I hope we meet down the road sometime. And definitely turn on the ads. Every little bit helps. One more thought...you should get paid for that toilet review. It was THE BEST ever! Now one of the refrigerator companies should give you one to review!.
Hi, friend!! I'm excited to hear you're gonna get to nomad someday. I sure know how those family commitments can be. But man, it's gonna make you appreciate the freedom even more when you have it. ❤️ Thank you for boosting the heck out of my self esteem. I appreciate you so much. I hope we get to meet too! and it's funny you say that about the fridge cause that's the next review I want to do, I just have to wait until I have my solar power back in place so I can turn it on. 🤣
Girl! New sub! So glad I found you! We are very similar out in these vanlife streets!😂 So happy to find a woman more my age still so young at heart, living this lifestyle and knowing these "older woman" struggles! I've been vehicle dwelling for 2 years and JUST started a channel! Just like your nervousness to get out of your car for the judgement,(that does go away😉) my nervousness has been exposing my crazy self to the world! Literally as soon as I hit record I second guess every word and action for fear of judgement but I LOVE your dance party comparison! I really do want to bring people along the way you make me feel right there with you! Love your energy and hope we cross paths! Blessed and happy travels!
Yay for friends who embrace the silly! Love it!! I'm excited you've started a channel! Like you said about getting out of your vehicle, You get over the nervousness of being in front of the camera. Because most people are just like us and the ones that judge us, and say mean things, you can just hide them from the channel. And then you never have to see them again. It's brilliant. What's your channel name? I wanna see your crazy self. With any luck, we will indeed cross paths at some point, and I'm looking forward to it! Thanks for being awesome!
Just love your channel.....i went from such an emotional upsetting day to watching you, listening to your words of wisdom, and feeling like....ITS ALL OF GOING TO BE OKAY....SO GREATFUL FOR YOU....😊 Also, i vote yes for the ads , as it will def help you out....it puts money in your pocket, and its a good thing for you❤
I'm so sorry you had such a bad day. But I'm so grateful I was able to help you know it's gonna be okay. The crappy times always pass. Thank goodness!! 🥰
I’ll watch any add 15 seconds or less, maybe longer if I really like the presenter. I like you. I love your attitude and you are so fun. So, turn on those ads. Make the man pay you for having fun. 💕👍🏻🎉
Can so relate to the anxiety about coming out of the van in the morning! 😂 Re: the ads...living in a caravan myself with no TV, I watch lots of RU-vid so pay for premium to avoid ads as do most people I know and was pleased to find out that RU-vid premium subscribers views on videos still contribute to creator's monetization. I say turn 'em on! I only got monetized recently but just got my first payment from RU-vid for $169!!!! My channel isn't very big at all (only 1.6k subs) and I'm on disability so to get that bonus extra money into my bank account this week was AWESOME! That’s a couple of weeks worth of food! For your channel it would be lots more... you deserve to get rewarded for putting your real, fabulous self out there! ❤ And if you need another incentive: If you DON'T monetise your videos, RU-vid still puts ads on your videos and keeps all the revenue rather than share it with you! That's what finally convinced me to monetize! 😂
I follow a few RU-vid creators and let the ads run. You deserve to receive compensation for the work you do. I’ll watch the ads on your channel. Love your channel. 🤗
@@WaywardAbode once in my early twenties I was downtown and this woman asked me for directions. I gave them, and she asked me if I wanted to go for coffee, which I declined. She totally eyed me up and down as I walked away 😳 - in those days it was just bizarre. Just so you don’t feel like the only one who gets in craziness 😂
I never knew how the ads worked on RU-vid. All I know is that I have watched a hell of a lot of them on videos made by a lot less entertaining people. If boring videos can have them, then I say, go for it. I would sit through 15 mins of ads for 5 mins of your content. Grab them pennies, baby!!! 💰
If you can do an ad or two in your videos, by all means do it! You are inspiring quite a few people on here. Don't think many will mind having a couple ads. Sending blessings you way.
Yes to the ads! If those companies are willing to spend money for people to watch their ads, I'd rather see someone like you benefit from it than another big company. Just discovered your channel. Love your personality. I think I'll be able to relate to a lot of things in June when I move into my van. I know it will be an adjustment but I want to save money so I can go west so gonna work here and live in the van first. It's a choice not forced into, thankfully, but I know I will have a hard time adjusting at first. Happy trails!
Hi there! Excited you're gonna do vanlife! You're absolutely right it'll be an adjustment. But if you get yourself a bit more prepared than I was, you'll be just fine. :) And going west is bunches of fun! Thank you so much for being here and being so supportive.
I would so watch the ads on your channel. You are such a breath of fresh air. You are a brave and beautiful lady. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Turn on those ads, and keep being you! I’m loving your honesty and vulnerability. This is real life, and you are sharing that with humor and hopefulness. Sending hugs! 🤗
Birdie, I look forward to your video's, they make my day! You should turn on your ads if it's going to help you in any way and for you I will watch them😊. Those puppy pee pads sound great, you can also buy the reusable sort which come in pretty patterns that you can throw in the wash too but whether you want them lingering is up to you. They are also are great to put down when it's raining outside like a floor mat inside to soak up extra moisture off your shoes. You are so like me in that age wise as I'm one year older though and I thought you were still in your forties. Never knew that about the cycles after menopause but explains a lot of my anger on certain days. Thankfully I used to be a 28 day cycle so really happens just once a month and now explains why I'm now starting to crave iced buns😂. You are also like me having random people talk about their lives to you though I cannot say I have had that topic mentioned ....just yet!!🤔🤣 You obviously put people at ease that they can just talk and maybe he needed to get it off his chest like a free council session because maybe he has issues doing what he does or was some way reprimanded in the past. Though I must admit, that conversation would freak me out a bit and I would be keeping an eye on my pizza paddle ( great self defence item as its a wooden stick with a metal bit on the end and not obvious), one eye on him and getting my keys in hand to wedge between my fingers just in case. Thankfully he was harmless for you. I would be like you watching out the window to before exiting too. I think we need to ge alert of our surroundings and it sort of built into women to be like that in this day and age, sadly. I felt for you having a bad day with one thing after another and yet you stay chirpy, so well done you! Do your own adverts too when you get the chance and not just YT ones, if your going to review an item you have then let that company know and ask it has an affiliate marketing link you can use especially with the powerbanks as an example or set up your own Amazon account doing the same thing as every penny counts. I know some RU-vidrs have a buy me a coffee link if that still exists, you need to research everything. Anyhow, take care driving and look after yourself😊
Nicola! Hi! 🥰 I didn't know they had reusable puppy pads. That sounds perfect. I'll have to look at those. Especially for the for Matt situation. There's a couple times those would have come in super handy! Mmm iced buns sounds good! I 100% need a pizza paddle! 😅 Thank you for being so freaking supportive. I appreciate you so much. ❤️
I subscribed after watching your first video...my daughter (she's 8) and I look every night to see if you've uploaded any new videos... We love your videos and your personality... Thank you for sharing your journey with us and thank you for making us smile! ❤ Ashley
Girl! I hope I meet you on the road someday!! You have the best personality! ♥️ I’m 53- post menopausal and I don’t think about those days of cravings, mood swings, headaches, etc. this is me… 🤣🤣🤣 but since you mentioned it, I realize (now) that it’s the same damn symptoms! lol thanks for the heads up!
OMG, menopause periods, cravings, flashes, and mood swings are SO annoying. I'm definitely over it. LOL!! Girl, you better pur those ads in your vlogs. The amount of time it takes to create, export, render, and upload content is well deserving of compensation. Get that bag!!
Hi Birdie... I have just come across your channel and I gotta say I love your personality. You are real and down to earth not to mention fun. I'm subscribing! I live way over here in Australia but I love your videos. Thankyou for keeping it real and entertaining 😊 oh and ads... go for it 😊
Please turn on the ads, birdie! Remember how you said that you love to help other people, and give gifts, etc. Well, by letting us watch the ads on your channel, it’s a way of us being able to give back to you!! We love you!! Take care and always be safe!! 🤗💕
Welcome to youtube - as a van channel you have a hot topic and people obviously like you! You're perfect for this. Turn on the ads - girl go ahead and try to make that money - it's hard and it doesn't pay a lot but it pays something and you could at least pay for your expenses to run this channel. :D
Go for it turn them on! You are doing good. I have just started watching you and just heard you say you are 50. You are the same age as my oldest daughter. You keep me smiling a lot and I love it. I’m going through your videos now.
You're right, I really should. Sometimes my daughter and I will read the diary I kept when I was like 12, and it's hilarious. She laughs so hard. Maybe even just for that reason I should go ahead and start a diary again. Thanks for the nudge. :)
@@WaywardAbode it could also change with the weather,… When the weather is cold and the pee bucket is warm it could be condensation where as when it is hot outside it could be evaporation (does pee evaporate? I assume so. 😂). - I mean,.. puppy pads could be clear now and yellow in hotter weather. 😂😂
Good for you that you're that close to your milestone. You have earned it. Turn on the ads. If it will help you survive. You have put yourself here. It's because you are worth it and because you have shared with us your struggles and challenges and it's something that we all face. If it will help you, then I am happy to let the ads play. Go for it!
