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Why I DON'T want kids

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  Transcript: Hello, my name is Alyne and I don't want kids. "You'll regret it!" "That is so sad and selfish!"  "You'll end up an old maid!"  "You're so young, you'll change your mind! Just wait till that biological clock kicks in." But, the years passed, I turned 20...30 and nothing changed. I still don't want kids but that doesn't seem to matter. My boyfriend wants me to have kids. My mom wants me to have kids. Literally, strangers want me to have kids.  "You'll love it!" Kids! Kids! Kids!  It seemed like the whole world expected me to have a baby whether I wanted to or not. And it turns out it's not just me. One in five women in the US won't have kids. More and more people are choosing to be child-free. But what are the reasons why?  1. Income and education:  Studies show that the more money a woman makes and the more education she gets, the lower the chance she'll choose to have kids. ...

Stop apologizing for things you cannot control

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  Video Transcript:  How many times have you apologized for something you cannot control? For being yourself! In my life, I have been sorry many times.  As a kid, I was sorry for having girly voice and feminine features. In my early teens, I said sorry for having darker skin and gypsy genes. And, obviously at some point, I also started apologizing for my accent.  It's all because I was taught to adapt and fit in at all costs!  In that world, the dominating color was gray and it isn't that exciting "50 Shades of Grey".  Oh no, It's just one shade of gray, the shade of trying to fit in.  Chances are, you have a similar story. I've met people who would say sorry for who they loved, sorry for being too intelligent, sorry for how they looked. But, if there's anything my life has taught me these past three years is that the only reason we are sorry for things we can't control is not that there's something wrong with us, but because we don't have t...

Is Luxury Worth It?

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  Transcript The following video is a true story. Last week, my friend, Agon made some money and he wanted to celebrate by buying a nice Gucci jacket. So, he went to Gucci with $500 in his hand, ready to buy. He found a jacket he liked. It fit him well, it's made in Italy , it had the Gucci name on it, the leather felt nice and the jacket was amazing! He was about to buy it until he saw the price: ' $5,000 ' —  $5,000 for a jacket!  Agon put the $500 back in his pocket, left the store and never looked back. This, my friends, is the luxury clothing market. It's a market with very expensive things that are clearly not worth the price. And according to studies, to make a luxury item, it costs 8% of the price, the remaining 92% goes to other stuff . Because at the end of the day, someone has to pay for the luxury brand expensive rent. Someone has to pay for their expensive ads . Someone has to pay for their expensive fashion shows . And, that someone is you me and ...

The Decision Trap

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  Transcript I think I have to finally open up about something. For the past month I've been having many, many problems. I'm always stressed, tired, angry, anxious and indecisive . I never quite knew why until recently I realized that I'm suffering from decision fatigue .  And it's a real thing that you and I could suffer from. Let me explain. When you are presented with a simple question:  "Should I wear yellow or white?"   You need to make a decision.  "Yellow."   One decision is easy. Anyone can make it but when you have to make hundreds of them every day... "Do you want to go to the city?" - "Yes!" "Do you want me to shoot it?" "Do you want to go shopping?" - "Later!" "Do you want to go eat?" - "No!" "iPhone or Android?" "Where are we living after day 1,000?" "What video do we make today?" "I DON'T KNOW!!!" ...You will go crazy! ...

How Your Circle of Friends Influence Who You Become

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  Transcript This is a rock and this is water. If you pour water on a rock, nothing happens. But if you pour water on a rock, time after time after time, the rock eventually changes.  I can't believe I'm making this video but here is a confession . When I was a kid I loved eating meat and all my friends did, too, because meat was our favorite dish. And vegetarians , I hated, because life is too short not to enjoy meat. Until one day, something crazy happened. I found a girl online and I liked her. I took her on a date and all of a sudden she says, "I'm vegetarian." I thought to myself, "Crap! I like this girl but eating out with her is going to be difficult." Day after day after day, we would go on dates and she would order avocado and I would order steak. And she would whisper, "It's better to be vegetarian." I disagreed. She ate her own and I ate mine.  But, her small influence on my food was like water hitting my rock and after ...