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Good morning, guys. It's Sid, and welcome back.
Sid explores being alone without loneliness, shares self-care, social media detox, and daily life moments in NYC.
Key Takeaways
- Being alone can be enjoyable and is different from feeling lonely.
- Social media overuse can negatively affect mental health and self-esteem.
- Taking breaks from social media can improve mood and productivity.
- Simple daily activities like reading, cooking, and cleaning can boost well-being.
- Engaging with viewers and community creates a sense of connection and support.
What the video covers
- Sid opens up about feeling lonely but realizing being alone doesn't mean loneliness.
- She visits a coffee shop and interacts with a fan from Amsterdam.
- Sid discusses the negative impact of excessive social media use on her mood.
- She takes a break from social media and enjoys reading in a quiet NYC neighborhood.
- Sid visits a unique bookstore and reflects on the special feeling bookstores give.
- She shops for groceries, shares her favorite salad recipe, and talks about cooking habits.
- Sid deep cleans her apartment, showing a productive mood shift.
- She treats a painful pimple with a spot treatment product.
- Sid announces a giveaway based on fan preferences, choosing YouTube as the platform.
- The video emphasizes self-care, mental health awareness, and connecting with viewers.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Reflections on Being Alone
- 00:57Realizing Alone ≠ Lonely
- 01:36Coffee Shop Visit and Fan Interaction
- 03:20Challenges Filming in Public and Social Media Impact
- 03:59Reading and Social Media Detox Benefits
- 05:34Bookstore Visit and Personal Reflections
- 07:22Grocery Shopping and Cooking Salad
- 09:08Apartment Cleaning and Skincare Routine
- 11:23Giveaway Announcement and Closing Remarks
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So let me explain. I didn't post last week, and to be honest, I didn't think anyone would notice, but actually quite a few of you guys did, and it was actually
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so sweet because I was like, wow, it mattered to some of you. So thank you, guys. The reason I didn't post is I was just in a slump last week. When I was kind of in this lonely mental state, I was thinking
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to myself, wow, like you live alone, you're alone a lot of the time, that's so lonely. But then I realized being alone does not have to be synonymous with being lonely. You can be alone and have such a good
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time with yourself. So I want to take today to just have fun with myself and just do things that I really love to do. I also feel like I'm kind of on FaceTime with you guys sometimes, and it makes me
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feel less lonely. This is like how I talk with my friends. So we're going to have a fun day together. First things first, coffee. Let's go.
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Okay, so I'm at the coffee shop. Introduce yourself.
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Hi, I'm Eileen.
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Eileen just like came up to me and was like, I watch your videos. I was really awkward to come up, but no, you're so sweet, and you're from Amsterdam?
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I live in Amsterdam, but I grew up in LA. Thanks for saying hi. You're literally so sweet. Thank you so much.
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I decided to come outside. I love the employees in there; they're so nice. I'm like kind of friends with them now. Well, I'm not friends with them; I wish I was friends
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with them, to be honest. But they play Lana like so loud, and it's so fun. Like, I usually love it in there, but I just, I don't want to get copyrighted.
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Wow, this is so awkward. I hate filming in public. I forgot that. I hate it. You guys know, like filming in public is just like hard for me. I'm trying. One of the main reasons I think I wasn't feeling good last week, actually, I know this is why, is because I
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was just on social media so much. When I'm on it for extended periods of time, I just don't feel good. I like not being productive. Sadly, I don't have self-control, and I have to delete it to not go on it.
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So my mom also got me this book a couple of months ago, and I wanted to start it because one of my friends said it was really good too. And I usually read—oh, I love New
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York. I decided to come to this little cute neighborhood. I wanted to just read here for a little bit because it's quiet over
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here. Only in my teeth, not going on social media today has already just like helped my mood be so much better. I'm
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eating my go-to snack recently. Actually, this has been my snack for like probably the past year. I get these little thin pretzels from Trader Joe's, and then I have some little baby carrots with some hummus. All three of these together, it's
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just dream, dream combo. You can tell I love this hummus. I'm feeling a lot better today, honestly. I think just not being on social media is something that I really needed. It's so important to take breaks, and I forget to do that sometimes. Social
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media definitely, like, I think affects everyone differently because some of my friends aren't like me, where they get kind of compulsively comparing to other people. But when I'm just like on my phone for too long and I'm just
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scrolling endlessly, I feel like I just compare everything about me to everyone else, and then I feel bad about my own life when I shouldn't. I have like such an amazing life. It's just like the trick that social media can play on your mind.
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And I've talked about this before, like if you guys watched my video three or four years ago, it was called Dear Teenage Girls, and I talked about how I struggled with just comparing myself online to people because it's such a real thing.
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And it's like just an important reminder, I guess, for me to get off my phone and just know that like if you're ever feeling bad about yourself on social media, you're only seeing someone's highlight reels. I know everyone always
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says this, but sometimes I need a reminder. So I'm actually kind of just saying this for myself too. I think I'm going to go actually to this bookstore. I've been wanting to try out new bookstores in New York because I feel
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like there's just so many of them. Wow, I'm just like reading so much. Like, I was reading in the beginning of this video. Now I'm going to a bookstore. We'll take the train there. I love bookstores. There's a specific feeling that you get
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in a bookstore that you don't get anywhere else.
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Guys, that was the coolest bookstore I think I've ever been in. It was so like magical in there, but I didn't know that a lot of it was like acting playbook,
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script-type books, so I didn't find anything when I was in there. But yeah, now I'm just sitting here on this bench romanticizing my life. Everyone's looking at me. Wow. Guys, I've been vlogging in public so much today. Are you
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guys proud? I'm scared right now. I'm at the grocery store because I need to get a few things for dinner. I got this new salad bowl, and it's like making me want to make more salads. I also got this milk.
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I usually don't even really drink like normal milk, but this is so good that I can't not. It's the little Horizon strawberry milk. Like I said, I got this new salad bowl. Even something as simple as this has been like making me want to make
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more salads, so that's good for me. I've been making this Caesar salad with chicken. That's kind of been my go-to. Growing up, my mom would always coat the chicken breast in egg and then breadcrumb and flour. That's kind of what
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I like to do now just because she taught me that way. I also like can't cook without FaceTiming
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someone. Damn, well, never mind. It's just you and us. You and me.
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My salad is done, guys. Looks so small just because this bowl is so big. I'm so excited to eat this. Guys, so good. I promise, guys, if you get a big salad bowl like this, you're going to love making salads like 10 times more. I got these at the grocery store. This is
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the most random impulsive purchase ever because I don't even like raisins. Wait, Mom, look at the salad that I made. Let me see what's in it. Chicken and like vinaigrette and lettuce?
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Yeah. Did you make the chicken?
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Yeah. Oh my God.
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Wow. Okay, guys, so it's actually two hours later. I ended up eating my salad. I don't know what came over me, but I just like cleaned my entire apartment. Like, I did deep clean that I didn't think I was
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going to do. And then once I got into it, I was like, I just can't stop. Like, I need to make it perfect. I really went at it, and I really tried to clean my floors. My little kitchen area is all clean. I have
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a pimple, you guys, that like it's starting right here. I don't know if you guys can even like see it that much, but it hurts. You know that those are the worst pimples when you can't really see it, but it just, it hurts. It's marinating
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right now, and I know it's going to be just this big. It's going to erupt on my face.
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Basically, okay, so maybe it is more visible than I thought it was. Ooh, I am going to do this Mario Badescu drying
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lotion. It's like one of the best things that I use for like spot treatment. Oh, but I don't have a Q-tip. Okay, I'm just going to use these clean tweezers because I need to get to the bottom of this.
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Sediment. Well, we did all we can do. Now we just go to bed and pray. So since I was just cleaning my apartment, I set aside a lot of PR that I've been collecting in a little pile over here.
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You can see it in the corner right there, and I've actually been kind of collecting this pile for a while. I know some of you guys saw this a few vlogs ago. I basically asked you guys where you
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would prefer me to like have a giveaway, if I should do it on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and most of you guys said YouTube. That's why I'm doing it on here, and it feels right, you know? Like, YouTube
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is at the end of the day my home. So I just have a few things that I wanted to give to you guys because you guys truly mean the world to me. I can't even like express how much you guys mean to me, so
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this is just a little thank you, and I'm so excited for one of you guys to get this stuff. I love these brands. They're truly the best. I just get so much.
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guys so much thank you for everything thanks for watching and I'll see you in my next Vlog bye guys [Music]
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