Vlog - E125 - "A Mental Check In And Some Upcoming Plans!!"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- with my recent bout of getting sick I have had some folks concerned for my mental health after my video a few weeks ago. I clear the air and talk about the future polans of the channel
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Super busy is a good mental health therapy...
I definitely keep myself busy. I don't really have an off switch. Haha
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Glad you are healing physically, mentally and emotionally… you are inspirational to us for sharing your journey. Stay happy, healthy, and lucky and great wealth will join you.👍👍👍
I'm definitely healing in all those ways. It's definitely a journey and I'm happy to share. I don't know the destination, but I'm certainly enjoying the trip so far. Haha
Having multiple sources ( I.e. different friends, places, activities) for mental health relief are importance…
I agree. Now I just need to have a bunch of friends all over SE Asia that I can bump into and visit while I'm travelling around. I've started making friends here, so it will just take a little time.
personally, I am happy that you are talking about these things as I struggle with them too, and its nice to feel that I am not alone!
I find that when I talk about them, I am able to process a bunch for myself as well. It's important for me too, but I'm glad that it resonates with you as well. Thanks for being a part of my healing process.
Keep going like energizer battery 🔋body from Dallas tx
Walking and beating my drum. Haha.
Congratulation. You seem a lot healthier and happier.
I am. Thank you.
I hear ya on all of this. My brain likes to catastrophize and I'm learning to manage that more and more, but sometimes it sneaks up on you.
Yep. I just started to give that voice in my head a cartoon voice. It's way less menacing when it sounds like Donald duck. Haha
Frugal, I think Cambodia is your new home, I'm 100% sure and believe me or not it's up to you
I'm pretty sure it's my new home as well. I feel way more comfortable here than I did even back in my homeland in Canada. I'm good with that. I can happily spend the rest of my life over here.
@@FrugalWandererWow. Amazing. I don't think I can easily adapt to new living environments.
I've been doing it all my life. I'm just doing it in a new country. I am adapting to it quite well.
Thanks for sharing your video Sean! Please stay healthy in my beautiful country Cambodia and have a safe trip to sihanoukville it's beautiful ocean side don't forget to go to koh rong and kompot province all ocean side take care bye from milton Ontario Canada
I left Sihanoukville yesterday. I was only scheduled to be there for two days and I'm now spending a few days in Phnom Penh.
I really enjoyed my time in Sihanoukville but the weather was really wet. I know it's the rainy season now, but I got drenched. Haha. I'll go back when the weather is nicer to visit the beaches and the islands. It was definitely a nicer place than I had imagined.
I only arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon, but so far I'm loving it. It's a much different feel than Siem Reap and I can't wait to explore it the next few days. I have a ton of videos coming up from the trip. I have 8 completed already. I've been busy haha.
More hobbies 🪷
I have so many already. Haha
I go through something like that. When super social for a few weeks or even months I feel much more content, than it stops I fall into a hole.
Yeah. I didn't expect there to be a hole like that. It wasn't too bad at all just unexpected. Haha
Maybe shunney is
showers/sunny
as it looks like it has rained 😊
I think I was trying to say sun shiny day and my befuddled brain messed up. Haha. I like your interpretation as well. Who knows, maybe I invented a new word by accident.
life is ups and downs..and its all how u manage them that is important..
Vietnam : take the simple 30 day tourist visa on arrival on the airport, dont complicate things or over do it..
The last I checked, Canadians do not have access to a visa on arrival in Vietnam. We need to have it before we get there. It's no big deal. The travel agencies here can process a 1 month visa in advance for me. I'm not stressing about it at all. Haha. If it takes a while to get the visa, that's fine with me. I'm more than happy to just spend time in Siem Reap until it's done. Haha
@@FrugalWanderer oh ok as a swede its easier to pop over to vietnam, we still got the 15 days arrival and 1 extension.. we got the 3rd strongest passport in the world ..Singapore is apparently no 1 in the world
I find it strange sometimes with some visa rules in some country's ..if u are a tourist u are a tourist..with money u want to spend in the country - logic say that you should be welcome..
Hopefully that will change one day, but even as a tourist, we are affected by the politics back home. It's annoying, but it is what it is. Haha
@@FrugalWanderer yep the big boys play politics and we suffer..haha..
Nah but ill think it was covid..before most countrys did get 45 days in vietnam..hope it gets back to normal soon..flight prices has begun to drop now finally..hope it gets to normal low prices like before covid next year
Progress toward extroverted, improved mental health, stay healthy with good Cambo weight loss program… all are good.,,👍 🎉😢
I'm happy with everything so far. I had a few folks reach out to me in email making sure I was ok when I got sick. I figured it was a good time to provide an update.
Hey Sir Frugal
Getting sick in Asia is par for the course🤨
The great bi product is that it builds up your resistance to local bugs.
Keep walking 💪💪
Yeah. I'm happy that I will now have a bit more immunity for the local illnesses. It wasn't too bad to be honest. My body was just reacting differently than I am used to because whatever I caught is something brand new to me. I feel much better now.
Sean, I looked into a Cambodian Retirement Visa. It's simpler than some other countries but it's a bit confusing to me. I'm not aware of what type you got but before leaving the country make sure that your visa allows multiple entries. I believe that one type becomes void should you leave the Kingdom.
I received the retirement visa and it is multiple entry. I made sure of this when I applied for it. I believe that any of the extended visas that are more than 6 months have this by default. Never a bad thing to double check with your agency when you apply though.
Agreed Sean.. mental health is huge and a positive mind can help but nothing can stop that brain of ours from overthinking and thinking about the worst scenario. Having people around helps immensely and keeping mini goals even if its travel goals helps too.
We are always our own worst critic and enemy. It can take the smallest thing sometimes to make it all fall apart. I agree that small goals helps a lot. That is why I always set them for myself. If I need a push, I do it daily. If I am just needing to maintain, then I set weekly ones. I am still doing daily ones at the moment, but that is beause I am travelling and trying to make as much content as I can while I am travelling.
@@FrugalWanderer brilliant buddy... keep on believing :)
We all will take happier and healthier any day , any how or any time… all are good things that you can control as you re- learn how to do it again… welcome new friends from SR, PP, Vietnam , Sihanoukville etc….
I'm definitely happier and healthier and I am looking forward to meeting the new friends I haven't met yet.
Stay healthy and safe 🙏
That is my absolute plan. Thank you.
wackadoodle!
I fully own being a wackadoodle. Haha
Glad your adventure is good!
So far so good.
I like your videos but maybe you just need perspective, I would do the Visa on arrival.
Some days I do need to stop and gain perspective. That's a fact.
I'm pretty sure that Canadians need to have their visa in advance for Vietnam. I do not believe that we have access to a visa on arrival. At least that is the information available to me from the Canadian government. I do use it because it tends to have up to date information on what restrictions Canadians have while travelling abroad.
@@FrugalWanderer ok as a Australian we had the option of both and you wait a long time at HCM City airport with no aircon and 2 in our group did Visa on arrival and it was way faster than doing the Visa online
I have nothing but time, so even if there is a delay at the airport, it won't bother me. I'm one of those weirdos that doesn't hate a queue. Haha
Glad your doing well. I've heard from other TH-camrs that the friendship thing can be difficult over there at times.
People coming and going and it takes some adjustment. Friendships come hard and fast and leave just as quick.
Just a mental shift that needs to be made and you have to be adaptable.
Like you said. A constant work in progress.
Happy that your doing mentally well.
Constant change is the only real consistent thing in my life here. Haha
Hi Shawn. Your videos have influenced my decision to leave America , not that I needed a reason but I definitely needed a place . And I am going to be moving to Seim Reap in October hopefully. I still have to sell my life. But I am so stoked. I can’t retire here, but there I can. And you have sold me big time. Can’t wait to run into you. So Stoked. Thanks Shawn.
Wow. That's amazing. I'm glad that you've been able to see something in Siem Reap that speaks to you the way it did for me.
It's definitely doable to retire here and live a much better life with the savings you have or the money you get for retirement. Your dollar goes a lot further here for sure plus the extra benefit is that it will also help change the lives of the locals here to have the extra income trickle into the community.
Let me know when you get here so we can grab a coffee together and if you have any questions before you get here, feel free to ask. There is definitely growing expat community here and lots of folks to meet that are here to live a better life in their retirement in a place where their dollar matters. Safe travels.
I've been in Chiang Mai for 2 years and I've picked some kind of chronic infection that antibiotics don't touch. Always something but our minds seem to acclimate to Asia faster than our bodies. I turned 70 this year and you don't accept it as casually as I used to do.
That sounds awful to have something that is persistent like that. Mine is mostly gone now, but I will be cautious for sure. I hope you get better.
Mental health is important get out your comfort zone is the key ! Make friends with locals most cambodians are shy at first but once they build that trust and confidence with u they'll be most open ppl you meet lol coming from a cambodian😅 I wanna see frugal traveler speaking khmer and drinking with the locals in the near future lol and love your content btw!!! Keep em coming!
My mental health routine is working well for me so far. I have met a few locals but you are correct. It takes some time.for them to open up.
I'm trying to learn a little of the language, but I've always had a difficult time learning new languages. I'm really good at mimicking the pronunciation but I have a hard time getting the words to form in my head. It will take time and I figure after a year or so, I will be in a much better place to be able to communicate with the locals in their language better than I do now.
I’m a gamer too. Have you had the chance to play on a steam deck. It has changed my gaming life totally. It a must try.
I've had a steam deck since it came out. I was one of the lucky people to get the first batch. Haha. I use it all the time here. I just beat HiFi rush on it and I'm playing through the uncharted collection from steam for the third time. Uncharted 4 is such a great game. Haha
Hello! Thank you about your honesty. i appreciate it very much, because it is not easy and even common thing to be honest and say aloud feelings deep down from heart. keep going man and God bless you ❤
I think we should be more open about it. I know that personally it has made a world of difference for me and I no longer feel alone in my battle with my mental health. I plan on doing these updates and I progress through this. I at no point think that it will ever be over, but it certainly gets easier and easier every day.
Thank you for being a part of the healing.
True you speak so true! I also strugle with some mental health things like depression... Nobody should underestimate the power of heart rooted in honesty.
It will never be over but one can learn to live with it and some days maybe forget that nasty thing🙂 understand the burden that we have to bare
@@JanneNeuvonenalso. Remember that you aren't alone in this journey. Feel free to reach out if you ever need reassurance.
@@FrugalWanderer Thank you much! I have plane tickets to Cambodia at August first :) so maybe we will meet in Siem Reap :) I had plan to arrive at the end of April, but things happens.haha.. For a man from northern- Finland the rainy season is better; i do not know will i handle the heat even then :)