Y254. Imagine. Welcome back to entrepreneurship Tuesday. My name is Michelle Ashira. You can follow us across all our social media platform. That is at Y254 channel and we are on our next segment. Before I give you the question of the day, we are looking at how to restore confidence post COVID-19 because we all want to travel. I'm all about planning my next vacation and if you're planning also, I will tell you who the person to talk to when it comes to matters of tours and travel. So my guest, the person I'm talking about is the founder of Tukio Ventures and she's been into commercial experience of product and service industry for 10 good years. Waringa Kimani. Hi. Hi, how are you? I'm fine. Thank you. Thank you very much for coming through. Sante Sana. Thank you for hosting me. All right. So if I've missed anything that I like to call a serial entrepreneur. Because I've learned such a couple of projects that you do when it comes to looking for money and also definitely inspiring young people into business just as an entrepreneur. You're not just into tour and travels. You, Waringa, you will deal with so many other ventures. So I like you to probably tell our viewers if I've missed anything that Waringa does. Let me just say apart from tours, I do some nice fruity yummy jumps. Yes. And this is a COVID baby that was born. Yes. Okay. So guys back at home head on to our Facebook page and you have a question for you right there. Remember, you can reach out to us. That is as simple as Y254 channel that is on Facebook and also on Instagram that is Y254 underscore channel. And we have a question for you and you're asking how often do you buy new clothes and where do you get them? Because you're looking at good quality at an affordable price. So coming back to tour and travel because most of us are looking forward to just going back to the new normal and the aspect of just gathering with family and friends in a safe way. We look, we look into that. So I'd like to find out, can we restore confidence in Kenyans when it comes to going back post COVID-19 when it comes to travel? Yes, we can. But I guess what COVID has done to us, it has taken us back to that commode of restore factory, that is what it has taken us back to. We think outside the box, what if COVID doesn't go, what next? So we all have to think outside the box on what next. But yes, there's restoration at the end of the day. There's light events of the day. Yeah. And we look forward to, we just hopeful where we are right now. We just hopeful that things will get better. But what if they don't? Have you thought about it? Because it seems it will be the new norm now, living with masks, keeping that, you know, and all that. But we just have to be focused and keep it sane as the best way we can. All right. So we'll get to look into a couple of ways where we can actually restore confidence from Kenyans, just to get back to the new norm of just vacation, to and travels, just enjoying themselves with family and friends. But right now, let us to find out about 2Q Adventures, the reason why we are here, the tour travel company. So tell us more about 2Q Adventures. 2Q Adventures is a tour and travel company. We sell experience, adventure, and the whole journey from when you start your traveling to the last day. That's us and we are more of personalization, key on personalization. I want to just tell you, have a package tomorrow. Can you buy it? I want to hear from you. What do you want? What do you expect? Is there anything extra you want in that package? I listen more to my clients, then I'll give ideas and yeah, that's what we are about. And for corporates, we do team building. Basically, we do employee engagement programs. Okay. Yes. So for how long have you guys been into business? As 2Q Adventures since 2017, but personally I've been in it since 2013 with a different company. Yes. So for someone who is watching and here she just, she's just come across 2Q Adventures right now. We like to give them a feel of what exactly happens if they come to your office and let's assume the client here. I want to travel to probably seashells, Maldives or wherever that I intend to. Does the company, the tour and travel company of international travel? Yes, we do both local and international. Yes. So from when you enter to the office, I'll definitely want to listen to you. What are you looking at? What is your budget like? Yes. And then I'll cater for your needs. I'll listen to you more than what I'll tell you. And then from there now we can da, da, da, da. I'll tell you for your budget maybe of 10,000, 20,000, I can give you this. Yeah. It's basically that. During this time of the pandemic where we are minimizing movement and gathering, are there some of the packages that the company has that we can probably spend more time with the family and friends maybe during the weekend and yes, yes, yes, yes. We are selling the Nairobi National Park and it's really selling. Yeah. What are the packages? How are the packages looking like? The packages like, the packages start from around 1800 to 3000, but a minimum of six people per vehicle. Those are the restrictions and the day it's a six hours experience from when you're picked from home, get into the park, have your game drive, do your picnic, then you're dropped home. At the end of the day it's about the people you're with, what you want to feel and that's what will give you. Yeah. So for someone who is watching this particular conversation and they love the idea of venturing into the tour and travel. So Leon, we're having a conversation about shifting from one career to another. Yes. Probably they develop this interest. What type of background do one needs, do one actually needs to start off a business in tour and travel? You have to have a background in tourism. Yes, you have to. For your own business, you also have to have some management skills and all. Yes. You just don't wake up one day. Actually it's in every career, you just don't wake up one day and just say, I want to do this. You have to go learn it. It's not like when you're producing something which you can't be taught. Like if I'm to make chicken, you can go through YouTube, you can go through whatever, whatever and get the skills from there. But some things you have to learn. You have to learn how to make an itinerary. You have to learn how to do those calculations. You have to learn how not to backtrack. You have to learn so many stuff. You have to know the animals. If you're a guide, you have to know so much. Yes. But it's not an easy industry but we strive. Okay. So allow me to take you back to 2017 when you started this particular company. Yeah. What was the initial capital? My capital was my clients. I like that. Yes. Okay. So how did you gather about just your clients to just invest in your business? From where I was working, I was a director but the company had to stop and I had to restart again. So I can say to cure is so new. Like I had to restart from scratch, like trying to win my clients why I'm not in this company, why this company had to be closed and why to cure. So I had to gain that confidence that you can, we can still go with to cure. You can still travel with to cure at the end of the day. It's only the name has changed or but I'm still Waringa. Providing the same services. Yes. All right. So I can say I started a capital but my clients, they also pushed me. You can do this. They believed in you. They believed in me. Yes. Looking at probably a reference of your project that you actually done and they were involved. Yeah. Okay. So you have a test of a little bit of the both side of the world employment and entrepreneurship. Yeah. What's it take? For me, entrepreneurship any day. Why? Any day. Okay. Why?  It has really toughened me. At least where I am today, I believe it's, if it were not of entrepreneurship, I don't know. I don't know if I'll have grown this much. Yeah. But it has really toughened me and I love that about it because attempt employment might put you in that comfort zone and you're like, I'm not growing here. I need to keep, keep, keep doing this and that for me to get that promotion for me to maybe try another field or something. But with entrepreneurship, you're their content. When you start, you're their content, you're the messenger, you're everything in that company when you start. Yeah. So you get, you get all the experiences at the same time. Yeah. I love the fact that you point across a very important aspect where you spoke about when it comes to employment, there's a certain of being comfortable because at the end of the month, you're sure there's a certain of, you know, the salary. So a check will be coming through. So, but when you venture into entrepreneurship, it's all yours. It's all yours. Especially when you're just starting up.  Oh, my kids. Because at the end of the day, they depend on me. And I'm a single mother. So you just have to at the end of the day. So my kids really motivate me. The other thing that keeps me going, rejection. When you reject me, I'll show you by the, I can do it. Oh, why? Yes. That's a different angle. And I, that's a very impressive angle. Yeah. When you try to tell me by the orega, you cannot do it. Imagine, I'll show you, I'll do it. So for me to prove that point, that I can do it, yeah, that motivates me. And also the girl I want to be, you have that picture of you, Michelle, that one day one time I'll have this and this. And when you don't, when you're not there, you have to keep going. So for me, I look at that girl I want to be that successful lady in all aspects. When I'm not yet there, it really pushes me and wakes me up and all that. Yeah. That motivates me a lot. Yeah. So I look up to myself. That's future Waringa. Impressive. Very impressive. So there's so many two and travel companies out there. So what's your value proposition? For us, how to put it, we invest in our clients. Yes. I may have two clients and have those two clients for the longest, but the experience we give will be something different. So for me, I really don't rush to numbers. I grow with my clients. Today we started just within Nairobi. Tomorrow we'll go to Nairobi National. Okay. Tomorrow we'll go to Naivasha. After a few years, we are going to Maldives, seashells, you know. Yeah. I like, we believe in working with the clients and giving them a different taste, a different touch. Even when they are so broke, I'll still tell you, we can still do this. You don't have to run away because you can't afford this and that. Yeah. So you work with my budget at the same time? Exactly. Plus the personalization is key. Every client wants to feel special. Yeah. I like that. So a huge number of Kenyans have been laid off during these hard economical times. And I would like to find out probably post COVID-19 when we zoom normal, say, and just probably the two key adventures are hiring, right? What are some of the skills that you people are looking out for? We'll be looking out for, for people who want to get into the tour and travel kind of business. I'm that person who looks for someone who is willing to learn. If you're not willing to learn, we cannot gel in. Whether you've been a professional in that field for the longest, but if you can't, if you don't have that chemistry, I can't, I can't just deal with it. But definitely you have to have a tourism background in it. You just don't want to employ an accountant, come and guide my clients, make our package, yet they don't know what that's all about. But if you're an accountant and you're willing to learn and you're willing maybe to get this skill from a certain place, why not? Yeah. So just the willingness to learn? The willingness to learn. Yeah. That's quite a good proposition there for someone who wants to get into this plane of business. It's quite, quite very simple. Just learn how to be in a position to, to learn something new. Yeah. So to love, to, to and learn the culture of tours and travel, you know, you have to gel in. Absolutely. I like to find out the revenue. How does the revenue look like for the company since 2017 till now? Like how many tours do you guys do in a month? It depends with the seasons. Yeah. It really depends on the season. You look at, at a good, let's say, like a good month, like a good month. On a good month you can do even more than 20 clients or 30 or even 50 because at the end of the day we look at clients either as a group or as an individual or as a family. Yes. When it comes to corporate, that's you're talking of 50 to 100 guys. Yeah. So it depends with what you're looking at because for me when I'm dealing, I'm dealing with both corporates and both local, more Nainchi. Yes. All right. So I wouldn't tell how many clients do you expect, blah, blah. Today I can fail like, let me put it like this. Today I'll have, I won't have any business coming in, maybe even for a whole month. Then a good month comes in and it covers those two months. And that's the beauty about business at times. The flexibility. Today you have, tomorrow you don't have. And that brings another challenge. Yes. Which is how do you ensure like the managing aspect of it? Because I am absolutely sure like you have people who work for 2Q Ventures, your employees. So especially during these hard economical times, during this pandemic, how are they coping and looking at the aspect of it's not always a sure deal that every single month that you're going to heat a certain numbers or probably sale on the packages. So how do you cope with that? How do you manage that? They all understand the state we are in. So I'm very lucky they have ventured into something else. They're also doing their side hassles. But they can't wait to come back to it. Yes. Let me just say I'm blessed to have good employees who understand what's going on. And anytime they may be having any gig, I'm willing to support all the way. Yeah. It's a nice boss there. So when it comes to young entrepreneurs, and you can second me into this, they struggle a lot to just execute an idea which is on paper. I'd like to find out how is it for you? How are you able to create from an idea on a paper to QV Ventures to just bring it to real life? And how would you go or maneuver through the fear and the child that the aspect of just feel starting something new? You just have to be a risk taker. Tomorrow I'll come to you. I have everything in my mind. What I'm going to sell, blah, blah, and then you just reject me. I don't feel you. I don't feel your vibe. I don't feel your tours vibe. But will you go back to sleep? We'll just have to hit it. Yeah. You just have to be a risk taker the end of the day. We all survive by risking. Yeah. Speaking about risking, because when it comes to an entrepreneurship journey, it always feels like you're jumping out from the edge and you will just have to create a parachute down there. I'd like to find out some of the challenges that you'll face as QV Ventures will starting off the business that is. Winning the client's trust. When it comes to travel, any service you give you have to win your clients and trust is how will I give you money?  I won't come to be picked from my house. So you have to win their trust. That is challenge number one.  So you have to really be confident again, take the risk and just hope for the best. But at the end of the day, it's the chemistry. If you're my employee and you spoil this business, trust me, it will affect you as well. Because at the end of the day, clients will bring their complaint here and it will affect both of us. This client will never come back again. You need to be paid. So more of it is trust issues. So you have to win. You have to win it from the clients. Why should I travel with you next? The experience we sell, did I have a blast? I don't know if my driver will go and abuse them at their park because most of the time, we don't make it for all the trips. I cannot divide myself. Today I'll go with you, but tomorrow I won't make it.  So at times, it's all about trust. That's the number one challenge. It's all about teamwork, trust, and building the credibility for your clients. Exactly. Okay. So just as we wind up, I'd like to find out, what does the future for theCUBE Avengers look like? Wow. We believe it's bright. For me, it's all about winning more clients, creating a certain niche because every day we grow, you don't headache as your business grows. You don't headache. So for me is to just win a certain clientele that I want. That is what I see for myself, for the company that is, yes. And to grow, when it comes to team building, to grow more clients, to grow with them because I really love team building, personally. It's a journey. It trains me as an individual how to grow with my employees and all that. So I want to win more corporates. I want to gel in. I want to grow with them. Like why should we choose you again? Yeah. Absolutely. This conversation was very much informative and very much entertaining. So I would like you to use this particular time to just give us your website and how people can reach out to you, your social media hand also so that they can keep tabs on new projects coming up because we all about going on vacation, planning to travel as you resume normalcy. Yes. You can find me on Facebook, Insta, or there, Facebook, Insta, Waringa to Kill, for 2 Kill Ventures, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter at 2 Kill Ventures. All right. There you have it. Thank you very much. We'll probably definitely have you over again as you look on matters pertaining to and travel. And guys, make sure you follow up on 2 Kill Ventures and keep you up to date on matters of to and travel. So follow us across all social media handle that is at Y254Channel, reach out to me at Michelle Ashira. And we have a question for you on our Facebook page. We are asking how often, how often do you buy new clothes and where do you get them? How often do you buy new clothes and where do you actually get them? 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All right next up Python on hardware. It's mostly It's mostly people getting Pico's and saying I want to do projects on it and with it Yeah, so That's kind of why we made circuit Python like what's cool is you have all these choices you can write and see you do Micro Python you get to circuit Python, but when folks want to do projects One of the things because we have a lot of guides and code and tutorials. Is there using? Circuit Python, so a few things that we covered There was good little podcasts. Yeah, everyone's in the the podcast tours there was discussion with the designers of the RP 2040 Chip designer folks over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. So you can learn the history about it Look at their desktops. Look at their desktops on their desktops. Yeah, so I think it's Liam Frazier and A few others and you can check that on the Raspberry Pi blog They also talk about yeah, like how they went through this arm process to get the The core of the chip and then add peripheral because they wanted to do the PIO stuff and like how do you merge that with the arm? Cortex core so people are like, why didn't they go with risk five? I don't watch this video Yeah, I think a lot of the hot take tweets that People they should maybe just read some of these interviews or the videos or watch them Yeah, yeah, cuz I think a lot of it is answered in these places like oh, why'd you do this? Why'd you do that? Yeah, I see that happened a lot of electronics where Someone spends a huge amount of time on something There's obviously design decisions and they spend a lot of time on documentation say why they did something And then nobody and then people get discouraged and they don't want to do hardware or software anymore So this is pretty rare. You don't get to like see and hear interviews This is quite where I look with other chip people who've worked on chips Here's the deal. There are people at you know microchip at mal nordic You know ST that define the chip. I have no idea who they are. I will never talk to them like They're they're hidden right and good for them They should hide because like why answer people's questions if you don't have to so I'm really impressed with us don't because they Don't they don't want to deal with it. No, I do that That's why it's so great. Yeah that the Raspberry Pi folks like they all came out and they're like Here's what I worked on and talking about the process.  They're like kind of doing therapy because it's been like a four-year long project But now we and we you know at the end there's just like this chip and it's like really small But it took four years. Yeah, so Anyways, I think it's also gonna change the way microcontroller Makers have to compete because you can't just you can't just hide behind a crummy data sheet and like endless like weird You know, there's well, there's a story behind a lot of these things and I think This changes. I'd like the openness The amp-hour also has a podcast they could check out the January 2021 Melbourne micro python meet-up Happened so we usually post this up and our newsletter Damian talks about the micro python port for the Raspberry Pi Pico we mentioned the Adafruit AR overlay. This is really handy. We're seeing kids like a lot of kids have iPads Yeah, and they have Pico so they're able to look at all the pins and more Every Friday Scott has a deep dive. You can check out that one The latest was the RP 2040 audio and the DMA debugging and then around the web We've been collecting up all the examples. We've seen And then this is that Tim on project with the LED beauty lamp, so it's a neopixel inside Yeah, this is different. This is a not Pico project like one way through This is spot actually people like this is a soil moisture indicator using off-the-shelf electronics and it's cool because it's like You know existing code just worked people got circuit Python working with the display on on the Pimeroni Explorer There's an NES emulator if you want to play with that Folks are doing HAD and LEDs and neopixels all stuff that we have working really well in circuit Python So cool stuff. Yeah So that's what we've been other Python keeping track of the other thing. I thought that was neat Someone collected all the bitmap fonts From demo where and then there's there's a couple more examples where you can just like type into Form and then all the fonts come in. I think that'll be neat for like really small devices Well, the project that we just did Carter did for the co2 Display that we showed off last week. He didn't use a font because he had to have like the pixels look a certain way So he actually made a sprite map font. Yeah, so this would be the same technique. We work really great All right, we're up to 297 libraries will be up to 300 pretty soon That's kind of exciting and then as usual we have some of the upcoming events and more Open hardware summit is lots of virtual mode Geopython, Pycon, US and more you could check all this out on Adafruit daily I think it's the biggest Python on hardware newsletter out there and in case you're wondering Python on hardware already happened It's now getting distributed because hey, no it is like what this is something that we thought was gonna happen yeah a few years ago and The fact that there's gonna be millions of microcontrollers Specifically like if you add up the yeah the Pico the RP 2040 And then you add like the Nordic and then you add the ESP 32 and then you add the Atmel microchip ones. I mean we have like 200 250 boards Yeah, so if you go to circuitpython.org you can see the boards But it happened fast or it happened incredibly slow depending on if you're working on it Like if we're done something it's like bye. This would be working on it for years but as far as What we've seen and this is kind of neat from the newsletter is New chip comes out new board comes out Pico and then right away. There's examples that you can literally cut and paste circuitpython being one of the examples of Yeah, the ease of doing this and then I saw the things that people ask What IDE you don't need an idea you don't when when you use circuitpython for example, you don't need an idea You can use a text editor. You can use any idea you want But you're not tied into any an IDE and I think that's one of the things that I've been seeing in some of these Interviews with folks. They're they really like the idea of a repel That they could do real-time stuff and they also really like not having to compile and Then upload to a board like I keep saying it's amazing that micro python was a first-class Development environment for this chip never happened before. This is the first chip where Python hardware is is the first-class language of use. It's not like the quote-unquote toy fun like oh weird hack It's like this is official. This is how they expect people to program this chip. Yeah, so I think you know January was kind of a big month for a lot of this stuff like that's that's when I think the the next chapter really started like we Are like whatever like the makers hackers are doing like on the weekends Eventually it comes mainstream and mainstream in this case is the Python foundation did a chip and shipping on the chip is Python yeah, it's good stuff and that is the Python hardware news for the week Thank You Blinka


Is there anything substantive to why, you know, she began mental prayer in 1538 and it took her 16 years before this conversion? Is it just go back to what you said before where she was just really not being consistent in her spiritual progress? Some of it had to do with the lack of consistency. Some of it has to do with, as you begin mental prayer, you come up against a threshold. Prayer at first, there's a kind of sweetness to it and you feel drawn to it. But you also come against these thresholds where you have to enter into experiences of prayer that are uncomfortable and inconvenient and unfamiliar. And for her, the specific thing we discovered after her conversion, if you read the life you discover, that the problems she had before her conversion continued afterwards. God's going to heal it. But the biggest thing that surprised her, and I think she was coming up against this, as she engaged mental prayer, she assumed that she was going to get morally better and better and better as she prayed. But as she engaged mental prayer at first, what first happens is you become a lot more aware of your sins. And in your at least experience, and in her case, some people around her said, you seem to be digressing rather than progressing in the spiritual life. There must be something wrong. And up until her conversion, whenever she'd come across something like that, she'd let it discourage her and she'd abandon the prayer. After her conversion, this is where she's made the decision to persevere with prayer. And all the saints that she comes across after that, whenever she is wondering, should I continue? Because I seem to be getting worse. They always encourage her to believe, basically, these along the lines of, to believe in the love and the mercy of God being communicated in her prayer, to believe in that more than she believes in her own weaknesses.  And when you see that, it's discouraging. And it takes a special grace of God to persevere in the face of your own weakness and hostility towards him, to persevere in believing in love and to keep that commitment to prayer strong. It was during that time too, I think, if I remember right, she recounts that the devil related to what you're saying about, she is doing good in terms of pursuing the Lord, even though there's some flex, there's some fluctuation in her commitment and discouragement or whatever, but the devil actually convinced her that she was too sinful to pray. Yep. Yep. And Dan, it's so good that you brought that up, because I think that happens to a lot of people. They don't believe how much God loves them. They don't believe the dignity of their lives and the great calling that they received. And so they believe they're not worthy to pray, not worthy to allow God to love them. And this was part of the journey of her conversion. Yeah. And so 16 years after she starts prayer, fluctuating on and off, struggling, she also got some bad advice, bad spiritual direction. The devil convinced her not to stop praying. She learned a lot through that period, of course. She reflects back a lot on that period in terms of this was the error and this is the truth, because once after her conversion, she said the one thing you should never, ever, ever stop doing is praying, right? That's right. That's right. She was pretty passionate about that.


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So I wanted to share them with you starting with this one here. So this is the Bellway Beauty and this is their super fiber and collagen. So it's a psyllium husk prebiotic collagen with hyaluronic acid for radiant skin and it is in the flavor watermelon. Now you guys know that I use a lot of different supplements. I have my favorite. I do use a collagen supplement in my coffee every day but I was intrigued by this one because not only is it a collagen for beauty but it also has fiber in it. And I'm always interested in adding as much fiber into my diet as I can. I take my fiber supplement in my coffee every morning as well but I knew that this would also help me reach my fiber goals and I loved that it was flavored so that I could simply mix this in with water. It flavored and enhanced my water a little bit and I got all the benefits from the super fiber and the collagen. It is gluten free. There is no sugar and there's 15 grams of collagen per serving. It is flavored with real fruit which I very much appreciate. It is 80 calories for two scoops. I will tell you right off the bat I do not track points for supplements so I actually don't track the points for this nor do I track this in my calorie tracking app because I consider supplements more like vitamins so I don't worry about the calories or points associated with them but I have really, really been liking this again for that fiber boost, for that collagen boost. We know that collagen is really important for hair, skin, nails, skin elasticity and for me that's been a big reason why I don't have more loose skin is because I've been taking collagen supplements regularly and the other one that kind of caught my eye was the Bellway Super Fiber and Fruit. So this again is a psyllium husk prebiotic fiber supplement that helps regulate digestion. I have that flavor mixed berry, absolutely delicious. This one is no sugar, gluten free and 100% vegan. It is 25 calories per scoop and again it's a great way to flavor water and it's also a great way to get in some extra fiber and the nutrients and a little bit of that whole fruit vibe. I really like this one. It comes in multiple flavors as well so you can kind of peek at the website and find a flavor that entices you but both of these have just been a really great way to get an extra fiber and supplement with fruit and collagen as well. And then you guys know I'm all about greens. I do not eat enough leafy greens. I'm the first to admit that. It's one of my goals for the new year. So I really like having multiple greens supplements on hand so I knew I wanted to try the super fiber and greens. Again, this has fiber in it so another side benefit of the greens that helps regulate digestion. Each scoop is one serving of real vegetables and you're getting five grams of fiber. There's no sugar, it is gluten free and it is also 100% vegan and it is made, it is organic and made with real vegetables. 30 calories per scoop and another great way to not only get in fiber but to get in your vegetables. So I really like the Bellway products. I feel like it's a nice mix of fiber and other supplements that just help with weight loss, help with digestion, help regulate things as we continue to lose weight and just help our health overall. So I have been really impressed with the Bellway products. I can't wait to try more from the line. I will link them down below with a discount code. But the first food favorite is this popcorn. Like I said, we got a lot of snacks in today's video. I love lesser evil popcorn. Where has this been all my life? I see it all the time. I've tried some of the flavored, which are amazing but this one, the Himalayan pink salt is so good. It is salty, it is buttery, it is crunchy. I'm obsessed with this. This is probably like the fifth bag that I bought. Both Troy and I are on a popcorn cake which again, another great way to get in fiber. I love this. Highly recommend it. It is usually more affordable than some of the other brands out there and the ingredients in this are so good. It is organic popcorn, organic coconut oil and salt. That is it. Highly recommend. I find it at Walmart, Kroger. I also order this a lot through Imperfect Foods. Next up are these little guys right here. I love wisps in general, but this flavor, the Ossiago pepper jack cheese crisps, these are so good. They're that perfect little bit of a kick of spice and great crunch. You do get 12 grams of protein per serving. So it is a great high protein snack. Another thing I love to do with wisps besides just eat them out of the bag is use them as a crouton replacement on salad because again, 12 grams of protein per serving and I love the whole Ossiago pepper jack vibe. Now these little guys right here, I recently bought at my fries, which is a Kroger store. So any Kroger store should have these. These are the Kroger snack melodies and this one is actually the little turkey sausages and cheese, 10 grams of fiber and 10 grams of protein and 140 calories. So not bad at all, a really good high protein portable snack. I have been using these a lot when I'm on the go and I just want to take something with me so I'm not going to a drive-through and I love that it's only 140 calories but you're getting 10 grams of protein and they're really good. The turkey sticks and the cheese are excellent. Another thing I picked up that I hadn't tried before and this is the zero sugar yogurt bar from Clio in coconut. Now I've tried the other zero sugar flavors and they were okay, but this coconut one, you guys, this is so good. It actually has flakes of coconut in it and it is creamy and it is sweet. It is zero sugar, 100 calories, six grams of protein. I found this at Sprouts. I don't know if they carry this at other stores but if you can find the coconut one and you love coconut, this is like yogurt mounds bar. So good. Now these right here, these are quite addicting. I am like down to here and I just bought these within the last couple of weeks. These are the pretzel crisp bites in sea salt. So I don't love the big pretzel crisps. I don't know why. For some reason I just don't love them but these little baby ones are so fun. So here's the size of them. So they are really, really small but they are the perfect size to dip in hummus, peanut butter, eat them by themselves. I love taking a string cheese and then taking a bite of the string cheese in one of these little pretzel crisps. They are salty and they have this really good buttery flavor. I don't know if the big ones of the sea salt have that same flavor but these are just so buttery and so crunchy. Here's another snack I've been loving. These are the Bada Bean Bada Boom in sea salt. They have different flavors of these. I really like the salt one. These are crunchy broad beans. So they're kind of like a fava bean. They give me a chickpea vibe but a little softer and less dry. I guess it's really hard to explain if you've never had a fava bean or a broad bean. Definitely try these. You do get six grams of protein for only 110 calories. They really satisfy that crunch. Like if you want something with protein but you're feeling kind of a chip but you're wanting chips, this is a good middle ground because you're going to get protein and they are so crunchy. They're roasted, they're crunchy, they're seasoned to perfection. Love. This is another snack I've really been liking. I shared a lot of these snacks in my Healthy Snacks haul and taste test video. I'll link that down below if you missed it so you can actually see me try all of these in real time. But I really like these. These are from the Brandon Navitas Organics. These are a little bit on the pricey side but these are the Superfood PB&J Organic Power Snack. So it says peanuts, strawberries and dates, delicious berry and nut bites with six superfoods. What's really cool about these is you can have two of these for 70 calories. Let me show you the size of them. When I eat these, I usually just have one and it's 35 calories. They are such good size. I like to pair these with something with some protein like maybe a cheese stick or a hard boiled egg. They smell so peanut buttery and they literally give you peanut butter and jelly and I just love the size of these and the fact that you can have two of them for the points and calories and these are a plant based superfood snack. They're so good. I got these at Costco. These are from the brand That's It. They make those little mini fruit bars that I love as well. These are the Organic Dark Chocolate Truffle. Alongside of these, you can have three truffles for 70 calories, three of them. They are made with figs so the fig gives it a really good texture and sweetness and then they're coated in this really dark chocolate and I was actually surprised at the size of these when I pulled them out and again, three of these for 70 calories. I usually just have one. They are the perfect little sweet treat if you're craving something chocolatey and because they're made with figs, they have a really good sweet flavor and they just satisfy that sweet tooth. Three of them, 70 calories. One more supplement I want to mention. I actually shared this in my What I Eat in a Day on Wednesday. This is from Motivate Burn. You guys know I love Motivate products. I love their burn. This is a new flavor to me and it's cotton candy. I love this. Not only is it fun because it's cotton candy pink but it like legit tastes like cotton candy. It is sweet, it is fruity, it is so, so good.  I really, really like this supplement. I put this in my water. I mix this in with my water and so I'm getting in water and I'm also getting in a little bit of an energy boost. I like to take this mid-morning early afternoon. There is about 300 milligrams of caffeine in this particular one. They do have a no-stem one and I talked a lot about this in Wednesday's video. I'll link that for you too if you missed it but the cotton candy flavor is so good. If you wanna try burn or if you want a new flavor to add. I love all of their products. I use their Amino after I work out. You guys know I use the burn pretty much daily. I love their Balance Vitamins. There's so many great products from Motivate and I actually have a 20% discount so I will link it down below for you. These little guys right here, again, a little bit on the pricey side. I bought these at Sprouts, really good ingredients. These are from the brand Snackmates and they're actually made for kids. These are the pizza ones. I bought these a couple times now and they are little baby meat sticks. But what's great is you get two of these, two, 50 calories, eight grams of protein. So it is a fantastic way to get in protein for super low calorie, super low point. The pizza one, so good. There's another flavor. I think it's a chicken apple. They were out of it last time I bought these so I bought the pizza ones again but I cannot wait to try those. They are individually packaged so you can take them on the go. I really like these and for clean ingredients I will gladly pay extra. And the fact that you get two of them for the points and calories is a huge win. I have a couple of little sweet treats. First are these. I've never had tried these before. These are from the brand Unreal and these are the Dark Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nuget Bar AKA Snickers Bar. These are so good. I got these from Imperfect Foods. They're 90 calories for the bar and it legit tastes like a Snickers. I cannot tell the difference between this and a Snickers and this is way less calories, way less points, way better ingredients. These are so good. I mean, and they're decent size for 90 calories. Love these. If I'm craving a candy bar, this is what I'm reaching for. I have truly fallen in love with these and I will be forever purchasing them. And this is another thing I have really been loving. You guys know if you follow my channel I love Partake Cookies. These are for chocolate chip and individual little bags. Yes please, serving size set for you so you don't overeat these. They're 90 calories per bake and there's a good amount of cookies in here. They're about that big and I would say that you maybe get eight to 10 of them. These are top nine allergen free, a vegan and gluten free. They're little mini crunchy cookies, really good ingredients. I love Partake. I actually bought these at Target. That is where I found them. They were on sale so I bought a couple boxes and I love these. Again, pre-portion so you don't overeat them and chocolate chip cookies. Who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies? Now these are another thing I bought on a whim at the checkout at Walmart. The checkout always gets me. It always gets me. I used to grab candy from there all the time which I don't do anymore but I saw these and I've heard about these. I've seen these at Trader Joe's. These are the Fruits Balls and I grabbed the lemon cheesecake. This is my second package because I love these. There are three in the package and it says real fruit, tasty nuts, zero junk. Now they are a little bit higher in points and calories. It's 180 calories for all three of them. I just ate one at a time but these are so good. They literally taste like lemon cheesecake and then they have nuts on them so it gives it some texture. They're excellent. I can't wait to try more flavors. Like I said, I know that Trader Joe's carries these. These are actually vegan energy balls. If you can find these, they're well worth the points and calories. They're delicious. I'm gonna have four bars that I've been loving this month. Starting with this one here, this is from the brand Kodiath. This is the protein packed chewy granola bar in double chocolate. Seven grams of protein per bar. I love that. I love a good granola bar but I want a granola bar that's gonna give me some protein because I have a pretty big protein goal every day. So whenever I'm craving a granola bar, I've been reaching for these. They are really good size. They're delicious and again, seven grams of protein. A lot of you reached out after my snacks video and said that you bought these and love them as much as I do. These are the rice bar with two eyes. I got the chocolate in orange. It's a crispy puffed rice bar coated in chocolate. Absolutely delicious. It's a whole whopping 93 calories. Now you're not gonna get a lot of protein in here. I don't even know if there's any protein in here. One gram, one gram of protein. So this is a little bit more of like a, I've been using this more as a dessert or a snack bar paired with something with protein. So I'll do again, like a string cheese, hard boiled egg, meat stick and this little bar. These are incredible. Absolutely delicious, crunchy, sweet. Love these. I also really like these. These are from the brand Perfect Bar and these are their snack size bars. This is the dark chocolate chip peanut butter. Now I never bought Perfect Bar before because they were like 300 calories. And then I saw that they had the snack size ones, bought them for that video and I've eaten almost all of them. I think I have two left. These are only 130 calories and you're going to get six grams of protein, which is pretty amazing for a little snack bar and they're so good. They taste like peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough. That is the texture and the flavor. Love these. You find these in the refrigerated section next to the growth yogurt. I picked mine up at Walmart and I've also seen them at Target. And the last WW Food Time, last bar are the Simply Protein Bars from Costco. I shared these in my Costco haul and I basically said run, don't walk and get these because they're delicious. I stand by that. These are amazing. I've eaten almost all the ones that I bought. This is the peanut butter chocolate. What's great about these is you get 15 grams of protein and it's only 150 calories, one gram of sugar. So really good macros, really low in points for 15 grams of protein and they're good size. They are kind of, I'll show you, they're kind of like a granola bar kind of consistency meets rice bar. They're very crunchy. They're very, very delicious. The box came with three different flavors a chocolate sea salt, the peanut butter and a lemon one. They're all amazing. Absolutely amazing. I will forever buy these. So yeah, if you can find these at your local Costco, grab them. So those are all of my WW food favorites. I do wanna share with you a couple of lifestyle things that I have been loving in January. First one is this. I actually shared this with you guys in a video quite a while ago. It's been several months. This is from the brand Bob and Brad. They are YouTuber chiropractors. They have millions of followers. They are fantastic. I'll link their channel down below for you. But this is their massage gun. And you guys know I complain all the time about how sore I am from working out. I 100 million percent have been loving this. I've been even more sore in the month of January than normal. I think it's a mix of my new workout plan from my fitness coach and then of course boot camp. I love this. I love this. Troy loves this. We have been using this massage gun so much. It comes with multiple attachments for different types of massages that focus on different areas of the body. The ball attachment is my favorite. It kind of pounds into the skin and really gives you this solid massage. It is USB chargeable. So you don't have to worry about batteries. You can just charge it in any USB port. It is really high quality. There are several settings depending on what type of massage you're looking for. Whether it's more of a surface massage or a deep tissue massage. It literally is like having a masseuse in your home. It is super affordable. And it's one of those lifestyle products that we get a ton of use out of. Both, like I said, both Troy and I have been loving the Bob and Brad massage gun. We've been using it several times per week. It sits on our TV stand in our living room. So when we're watching TV or relaxing, we just reach over, grab out our Bob and Brad massage gun and use it. I cannot recommend this enough. It is such a great quality massage gun. And again, it's literally like having a masseuse in your home and it's a much more affordable option. And you can have a massage whenever you want. So I will definitely link it down below for you. And the other lifestyle product I wanna share is what I'm currently drinking my water out of. And that is my Stanley tumbler. Built Bar actually sent me this for Christmas and I love this. Absolutely love this. I rotate between my Lululemon water bottles because I have several in my Stanley tumbler. Whenever I'm going somewhere, I take my tumbler because it fits in my cup holder where my Lululemon bottle doesn't. So on the go, out and about, traveling, running errands. This is my go-to. I love this. I feel like I drink more water out of it because it has a straw. You can drink out of the cup itself by just rotating this over. You don't even have to use a straw. I love how aesthetically pleasing it is. It has been really a go-to for me when it comes to getting in my fluid. These two lifestyle products in general have become fast favorites. And lastly, I wanna share with you a few beauty favorites. I don't have a lot this month. I'm still going through the same skincare. It takes me longer than a month to go through all of my skincare. But I do have a few makeup products that I wanna share with you. Starting with this new setting powder. Now I did a full face of Makeup Revolution, which is my least favorite beauty brand on my beauty channel. I have a beauty channel. If you didn't know, subscribe. I do lots of makeup tutorials. I get asked all the time, what eyeshadow are you wearing? What lipstick are you wearing? It's all on my beauty channel. So I'll link it down below for you guys. Definitely come and subscribe. But one of the products that I actually enjoyed from that video was their Banana Setting Powder. Now this is a mattifying powder. I love a good glow. Dewey luminosity glow. So I go like handed on this, but if you have oily skin, you are going to love this because it just mattifies the skin and it brightens it with the banana tone. I really like this. I wanna say it's like $8.00. You get a ton in here. It lasts a long time. I was shocked how much I enjoyed this powder. Another thing that I'm using, I am actually project panning a few of my makeup products trying to go through some of my massive collection. And this is one of the things that is on my project pan. You can see that it's starting to dry a little bit. Still totally usable. But this is the Colourpop highlighter in Flexitarian. It's actually the highlighter that I'm wearing today. Honestly, this is one of my favorite highlighters. It is so glowy and so beautiful and wet on the skin. It doesn't sit on the surface. It actually sinks into the skin. I just wanna use it up because I'm afraid that it's gonna become dry and I don't wanna waste it. So I've been using it every day and I just fall more and more in love with it. So I'll be buying it again. So I had to share it with you guys because with project pan and using this daily, I have really fallen in love with this more than I thought that I would. Now what's on my lips today over my liquid lipstick is one of these. I got this in a subscription box. I love this. This is the Juicy Tube, Juicy Tube, yeah, Juicy Tube from Lancome. I don't even buy Lancome and I would never have tried this if it wouldn't have come in a subscription box. Spring Fling. And it is just a very light pink but really glossy lip gloss. Again, it's what I have on today. This has been my go-to. It actually sits right here on my desk. This has been my go-to when I don't have anything on my lips for some hydration and some gloss. This is a fantastic product. It is not sticky.  Like I go outside of my hair, sticks to my lips. I hate that. This is not like that at all. It is just hydrating, moisturizing and glossy. Love, love, love, can't wait to buy more. Another thing I love is cream blush. I love cream products in general. As I age, I gravitate more towards cream products. I just feel like they look a little bit nicer on aging skin. And I have fallen in love with this cream blush from Merit. This is in the shade Cheeky. It's actually the cream blush I'm wearing today. This is in my project pan. I'm trying to use it up. I like this. Merit, I got this in a subscription box as well. I don't own anything else from Merit but I have to say I love this cream blush. And what's really great about this is you can use this on the lips. So these are really versatile products. You can use this on the eyes, the cheeks, the lips. And I have quickly fallen in love with the Merit cream blush and I'm excited to see what other shades they have. Of course, once I use this up, the goal is to use it up, but I've been loving this. And lastly, as always, with beauty and makeup, I like to finish out my favorites with my eyeshadow palette, favorite of the month. And this is still quite shocking to me. Number one, it's from Tarte, which is not, number one, it's from Tarte, which is not my favorite brand. Number two, it's a neutral palette and I am a color lover when it comes to eyeshadow. But I love this palette. This is the Tarte Sweet Cravings palette. This actually just came out. It was kind of Tarte's Valentine's Day release. You can see that the pan embossing is similar to a box of chocolates. This is very much a neutral palette with a twist, which is the kind of neutral palette I like. I like that there's some brown tones, there's some berry tones. The shimmers are absolutely beautiful and foiled. I mean, look at that, absolutely beautiful.  Like when did Tarte enter the chat for amazing shimmer formulas? The mattes in here are really good as well. I was so shocked by this palette that I have worn it several times and that little bookshelf right there has over 200 eyeshadow palettes and I've reached for this one time and time again. So glad that I bought it. So glad that I decided to bite the bullet. I actually have a full tutorial on my beauty channel where I do a complete eye look with this. I will link that video for you. And of course, if you love beauty, skincare, definitely subscribe to my beauty channel. I upload tons of videos and lots of makeup tutorials, but if you love neutral, definitely pick this up. It's linked below. I mean, really Tarte, incredible. So those are all of my January favorites. We had a lot of them. All of these things I've been loving, I've been eating, I've been using, I've been enjoying, especially my massage gun and my Belway fiber supplements. So many great things to share with you. I feel like every month there's so many. I could do several of these videos. I have so many new food finds and new things that I fall in love with every single month. But as I mentioned, I will link everything down below for you. Any discount codes will be in the description box. The only things I won't link are things you can find at your local grocery store, but everything else will be in the description box.  Again, subscribe if you're not because I do a favorites every single month and I upload five videos per week. Along with all the links to the products I shared, you'll find nutrition coaching, links to discounts to my other favorite things and come and join our Facebook group. We would love to have you. Happy February friends, happy Senpei and I'll see you in the next one.


So Doug when designers approach you and say, you know, I want to become a better service designer. What is the single most important thing you tell them? Well, we we have a We have a mantra here at IBM. We talk a lot about Empathy. Empathy is a core principle of service design for sure And we talk about empathy in different ways we certainly with our user with you know, the person we're designing for but also with our teammates and and forming a level of trust across the The different parts of our complex teams our working teams is super important So what we look what we like to say is empathy first with each other and then with our users So we're talking about empathizing and building trust with our teammates and forming a strong working team And and with that strong working team we can go out and really do great things for the people we're designing for Was this a helpful tip? Let me know by clicking that thumbs up button down below and if this is your first time here I would love to have you to subscribe to the channel so we can keep bringing your more expert tips like this in the future


These are the tools with which the Catholic Church conquered the world, the Roman Empire, the barbarian kingdoms, and all of the continents with the missions. So of course they're effective, of course they work. We just have to persevere in prayer, in fidelity, and in patience because we're living at a time when there are people who just don't, they have psychological barriers to the recovery of Catholic tradition. They see it as something which is completely passe, something that belongs to the past, that has nothing to say to us anymore. The opposite is the truth, but they have these barriers or impediments inside to seeing that. And we need to pray for them and for ourselves and just keep doing what we're doing. Brick by brick, chant by chant, child by child. This is how Catholicism will be rebuilt in the future.


This is stock number 10597 we are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin You're new and used sports car headquarters today. We are checking out this super clean really good-looking 2010 Chevy Corvette LT4 convertible this vehicle has the 6.2 liter V8 LS3 motor which pumps out 430 horsepower Blade silver is the color we shoot all of our videos in 1080p 60 frames per second So if you have HD capabilities on your computer tablet or smartphone device Turn them on right now because it is like you're right here looking at the car with me and Definitely your best way to check out the vehicle quality and condition wise and insurance quality and condition before seeing it in person If you want to check out all the pictures in the upper right hand part of your screen is a link right to our website click that and check us out there chromed alloy rims General G max 245 40 ZR 18 tires these tires look brand-new on here in the front No scuffs or scrapes on that rim Front fender is in excellent shape. It does have the HID headlamps the factory fog lights Front bumper is in nice condition. I didn't see any denser cracks on it The hood is in nice shape as well Passengers side front fender. I didn't see any denser dings on that or scrapes and the passenger side rim is an excellent condition as well That looks like a brand-new tire to and it matches the driver's side and as you go down this side of the car You see just how clean that body is how reflective and mirror-like that paint is We take these HD videos So if you are far away or even if you're close by and just cannot make the trip down But you're still interested in purchasing the car You can see the car hear the car and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at Before you even get here so that when you do get here. There's absolutely no surprises In fact, we offer that's why we offer the summit auto fast-pass option in the upper right hand part of your screening link right to our website Where you can apply for financing get pre-approved See a payment quote even appraise the trade off from the comfort of your own home So when you get here, you're all set to go in the back We have good year 285 35 ZR 19 tires and those tires have about I'd say 50 to 60 percent of the tread left as We come around to the back Rear bumper is an excellent condition the quad tip dual rear exhaust Very clean on the back here Zoss looks good We'll take a look inside the trunk here in a little bit down the driver's side Just as clean as that passenger side didn't see any dents didn't see any dings and For full disclosure this back room is pretty much perfect as well Driver's side door looks great Inside the LT 4 package gives you the black leather interior There are no rips or tears on the seats. You get the Corvette symbols stitched into the backrest the side curtain airbags We have some really nice Corvette formats in here as the bright pedals down there Take a look in the trunk here has the Bose sound system memory driver's seat power windows power locks Back trunk area is very clean as well and we'll hop inside the car here You can see that this one has 13,220 miles instrument cluster is very nice and clean does have the automatic head Lamps and it does have heads up display right there. You can see it in the windshield leather wrapped steering wheel Bluetooth and audio controls Your cruise controls are right there as well This one has the CD player dual climate control Heated seats six-speed manual transmission stability control. You got the carbon fiber dash trim passenger side seat and Floor mat are in excellent shape as well I'm going to put this top up Show you how that works Sacco is pretty good like that headliners in nice shape And then to lock this into place.  You can see like leather wrap dash really nice condition Really a nice car all the way around We'll take a quick look at the top and then we'll check out under the hood The door sill looks really good as well That soft top is in nice shape no rips or tears on that The rear Glass looks good there too and under the hood. We have the 6.2 liter LS3 motor I believe this was the first year that you could get the LS3 430 horsepower engine bay is very clean Runs very smooth This car has been fully safe to and inspected by our service shop has a fresh oil and filter change all the fluids have been checked and topped off This car is 100% ready to go. I'm gonna just gonna do one more walk around here So you can get a good look at the car with the top up And to see more pictures of this car one of our other 430 new and used cars trucks SUVs minivans Wranglers half-tons three-quarter tons one tons Sports cars chargers challengers GT 500s Corvettes Camaro's you name it. We got it. 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Wes Anderson is one of the most beloved filmmakers working today, and for good reason. There's a passion that can be found within every shot of every scene of every movie. And that passion comes directly from Anderson's love of his craft. And with his upcoming film The Isle of Dogs being released early next year, I thought now would be the perfect time to peel back the curtain and explore some of the ideas found within each of his movies. Because despite a happy and cheery exterior, his films are filled with broken and sad characters. Some suffering from depression, loneliness, anxiety, or just a feeling that you can achieve more than what you currently are. Honey, I'm seven non-Fox years old now. My father died at seven and a half. I don't want to live in a hole anymore. It's these characters that I want to focus on because from his very first film, Bottle Rocket, to his most recent work, The Grand Budapest Hotel, there are common themes running throughout his films embodied in these characters. And although Mr. Gustav is nothing like, say, Chaz Tenenbaum, there is a connection of desire, ambition, and obstacle. Anderson has always liked to reuse and reincorporate different actors back into his films. And much like Bill Murray or Jason Schwartzman can be found within almost every film, the same themes and ideas come with them. I want to begin by exploring the character archetypes by age. You're probably a much more intelligent person than I am. In fact, I guarantee it. The children in the films of Wes Anderson are unique. They're mature, responsible, and ambitious. In many ways, they're written like adults, and oftentimes will take on adult responsibilities. In the case of the young Tenenbaums, they proved to be more successful than their parents. Even though this is an exaggerated representation of children, they still have real problems. There's a substantial weight on the shoulders of all the adolescent characters, and more importantly, a general feeling that they don't belong. They want to stay true to themselves and what they want, meanwhile society is trying to make them conform to a different set of rules. Take for example, Max Fisher from Rushmore, someone who at first wants to fit into society. He is seemingly no personality. In this scene, he lies about his father's career, trying to inflate his own social status. What's your dad doing, Max? He's a nurse surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital. However, by the end of the film, Max starts to focus on what will make him happy, not what he thinks others expect of him. On the other end of the spectrum is someone like Zero from the Grand Budapest Hotel. What he wants and what society wants are pretty similar. They both want a job and to find success. However, Zero doesn't work at the Grand Budapest Hotel because that is what others expect of him. He works there because... Other children in his films try to run away from societal expectations. In Moonrise Kingdom, Sam and Susie think that they can hide from their problems, that they can make their lives what they want and not have to face any responsibility. By the end of the film, they realize what most adults on the island don't. That life is full of conflict, and the only way to find a substantial purpose in life is to face it head on instead of trying to hide or run from it. This ambition and maturity is stripped away from a lot of his adult characters. Even characters who are full of potential as children seem to have given up on life as we see in their Royal Tenenbombs. Something similar can be said about Mr. Fox. In his younger years, he had a love for life and a love for adventure. Should we go through the hole under the horsements or climb the rail over the bridal path? However, he chose to put that behind him and live a more traditional life with his family. It's this traditional life that at first he thinks is making him unhappy. It isn't until he goes out on his own trying to relive his glory days that he realizes that he was wrong. Although this may bring him short-term satisfaction, it doesn't bring him any real happiness or satisfaction in life. In fact, it eventually leads to his life as he knows it being uprooted and causing chaos and turmoil. By the end of the movie, his character's arc is complete, when he finds out that the best way to live life is to find a balance between order and chaos. He's a wild animal. He can't be completely domesticated, but he's also a father and owes it to his family to be a mature and responsible provider. Much like Mr. Fox, Steve Zisu is also unhappy with where he is in life. In his younger years, he was a successful oceanographer and documentarian. However, his career is going downhill, as are his relationships with those around him. In order to try and recapture the past, he surrounds himself with outdated and ineffective technology, making it hard to compete with modern explorers. Over the course of the film, he finds that it is just important to look to the present as it is to the past. He begins spending time with the people who mean something to him now. He may have had a rough past, but that doesn't mean he can't make a bright future. The evolution from childhood to adulthood is the central conflict of his feature length debut, Bottle Rocket. In the film, Anthony is stuck somewhere between adolescence and adulthood. Others expect him to be mature and responsible, and he expects that of himself, but he also just wants to have fun. He wants to enjoy life and to spend time with his childhood friends, the people who always made him happy. When he meets Inez, he chooses to settle down. In this, he grows up the right way. He doesn't have adulthood thrust upon him. Instead, he chooses it for himself. In the Darjeeling Limited, adulthood is thrust onto Peter. His wife became accidentally pregnant, something that at first he hides from in a trip across India. I'm trying not to get too caught up in it right now. While on the trip, he sees the beauty and the emotion of parenthood after watching a father lose his son. This prepares him to be a father. He knows how much is at stake and will do everything in his power to be mature and responsible, like he has to be. By the time his characters reach old age, they go into a period of self-reflection. All of the pettiness and monotony of life that defines the majority of adult life no longer matters. Societal pressures hold little to no significance, just like when they were children. They realize that life is about making the most of it. In the Grand Budapest Hotel, Mr. Gustav realizes this and brings pleasure to his older guests. Not so similarly, in the Royal Tenenbaum's, Royal takes a good look at his own life and realizes that he wasted it. He tries to reconnect with his family and patch up the damage that he created in his younger years. If there's one unifying theme running through our Anderson's work, it's examining how people — and foxes for that matter — respond to loss, be it loss of childhood innocence, loss of a loved one, or loss of one's freedom. This theme extends to his older characters as well. Now granted, there aren't many in his films, but the characters that we do see know that their life is coming to an end, and they make the most of it while they still can. Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed. Wes Anderson is one of the best filmmakers working today. I'm glad he's able to continue to make these movies with seemingly less studio interference with every project he works on. Needless to say, I cannot wait to see the Isle of Dogs. I'm interested in knowing what your favorite Wes Anderson film is. Mine would probably have to be Fantastic Mr. Fox, followed very closely with a half a dozen of his other films. They're also consistent in quality and content and themes, and it's part of why I love him so much. Anyway, if you're new here, be sure to hit that subscribe button and check out my last video where we discussed Vertigo. Thanks for watching, and I will see you next week.