So I want to share with you a new tool in the Chrome Dev tools called the Vertical Timeline. The goal of the tool is to help you identify what is hampering the responsiveness of your application so that you can help identify it, smooth it out, and make your application run as smooth as possible. To kind of demonstrate this, we're going to bring up this demo. This is made by an interactive developer named Hakeem. He goes by Hakeem Alain Twitter. And he made this a bit ago. And well, let me just show you what it does. So as I scroll, we get some of these cool effects. So this one kind of flips in things. We can also just kind of manipulate the skew. So this is pretty cool. He put this out about a week ago. And I was looking at it, and I was like, this is cool. I think we could actually make it a little bit smoother, the animation itself. And so I started looking at the code, and I said, let's see what we can do here. So first, I want to bring up the vertical timeline. So I'm going to bring up the Chrome DevTools using my keyboard shortcut. And here I am on the Chrome DevTools timeline. Now, if I just record a timeline right now, I'm going to hit Record. And we'll do, let's see, the curl. OK, got that recording. And that's good. So I can zoom in here on the timeline, and I see kind of what's going on. But I'm looking down, and it's just scroll event, recalc style, paint, paint, paint, paint, paint tells me the size, but this is not really telling me anything. This is not too helpful to me. But now, if you see up in the top left right here, we have the vertical. So I'm going to switch over to vertical bars. And we have quite a different picture. So each bar represents a frame that's being drawn to the screen. And a frame is kind of how the browser sends information to the GPU as it draws. So right now, it's kind of the tall bars take longer. Purple is rendering time, and yellow is script time. But that's all kind of the information that we have. So this is cool, but I think we need something a little bit more useful than this. So what we're actually going to do is take a look at the code and see if there's anything that we can immediately change. So over here is the source of what's going on. And one of the first things that I noticed in the source is that we have this, a scroll listener. Now scroll is particularly troublesome and does not work well against sending things to the screen. Scroll kind of fires at its own pace, and the screen kind of wants things at 60 frames per second. And scroll is either firing too fast or not fast enough. And so we can do a little bit to optimize this. So what we're actually going to do is just get rid of this because we're going to use request animation frame. So request animation frame is what the browser optimal API for rendering. So we have a little shim in here for cross-bouser and back compatibility. And I'm going to use this little loop inside here. So this is just a recursive loop. And we're just going to continue to call update through request animation frame, just ongoing.  And now when I start recording, you'll see it's quite a bit different. So one of the things you'll notice is that the request animation frame is just firing, firing, firing. So I'm getting all these bars right here, right? But the good thing about this is that you get to see what the height of the bar should be. And so the height of all the bars over here is essentially indicating 60 frames per second. This is the ideal. Your monitor refreshes at 60 frames per second. And in Chrome, we've made it so that request animation frame matches the refresh rate of your monitor. So it's as smooth as possible. You cannot get smoother than this. But when we blow up above this area, we're going above that. And so 60 frames per second translates into 16.6 repeating milliseconds. And we can verify this by zooming into this area. And the time code across the top of this shows that we're at 16 milliseconds or so for each of these frames. But once we go into this area, these frames get quite a bit larger, 70 milliseconds, 116. And so those are recorded when I was scrolling. And so what we can do is we can zoom in to that area and investigate what was going on. So it looks like we have this animation frame fired. I'm going to expand this.  Recalculate style layout. Recalculate style layout. Recalculate style layout. This is not a good pattern. But we're able to see what's actually going on here. So I can actually click right from here into the code. So this is the stroll.js that we were just updating. And what it was telling me was line 40. And here it's highlighting this. So it looks like line 40, we have an offset top and an offset height. And if you're familiar with reflows, let's see, faster site reflows. They're also called layouts in WebKit. But here's the blog post where you can identify all the properties and methods that cause a reflow. And so in here you'll see offset top and scroll top and an offset height is in there as well. So this is actually causing the browser to recalculate all the geometry of the page. And this is happening inside a loop going over all the items in this list. So it's happening quite a bit. So we're able to identify a nice connection between the rendering time back to our JavaScript. And now I'm able to see that this line in particular is really costly. Now, noticing that we have these two calls, which require calculating the layout, and we look down and we see that we're actually adding a class. In this case, adding a class here and adding classes here. What we get into is a loop where we are setting properties on the DOM and then immediately asking the DOM for new information. And that is exactly what is causing this recalculate style, recalculate style back and forth. Optimally, we only have to recalculate our style into our layout once and not have to go back and forth. So what we can do in the code is, instead of doing this where we get the information and then we set it and then we keep on doing our loop and getting it, we have this new version that I wrote. And we're actually going to do a funny thing where we use two loops. So my optimization here is to translate this from one loop into two loops. In the first loop, we get all of our offsets. And then in the second loop, we go through and then we apply our changes based on the information that we gathered. So we're just getting in a big row and then we're just setting. And so this is a lot more compatible with reducing the amount of reflows that you have. So if I bring up this version, this is the new one, and I open up the timeline, I'll hit record. And here, you'll actually see that the bars are much lower in this case. So they're not spiking as far above as they were on the earlier case. And if I go in really close, let's see, here is a good one. Yep, this is what we like to see. So we have a single recalculate style followed by a layout. So we're giving the browser as much, we're optimizing our code as much as we can to avoid the reflows. And so as a result, we're able to hit our target of 60 frames per second a lot closer. So this is really pretty cool. And I'm very excited about this feature, the vertical timelines. If you want to check this out, the best way to do it is go to About Flags right now.  If you search for developer tools, you'll find this and you can enable it here. You restart the browser and then you go down into the bottom right, the Settings, where it brings up this. And down here on the bottom right of that, we have these experiments where you can turn on a few things. So right now, vertical timeline is in there. But hopefully, soon everyone will see it by default in their timeline. So we're really excited about that and hope you enjoy it. One of the things that we're looking to bring later is per frame profiling. So what this means is that if I had a lot of script execution happening in these frames, so a lot of yellow, I would be able to pick out one frame and essentially see what the profiler captured during that single frame so I can identify what in my JavaScript, what methods inside of my JavaScript are causing the most time. So we're looking towards that and hope to bring that to you soon. In the meantime, please take a look at this feature and let us know if you have any feedback. Thanks.


What's going on guys? Welcome back to another video. If you guys are new to the channel, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button. Babe, let them know what we're doing today. Today we are going to be doing a tattoo tour. I got some tattoos from the last tattoo tour that I did by myself and Isaiah didn't have any and now he has two full sleeves, so more than me. You got a lot more tattoos than you did before too. Not really, but we'll talk about it. So as you guys can see, we have a decent amount of tattoos. We're gonna be going ahead, showing you each individual piece and their meaning behind it. So yeah, I think right now we're done with tattoos for now. You are. For now, for now. Because we still wanna get more pieces. Like I still wanna get my chest. I wanna get my leg done and all that. And then you wanna do what? Still see. She wants to keep everything a mystery. All right, so who goes first? Who wants to show their tattoos all first? Whoever, I guess. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Loser has to show first. Damn it, okay. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. All right guys, before we get started with the tattoo tour, I just wanna show you how our Chihuahua always tries to find a fortress everywhere he goes. For some reason he's always hiding under anything he possibly fits under. Hi baby, you so cute. So both of my sleeves are completely done. I have a hand tat here and I also have a little piece right here. So before I start saying anything, all of my tattoos are dedicated to my grandmother who passed away and they are all actually religion-based. 90% of them are like religion-based. I will say though, I do wanna get my mom's name right here. I don't know if I should like, I don't know if I should keep this in or not because that's supposed to be like a surprise. I know, I don't think you should, honestly. I don't think she's gonna watch it though. I don't know, I don't know. But yeah, I do wanna get something here. I'm not sure if I'm gonna leave this in the clip or not. But yeah, so I guess we'll start here and then work our way up and then go to the other arm and then down to my leg. Okay, so first we have my grandmother's name right here. So her real name was Loose. Everybody knew her as Lucy. That's what everybody called her. So I went ahead and got her name tattooed here on my hand, that is Lucy's.   Who's the other girl, Lucy?  But thank you for that. I didn't say it like that. Because everybody was like, oh my God, who's the other girl, honestly? I'm like, bro, that's my grandma that passed away. Like, I can't get her tattooed. Now everybody knows. Yeah, so you guys can like stop commenting and think I'm cheating on Janice because I'm not. So here we have a piece of St. Michael. If you guys are not Catholic and do not know who St. Michael is, St. Michael is a saint who basically protects you from all evil. Just make sure nothing negative comes your way. Just kind of keeping like the good vibes and good spirits within you and all that. That's kind of like the same with this like evil eye bracelet that I wear. Kind of like the same meaning in a way. But if you guys were ever curious about this, that's what that is as well. Moving on to the inside of my arm, we have the two hands, which is supposed to be my grandmother and me, obviously she's in heaven. So we're supposed to be like, you know, coming together like that. And then I got the rose down here. So I was always against roses as like tattoos. I thought they were pretty basic until I found out that my grandmother's birth flower, I didn't even know there was such thing as a birth flower but her birth flower for the month of June is a rose. So I was like, you know what? Let's go ahead and keep the rose there. Cause I did find like an idea of this and I was skeptical about the rose and I remember people were telling me, no, just keep it. And then when I found out the meaning, that's when I went ahead and confirmed we're keeping the rose. So now moving on more towards the top, we have my boy Jesus here without him. We are nothing. He is the reason why we do what we do and why we're so blessed and so grateful and all that. And then here moving on up, we have the Virgin Mary, same concept, same thing as Jesus, very grateful and blessed because of them. And then this right here is an angel. Again, my grandmother has passed away. So this angel is supposed to be, I don't want to say it is her because it looks nothing like her, but she's my angel. So that's pretty much it for this arm. Well, also on top of that, Mama used to always, well, we call her Mama, but Mama used to always have like angel statues all over the house. So that is just like perfect. That's something that she would have like in the living room. She had statues of all this though. Like she had a statue of St. Michael in the house. She had a statue of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, angels.  Moving on to the other arm. That's the one you just got. Yeah, this one I literally just got. So if it looks a little darker compared to this arm, that's why it's more fresh. So moving on, we're going to start from the bottom and then go to the top. All right, so like I said, the rose thing decided to keep it going. So I got the rose right here. Like I said, it's a little darker. It's fresh, but yeah, that's her birth flower. Then moving on up a little bit, we have the hands holding a rosary. My grandmother always, always, always, always wore a rosary. I actually have the rosary she always used to wear upstairs on my nightstand. I sleep with it next to me. Another thing I thought was basic was a lot of people get to like the praying hands with the rosary, but the praying hands will be like this. And I'm like, I don't want them to like be basic looking or just like the plain old fashioned type of hands praying or whatever. So I was like, I kind of want them to look like a, kind of like an old lady's hand in a way, kind of. So that's why we got like, you know, that she's kind of holding it like this in a way. Moving on towards the inside, here we have the last supper. This is still peeling. So if it looks a little weird and whatnot, that's why. But yeah, we have the last supper here with Jesus and the disciples. This one was because she had a huge portrait. Do you remember in the living room? In the living room? Yeah, she had a huge portrait. It was super, super long. And it was basically like the last supper. And she would always pray to the portrait while she was holding the rosary, literally holding it like this. So she would hold the rosary like this and she would pray to it. And I was like, these just go hand in hand together. So no pun intended. Then moving on up, we have the dove. I was a little skeptical about this one because a lot of people get doves when people pass away.  Yolo, I'm gonna go for it anyway.  And I thought this one was the best looking as far as like realism. And just like the way the shading is and lighting, I just thought it looked super dope. Then he asked me, he was like, do you want sun rays or anything like that? And I'm like, yeah, but I was like, make them look cool. I was like, don't do the basic solid lines or whatever. I was like, I want it to look nice. So he kept it pretty light. Yeah, the thing I love about his tattoo artist is that he uses negative space. So if you see all of this not shaded in or even these not shaded in, and he'll show you the back part of it, that's all because the new style of tattoos is using the negative space in the arm. And I just feel like that's so much better than just like crazy shading. Not only that, but this right here, like I said, is the last upper. So this is supposed to be the table. So you can see the plates and all that. So this supposed to be the table. And he told me, he was like, I don't want to fill this in because it's supposed to be a table. He was like, if I fill it in, you know, it's kind of like they're eating on floating plates. So you know, Jesus, I'm sure it can make a plate float. But you know, that's supposed to be the table. That's why that's kind of like empty. It's a little shaded very, very lightly. But so moving on to this side right here, this one is supposed to be basically the steps to heaven. So at first I really did want to do like the gates. And then my tattoo artist was like, everybody kind of does that. And after a while, the gates actually look like a bird cage. So I started dying when he said that. So I'm like, all right. So you know what? I was like, do you see what you come up with? And then we'll go ahead and, you know, we'll see it, we'll place it. So he ended up coming up with basically this long stairway. And then obviously, you know, heaven is supposed to appear. And this is supposed to be me. So basically this is me at the bottom of the steps of heaven. And my grandmother's obviously up here. You guys can like pretty much, you know, see where I'm going with that.  You know, you can see that like all the little darkness or whatever. Like I said, it's still super dark, healing still. I don't know if you guys noticed either, but these are actually windows back here. That was them at the last supper, like I said. Yeah, that's pretty much it for this arm. Moving on to my light piece. Light piece, this is like literally a little small quote. Your light lives forever in me. Janisse actually came up with this quote. And again, it is for my grandmother. I thought it was the perfect quote because she was always such like a, like a bright light, like a ray of sunshine, nothing but like positive energy. She was always happy. So I thought that would fit perfectly. Like I said, I am looking to get more tattoos. Not right now though, but I do want to incorporate some type of a big piece up here to go with this quote. Don't know really what I want yet. If you guys have any ideas, comment down below. But yeah, that's it as far as my tattoos. It's your turn. Oh gosh. All right, now on to my tattoos. So I'm just gonna start with this one because it's easier. This is my newest one. It's Coraline and the cat. And then the other mother. Sorry, there's like hair on my arm because my hair is falling out. But yeah, I got that for my cousin Sariana because that was like my first baby. I helped raise her and everything. So I wanted to get the tattoo dedicated to her. She's always talking about Coraline. And because of her, all the kids in my family love Coraline, so I had to get it for them. There's a lot of people that are like, oh, that tattoo is so evil, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, it's the other mother. It's a cartoon relax. It's not that serious. And it represents someone I love, so I don't care. Fun fact, guys. This is like our favorite movie to watch. Yeah, it is. Especially right now in October, spooky season, it's such a vibe. It is. So yeah, Coraline is just a vibe. So moving on, so should I start for the bottom too? No big, whatever you want. All right, so I'm gonna start from the bottom. So I got a snake with flowers around it. That one's supposed to represent my stepdad, actually, because when we first met, he showed me like a little tattoo of his that was in the same spot. And I was just like, what is that? Cause it looked like little symbols. And I was like, what is that? He was like, oh, it's my zodiac animal. It's a snake. And I was like, mm, interesting. And that was the first memory I ever had of meeting him. So I got this dedicated to him because he helped raise me. And moving on to the inside. This is my mom and my two aunts. They were the three most impactful women in my life besides my grandmother. So I love them so much and I wanted to get a tattoo dedicated to them. I also wanted to note that all my tattoos were kind of like sticker sleeve. And then I kind of brought them all together. So there's little things that I added to make it whole. So I wanted to stick with the garden theme. I'm going to move on to this one. I have like them everywhere. So this one was one of my favorites when I first got it. So I always loved fairies my whole life. And that is a huge like ode to my grandmother. My grandmother had statues as well in her house of like fairies and stuff like that. And I just was obsessed with them. I swore I was a fairy when I was little. Like I used to try to like run around my being in the forest and I had a huge imagination back then. So this is just like an ode to my childhood. Fairy is crying. And that's because like I struggle a lot in my life with like mental health issues. So it's kind of just like mind over heart kind of thing. Like I'm always feeling so much and I'm always battling my brain. So it's kind of just like a thing that I have to get through. So yeah, that one is like really important. Moving on. I have these like butterflies here. These are all kind of fillers. So I have like flowers and butterflies. Just because when I think of gardens it just makes me so happy. This is a little fairy door here. Some rocks around it and then some greenery around some stippling work and stuff. So that's all like filler. And then this here, remember me always my grandma there actually wrote that to me before she passed away. And so I ended up getting it tattooed on my arm. That's actually the first tattoo I ever got with those little words. And then now we're moving on up I guess. So we'll go with this one. So this I actually saw something like this online and I was like, oh my gosh, that is so dope. And at the time it was literally just like a vase cracked. And I thought it was so cool. And I ended up adding my cousin's eye here which is also my cousin Sariana. Like I said, I helped raise her and she means like the world to me. Like I treat her like that's like my baby. So I mean, she's grown now. She's about to be 18. So she's not a baby anymore. But yeah, I got that to represent her. Moving on, I guess to the inside of my arm. This still has to get shaded because it faded a little bit. But this is a teapot with a mushroom and then another like pop. And that is basically a representation of like Alice in Wonderland. And like a play on the kind of whimsical theme that they have going on in that movie. And that's because Alice in Wonderland was my sweet 16. That's just something that me and my mom have together like our bonds. And it's just like always like a thing. Like every time we're just like, Johnny is Alice in Wonderland. My family calls me Johnny. And it's just like the vibes of Alice in Wonderland. That's just like, I feel like represents me so much. So that's also like the other tattoos that I have. I have this one. It's kind of just like a moth, but it's also the Cheshire cat smiling in it. And then just like a little kind of, how do you say it? Like a snow globe or something like that behind it. And then obviously we have the tree stump. And then this is also a moth, but it's backwards. It's the bunny. And then the clock from Alice in Wonderland as well. So I thought that was pretty cool. My tattoo artist and her husband actually like came up with the concept. And I thought that was so cool. And I'm like, let's just do it. And then I have just like little mushrooms throughout some stars and stuff like that. Some more flowers up here. And then last but not least, I think this is my favorite tattoo here. This is pretty much the biggest fairy I have on my arm. And I have this for multiple reasons. The biggest reason is because this fairy represents like my grandmother. She had a huge statue in her living room.  I just like thought it was so beautiful. And it was just like my favorite thing that she had. I would like put little diamonds on it. Without her knowing I would put water in like, it had like a little kind of like shell that she was holding. And I would like put water in it and stuff like that. Like I used to just be a little menace back then, but it just reminds me of my childhood and like the time I spent with my grandmother. Also, like when I got my rhinoplasty, I never said this before, but I literally felt on my recovery, like I had a day where I felt that I was like gonna die. And that's like a lot, but it was like extreme. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't breathe through my nose because I had just gotten surgery. And it was like the scariest experience of my life and the whole time. The reason I thought that I was like going is because I kept like having visions like all over the room of like this thing. And I'm like, that's my whole childhood. And I felt like it just kept reminding me of my grandmother. So I ended up just getting it tattooed on me. And I have two more tattoos. I have this one here on my neck that says divine. And the reason why I got that one is because growing up Michael Jackson had like a huge influence on me like musically. And there's a song that he would like sing. It was like divinity in motion. And I didn't wanna get that whole thing tattooed on my neck, but it was just a dance that I learned over and over again that he performs. And I just loved it so much. So I was like, divinity divine. That word is just so nice. And I knew I always wanted to tattoo it on me. And so I ended up getting it on my neck. And then my last one, you can't see, but it's on my ribcage right here. I'm obviously not gonna show you guys that cause it's like pretty high up. For many reasons, one, I feel like the tattoo artist, I was young when I got it done. And I feel like I could have gotten it done so much better. You can barely read what it says, but it says nothing that's worth anything comes without pain. And it's a quote from 30 Reasons Why. And I know like hearing that is kind of cringe. Like she really got a tattoo from 30 Reasons Why, but that movie actually like resonated. I mean, movie that show, some parts actually resonated with me a lot. And I felt like that quote was just so powerful. And so I ended up getting it tattooed on me. But in the future, I might get it lasered or covered up and then get the quote somewhere else, but who knows? But that's all my tattoos. No, it's not. What else would I have? No, it's not. You forgot your little friend.  You're foul, wow. How many tattoos, like, okay. My last one is my little ghost. Peewee. They named him Peewee. This one's a matching tattoo that I have on my bestie Jay Leonard. So if you're watching this, I love you. And yeah, that's, that's all I said to you. That's the last one. So there you guys have it. That is our official tattoo tour or our tattoos and their meanings for now because we know dang well we're gonna get more. At least I do. The near future for me. For you. I want two big pieces. One I'm like working towards and then I can't like be specific for that. But yeah, I'm working towards one and another one. Hopefully I could get it like within the next month or two. So yeah, she has more coming in. I'm taking a break just cause, you know, I just got this one maybe like last week. So I'm taking a break for now, maybe a couple of months. So yeah guys, that is it for today's video. We hope you guys enjoyed our tattoo tour and their meanings. Comment down below what you guys think. Whenever we do get more tattoos and we fill up some more space on our body, we'll go ahead and do like a part two. But we hope you guys enjoyed. So make sure you guys leave a thumbs up. With all that being said, we'll see you guys in the next video.


Welcome to another month of my creative year. This month for April 2019, our topic for the month is lists and our challenge for the month is vibrant. Let me double check and make sure that's accurate. Hang on. I was right. So by the time that you see this, you'll already see the challenge video. The challenge for the month is vibrant, the word is vibrant and we're really encouraging you all to make vibrant, bright, colorful, expressive pieces, pieces you can send off in the mail to Happy Mail to somebody. There's lots of lists, again lists, hello, lists is a topic. So there's lots of Happy Mail lists all over the internet and places that you can send things to a friend, maybe to somebody you don't know, to a stranger. Check our files out here in my creative year for any content regarding that. If we have one, which we do, if you're not a member of my creative year and you don't know what the heck that is, it's a Facebook group. It's a free teaching, sharing Facebook group. You have to be a member to find the content. So the link is in the description below. So we would welcome you if you want to join. You do need to answer some interest questions. So if you don't answer the questions, you aren't going to get in, so you better answer the questions.  I think that's a great thing. But our topic this month isn't about that. Our topic this month is lists, which does kind of have to do with sending off a little bit. So lists, I'm a big proponent of lists. I love my lists. I love my sticky notes. If you've been following my channel for a while, you already know this. I've got a sticky note, it's kind of an issue, but I love my sticky notes. I recently ordered something off of Aliexpress and I got these cute sticky notes as a free thank you gift. Wait till you see them. He's like, feed me, feed me. I just love them. So I can't wait to start using them, but they're cute. I love my lists. Your lists don't need to be boring. They don't need to be plain. They can be my working list for YouTube videos on a mini clipboard. I highlight them as I'm finished. I have ideas, quick flash, save the screen. I do put tabs so that when I have multiple kinds of lists on the same piece of note paper so that I can just flip easy, I just staple them on. And then I have the random collage, I'm sorry, random collaboration instructions stuffed in too. But I love my mini clipboards for some of my notes. I also have a planner. I don't really use it as a planner. I use it for notes. It is organized into different sections. And this is a Happy Planner, I'm sorry, Webster's Pages Planner. And I have sort of art business to-do lists and just a general notes section, projects. It's empty, but that's because the projects are on the clipboard. Classes I've taken and the prompts involved. I've saved track of them since 2014 so I can go back to them if I ever get stuck on what to create, which hasn't happened yet. Social media things where I've shared prompts. We used to do that in a life of art and self-expression, so fun fact. Different projects I'm working on and in the back is my YouTube video schedule. I use the calendar to mark when the videos are coming out. I don't use it for anything else. So this is all lists. This whole thing is lists and it sits on my desk. I love my lists. I have lists downstairs on the kitchen, refrigerator. I took a couple of these mini clipboards and I put magnets on the back so they would stick to the fridge. One of them is the Honeydew list. Do you have one of those? I got one of those. He ignores it, but it's there, right next to the grocery list, which is also on a mini clipboard. So as people use things up or we run out of something, the idea is put it on the list, people. You don't put it on the list. I don't buy it when I go to the store. So I love my lists and do you love your lists as much as I do?  Try making a list. It doesn't have to be boring. It can be bright and colorful. Use your sticky notes. They're wonderful. I love my sticky notes. They are a great way to decorate your lists or add a note or a mini list to a calendar. Stick one on the refrigerator. Honey, can you please pick up, you know, whatever lists? Think about your lists. How can you incorporate them this month into your work, into your art? If all you can do this month is go to the files and look at the list of happy mail addresses and send off a few things, at least do that. So I hope that gives you some ideas of what you can do. I love my lists. I hope you love your lists. And if you don't do lists, try it. Maybe it'll work for you. That's it for this month. If you're not a member, as I said, of my creative year and you would like to be, check out the link in the description below. Go request to join. You can follow me on social media or support the free content here on YouTube or over in the Facebook groups by clicking on my link tree link. 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Hey everybody, J.R. Fisher here. I am back. I'm back in town. The first thing I do is apologize because I noticed when I got up this morning this live stream was scheduled for 7 a.m. And the reason it was scheduled for 7 versus 9 is that because I scheduled it on an airplane while it was flying and it Picked up the time of the airplane. I guess whatever time zone I was in. So I apologize for that if there was any confusion I'm really glad to be back. I'm glad to be with you guys. Miss talking to you. Miss sharing ideas. If you're new today, hey, do me a favor. Subscribe. Don't forget to ring the bell too. Turn on all notifications here notified each and every time I go live. I do these live streams usually six days a week From Wednesday to Saturday. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do it. I was on the road so much. The timing just didn't work However, I'm back and I'll be here from now on Talk to you guys in the morning kind of share some ideas. Get my day going gets my day going too What I try to do is share. Thank you so much James. He also said he hit the like button guys hit that like button He said I'm loud and clear and I appreciate that. He's my good buddy who watches over me when I when I mess up or when things are Going well, he lets me know so Today we're going to talk about how you can actually Master the life of a digital nomad now. I am not a digital nomad. However I'm I guess I'm a semi digital nomad. I travel around the world a lot in 2019 before The sickness we're not allowed to say the word Hit I think I was in six countries that year and on several trips So, you know, I've done a lot of this and what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna share with you the tips That really will help you out However, if you have questions about anything else that has to do with, you know, making money online growing your business online Any of that stuff e-commerce? I've done that stuff. So I'll be happy to help you out with that So what I'll do is I'll go through this list and as I go through this list Put in that chat section, you know, have you done some of this? Are you curious about some of this? You know, you're trying to learn this Being a digital nomad is kind of interesting. Let's see here. Well Okay, I'm just reading a couple of comments to make sure I don't get behind there But feel free to put those comments in there guys So what I'd like to do is go through this list and have you comment as I go through this list What is your opinion? You know, the things I'm talking about is it is an accurate to what you've noticed Is it helpful to you, you know, I got to tell you I started in 2009 And the whole concept has really changed a lot since I started there's more options, you know, there's better Wi-Fi There's accommodations that make it easier to work remote, you know, there's places that cater now to digital marketers You know, there's cafes in Mexico, you know, and I've worked in them, you know in Bangkok, Thailand airport lounges, you know, I've worked all across The world actually at this point So being able to work anywhere in the world really is an amazing gift. I really do appreciate it I have noticed changes over the years, you know flights in the US Woof, I gotta say it's gone downhill and I hate to pick on the US But you know, I've flown in Asian Airlines and I've flown in US Airlines and to give you an example I just went to Asheville, North Carolina And it was one way over, you know, not a big deal We flew from San Diego to Dallas and then from Dallas to Asheville and We did fly first-class and I think a regular flight ticket was like four hundred and so much dollars Around trip and we paid a thousand dollars. So we paid a lot more money. Now. What do you get with that? Well in the US you used to get You know drinks and a nice hot meal and hot towels and snacks and peanuts and all these things in a blank It and all the stuff and I'll tell you now. You don't get all that as a matter of fact on our flight from Dallas to Asheville we got no hot food They gave you you did get a turkey sandwich. They hand you a wrapped up turkey same ones. They sell in coach And you could get some cheese and fruit same ones. They sell in coach Which I think they sell them for like 15 20 bucks So but we we have paid $600 more We went to plug in our phone. There was no plugs You really didn't get much.   So for extra six hundred bucks. You got a seat that was a little wider. That was about it So that was kind of disappointing because I know in coach when I flew to Bangkok. It was super nice I mean they gave you meals constantly. They had buffets set out at the little stations I mean, it was really really nice to service was incredible So I'm hoping the US will come around I hope and we're going to improve things and I'm not complaining because I feel lucky You know, I feel lucky to be able to afford to fly let alone fly first class But it's disappointing when you pay that extra. You don't get extra. But that's just the way it is So the thing I like about being able to work online is the flexibility work my own hours Like I told you guys, I was scheduling this stuff on the airplane as I was flying back That's pretty cool to be able to do that So but you know, I don't want you to think that being a digital marketer is just all fun and games. It's not it's still work I mean, it's still work. It's still a job. You still have to do things You have to find good Wi-Fi, you know, you got to find good subjects to talk about you got to have good products to sell So you got to balance your travel and your work just because you're traveling the work still needs to get done It's like I said, I was working on the airplane So most people who work remotely have had struggles finding their personal balance, you know, how much time you spend, you know Leisure time work time travel time you got to balance all that stuff out and understand if you work from home You don't have to factor in travel time. So you actually have more home You know, if you're if you're working from home or you're working at a job You don't have to factor in travel time. So being a digital nomad. That's something added that you have to do It lets you see a lot of places But that's something I have to do now the first thing I'm gonna tell you guys is make sure you have work before you become a digital Nomad a lot of people say well, you know what?  I'm like, whoa How are you gonna make money? Well, no, I hear I can write a blog. I hear I can sell products online Here's what I would suggest do it first, you know, learn how to do these things first Don't just quit your job and dive into being a digital nomad Now it's going to be tempting to just throw caution to the wind and say hey It's an exciting new experience. I just want to do it It's a much better plan to have everything set up before you go anywhere It really is matter of fact, you should start making money first, you know blogs if you write a blog You can literally take years before you can monetize it now You know e-commerce. Yeah, you could make money in the first few weeks if you know what you're doing So you've got to really know what you're doing So I'm gonna tell everybody out there unless you've got a stream of income from this or unless you got a Lot of savings you want to live off of don't say I'm gonna go become a digital nomad before you have all this set up Not not a wise thing to do Let's see James says you Have recently read Andrew Henderson's Nomad capitalist Go where they treat you best. I have not read it. I've not read it I have got a stack of books James that's so tall to read and I want to read of all It's just a matter of time and it's like when I get on the plane when I could read I'm gonna end up doing some work or something, but no I have not I will put that on my list though a nomad capitalist I definitely will put that on my list. Thank you so much for that Number two number two thing I would tell you because I think I got nine things in this Set a clear divide between work and travel. Okay balance is one of the hardest things about working Remotely abroad Okay, in a new country, okay in a new country It's easy to spend too much time traveling and having fun and not enough time working Okay, new foods new attractions new people all that can tempt you into spending a bit too much time off the clock Okay, and you still got to work guys You still got to do it to make sure you get your work done set clear boundaries for when you work and when you're exploring and looking Around the best digital nomads have strict calendars to ensure that they get everything done Maybe you dedicate, you know an entire days to one or the other Okay, or maybe you divide up each day, but whatever it is you need to have a schedule You got to get things done whatever strategy you choose stick with it. Don't alter it Okay, don't alter it because somebody else says hey, we're gonna go do this today You want to go if you've got work scheduled do your work. I mean you really have to this will ensure that you get Work done and also ensure that you have the experiences you want I mean because that's the whole idea of being a digital nomad and traveling around and like I said, I'm a semi digital nomad I do a lot of trips, but I live at home for the most part Okay, next thing number three. This is kind of a weird one But slow down your travel slow down your travel the best way to balance your work and travel is to get to know Your destinations in incredible detail, okay If you're constantly traveling you're traveling every three or four days. You're going somewhere you you've eaten up so much time with that travel time That it's gonna take away from seeing where you're going to it's gonna take away from your work. It's the travel time itself You don't get much out of that.  Okay, so don't head to a new city every other day Don't move to cities every other week. Don't do it consider spending weeks if not months in one place And you're saying well jr. I thought it was like every week you go somewhere. I wouldn't do it I wouldn't do it. I think you eat up too much time that way You'll have plenty of time to build productive habits routines while getting in-depth experience of the destination you're in And that's what I like to do. I like to know more about it. I like to see more of these destinations So you want to do that? You'll be able to play tourist you'll be able to network you'll be able to attend events You'll get a feel for life more than the standard tourist does. I can't recommend this enough really quality over quantity That's what I would suggest to you. How would you start? digital drops Hipping in 2021 digital drops I'm not quite sure what you mean there James if you would expand on that a little bit it reads How would you start digital drops? Hipping in? 2021 not quite sure what that means a little bit more in there, and then I'll figure down a little bit slowly I'm probably still foggy from all my travel. I'm still three hours off because it's three hours later now on the east coast Which is where I was for the past five days Number four make sure you got great Wi-Fi. Make sure you got great Wi-Fi. Okay when you work online Fast Wi-Fi is really vital Before you choose your destinations look at the Wi-Fi situation. Is it easy to Excess it. Okay. Is it fast? Can you get a SIM card for reliable data? Every country varies. I know when I went to Bangkok I looked at my phone plan and Although they would let me do it in Bangkok and use my phone. It was exorbitant and cost So what I did when I went to Bangkok is I took out the SIM card of my iPhone And I went and bought a SIM card with Wi-Fi and I paid for the Wi-Fi and I use that which changed my phone number, too So anybody that was trying to call me You know they I wasn't gonna get the call plus if I tried to call anybody else They saw a different phone number. So you got a you got a factor that in or maybe have two phones, you know You can also do that You've got to find out more about the Wi-Fi speeds in different countries. Okay, you can use nomadist Let me put this in here nomadist To figure this stuff out nomadist Dot-com gosh that reminds me of a commercial dinner If this this will help you a lot guys to use this one right here For example Shopify Aliexpress Alibaba Oh, you can you talk about drop shipping stuff. That's not hard to do at all. You can do that many country What I do suggest is that you have a US address if you're from the US or whatever country You want to go run things from and there's a lot if you just type in get US address Mail drop address phone address you can get that If you're doing drop shipping from another country It doesn't have to go through you because it's let's say you're selling to somebody in Arkansas and you're in Bangkok You're gonna put your order in with the drop shipper. They're just gonna ship it to that person in Arkansas So you don't so much have to worry about that However, I would have an address in the US and you can forward anything that you need sent to you That's pretty important to have that done So I would do that, but it's not hard to do that's not I know people who do that all the time now So every country varies and even regions within countries vary So you got to make sure that you do some type of research before you go This is really important for anyone working with video. I do video Uploading video is a bear if you have bad Wi-Fi. Okay, or if you're doing photography or you got large files and you that stuff It can be really difficult. So you want to find out about those Wi-Fi speeds. It's really important When you rent Airbnb or a long-term stay ask the owners to send you a screenshot It's in the screenshot of the Wi-Fi speed You know, I've spent a lot of time is trying to find good Wi-Fi in countries And I can tell you nothing kills your productivity Then spending the day trying to find Wi-Fi when you couldn't have it at the place when you couldn't have it It's your own place to start with so make sure you do that Next thing and this is something a lot of people don't do let me get a sip real quick Number five get a VPN. Okay, VPNs are super important. These are called virtual private networks They're super inexpensive, you know, like maybe, you know, $50 or $100 a year As a digital nomad, you're going to be connecting to Wi-Fi networks in all kinds of places banking Personal messages email. They can all be accessed if you aren't careful Be sure your information is protected using a reliable VPN Which what it does is that mask your online signature so data can't be stolen Just like you would secure your valuables in a hostel locker or a hotel safe or something like that You also need to secure your data one of online VPN like I like Nord VPN and I'll get a Lincoln stick it in there I can help you do that But a lot of them are like, you know, three or four dollars a month I mean, they just don't cost much money So I would highly recommend you doing that and besides that if you if you have a VPN you can log in in any country You want okay, so I could be in San Diego and I could say I was in England and I'm logging in there Or I could say I was in Asia or I could say I was in Canada and here's the funny thing When you do that, let's say you have a Netflix account when you change your VPN location It changes what shows you can watch so even if you're in the US if you have a VPN and you say gee I want to watch some of the stuff. They're watching over in Europe All you got to do is put in a Europe VPN location. You have like tons of locations. Just click on them And you're gonna see new things on Netflix that you wouldn't have seen in the US and vice versa. They see things You don't see so that's kind of cool Next up, this is number six get this get this get this make sure you have travel insurance So important. I was on a trip with my wife in 2000 gosh 19 19 and we were in Mexico and The first time we got there I mean within hours and it was like three or four o'clock in the morning She started having a really serious back pains and stomach pains and as it turned out she had a kidney stone We ended up in a Mexican hospital for the next couple days and the bill was $3,500 to spend the night there. I had travel insurance which paid for it $3,500 and I think that travel insurance cost me like 150 bucks, you know, maybe 200 bucks and it paid $3,500 now The thing is with travel insurance or excuse me thing is with your own personal insurance like we have health insurance But it's useless in Mexico. They aren't taking it in Mexico. They look at it and go So what that's for the US so when you're in one of these other countries if something happens to you guys And you don't have travel insurance You're gonna be in a bad bad situation plus it covers everything from like lost luggage delayed flights theft You know it covers so many other things outside of district health, but your health is pretty important, okay? So I would strongly recommend you doing that There's there's a couple insurance companies. I would recommend Insurance companies world nomads and safety wing Okay, both of those are really pretty good Your airline may also offer it to you whoever you're booking it through may offer it to you But man, I'm telling you get travel insurance is so very important which brings us To number seven and number seven mess me up today. It messed me up And it messed me up because I was flying Scheduling a video in a different time zone so it grabbed that time zone wherever I was flying And I don't know I was somewhere between oh gosh Chicago and San Diego when I was doing this and You know, I fell in a time zone. It was two hours different. Okay, which probably was what would that be? Would that be mountain time zone? No, that would be central time zone I think is is what that is anyhow It was two hours different. So when I scheduled my videos at 9 a.m. The way I normally do it switched it to 7 a.m Okay, so You want to do that if you have a job that requires meetings with other people also make sure you keep the time distances in mind You don't want to be waking up at 4 a.m. For a conference call when you didn't have to wake up till 9 a.m. Okay? Or you don't want to have emails flooding right in when you're getting ready to log off at the end of the day You got to think about, you know, the people you're working with and what's going on That's not to say you can't travel, you know To all these different weird locations with different time zones, which you'll need to communicate The time difference to your team or your clients, okay? Let them know where you are and what they can when they can expect a reply That way you won't feel pressured to wake up at random hours for emails or calls unless you want to do that And some people do that There's a site you can use called time zone converter you can use for that. So just type in time I'll put this in here Use time zone converter to calculate your time All right, let's see here siren what's going on good to see you here James Breen friend visiting from England had a stroke and now owes st. Joseph hospital Savannah over a hundred and sixty eight thousand dollars. Yes. Yes, this can happen now some of them are capped So you do want to be careful. They only pay up to a certain amount I think ours only paid up to ten grand And because I bought it through the airline if you go to a couple of these sites I showed you you can get a whole lot higher coverage Siren says hi, sir. Hello. Tell me where you're from. It's interesting to see where people are from Tell me where you're from what time it is with the weather's like there share some of that information if you don't mind All right, we're up to number eight Number eight is huge huge Bring a water bottle tap water and most of the world isn't safe to drink and I got to tell you in San Diego you can't drink the water the water is one of the worst waters in the country And we buy it from another state and it's shipped in here in our water bills I mean the four or five hundred dollars a month for average water bill at a house here It's common So you want to bring bottled water if you can now when you're going through TSA checkpoints You can't bring a bottle of water However You could buy it on the other side and you need to hydrate you really do a bottle water is really an affordable alternative It's incredibly wasteful and I know that but destinations around the world are struggling with populations and single-use plastic Which much the world ends up in the ocean so if you can get a You know Reusable bottle like I have like this like steel one reusable bottle and fill it up with good water somewhere You can do that You can also be a responsible traveler and get yourself a bottle with a built-in filter Life straw makes one that removes 99.9% of the bacteria and parasites. So you want to check that out That's life straw and we put that in here To me when I try that one There's another one Called staring pin which uses UV light to get the same result and we put this in here staring pin And that will Here we go that will Purify your water for you so you can use that That's important either way bring a you reusable bottle if you can so you can safely drink water and avoid Single-plastic, okay? If you can get by with not using single-plastic, please do it If you have to of course you have to and I get that Let me get another sip before we get to number nine. Can you believe we're at number nine? Am I going too fast? Tell me if I'm going too fast. I am from India. Oh, man. Good to see you from India Heist you are really brilliant. So I'm not really a believe me. You haven't listened long enough I mess up all the time, but I know I have a huge audience in India. That is actually my second country It's the US and then India and then I think Canada falls below that but I'm my brothers in India. I'm telling you I love you guys I have worked and I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of people in India. You guys are amazing I really do appreciate gosh your intelligence your work ethic Half of the stuff I get done technology wise is actually done in India. You guys are amazing. You know the sip Now here's a crucial one. Here's a real crucial one. This is number nine. Okay, we're nearing the end today 922 we're getting close to the end when I first started I didn't know about this I had problems with this but number nine is don't forget to log off Don't forget to log off when you're your own boss It's really easy to constantly be working checking your email here and there planning projects working from your bed And when you should be sleeping or out sightseeing you got to enjoy I mean the whole idea and being a digital nomad or being able to travel some like what I do Is that you get to see different places? You know you you are Going to be the same person you are today But for the books you read the people you meet the places you go those three things The books you read the people you meet in the places you go Those things change you as a person they really do and I think they change you for the better They give you a better understanding of the world. They help you compare things I mean I can compare a first-class ticket in the US on an airplane to a coach ticket on a and a Which is the Asian airline and I'll take a and a every day every day for a coach ticket as opposed to a first-class ticket in the US And it's you know that that opens my eyes to stuff Okay, you you think where wherever you are as the bastard, you know, or maybe you think another place is great You know some of you may not have been to Hollywood you think Hollywood, California. Oh my gosh glitz and glamour. It's not it's terrible It's homeless. It's dirty. It's crime-ridden. It's not what you think it is a lot of times What's depicted on TV and in the movies is not what's real So while starting a new business entails a lot of work always make sure you set boundaries You can't work 24 hours a day or you're not going to enjoy it emails can wait Emails are not something that you are even required to reply to because somebody emails you you're not required to respond to them Okay, they don't know your time. Okay, now you can choose if you want like my business Obviously, that's about a food product But I get a lot of people who email me and say hey you need to be my mentor Hey, can you take a look at my website or hey, would you watch my videos of my channel or hey? Would you subscribe to this and I don't and I don't because I can't do that I mean, you know, I get like thousands of those and if I were to do that all the time I'd never get my own work done So I just don't respond to I can't do it. So don't fall in the trap of overworking. Okay, the internet never stops You're never going to outwork the internet. It's not going to happen Um Don't let it control you. Okay, it's a tool and you use it as such. It's just a tool It's very very easy for those few hours of work to turn into an entire day in a cafe And I've done it myself to where you know, I said, well, I'm going to work on this project for a few minutes here I'm just going to stop and do this And then all of a sudden, you know, four or five hours have passed six hours have passed seven hours have passed So I do like to say, hey, I'm going to work here till three o'clock and then I'm going to go to the gym I'm going to work here till one o'clock and then I'm going to go to lunch It just set those boundaries and try to get as much as you can done during that period of time But don't worry about it if you don't not a big deal. You don't have to worry about it Um, so that's what I got for you today. That's where we start now Since since I did travel I thought I would do something about traveling for you guys and something else I did which I didn't mention it's on this trip, uh, I filmed it, uh, and um I actually did a review of this hotel. I stayed at The town I was in Uh, and James you may know it because uh, well, you're in South Carolina though. So you you'd make no no no no You're in South Carolina. Yeah, I think I'm trying to remember. No, you're in savannah, georgia. What am I saying? What am I saying?  It's not it's not the place you're at I mean sure there's beautiful places to visit But the place I went to was Highlands, North Carolina I've never seen a town like it before it was very small there. You got your one main street I stayed at 200 main in Highlands, North Carolina You can look that up if you want it's part of a group of hotels And I'm doing a review of that hotel And you can kind of see what the rooms look like with the property look like with the town look like The week I was there they had a car show Day before yesterday really cool cars And I'll show you a video of that guys. There were Ferraris and Lamborghinis and all kinds of old cars It was a Stanley steamer car actually a steam engine car was there So I saw some really neat stuff That I think you would appreciate So I filmed all that I'm going to put all that together and I guess a review kind of video a travel review video I've never done one like that before but I thought I would D ragu says hi. Hello D ragu good to see you man. Glad you joined us today Put in there what you do, you know, what you're working on whatever James brings this great session today. Thanks for sharing good news D ragu says good night. He says hi and good night I don't know if you came in and come out real quick, but we're glad to have you here We're glad to have anybody here that wants to listen and join our group and James I don't know what happened to paul today. Did he fall off? We hope paul didn't fall off He's usually here, but he's not here today. Ah, I see D ragu says it's night in india. Yes, it is And you may have missed it D ragu, but I have people I work with in india all the time I mean for years like over 10 years And I'm always hiring and you know freelancing out jobs and stuff like that So I have a lot of Indian people that work with me great people love them Love them. They've done a lot for me and and I can't say enough for the food because I like food that has variety And oh my god, you guys have the best variety food in the world. I love Indian food So anyhow, so that's what I got for you today guys. I hope you enjoyed it I hope you got something out of it. James says peace and blessings always everyone see y'all tomorrow and yes He will and guys I want to thank you so much. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't hit that subscribe button there It'll be red. You need to click it and turn it gray. You want to ring the bell? Turn on all bell notifications so you're notified each and every time I go live I really appreciate you being here guys If you like this channel and you're getting good information, please share it with somebody else If you're watching this and it's not live. You weren't able to get here live. I totally understand Feel free to put your comments in the comment section. I do come back and answer those comments So if you have any questions or anything you want to know put that in the comment section there Paul may have had more honeydews today. Well, I hope not. It's almost like she's the boss How could that be? How could that be? Uh guys, I really appreciate everybody here


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Not even a couple months ago, Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger was spotted house hunting in LA with her athlete boyfriend Tom Evans. But this didn't come as much of a surprise considering the pop star put her contemporary sense at Strip Home on the market around the same time. Currently, Nicole still lives in this house which she showed off to architectural digests in the past. While her and her men haven't settled on a new spot yet, today we'll take a look at a few of the places she's called home both past and present. We even found the listings. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Nicole Scherzinger is a singer and TV personality born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She started off performing in plays when she was young and later dropped out of university to pursue a musical career with rock band Days of the New. Nicole found a bit of success in 2001 when she won a spot in Eden's Crush, a girl group created through the reality show Pop Stars. When Nicole finally became the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, releasing albums in 2005 and 2008, this was when she really hit it big. PCD was one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time but Nicole's leading role caused some friction and the band eventually won their separate weight. While Nicole's solo music career has been a bit of a struggle, she ventured onto TV, winning Dancing with the Stars and serving as a judge on numerous shows from the X Factor UK to the Masked Singer which is also her current gig and she's also appeared in a couple movies like the Musical Cats. Throughout her career, Nicole has sold over 16 million records as an artist and more than 54 million with the Pussycat Dolls. Her other ventures included clothing lines and perfume and she's also an ambassador for the Special Olympics. Nicole's current estimated net worth is thought to be around 14-16 million dollars. Hey guys it's Kara and today we're bringing you another house tour here in famous entertainment. We're noticing 95% of you watching aren't subscribed so hit that subscribe button and ring that bell. We post a new video daily. Today we're checking out where Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole shares in your calls home like her multi-level modern estate above the Sunset Strip, her former Hawaii house and more. We've also done house tours and celebrities like Celine Dion and more and we'll link to some at the end. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram to chat and as usual let me know whose house tour is next in those comments down below. Now let's get into this video. Back in 2014 we were able to get a peek at Nicole's former Hollywood Hills home because she put it up for sale at around 2.3 million dollars. The songstress bought the home in 2006 from Daisy Fuentes for 2.16 million and lived there for a handful of years. This has stayed up in the hills set on a 1.5 acre knoll and had no immediate neighbors perfect for a celeb desiring some privacy. Nicole's former home was built in a Mediterranean style spanning just over 4,000 square feet with four beds and three backs. Home was cozy but still had a Hollywood feel to it offering expansive views from most every room and the neighborhood it was situated in was star-setted. Inside Nicole's former abode there were spaces like a two-story living room with soaring ceilings and nearby a spacious dining room perfect for entertaining. There were three gas and wood burning fireplaces throughout taking the cozy vibes up a notch. In the gourmet eating kitchen you'll find granite counter stainless appliances and since it's combined with the great room there's a ton of space to host or just hang out. The generous sized master suite Nicole previously occupied featured a massive closet ample storage as well as a stunning marble ensuite with separate stall shower. Guest bedrooms were located upstairs and one offered an expansive outdoor terrace. Downstairs you'll find an additional bedroom that could also be used as an office. Outside there were many outdoor living spaces and while there wasn't a swimming pool at the time with all the room on the grounds one could easily be added. In 2018 it was reported that Nicole DeGova plantation style property she owned in her homeland of Hawaii more specifically in the area of Wallinay on a 1.2 by Bakers of Land. While she listed the lavish home for $1.399 million dollars she was happy to accept a lower price for it and it comes with stunning ocean and mountain views all over. The 3,475 square foot villa was built in 2014 and served as an ideal location for Nicole DeGova getaway. The tropical landscape surrounds the home on three sides and her property had its own vegetation which added a pop of color to the glamorous house. Inside there were four beds, 4.5 luxury bathrooms and her former master suite was complete with floral themed upholstery, wood and furniture and even its own spiral staircase. Nicole's bedroom led to a grand ensuite bath which had a large walk-in shower and tub fitted with marble tiles for a glamorous finish. Home was the perfect spot for entertaining friends and family considering there were three guest bedrooms throughout as well. The common living spaces were spacious including a main family room brightened up by huge windows and a built-in fireplace. Alongside the living rooms, Nicole's Hawaii home had an open-plan kitchen complete with center, island and separate dining table for plenty of guests. And if the tropical location of the property isn't enough there's of course a cabana and swimming pool lined by sun loungers to really soak in the resort like feel. Here you're surrounded by ferns, palm trees and other native plants. This sun-drenched terrace overlooks the ocean and has a built-in barbecue while the backdrop shows off the island's volcanic landscape. While Nicole's Hawaii property was truly breathtaking she let go of it after she was done as a judge on the X-Fracture. Last but certainly not least, Nicole's current home. While we know she's house hunting with her man at the moment she didn't buy anything just yet so she's still living in this place and it's all a market for 7.5 million dollars. Nicole showed off this place for architectural digest back in 2019 and the sunny contemporary home sends 4,602 square feet inside with four beds and four baths. It seems that this singer loves a home with both modern and cozy vibes which she saw in her former Hollywood house and can notice in some of the rooms here. The glass-walled multi-level home has jetliner views that stretch from the downtown skyline to the ocean and it's set high above LA's sunset strip on a high ridge. While Nicole originally bought the home for only 3.75 million over four years ago and is seeking to turn a profit on the sale she made a number of significant changes and upgrades since she moved in. Likely the biggest one was knocking down a main-level wall to allow for full views via floor-to-ceiling windows in the dining room. The open plan on the main level offers a sleep kitchen that revolves around a custom-built marble top center island and a marble and wood throughout. The den is tucked away on the same floor which is one of Nicole's favorite rooms because it's so cozy and it has a white fireplace and more picture-perfect views. There's also a roomy dining area with full walls of glass that slide open to a slim terrace. There are a couple of bedrooms on the lower level, one that was turned into a gym and the other has two sets of bunk beds to sleep a few guests. Nicole's celeb-style master suite takes a premium position on the penthouse floor with a cozy nook just outside that keeps her grand piano. This suite is glamorous with a black marble fireplace and a sitting area that spills out to a private terrace while the contemporary en suite opens to a second terrace and custom designed walk-in closet. Nicole's home also boasts a home theater with flush sofa beds and lights built into the carpeted stairs. Not to mention, elsewhere, there's an indoor-outdoor area with a big screen TV for outdoor movies, a wet bar, a small saltwater pool and a swing that pushes over the pool and looks down at the city below. All right, so I think I'm gonna bring this house to her to an end here. We've taken a look at the homes of pussycat doll lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger, including her former Hollywood house, Hawaii Getaway, and her current hilltop property in L.A. So the question is, which of the three was your favorite? I think mine was her current home because it's the perfect mix of cozy and contemporary. In some spaces, there were double-hecked ceilings and full glass walls and other rooms were warm and modestly sized. Sometimes you just wanna feel cozy inside your home. Be sure to tell me which of Nicole's homes was your fave or rate them in the comments down below. Also, I heard the pussycat dolls are going to be back together for a tour. I wonder when that schedule to happen, but I'm here for it. I'm trying to get 1,000 subs on my personal channel and I'm almost there, so if you haven't subscribed, please go do so, we'll link you my latest vlog. Here you can get to know me a bit better and see what my home life is like. She was twerking on it just like a minute ago. What? Thanks for watching, guys. I'm still reading all of your comments and amazing suggestions.  I'll see you all in the next video. Bye.