Welcome to Digital Asset News, the guitar stories and cryptocurrency and digital assets, and back up down to bite-sized pieces. Today, that's some pretty positive news, despite what's going on in the market. So first up, looks like there is a little bit of hoarding of Bitcoin going on as more and more institutions and people are taking Bitcoin into cold storage. On top of that, we're going to take a look at a little question that we have to answer as far as US citizens for a taxing where we can actually say, no, we have not acquired any virtual currencies. And then we're going to talk about sticking to your plan. And finally, there's a nice new survey out that says that pretty much people don't know what the heck they're buying. So we'll take a look at all those things. But first, let's take a look what's going on in the market. So today, it is March 4th, 11 a.m. Houston, Texas time and a beautiful day here. Things like 70 degrees can't beat this weather. Love it. So let's take a look at what we have as far as the market goes. So looks like we are at Bitcoin, again, below 50,000. So we're going to take a look at an article where talks about people just 40, but it doesn't really look that is what is going on. But I think I have a solution. Ethereum is down to 1590 again, way down below its $2,000 mark. But hey, it's gone up a whopping 0.94% in the last hour. So watch out. Binance going down 2% over 24 hours. Cardano down again, 7%. And you have to remember, like I always talk about, has anything fundamentally changed of any of these tokens? It is all the same thing, just people selling and taking profit. So not financial advice, but this is a good time to stock up on some little bit of a minor flash. Polkadot down 3%. 8% for, hey, 8% for XRP. Watch out. Good for them. Congratulations, XRP holders. You are in the green almost at 50 cents. Pretty good, especially with the SEC bearing down and then beating them to a pulp with what's going on there. Uniswap up 13%. I like to hear about that, which is amazing because the fees are outrageous. But what are you going to do? And then Theta is moving into the top 15. And we covered this yesterday. Sony, they are doing a new validator. They're part of the validator nodes. And now they have Sony, they have connections with YouTube, Gumi, all these great, huge companies. And again, I think Theta is going to be a sleeping giant for what it is. I always think Cardano is going to be a sleeping giant, but here we are. So that's really what's going on in the top 20. I'm sure there's some great things like the chain of 10%. I think it was a new partnership that was announced. I think there always is, but that's what's going on. Kusama 0.68. Anything great? That's pretty much the big stuff. Let's just take a look at some quick sentiment analysis to see what could go up in the next hour or so. And Chili's, hey, that's crazy. Chili's, we're just talking about this. I had on Alex Fossel from Swissborg. And it was one of the tokens that they actually have on Swissborg. I think Swissborg is the next Voyager. You can check that video out, link at the end. But it looks like it's going to go up 12%. Interesting. Over the next hour, maybe 3.5%, 4%. That's a 90% accuracy. So pretty engine coin. Other than what I really should get into, I just haven't. 13% dent coin, also making it. Rap, Tara. Let me do one thing. And then Tellos, always in the top 10 or so. Swissborg, one more time yesterday, 4%. And you can take a look at, trade the chains, link in the description. You can check that out. But let's go into today's top story, shall we? So this one was pretty good. This is from my man CJ over at Market Rebellion. He shared this from Glassnode. And I thought it was interesting because, let's see if I can do a close up. There we go. And what we're looking at here is this is from 2018, all the way to the present day. Let me scale in a little bit. If we can take a look at here, all this green is all the difference, increasing liquid supply. That is just the Bitcoin that is out and available for purchasing. Maybe this is from the miners that it's available. Then in the red is all of the decreasing liquid supply. I mean, even if it's not liquid, someone is stocking up on it. That's exactly what's going on. And you can see over 2018, 2019, there were some big pieces here. But now as we go past, really about March 2020, remember that's when we had that Black Swan event where everything just fell down to the bottom. And we saw a pretty big uptick of people hoarding it, hoarding Bitcoin. And then now we're taking a look as we go forward into June, July, October, 2020. And now we're at the present day. We've got a lot of Bitcoin that is being illiquid. There is just being holed up. So the question that becomes, well, what the heck is going on? Because the price itself hasn't really done much and actually is down from $59,000. So what's happening? Well, if you took a look at the chart again, before there was a lot of hoarding, a lot of people putting it into cold storage, but you have to remember, well, first of all, people will always tell me the same thing. Rob, you understand, this mark is different, tons of institutions, solid hands, diamond hands, sure. You have to understand I have the same problem, which is I always believe people are like me and they're not. So we're going to talk about that in the survey. You have to understand that people are going to take profits. People are greedy, people are going to manipulate. And even for every one Michael Saylor diamond hands out there, there is a hundred weak-handed, greedy manipulator, how we want to call them, out there that are just in here for just a quick buck. And they're going to move things around and that is it. So even though we have a pretty good indication of that, there's a lot that is becoming illiquid. And I think as time goes on through education, people actually understand what cryptocurrencies assets, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, VeChain, everything that we talk about, what it's actually going to do to change the world and change, you know, it's a new paradigm shift. Imagine what happened when the internet came about. I'm old, so I remember those days.  And you had to go to like the library and look up information. You actually had to write letters instead of email. Oh, and you actually had to go shopping for stuff instead of having it delivered to your house. It was crazy times, crazy. So I don't think people understand exactly what's going on and how important this is. So they're just kind of going through the motions. Again, I think people are going to lock things up. But right now, people just don't get it. You, you, my friend, are super early.  I've heard about Dogecoin. You know about Cardano. You know about Ethereum. Do you know about Chainlink? Do you know about Spill on the Blank? They have no idea. And it's the same thing if you were going to walk around the street in the early 90s and talk about email and HTTPS and TCPIP or TCP, TCP, TCPIP. People know I have no idea. So again, these are just the rough points, not financial advice, but I'm going to be holding for the long term. And I think this year is going to be fireworks, just like we always talk about the four-year cycles, having all-time high dip reset. There was a having not too long ago in 2020. 2021 is an all-time high. 2022 is a dip. 2023 is a reset. And off they go. Let me understand the comments section. Let's move on to our next piece. So next up, I just did a live AMA with Sheehan Chandrakara. He's the CPA and specialized in cryptocurrency. It was great. A lot of great questions we had. And I'll link that at the very end. It's about 45 minutes, about 15 minutes. And it's a lot of great information as far as taxes, as far as Americans go. If you're outside of America, we talk a little bit about things outside of that, but that's not really Sheehan's specialty, but it was still pretty good. So this was a article he wrote yesterday where he says, hey, and we talked about this in the AMA, there is a document that is going to be put out for US taxpayers. I'm just going to go over this really quick. In the 1040, it's going to ask you, it's going to be at the very top. It's going to say, hey, have you received, sold, sent, exchanged, or otherwise acquired any financial interest in any virtual currency during 2020. And in this article, Sheehan says, if you purchase cryptocurrency in fiat, you can still answer this no. And he explains exactly why in the AMA. And he talks about the reason why is because they updated the FAQ on the cryptocurrency as of March 2nd, 2021. He caught it. And because of the way that they, as the IRS actually said it, you can say no as long as you haven't sold that cryptocurrency, transfer it for another cryptocurrency, then some type of airdrop or things like that. If you just bought it in fiat, and you bought Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, whatever else it is, and hasn't done anything, you've not acquired virtual currency. Crazy, right? These are the types of things that's important when you have a CPA. So I will link this article in the description. I will link the AMA and you can figure it, find out all about that. But the way that he explained it, and I'll let him talk about it, this is a no question if you have only bought and held. So interesting. Anyhow, that's what's going on with that. Now I want to talk to you real quick about sticking to your plan. And I didn't realize how important this was until we saw that big dip. I have an exit strategy, and it goes along with all my different alt coins, Ethereum included. So when Ethereum hit 2000, I put it out. I said, I'm selling Ethereum at 2000. I said, this, what's going to happen? And I did it because I try to do as many things as I say I'm going to do because it's important. You don't want to listen to some guy who's like, yeah, I do all this stuff. I have to do it. So when this came about, I was like, man, I didn't think it was going to go up this fast. But look what happened. As soon as it hit 2000, 2000, 58 or 2000, 2100, I don't know what it came up to. It went right back down. And now we're, we're teetering about 1500 or 1600. So even when you think you're, you're making a mistake, sometimes it just, you know, timing just works out. Like you're some Nostradamus, but that's my plan. My plan is to cash out. And then this was a video we did about my seven pillars of exit strategy. I'm going to keep 10% in cash, 25% are going to stablecoins, 15% in land, 20% into investment properties, 10% in the Amazon FBA business, 15% into staking and 5% into my IRA. And I wish I could do more because when I put it into iTrust, I've got a lot of Ethereum and Polkadot now that once they allow staking in quarter two, then I don't get taxed on the staking rewards. And actually, Shian talked about that in the AMX. So we'll check that out. But this video, I'll try to link in the, in the description as well. If not, you can always go over to DanTeachersCrypto.com, this website, it's always spinning and it's 100% free. I made it free because I think people need to learn about this stuff. They don't need to pay me anything. I don't know where you're at. If in the United States, probably you can afford a little bit. But what if you're in like India or Sub-Saharan Africa, I don't want you to pay anything. So just go there. It's 100% free. And over there, that video is in module five investing. So I talk about this because I see this 20% right here. So what I did with that card, that Cardano, that Ethereum that I sold, we put it into our investment property. This is from my Twitter feed. And it's just a small little house here in Houston over by Jersey Village area in the area. And, you know, you have to understand that of course, cryptocurrency is going to go to the moon, everything's going to be great. Sure, sure, sure. But what if it's not? What if something there's a big stumbling block or something happens? So like, I like to diversify. And I want to just preface it with this. This is my strategy. This does not have to be, this isn't your strategy. So this is the only thing that works for me. And you, again, are totally different from me. And you're able to do whatever you want to do. But for me, this is what makes sense, just buying investment properties, fixing them up, and putting them on Airbnb. And we've actually did a video specifically on Airbnb and how to cash out and get an Airbnb and actually find the right location by using a website called AirDNA and the things that you have to do to get things ready. And on top of this, not only are these investment properties, you know, they're pretty good as far as money making, but they're also good for tax deductions, you know, as far as like the depreciation value of the home, reducing for the actual interest that you have to pay, the taxes that you have to pay for the city, state, and local government. So there's a lot of different things that you can do with property that you can't do with crypto. And that's why I diversify. So I just want to tell you that if you have a plan in place, just stick to your plan, whatever that is, and then make sure that it works for you. Anyhow, if you're interested in the comment section, and then let's move on to our last piece, which this one's kind of depressing, but it is the truth. So article state that more than one in three crypto investors know little to nothing about it survey finds. Again, this is why I made this website so people could understand what the heck is going on. But I didn't know it was this bad until I read this article. So this was from using survey data collected from 750 investors. So granted, a very small sample of where they got this information from. But again, I know people who are watching this are like, how could they not know? I know everything about it because people aren't you. You are probably very well versed about what's going on in crypto, but not everybody is like you. And that's just how it is. This was data collected from 750 investors between February 5th and February 12th, a stretch during which the price of one Bitcoin went from $37,000 to $47,000. Cardify, that's who ran the survey, finds it only 16.9% of investors who have bought crypto fully understand the value and the potential of cryptocurrency. Of course, same thing with the internet. It's the same thing with online retail. It's the same thing with every emerging new technology that's out there. So just look for what do you think is going to be in the future and go for that. This is what it is. Anyhow, while 33.5% of buyers have either zero knowledge about this space or would call their level of understanding emerging. So what's going on? Why are they doing all this? The survey results suggest that many new investors have been spurred into action by a fear of missing out on gains. How crazy, FOMO. Anyhow, more than a third of survey response research digital currencies for less than a month, which I'm surprised they did that before buying. And one in four cryptocurrency holders told Cardify that they were entering the space in the hopes of earning short-term financial gains. So my question is this, well, why did they do it? Not just because of FOMO, but what spurred them on? Well, it wasn't just Bitcoin's meteoric rise. High-profile endorsements also played a role. Of the 715 investors surveyed just under 180, say that they have a more favorable view of Dogecoin and are more likely to put their money into it thanks to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's many tweets to his 48 million followers. That's the state of cryptocurrencies right now. If you are in crypto, first of all, you're early. And if you know what's going on, you're educated, which is even a rarity, what we just saw in the survey. So this just goes back to the first data point. So we took a look at for a glass node, that's a graph. Yeah, there's people that are hoarding it. But again, it's the only the people, and that's really the smart money, the smart money, the people that really understand exactly what Bitcoin, what Cardano, what Ethereum, what Chainlink, what Polkadot, all those things actually do and can do. And they're holding onto it for dear life, like a Raoul Powell, like a Michael Saylor, like a film of blank where we want to say like digital asset news like Rob here. And you, because we know what it is and we want to hold on to it. So just to be aware that these fluctuations in the market is because a lot of people are coming in, they have no idea what's going on. But it's really up to you to kind of educate them, and me. And that's why I started this channel and antipagescrypto.com. So just be aware, that's what's going on. But nothing changes. The fundamentals are still the same. And it's still, I think this is going to be one of those firework years. All right, so that's it for today's video. So first of all, I want to say thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it. If you liked the video, give it a thumbs up. That always helps the channel tremendously. And think about subscribing. There's a lot of things we talk about our time sensitive. 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the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hockey-hio silver, a lone ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful mask rider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Come out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver! The lone ranger rides again! Come on, Silver! Let's go be close! I've learned to the saddle.  But remember, like anyone else, he had to learn to ride. He probably took many spills doing it. He's good because he practiced. Road every time he had a chance. In anything, not just riding, the winners are the fellows who train. Champions are made, not born. I'll agree, lone ranger, but is there anything besides practice a person can do to help his training? Absolutely. Eat the right foods. I'd like to pass along something the old pioneers knew. Wheat is one of the best all-around foods you can find for staying power and energy. Today's champions agree with the pioneers about wheat, lone ranger. Champions choose wheaties. There's a whole kernel of wheat in every wheatie's flake. Champions are made, not born. Get on your way with wheaties. Breakfast of champions! Tonto, Indian companion to the lone ranger, was returning to Milton with Dan Leed, teenage nephew of the masked man, after a trip to San Antonio. They sat facing a well-dressed man who, noticing that the Indian's gaze was upon him, finally spoke. Well, and then I suppose you recognize that large emblem hanging from my watch chain, huh? That's Silver Thunderbird. I'm mighty proud of that Thunderbird emblem, even though it's a large. Took my eye right away. You going far, son? To Milton. So am I. I'm a bank examiner and be there a few days or so. Perhaps we'll meet again in town. The rear of the car, four men sat together with hats pulled down and heads bent as it dozing. One of them, a tough Spaniard named Carlos, was talking in a low tone. Soon Louis shall approach the cottonwood grove, two miles of this side of Milton, where Joe is waiting with our horses on. It is time for us to act, amigos. I'm going now. Nobody paid any attention as Carlos made his way up the aisle. Then... Reach, everybody! Do not move! Three of my friends are behind you with drawn guns. The first one who tries anything will get a bullet. Now we search all of you. Carlos started at one end of the car and one of his followers at the other. They went from passenger to passenger robbing them of money and valuables. Senores, have you finished with the search back there? Now we've got everything. It's time to leave. I'll pull this signal cord. When the train arrived at Milton, the robbery was reported to the sheriff, who immediately started with a posse to hunt the outlaws. Tonto and Dan Reed went to the livery stable for their horses, then rode to a camp in the nearby hills where the Lone Ranger was waiting. Dan and Tonto told the mask man about the robbery. Tonto had recognized the Spanish outlaw Carlos Paso. Meantime, in a small farmhouse a few miles from town, Carlos was talking to a short stout man named Pete, who owned the place. Well, Pete, we are bringing back plenty of cash, along with the valuables there on the table. Hey, here's something that's different. Look at this chain and emblem. Oh, you take the chain and the strange bird emblem to wear, Pete. I do not care. Oh, thanks, thanks. Are you sure you're covered your trail coming here? See, of course, that sheriff will lose himself in the hills looking for us. In a day or two, you ride to town and find out if this search is over. As Carlos predicted, the sheriff and his posse lost the trail. It was two days after the robbery when Dan Reed started for town. Halfway to town, Dan saw a horseman coming toward him. The boy was amused by the strange way in which the short stout man rode. It was the first time he'd seen Pete and knew nothing about him. Howdy! Oh! As Pete passed him, Dan's gaze caught sight of the large Thunderbird emblem hanging from the chain across the man's vest. Dan turned in the saddle and looked after the stout man who went out of sight around the bend. Oh, room Victor. Oh, I host any boy. Golly, that looked like the big silver Thunderbird emblem tunnel and I saw on the train. Just to make sure I'll follow that fat man and see where he goes, Victor. Come on. Dan turned his horse and cautiously followed Pete along the trail. One says he started over a rise. He saw the man who had dismounted on the trail ahead and was picking a stone from his horse's shoe with a stick. Dan waited until Pete remounted and rode on. Then he followed once more. Come on, Victor. As Dan approached the place where Pete had stopped, something on the ground glinted brightly in the sun. A closer look showed it to be the silver Thunderbird emblem. The connecting link was broken. Oh, room Victor. Hope's safe. What is he for? This is the Thunderbird emblem and he was wearing it. It's the one the man on the train wore. Dan put the large emblem in his saddlebag before mounting. He was more determined than ever to learn what he could about the short-stop man. Easy boy, safe. Come on, Victor. Pete had ridden about half a mile after remounting before he missed the emblem from the gold and silver chain. And I lost that silver bird. No telling when I dropped it. Pete had stopped just over a rise. He heard Victor's hoof beats approaching and standing in the stirrups glanced back quickly. I said, boy, I passed a while ago. You must have turned and followed me. I'll go behind those boulders yonder and catch them by surprise. Come on, get up there. Hold there.  I got you covered. Hold it, Victor. Hold it. Hold it. Get up there. Hold it. Hold it. What's the idea of following me? When I saw you a while ago, you're heading for town. I was going to town. I changed my mind and decided to go back to join my friends. Now, look, this branch road left the main trail a short way back, and it leads to only one place. I haven't time to waste here with you, and I'm not letting you leave me until I know what's on your mind. Now, ride ahead of me along this trail. Then remember, I'm holding the gun. Where are you taking me? That's the way you were riding, isn't it? Well, go ahead. Keep on riding. And I'll be right behind you. Go on, I said. Come on, get up there. He took Dan to the farmhouse where Carlos and his three other companions were hiding out. Carlos studied Dan's features, then said... Ah, it comes to me now. This boy was on the train, Pete. I remember. He sat with the man who had the silver and gold chain. The bird emblem, Pete. Where is it? Oh, well, I lost it. The boy must have seen and recognized that unusual silver bird before you lost it. Then followed you to try to find our hideout. Yeah, I reckon that's it. You are smart, young one. And also foolish. Now that you are here, we cannot allow you to leave. What are you gonna do with him, Carlos? We leave here after dark. We take him with us. Somewhere along the way, we shall get rid of him. Time and put him on the cart in the other room. They say curiosity killed the cat. He will find that curiosity also killed the boy. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger adventure. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Mother, daughter, Wheaties has a real bargain for you. On the side of every Wheaties package is a valuable coupon for exclusive queen best pattern silverware designed and created in Tudor Plate by Oneida Community Silversmiths. 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Too bad he showed up to spoil your plans here. I saw that white horse you rode, Carlos. I'd like to have that horse. Give it to me. He's such a fine animal. Perhaps I should keep him for myself. There, go look him over. Come on, Dave. Where would a boy get such a beautiful horse as this? Finest I've ever seen. I shall ride him right now. If he suits me, I'll keep him. I'll give you my room. Then he bolted into the saddle. She'll see how he'll run. Flew over the horse's head and landed flat on his back. Carlos, have you heard? They wonder every bullion so quick I couldn't stop them. Let's go inside. Ginger and Toto returned to their camp and were waiting for Dan to arrive from town with supplies he was told to buy. They were surprised and worried when Victor galloped into camp without his young master. Toto, Dan must have met with an accident. Ah, look. Saddlebag's empty. He not reached town, seem like, but he gone long time. If Dan were able, even though he were hurt, he'd send a message to us. Research his saddlebags, Toto, and see if there's a note in one of them. Ah, and wear a watch chain. Yes, you and Dan told me about that. You said the outload on the train took it. That's right. I don't know how Dan got it, but he may have met one of those crooks. He may be in trouble. And what we do? We'll take Victor and follow his tracks back to the place where he left Dan. Let's hurry. Ong was soft, and the imprints of Victor's shoes were easy to follow. Later, the masked man and Indian approached the farmhouse along the branch road, which was bordered with woods. Toto, this branch trail leads to a small farmhouse. Ong will be able to lead to the big farm. We're right in among the trees from here, Toto. We don't want to be seen by anyone who might be there. When we get closer, we're going foot. The low ranger and Toto left their horses in hiding, then moved cautiously on foot through the woods toward the rear of the farmhouse. The sun was going down and cast long shadows behind the building. I think I can manage to reach the back of the house without being seen, Toto. You wait here in case I run into trouble, and you'll be in a position to help. The masked man moved forward cautiously. The yard was covered with heavy brush that helped to conceal his approach. Soon he reached the rear of the farmhouse. He saw a closed door, which presumably led into the kitchen. Beyond that was a back window. He moved on and stopped at the window. There was still light enough for him to see into a bedroom. He saw Dan lying on the cot with his hands and feet tied. The lone ranger quickly entered through the window and freed the boy. Then using the window, the lone ranger and Dan dropped quietly to the ground. And, hidden by the tall brush, made their way to the woods behind the farmhouse where Toto was waiting. That's good. Right. Look, he must hubby. Man takes saddle horses to backdoor a farmhouse. They must stop them from leaving. Dan, you wait here. Come on, Toto. The lone ranger and Toto disappeared into the tall brush like shadows as they went toward the farmhouse. Inside, Carlos and his men were preparing to leave. The boy's gone, Carlos. My ropes will cut somehow. Hey, Carlos, we better forget him and get away from here fast. Wait, no one is to go outside yet. Then why wait? The boy's gone. Wait, that boy did not cut the rope from his own ankles and wrist, Joe. Someone else did it. That means others may be outside right now. I told you we should have had somebody on guard outside near the trail. I did not think it necessary. We have always been safe at this farmhouse. Wait, the brush grows wild right up to the farmhouse. I'll go outside and do some scouting. The rest of you keep your eyes open and your guns ready. If you go out that door, somebody may see you. I shall drop out the back window like the boy in his frame did. I'll go now. Cautiously went through the window and moved warily through the brush. He began circling the house. As he came around one side of the farmhouse, he saw a figure crouched near a side window. Carlos quietly moved up behind the figure. Then... This is a gun at your backs in your... Mother of the night. Keep your voice low. There must be others with you. Keep your hands high. Turn around. All right. Caramba, a masked hombre. But no matter. I do not like to be spied upon, senor. I have bullets for such as you. But you're not used bullets. What? You've not gone. Another one's gone. I think he's gone. A time gagging. Tavo quickly gagged Carlos and tied his hands behind his back. Then he and the low ranger took Carlos back among the trees where Dan was waiting. Oh, you've caught the leader. Yes, Dan. Time to a tree tunnel.  Dan, did you hear any of the names of the men in there? Yes, sir. One is Pete. Then there's Dave, Joe, and Wes. Good. Finish tying him, Taro. Here's his gun, Dan. Stay here and watch him. But don't go close to him even though he's tied. All right, sir. Come on, Taro. We'll try to get the others. Witness was setting in as the two men went back through the brush toward the farmhouse. There was no light inside. The men waited anxiously for Carlos to come back. Dave, Dave, come on. Get back to the front door. The rest stay there. Hey, that was Carlos calling from the window in the other room. He wants me. He must want me to go through that window. Lantato came back to join the masked man. Once more, the trick was tried. Pete, Pete. We need you here, too. Come to the window. Inside, Pete and the others had heard. But Pete didn't start at once. Well, why don't you go? Carlos called for you. Carlos is no fool, Joe. He'd ever use the back door, not that window, huh? I'll sneak back there and try to see out. But I'm getting suspicious. Pete moved quietly through the darkened back room. He stood to one side of the open window and cautiously looked out. At that moment, the Lone Ranger moved close again to repeat the call. Pete. Hey, you all come out. Pete waited until the masked man stepped back. Then he hurriedly went into the main room. Hey, that wasn't Carlos. I couldn't make out a tall ombre wearing a mask. Well, he was trying to trick us. Carlos and Dave must have been caught. Yeah. Our only chance is to get to the horses that were waiting outside the kitchen door. Come on. Now move quietly. Once we hit leather, make for the woods and keep going. Oh, I see. Come on. Now run for it! Chained shots with the two remaining outlaws. But the trees provided safety for them, and it looked as though they might escape. Heard the shots and came to see you both again, Mr. Thanks, Chef. These are two of Carlos' possible gangs. Carlos and the others got away. We'll get some information from these troops. Carlos and the others are already prisoners. What? I suggest you send a few men with Carlos to bring them here. Sure, with pleasure. Some of you men be smart and help Carlos bring those coyotes here. So, when soon returned with Carlos, Dave, and the wounded man, Wes, Dan Reid brought Silver and Scout. Hold it, hold it. Brought Silver and Scout, sir. Good enough. I hear Carlos, two other crooks. Mr. I don't know how this all came about, but I'm mighty happy to get my hands on these men, especially Carlos Partio. The Spanish government will be glad to learn he's been captured, Sheriff. I mean, you want to talk to Spanish evil ones at what most Indians believe. Sure, Tando. But you were wise enough to know that Thunderbird couldn't have done much without you and the Masked Man there. I'll see you before we leave the territory. 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Hello, I'm your host Alex Freeberg, and this is the Alex the Analyst Show. Thank you so much for joining me today. We are going to be discussing the pros and cons of working remote. And I have been working remote for over two years. It's actually when I'm releasing this, it'll be close to almost exactly two years, a little bit over that. I remember the exact day when I went into work, my senior vice president of our department gathered everybody up all in our cubicle area and told us we were all going home, and they weren't sure when we were going to come back. It was pretty wild. And now I've been working remote for, you know, over two years. And so a lot has changed. And, you know, I think a lot of people are adjusting to working remote as well as a lot of people want to work remote. I know and I can tell you confidently. I don't want to go back to work in person anymore. It's just not something that not something I'm really interested in anymore. My priorities have changed. I don't know why I said it like that, but my priorities have changed. You know, my interactions with my family versus the people I work with have changed. And so we're going to get into a lot of different things in today's episode. If you haven't watched one of these episodes, this is my long form content. So, you know, there's really no breaks in the conversation. It's just me talking.  It's going to be fun. Before we jump into it, I do have a few announcements. If you have not already, check out my website, alexanalyst.com. It's pretty new. So I thought I'd throw a shout out there. Has a ton of resources, a ton of free stuff, you know, resume stuff, interview prep stuff, everything for data analytics. It's really cool. I'm really proud of it. Still making adjustments, but check it out. Also, follow me on Instagram. I'm really getting into Instagram. I post mostly stories of like my everyday life, but you get to see my dogs a lot, so it should be fun. With that being said, we're going to jump right into it. You know, there's this huge shift in people wanting to work remote. It's just it's overwhelming how many people are like, I don't want to go in person anymore, and there's a thousand reasons why there is still a large group of people who want to work in person. And I I totally get it. I totally get why they'd want to work in person because I used to be that way, but I've just completely shifted. And so I have a ton of things listed. These are from my perspective, but also my research. So, you know, I'm sharing a lot of my insight as somebody who's worked from home for a while, but I'm also sharing stuff that I found online for people who are like, no, I hate working remote, or like, I'll never go back to working in person again. So, you know, let's jump right into it. I know I already said that, but one of the biggest pros that I have found is that it is a very flexible schedule. And this one can be a pro and a con, and I'll explain that a little bit.  And that has been one of the biggest pros ever. Before I was working, I would get in at eight o'clock and I'd leave at four thirty. That was my schedule. And I would have to leave home by like seven fifteen. And then I would get home at around five to five fifteen. That was like typically my thing. And so I was gone for about ten hours out of the day during the week. So I mostly got to see my kids like really early in the morning, a little bit at night before putting them to bed and then on the weekends. That's about it. Now I am literally seeing them all day, every day, all the time. And for some people, that may be the biggest con in the world. I I I hope that's not the case when you're when you're talking about your children or your family. But, you know, I understand how that could be very frustrating. But to me, that that that flexible schedule of OK, I can work in the morning. I don't have a meeting then I can go out, get some groceries, come back work. I can work at night. It has been absolutely fantastic. I'll tell you my actual schedule. This is my actual schedule. I get up. I hang out with my kids. We get them out the door.  And then I work from usually like nine to noon, so around three hours there. Then I take a break. Me and my wife got to lunch. We take the dogs out for a walk. We hang out. And then I usually start working again around like two, depending on if I have meetings, five meetings during that time, I'll take those meetings. But if I don't, I'll take it until about two. And then I'll work for another about two hours and then I stop.  We do the whole nightly nightly routine. And then at night, after, you know, all the kids are in bed, I'll work for another two hours, two, three hours, depending on how much work I have. Right. Super flexible. That is unheard of three years ago to have that flexibility for me. Just complete change in like lifestyle. So I've got to spend a lot of time with my kids because that. So I love that. That can also be really tricky for some people because having that that much flexibility can be extremely tough for some people who need that time, that space away from their like everyday routine. And they need to be able to focus. So they need that like separated space to work and focus because for some people, they don't have, you know, the ability to kind of go with the flow work when during these certain times, they need like eight hours to sit down, do their work and focus. And I totally get that. Let me see what I wrote down here. So there's no set schedule. And that can be hard for people who aren't as disciplined as what I'll say. And so some people might not like that. Not because they're like saying, hey, I'm not disciplined, I can't do this. But, you know, it does affect people who can't say, OK, I'm going to work during these hours this day and this time. It's not a regular, everyday schedule. It changes, it fluctuates. That can be very difficult for some people. So that's the pro and that's the con side of it. Again, huge, huge pro for me. Probably the number one reason why I don't want to go back into the office is the flexible schedule, because I have to go into the office and I'm missing 10 hours of the day every day.  I just don't get to spend a tenth as much time with them as I do today. So that's like one of the biggest things. Another huge pro is no commute. Good night. I have saved after these past two years, I've said like a month off my life in just a car. So it saves on money. It saves on having to get like road rage, which I don't get road rage, but, you know, people road rage at me for driving and just the daily grind of commuting to work. I used to live in Dallas when I was working in person. And if you know Dallas, it's a very, very busy metropolitan area. And so it was a tough commute. And so it was it was just a grind and I hated it. I hated going there, hated coming back. Sometimes it was a 30 minute drive. Sometimes it was an hour drive. It was just the worst. So for me, that was amazing because I didn't have to commute or I don't have to commute every day anymore. If I want to, I can go work at like Panera Bread, which I do every so often. And that's my commute. It's like five minutes down the road. It's fantastic. But, you know, I don't have that anymore. And so I don't think there's a huge. I don't think anyone's saying that the opposite of that. I don't think anyone's like, I really miss the commute. I miss driving to work. There's a handful of people, but you guys are like the outliers. You guys are the weird ones. I probably most people I think are like on my side on this one. That's my opinion. The next one that I have on here and this one is. I would say highly polarizing. Some people feel one way, some people feel the other way. Or not feel the other way, but they have the exact opposite circumstance. For some people, it is a very nice quiet space. And for others, it's going to be the exact opposite. So for me, I have three kids and a wife and two dogs and two cats. And it is hectic around my house almost all the time. It really is. And so for me, it's not a quiet space, but I have a I have a space to get away. So I have an office. I'm in my office right now. A lot of people don't have that. And so they're in their like living rooms or they're in their dining rooms. And they're trying to work and they have as many people or animals as I do. And it is almost impossible to focus. Kids trying to ask you a question. They need to go to the bathroom. They need a snack. They want to play with daddy. I mean, it's it could be absolutely terrible just to try to get anything done. I am very fortunate to have my own space. But even then, like the kids will open the door and come in. They're old enough now to open the door, walk in and be like, Daddy, you know, I want to do something. I'm in the middle of a meeting that can be very challenging. But for a lot of other people who don't have all the kids and all the animals, they have a quiet space, which is a huge pro for a lot of people. They don't have to be in an office or hustling and bustling all the time. People are coming to talk to you and chat with you and distract you. So for some is a quiet space away from all that hustle and bustle. It really is. And I wish sometimes some days I wish that's how my life was. But it is not the next pro that I talked about it. I kind of already mentioned it, but more time with loved ones. So if you're living with your parents or, you know, you you are living with siblings or something like that, you do get to see them a lot more, which can be a fantastic pro and can be the worst kind of your life, depending on your family situation. It really can, especially if like you don't get along with your family or you know each other. One thing and don't tell my wife I'm saying this, but one thing that was really tough for me and my wife first were working from home was that we were around each other all the time. Twenty four seven right when the pandemic hit. My oldest daughter was working or was doing class at home online. We had a newborn and we had a one year old and we were in a pretty a smaller house. And I'm telling you, we were getting on each other's last nerve for months on end. It was like being it was it was absolutely terrible. And I don't think she would say any different. It was very, very tough. It was like high stress, high pressure. The kids were getting on to us. We were getting on to each other. It was just terrible. And so it's not always amazing to spend that much time with loved ones. You need some space. But working remote does give you the flexibility to spend more time with them if you so choose. But also it can be a con if you're just like forced to be around them. So again, that's kind of a pro and a con. But for me, again, it's a big pro. I love you, Christine. And everyone out there, I love you guys as well. Next one is food. I don't think it is any shock to say that I didn't like packing a lunch or having to buy from the cafeteria at my work every day. It was. It just I didn't enjoy it. I don't like waking up an extra 15 minutes early to pack a lunch or have to make it the night before or forget it, which I often and buy it there, which my company is a big company. We had a nice cafeteria with pretty good, pretty decent food. It's just expensive. And so that wasn't my favorite, right? I would rather be at home where I can cook a panini, a grilled cheese, make I keep saying sandwiches, but I know a sandwich waffles. My wife is a fantastic cook. We always have leftovers so I can get stuff like that any time I want all the time. If you're, like I said, on my before, if you watch my Instagram, I post my food all the time. I work remote. I work from home. I post food on my, you know, my Instagram maybe once a day of like what I'm eating because that's part of my part of my day. And it's much, much better than when I was working. I would usually take like an orange peanut butter and jelly, like a string cheese or something like that. I mean, it was pretty sad, but that's what I lived with. And I had been doing that for years working in person because it was just easy. It was just easy to do that. But working from home, I can get a home cooked meal is going to be very good. And I can just clean up afterwards and then, you know, I'm good to go.  I love that. The next one is live wherever you want. You can get a job and live wherever you want, as well as accessibility to jobs anywhere in the world. You know, language barriers, visas, all that stuff, pending, but if I live in the United States, I can work anywhere in the United States. I currently work. I just moved and I'll tell you this a little bit. I just moved and I was able to do that because I work remote. I never thought I was going to be moving anytime soon until the pandemic hit. And I was like, why not? Why not move? We can. We've been living in Dallas, Texas for. Maybe six years, five years, six years. And we were like, hey, I'd love to move closer to our parents or my parents so that we should get a little bit more support with the kids. We're closer to the ocean. So we just decided we're going to move to South Carolina. There was nothing really not much holding us back. So now we're like 45 minutes on the beach. We're a little bit more in nature. We have a little bit more support with my parents. And so it's just a better situation all over. And a lot of people have said that. I've heard a lot of people say basically that same sentiment of I can move closer to my parents. I don't feel like I have to live in this metropolitan area, which is hustling and bustling and just expensive to live in these high priced areas. And so you can live wherever you want. And you can work for Fortune 500 companies. You can work for tech companies in the middle of Utah, in the middle of Illinois, where the prices of homes are extremely cheap in some areas. So you can you can move wherever you want. If you want to live in the mountains or you want to live near the beach, you can do that now. Whereas three years ago, that was much more difficult to live in those places and get a high paying job.  You can just be saving a ton of money. Like, I mean, the difference between owning like a six hundred thousand dollar house in a metropolitan area versus almost the same house that's like three hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty thousand in a different area. That's not as like a metropolitan. You can have the same exact thing just in a different location. And it just be as nice. And it's just it's changing the game. That's why the housing market is how it is because everyone feels this need to like go and do and buy and purchase because, you know, everyone can work remote, everyone can work anywhere. So prices are rising. That's not the only factor, but that is a big factor. The next thing is higher pay. You know, when you're working remote, again, you have accessibility to work anywhere for any company. You don't have to be on site anymore. And so that opens up a ton of possibilities to make a lot more money when I was working or, you know, if I had moved to where I'm living now, which is like in the Charleston area of South Carolina, there's not a lot of data analyst jobs over here. I've looked, there's not a lot. I was just curious and I there's far and few between and most likely they're not paying as much as I make now. That's my guess. Well, that's not my guess. I know that. Whereas now I can work wherever I want and make it a lot more. So you you have so much more potential to make money when you're working remote. That is a huge, huge, huge pro. Now I had another one. But if I come if it comes back to my head, I'm going to dress code. I didn't write this down for some reason, but I was just thinking about this. I don't have to dress up anymore. And I both love it and hate it. On one hand, I wear stuff like this, just like a T-shirt every day. And I can wear them in meetings with like my boss is a VP. I can go into meetings with him and just a T-shirt. He's just in a T-shirt, his cats in the background, my cats in the background.  And I love that. I think it's much more personal. You can show off who you are a little bit more. You don't have to dress a certain way. Well, within reason, my goodness, please don't like wear your pajamas. But I don't have to like dress business casual.   I don't have to do that anymore. I can roll out of bed, go through almost the whole day. I can sometimes I'm on camera. Sometimes I'm not depending on if I'm presenting or the meeting. So I don't have to dress nice and I don't. And it feels amazing. And for I think a lot of people that's a really good thing. I don't have to invest in a lot of expensive clothes anymore or keep up with trends or whatever. I can just roll out of bed, put on a t-shirt and I'm going to go. It is genuinely it wasn't one that I put on my list because I wasn't really thinking about it. But honestly, that is a really big perk of working remote. Now, I kind of sprinkled in some cons in there.  There are other cons and some big ones. And not all these apply to me, but these are big ones for a lot of people. This first one is one that does not apply to me, but I know for a fact that I read it everywhere that this is a huge one. And it is not much social interaction. Let me turn down the brightness on my screen real quick so you guys can't see my reflection. So doing. That's not listening to me. Give me a second. Whatever. Social interaction is for a lot of people, super, super important. That where they work is where they get their social interaction. That's where they communicate with people and see each other and that makes them very happy and that kind of brings the brightness to their day. And when the pandemic started, like suicide rates were going up, depression was going up, you know, anxiety, all these medical conditions were just skyrocketing. And that makes perfect sense. It's a lot of isolation, a lot of loneliness and just separation. That causes a lot of issues. And at first it kind of affected me a little bit, but I'm like, I would consider myself quite an introvert. I could be alone by myself for like a week straight and then see somebody and just be like, cool, I could have gone another week. Genuinely, I can go a long time without social interaction and be very happy. So this has not impacted me as much as others like my wife. My wife, it killed my wife, not to be able to see friends and not to be able to see her family for a while like months.  Me, I was just like, I get it. That's not a big deal for me, though. But for some, it can be extremely difficult. And so, you know, if you're one of those people, that can be really tough. If you're not getting social interaction, like at a gym or a church or a book club or something else. And that was your source of interaction every single day. A lot of people, you know, had issues with that. And so if you're somebody who wants to interact a lot and really get to know people and make friends and all this stuff, that would be a big con of working remote. You can you can make friends or like online friends. But I don't know, it's not the same as seeing somebody in person. And I think that's a pretty fair statement to make, excuse me. If I didn't mention this already, you can buy this mug in my shop, link in the description. Just a little plug for myself. The next con and this is can kind of be a positive for some, but not for me. It's a much slower pace of work. And not in every industry, not at every job, but I have found overall for myself and other people who I've talked to, it's a much slower pace. So, you know, if I have a small issue, I can no longer just walk over to Johnny's desk and say, hey, Johnny, there's this little issue. Can you fix it? Fixes it? Boom, done. Bada bing, bada boom. I can't do that anymore. I message him. He'll message me back like an hour later. I will email him. He'll email me the next day. It can sometimes something is easy, like a minute fix can take an entire day or two days or a week, depending on like how people respond and everything. It's just it makes everything go so much slower, so much slower. That's a huge con.  Like project done next project. OK, I'm waiting on that from this project. Let's start working on this project while I wait for that project. I like juggling things. And so the bit that one of the toughest shifts for me was when we started working from home and things took forever. And I would I would be like, come on, I'll be like tweaking. I'm like, come on, like, where is it? Send it to me. Get it to me. I'm like, I want to work on this. I'm like, I feel like I'm not being productive. And so, you know, it's a slower pace, but you could also be less productive in your job. A lot of studies and polls and everything and companies doing, you know, metrics on on productivity have actually found that people are more productive, if not the same or more productive than if there are work for myself. I felt less, less productive at times because of how slow the pace was. I was getting my work done. I was doing a great job. I'm the best employee ever if you're watching for my work. I'm a great employee. I do my job, but I felt at times I was doing a crappy job because it just took too long. The next one is we actually discussed this. No set schedule so you can find yourself working more or at times you wouldn't normally. So you need to be more disciplined. So, you know, people who typically would just work that nine to five. Now they're working that nine to five and then somebody messaged them at six and they're, hey, they're at their computer. Why not message them back? So these boundaries of when you're in at work have really been blurred for a lot of people. And it happens to me. I mean, literally an hour ago, someone at my work messaged me, asked me for something and I got back to them because I could. And I am a manager, so it's a little bit different, but if I was just a data analyst, I still would have done the same thing. I'm available, I can. I could have just ignored it and waited until tomorrow and I would have been perfectly fine with that, but I was at my computer, so why not? So these boundaries and lines of when you're at work have really been blurred. And it can be an issue for a lot of people because they want to disconnect. They want to turn off that computer, turn off that phone and sometimes it's really tough to do that. And so, that can be a huge con for a lot of people. Another one, the next one I'm gonna talk about is a new one that we haven't talked about yet, but this one is one we kind of touched on, which was finding a home office. I said for most, that's a dinner table, which no one wants to sit at all day. Most people, a lot of people don't have a fantastic place to work. We talked about a little bit ago. Sometimes they have to work at their dinner table or on a couch and they got people running around and they don't have a separate office. That can be really tough. It just can't. I'm not gonna go and do it too much or we already talked about it, but it can be tough if you don't have an office or a separate place and you have people in your house. That can be really tough. The next one, the next con, and this is nearing my last one is decreased opportunity for promotions. You probably don't think about it this much. Think about it that much. And the landscape has changed quite a bit for promotions, but as a whole, people are getting not as noticed for their work and it's because of the lack of face-to-face time or the lack of one-on-one time that they're getting with their bosses or upper management in order to get those promotions. So back in the day, three years ago, when you were in person, I'd see my boss every day, I'd go talk to my coworkers, I'd talk to these people, they could see how hard I was working. They could tangibly see me walking around, see me at my desk, see me present that project in person and that was a very tangible thing that they could say, wow, Alex is working very hard, he deserves this promotion. Today it is very different because you're online all the time.  They can't see you doing the work for the most part. They don't see you how much effort you're putting in. It's really hard to quantify that and then say, hey, he deserves a promotion.   It's harder to show that these days. It really is. And so you have to be a lot more strategic with how you basically sell yourself for that promotion, how you spin it. You have to be like, here are the exact projects that I worked on, here's how I've been working so tough, here's the business impact that it's had. Kind of the same thing as in person, but when you're in person, it's easier for them to be like, I know because I've seen you. I know because I saw you do all this work. Whereas now, they don't see it as much. And so for me, my boss, my old boss, they were able to give me a promotion pretty early on in my career because they were like, I can see Alex doing all this work, these projects stepping up during meetings, he's raised his hand, he's answering questions, like yada, yada, yada. Now, my boss that I have now who's a new boss, I mean, he has a lot of people that he has underneath him and I'm mostly unsupervised. I mostly do my own thing throughout the day. As long as I'm getting my work done, I'm meeting my goals, I'm getting my projects done from our team, getting our projects done. Then I don't talk to him that much. I usually come to him if there's an issue or something like that, but we don't like hang out at lunch and like talk to each other like you could him when you're in the office. Very different dynamic. So if I go to him for a promotion, let's say a year, two years, three years, I'm gonna really have to point at the exact things that I've done to make a difference. So that's the end of my list. You know, there are other ones that I read about that didn't really affect me and I don't think that were like big ones to mention. If there were any ones that I did not mention, put it in the comments. If they're really impacted you and there's a lot of people that agree with you, they'll, they read the comments. So, you know, you can post it in there and people will upvote it and I can see it and I'll be like, okay, maybe I should have added that one. My bad. But I think I hit a lot of the big ones. So, yeah, that's my, those are my pros and cons. Overall, how do I feel about working remote? Again, I've been working remote for two years. It's been to me and me specifically, it's been a huge blessing. I've got to see my kids grow up way more in depth and way more hands on than I would have not doing that. I have a three year old, he just turned three. I'm about to have a two year old. She's turning two in two weeks. And I feel so much more connected to them because I spent so much time with them. So, for me, it's been huge, especially with the kids, with my family. So, in every situation is different. That's my situation is I got lots of kids. So, I'm glad that I get to spend that time with them while they're young, because they're gonna go off to school in a year or two and I'll be at least, I'll at least say, hey, I was able to spend their whole childhood before they went to school with them and that'll make me really happy. And I'm gonna look back on that very fondly. Now we're getting to a time of the show and it goes a lot of different ways, but usually I have, I haven't done one of these in like a couple of weeks or a month. And so, whenever I, now whenever I do them, I used to do them every week but there's less topics to talk about. When I was doing them every week, you guys all knew what it was. But if you haven't seen this, I usually have a question of the day. I give a shout out to the sponsor of this video and they have a special of the week. And then I ramble out at the end, it's always a fun time. So, today we're gonna start with a question of the day. I don't remember what order I usually go in, but question of the day is really interesting today. It's by Pickle Rickerton. It says, is this really possible? He would post this on my video of how to become a data analyst in 2022. That's what this one is referring to. So, is this really possible? I have an English degree and want a good paying job but this stuff seems daunting. I envy the people who can pick this up so quickly. Any tips for a newbie? I looked job applications and all they want, and they all want computer science degrees, sad face. It really is possible. It really is possible. You have an English degree. I don't know if you're right out of college or you're teaching or what your situation is but it is absolutely possible. I, 100% am, I am basically the image of how it is possible. I did it. I have a hundred other examples of how other people have done it. And genuinely the biggest advice that I can give you is that you need to learn the technical skills and then you need to learn the business skills and I'll get into that in just a second. And you really need to be able to showcase to a hiring manager why they should hire you. Your resume better be fantastic, especially if you are an English major or an English, you have an English degree and you better make a really good portfolio so they can check you out and see what you're doing, what you know. All of these things can be done. I promise you it can be done. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of determination and a lot of endurance to push through all that self-doubt that comes with someone with your background like me, it took a lot of endurance and a lot of just pushing through the uncertainty. So learning those technical skills, you gotta learn SQL, highly recommend it. You gotta learn Excel, some type of BI tool like Power BI Tableau. I've preached this stuff on my channel for years and I'll continue preaching on it until something changes and nothing has changed. And then if you wanna pick up a programming language like Python, absolutely do that but that is not the first thing that I'd recommend. You can get a job with just SQL, Excel and Tableau. I promise you because I got two jobs with just SQL, one job with just SQL and then another job with SQL and Tableau. So you don't need a programming language right away, you can build up to that as you get further along in your career. The next thing is the business side of things which if you have an English degree you may not have the most relevant degree but understanding how businesses use data, understanding the business side of things. It can be a big way to get your foot in the door. So if you're in an interview and you say, hey, I saw you guys have this kind of data on your website, you're doing that research of the company, I saw you guys have these products and you can cater your answers to their business side of things, that can be huge. That's what I do in interviews if I have a healthcare interview for a healthcare analyst job or something like that. I cater my answers knowing that business side of stuff and knowing what their issues may be. Because I have that knowledge, I'm able to cater my answers and that is just absolutely fantastic to do. So that's really important. And then the resume, I mean, a resume is a resume. You can't get a job these days without a resume. It's almost impossible, especially for someone who it doesn't come from a background, who comes from a background like yours. You're gonna need a fantastic resume. I have many videos on that. And then portfolio, again, I have videos on that look it up, look up what a portfolio is, a portfolio project, how to put them together, a website, all that good stuff, highly recommend. So that's my answer to Pickle Rickerson, Pickle Rickerton. And it's, a lot of people have asked me, is it really possible? And it's not gonna happen for everybody. Unfortunately, not everyone will succeed. And it's not always the people who are the most dedicated that make it. Some people are in different countries, some people are in areas that don't have as good of opportunities as others. And again, there will be people who just have the endurance to run that long marathon of trying to get a job. And some people don't have that. And so, you know, there's so many different variables and situations where some will be able to make it and some won't. And if you have the availability and you have the willpower and you have the time to make it happen, then I believe that you can make it happen. And if you take advice from people who have gone through it before and hone in on the things you need to hone in on and really make a concentrated effort in those areas, then you can do it even faster. So that's my take on it. I hope that helps. I usually do this, I think, earlier, but a huge shout out to the sponsor of this video, which is all of you. I don't do sponsors on these long videos. You guys are my sponsor. So if you wanna support the channel, head over to Patreon, you can do that. Or you can head over to my website now and donate to the channel. Everything that people have donated over the past several years, I put back towards things like camera and lights and software, because I have to buy software to do tutorials and stuff like that. That's how I pay for those things. And anything that's appreciated, you don't have to.  But if you do, I appreciate it. I also have a store where you can buy merch, things like t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, like this one. Some just cool stuff, and it's really fun. And I always like to give away that stuff for free too. So if I'm doing some sort of giveaway, my 200K giveaway is coming up soon. So if you send a story to me, I'll leave the information of that in the description. If you send a story soon, because I'm about to hit 200K, then you can be entered to win hoodies and t-shirts and coffee mugs all for free. If you send in the story and I read it on the live stream. The very last thing that we're gonna talk about is the vegetable of the week. And this one's an interesting one. I haven't eaten it in a while, but I do like it. It is bok choy. So if you watched this entire video, in the comments, put bok choy. And I will know that you watched the very end. I'm telling you, I have noticed a big trend in this. I am not joking when I say this. There's a high correlation of people who make a lot of progress and end up getting jobs and the people who end up watching every single one of my videos and implementing it. And so no joke, there was somebody who, this is maybe three months ago now, when they messaged me, but they said I went through every single one of your videos. I implemented everything. And they would comment on every single video. Hey, I'm still watching. Hey, I'm binging your videos. Hey, you know, jalapeno, this, that, every vegetable. And then at the very end, after about two months of them, three months of them doing that, I think it was, they told me that they got a job. And I felt like I knew that person by then. They had commented so much, I responded to a lot of their comments. I commented, they commented so much, I felt like I knew them. And I responded to almost all their comments because I could tell they were like really trying to push themselves. And it almost brought tears to my eyes. And it's bringing tears to my eyes now because I was like, this person put in so much work. They were really dedicated. And if you're not putting back joy in the comments now with these tears in my eyes, I don't know if you have it, man. I don't know if you have the endurance because that person did. That person genuinely, I was like, good night. This person is like giving it their all. Like that's all they were doing for months, literally three months straight. I, it was all about a three month span where they were commenting on it, commenting on every single video almost every day. Well, commenting on different videos almost every day saying, this is, this helped me this way, this helped me this way. It's beautiful, just beautiful. And bok choy is delicious by the way. If you haven't had bok choy, absolutely highly recommend. Really, really good stuff. I wish that, okay. This is not a long video, which has been good. I wasn't hoping for it to be like one of those 50 minute, 75 minute ones. This is a good length video. You know, I was hoping to bring up Rosie, who is our golden retriever. We got her about three months ago. I wanted to bring her up, but she is insane. And I have an office now, and so she's downstairs. And if I brought her up here, she'd like attack the cats and like ruin everything. When I brought on Max, when he was a puppy, he was very chill. And he laid next to me while I did my videos. Rosie's a nutcracker, man. She's like a firecracker. She's just like, wants to be running around, doing everything. I'll just post a picture of her somewhere in this area. So you guys can see her, but I wanted to include her in this. You guys can see her, because I did that with Max. Maybe I'll do it when she's bigger and more calm, but she's three and a half months old. She is, I mean, a three and a half month old puppy, golden retriever. Ain't happening. This is not happening. So yeah, that's the show. If you, this is your first show that you've ever watched. I appreciate you watching to the very end. That is incredible. I have like 20 some other videos in this long series format, which I thoroughly enjoy. I just get to ramble on and people watch it. It's insane to me. How many people are gonna put Bach join the comments? It makes me genuinely happy. Um, when I first started doing it, this was like a year, I feel like maybe like a year and a half ago, the channel was still very small. I had like 10,000 subscribers. And I would make these long form videos.  And I was like, you know, when like five people would comment, I was like, dang, those five people, five people watch all the way through my video. This is incredible.  It really does. So, yeah, that's all I got for today. What's going on right now? There's a lot of things going on in my life as well as professionally, as well as in the world. I mean, is coronavirus even a thing anymore? I'm kidding. I'm just joking guys. It still is a thing, but, but, yeah. It's so funny, you know, when the stuff in Ukraine started happening with Russia, you know, there's a lot of memes online about like what happened to the coronavirus. I mean, it's funny, but it's not funny. I mean, there's not much, you don't hear about it as much. It's still out there. It's still doing its thing. Yeah. And the war in Ukraine, I mean, it's just terrible. I mean, I'm not a fan of wars in general, whether it's the Middle East, Africa, India, China, Taiwan. I'm not a fan of any wars, but I have people on my team and the people I work with at my place of work who live in right near Ukraine.  It really is. I hate to see that for the people who I literally work with. It hits much closer to home than other encounters and wars that have gone on. It's really close to home. So you're like, that person lives like 50 miles away. Just crazy stuff. Crazy, crazy stuff that's going on in the world. And geez, in like six months time when somebody's watching this, I hope it hasn't gotten worse. I hope things have gotten better. However that happens, that's all I'll say. So yeah, that's my video. Yeah, pros and cons of working remote. Hard to make because I think a lot of those are pretty flip floppy. It could be a pro for you, it could be a con for you. It's, a lot of these things are pros for me. A lot of these things. I mean, even the one that was on the con, what was that one? Not much social interaction, that's a pro for me. Here guys, oh, come here, come here. All right, my cat. I almost grabbed my cat. Cindy is like, doesn't like anybody except my wife. So the fact that even she even came over to me and then I tried to pick her up, she won't talk to me for like a month. And I'm okay with that. Not my favorite cat. Actually, neither of those cats are my favorite cat because the other one is like obsessed with me and I hate that. This one doesn't like me around me at all and I don't like that. So yeah, I'm not a big fan of the cat situation we got going on over here. I was also thinking about for the 200K live stream or maybe even different videos in general, putting my 100K clock or play button up here. But I feel like that's pretty tacky. I feel like so many people do it. It's not even cool anymore, man. It's not even cool. Once I hit a million, once I hit a million, I'll do it because it's thinking goal play button. That is legit. I guess the silver play button is legit too. I worked hard for it, but I don't know. It's kind of tacky. When I hit the gold, when I hit the gold one though, which I plan on doing that. There's two people left watching. There's only two. I, there's only two people left and those people are laughing at me because they're like Alex, you're not getting two million. It ain't happening. What are you, Joma? You Joma tech? Which I think he used to be called Joma tech and now he's Joma. I can't remember. But I used to love his stuff. He actually came back after like a long hiatus and he's making some funny videos. But he's more of like a comedian. I don't know where he's working though. I thought he used to work at Facebook. I wanna say we've worked at Facebook. Funny stuff though. All right guys, enough of this. I have things to do. It's actually funny enough. This isn't an early recording for me. I usually record at like nine o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock at night. It's only 8.45. So I don't even know what I'm gonna do with my night. I guess work. My schedule is so flexible. I can work whenever. I am thinking about doing especially around the holidays. Christmas, Hanukkah, holidays, end of year, December, depending on what you celebrate. I am thinking about bringing Santa back. I didn't do it last year. I'm thinking about bringing him back a whole stream or video with Santa. That was a lot of fun back in 2020. I think it was when I last had him. So I'm thinking about bringing Santa back. Let me know what you think. If you remember that video, maybe I won't. I think it was pretty creepy. I was like, oh, it was all right. It was okay. I thought it was funny. Cool, all right. Well, thank you to everyone who's still listening. If you're whoever's still out there that one or two people. I hope you've drank your coffee by now. It's probably, it's been like 45 minutes. All right guys, take it easy. I'm signing off. I appreciate you. I really do. And I will say that the longer you watch, usually the more I like you. As a blanket statement. That's usually like 99.9% a sure thing. So if you're watching till now, if you're watching till now, just write something. If you're watching till now, just write I love you. All right. I will know. And you will know, because I'll comment back, I guarantee it, that I love you too. And I'm not saying that under any pretext. What am I saying? Is that even a word? I am saying it because I mean it. I'm saying it because you stayed with me this long. That means you're committed and that means that I'm committed. So I'm committed to you. You're committed to me. That's love. So I love you. Put it down in the comments. I will write back something heartfelt. Something about love. All right guys, no for real. It's time to go. Let me see what time it is. Oh boy. I just, I looked at my phone for a second and I saw a comment saying, come on bro. That's not real. I don't even know what video they're commenting on. But I'm gonna check that one out and be like, you don't know what to talk about. It's 100% real. No, I won't do that. I never respond to the bad comments. I really don't. I'm like, hey look, I have 99% of my comments are positive saying, hey, this is great stuff. Thank you. Then I have that one guy who's like, hey, this isn't how it is. This isn't real life. Come on, bro. And I'm just like, whatever. If you wanna, you live your truth. For real, live your truth. Don't take my advice. You don't have to take it. I throw it out there willingly. You don't have to take my advice. Do whatever you want. Become a data analyst slower. I don't care. So, I'm not even gonna respond to that guy. He's like, you don't know. You got lucky. You don't know what you're talking about. Come on. All right, that's fine. All right guys, I'm out of here. Have a good one. I love you. I know that you love me. Well, if you put it in the comments, I know that you love me. So I know I love you. So have a good one. Be safe. Be kind to others. Make somebody else happy today. Do something kind for someone else. I try to do that every day. I really do. I try to think, how can I be kind to my wife? Do something nice and thoughtful for her? Do something for one of my kids. Do something nice for somebody. Just pick someone in your family, a neighbor, someone at work. Do something kind for somebody else. Make the world a better place today. You do something. Make it happen. Don't wait for somebody to do something nice to you. Do something nice for somebody else. It'll feel better than somebody doing something nice for God's promise. All right, I'm out of here. Have a good one. Take it easy. And I will see you in the next video. Bye.