Whew, what a year! A lot happened for us in 2024 and lots of it happened behind the scenes. We passed some awesome milestones, saw some beautiful countries, learned A LOT about youtube and the kinds of videos we want to make, and found a way to turn this YouTube thing into a business (for the most part). In this behind-the-scenes video, we’re reflecting on everything that happened in 2024 and sharing our exciting plans and goals for 2025.
This year, our YouTube channel reached some amazing milestones, thanks to YOU! From crossing 75,000 subscribers to increasing our revenue and improving our video style, 2024 was full of growth and transformation from the perspective of YouTube. We also had some awesome wins for our community that weren't strictly related to YouTube (like starting a newsletter) and we're pretty pleased with how the business side of things have shaped up.
Travel wise, it was a much slower year for us. On YouTube, you saw us visit 8 countries in 2024, but in real life we only saw 4 (2 of which haven't even hit YouTube yet)! In this recap/look head video, we'll share how that happened and the benefits/drawbacks of running a YouTube channel this way. What I will say is that the slower travel life gave us much needed time to focus on our health and try to take more breaks. It also allowed us to expand our business in new ways that we simply don't have time for when we're moving quickly from country to country.
So, with 2024 out of the way, what are our plans for 2025!? We have some lofty goals for 2025 that involve a lot more fast paced traveling, some pretty steep YouTube goals, and big plans to make some of our best ideas become reality. The ultimate goal would be to see YouTube become more sustainable, profitable, and consistent so that we can keep doing this full-time. On a more personal note, we plan for 2025 to be a year where we improve our health even more, and most importantly, spend more time with family. We've been missing home more than usual lately, and are planning for ways to make 2025 a year of more family time.
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== Chapters ==
0:00 Sharing our YouTube Analytics
5:43 Celebrating the year's successes
9:28 Travel for 2024 - what really happened?
11:25 Video highlights
15:15 Our 2025 plans