Thank You! :)

When I see who has subscribed to me on YouTube and go to their page and see who else they are subscribed to, it makes me really happy. This is mainly due to the fact that the other people they are subscribed to have thousands of subscribers and I only started my channel about three months ago. They are subscribed to the VlogBrothers, Charlieissocoollike, catrific, Jenna Marbles, DailyGrace, the British Gang, Tyler Oakley, and so many more. It makes me happy that they place me in the same category as the people that I look up to and inspire me to become a better youtuber. I started my channel, simply because I had something to say, I was bored, and I love to make movies. I am so grateful for everyone who has subscribed to me, watched my videos, hit the like button, or left a comment. Everyday it makes me smile to see the numbers go up, and read the lovely comments that are left. I am so thankful for each and every person that has reblogged a video, shared a video, or anything like that. So, thank you. I cannot tell you how grateful I am. There are some exciting this coming up in the future with my youtube channel and life. I cannot wait to share that all with you. :) I love you all so much! If you haven’t been told yet, you are beautiful and you are loved :) xoxo Chrissy 

How to: Live life to the Fullest

A week ago, I got a comment on one of my videos that said "Could you do a video on how to live to the fullest." It made me think about what we need to do to live life to the fullest. There are so many different ways to live a full life, and it is different for every single person. After contemplating, I realized there are somethings that we can all do to live life to the fullest.
The first is that we try to live everyday like it is our last. This one was probably the most cliche one that I could think of, but I still think that it is important. We never know when we are going to die, so we need to be satisfied and ask ourselves "If I died today, would I be happy with the life I have lived?" If the answer is yes, then that is fantastic, and you should keep living life like you are. If the answer is no, then I think a change should be made so that we can be happy if we died tomorrow. This is going to be different for every single person. Some people just want to be surrounded with friends and family, others may want to be skydiving, there is no way to know how every person would want  if they were going to die tomorrow.
If there are many things that you want to do before you die, then the perfect thing to make is a bucket list. This way, you are checking off one thing at a time that you want to do before you die. If you keep the bucket list somewhere you can always see it, then you will constantly be participating in life, and that will allow you to live a fuller life. The bucket list should be a whole bunch  of things that you have never done in your life that you want to do. They are things that give you an adrenaline rush, make you happy, make you laugh, and allow you to have a good time. This would be a good time to put things on your list that allow you to branch out and do things you may not normally do. Every time you experience something new and check it off your bucket list, act like a 5 year old, experiencing everything for the first time. It is fun to act like a little kid and forget you are an adult for a little bit.
I think it is very important to find something that you are passionate about, and then go out and do what ever that may be. There will be road bumps. People will tell you no. They will tell you "You can't do that because_________." But, never give up. If you want it, keep working at it until you get it. Don't give up, or give in to what they are saying. You can be and do whatever you want. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something.
Before we can move on I think we have to forgive those who have done us wrong. It allows the weight to be lifted off our shoulders and be happier people. We aren't hanging on to the past, but we are moving on to better and brighter things.
We also need to find the good in every situation. It is easy to find the bad in situations because more often than not, it is the easier thing to see. If we look a little closer, we can see the good and make good out of the situation. This allows up to get the most out of the situation and therefore get more out of life.
Third, we need to love one another. There are many people in this world that feel unloved when really they are surrounded by many people that love and care for them. We need to show one another love because no one deserves to feel unloved.
Finally, we must not dwell on the past or live in the dreams of the future. It is easy to get caught in the past because it is familiar, but it has already happened and there is nothing we can change about it now. We live in the future because it seems better than our present and it is where we want to be. Instead, we should be creating goals so we can reach them in the future. We can become that person that we are dreaming of by working for it in the present.

So, those are some things that I think will help allow you to live a fuller life.

Love,
Chrissy

http://youtu.be/IIjdKy9oQW0

How important are names?

I was scrolling through tumblr one day and saw a post about how there is one person that ruined a certain name for us, and because of that person, we can never name our children, or have a friend by that name, due to the fact that we think they are going to end up like that one person we met in our life. But our name shouldn't define us. We should define our name.

When we meet someone, the first thing we find out is their name, and already in our mind we are thinking about someone else who has that exact same name and automatically are comparing the two. We have this preconceived idea of what they should act like, when we should approach them as if we had never met someone with their name before. Our name shouldn't define who we are. WE should define who we are. 

Often there are even times when we look at someone after finding out their name and say "Oh, you dont look like a ____ you look like a _____." Why do we have to "look" like a certain name? Is it because we met someone else that they kinda sorta looked like so we think they should have the same name? That just seems weird to me. We shouldn't judge people by what their name is, we shouldn't judge people at all, but instead we should learn who they are by the way they treat others, and how they act when they are put in different situations. 

I feel that in this world, we all want to know what is going to happen before it happens, so right before we meet someone new, we find out their name so we can think of another person we know by that name, and in turn, create unrealistic expectations about that person. 

No one person should "ruin" a name for us. I truly believe that everyone in this world is good, just some choose to do bad things. Their name doesn't choose to do bad things they do. 

Names seem to be so important these days. They took three days to name the royal baby. People don't want their children to be doomed with a bad name from the time that they are born, their actions are going to determine what they do with their life, not their name. 

So the next time that you judge someone based off their name, pretend that you have never met anyone with that name before so that you can see the person for who they really are and not what their name is. When you are naming your children in the future or now, name them whatever you want, because later in life they will make their own name for themselves through their actions.
So create you! Do Not let your surroundings define or create you. You create you!

Love,
Chrissy

http://youtu.be/0PHzvB1vsnE

Change

Many people right now are graduating high school, moving, will be starting high school, or college, or a new job. This change that is happening to all these people is probably very scary. They don't know what the future brings as one door of their life closes and another one opens. Change can be very scary, and is, but usually, it is always a good thing. For example, graduating high school is great! Yes, you will miss your friends as you all leave to go to different colleges all over the country and maybe the world, but the great thing about graduating high school is you get to become more independent. You get to study what you actually want to study, and finally, at least for me, you get to enjoy what you are learning. You can leave behind all the mean girls, the gossip, and everything else that comes with high school and start over, make new friends, and find yourself. Some people say that high school is supposed to be the best years of you life, and who ever told you that must have been one of the popular kids, because high school was not the best years of my life. College, for me, is so much better than high school. I think that life only gets better after high school. You finally chose what you want to do with your life, there is no one telling you what to do. If you want to work straight out of high school, you can. If you want to go to college and then graduate school and get your PhD, you can do that. You can study whatever you want too! I wanted to work in the film industry, probably since I was about 8. I always loved movies, TV, theatre, acting, all of it, and so that is what I wanted to study, but nothing close to that was offered at my school, except photography, which I never actually took. There was so much more I wanted to learn outside of what my school offered, and now I can actually do that. So, the change that I made from high school to college was the best thing for me.
Change is something that we all seem to fear, but we should not be afraid of it, we should embrace it and run right at it to meet it because more often than not, it is going to lead to something good. Change is good, it is always good to have something new right around the corner waiting for you. If we continue to live in the past, we will not be able to move on to bigger and better things waiting for us in our future.
So, if some sort of change is happening in your life, embrace it, do not fear it because you do not know what is coming. It is hard to change, but if you have a positive outlook on it, it is going to be good and you will make the most of it. That is the most important thing in life. Make the most out of what you have, and do not be afraid to make a change. No happiness will come if we keep living in the past and do not accept the change that is happening all around us every day.
If the founding fathers had decided to not make a change in their lives, we would still be part of Great Britain  Change is good. If there was no change, our lives would be completely different and we would most likely not be where we are today.

America/ Fourth of July

Hello everyone,
Today in America, it is the Fourth of July, the day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by eating hotdogs, lighting fireworks, and being with family and friends. As we are doing all those things, we need to remember all those that are fighting to keep our freedom. Men and women are stationed all over the world everyday fighting to keep us a free country and our nation safe. We cannot forget about all those people. I am very thankful for them because of the sacrifice they make everyday to allow us to do all the things that we can and want to do.
There are many countries in the world who go to bed scared every night because they do not know what will happen, and do not feel safe. We are lucky enough to never have to worry about that. We do not need to worry about someone breaking into our homes every night because we know that there are police officers, firefighters, and many others that will make sure that we are safe and are never hurt.
When the Boston Marathon bombings happened, I was able to watch how hard the military and police department work to make sure that we were all safe. I was a block away from where the bombings went off and the police officers were on the scene right away making sure that we were safe. They shut down Boylston Street as fast as they could and made sure that no more people were going to get hurt. Less than 24 hours later, there were military personell all over the city trying to find the guys who did it, and making sure no one else was going to be getting hurt. It was amazing to me how quickly they were able to catch the guys.
I am thankful for them because they kept me and all my friends safe for the week that all hell seemed to have broken loose. I am thankful for the safety that they bring to our country. I think it is important to remember all those who make this country safe, and all those who have lost their lives protecting this country while we are going to barbecues and lighting off fireworks.

If no one has told you yet, you are beautiful and loved.

Love,
Chrissy

Be You

     Between the actors on tv, the models in magazines, and trying to keep up with the latest fashion trends, we are constantly surrounded by the image of how we are 'supposed to look.' We are 'supposed to' be size zero and wear a size small, but we are never told how we are supposed to be on the inside. No one tells us that true beauty comes from within, or that how we treat others is more important than how we look. In the end, it isn't going to matter if we had the latest iPhone, or the latest clothing style, but how we treated people will matter. There is nothing wrong with wanting the lastest iPhone, or wearing the nicest clothes, but our focus should not solely be on that. I think that Ellen DeGeneres had the best reply to the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, she said, "Beauty isn't between a size zero and a size ten, its what's on the inside." There is nothing wrong with being a size zero, size 8, or size 16. What matters is how we see ourselves. If you put something on and you think you look good, then you go walk around with confidence, because if you are confident other people will see you as confident and they won't be focused on what size you are, but instead they will be focused on your attitude and how great you look in that outfit.
     We are all too critical of ourselves, myself included. We need to stop comparing ourselves to others, and start comparing ourselves to who we were yesterday. If you are a better person then you were yesterday that is fantastic! We should be focusing on being a better version of ourself everyday and not a better version of someone else. Gandhi says it best, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." No one is going to change the world for us, we have to change the world ourselves. There is the saying that goes "Good things will come to those who wait," well, I believe that good things will come to those who get up and chase after what they want. I guess my point is, that we are so focused on trying to conform to this image that we forget to focus on ourselves, and become a better version of ourself everyday.
     I frequent the gym because I am an athlete and I need to continue to stay in shape to play, but I love going to the gym and seeing people who are considered bigger. I see them and think "hmm, I wonder why they are here?" I wonder if it is because someone said something that made them self conscious, if their doctor told them that they need to eat better and exercise*, or if they decided that they wanted to get in shape for themselves. I always hope that it is the last one. I don't think that any of us need to change for anyone, but instead do it for ourselves. We are so focused on others and what they think, that we forget what we think about ourselves. If you want to drop some weight, eat healthy, gain weight, change your clothing style, or whatever it is that you want to change, do it for yourself, don't do it for anyone else! There are always people out there who are going to be critical of your life choices, but don't let them dictate your life! You are in charge of your life, so take charge of it and ignore the negative things that people will always say.
     Truly the most important things in life are our health, happiness, friends, family, and pets, not how we look, or how cool we are. If we treat others with respect, we will be treated with the same respect. It is like the saying that we were all told when we were younger "Treat others the way you want to be treated." That saying is more important than anything we will ever wear.

If no one has told you, you are beautiful and loved!
Love,
Chrissy :)
You can watch the video I made for this here: http://youtu.be/g75liSaLUJs
*You should listen to your doctor because they do know what is best for your health.

The Little Things in Life

     Something that I have noticed about myself, and other people have also noticed about me, is that I get excited over the littlest things. Like socks on Christmas, or when someone tells me something really exciting that is going on in their life, sometimes I get just excited as they are. But what sucks, is when I get excited about something and then someone comes along and tries to tell me that I cannot be excited about it. They may not say it directly, but it is like you are in the middle of talking about it and then all of sudden they cut you off to complain about something that is going on in their life, that is, more often than not, very trivial. I just think that it is more important to enjoy the little things instead of ponder over all the things that we don’t have in life.

     One of my friends asked me why I was so happy all the time when I live in a state where it rains all the time, and in a time where we are surrounded by all this ‘world suck.' I didn’t have an answer for her then, but I think I have one now. I really try not to think about all the things that have gone wrong in my life, and instead think about what I am blessed with. I have parents who love me and sisters that are also best friends. I have friends that only pick me up and never put me down. There are people in my life that can make me laugh, and even simple things, like the fact that I have a roof over my head or I know I will wake up the next morning with something to eat, make me happy.

     I think if we focus more on what we have instead of what we do not have, this world could be a much better place. We can then start to focus on helping people rise out of poverty. There are people who have almost nothing who are happier than the people who can buy anything that they want. Once we realize what we are blessed with, we can reach out to other people and help them achieve their dreams and help them become the man or woman they want to be.

     When I went to Mexico on a mission trip with one of my best friends, I honestly was taking a lot of what we had in America for granted, even just our safety. We stayed in a bad area where we heard gun shots almost every night. I was thankful that, in America, I knew that I would not have to worry about any of that. While we were in Mexico, we built a house in about 4 days for a family who was living in a shack. In that moment, I was thankful for my house, and still am. Sometimes I feel that we do not realize everything we are blessed with, so when we see these pictures of the slums of Africa we are so taken back by what we see; we simply do not see it in our everyday lives. I want to be able to help those people rise out of poverty. I love helping people and I want to see that everyone has enough to live healthy lives. In my lifetime, I would like to know that most of the world is not living on one dollar a day. I want to know that everyone is getting enough to eat and drink. If that means all of us might have to downsize, I am okay with that. I would rather be happy with a little, than miserable with plenty.

     But for any of this to happen, I think we have to appreciate the little things in life, our friends, families, pets, socks, shoes, a floor that's not dirt, and all the other things big and small that we have that we do not even think about. So hug a friend and tell them you love them. Call a family member you have not talked to in a while and tell them you love them. Thank teachers that have taught you to read, write, do math, and all the other things that have allowed you to pursue your dreams. Thank people in your life that have allowed you to live the life that you have, and repair relationships that may have fallen apart. Even if we have nothing, we will still have the people who love us, and we love, and that is more important than any gift we can ever receive in the world.

Love, 

Chrissy :) 

Mother's Day! :)

HELLOOO!! :)
So Mother's Day is today, and I thought it was important to talk about how awesome moms are, and my mom in particular!
Mom's are teachers, homework helpers, cooks, best friends, nurses, and play every other role imaginable  They truly own and wear all the hats! :)
My mom puts up with the craziness of my sisters and me! I honestly don't know how she balances everything that we have/want to do, on top of working, cooking, cleaning, as well as taking us everywhere we need to go.
So, today is the one day of year that we get to take on the various tasks out mothers do and allow them to relax. We do the cooking and the cleaning, and take the time to celebrate everything that our moms do for us throughout the year.
Sometimes, I don't really understand why our mom's only get one day a year off, but then I realize that life would be very difficult if our mom's decided to take every day off. They are often the first ones to get up and the last to go to bed because they do everything they can to make our lives the best possible, and I am very thankful for that!
There are also many people that do not have mothers around any more or various reasons, I think it is important to remember them today as well. They no longer get to celebrate mother's day with their mothers, but they will always be celebrating mother's day with their mothers in the hearts. "She may not be here/ but she's always watching/ smiling and laughing with you too/ she may not be here/ but a mother's love is never ending." I think we need to remember all those who don't have their mother's here, on a day like today.
Mom's, and grandmothers, are truly the greatest gift that God has blessed us with. I am so thankful for everything that my mom and other moms have done for me. My best friends mom's have become like second moms to me. They always welcome me into their home, cook for me, and let me stay for more than just one night. I am so thankful for them, as well.
Just remember to thank your mom, grandma, or someone else's mom today for everything that they have done, and make today EXTRA special! :)

If you haven't been told yet, you are beautiful and you are loved!
BYE!! :)

Love,
Chrissy :)

Introduction :)

Hey Everyone!
I thought I would start this blog to go along with my YouTube channel betweenthepacestv! :)
My name is Chrissy, I'm 18, soon to be 19, and live in Washington State!
I really like to travel, and want to live in a different country one day.
I have 3 crazy sisters, one older and two younger.
I am studying documentary production.
I love making YouTube videos and am starting to do it a lot more now during the summer.
You can find the videos at youtube.com/betweenthespacestv
I play soccer.
I play the guitar and sing a little bit.
I really hope you guys like this, and the videos!

Okay, I don't know what else to say.
If no one has told you this yet, you are beautiful, and you are loved!
BYEEEEE

Love,
Chrissy