1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,649 It's time to get up close and personal. 2 00:00:03,909 --> 00:00:06,180 This may be a horrible plan. 3 00:00:10,948 --> 00:00:15,009 Hi, It's Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome to another Vegan Nugget. 4 00:00:15,009 --> 00:00:17,326 My channel is about Veganisim... 5 00:00:18,455 --> 00:00:19,719 ...obviously. 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,557 But, this being YouTube I do get a fair amount of questions about myself, 7 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:26,577 particularly when I open up calls for Q&A questions. 8 00:00:26,577 --> 00:00:31,063 I largely keep my personal life separate from this channel because Bite Size Vegan 9 00:00:31,063 --> 00:00:33,943 is about the message, not the messenger. 10 00:00:33,943 --> 00:00:38,066 However, I've decided to open it up to Q&A for next Wednesday wherein 11 00:00:38,066 --> 00:00:41,369 you can ask anything about me and my life that you desire. 12 00:00:41,369 --> 00:00:43,178 Why am I doing this exactly? 13 00:00:43,178 --> 00:00:45,941 Well, next week is Thanksgiving in America, 14 00:00:45,941 --> 00:00:49,349 if you're watching this video around the time it comes out at least. 15 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:53,114 Now, I am not at all a fan of Thanksgiving for several reasons 16 00:00:53,114 --> 00:00:56,822 which you can hear in my video from last year 'The Truth About Thanksgiving' 17 00:00:56,822 --> 00:00:58,920 linked up there and down below. 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,650 However, I wanted to convey my genuine thanks to each and every 19 00:01:02,650 --> 00:01:06,030 one of you for your support of my efforts to make an impact on this world 20 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:09,306 for the animals the planet and the people through vegan education. 21 00:01:09,306 --> 00:01:11,952 So, I figured I'd let you ask away. 22 00:01:11,952 --> 00:01:14,742 Because I am going to be traveling in the next few days I'll be filming 23 00:01:14,742 --> 00:01:18,148 that video sometime tomorrow meaning the day after this video is 24 00:01:18,148 --> 00:01:21,837 posted so be sure to get your questions in today in the comments below. 25 00:01:21,837 --> 00:01:24,613 In addition I wanted to let you know that we're adding some exciting 26 00:01:24,613 --> 00:01:28,307 vegan message wear T-shirts to the Bite Size Vegan District Lines shop. 27 00:01:28,307 --> 00:01:30,233 Like one of my favorite sayings, 28 00:01:30,233 --> 00:01:32,616 'BE the someone who IS doing something" 29 00:01:32,616 --> 00:01:35,256 said by me and designed by Laurianne. 30 00:01:35,256 --> 00:01:37,793 This beautiful "Are your eyes open" 31 00:01:37,793 --> 00:01:41,846 inspired by my experience with Toronto Pig Save which you can watch here. 32 00:01:41,846 --> 00:01:44,665 And for the truly Bite Size Vegan, 33 00:01:44,665 --> 00:01:48,774 the Bite Size Vegan logo shirt now comes in a special kids edition. 34 00:01:48,774 --> 00:01:53,125 You can nab those shirts at the link in the sidebar and the video description below. 35 00:01:53,125 --> 00:01:55,846 Thank you so much for your ongoing support. 36 00:01:55,846 --> 00:02:00,024 I am doing my very best to create quality, well researched education and 37 00:02:00,024 --> 00:02:02,984 I'm constantly striving to be as effective as possible. 38 00:02:02,984 --> 00:02:06,584 I'm considering returning to some shorter format videos as well but 39 00:02:06,584 --> 00:02:09,773 still not entirely sure how the channel will be evolving. 40 00:02:09,773 --> 00:02:12,230 There are so many topics to be covered 41 00:02:12,230 --> 00:02:14,991 and so many series that I already have going on. 42 00:02:14,991 --> 00:02:19,328 It's always a challenge to balance quality education with watch-ability. 43 00:02:19,328 --> 00:02:21,068 So, I'm trying to still find a way to 44 00:02:21,068 --> 00:02:23,988 be as effective of a communicator as I possibly can. 45 00:02:23,988 --> 00:02:26,657 Also, as always please know that if you've 46 00:02:26,657 --> 00:02:29,744 emailed me I have about 1000 unread emails between 47 00:02:29,744 --> 00:02:33,744 my various inboxes and I answer all of them personally so the 48 00:02:33,744 --> 00:02:35,623 time delay can be several weeks. 49 00:02:35,623 --> 00:02:37,697 I do my very best to get to everyone while 50 00:02:37,697 --> 00:02:41,326 keeping up with content, comments, social media, and Ooby care. 51 00:02:41,326 --> 00:02:44,360 Please be patient and know that I value your messages. 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,893 Thank you again so very much for 53 00:02:45,893 --> 00:02:49,986 watching, sharing, commenting, subscribing and all that jazz and 54 00:02:49,986 --> 00:02:53,231 my deepest thanks to my patrons who support my work on Patreon 55 00:02:53,231 --> 00:02:57,389 and make it possible for me to bring this free educational resource to the world. 56 00:02:57,389 --> 00:02:59,471 I wouldn't be able to do it without you. 57 00:02:59,471 --> 00:03:03,294 You're my front-line and you have my eternal gratitude. 58 00:03:03,294 --> 00:03:05,017 O.K. that's all the mush for today. 59 00:03:05,017 --> 00:03:06,375 Now ask away 60 00:03:07,228 --> 00:03:08,263 and don't be gross 61 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,093 and grab some T-shirts. 62 00:03:10,514 --> 00:03:11,465 Oh, Yes! 63 00:03:11,465 --> 00:03:12,958 and Go live vegan, 64 00:03:13,788 --> 00:03:14,788 of course. 65 00:03:14,788 --> 00:03:18,138 Wow, it's like I'm born to do informal videos. 66 00:03:19,508 --> 00:03:20,531 Nailed it!