J.R. 0:01

Hello everyone and welcome back to another fun episode of 1000 Gurus , where it is my desire to have great conversations with unique and interesting guests from various fields , backgrounds and walks of life . So today's guest is Blessie Panopio and let me read her bio . She has 880,000 followers across her social media accounts , tens of millions of views across her videos and is known internationally for her comedy couple and Filipino culture content . She was a choreographer for Shiro's first place 2024 K-Factor set . She enjoys karaoke during her spare time , dancing K-pop covers , and is a pun-thusiast .

J.R. 0:40

Although this episode was a lot of fun because I was able to feature my internet famous girlfriend , it was also the strangest interview I've done so far . We've been together for almost 5 years now and , unlike previous interviews where I'm genuinely learning about someone , I felt like I knew most of the answers before I asked the questions , which I guess is a good thing . Also , a good chunk of this interview covered the JR and Blessie brand , so I found myself answering half of the questions myself , or at least throwing in my perspective , as well as after hers . But regardless , it was fun to be able to showcase her journey , success and mindsets with the audience so that you all might admire her as much as I do , so , without further ado , please enjoy this episode with Blessie Marie Pinocchio .

Blessie 1:24

Hello and welcome back to another episode

Interview Start

Blessie 1:26

of 1000 Gurus . Today's guest is Blessie Marie Pinocchio . Thank you for being here . I really appreciate it . I know we just met , so you know yeah , I did research on the way .

Blessie 1:42

Yeah , so I'll go into how I know you . So , just kidding , this will sound like our dating history . This is an interesting interview because it's I already kind of know all the answers . Right , we've been together almost five years now , so , yeah , I already know , but this is for everyone else , so , yeah , anyways . So , like we met at the k-pop academy , which is right across from the source in Buena Park . I had taught a BTS k-pop class and then you had taken the class and then sometime later you started teaching there and then as well , and that was like right after my time slot , and then eventually we started hanging out . I invited you to sing karaoke with my friends , because you know you're Filipino and I should probably like karaoke , and yeah , and then so we were . Then we started dating later that year , and then so we were . Then we started dating later that year , and then you've , since then we've been together and then you've worked at an optometrist office , you work at a cafe . You went to college in Washington State , also high school right or part of high school .

Blessie 2:34

And then last year you joined the K-pop cover team , shiro in the 626 area , and we had I had interviewed Shirley , one of your directors . And then you've also been singing and dancing for forever , like most Filipinos , and you've won singing competitions , some against little kids and some against people your own age . And you're also , yeah , and you're also dating this really good looking , smart , charismatic , talented dude . Wonder who that is ? It's me , anyways , yeah anything else ?

Blessie 3:03

clarifications well , yep , that's pretty much how we met each other . I just kept saying yes to everything that you invited me to , also hope that I didn't have too many friends , so , yeah , so dating tip date someone who has no friends and is super available and suggest everything . Yeah , one of the .

Blessie 3:21

Okay , I guess we can get into this , but like one of the one of the like the times when I'm like , oh okay , maybe she might be the one right , you know when you're kind of dating is I invited her to watch the one piece movie that came out that year and she doesn't really watch one piece . This is one piece , like the shirts that I always wear in my podcast . It's my favorite anime , and so she doesn't really watch one piece . And I was like , hey , you want to watch this movie , and she's sure . And I'm like , hmm , she's willing to watch one piece for me . All right , she must like me then , because one piece is a crazy experience very long anime that I even personally have not exactly , so she hasn't finished , but she's still .

Blessie 3:55

Yeah , she still watched the movie with me , so that was good , and any other movie .

Blessie 3:58

I think we watched the live action together too .

Blessie 4:01

The live action , oh yeah , netflix , that came out a couple years ago , yep , cool . So I guess we can go straight into the first topic , which is basically your origin story family , dynamic , main influences . So

Origin Story, Personal Aspirations, and Singing Background

Blessie 4:12

where were you born and raised ? What was it like in your household ? What were your career aspirations and your main influences growing up ?

Blessie 4:18

yeah , so I was born and raised in the philippines . I moved to washington state first in 2006 . We lived mostly with my aunt's family because they petitioned our family petition meaning like you're trying to get your family from your home country to your current country and we lived with her for 10 ish years .

Blessie 4:41

Yeah , and then I moved to california so that was when you went to move to washington .

Blessie 4:44

You were in what I was 2006 , and then I was like in high school I was .

Blessie 4:50

I went into eighth grade okay , but I was already in high school in the philippines , which is , yeah , because the school system is a little different back there back then , and so , yeah , I moved to cal 2016 . Ironically , on your birthday , I remember that April 5th and I didn't meet you yet . But anyway , yeah , I moved to California because my dad was living here , and then I later on , after a few years , I started joining Shiro , the dance team that I'm currently in . And what did I miss ? Is it studying ?

Blessie 5:22

Yeah , and what did I miss ? Is it studying ? Yeah , so you moved to Washington from the Philippines and you went into like middle school or end of that beginning of high school , and then you went to college up there in Washington state , too right . What did you study ? What was your like career aspirations ? What did you want to do at that point ?

Blessie 5:38

I studied IT , which is a degree I'm currently not using but I mainly wanted to be a graphic designer . That was why .

Blessie 5:47

And my school at the time only offered that didn't offer a graphic design course , so I just went to something the closest thing to that one , I guess like web design . So , yes , that was my goal as a college student , but right now I work at an insurance company and as far as like other dreams and aspirations , yeah , I mainly wanted to do content creation also on the side , and turned out to be , when we met , we both wanted to create content and we had , I don't know , similar ideas on as to what content we could create and whatever we were posting . We just went with what , what resonated with the people , with the audience that we reached , and so that's , I would say , how jaron blessey was created .

Blessie 6:38

Yeah , we'll get back to jaron blessey stuff later on , like content creation , but so you originally wanted to go into it , or you said graphic design and then , so you didn't do that .

Blessie 6:48

But then when you moved back to california- then , you like , were working in various jobs and whatnot , and then now like in like insurance , but also I mean again , I know your backstory but like you were also like when you're in the philippines you were training in singing and whatnot , and then you also did some , you know , like video editing here and there just for fun , like with your family , and whatnot . So at that point in time , I guess , like from college to post college , what was like your kind of trajectory of what you wanted to do ? What were your aspirations ?

Blessie 7:16

well , what ?

Blessie 7:17

was it .

Blessie 7:18

Yeah , I went in the philippines . Sorry , what was the first question ?

Blessie 7:23

I mean because , because I know that you were also like training and singing , and there we go training and singing .

Blessie 7:28

Sorry , I lost that yes , my mom did put me through voice lessons just , I guess , most filipino kids but because my mom heard me sing one time and I was like , oh , let me like have you improve on that skill , and so which I did three like levels in the voice lesson company that I went through , so that was fun . I got to do some performances . That's how I , I would say my training for like public performances , like performing in public , and so that's how I'm , I would say I'm comfortable with like dancing or singing and on a stage now , and so , yeah , yeah , dreams . As far as like video editing and stuff , I've also been like into well , dance covers that's what I was doing before and like little montages of like when I travel with family or like with friends . Those are the like , I would say , my practice for video editing and so that's how I like , I guess , got better with that and that also helped with like current content creation skills that I can apply .

Blessie 8:41

Right that I can apply Right . So then , did you ever want to become some sort of like artist , either singing , dancing or something like that ? Because you had the , you were into dancing and K-pop and we can also go into like your experience there , but then also , yeah , singing , and so I know you mentioned like college and then postgrad , but what was your thought process then ? Did you want to do something in like the performing arts or did you have these skill sets obviously ?

Blessie 9:06

Yeah , I would say I wish I could have started like YouTube back in the day , and then now I'm just , I guess , catching up on that Like trying is a big word Trying to create content on my own and with you as well .

Blessie 9:21

So yeah , what were some of your main influences like growing up in like that sort of space

Main Influences and Passions

Blessie 9:26

In content creation , like singers , dancers , youtubers , whatnot what were some of your influences that informed kind of like the stuff that you do today ?

Blessie 9:34

Yeah , I'm a big fan of Tori Kelly . I just watched her concert recently .

Blessie 9:39

You guys are besties right , yes , we are .

Blessie 9:41

I met her , like I want to say , seven times now , that's best friends .

Blessie 9:45

You don't meet non-best friends seven times .

Blessie 9:48

That's right . Yeah , so she's just one of I would say , yeah , one of the most powerful like greatest vocalists of this generation , I would say , but anyway her as a singer . As far as other content creation , I love Megan Batun . She's also a dancer , also half Filipino , does like dancing and interior design for her content , stuff like that . Jen M is also a person that I follow online . I just love the aesthetic of her videos . It's so like when you watch her long form content , that is like the type of content that I would like to do eventually in the future , because it's just like very relaxing , like the graphics , the editing , they're very pleasing to watch and see and to experience throughout the whole video .

Blessie 10:35

So are there any other , like other creators , that kind of influenced you or informed , like how you approach content creation , or like the style that you have or your sense of aesthetics or humor or anything like that , like artistry ?

Blessie 10:48

yeah , as far as like , when I'm video like and when I'm editing videos , I always try to like , match , like the music with like whatever you're seeing , just how like , like little details like that , like even like subtitles , like the captioning and everything . I try to make it so it's a very enhanced experience for the watcher , the viewer , so they're more interested , interested to watch it throughout the whole video . You know they're not bored or anything . No dead areas too . Like when I'm editing stuff , our content for youtube , like when there's a , I try to cut off the filler words and the dead areas and keeping the ideas that's being talked about very coherent , cohesive . Yeah , stuff like that . So yeah , that kind of style for video editing I see .

Blessie 11:38

So then , with those three sort of well , I guess I would say the three things that I see that you do would be like singing , dancing and comedy sort of content Do you like lean more towards one , or is there like an order of like how heavy you'd be into each one , or is it all three , or like , how do you see that ?

Blessie 11:59

What are the types of things you do ? I aspire to be more like for comedy not okay , not very like comedy , but like those like vloggers . I would say it's not exactly comedy , but like storytellers . I'm not very good at that , but that's what I'm trying to work on .

Blessie 12:16

I would say like what kind of story like when they're just going about their day and then they're just showing that . I feel like that's a very , I would say , relaxing thing to watch nowadays now , that like when you're eating or whatever , or just lounging at home . But yeah , that's , I would say , the type of kind of content that I'm already like drawn to and that I want to do . As far as dancing , that's always been like easy for me to do , not that I'm good or whatever , like the great , I'm not great , but like it's easier for me to pull out that type of content because it's just like a you sit , you set your camera down and then you just learn . You know you learn it for a few minutes or hours like producing the content .

Blessie 12:53

Yeah , it is pretty straightforward , um singing also , but I feel like that's more technical for me , especially if I don't know my voice is not like up to par that day or something that's also easy . But I would say like in that order , because I dancing is , I would say , my first love , that's always been what like really I would say I'm passionate about , I'm happy to do all the time . I know like my mom like pushed me to do more singing because that's more she like the filipino culture I would they're more into . Like the singers . That's more she like the Filipino culture I would say they're more into like the singers . That's more like the popular right they're more popular in their perspective .

Blessie 13:33

But for dancers it's . They think , oh , they're just backup dancers , you know it's not . They won't make as much money or whatever or much money for as they're not the stars that like are or much money for us .

Blessie 13:44

They're not the stars that are the headliners or like the people that people go see . It's normally like a musical artist .

Blessie 13:49

Yeah , but for me , as much as singing is great and everything it's like , dancing is what makes me happy at the end of the day .

Blessie 13:57

Right , okay .

Blessie 13:58

That makes sense .

Blessie 13:59

So then , content creation you said that one of the main things that you want to do is more of those sort of vlog style , like influencers sharing their life and like relaxing sort of content , and I guess I already asked , like what your main influences are . But so , aside from that , like how did

How JR & Blessie Started & Approach to Content Creation

Blessie 14:17

it's like a weird question to ask because I already know the answer but like how did JR and Blessie start , and what was your approach to what you wanted to do with that sort of content ?

Blessie 14:25

lessee start and what was your approach to what you wanted to do with that sort of content ? Yeah , I think . Well , like I mentioned earlier , we just both wanted to start creating content and we were just trying things . I feel like in the beginning , since we were both dancers , we are both dancers we tried doing the dance I think serendipity by jimin was the first dance video that we did and then , like , from then , sometimes we'd just be in the car like talking or like messing around or whatever , just having fun , and and then one day we were just recycle , we were just recycling old filipino jokes . It's not even , it's not even original , so but I would say , sometimes the delivery , or you know people just hearing those jokes . One more time , filipinos love a good comedy , good puns , and I a pun enthusiast queen of puns I love puns so much that and it really helped , I would say .

Blessie 15:21

Knowing two languages , it's easier to put words that sound alike together . That's why I would say , sometimes it comes easier for me to create a random pun and then if it works , it works for people , you know . If not , it doesn't then , yeah , from like the paul video , I would say that was our first . Was it our first popular one of the ?

Blessie 15:45

One of those using a sentence ones . Yeah , it was one of the first most viral videos .

Blessie 15:48

In fact we have that one now .

Blessie 15:49

Wow , hey Blessie .

Blessie 15:50

Yes .

Blessie 15:52

Can you use Paul four times in a sentence ?

Blessie 15:54

Oh , absolutely Paul . Be careful you might fall down the swimming pool .

Blessie 16:01

So silly .

Blessie 16:03

And I'm wearing my Game of Thrones shirt there .

Blessie 16:05

I just realized so that one had 10 million views on the tiktok and then it's been reposted on facebook and also youtube and other people like pirate that content . So it's like there's like tens and tens of millions of views on just that video . But that was one of the first videos . That was like a whoa , and then we just started like gaining hundreds of thousands of followers after that and then we started leaning into the whole like using a sentence stuff , and then random comedy , couple stuff and whatnot . But so I guess my question is what was your approach ? And then , how does like your content stand out compared to like other things out there ? And then what was the turning point that made content creation feel different for you than just kind of posting casually ?

Blessie 16:47

I think we just kept going and that was like the key is always trying to figure out , like , what other content we could do , like looking up other jokes , trends that we could do , just having a constant product for people to watch , and it's . It's just like in the art , like whatever you put out there , it's up to the people if they're like gonna like it or not . And and then , with tiktok's algorithm , you know , it reached certain audiences , obviously some filipinos , some couples for a couple content .

Blessie 17:19

So , yeah , I think what worked is just constantly putting out content yeah , there are people out there who put out three pieces of content a day and they don't get any traction so the insights for the audience would be like so what makes your content stand out ? And like how do you build a following or get a viral video ? I think most people know that , yeah , if you don't put out content , you don't do anything right so , meaning , meaning .

Blessie 17:40

What do you think makes your approach stand out ? That created , like the quote-unquote success that you had ?

Blessie 17:48

Maybe just like the quirky side , like us being like just like a breath of fresh air , like just it's just two people having fun and like making jokes online and it's just like a quick joke and it's like an instant , like , oh , that made me like laugh for a little bit kind of thing . So so that that kind of thing , and then for , like , couple and dance content those are always just very entertaining . It's , I would say , yeah , just like we were leaning more towards just entertainment , and that's like a quick boost of .

Blessie 18:25

Yeah , like indoor fans of a certain tone .

Blessie 18:28

So what advice would you give to people who want to build a following or create viral videos or any ? Insights on an approach to content creation

Advice for Building a Following

Blessie 18:38

that you would recommend ?

Blessie 18:39

I feel like what worked for us was we utilized like our skills or talents for puns . We just kept like producing them . You know , just whatever you're good at . I would say , just produce that content , yeah , and then be authentic . Also , I would say that's the most important thing , because if you enjoy what you're doing we both enjoyed what we were doing . I would say so , and people saw through that , yeah , like they're both just having fun .

Blessie 19:15

Yeah , I think one thing I would like to add on to that is like one thing about because most people they think they want to have viral videos , but viral videos don't really do anything for you if you actually want to create content that makes an impact or build a following as like a personal brand or make people want to follow you .

Blessie 19:33

So if you're , the goal is more just to have followers , right , and I think the what I found in building and creating content is that people will resonate with you as a person and not necessarily like the clickbaity , trendy sort of things that you know . Sometimes it's kind of like I don't know trends out there , kind of questionable sometimes because it's okay , it's just a dumb thing and who cares ? But there , but in order to make people want to follow , you is putting out or creating a brand or establishing what you are as a person or as a creator , and being authentic . And when you put out authentic content , then people want to follow you because they want to follow who you are and not just the trendy , clickbaity sort of content that some people put out and given . Some people build like millions of followers based on like trendy clickbaity stuff , but the people , the audience who you really want to gain , they're not going to resonate because they don't really know the real you or what you're actually standing for , what you're all about . So I would say that's one big thing for people who want to actually build a following is establishing what you want to put out and then being authentic to that .

Blessie 20:35

Like you said , identifying your skill sets , what you're good at or what type of content you want to put out , I feel like is really key , and not generally just chasing the trends . But even on that , like we've done , videos that were like just trend chasing and neither of us enjoyed that . It was like we're like oh , this is so gross because we've had a couple content and it's fine and we know that it's going to do well because it's just so that sort of like . Like it's so cringy but you know it's gonna work because that's how the algorithm is and people some people like that . But it's also a like a facade because people think , oh , that's them , they're just the weird cutesy , but we're like in real life , we're not like that . It's all just for entertainment purposes .

Blessie 21:12

It's kind of like being actors right we're like okay , here's the script , here's how we're gonna act . And I found that when we followed other like couple comedy con , like content and there's a lot of couple like content out there 99% of that is all fake and scripted and it's , oh , secret camera . It's not a secret camera . They scripted this out , they planned out the shots , they got the lighting , because that's what we had to do . And like that inauthenticity , I was like is this really worth putting out ? Yeah , aside from that , the joke stuff like it's fun , because we enjoy comedy and humor and like fun stuff here and there .

Blessie 21:42

But to the point of creating authentic content , to build an actual following , you have to do something that's authentically you yep , and you can see through it for , like other couples too , sometimes it's oh yeah , I've definitely seen like other people doing the same thing and you're just doing the trend yeah and imagining like doing that again . I'm'm like hmm .

Blessie 22:02

Yeah , exactly , there's so many trends that we've done and then we're like , okay , the video did well , obviously , but we didn't really enjoy that content , which is a big reason why I don't really want to do a lot of the clickbaity , trendy content , you know . Now I just like focusing on content that we both enjoy doing .

Blessie 22:17

Or it's like stuff that the intent of the video is one thing and then the people take it as a completely different thing .

Blessie 22:23

Yeah , exactly , because that's how all art is , is that you can put something out there with a certain intent , but then people can receive it the way they want . That's how art works .

Blessie 22:31

Yep . That's exactly what happened with .

Blessie 22:32

I don't want it anymore , yeah , okay , so here's this video .

Blessie 22:36

Telling my boyfriend I don't like my food . I don my food and I don't want it anymore .

Blessie 22:48

Well , that's it . Yeah , we already had chicken earlier . Okay , so you can watch that . I'll link to that video . That's our most viral video , like 15 million just on tiktok still going and again also on facebook , also on youtube , also on instagram , and it's super viral but , that video .

Blessie 23:02

Neither of us are like that and neither of us have ever done that , but we got known for that . And then people like some people . Well , obviously some people like it because they know it's like for fun , but some people really hate it . On Blessie because , oh my gosh , she's so annoying . I just want to smack her . And you're like it's fake .

Blessie 23:15

Guys , like most things online , it's fake and then so you became that oh and I don't want it anymore . I did become that and then people just I would say mocking that , but like they're just or sometimes they're just having fun with the baby voice like they want to do the baby voice to their partner too , so they just try that line or whatever . Yeah , and then they get smacked or whatever , depending on their plan for that skit yeah , I was gonna ask , like , what are some of your unlike ?

Blessie 23:40

jaren bless you what are some of your favorite videos or favorite stories , if you can remember any .

Meeting Other Influencers & Being Recognized in Public

Blessie 23:49

Why is the first thing coming up ? Like us meeting , like other influencers and , yeah , like we met Happy Slip she is also a Filipino comedian .

Blessie 24:00

I think she was like a big influence for both of us too , because she's like one of the first like Filipino YouTubers OG YouTubers 2006 , 2008 , 2008, .

Blessie 24:07

whatever , that was so cool .

Blessie 24:08

So yeah , so we linked on TikTok because she saw our stuff and then we ended up creating a TikTok together and so that was cool . So now we know each other .

Blessie 24:15

What she told us was she was just trying to get on TikTok at the time , and so literally what she did was search up filipino comedy and our stuff came up , and so , yeah , I don't even was it she , her , who reached out or us , uh , I don't remember .

Blessie 24:31

Yeah , but we ended up like getting on a phone call with her like talking about , like how we approached tiktok and she like really appreciated it . And then we filmed the using a sentence I'll link . I'll link it in the show notes too . Yep , but that was cool .

Blessie 24:42

Yeah , and then she or she had I also met like RJ Random Ridge and then AJ Raphael as well , which is like crazy , like we were just at Rodeo 39 , I think .

Blessie 24:54

Yeah .

Blessie 24:54

And then yeah , and then the fact that AJ Raphael recognized me . I was like me .

Blessie 25:06

And then , yeah , just fangirls or whatever , yeah , so yeah , those are always nice like a perk of being a influencer , yeah we're like micro , famous in some circles , like whenever I go to a like jolly b or a secret city , or when we went to the philippines last year , you can tell . But bless is a little bit like less perceptive than I am because I'm just very hyper perceptive , but I can tell when someone's looking at us because , well , first off my instinct , when I'm right here at the gala , I'm like , oh , someone's going to know . And if they're like our age or younger and they're on TikTok , yeah , I'm away . And then I'll notice , like when we walked around in Philippines , like if someone stares at us , like looks at us , makes eye contact , and then they look away and then they look back for a second time like they recognize me or her or both of us .

Blessie 25:50

And it's also funny because by ourselves we may or may not be recognized , but together .

Blessie 25:51

People are like oh , I know them because we're like a one sort of couple right a few weeks ago , like outside , like a store yeah yeah , some girl was like oh , are you guys ?

Blessie 25:59

jaren Blessie . Yeah , you arrived . That's when she pointed out . But when it was just me , she was probably like she looks familiar yeah .

Blessie 26:07

Yeah , there was one time I was at the gym during the pandemic , like outside , and then some guy crossed the parking lot , went up to me and was like Blessie and I was like JR , close enough . But it's because Blessie name is obviously more iconic , like memorable , because it's like more unique , at least in the us it's more uh filipino yeah , yeah , yeah and and then obviously she's in a lot . She's , like the , the face of most of our most viral videos , so people recognize her face more and so he probably just didn't .

Blessie 26:34

He was just like Blessie , right yeah , it's my girlfriend , but anyways and then just the random people who come up to us ask for a photo , like still happens to this day . But every time I like here , tagalog , or we're in a place like artigia cerritos with a lot of filipinos , okay , no , even jollybee , I'm like okay , the workers are staring at us , I know who we are yeah , um , but yeah , it's a lot of fun .

Blessie 26:51

So it's , it's a cool thing , but it's not like , at least for me personally . It's like I could be uber famous and it doesn't really like matter to me personally , even when I meet other famous people , I'm just like oh , hey adria rafael , what's up ? How are you man ? And then Blessie just freaking out I'm the opposite she's the opposite , she's like oh my god , the frantic fan versus the it's like oh , you're a normal person , yeah , you're a human just like me , that's cool yeah that's how I approach fame , but anyways , any other memorable encounters in public or fun stories I feel like I'm just forgetting it all , but there are definitely others .

Blessie 27:24

Oh like when we get featured on buzzfeed and stuff yeah , that was cool the first time that we were featured I was like wow yeah , a lot of people were posting it and messaging me and stuff like that , like even some of my family and friends from high school like oh , my god , it's you .

Blessie 27:38

Oh , my god , yeah . Or random pages like the ones that just repost other right , like the comedy content or a couple of content .

Blessie 27:43

Filipino content .

Blessie 27:44

Yeah , those are always like oh , they think our content is funny enough to be posted on your feed or they're just trying to get more content , whatever it is . It's still getting more traction .

Blessie 27:57

So , in terms of content creation or everything in general , what are your plans for the future ? What do you want to do ?

Blessie 28:03

moving forward like goals , aspirations yeah , I would say we're gonna try to post a little bit more , because before what we were doing were trends and what was popular . Maybe we could try something else , be a little bit more showing our I don't know our daily lives , just like our this figure out how to do vlogging and make it easy yeah , the biggest thing for me is I don't mind doing vlogs , but I don't want to do any of the content like editing and managing and stuff like that .

Blessie 28:29

Yeah , because it's a tedious and a hassle . Will you ? Will you actually ?

Blessie 28:33

do it ? Yeah , I will . I just need to start . I know , I know I will Okay .

Blessie 28:44

Whatever you say , it's different because obviously I'm her boyfriend , so when she says something I'm like or as a friend , I'll be like , sure , yeah , I believe you right .

Blessie 28:48

I'm just like , yeah , we'll see . Knows that I've been slacking ?

Blessie 28:50

yeah , because if you really want to do it , you would do it I know if you don't do right now , but anyways , just for the openness of the question if you did have any plans you still want to do consecration or specifically vlogging ? I feel like you would really enjoy that .

Blessie 29:03

I think you just need to get into a system where it's easy for you and not like tedious , so that you will enjoy it and it's sustainable .

Blessie 29:10

Because that's my personal approach to consecration is I never want to do anything that's so tedious that makes me not want to do it , because , for example , podcasting I want to do this for the next 10 years , next 10 years , and so , therefore , I set up a system so that it's so easy that it's not like a track or like a burden to do this consecration and like outsourcing or making things simple and not complicated , and that's how I do it , and the same with all of the other content that I personally do . So if you can find a way to make the consecration more seamless and less of a burden , or outsource it to someone that you trust that's really good at that , that stuff then you can definitely do the vlogging , especially all the big youtubers out there . I know they have followings , they have the budget for it , yeah , but if you had found a way where you can find an editor to outsource all that stuff , I feel like it'd be easier for you ?

Blessie 29:52

yeah , because it's so like overwhelming exactly thinking about , like the yeah , like the like the , even the shooting . Yeah , exactly , it's like you just want to go about your day , you don't want to set up the camera and everything .

Blessie 30:05

That's the other reason why I don't like doing content when we're out is because I want to hang out with my girlfriend . I don't want to film content , especially when most that content is fake right so I really have an aversion to trying to film content when we're out yeah and so I'd rather make time to just spend time with her and not do all that stuff , because we we did that for a year and a half straight at least one video per day yeah , just as an experiment to see how far we can go with it , and then afterwards I'm like all right , I'm burnt out , I don't enjoy any of this .

Blessie 30:29

The fun stuff is fun , but I don't really enjoy the micro , the macro process of it , and so now I focus on content that I like . Doing that I feel is value added , not just like trendy , weird sort of stuff again , not to say to say that all the stuff we do , but it's more just like that's what gets the views is all the weird click-baity stuff .

Blessie 30:45

Or we could just karaoke every Friday at Alistair's yeah but again , as long as , like , the content is easy and it doesn't disrupt , like my priorities or our priorities , which is like each other and our own stuff , then I wouldn't mind doing it , that you know I'm along for the ride I just you know , yeah , it's just a lot of .

Blessie 31:04

We have a lot of stuff going on because you also dance more now , since you're on shiro , um , oh , speaking of shiro , I don't know if we'll get to this , but we're on our last topic . But let me show you Blessie . So yeah , she's on shiro . This is her choreography . I just want to show you all . Wow , the eye roll look .

Blessie 31:26

Side , eye Side eye .

Blessie 31:28

Wow , wow , is that you ?

Blessie 31:32

Is that Blessie from Jared ?

Blessie 31:34

Blessie . Okay , and we're done . Yeah , I just want to show off your choreography .

Blessie 31:38

That's Shirley's and Linda's .

Blessie 31:40

Oh yeah , Wait , which part did you choreograph ?

Blessie 31:42

Oh wait , that is my choreography part .

Blessie 31:44

that is your part , girl unless you've been lying to me . You're like . I choreographed this .

Blessie 31:47

I'm like , oh , she choreographed this . I really did . I meant like most of yeah , yeah , the rest of the set , right but that was your part that was my part . I choreographed that with Dan , her oh but anyways .

Blessie 32:00

So I guess we won't talk about Shiro , but that's pretty much it . Next topic , pivot switch is so life as an immigrant ?

Blessie 32:05

no , this is one of the things that you talked

Differences in Filipino Culture

Blessie 32:07

about , like one of the topics you want to talk about and I think it'd be interesting for our audience . But like cultural differences of Philippines versus US . So obviously you have a lot of family all over the US , but also in the Philippines , and you moved here when you're like middle school , high school-ish , and then you still some of the content that you produce is also kind of like that , the comparison of the culture . Yeah , so I guess what ? Well , is there any specific thing you want to start off with , like with the differences , or culture wise ?

Blessie 32:33

I would say differences that I'm noticing . It's not particularly one versus the other , it's more like filipinos , like in the mainland and like in the US .

Blessie 32:46

Like the differences between people who are here and over there .

Blessie 32:49

Yeah , it's more well . Obviously it's like Filipino Americans are very different from Filipinos , I would say , Despite you know , the skin color being the same and everything Same heritage , yeah , yeah .

Blessie 33:03

The Filipinos that I met here are very different from even humor . I would say it's just a little bit different . It's everybody resonates with the same type of humor , but it's still different . Maybe because language I don't know , but yeah and I don't know . Moving on to maybe one thing that I didn't , I don't resonate with . This is the fact that , like when some people kind of clock Filipinos for not being Filipino enough , For example Filipino .

Blessie 33:32

Americans , yeah , especially not being able to speak the language . And it's well , they grew up here , you know . So you can't like kind of dock them Filipino points .

Blessie 33:41

It's like a sense of superiority or like talking down to someone just because they don't speak a language that you speak . I get the sentiment , but like , obviously , also as a Filipino American myself who doesn't speak like Tagalog or Punggye Sinan we're letting our parents speak . So one time recently a friend asked me oh , do you speak like Tagalog or anything ? And I was like oh no , no , I don't , but not by choice , it's not . It's not like I chose not to learn , it was just my parents didn't teach me or whatever .

Blessie 34:06

But yeah , I agree yeah , and but it's a little bit different for celebrities . It's if they're like a 16th filipino , they're like , oh , filipino pride . And it's like why aren't you showing that same like vibe with your friends and family , you know ? And it's yeah when you hear like the elders or whatever saying , oh , they don't speak tagalog like you should learn . They're like already pushing you to do they can if they want . But yeah , I would say that's kind of like the thing , that kind of I don't know I was I don't know pet peeve , not really .

Blessie 34:34

Yeah , it's a little work any other like main differences between the two cultures , whether filipinos versus Filipino-Americans , or like living examples like weird or interesting examples , mm .

Blessie 34:49

Nothing much really . But I would say from that like kind of observation , I I found the importance of teaching your kids the language . I would say just to preserve the culture , like having them learn . I know for younger people it might be not cool to speak their own native language or they feel embarrassed or whatever , like the food is smelly or whatever . But later on in life most of the people who had that experience I hear that they wish that they like embrace the culture they didn't feel they didn't have that response to it as a kid yeah , so I would say it was .

Blessie 35:30

It starts with your parents just having them make your kids feel like a pride in your culture .

Blessie 35:36

Yeah , because there's some cultures or families that have more pride in their heritage and stuff , but there are some that don't emphasize it and I never understood the whole like oh , but you know I'm embarrassed to speak my language or bring my food around , but I get it because it's you know you want to be Americanized or fit in and stuff like that and you don't want to seem weird and you want friends . So , as kids or teenagers , I get that sentiment .

Blessie 35:56

kids or teenagers get that sentiment but , then , like you said , most people when they grow up , oh .

Blessie 35:59

But you know , I really do appreciate my heritage and now I wish I leaned into it more as a kid it's nice having these people realize oh and then they can start that start , then it's never too late to start learning about it and incorporating it with your life and your family's life , you know , but yeah , like your family's life you know , but yeah , like leaning into their heritage and whatnot and being proud of it .

Blessie 36:20

Are there any other hot takes ? One of the things that comes to mind and you can veer off from this ,

Toxic Filipino Culture

Blessie 36:25

but it's to call out all of the like , the older Filipino people too , like the toxic Filipino culture . Yeah , so there's a lot , obviously , and I guess if Filipinos , if you know , you know , but there's generosity , there's like the , you know , like the hospitality and like the family vibes , you know , like a lot of Asian cultures , people like live in the same household and they respect their elders and they take care of each other and even if , like people don't have anything , they still give to other people who have less . You know , people in poverty helping other people as well . So there's a lot of amazing things about Filipino culture and Filipino people .

Blessie 36:58

The dark sides of it , which , like every culture has , is that there's also some of that like toxic . Well , there's that , you know , like the gossipy , toxic sort of and , like you said , the comparison culture , and it's not exclusive to Filipinos , but it's just it's one of the things that is a hallmark of that is I don't know how many conversations I've had with my sister or a lot of other people . It's yeah , there's a thing , and then all the aunties start talking about it and it blew up to another thing and now everyone's had this miscommunication and it's like , why did all this stress and friction and toxic stuff have to come up only because people just wanted to gossip ? I mean , it's like you know , one of the commandments is to not gossip . One of the commandments , is it not ? Yeah , like the don't kill .

Blessie 37:35

Yeah , don't kill , don't kill . Yeah , don't kill , don't gossip , don't adult .

Blessie 37:38

Okay , maybe Don't cause adultery .

Blessie 37:39

It literally is Someone feel free to fact check me on that . But I'm like , yeah , that's always been a big thing . But I was like , okay , but Filipinos are totally fine gossiping , like it's like a part of their culture . They just have to know everything .

Blessie 38:03

So that's one of the me a lot , yeah , very big on the comparison thing in comparison it's . What is this accomplishing ? You think comparing your kid to another is gonna help them do better ? It's just gonna make them feel bad . Oh , I'm not enough for my parents . Then , therefore , I need to be like my cousin or whatever or whoever's family friend , and then they just feel worse about themselves yeah , it doesn't help anyone else .

Blessie 38:25

And also , again , it's not exclusive to filipino culture , but those parents who live vicariously through their kids , because they , you know , again shout out to the , the parents who work hard and they're trying to give their kids a better future . But there are those parents who , like , put all that pressure on their kid and expect them to do oh I , I did all this , so you better do this for me .

Blessie 38:42

Wait , that's not what parents are supposed to be like At least , that's not what I learned from my mom but you should be supporting your family and then you should be successful yourself and be an example , not force your kids to be successful because you never could or because you made excuses and now you couldn't do it .

Blessie 38:56

You know , yeah , and having kids as an investment ? It's not supposed to be that way .

Blessie 39:01

Kids are not investments they're people that you love and accept and support and help them become the best version of themselves yeah , very big on .

Blessie 39:07

Okay . It's a phrase in tagalog called utang na loob , literally translating to um like debt inside , like you're indebted . You feel indebted from , like someone . So it's the utang na loob to your parents is now you have to support them as an adult or whatever that kind of thing .

Blessie 39:26

A lot of people have been saying , like that's something that we can maybe stop . You know , because it's not very . Your kids have their own lives too . They're like you brought your kids out to the world because you love them . I don't know , it's not . They're not like a bank or whatever yeah , not to say that mine are because they're amazing . But right , there's a lot of filipino , like families who have that in their mindset which we can just not .

Blessie 39:59

Right . One of the last hot takes I have is also , too , that toxic , like elder , respect culture . And again , like , always , respect your elders . But the dark side of that is when elders think they're immune from question or criticism for their bad decisions just because they're older and it's like , oh , do what I say . And if they're doing something toxic or unhealthy or obnoxious or just generally bad , and they're older and it's , oh , do what I say . And if they're doing something toxic or unhealthy or obnoxious or just generally bad , and they're like , no , but because I'm the adult or I'm older or whatever , no , no , no , no , no .

Blessie 40:27

We're trying to make good decisions for everyone and we're trying to do the best possible thing . But just because you're older and or parents and or grandparents , does not mean you have full immunity to do whatever you want , like you should be questioned and that without respect . Obviously , be respectful . But that's one of the things that bothers me a lot and I appreciate you know my family , my parents , because they're not really like that , but I know a lot of people , like Filipinos especially , will always run into that and it's like a lot of the kids get messed up because they're like , have all of this sort of thing inside that's built up , because it's like their parents tell them what to do . But those unhealthy expectations , they're very toxic and then they can't live their own lives or grow into their own people because their parents did that to them . And it's of course they have a lot to be grateful for for their parents being for them . But then there's the downside to that .

Blessie 41:10

If you don't do , it right , like my mom was like 20 , 22 when she became a . You know a mom and stuff . You know other families like they learn from their parents and they probably pass along that generational trauma and then so a lot of times they become parents young , so they're really just kids too . So I totally get that .

Blessie 41:25

Yeah , pretty much .

Blessie 41:28

Anything else on Filipino culture or any thoughts or hot takes .

Blessie 41:33

Really , I can't think of anything right now .

Blessie 41:35

All right , then we can move into rapid fire questions . You ready , sure Cool , all right

Rapid Fire Questions

Blessie 41:39

, so we can move into rapid fire questions . You ready ? Sure Cool , all right . So first one , the billboard question . So if you could put up a sign for millions of people to see , what would it say ?

Blessie 41:48

I thought about this for a little bit . The first thing that comes to mind is no one is thinking about you . Yeah , a lot of people tend to overthink like oh my God , what if they think this way about me ? But also I thought about that at the same time . Like no one is thinking about you , so they're gonna feel sad when they see it . It's okay , maybe it could be something else .

Blessie 42:06

So I mean it's good because it's all art .

Blessie 42:09

Right , it's an interpretation yeah , so that would be my main answer , but like the general thing that I could also put there , like maybe if I was one of those insurance insurance companies that have many billboards it's just one after the other , but anyway , the next one would just be kind and that kindness just goes a long way , like in general , like it really it's just like the blueprint for most things . You know , yeah , this kindness is is nice , yeah there is that okay .

Blessie 42:35

So again I'm going into dangerous waters trying to quote the bible . I'm not going to quote it , paraphrasing but what I ? Learned from my pastor . There is a bible verse that I think talks about the whole . You know you're criticizing or looking at someone's . There's like a log or stick in your eye or their eye . Okay , let me try it . Let me try like . The idea is that there's something in your eye so it looks bigger than what it is , but someone else it's like a little speck oh , okay , so your perspective is going to make something , make it bigger , but to someone else they'd barely see it right , so with the whole .

Blessie 43:05

No one is thinking about you . I totally get that , wow , nice . So yeah , new international version . Matthew 7 3 to 5 . Why do you look at the speck sawdust in your brother's eye ? Pay no attention to the plank in your own eye ? Okay , so I had that , but meaning you're criticizing someone else's little dot , but then really there's a huge thing in your eye and then so it's like focusing on some other people .

Blessie 43:23

Yeah .

Blessie 43:24

Focusing on yourself .

Blessie 43:25

Yeah , because I know you're in your own head . You think that you're the center of the world , probably in your own world .

Blessie 43:30

Of course yeah .

Blessie 43:40

You know , not everyone releases the burden from whatever you're thinking about .

Blessie 43:44

It's a perspective shift , all right . Second one what is one of the hardest challenges you face in your life ? What did you learn from it ?

Blessie 43:51

I'd say , from what I've felt intensely like , the felt like I went to the depression mode . It's more like financial stuff . The felt like I went to the depression mode . It's more like financial stuff . Like the first time that I felt like waking up I didn't want to wake like I didn't want to , I wanted to go back to sleep and dream , kind of thing . Um was when I like couldn't find a job when I just got out of college . That one , and then also the other one , was when I totaled my car and so I bought a new car and and now I'm in like this debt that I didn't want to have .

Blessie 44:25

So it's those situations , but how I got through that is just recognizing the feeling and then moving forward really is the only way , just like looking for what you can control , like what you can change for yourself , and then going for it . That's , that's all we can do . We can't just like mope around and feel sorry for ourselves . We just we gotta keep going . So that's just what I did trying to gain the courage to earn strength to move forward . I know it can be hard , but you just really gotta find , find something to to hold on to so identifying your feelings , yes , and then not ruminating on that for a long time and moving forward for some sort of action , all right .

Blessie 45:10

This one is called self-inflicted wound . So do you have a story about something that's gone wrong in your life ? That is your own fault and you can't blame anyone else but yourself ?

Blessie 45:18

yeah , I feel like it's something that I'm constantly learning . Still , when I don't plan , when I don't plan for things , I I'm a mess after that . So it's like when I don't prepare , it's . It's like the quote that says if you fail to plan , you plan to fail , that kind of situation . So so , yeah , just keeping myself in check and just preparing for whatever I need to do , instead of because I'm very much a person of just go with the flow , like wing it , because I'm very much that . So I'm still learning that . But , um , yeah , just remembering to plan , I feel like that will never not go wrong . Yeah , that will always work out , I would say Somewhere or another . If it doesn't , then you know , at least you learn from that , but at least you're prepared .

Blessie 46:14

I think it's . I'm the opposite , but it's also . We recognize that opposites attract . So I think that's why I don't have that problem , but because I'm the opposite . But it's also we recognize that opposites attract .

Blessie 46:20

So I think that's why I don't have that problem ?

Blessie 46:21

Yes , you don't , because I'm the opposite . All right , if you could redo one thing , what would you do differently ?

Blessie 46:25

Start dancing earlier .

Blessie 46:27

You've been dancing since you were born , because you're Filipino .

Blessie 46:30

Oh , that's right , I came out of the womb dancing Exactly . I'm just kidding . No , but back in college there were no dance teams or anything back in Washington State , which is where I , you know , went to college Washington people don't dance . They do , but just not in my city probably . Because I didn't know about it at least . I kind of wish I did what you did and moved to a college for dance .

Blessie 46:53

Yeah , thanks for calling me out . I moved to UCI just to dance .

Blessie 46:57

You did and that inspired me , and I'm not even joking .

Blessie 46:58

I'm like that's explicit , like I'm from the bay , you know this . And then I moved to SoCal , uci , specifically because Cabo Modern was down there and my friend who went there because they were on America's Big Dance Crew . And then my friend who went there was like yeah , the dance scene here is crazy . I'm like , okay , well , I'm gonna go down there because I want to dance right .

Blessie 47:15

So yeah , I wish I got to study .

Blessie 47:18

Yeah , yeah , not to study not to make a career , but just to dance , because I knew that's what I wanted to do .

Blessie 47:22

I did do like as much dancing as I could , though , like I joined like organizations that had like dance performances and stuff like that . So yeah , that and starting my high-yield savings account earlier would have been nice , but still nice to start now for those of you who haven't yet .

Blessie 47:39

Wow , financial advice , yeah , if you could give your younger self advice , what would it be ? Now it's similar to redo , but you know , this is more of like , I guess , personal talking to you outside of what you already said , I guess I feel like , well , I've already said it , I will maybe start thinking about the fact that no one is thinking about you .

Blessie 47:58

Start thinking that no one's thinking about you . Start thinking that no one's thinking about you , yeah because maybe when I was younger I cared a lot about what other people thought , but I learned on my own that no one's really thinking about you . And also loving yourself would be a good tip for anyone , any young person .

Blessie 48:16

In the last few years , what new belief , behavior or habit has improved your life ?

Blessie 48:22

hmm , what does improve my life ? The skin care ? I would say , yeah , just like taking care of my body . There we go , taking care of my body so not just your face not just my face . Okay , yeah , like before I . Yeah , like before I , when I was like young , young , I didn't really do any moisturizing like stuff like that , and also eating vegetables . It's funny because they're still , to this day , puts my chair broccoli on my plate like a little kid they need to make vegetables , yeah .

Blessie 48:58

Because , well , it's nice when it's coated in sesame oil . Anyway , yeah , taking care of myself has been a little bit better .

Blessie 49:09

Yeah , it's not the best . Drink water , eat vegetables . You know the normal stuff that you have to remind your girlfriend to do because they don't do it .

Blessie 49:17

Oh yeah , Generalizations .

Blessie 49:18

Yeah Well , unfortunately this one's true . All right , if who would you call successful and how do you define success ?

Bretman Rock

Blessie 49:25

retman rock . I have a quick answer for that why , mainly because he's doing what well , he's doing what I want to do , not the taking care of chickens and stuff like that and dead lifting and being buff yeah , amazing but like you don't want to be buff , no the I mean no , I don't , I mean no , no .

Blessie 49:48

Well , the fact that you know he was able to create his content online and make money from that , and then also he gets to just do whatever he wants . Now , now that he's set , he whatever he wants to do . He wants to test coconut waters or grow his own chickens , whatever I love growing chickens yeah , and don't raise chickens , grow them .

Blessie 50:08

That's the hack right , sorry , my english is not she speaks tagalog no , but yeah , and I would say bread my Rock is a product of being surrounded by people who support you and accept you for who you are . Because he grew up with his family just accepting that he's gay . No one really discriminated against him as far as I know . So , like when you just foster like a kid or help him just be authentically who they are and then they can just like grow into the person that they want to be , then they likely will be successful in their own way , and so yeah , anyway it's a lesson to parents yeah love and accept your kids .

Blessie 50:54

Yes , so they can be buff and gay and famous yes , yeah , so yeah , I'm watching his stories . Nice , if you knew you couldn't fail , what would you try or what would you be doing right now ?

Blessie 51:09

couldn't fail . I would just keep I don't know dancing and singing .

Blessie 51:18

I feel the same stuff , same stuff , yeah what is one of the best or most worthwhile investments ? I don't know . Dancing and singing Same stuff , Same stuff . Yeah , what is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you've ever made in ?

Blessie 51:28

time , money or energy , etc . Honing in on my skills as a dancer , just taking more dance . Well , learning more dances I was going to say taking more dance classes , but I don't really do that too much but just practicing . And and also , as you say , investments , just investing in my financial future , like so the high savings account 401k , stuff like that .

Blessie 51:52

So actual investments yeah , actual investments yes favorite recent purchase under or within 50 to 100 dollars that has impacted your life the most in the last six months I forgot to bring it .

Blessie 52:04

It's my fan , your supporter , my supporter . Well , I would say to anyone like I'll link it in the show yes , you get that affiliate link thank you , but yeah , for the past few months because it was like summertime and I danced a lot and I , unfortunately , sweat a lot . So you're human yes , so having that fan with me has been like a life changer .

Blessie 52:27

So it's a portable electric battery fan yeah , and it has a like a lanyard so you can hang it on your neck and then the head swivels a bit so like you can angle it differently . Yeah , I also bought it because it seemed convenient and it was super hot this summer .

Blessie 52:41

So highly recommend it , and it's just like knowing yourself and then investing in any product that will help your life be better . It's always a good investment .

Blessie 52:51

All right , so last rapid fire . Any favorite books , movies , videos , articles or media that you share or recommend the most .

Blessie 52:59

Yeah , as far

Blessie's Media Recommendations

Blessie 53:00

as books , I like Everything Matters by Ron Curie Jr .

Blessie 53:05

Everything Matters , yes .

Blessie 53:06

Everything Matters and Big Magic . By .

Blessie 53:09

Elizabeth Gilbert .

Blessie 53:10

Yes , that's right . That's the one , wow .

Blessie 53:13

Like I read books or something .

Blessie 53:14

Yeah , you should check out his book summaries , MarlenaCruzcom .

Blessie 53:18

Love Me or Something . Yes , keep plugging my stuff .

Blessie 53:20

Yes , on a date . Yeah , maybe after this , you know .

Blessie 53:23

Yeah , marlenacruzcom . I reviewed that book , highly recommend it . I'll link it too .

Blessie 53:28

Yeah , I like her notion that ideas are living things . That you can just like I don't know . She brings out good points on that . As far as everything matters , it's literally about how everything matters . You think that the thing that you're doing is just whatever . You're just going through life . The choices you make every day lead to whatever else can happen later . So yeah , those are really interesting . Nice . And another one Movie , last one , I just watched it recently . It's called my Old Ass and what's her name ? I can't remember Aw .

Blessie 54:06

Audrey .

Blessie 54:07

Audrey , not Hepburn .

Blessie 54:08

Yeah , no or .

Blessie 54:09

Oh freak , I forgot . Yeah , what are you talking about ?

Blessie 54:11

Yeah , she's the one that has like really good , like deadpan face .

Blessie 54:14

She does like a comedic actor . I'm sorry .

Blessie 54:16

Everyone we'll link her in the movie , but so what did you like about her ?

Blessie 54:20

well , audrey Plaza , audrey Plaza . Yes , thank you , it's .

Blessie 54:23

Aubrey , aubrey , I'm sorry , aubrey Plaza okay , thank you but , yeah , it's about this teenager who meets her old self after taking some drugs don't take drugs , don't take drugs , okay . And then she , the old , older self , teaches her life like lessons , I guess , like things that she can do to help better their lives , and you just see the progression of how those advices work . How they don't work , I don't know . And it's just a really fun feel-good movie and and you cried I cried any movie that makes me cry .

Blessie 55:00

It's just a really fun feel-good movie and you cried , I cried , any movie that makes me cry . It's top of my list , just like the Woman King .

Blessie 55:04

Nice , oh , yeah , also . So you recommend the Woman King ? Yes , nice .

Blessie 55:08

And oh , last one , Sorry , three Idiots . That's my ultimate favorite movie . Yeah , because it talks about Idiots . Yeah , I hate you . Three college students going through their college experience and like just going after their dreams , navigating through like the pressures of society of being the best , having like an academic success or whatever , and how good , how bad it could be . Yeah , it's really interesting and there's songs because it's a Bollywood movie yeah , there's , very like interesting points in that movie too .

Blessie 55:41

Yeah , I need to watch more Bollywood movies , because Bollywood movies like they're lit , they're dope , yeah , they rock . They rock really hard , especially if you like dancing and singing . Yep , all right , that is it for

Ending Questions: Gratitude & Final Takeaways

Blessie 55:51

rapid fire questions , so we'll go into ending questions . So , of course , gratitude .

Blessie 56:00

Blessie . What are you grateful for ? I'm always grateful for good health . I feel like a lot of us can take it for granted , but every time , especially with our healthcare system and me working for an insurance company , I would love to not ever be in a situation where , like my health is like declining or whatever For any of my family members , just like good health is always something to be grateful for all right , any final ask from the audience or final takeaways you want them to have from this conversation no one's thinking about you , just reiterate you think people's thinking about you .

Blessie 56:30

They are not .

Blessie 56:31

Yeah , they're thinking about their own ourselves heads and just do what you want to do , as long as you're not you know , it's not at the expense of someone , uh , it's not hurting anyone . Just do whatever you want to , what , what your heart wants you to do , what you're passionate about . Yeah , nice , yeah all right .

Blessie 56:51

So , uh , where can we find you like social media handles , websites , emails , etc . Like . Where can they reach out if they want to connect or see what you're up to ?

Blessie 56:58

I'm at Blessie . That's B-L-E-S-S-I-Emp4 . Nice , and at Jaron Blessie , for our content . Nice , our A-N-D-B-L-E-S-S-I-E .

Blessie 57:10

Instagram , tiktok and also YouTube .

Blessie 57:12

Yep , they're all the same , all those things .

Blessie 57:14

Yep , no-transcript . Yeah , yeah , and so just to sign off from my audience . So thank you guys again for tuning in . I really appreciate it . Again , this is a reminder to always be kind to other people , especially yourself , and that you can always learn something someone if you just take the time to listen . So thank you very much .