Yes!

I don't know why I clap like a seal. I just do.

So the first video that I made last year in 2017

was a 'hopes and wishes' video.

All the things that I hoped would come true.

So, that is what we are going to be watching and...reacting to?

It's not really reacting, but watching and seeing whether those things came true.

I think we all know...one of them did.

And if you were following me at this time last year,

you'll know that I told you to go and put into the comments

your own hopes and wishes, and things you wanted to come true

in 2017

down into the comments of that video

So, if you did that,

please - you can play along with this -

go back, have a look at the comments, tell me if they came true,

and then tell me down below in the comments of this video.

Did that make sense?

[2017 J] Are you gonna annoy your brother less?

[2018 J] Tilly is so tiny!

She's so tiny, it's so cute.

Oh, my God.

She's so fluffy, though.

[2017 J] Things To Work Towards In 2017 (except that's a really long title)

"Things to work towards in 2017 that I hope will come true"

I think I got better at shortening titles.

[2017 J] Hello to everyone who subscribed over the holidays.

Actually, it's more like holidays, isn't it?

Because it's Christmas.

I'm just being global.

[2018 J] I did that in my BSL and ASL Christmas video

with Rikki.

I was like, "holidays."

But it's not, because it's...

[2017 J] In this video, we're going to say five things that we

hope or that we want to change

this year.

And then in a whole year's time, we're gonna come back

and watch this video again, and see what's happened and what hasn't happened

on this very day, which is the sixth of January,

which is actually the end of Christmas.

[2018 J] It's not the sixth of January.

But it's the eighth, and that's pretty close.

OK?

Pretty close.

[2017 J] Hi, future me.

[2018 J] Hi, past me!

[2017 J] Number one: I want to write a book.

[2017 J] I've maybe had about ten different book ideas

just kind of swilling around in my head.

[2018 J] OK, so,

when it comes to writing a book,

I actually said this in the...

OK, I made a 200K video.

I was really excited to release it.

But then my hard drive died, and it was on my hard drive,

(and I know: technology hates me. It hates me!)

so I've taken it to get fixed and I'm really sad, because I liked that video a lot

but hopefully it can be saved.

So hopefully that will be out soon. But, in that, I say:

I spend a lot of my time writing books.

Just constantly - I'm constantly writing

always

and in the Notes section of my phone

I always have about three or four different books being written at the same time.

Notes section.

iCloud is really good, because you can get them from all of your devices,

so even if your laptop dies

or your hard drive

it's still safe!

It's still safe.

Yeah.

I might cry a little bit about the hard drive thing, actually, because it has the back-up

of my laptop on.

Never mind. Never mind.

So - well, have I written a book?

Have I written a book?

I've written 75% of three books

this year.

So, almost.

Kind of.

Kind of almost, yeah.

OK, I'm going to give myself three quarters of a star for this one.

[2017 J] Number two, I'm going to up my energy levels

by increasing the amount of foods that I eat.

[2018 J] Number two: I can give myself an absolutely massive star for this one!

Because, when it comes to increasing the number of foods that I have eaten,

wow, has there been such a huge difference

since last year.

I know a couple of people have asked me, actually, to make an update

video about the food that I eat.

And would you still like to see that?

Because I definitely can see such a massive difference,

especially in my energy levels from now

- even though, right now I have sinusitis,

which clearly is when your sinuses in your face get infected

and I've got like a chest infection thing going on as well -

but, look at me!

Up, wearing clothes and make-up!

Talking to you!

And I think a lot of that has got to do with the way my diet has improved

and the supplements that I now take.

So, let me know if you would like a food updated video, and maybe a sort of supplements as well

and I could do that for Friday, in fact.

Because I'm going to be releasing videos on Monday and Friday.

Like last year.

Before Vlogmas, when...

I got steamrollered.

[2017 J] Actually discovered one new food, at least, that I'm totally obsessed with

and really is helping my energy levels.

[2018 J] Sweet potato.

Oh, my God, my obsession with sweet potato began.

It began last year, we have video evidence

of the sweet potato obsession.

Ohh, dear.

[2017 J] Number three: Make some amazing travel logs! Travel...vlogs. Travel...vlogs.

[2018 J] I did this!

I did this.

We made some--we made travel vlogs.

We went to - where did we go?

Went to Budapest, Valencia...

France, the Lake District...

I think definitely we improved a lot of our filming techniques

and we got some really nice, new equipment

during Vlogmas, so, I think - if you noticed...?

If you noticed, there was a little uptake.

What did you think of the travel vlogs that we made last year?

Did you like them?

[Excitedly] There are definitely going to be some more coming.

[2017 J] Number four - this is Claudia's idea

(really clearly not mine):

I am going to find some kind of exercise

that I am not terrible at.

[2017 J] Yes.

[2018 J] [Clears throat guiltily] Um...

No.

Is it an exercise?

Yeah, I use my arms.

I use my arms - therefore, wheelchairing

is an exercise,

largely just because it's something I know I can do.

But, other than that, no.

We had the whole intention - our plan was that every month we were going to try a new exercise.

We were going to film ourselves doing it; we were going to make a little video series

about exercise and...

how it can...be good.

Claud, also, her plan was to do yoga every day.

That didn't happen.

But she's done yoga for every OTHER day in 2018 so far

and that's--that's going well.

Zero stars for this one.

Zero stars.

[2017 J] Number five (yeah!):

This is probably the hardest one

because it's the one that I can't control at all.

I have absolutely loved growing our lovely family

and [?] here

and I love having little chats with you guys.

And one thing about, you know, being anyone with some kind of disability or illness

is that you spend a lot of time on your own.

Mm. Sad.

It really means a lot to me to be able to chat to you guys;

have you right there, just the other side of the camera,

and looking at the comments and posting and la, la, la, la, la.

Also, on Instagram - you guys are amazing!

I love you, people who follow me on Instagram.

You're so sweet.

Thank you.

[2018 J] OK, one thing: It's still true. Everyone who follows me on Instagram,

you are all so adorable

and encouraging

and...I've been taking a break from Instagram

for the past week, as I have taken a break from making videos,

and...and I've really missed it!

I've REALLY missed it.

Because I use Instagram more, I guess as you would say, almost a daily diary

where I post the, you know, real how I am feeling.

"Today I cannot get out of bed."

"I feel terrible."

"So I have decided to wear a sequinned gown."

I'm so cheered by all the comments that people leave

which are just [like], "Go, Jessica!"

"Yes, guys! Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

You cheer my soul up.

[2017 J] So, I want to grow our lovely family

and...numbers feels like such a weird thing, doesn't it?

"Let's talk numbers"

Because obviously I'm so grateful for everyone who's already subscribed to me,

but...

yeah, let's get our little band bigger, shall we?

Let's bring people into the fold

for...bonding

OK, so currently we have...2,200?

I think.

[2018 J] So...

2,200

and this was...what was it? January 6th, 2017

and today is January 8th, 2018

and we have two hundred thousand...

and two hundred.

So, that happened!

That happened.

Yeah.

What was my prediction?

[2017 J] I think 2,200.

[2017 J] So, we'll just...ten.

We'll--we'll multiply that by ten.

OK, twenty-two thousand.

[Gasps] That's a big number.

[2018 J] It might just be an emotional day where I cry at everything, because

also the hard drive thing made me cry,

but...

there are just a--

I wish there were so many ways that I could say thank you to you, but I think the best way to say thank you is to

continue to make the content that you guys enjoy

the most.

So, obviously that is what I will be doing

for the rest of this year.

There will be at least two videos a week.

At least.

I don't know, in Malaysia, there might be--

'cause our plan is that we're going to do a weekly vlog, and then smaller, shorter videos

through the week - maybe one or maybe two -

just with--if we do something amazing that deserves its own video.

Hello, Matilda.

Have you come to join?

Up.

Well, hey!

Hello, Tills. Wanna say hello?

Look how big you are now.

Look how big. I was just looking at tiny you.

I was.

[Affectionate and kissing noises]

So it's 2018.

Yes.

Finally.

A date I can get behind.

Yeah, I have issues with the number seven.

Um, and seventeen.

I don't like it. It doesn't work.

But I think 2018, because of the eight, it looks more like a balanced...

number.

Here are my five goals for 2018.

Number one! We're going to start with something frivolous.

Grow my hair.

I really just want to grow my hair

So I'm not gonna cut my hair

for all of 2018.

My plan is: when we have babies,

I will have really long hair

and in order for that to happen

I need to stop cutting it.

Number two: Continue to write more.

Just...more. Maybe actually finish

one of those books.

It will happen this year.