It is now time to announce the winner of the Geograbee contest that we had earlier this year

Now, there were a lot of really cool submission from all over the world, I'm so glad we have such a diverse community here at Geography Now

And trust me, IF I COULD I would absolutely love to visit every single one of you guys

nonetheless, I read a lot of your comments, took a lot of thought into consideration

I contemplated about it

and a lot of you guys, especially people who are not even from this area

suggested that I go here

because you would really like to see what it looks like and what it would look like if we went here

and, I agree! it's a very fascinating place, I've never been there

and I think it would be very interesting to document

so, without further ado.....

the

winner

of

the

Geograbee

2019

issssssssssssss

Somaliland! (disputed with Somalia)

thank you, Ahmed for submitting your video for the Geograbee

I've been talking a little bit to him

we're gonna try to figure out all the travel details and what's gonna happen and when

but right now, we're gonna try really hard to get to Somaliland for the Geograbee

now, one of the reasons I chose somaliland is because it's so obscure and unheard-of

you know, it's not exactly a "tourist destination" and a lot of people don't know about it

and, to me, that's something that draws me in

the unknown

however, THAT IS NOT ALL

I did mention that I would try to do more than one Geograbee

now, here's the deal

i'm kind-of working on a little bit of a project that i'm not allowed to talk to much about.....

but this project requires me to travel to 5 different countries

and one of the guys who submitted for the Geograbee is from one of these countries

so, kind of by default

I decided to do a geograbee in this country as well

and that country isssssssssss (drumroll please!)

NORWAY! (Oslo)

thank you Stefan [not Karl Stefansson :(] for your submission video as well

but wait, you're going to Norway?

Ohhhhhhh not only that!

So in March believe it or not this project requires me to travel to:

Norway, [the] Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembo[u]rg, and France

and, not only that

but

Ken and Keith are gonna come with me

all three of us are gonna do a little mini euro-trip

in March

I kind of made of a little bit of a cryptic post on this on my 'Community' tab and on social media

but yes, we will be traveling to Europe and we will be working on a project

and

we plan to do meetups in every single one of these countries

if you would like to meetup in Europe we will post our meetups and times and locations shortly before we arrive

in those countries

we actually haven't even planned anything yet for the meetups

we don't know where or when

actually we're kinda open for suggestions

if any of you guys know of any good public places we can meetup that'd be great

let us know

keep posted on social media

and finally guys

after the Netherlands video, I'm gonna take a little break from Geography Now :(

it's getting kind of ridiculous

first, I just wanna make it very clear:

this IS NOT a YouTube burnout video, I don't feel burned out

I feel like I could keep going, I could keep uploading, I love this channel

I love making these videos

I love researching, I love everything

but, the problem is

my body is like: NOPE

i'm just gonna cut to the chase

this is what is what I used to look like last year

OH DAMN!

and a few weeks ago, I took this picture, this is what I looked like

OH WHAT THE?

working on this channel

I mean, i'm on the laptop for like the majority of the day

i'm staying up until 4 am (in the morning)

like, you guys notice I upload VERY EARLY

some of you guys are like, oh is that like a timed upload?

like, no that's literally me awake at 4 o'clock in the morning pushing the upload button

I try to exercise but it doesn't even matter because i'm eating junk food

and like, diet is like 70% of your fitness

I kinda let myself go (just so you know I'm not faking)

and also, some of you guys have noticed if you look at some of my videos,

I have this like, weird red bump on my eye

yeah this thing right here (too close!)

this is called a Chalazion

this is a stress-induced red inflammation on the eye

these things usually go away after a week

I've had this for almost 2 months [that's insane]

this is kind of an indication that something is not right

and I think partially because I keep doing the same thing over and over again

I keep staying up late

I'm not a doctor but I'm pretty sure any doctor will tell what I'm doing is really not healthy

so guys, I really need to take some time to just kinda get back into shape, take my health into consideration

this [once again] isn't a YouTube burnout video, it's more of like a YouTube I need-to-burn-the-calories video ;)

so after the Netherlands episode, I'm gonna take a break

one of the reasons why I keep uploading is because I need to make money

and I notice that if I don't upload in 2 or more weeks the revenue starts to sharply decline

and so, I'm always nervous I can't stop I have to keep uploading

but you know it's getting to the point where like, I don't even care anymore

I'm gonna lose money, but it's worth it if I can be healthy and happy

plus I just did some sponsored gigs, so I have some money saved up, so it's good, it's good

in the meantime, thank you guys so much for not just watching the channel, but also interacting and I love this interaction stuff

and I really can't wait to meet you guys in Europe

and, we're gonna try really hard to get to Somaliland

so let's see what happens alright?

alright, so that's just my announcement, hope you guys have a good one, stay cool, stay tuned