2021 - A YEARLY VLOG
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2021
- Hope you enjoyed this peek into my life!
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Courtney Young | PO BOX 697 | Groves, TX 77619
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//A B O U T M E//
Pen names: Lyra Parish & Kennedy Fox (we're an author duo!)
I've been in the indie scene since 2011. I published my first romance novel in 2014 (Weak for Him). Under Kennedy Fox, we've made USA Today 5 times since 2017. As Lyra Parish, I made the top 100 list several times on Amazon.
If you're looking for those books, you will not find them. I unpublished my Lyra Parish backlist in 2020 with zero regrets. You can watch that video here: bit.ly/3k8P6pa
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//2021 R E L E A S E S C H E D U L E//
Pushing You Away - February - Released
Holding You Close - March - Released
Bossing the Cowboy - May - Released
Kissing the Cowboy - July - Released
Winning the Cowboy - August - Released
Forcing You Away - October - Released
Wanting You Close - November - Released
The End of Us - December - Released
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So many feels, Sweetie. I was right where you are in 2009 when my Dad passed after battling cancer. You just can't put a clock on grief- it just is what it is...but you will make it through. Your dad would be so proud of you.
Thank you so much, Nikki. I appreciate the kind words. There are so many ups and downs and I just take it as it comes these days. :) Happy New Year!
2021 was a dumpster fire! While you were going through the loss of your father. I was finding out I had breast cancer. Yeah, that end of May beginning of June time frame SUCKED! I’m a pediatric home care nurse and I had a client for 12 years. Was with him since he was 5. Lost him in August and I am still gutted. Then had chemo, ugh. BUT with December came the end of chemo and the birth of our first grandbaby. Right now, she’s got more hair than I do! I enjoyed your year end vlog. I laughed and cried right along with you! Happy New Year, dear! Here’s to 2022 being a total reboot. Girl, I know I can use one! Much love Courtney! ❤️❤️
Aww, Angela. I'm so sorry to hear about all of this, but I'm glad things are looking up! Yay for being done with chemo! You are SO strong! Also, congrats on the new grandbaby! That's so exciting. Happy New Year! 2022 is OURS!
What a freaking crazy and wild adventure!!! You're amazing. Thanks for sharing, it made my new years day extra special.
RIGHT! I joke that 2021 was the longest decade of my life. LOL, the universe just decided to give it to me all at once. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)
I love you, lady. My heart broke with you every step of the way. I'm just now catching up on all of your videos. Seeing it through your vlogs is so much different than seeing your posts.
I cannot begin to imagine how much work it took to compile this video! Thank you for sharing your year with us. ❤
Lol daysssss! Worth it though! Thank you! ❤️❤️
This was awesome. I love that you vlogged 2021 and shared it like this. You’re so strong and it’s okay that you have moments where you don’t feel like it. We all see it and are here for you. Losing someone is hard. Losing a parent is unimaginable and again I’m sending you hugs and love. 2022 has to be better. We all need a year not filled with thing after thing of something.
This has inspired me. I think I’m going to do a better job documenting my year in 2022. I got a lot for 2021 but it’ll be fun (or not) to catch the down times, when nothing happened. Showing the good and the bad because I have them. Not sure if I’d share it with anyone but it’s something I’m going to try. Happy New Year! ♥️🥂🎉
Grief is so hard to work through! 2022 is OURS! Aww, I'm glad you're inspired to document more. I've done it for years, honestly. I could probably make yearly videos dating back to the 2015. Haha, I think in another life I was a documentarian or something. I've never done anything with the videos and I was driving the other day thinking about it. I knew I had a lot recorded but didn't completely realize I doubled down on using my phone as a way to check in with myself. If something bad or good happened, I'd start a video. I was hesitant to post. I almost didn't and told Will that I was kinda nervous, but I'd rather people see that life isn't perfect. It's super personal and I could've kept it to myself but who knows who it will help. Social media is fake AF, and I kept my promise to myself to be my authentic self online. One day, I'll look back and think wow, 2021 was a crazy year, wasn't it? lol. Because in reality, most of this I probably would've forgotten bc so much happened.
@@TheCourtneyProject It really is and so unpredictable like you said in your video. I was and I started looking through everything I'd recorded or took pictures of in 2021 (I added a few into a folder that I'd like to share and my first try was 500+ pictures and videos). It would be fun to actually go through them and comment on what happened. I think I still will even if I don't post it for others to see.
I definitely think you were a documentarian or something, haha. You're so good at making compelling and interesting content. I watched all 48+ minutes of this video and I can admit that I never watch videos this long all the way through. I'm glad you didn't talk yourself out of posting this video this time. It helped me and I think it helped others too so thank you for being so candid and sharing the good, the bad, and everything between for 2021. I hope you do it again at the end of this year! It's a nice way to reflect on what was and dealing with it in a way that you probably couldn't in the moment. And you're right about forgetting a lot of what happens during the year! 2022 is defintely our year! I'm pumped now and I can't wait to see what this year brings.
I found myself watching this for a second time. Thank you for sharing the ups & downs with us. You accomplished so much in 2021. Wishing you a fabulous 2022. I'd love to see more vlog style content in 2022 if you are up for it. You are excellent at it. 💞
Aww, thank you so much! I appreciate it! I’m going to try to vlog and actually post it in 2022. Lol, we’ll see! 😂😂
I love this! Thank you for sharing all these parts of your year, the goods, the bads, and everything in between. Happy new year, and I hope this year will be better
Thank you so much! It can only go up from here!
Just finished the vlog, thank you for sharing :') It made me reflect on my year, too. Let's have a great 2022, Courtney. Best wishes! 🎆🎇🎇🎇
Aww, thank you! It's so easy to forget everything thats happened. 2022 is going to be amazing! Happy New Year!
So many emotions! But your smile and positivity is always for comforting. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much, Ann!! Happy New Year! 🎇
Thank you for sharing! I loved this. Someone else in the comments said how amazing you are, and I totally agree. Here's to a fantastic 2022 for all of us!
Aww, thank you so much!
Happy New year to you too. Sending you all the positive thoughts and vibes.
Thank you so much! Happy New Year!
I love that you vlogged in 2021 and shared all the feels! My thoughts and prayers of strength go out to you. I've walked into 2022 with a new attitude and I'm ready! 💪 Happy New Year!! 🎇
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words! Looking forward to 2022! :) We've got this!
Happy New Year Courtney! You're such an inspiration. Thank you! Also love the clips of Ferris Beuller, that was one of my favorite movies growing up.
Thank you, Nadira! OMG, I love Ferris Bueller too. Such a classic! Happy New Year!
Hey, Courtney. I don't know if I've ever actually commented on your videos before, but I've been a "lurker" for a long time, since before you quit your job, before the pandemic...the before times. I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my face. Not bad tears! Relief tears, really. I lost my dad on Thanksgiving day this year. We had a loving but extremely complicated relationship. I looked around earlier this week and I realized that I'm back in the swing of things; I'm on deadline, I'm working, I'm writing. (I have 2 jobs, one editing one non-creative, I also write.) Somehow, the world has gone on and people expect me to also! Which is normal, right? I have to, and for the most part I have. But there are moments where it suddenly hits me and I realize that no, I never will. Things will never be "normal" again. And watching this vlog made me feel so seen. I know that wasn't the purpose of this video, but I couldn't help but thank you for it. Happy new year, Courtney. Thank you for all the motivational, inspiring content. Thank you for your imperfections, and for showing your raw and sometimes wounded heart. People DO need to talk about grief more. It's okay, it really is. I'll be okay, even if it doesn't feel like it, and so will you. Looking forward to what you bring to 2022
I’m so sorry to hear of the passing of your dad, especially around the holidays. I can only imagine how hard that is for you and your family. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who still remembers my dad and I’m the only one who’s grieving his loss. It’s weird like that, how the entire world can just move on while you’re stuck emotionally. But it’s okay to have good days and bad days. It’s still a mixed bag for me and I’m sure it is for you. I’m so glad you found something from it. We might have deep cracks from our grief, but we’re not broken. You’re not alone. ❤️❤️❤️ Happy New Year! I hope it’s your best one yet! Thanks for the kind words! Means a lot!
Courtney…I appreciated this. Thank you for sharing 2021 with us. 2022 will be epic for you! I just know it! Gail
Thank you so much! I'm claiming that! Here's to 2022!!!
Bless you. I can relate. You have a beautiful life, thanks for sharing. You got 2022 a bag:)
Thank you so much, Dee. 2022 is OURS! 😍
Courtney’s smiles is exactly what I needed after the end of year news of Betty White passing. Goodbye 2021, I wanna say where 2021 can go. Lol.
Aww, thank you Shannon! :) Betty White was a national treasure. I still can't believe she's gone.
Happy New Year, Courtney! Here's to a blessed, brand new year for you and all of us!
I have completed a final draft of my novella and finished reading a difficult but great book related to it.
Omg, Maria! That's so amazing! 2022 is yours! Excited for you.
@@TheCourtneyProject Thank you! I appreciated going with you on your 2021 vlog, learning and crying and smiling with you.
I really love your vlogs!
Thank you so much!
Gosh, it's been one hell of a year. Also, I absolutely adore your van :) I'm super excited for you guys to explore more in it ^___^ edit: those locations are so beautiful!
2021 was the longest decade of my life! And thank you! We seriously worked on it non-stop this summer. Helped me keep my mind off things and using it at Yellowstone was the cherry on top!
HUGS!
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Love this video!
Thank you!
It was so good.
Thank you so much!
loved it;)
Thank you!
Hold up!!! Wait a minute!!! We made it y'all only real life UA-camrs make vlogs lmao. I so stupid! But I swear the last vlog I watched from you was like way back when you did a book signing a few years back (Future Deidre here: I forgot when you shattered all the naysayer's dreams and successfully left corporate😂)! I haven't even watched the vlog yet but I had to comment as I saw it. So lemme go watch and come back.
OK, I JUST WATCHED and 😄😆🙃😪😢😄😆 I swear I went through a whole range of emotions with you. This year has been so much for you that I was watching your vlog and forgot this was only just one year. By the end, I was smiling again though as I was filled with so much pride. And I know a lot of people will probably think I'm dumb because I only watch you on youtube but I don't care! Because I AM PROUD of all you've accomplished this year (I know it doesn't mean much, but it's the truth). My grandma, who was my rock, passed away 6 years now and there are still days when I think about telling her an accomplishment or just get a memory that sets me off. So, never beat yourself up about missing your dad or grandpa. Regardless of how much time has passed! Everything you've been through will only make you stronger every day you choose to wake up and give it your all. I love you Court! Have an amazing countdown to the new year ... because as I keep saying 2022 is freaking ours!!!!
Omg, you being proud of me does mean a lot. DEIDRE! Thank you. Seriously. You've been a shining light for me over the last year and pumped me up. I appreciate you so much!
@@TheCourtneyProject Aww ❤❤