10 years ago, I was 20. I lived at home with my mom and was attending community college sporadically and was not doing so hot. I was working at a fast food restaurant and fighting to get out of it. I was still hanging onto an abusive relationship with my then ex-boyfriend who wouldn't leave me alone. I was pretty miserable and life looked very bleak. Ten years later I am 30. I graduated from not only college but graduate school and I have a good paying job. I am married to a wonderful guy who loves me deeply and treats me like his queen. My life has improved drastically in 10 years. In 10 years, my biggest goal is to have a baby or two. I want to be healthy, happy and thriving. I may go back to school for more education to be a better clinician. I don't know. I just want to be a better human.
@@Sapphire_Dicson_Official My best advise is to aim fro your dream in life, a bit cliche to say maybe. Just work hard towards how you want your life to be.
@@berg6393 don't worry about cliches. Some of the most cheesy and cliche lines are lines we need to hear the most, and it doesn't make them any less true.
@@Sapphire_Dicson_Official happy early birthday! I think the biggest pieces of advice I would give is: 1. GIve yourself grace to make mistakes and learn. The 20s IMO are hard because you're going through a lot of changes and life states come and go so fast. 2. Do things even though you're terrified to try. Grad school was probably the place that taught me the most that you cannot avoid feeling scared trying new things. Power through it and try it anyway! 3. Remember that you are worth it. You are worth working on. Take the best care of yourself that you can. At the end of the day, you are with you all the time. You're going to do great! I believe in you!
It does make me wonder if the vlogs have an eventual end date... or if Steven will simply do these until he is no longer able to... guess only time will tell. Perhaps we’ll see them pick out nursing homes one day?
im preeeety sure they said he'll keep going until one of their children get uncomfortable with it. i could be wrong, as i got it from a comment about seven months ago or smth
Ten years ago, I was 16, stressed to hell about my very British GCSE exams, and not sure what I wanted to be. Today, I'm 26, a professional translator, engaged and living in a place about 100 miles from home. And I'm happy. And grateful. Here's to you both and the prospect of another 10 years of having wacky grandparents.
Past Stephen: "I don't think I'll be vlogging in 10 [years]..." Present Stephen: "Surprise!" 😂 It's also hilarious that, indeed, you _do_ have grandkids ten years later. Man, we're indeed some messed up grandkids, huh. :P This was a fun lookback at college-but-almost-graduated-Stephen, the questionable audio- and video quality of the Flip™, and the things discussed, some of which actually came true, hahaha!
Same. I would love when a lot of this pandemic is gone for Stephen to meet with his college friends and react to some of the old college vlogs. Endless trips to taco bed and Alex stabbing a baby with a knife XD
Mal starting the vlogs are always amazing, it’s insane that it’s been that long. I appreciate this channel and the amount of work y’all put in on all channels :)
This is crazy Stephen. I watched every single vlog for many years, but as time has gone by I pop in time to time. I also don't comment much at all, besides sending in a pack of MTG cards for the daily opening (that feels like a CENTURY ago!?). I've been thinking about the last 10 years recently, time has flown by. It's so crazy to have seen you grow up along side me (I'm a bit older though, born in 86). I was living in a different country 10 years ago, and so much has happened. Life takes us on interesting paths. This video has been amazing to see. Peace and love my dude. I wonder what the next 10 years has in store for all of us.
10 years ago I was 6 years old swimming in my grandpa’s pool without a care in the world. Now I’m 16 years old about to get my learner’s permit and a summer job. Thank you guys so much for bringing so much joy to my childhood. There have been times when I’ve been very depressed but coming back to your content has never failed to bring a smile to my face. I’m proud to call you guys my grandparents
its so funny to think that i started watching this channel when i was in middle school or something and now were looking back on a vlog from when you guys were in college and now IM in college!!! i never went on the journey but i always love coming back to this channel and seeing what you two are up too. I hope everyone is doing well :^)
Man 10 years ago I was 12 and actually didn't even know what a Lets Play was. And now I'm about to start to write my master thesis and Lets Plays have helped me through a lot of hard times in my life. Never would have guessed any of that back in the day. I've have been watching your channel for pretty much 3 years now (geez that longer then I thought) and I dare say it has made my life better. So thanks for that. I hope the next 10 years will be even better for everyone here, since that doesn't do much we all should work hard to make them better and achieve our goals or whatever.
I just don’t know where I would be 10 years from now. But 10 years ago... I can tell my younger self that I improved in art, you gain a small friend (baby sister) along the way, found a significant other, and ...you’re still on this earth.
I've actually restarted the journey recently and so seeing younger Stephen is more normal than now Stephen with the Fabio hair edit: voice to text hates Stephens with "ph"
10 years ago iwas 8 years old, doodling dinosaurs and stick figures all over my notebooks at school. 5 years later I start watching Stephenvlog and another 5 years later I make a t shirt design for him of his cat. If all goes according to plan, in 10 years I will have graduated from university with a bachelor in visual arts and education, and I will be teaching art class in god knows where. Here's hoping everybody has a brighter future!
I remember when the video first released and now ten years later watching Stephen and Mal reflect on it. . . It really has been an amazing journey. Thank you Stephen and Mal for sharing a glimpse into your lives all these years.
Very intresting, I didn't really watch around 2011, but I saw the tweet and watched it then, and then I was excited to see your thoughts 10 years later.
I wasn't expecting the grandparents part. Got me good. You guys mean a lot to me and I've been watching you throughout my growing-into-adulthood period. Like the last 8 years. I hope the next 10 years are good to you and others.
God I was in middle school 10 years ago, and I just graduated college and I’m about to start my first job. I didn’t know exactly where my life was gonna end up, but I’m glad it ended up where it did. And finding Stephen about 9 years ago and being a part of this great community was definitely a highlight of the past 10 years, so thank you everyone!
I'm still watching through September 2018, but I saw this in my feed and just HAD to say hi. Thank you Stephen for keeping up the vlog. Watching your adventures has helped me tremendously with my general anxiety around life and I'm hoping to start learning to drive soon and follow my dreams.
Ten years ago I was crying the whole night before my 18’th birthday because I didn’t want to be an adult. In the years passing I’ve figured out that I don’t have to compromise my imagination or creativity, it turned out to be my way in life. I’m a designtecnolog, worked at a theater for some time and found my calling. I went back to school after a couple of years, to the royal danish artacademy ‘school of design’ wich I was told by many people, for years, would be impossible for me to get into. Im still studying, my class is absolutely wonderful, full of promising people of variant ages and different talents. I’m Planing to get my masters in spacial design so I can be a stage and costume designer for theater and film. :) I feel incredibly privileged to be able to study a craft that I love, but I have worked and fought very hard, for years, for it. I am very proud of myself to have been so determined that I reached my goal. Please remember that there will probably always be people who are better at something than you, but rather than loosing hope and being jealous, reach out, see it as an oppertunity to learn and perhaps find a new friend. :) Good luck everybody
In the past 10 years I have grown up from elementary school to year 1 of college. The past 10 years has been deserving who I am and what I want to do. I have no idea where the next 10 years will lead me as some of my plans for the individual years quickly have change but the only way to know is to continue moving forward.
A lot have changed, but a lot remained tge same. A lot of things remained consistent. But it's good to look back and see how much you've grown! We're in this journey together, fellow cousins and grandkids! We love you, grandma and grandpa♡
Ten years ago... I was finishing up my senior year of high school- incredibly depressed I didn't get into my top choice colleges even though I was near the top of my class. Stressed up to my eyeballs about AP exams, but looking forward to graduation. I had my whole life planned out then: go to school, get my degree in engineering, find a job, find a significant other, get married, pop out a kid or two. But ten years later, I've learned that my self worth is more than the grades I get or what other people think of me. I didn't want to be an engineer, so I got my degree in economics and business. That allowed me to work in multinational companies, travel all over the country, and even buy my own home before 30! I also realized I'm way happier not being in a relationship and being able to focus on myself and my mental health. Instead of kids, I got myself a dog whom I love more than anything else in the whole world (18 yr old Nishka would be so proud to see her lifelong dream of being a dog mom finally come true). Life is definitely different than what I had expected, but I wouldn't go back and change anything.
10 years ago I was a high school junior at the end of the year worried about college and the trials to come. Over that 10 years who would have known that I would marry my high school sweetheart in 2019 and have been together 12 years this November or bought a house or filled up a house of pets. In the first half I was so stressed not able to pass my classes. I could do math and jumped into accounting and got a 3.98 GPA and a good job and a wife and house and a family. These past 10 years have been a wild roller coaster and of emotion and I am proud to have come out of it on top. Here is to 10 years from that vlog and here is to at least 10 more. Thanks for all your vlogs Stephen. They were a big part of keeping me sane during that time.
Roughly ten years ago, I was 11 and Dark Souls came out. I failed super hard to beat it until I used an unfair glitch to finish it. Ten years later: I’ve long since realized that challenging myself any chance I get has improved my life in countless ways. Trying new things often, even if it’s tough at first; because succeeding is definitely worth any amount of effort you put in. Also, Dark Souls has nothing on Celeste in terms of difficulty.
Man ten years. I can't remember exactly when i started watching you but it had to be 2011 or 2012 because i moved to texas in November of 2012 and i remember filming my only youtube uploads for your stephenplays sizzle reel video at my moms house. I got two clips featured, but i only remember the one where i talked about hiw i really liked your connection to earthbound. This was a fun blast from the past, i am glad you did this!
This brought me joy. You two are very entertaining people. I've probably have been subbed for 5 years or more. I'm pretty sure I didn't watch to vlog channel for a few years of being subbed to your gaming channel. Ten years for me puts me back in school. I was a Freshman in High School. I'm thinking it was the GTA shenanigans that you were doing with friends that got me interested in subscribing to your channel.
Ten years ago today, I was in the hospital for some major health issues, just out of my first year in college. Now, I am 10 years healthy, working full time in a job I love, and part of the greatest communities on the internet (and have awesome internet grandparents). I've been following here since early 2013! During those years were lots of good and bad things, but I'm happy to be here and part of the internet grandkids!
Watching you talk about the older Vlogs is always funny to me. My Dad actually worked at Pure Digital, the company that made the Flip Camera, at that time. While it is now a dead division at Cisco, it will always hold a special place in my heart since it really helped me connect more to the channel when I discovered you.
As for answering the question, ten years ago I had just finished my PhD and was looking for work in a tight job market...I remember watching videos from TRG and Lucahjin while doing so though I hadn't discovered Stephen yet. I've now been employed by a university for nine years doing a job that's often stressful but is well paid and what I want to do. So can't complain!
This video really encapsulates the beauty of the vlog. So simple, but somehow still deeply profound. The monotony of life is still beautiful. I dont know why I'm crying 😂
10 years ago I would've been 12, just finishing 6th grade. I wouldn't really have friends for another year or so, I wouldn't come out for another 2 years, and I wouldn't discover you and Mal and this whole community for another 3 years. From then to now, I've definitely grown more into myself and developed more character and more personality. I've made friends and have forged bonds that I hope will last a lifetime. I *graduated* last August and started out being a teacher, but of course Covid took that away from me; now I'm working towards my next big goal which is moving out of my parents' house and moving in with friends- which is a huge step that I still have a hard time imagining! In 10 years, I can imagine that I'll have been teaching for a hot second, that my friend group will still be together, and maybe I'll have someone I'm married to/engaged with? Idk, I'm only 3.5 months into my first ever relationship, so it's too soon to start planning things with him and idk where the two of us will be by then. I'm not used to dreaming or imagining the future or planning ahead since I have a hard time seeing past how things are right now, so I guess consider my ideas a tentative "maybe" for what could happen.
10 years ago I was 9, and in 3rd grade. I began band and choir in the next few years and finally began to find myself as a person. I’m now a CS major and working/vlogging on the side and have found something to be content with
god dam, ppl really overestimate how much 10 years actually is. its like a blink of an eye and its 10 years later. and you dont see that before hand, 10 years feels like 50 years untill you get there and it feels more like 3 years later
10 years ago I was 10. My parents had just recently divorced and I had no contact with my father at all. Now he's driving six hours to help me move-out of my dorm room in the next few days. It crazy how many things have happened in these last 10 years. I went through probably the darkest moment in my life and now I'm probably the happiest I've ever been in my entire life. I've just completed my junior year of college and I'm now trying to frantically find an internship in renewable energies for the summer. In 10 years I hope for stability. I hope I'm in a stable job, in a loving relationship, have amazing friends, and love myself. Maybe at some point in between then and now I might actually decide to pursue a PHD. Or maybe I end up finding a job I love with an amazing company. Either way, I'm certain a lot of things will change in 10 years.
10 years, wow! When it comes to the vlog it honestly doesn't feel like it, but maybe that's because I go through the Journey every year! As for myself, 10 years ago I was a junior in high school and have been making videos on UA-cam for a handful of months at the time. Now I've graduated from college and have been through a lot. I still make LPs, but also vlog as of 2012. I started dealing with depression and anxiety, but have made great strides in how I deal with those things and have overcome suicidal attempts on multiple occasions. Some dear friends and family are no longer with me either. Despite everything I'm okay with how my life has turned out. Thank you for the past 10 years of content, even if I only started watching almost 9 years ago! It's been a major guiding force through rough times and I'll be sticking around for as long as possible!
As someone currently on "The Journey™", this vlog was super cool to see! I remember watching the past vlog a few months ago! (I'm currently on September 2013, and I'm watching both the vlogs and episodes of Skyrim that came out on that month, it's great!)
Honestly this was a blast to the past, if I’m talking of my own ten years I just hope to have become a successful author, for YALL id love to see you guys have a an actual family at some point
10 years ago i was about to finish middle school. So my aspirations were pretty much nonexistent. I was just enjoying life, playing sports, and collecting movies/video games. Now I’m about to finish college in a few months and found my calling working in the Field of video and Tv production. I love my student worker job shooting and editing videos and I hope to continue working in this field professionally in the next ten years. Life is good at the moment.
Having been fans of you two for several years, it is really fascinating seeing you two react to the past. And judging by what others have said in the Discord and here, it seems to have brought up memories of their own past, as well. Something like this really puts into perspective how much (and at times, little) can change over the course of ten years. I am really proud of you two and have far you have come. Both have you have worked extremely hard to get to the present, and now you have us grandkids to cheer you on into the future. Imagine telling your past self you would have thousands of grandchildren, Stephen! As for myself, I was in year ten in ten years ago (the number ten seems to be the theme of today). I was struggling a lot in school, yet it was also the start of meeting friends online who would go on to be lifelong friends to this day. One big change since then is my coming out as trans two and a half years ago, which a decade ago were only mere thoughts here and there. Growing older can be scary, and there is going to hardships along the way, but there are beautiful things along the way, and hopefully even more things to look forwards to in the future. I wish everyone the best in their lives, and the things you want will come to you eventually.
10 years ago I was still dating my wife, I was working a fast food job and made like no money. I was just starting being on my church’s worship team as a singer. Fast forward ten years I married the girl I was dating then, we have a 6 year old son, I am going to Grand Canyon University for Digital Film Production and have a great job and have started my own Vlog channel because of being inspired by you Stephen thank you
10 years ago, I would've just been starting college and trying to figure out life. Still trying to figure life out, but got my degree and a job supervising at a bank. Got the time and pay to finally experience life.
I think you guys will own your own house for sure! Have a collection of fur babies maybe. All the fur babies are welcome imo haha. But seriously I believe in you guys and your ability to own a house! I remember watching your videos when you first started looking into home ownership and rooting for you. I’m still excitedly and patiently waiting for news!
I started watching around 2011 when I was 12 years old, I won’t lie I’ve been around on and off over the years but for a solid 3 - 4 years I was constant viewer and would pop in every so often to see how Stephens doing. I’m 22 now funny enough turning 23 tomorrow. But it freaks me out that right now I’m as old as Stephen was when I started watching.
wow, 10 years ago was half a life away for me. I think I was in 5th grade and started watching The Vlog after wanting to see what Chuggaaconroy looked like (around Day 700?). I probably didn't think into the future much further than going home that same day to play Mario Galaxy 2, and pretending that I'm let's playing for youtube. 10 years on I'm working towards wanting to be part of the video game industry at a college, and have been making some youtube content for the last 7+ years(?). It's weird to think that for nearly half of my life, I've been following some tall guy on the internet and watching his life for nearly 10 years. But thanks Stephen, it's been a nice 10 years. Maybe 10 years from now, let's say I've found a love interest, own too many cats to handle, and am watching my internet gramps playing a game that I worked on. Stephenites forever!
I was well 7. Didn’t join the ride until around 10 or 11, but I have loved it. Having such a loving community and even more loving creators has been an amazing experience and I thank you all so much. “Oh the places will go!” Here’s to the next 10 years guys. Also goodness I’ll be 27 when this next video comes that’s horrifying.
I was 16 in 2011. Really enjoying the extracurriculars at school but not taking school itself seriously. But now I've graduated college in at least something, and I'm finally working on getting into a grad school for speech language pathology, something that feels a crossing point of everything I enjoyed so far (working with kids, learning linguistics and communication, wanting to work in a medical field in a way)
Ten years ago I was 10! Haha!! I sort of became the person I wished I was then. I followed my passions and gained the courage I never thought I could get. I learned to trust myself and stay strong.
10 years ago I was probably barely discovering Chuggaa and other Let's players like Tyler and Josh, then shortly after you guys at the ripe old age of 13. its weird to think how long ago that really was and how long I've actually been watching you all. Especially seeing you all still doing stuff like streaming or even still making videos and thinking about so many of the other people I've watched that have moved on to other pastures.
10 years ago I was 17, had a messed up jaw, deformed ankle and struggling to find a job. Now I'm 27, fixed jaw, ankle fixed and a job I am trying to get out of but still getting by and my CV is looking brilliant. Things have improved for me a lot and now I hope to be married, in a better job and fully learnt Japanese within the next 10 years.
Man, ten years ago I was in my last year of high school. I remember I had lost any sense of community outside of school about a year before and I was facing a future where I was about to lose everyone else besides a broken and dysfunctional family after graduating. I was unsure of what I would study in college, or what kind of person I wanted to be. In a lot of ways the ten years since have felt like learning to walk, falling down and starting over again. I found a love of language and poetry when I had considered myself more of a math person. I entered a path towards and away from the education field, and learned a lot about myself in the process. I've learned a lot about mental health and how unintuitive energy can be: sometimes rest is the most productive thing you can do, and sometimes activity is the most restful. I've learned, in a small way, the importance of grieving well, and how it really is important to tend to our emotional needs. I can't say I've found my path forward yet, even ten years later. I'm in the process of trying to untie the things that keep me from moving towards the future. But I think the important thing is that I can look back and say that I've grown. I have a long way to go, but I can say that I can see myself a little more clearly and hopefully I can see the world a little more clearly, too. Stephen, you say that you haven't changed much, but you've definitely grown yourself. You've become a lot better at time management, for one. I remember you used to have to pull all-nighters just to fix your sleep because it was so messed up from your work schedule. You've learned a good deal about cooking and other adult stuff. Then there's the community you've built up. I can see that there's a greater whole that you're looking at in a way you probably didn't consider when you were young. Some of that is stuff everyone has to learn, but it's not small even if it isn't flashy.
10 years ago, I was 15. I was entering my second year of high school, starting to invest more in my church youth group, and I was learning more about the person I wanted to be. Now, at 25, I'm a ripe autism diagnosed of 4 years adult, graduated college with a bachelor's degree, unable to work because of disability laws, and still living in the same house I've always lived in with my loving mother. I don't know where I'll be in 10 years, maybe I'll have found a nice person to be married to, but the future is endless
Seeing this vlog makes me think "Oh my God, ten years ago I was finishing up AP exams and preparing to graduate high school." Now I'm 28. After I finished high school, I actually gave up singing in a choir (I was considering studying music when I was in high school), but after dealing with a bunch of choir related bs during my junior and senior year, I was severely questioning whether I should continue singing (I also played trumpet and french horn, but I was going to stop playing those when I got to college because I didn't really enjoy playing them all that much). Now, ten years later, I'm getting back into music by learning the instrument I actually wanted to play (flute) and I'm thinking of getting back into singing as well. Looking back, I don't regret taking a decade off music. I think a break that long is exactly what I needed.
Ten years ago I was finishing third grade, in a matter of months I would meet one of my favorite teachers and some good friends. Back then middle school seemed like it wasn't ever going to get to me, let alone highschool. I didn't have the problems I have now, but I still have some of the problems I did then. My hardest years were yet to come, but I survived them alright, I look back and wonder how the heck I made it through highschool. Today I stand having faced highschool and in complete wonder at what step is the one I take next. You can't stay as you are forever and you can't stay where you are. In 10 years... I hope to be married and become better. I want to be a mother, the kind where any child could come in the door and have a friend to talk to and feel safe to grow up. I hope I'm better at being around people, and by then I'd best have gotten a job or two or I have a few choice words to say to future me. I don't need to be anything big, but I hope I at least have made a difference to someone, just one person.
10 years ago I was 16 in high school sophomore year. I was in what I thought was a healthy relationship but definitely wasn’t. Had a lot of hard personal family matters and high stress because of it. Since then I’ve left that toxic relationship and am happily married to a man who treats me better than I could ever have imagined. I’m working as an early childhood teacher in a job I love. I also have the best relationship I ever had with my parents and siblings. Overall life is much better. Saving up for a dream home is the plan. ❤
10 years ago, I was 17 and was about to finish secondary school. I was living with my mom and my uncle. I've been with my boyfriend for a year. Since then I went to uni, worked at many different places, started working as a flight attendant and I've been with the same boyfriend for 11 years now and we're engaged! I don't know where I'll be in 10 years, but I hope I'll have a dog by then.
10 years ago my biggest worry was trying to pass algebra in my sophomore year of high school. 9 years ago I lost my mom and spent the next few years couch surfing between different family members just trying to finish high school. 6 years ago I got my first job trying my best to live out of a crappy hotel. 5 years ago I got a better job and a decent apartment with a terrible roommate. Now I'm trying to learn game development by myself. Next year I hope to start my own little indie company and move several states away and attempt a fresh start on life. It's been a bumpy ride but I'm still here. I only hope that the road starts to get a little smoother.
10 years ago I was 13 just about to finish 8th grade. Wheezywaiter & Rhett and Link were my favorite UA-camrs and I don't think I even knew about Let's Play channels yet, I discovered those maybe later in the year when I started watching vlogbrothers. I have changed a lot in the last 10 years but I think I am more like my 13 year old self now than I ever was. For a long time I was trying to change myself for other people, but now I am free to let myself be silly and weird without worrying what other people are doing or thinking. It's really freeing.
10 years ago, I was 20. I lived at home with my mom and was attending community college sporadically and was not doing so hot. I was working at a fast food restaurant and fighting to get out of it. I was still hanging onto an abusive relationship with my then ex-boyfriend who wouldn't leave me alone. I was pretty miserable and life looked very bleak.
Ten years later I am 30. I graduated from not only college but graduate school and I have a good paying job. I am married to a wonderful guy who loves me deeply and treats me like his queen. My life has improved drastically in 10 years.
In 10 years, my biggest goal is to have a baby or two. I want to be healthy, happy and thriving. I may go back to school for more education to be a better clinician. I don't know. I just want to be a better human.
What advice would you give to me? I'm about to be 20 in three days, it's hard to believe that I won't be a teen anymore.
@@Sapphire_Dicson_Official My best advise is to aim fro your dream in life, a bit cliche to say maybe. Just work hard towards how you want your life to be.
@@berg6393 don't worry about cliches. Some of the most cheesy and cliche lines are lines we need to hear the most, and it doesn't make them any less true.
@@Sapphire_Dicson_Official happy early birthday! I think the biggest pieces of advice I would give is:
1. GIve yourself grace to make mistakes and learn. The 20s IMO are hard because you're going through a lot of changes and life states come and go so fast.
2. Do things even though you're terrified to try. Grad school was probably the place that taught me the most that you cannot avoid feeling scared trying new things. Power through it and try it anyway!
3. Remember that you are worth it. You are worth working on. Take the best care of yourself that you can. At the end of the day, you are with you all the time.
You're going to do great! I believe in you!
@@catherinedefreitas5715 thank you for the advice.
3:21 "i don't think i will be vlogging in 35 years"
stephen in 2046: surprise!
It does make me wonder if the vlogs have an eventual end date... or if Steven will simply do these until he is no longer able to... guess only time will tell. Perhaps we’ll see them pick out nursing homes one day?
I'm dropping a comment for when this becomes relevant in 25 years!
Let's all be sure to remind him.
!remindme 25 years
im preeeety sure they said he'll keep going until one of their children get uncomfortable with it. i could be wrong, as i got it from a comment about seven months ago or smth
anyone else got a huge smile on their face watching this
Stephen: “we don’t have kids”
Keppy: “am I a joke to you?”
Also Sagan from beyond
It's crazy how much younger Dan and Stephen look compared to now.
Like, they've aged well and all that yeah, but absolute babyface Stephen.
"I wish I had grandkids....as a joke. And then I got them." We love you grandpa. XD
Ten years ago, I was 16, stressed to hell about my very British GCSE exams, and not sure what I wanted to be.
Today, I'm 26, a professional translator, engaged and living in a place about 100 miles from home. And I'm happy. And grateful.
Here's to you both and the prospect of another 10 years of having wacky grandparents.
Past Stephen: "I don't think I'll be vlogging in 10 [years]..."
Present Stephen: "Surprise!" 😂
It's also hilarious that, indeed, you _do_ have grandkids ten years later. Man, we're indeed some messed up grandkids, huh. :P This was a fun lookback at college-but-almost-graduated-Stephen, the questionable audio- and video quality of the Flip™, and the things discussed, some of which actually came true, hahaha!
42 year old Stephen will probably be shocked by 32 year old Stephen’s hair 😂
Yeah, he'll think "my hair was so short".
Because his hair will continue to grow.
@@krystalcasey omg
I would love to see this more often of y'all reacting to old vlogs
YES
Same. I would love when a lot of this pandemic is gone for Stephen to meet with his college friends and react to some of the old college vlogs. Endless trips to taco bed and Alex stabbing a baby with a knife XD
Mal starting the vlogs are always amazing, it’s insane that it’s been that long. I appreciate this channel and the amount of work y’all put in on all channels :)
As long as you guys are doing things with video or audio for the public I’ll be following wherever you go to.
This is crazy Stephen. I watched every single vlog for many years, but as time has gone by I pop in time to time. I also don't comment much at all, besides sending in a pack of MTG cards for the daily opening (that feels like a CENTURY ago!?).
I've been thinking about the last 10 years recently, time has flown by. It's so crazy to have seen you grow up along side me (I'm a bit older though, born in 86). I was living in a different country 10 years ago, and so much has happened. Life takes us on interesting paths.
This video has been amazing to see. Peace and love my dude. I wonder what the next 10 years has in store for all of us.
Actually, the kid prediction is accurate in a sense. The kid's just four-legged and has fur. 🐱
10 years ago I was 6 years old swimming in my grandpa’s pool without a care in the world. Now I’m 16 years old about to get my learner’s permit and a summer job. Thank you guys so much for bringing so much joy to my childhood. There have been times when I’ve been very depressed but coming back to your content has never failed to bring a smile to my face. I’m proud to call you guys my grandparents
Amazing how things change in ten years. Plus, I’ve been used to seeing Dan with a beard that he looks so young in the blog ten years ago!
Dan is god. Wherever he goes is god knows where. Because he knows where he goes.
its so funny to think that i started watching this channel when i was in middle school or something and now were looking back on a vlog from when you guys were in college and now IM in college!!! i never went on the journey but i always love coming back to this channel and seeing what you two are up too. I hope everyone is doing well :^)
Man 10 years ago I was 12 and actually didn't even know what a Lets Play was. And now I'm about to start to write my master thesis and Lets Plays have helped me through a lot of hard times in my life. Never would have guessed any of that back in the day. I've have been watching your channel for pretty much 3 years now (geez that longer then I thought) and I dare say it has made my life better. So thanks for that. I hope the next 10 years will be even better for everyone here, since that doesn't do much we all should work hard to make them better and achieve our goals or whatever.
Same in a lot.... I think I've been around for.... 5 yrs now? but anyways. Same
I just don’t know where I would be 10 years from now. But 10 years ago... I can tell my younger self that I improved in art, you gain a small friend (baby sister) along the way, found a significant other, and ...you’re still on this earth.
Hopefully, I will be married to my S/O in 10 years. I hope I can make art a career! And I just hope I can reconnect with friends..
I've actually restarted the journey recently and so seeing younger Stephen is more normal than now Stephen with the Fabio hair
edit: voice to text hates Stephens with "ph"
These throwback videos are always fun. Also, hi Grandpa!!!
10 years ago iwas 8 years old, doodling dinosaurs and stick figures all over my notebooks at school. 5 years later I start watching Stephenvlog and another 5 years later I make a t shirt design for him of his cat. If all goes according to plan, in 10 years I will have graduated from university with a bachelor in visual arts and education, and I will be teaching art class in god knows where. Here's hoping everybody has a brighter future!
I remember when the video first released and now ten years later watching Stephen and Mal reflect on it. . . It really has been an amazing journey. Thank you Stephen and Mal for sharing a glimpse into your lives all these years.
Very intresting, I didn't really watch around 2011, but I saw the tweet and watched it then, and then I was excited to see your thoughts 10 years later.
Imagine all the great great grandkids watching this vlog 10 years from now
I wasn't expecting the grandparents part. Got me good. You guys mean a lot to me and I've been watching you throughout my growing-into-adulthood period. Like the last 8 years. I hope the next 10 years are good to you and others.
I really hope to see you guys in another 10 years!
Such a great video and great way to look back and see all of your accomplishments and changes/growth!
I want to give you both a big ass hug, Grandma and Grandpa
God I was in middle school 10 years ago, and I just graduated college and I’m about to start my first job. I didn’t know exactly where my life was gonna end up, but I’m glad it ended up where it did. And finding Stephen about 9 years ago and being a part of this great community was definitely a highlight of the past 10 years, so thank you everyone!
Ok, now I really want to see Dan's reaction to this vlog entry as well! (Or should I call him Danstradamus now??!?)
NostraDANus
Pretty sure 10 years from now, you guys will still be making me smile :)
I'm still watching through September 2018, but I saw this in my feed and just HAD to say hi. Thank you Stephen for keeping up the vlog. Watching your adventures has helped me tremendously with my general anxiety around life and I'm hoping to start learning to drive soon and follow my dreams.
Ten years ago I was crying the whole night before my 18’th birthday because I didn’t want to be an adult. In the years passing I’ve figured out that I don’t have to compromise my imagination or creativity, it turned out to be my way in life. I’m a designtecnolog, worked at a theater for some time and found my calling. I went back to school after a couple of years, to the royal danish artacademy ‘school of design’ wich I was told by many people, for years, would be impossible for me to get into. Im still studying, my class is absolutely wonderful, full of promising people of variant ages and different talents. I’m Planing to get my masters in spacial design so I can be a stage and costume designer for theater and film. :)
I feel incredibly privileged to be able to study a craft that I love, but I have worked and fought very hard, for years, for it.
I am very proud of myself to have been so determined that I reached my goal. Please remember that there will probably always be people who are better at something than you, but rather than loosing hope and being jealous, reach out, see it as an oppertunity to learn and perhaps find a new friend. :) Good luck everybody
In the past 10 years I have grown up from elementary school to year 1 of college. The past 10 years has been deserving who I am and what I want to do. I have no idea where the next 10 years will lead me as some of my plans for the individual years quickly have change but the only way to know is to continue moving forward.
I only started watching the vlog recently but temptation to watch old vlogs is strong
A lot have changed, but a lot remained tge same. A lot of things remained consistent. But it's good to look back and see how much you've grown! We're in this journey together, fellow cousins and grandkids! We love you, grandma and grandpa♡
Ten years ago... I was finishing up my senior year of high school- incredibly depressed I didn't get into my top choice colleges even though I was near the top of my class. Stressed up to my eyeballs about AP exams, but looking forward to graduation. I had my whole life planned out then: go to school, get my degree in engineering, find a job, find a significant other, get married, pop out a kid or two.
But ten years later, I've learned that my self worth is more than the grades I get or what other people think of me. I didn't want to be an engineer, so I got my degree in economics and business. That allowed me to work in multinational companies, travel all over the country, and even buy my own home before 30!
I also realized I'm way happier not being in a relationship and being able to focus on myself and my mental health. Instead of kids, I got myself a dog whom I love more than anything else in the whole world (18 yr old Nishka would be so proud to see her lifelong dream of being a dog mom finally come true).
Life is definitely different than what I had expected, but I wouldn't go back and change anything.
I'm so excited for a vlog ten years from now, starting with that alarm going off
@Icywolfoskelsos here - I’ll remind you in another 10 years ;)
10 years ago I was a high school junior at the end of the year worried about college and the trials to come. Over that 10 years who would have known that I would marry my high school sweetheart in 2019 and have been together 12 years this November or bought a house or filled up a house of pets. In the first half I was so stressed not able to pass my classes. I could do math and jumped into accounting and got a 3.98 GPA and a good job and a wife and house and a family. These past 10 years have been a wild roller coaster and of emotion and I am proud to have come out of it on top. Here is to 10 years from that vlog and here is to at least 10 more. Thanks for all your vlogs Stephen. They were a big part of keeping me sane during that time.
Roughly ten years ago, I was 11 and Dark Souls came out. I failed super hard to beat it until I used an unfair glitch to finish it.
Ten years later: I’ve long since realized that challenging myself any chance I get has improved my life in countless ways. Trying new things often, even if it’s tough at first; because succeeding is definitely worth any amount of effort you put in.
Also, Dark Souls has nothing on Celeste in terms of difficulty.
Man ten years. I can't remember exactly when i started watching you but it had to be 2011 or 2012 because i moved to texas in November of 2012 and i remember filming my only youtube uploads for your stephenplays sizzle reel video at my moms house. I got two clips featured, but i only remember the one where i talked about hiw i really liked your connection to earthbound. This was a fun blast from the past, i am glad you did this!
This brought me joy. You two are very entertaining people. I've probably have been subbed for 5 years or more. I'm pretty sure I didn't watch to vlog channel for a few years of being subbed to your gaming channel. Ten years for me puts me back in school. I was a Freshman in High School. I'm thinking it was the GTA shenanigans that you were doing with friends that got me interested in subscribing to your channel.
Ten years ago today, I was in the hospital for some major health issues, just out of my first year in college. Now, I am 10 years healthy, working full time in a job I love, and part of the greatest communities on the internet (and have awesome internet grandparents). I've been following here since early 2013! During those years were lots of good and bad things, but I'm happy to be here and part of the internet grandkids!
Watching you talk about the older Vlogs is always funny to me. My Dad actually worked at Pure Digital, the company that made the Flip Camera, at that time. While it is now a dead division at Cisco, it will always hold a special place in my heart since it really helped me connect more to the channel when I discovered you.
I love you both stephen and mal.
What a wonderful trip it's been...wow.
I think, I THINK I'm taking the journey in full this time.
10 years later you’re still an amazing creator! Thanks for 10 years filled of laughter, Joy, and community! ❤️
definition of wholesome
I think it’s something very special that 10 years later you still make yourself laugh. If things haven’t changed, why fix what isn’t broken?
This was such a wholesome double vlog.
Stephen's invented a new UA-cam genre, Vlogger Reacts To Himself!
As for answering the question, ten years ago I had just finished my PhD and was looking for work in a tight job market...I remember watching videos from TRG and Lucahjin while doing so though I hadn't discovered Stephen yet. I've now been employed by a university for nine years doing a job that's often stressful but is well paid and what I want to do. So can't complain!
Dan is the real star of this channel
This video really encapsulates the beauty of the vlog. So simple, but somehow still deeply profound. The monotony of life is still beautiful. I dont know why I'm crying 😂
10 years ago I would've been 12, just finishing 6th grade. I wouldn't really have friends for another year or so, I wouldn't come out for another 2 years, and I wouldn't discover you and Mal and this whole community for another 3 years.
From then to now, I've definitely grown more into myself and developed more character and more personality. I've made friends and have forged bonds that I hope will last a lifetime. I *graduated* last August and started out being a teacher, but of course Covid took that away from me; now I'm working towards my next big goal which is moving out of my parents' house and moving in with friends- which is a huge step that I still have a hard time imagining!
In 10 years, I can imagine that I'll have been teaching for a hot second, that my friend group will still be together, and maybe I'll have someone I'm married to/engaged with? Idk, I'm only 3.5 months into my first ever relationship, so it's too soon to start planning things with him and idk where the two of us will be by then.
I'm not used to dreaming or imagining the future or planning ahead since I have a hard time seeing past how things are right now, so I guess consider my ideas a tentative "maybe" for what could happen.
10 years ago I was 9, and in 3rd grade. I began band and choir in the next few years and finally began to find myself as a person. I’m now a CS major and working/vlogging on the side and have found something to be content with
god dam, ppl really overestimate how much 10 years actually is. its like a blink of an eye and its 10 years later. and you dont see that before hand, 10 years feels like 50 years untill you get there and it feels more like 3 years later
10 years ago I was 10. My parents had just recently divorced and I had no contact with my father at all. Now he's driving six hours to help me move-out of my dorm room in the next few days. It crazy how many things have happened in these last 10 years. I went through probably the darkest moment in my life and now I'm probably the happiest I've ever been in my entire life. I've just completed my junior year of college and I'm now trying to frantically find an internship in renewable energies for the summer.
In 10 years I hope for stability. I hope I'm in a stable job, in a loving relationship, have amazing friends, and love myself. Maybe at some point in between then and now I might actually decide to pursue a PHD. Or maybe I end up finding a job I love with an amazing company. Either way, I'm certain a lot of things will change in 10 years.
I hope Dan watches this too!
I’m a student now in high school. Hopefully in ten years, I’m out of high school, and into a plumbing career!
10 years, wow! When it comes to the vlog it honestly doesn't feel like it, but maybe that's because I go through the Journey every year!
As for myself, 10 years ago I was a junior in high school and have been making videos on UA-cam for a handful of months at the time. Now I've graduated from college and have been through a lot. I still make LPs, but also vlog as of 2012. I started dealing with depression and anxiety, but have made great strides in how I deal with those things and have overcome suicidal attempts on multiple occasions. Some dear friends and family are no longer with me either. Despite everything I'm okay with how my life has turned out. Thank you for the past 10 years of content, even if I only started watching almost 9 years ago! It's been a major guiding force through rough times and I'll be sticking around for as long as possible!
Wild that I've been watching this channel for over 10 years...
It’s surreal how many points you hit on that are actually true today Stephen here’s to another 10 years
As someone currently on "The Journey™", this vlog was super cool to see!
I remember watching the past vlog a few months ago!
(I'm currently on September 2013, and I'm watching both the vlogs and episodes of Skyrim that came out on that month, it's great!)
Honestly this was a blast to the past, if I’m talking of my own ten years I just hope to have become a successful author, for YALL id love to see you guys have a an actual family at some point
10 years ago i was about to finish middle school. So my aspirations were pretty much nonexistent. I was just enjoying life, playing sports, and collecting movies/video games. Now I’m about to finish college in a few months and found my calling working in the Field of video and Tv production. I love my student worker job shooting and editing videos and I hope to continue working in this field professionally in the next ten years. Life is good at the moment.
Having been fans of you two for several years, it is really fascinating seeing you two react to the past. And judging by what others have said in the Discord and here, it seems to have brought up memories of their own past, as well. Something like this really puts into perspective how much (and at times, little) can change over the course of ten years. I am really proud of you two and have far you have come. Both have you have worked extremely hard to get to the present, and now you have us grandkids to cheer you on into the future. Imagine telling your past self you would have thousands of grandchildren, Stephen!
As for myself, I was in year ten in ten years ago (the number ten seems to be the theme of today). I was struggling a lot in school, yet it was also the start of meeting friends online who would go on to be lifelong friends to this day. One big change since then is my coming out as trans two and a half years ago, which a decade ago were only mere thoughts here and there. Growing older can be scary, and there is going to hardships along the way, but there are beautiful things along the way, and hopefully even more things to look forwards to in the future. I wish everyone the best in their lives, and the things you want will come to you eventually.
10 years ago I was still dating my wife, I was working a fast food job and made like no money. I was just starting being on my church’s worship team as a singer. Fast forward ten years I married the girl I was dating then, we have a 6 year old son, I am going to Grand Canyon University for Digital Film Production and have a great job and have started my own Vlog channel because of being inspired by you Stephen thank you
10 years ago, I would've just been starting college and trying to figure out life. Still trying to figure life out, but got my degree and a job supervising at a bank. Got the time and pay to finally experience life.
I think you guys will own your own house for sure! Have a collection of fur babies maybe. All the fur babies are welcome imo haha. But seriously I believe in you guys and your ability to own a house! I remember watching your videos when you first started looking into home ownership and rooting for you. I’m still excitedly and patiently waiting for news!
I started watching around 2011 when I was 12 years old, I won’t lie I’ve been around on and off over the years but for a solid 3 - 4 years I was constant viewer and would pop in every so often to see how Stephens doing. I’m 22 now funny enough turning 23 tomorrow. But it freaks me out that right now I’m as old
as Stephen was when I started watching.
wow, 10 years ago was half a life away for me. I think I was in 5th grade and started watching The Vlog after wanting to see what Chuggaaconroy looked like (around Day 700?). I probably didn't think into the future much further than going home that same day to play Mario Galaxy 2, and pretending that I'm let's playing for youtube. 10 years on I'm working towards wanting to be part of the video game industry at a college, and have been making some youtube content for the last 7+ years(?). It's weird to think that for nearly half of my life, I've been following some tall guy on the internet and watching his life for nearly 10 years. But thanks Stephen, it's been a nice 10 years. Maybe 10 years from now, let's say I've found a love interest, own too many cats to handle, and am watching my internet gramps playing a game that I worked on. Stephenites forever!
I love god knows where. I actually went there today
I was well 7. Didn’t join the ride until around 10 or 11, but I have loved it. Having such a loving community and even more loving creators has been an amazing experience and I thank you all so much. “Oh the places will go!” Here’s to the next 10 years guys. Also goodness I’ll be 27 when this next video comes that’s horrifying.
I was 16 in 2011. Really enjoying the extracurriculars at school but not taking school itself seriously.
But now I've graduated college in at least something, and I'm finally working on getting into a grad school for speech language pathology, something that feels a crossing point of everything I enjoyed so far (working with kids, learning linguistics and communication, wanting to work in a medical field in a way)
Ten years ago I was 10! Haha!! I sort of became the person I wished I was then. I followed my passions and gained the courage I never thought I could get. I learned to trust myself and stay strong.
Just commenting that I just finished setting a reminder on my phone for May 15, 2031 for this.
10 years ago I was probably barely discovering Chuggaa and other Let's players like Tyler and Josh, then shortly after you guys at the ripe old age of 13. its weird to think how long ago that really was and how long I've actually been watching you all. Especially seeing you all still doing stuff like streaming or even still making videos and thinking about so many of the other people I've watched that have moved on to other pastures.
When they got to the grandkids bit i audibly gasped lmao
This was such a cool vlog!
10 years ago I was 17, had a messed up jaw, deformed ankle and struggling to find a job.
Now I'm 27, fixed jaw, ankle fixed and a job I am trying to get out of but still getting by and my CV is looking brilliant.
Things have improved for me a lot and now I hope to be married, in a better job and fully learnt Japanese within the next 10 years.
Man, ten years ago I was in my last year of high school. I remember I had lost any sense of community outside of school about a year before and I was facing a future where I was about to lose everyone else besides a broken and dysfunctional family after graduating. I was unsure of what I would study in college, or what kind of person I wanted to be. In a lot of ways the ten years since have felt like learning to walk, falling down and starting over again.
I found a love of language and poetry when I had considered myself more of a math person. I entered a path towards and away from the education field, and learned a lot about myself in the process. I've learned a lot about mental health and how unintuitive energy can be: sometimes rest is the most productive thing you can do, and sometimes activity is the most restful. I've learned, in a small way, the importance of grieving well, and how it really is important to tend to our emotional needs.
I can't say I've found my path forward yet, even ten years later. I'm in the process of trying to untie the things that keep me from moving towards the future. But I think the important thing is that I can look back and say that I've grown. I have a long way to go, but I can say that I can see myself a little more clearly and hopefully I can see the world a little more clearly, too.
Stephen, you say that you haven't changed much, but you've definitely grown yourself. You've become a lot better at time management, for one. I remember you used to have to pull all-nighters just to fix your sleep because it was so messed up from your work schedule. You've learned a good deal about cooking and other adult stuff. Then there's the community you've built up. I can see that there's a greater whole that you're looking at in a way you probably didn't consider when you were young. Some of that is stuff everyone has to learn, but it's not small even if it isn't flashy.
In 10 years I wish to be 10 years older and still have a good sense of humour and still have relationships with the people I enjoy having as company
As strange as it might be that we are called Stephen's grandchildren, remember when we were called Stephenites?
10 years ago, I was 15. I was entering my second year of high school, starting to invest more in my church youth group, and I was learning more about the person I wanted to be.
Now, at 25, I'm a ripe autism diagnosed of 4 years adult, graduated college with a bachelor's degree, unable to work because of disability laws, and still living in the same house I've always lived in with my loving mother. I don't know where I'll be in 10 years, maybe I'll have found a nice person to be married to, but the future is endless
Could you do more old vlog reactions in the future? I’d love to see you talk about stuff like the first time you met Chuggaaconroy, for example
Seeing this vlog makes me think "Oh my God, ten years ago I was finishing up AP exams and preparing to graduate high school." Now I'm 28. After I finished high school, I actually gave up singing in a choir (I was considering studying music when I was in high school), but after dealing with a bunch of choir related bs during my junior and senior year, I was severely questioning whether I should continue singing (I also played trumpet and french horn, but I was going to stop playing those when I got to college because I didn't really enjoy playing them all that much). Now, ten years later, I'm getting back into music by learning the instrument I actually wanted to play (flute) and I'm thinking of getting back into singing as well. Looking back, I don't regret taking a decade off music. I think a break that long is exactly what I needed.
I just want to see fan art of past steven looking at future Steven in shock that he is still vlogging
I remember watching that old vlog. Didn't realize it was that long ago
Ten years ago I was finishing third grade, in a matter of months I would meet one of my favorite teachers and some good friends. Back then middle school seemed like it wasn't ever going to get to me, let alone highschool. I didn't have the problems I have now, but I still have some of the problems I did then. My hardest years were yet to come, but I survived them alright, I look back and wonder how the heck I made it through highschool. Today I stand having faced highschool and in complete wonder at what step is the one I take next. You can't stay as you are forever and you can't stay where you are.
In 10 years... I hope to be married and become better. I want to be a mother, the kind where any child could come in the door and have a friend to talk to and feel safe to grow up. I hope I'm better at being around people, and by then I'd best have gotten a job or two or I have a few choice words to say to future me. I don't need to be anything big, but I hope I at least have made a difference to someone, just one person.
10 years ago I was 16 in high school sophomore year. I was in what I thought was a healthy relationship but definitely wasn’t. Had a lot of hard personal family matters and high stress because of it.
Since then I’ve left that toxic relationship and am happily married to a man who treats me better than I could ever have imagined. I’m working as an early childhood teacher in a job I love. I also have the best relationship I ever had with my parents and siblings.
Overall life is much better. Saving up for a dream home is the plan. ❤
10 years ago, I was 17 and was about to finish secondary school. I was living with my mom and my uncle. I've been with my boyfriend for a year. Since then I went to uni, worked at many different places, started working as a flight attendant and I've been with the same boyfriend for 11 years now and we're engaged! I don't know where I'll be in 10 years, but I hope I'll have a dog by then.
10 years ago my biggest worry was trying to pass algebra in my sophomore year of high school.
9 years ago I lost my mom and spent the next few years couch surfing between different family members just trying to finish high school.
6 years ago I got my first job trying my best to live out of a crappy hotel.
5 years ago I got a better job and a decent apartment with a terrible roommate.
Now I'm trying to learn game development by myself.
Next year I hope to start my own little indie company and move several states away and attempt a fresh start on life.
It's been a bumpy ride but I'm still here. I only hope that the road starts to get a little smoother.
Can't wait to see "See Ya In Another 10 Years • 5.15.31" in my notifications 9 years from now.
We love you Pop Pop and Memaw💙💜
Missed opportunity to say "let's meet back in 10 years, shall we?"
I love this so much! 💖
10 years ago I was 13 just about to finish 8th grade. Wheezywaiter & Rhett and Link were my favorite UA-camrs and I don't think I even knew about Let's Play channels yet, I discovered those maybe later in the year when I started watching vlogbrothers. I have changed a lot in the last 10 years but I think I am more like my 13 year old self now than I ever was. For a long time I was trying to change myself for other people, but now I am free to let myself be silly and weird without worrying what other people are doing or thinking. It's really freeing.