[PsyD Diaries] Work, Wellness & West Coast Vibes 🌴 Los Angeles Vlog | GWU Doctoral Student

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The video begins with a humorous recounting of how the creator's trip to Los Angeles started with unexpected delays, ultimately turning into a blessing in disguise that saved her money on flight changes. Upon arriving at her accommodation, she checks into Samson Sun Hostels, where she secured a private room to avoid sleeping in bunk beds with strangers, though she notes the space is surprisingly large and well-equipped despite lacking a dedicated bathroom area. She expresses excitement about presenting at the Believe Psychology Film Festival later that week and introduces her friend Summer, a filmmaker she has known since 2012, whom she plans to meet in Beverly Hills. To prepare for their meeting, which might be complicated by LA's notorious traffic, the creator decides to attend a yoga sculpt class at Core Power Yoga first, allowing her to shower there instead of using the hostel facilities. As the day progresses, the weather takes an unexpected turn with heavy cloud cover, forcing the creator to abandon her original plan for a beach trip in Malibu. Instead, she adapts by heading to a coffee shop in Studio City to work on editing her vlog and preparing materials for her upcoming presentation. During this downtime, she shares personal updates about her hair care routine, explaining why she waits for her braids to dry completely before taking them out to avoid frizz. She also takes a moment to show off new clothing items she purchased from Marshalls, including affordable two-for-one sets and tank tops, which give her outfits for the conference weekend. Additionally, she mentions considering a visit to a tarot reader recommended by Summer, though they ultimately decide against it due to scheduling conflicts and weather conditions. The vlog concludes with the creator reflecting on the productive yet flexible nature of her day in Los Angeles. She acknowledges that while the weather did not cooperate for a beach outing, she managed to stay active with yoga, work on her content creation goals, and shop for new outfits. Throughout the video, she maintains an upbeat and relatable tone, sharing her thoughts on graduate student life, the realities of traveling in LA, and her efforts to reach 1,000 subscribers for her channel. The episode sets the stage for future content focused on her conference presentation, promising viewers a glimpse into the professional and personal experiences that define her time on the West Coast.

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[Music] 1 2 3 [Music] You may be wondering what are we doing here? So life, my flight ended up getting delayed and I had a connecting flight in Chicago to Los Angeles. But because my first flight from DC to Chicago was so delayed, there was absolutely no way I was going to make my connecting flight, which ended up being a blessing in disguise because now I'm on the first direct flight tomorrow morning for 3.99. They didn't charge me to change because of the weather delay. And uh yeah, so we are going to go to sleep. It is 9:46 and mama is going to go to bed. I honestly forgot like my big tripod. So, I'm kind of happy that I got to leave cuz now I can pack my tripod, pack my external hard drive that I also forgot. And now we're going to have a great trip to LA. And I will see you [Music] down [Music] to Heat. Heat. [Music] Now arriving [Music] [Applause] [Music] friends. Hello, welcome to the vlog. We are in LA. I am so excited. If you're new here, my name is Na. I am a 30-year-old SID student in my first year of my doctorate program at GW University. I am in LA cuz I'm presenting at a conference, the Believe Psychology Film Festival on Saturday. But today is Thursday and we're here. This is my hotel room. It's actually really cute. I'm staying at Samson Sun Hostels and I got a private room because I'm a little bit too old to be sleeping in bunk beds with strangers. But don't knock it if you're doing it cuz honestly I did my whole like Europe trip and I was in hostiles every country I went to in Europe and that was really quite the adventure. I was not that great at vlogging back then but if you want to watch those videos I will put them on the screen here. I cannot believe how nice this hostel is. Like I really thought it was going to be something different. I thought I was going to be like roughing it. There isn't a dresser, but you have like this huge closet. I'm like, this could honestly be a bathroom, but I guess they didn't have plumbing to make it a bathroom, but this is literally insane. Like, it's so much space. Right now, I'm getting ready to meet my friend Summer from undergrad. Oh my gosh, I can't believe me and her have been friends since like 2012. Um, but she lives in LA. She's a filmmaker. She's super cool. I'm going to meet her in Beverly Hills. I'm so excited. I've never been to Beverly Hills before. And if you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I hope I see Garcel. Honestly, that's the only one I want to see. But if I see any of them, I guess I'll be happy. I'm wearing this Lululemon tank top and just like a jean skirt situation and sneakers. I'm going to meet her over there. I'm a lot closer than she is. And so if the traffic's really bad and it's going to take her like over an hour to get there, I'm going to hop into Core Power Yoga and do a yoga sculpt class. But if the traffic is okay, then me and her are going to be meeting for drinks. But if the traffic's bad, we'll just meet for drinks after my yoga sculpt class. So always have contingency. I think she's being very hopeful thinking the traffic won't be bad. I'm like, "Girl, summer. This is LA. The traffic is always bad." So, I'm packing this little bag. It's really cute. I don't carry it a lot, but I figured I bring it cuz it's bigger than the Gucci bag that I usually bring. And then I put my like yoga clothes into this bag. If you guys follow my like day in the life of a grad student vlogs, you would see that I typically use this for like my cords and stuff and like chargers when I go to school. But, I just thought why not? I'll just bring it with me here. This bag much bigger than my tiny Gucci bag that I'm obsessed with, but it's not that much bigger. It doesn't fit everything. This bag is like stuffed. Like me just trying to get these clothes in here. And then my skin care. It is a hostel, so like I do have to share a bathroom and a shower. So honestly, I would love to take a yoga sculpt class or any class at Core Power so I can just shower there afterwards and not have to shower at the hostel. So either I'm going to take the 4:30 class or I'm going to take like the 7:00 class. It just depends on when we are able to meet. So I'm going to bring my water bottle. I'm probably going to carry it and just like hook it on to my purse. I don't have room for this camera. It's huge. I don't know if you guys know this, but I have like a huge lens on this and a microphone. So, it's a lot, but whatever. Let's [Music] go. [Music] Oh, hey. [Music] I get I get the bottom with illegal places. I'm so pale. I look like I'm the moon. Oh, wow. So bright. I'm like, "Ma'am, can you please [Music] ah ah world. Ah world. [Music] Oh, workout done. I literally have been loving just like doing yoga in the morning and then showering and getting ready at core power so I don't have to use the uh hostel bathroom and it's really been working. [Music] Hello. I don't know if I talked to you guys yet today, but it is now like 11:00. It's 10:56. I'm just doing my makeup quickly. It is so like unreasonably cloudy in LA. It's kind of crazy. I originally planned for this to be like my beach day and I was going to go up to Malibu, meet up with Summer, and just have like a fun like little beach day in LA because what else do you do when you're like, "Oh god, looks kind of crazy." Cuz what else do you do when you're in LA? Like I feel like you have to go to the beach because it's cloudy. It doesn't really make sense for me to make the trek all the way up there. It does look like the sun might come out. But I think instead, because it's Friday and I realized I do not have a video to upload on YouTube at all, it might make more sense for me to just head to a coffee shop today and do like some sightseeing and just work on my YouTube video. I also want to work on my presentation for tomorrow. So, I think this video hopefully if I'm productive enough, it will actually go up today. Today is Friday, uh, the 16th. I did find like a really cute coffee shop, but I was like looking around like on the internet for things to do in Hollywood. It's in Studio City, I think. So, it's like a 20 minute walk. So, we'll walk on over there and then we'll come back here. I want to take my little braids out and wear like a twist out. But my hair is still just kind of damp from yoga and everything this morning. So, I want to give it just more time to dry because if you are a natural hair girly, you know, if you take your twist out while they're wet, it just chaos and madness happens in your hair. And then hopefully we'll come back here, change, and get ready cuz the conference actually starts tonight. So, this vlog is just going to be like fun days in LA. And then the next vlog will be like me presenting at the conference. I also realized I haven't taken like any pictures while I've been here at all. So, got to do that. I got these little Aussie bites. They're offering them at [Music] breakfast. M. They're pretty good. So, I'm going to do that packet bag and then we're going to go to Studio City. And then Summer did recommend this tarot reader like fortune teller called Muse something that's in Studio City as well. So maybe we'll do that. I feel bad doing it without her, but like the timing, the weather just did not work out for me to go to Malibu. And I think on her end it was like a she's in Malibu so she can sneak out for like an extended like lunch break but can't make it all the way to downtown LA during that same like lunch break. That being said, we're all adults and we have really busy lives. But let's head on over to the coffee shop. I'll edit this video hopefully get up for you guys. And yeah. All right. I'll see you guys. Oh, and if you haven't subscribed yet, please subscribe. I'm trying to get to 1,000 subscribers and we were so so close. I think we're at like 985 or 87, something like that. So, I really hope you're number 1,000. All right, let's get a move on. Oh, one last thing I forgot to tell you guys. I did go to Marshalls and I got these really cute like little two for one like bra and shorts for like $26. Let me show you. Oh, I put them here. Aren't these just the cutest? So, they're like a little tie-dye blue and then like a basic black little biker short. And these were $16. And then I got this really cute like taupe tank top and then the white one. and it was $10. I was like, perfect. So now I have an outfit for Saturday and then an outfit for Sunday. And then I have officially avoided the hostel bathroom. [Music] So beautiful. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] My heart [Music]