I'm in this exciting but slightly terrifying place creatively.
Like that feeling you get when you're standing in line for a roller coaster.
That liminal space between wanting to evolve and not knowing exactly how to express that transformation.
Yet
So here's my attempt.
Come with me on a walk through beautiful New Gordon here in Stockholm while I tell you all about it.
I've never seen ducks swim in a row like this.
About six years ago, I took a leap of faith.
I quit my corporate job to pursue YouTube.
I had no idea what I was doing, just a gut feeling that I would figure it out along the way.
And let me let you in on a little secret.
I still have no idea what I'm doing.
Whenever someone asks me what kind of videos I make, I pause.
I stumble over my words and I usually end up saying something like I talk about my experiences in life in the hopes that people find something of value in that, not the strongest elevator pitch.
I once shared that frustration with one of you, someone I met while traveling.
I'm sorry, I can't remember your name.
You said something I've carried with me since.
You said you might not be able to put into words what it is that you do, but will you follow?
You feel it.
And feeling it matters more than defining it.
And maybe that's it.
Maybe that's what I do.
I make people feel something they needed, or maybe forgot they were allowed to feel.
It's always come naturally to me to be the advice giver, the listener.
It's what I've been told I'm good at for as long as I can remember.
You're such a great listener, Lana.
Friends, family, partners, strangers at parties who out of nowhere tell me their entire life story.
I don't know what happens, but it just does.
Maybe you become the thing that you've always needed the most.
But how do you say that without sounding like an obnoxious prick?
The kind of videos that I made here on YouTube require a lot of introspection.
I've gone through old journals, scrolled through forgotten notes in my phone, sometimes even picked at old wounds, just to find something real enough to share.
And in many ways, that's been healing.
I've been able to turn my experiences into something useful for myself and for others.
But lately, I've started to feel the emotional weight of it.
Like I'm always living in the past, searching for lessons.
And honestly, it's made me feel creatively stuck.
What I'm realizing is I want to create in a way that feels more alive, more visual, more experimental.
I want to take you with me as I live, not just reflect on life after the fact.
I want to grow as a filmmaker, maybe even explore acting.
I want to develop the craft of storytelling, not just retelling.
I want to move from teaching to showing, like I've begun doing with my travel vlogs.
The sit down and talk format, I'm still doing that through my podcast.
That space feels better for those conversations where visuals aren't the focus.
But here, on this channel, I want to experiment.
I want to create stories that hold truth in quieter ways, not always wrapped in the neat how-to-fix-your-life bow.
Like how a movie or a song or a novel can say something deeply personal without ever directly telling you what it's trying to say, just by unfolding a story.
I'm still here to comfort, to inspire, to offer understanding.
That's my core.
And that will never change.
But the format might.
And I hope you'll stick around and want to grow with me.