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[English]

hey guys it's Conan and last weekend

December 5th I turned 17 years old it's

really weird to think that I'm 17

because I still look and feel like a

10-year-old so um I can't I don't think

I fully processed it yet I don't want to

really think about it too much and so

last weekend I didn't film a video cuz I

wanted to just spend time with my family

and friends and just actually enjoy my

birthday instead of spending tons of

time trying to remember my birthday like

to just enjoy my birthday I wanted to

film this video 16 things I learned by

16 last year but um I never did it so I

thought i' would finally do it this year

I'm filming this because I really want

to be able to look back on this video

when I turn 18 or 19 or whatever and see

what 17-year-old me thought of the world

and what 17-year-old me thought he knew

and just know what 17-year-old me's

outlook on life was so this isn't really

like advice or anything this is just

things that I have learned by 17 I hope

that

it's I don't know I hope I don't know

let's just let's just let's just do it

number one is that I haven't learned 17

things in life yet I'm still like a baby

mentally though I know like a lot about

the world and I've gone through a lot of

a lot of things I still feel

like a baby but here is what I think

I've learned by 17 and who knows in a

year I might look back on this and be

like what were you thinking Conan that's

wrong two Fame and success does not mean

happiness this is something that took

forever for me to learn and honestly I

still haven't fully learned this because

I still find myself thinking like oh if

I were you know I think I'd be really

happy if I were famous but it's so wrong

it's the wrongest statement ever when I

I was a small small YouTuber when I had

like 50 subscribers before I ever really

started making YouTube videos I always

thought like oh if I had like 1,000

subscribers I'm sure I'd be so happy cuz

all these people would love me like how

could I be sad if all these people loved

me and then I got a th000 subscribers

and I was like um not really that happy

maybe if I have 10,000 subscribers I'll

be happy and then I reached 10,000

subscribers and I was like I'm still not

happy but I'm sure once I have 100,000

subscribers I'll be the happiest person

on Earth my life will be great and

everything will be fine and look at me

I'm almost at a 100,000 subscribers and

I'm definitely not what I expected

myself to be at 100,000 subscribers if

you spend your whole entire life trying

to get material things and trying to

have Fame you're never ever going to be

happy um I promise because it's just it

just doesn't work it just just doesn't

and it took me forever to figure this

out and I really just want to tell this

to all the small YouTubers out there

because Fame on YouTube or fame or any

material things on this Earth will not

give you happiness I guarantee it don't

spend your entire life trying to get

this Fame thing if it's not it's just

not going to make you happy just do what

you love to do and um that's the main

way to happiness number three numbers do

not Define you my entire life numbers

have defined me I've been like oh I get

all these good grades I'm the best wow

good job Conan here's your flag of

happiness and I thought that when I got

bad grades I was just immediately like

nothing I was just scum of the earth and

then when I started making YouTube

videos I would always think that since I

have more subscribers than this person

I'm better than them and if I have less

subscribers than this person then

they're better than me and just numbers

have defined me my whole entire life and

I'm finally learning that they do not

mean anything number four go and play

outside you Hol again okay I do this

thing where I just don't go outside for

like months I I just don't go outside

and I turn into this disgusting like

pale naked mole rat it's really bad but

really like go outside go outside go

outside number five you really only need

a few deadly dang good friends you

really only need like one really really

good friend friend um but friends are

too great to only have one I mean

striving for popularity just results in

having a whole bunch like a ton and ton

of really mediocre friends it's not fun

at all just find that one person and

you'll be set you really you really only

need like a few good friends ever since

I've met my friend group which is super

close it's only like six people um I've

never ever questioned like oh I think I

need some more friends it's just I just

love my friend group and that's really

all you need number six you need sadness

in your life and it's completely normal

to be sad you really need like really

sad depressing times in your life just

to be able to appreciate all the really

fun times you have in your life without

the sad you can't really differentiate

what's really really great and what's

really really bad so when you're feeling

like a rotting potato don't worry

because there's a lot of other people

feeling like rotting potatoes and it's

completely normal to be a rotting potato

it's

fine you are great in the course of the

17 years of my life I found that the

things that I miss the most are the time

spent doing nothing just sitting around

with the people I love or sitting in the

cafe for hours on end with friends

laying on the floor in dead

silence doing nothing laughing

uncontrollably with my neighbors in

California there're the moments that you

don't really notice or happening when

they're happening but then when you look

back on them they're the memories that I

miss the most number eight it's super

super okay to be a rebel child and to

skip school as long as you don't get

like kicked out of school for it or you

miss a whole bunch of tests or something

it's super super fine to skip school

sometimes I'll just wake up and I just

can't I just can't do it the this life

thing so I'll just stay home and do all

my homework and B and cry and watch

Netflix and it's it's so great just if

you feel like you're dying don't go to

school number nine that's an eight

number nine nobody cares what you look

like and people who do care what you

look like don't matter obviously this is

super easy for me to say but it's really

hard to input in your own life because

people are really mean and judgmental

but if that statement helps you in the

slightest bit then I'm glad that I did

something because it's super super hard

to learn that and I haven't even learned

it yet number 10 hands down Middle

School is the worst place ever and if

you're in middle school and everybody

hates you and you hate everyone don't

worry Middle School is just a really

horrible place it's a really horrible

time of everybody's life and you'll go

on to high school and life will be a lot

better middle schoolers are just pure

evil that's it 11 being an actual crazy

person is so great and very very

necessary just rolling around and

singing super super loud you really need

to do these things in order to stay sane

which is ironic because you look like a

crazy person doing them 12 have one

thing to look forward to at the end of

every week for me that's mostly just

being able to sleep in because I don't

really get to sleep in ever and being

able to spend time with my friends for

me without something to look forward to

at the end of the week I just can't do

it and I I will break down I guarantee I

will break down I can't do it 13 find

something that lets you de-stress and

just do it constantly all the time for

me that is singing anyone who knows me

or has spent like more than an hour with

me knows that there's just a constant

stream of noise coming out of my mouth I

cannot shut up it's so bad I'm always

singing but it's my way of de-stressing

and I just can't control it I don't even

notice that it's going on it's my way of

coping with stress and if I couldn't

sing I don't think I don't think I would

be okay so find something that lets you

de-stress and just do it all the time it

took me forever forever to learn that

other people's opinions don't matter if

you're proud of the things that you've

done then that's it you did it who cares

what other people think number 15

In-N-Out is definitely the most

comforting food for me if there's one

thing on this list that is 100% correct

this is the one 16 you never really know

what you have till it's gone I know this

statement has been said a million times

by every wise bearded man on Earth and

woman bearded

woman but it's so true and there's a

reason why it's so famous last summer I

thought that I was moving to California

permanently I was moving because I

thought that I really had nothing left

in this small Texas town I thought that

I had nothing that I would miss and I

thought that there was no point in me

being here so I was just going to move

to California but by the time summer

ended and I was in California for the

whole summer I really just wanted to

come home to Texas I didn't know that I

love this tiny town and all the

beautiful amazing people in it until I

left for a really long time and so I

came back and now I'm here and I love it

I love it so much number 17 I am

grateful for everything I know this for

sure I'm super super grateful for my

friends and my family and my home and my

talents and the opportunities I've been

given in life I'm grateful for my

failures and my enemies because they've

made me the person that I am today and

I'm just so grateful for you guys I mean

my life would be so different if I if I

didn't have YouTube so thank you so so

much thank you for watching this video

If you enjoyed it you can give it a

thumbs up if you didn't enjoy it you can

go that way or you can fly away up there

there's just a lot of great things that

you can do other than hating on me in

the comments but you can hate on me in

the comments too if you want I mean that

might be your outlet hating

people that doesn't sound very fun I

have been wearing sweatpants this entire

video sorry I've been super off schedule

of this whole YouTube thing for so long

I know I'm I'm I know that you guys are

really mad at me about it and I haven't

been making you know the types of videos

that you guys really love but I've been

trying to do things that I love school

is really stressful finals week is next

week and I think I might break down into

yours talking about it so I'm just going

to stop talking about it but afterwards

it's going to be winter break I'm going

to have tons of time it's going to be

super great and I will get back on

schedule yay for me being 17 hopefully

this will be a really good year for me

and for you guys really hope this is a

great year for you guys I'll see you

guys next week with a brand new video

God bless and goodbye

like a day waking up up it up but with

your last scking TI hearing the s song

the pieces F and everything is working

fine you to the LI that something's up

don't be right you call black

ho life

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
processed /ˈproʊsɛst/ B1	verb - to deal with or think about something carefully
success /səkˈsɛs/ A1	noun - the achievement of desired goals or outcomes
happiness /ˈhæpɪnɪs/ A1	noun - the state of being happy
material /məˈtɪəriəl/ A2	adjective - relating to physical substances or possessions
define /dɪˈfaɪn/ A2	verb - to explain the meaning of something
popularity /ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪti/ A2	noun - the state of being liked, admired, or supported by many people
sadness /ˈsædnɪs/ A1	noun - the state of feeling sad
appreciate /əˈpriːʃɪeɪt/ B1	verb - to recognize the value or significance of something
rebel /ˈrɛbəl/ A2	noun - a person who resists authority or control
judgmental /dʒʌdʒˈmɛntəl/ B1	adjective - tending to judge others harshly
necessary /ˈnɛsəsɛri/ A2	adjective - required or needed
de-stress /diːˈstrɛs/ B1	verb - to relax and reduce stress
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfəl/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing thanks
opportunities /ˌɒpərˈtjuːnɪtiz/ A2	noun - chances to do something
failures /ˈfeɪljərz/ A1	noun - lack of success
enemies /ˈɛnəmiz/ A1	noun - people who oppose or harm others
schedule /ˈʃɛdjuːl/ A2	noun - a plan for activities or tasks

Key Grammar Structures

• Fame and success does not mean happiness...

  ➔ Modal verbs expressing necessity/lack thereof, negation.

  ➔ The sentence uses the auxiliary verb "does" to negate the statement, emphasizing that achieving "fame and success" doesn't *guarantee* "happiness". It's a statement of a general truth.

• I've been like oh I get all these good grades I'm the best wow good job Conan here's your flag of happiness...

  ➔ Present perfect continuous, colloquial interjections, direct address.

  ➔ The phrase "I've been like..." is a colloquial way to introduce a thought process or internal monologue. The use of "wow" and "good job Conan" are interjections and direct address, mimicking a parent or teacher's praise.

• I'm finally learning that they do not mean anything.

  ➔ Present continuous for a developing realization, negative statement.

  ➔ The use of "finally" indicates a long process of understanding. The present continuous ("I'm learning") shows that the realization is ongoing, not a completed event.

• you really only need like a few deadly dang good friends...

  ➔ Use of discourse markers ('like', 'dang') for emphasis and informality, quantifying adjectives.

  ➔ "Like" and "dang" are filler words that add a conversational tone. "A few" is a quantifier, indicating a small number, and is modified by the strong adjectives "deadly" and "good" for emphasis.

• it's super super okay to be a rebel child and to skip school...

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis, infinitive of purpose.

  ➔ The repetition of "super" intensifies the statement. The "to skip school" phrase uses the infinitive to express the purpose of being a "rebel child".