From Unfulfilled Graduate to Content Creator & World Traveller: Ysabel Chavez’s Reinvention Story

Do you love travel, deep community connection and filmmaking? Yes?! Then you’ll LOVE this week’s episode of the Creative Magic Club podcast where I sit down with Ysabel Chavez—founder of Vegan Yzzy and the Global Dream Team YouTube channel—as she shares how she went all in on her dream during the global pandemic.

After graduating college feeling unfulfilled, Ysabel made a big bold move to launch her masterplan to build the Global Dream Team community, to travel the world, and to inspire others to launch their own dreams.

What started as feeling disatissfied by life, turned into a quest for clarity on how t live a life in alignment with her values. Ysabel birthed her Filipino vegan cooking platform and next a global storytelling brand that fuses her passions for travel, community, and creativity.

Now, she travels the world interviewing people, hosting intimate dinner parties, and sharing powerful, heart-led stories that spark inspiration and foster deep connection across cultures.

Tune into this episode to discover:

·       The power of slowing down and making space for introspection during life transitions

·       How solo travel helped Ysabel rediscover her need for grounded community

·       The courage it took to create her own job and build her skillset in filming, editing, producing, and personal branding

·       The magic of blending passion with purpose to create authentic impact

If you’re craving clarity, considering a leap into the unknown, or wondering how to weave your passions into a purposeful life, this episode is for you.

Watch Ysabel’s journey unfold—and be reminded that the dream life is built one brave step at a time.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Meet Isabel Chavez
• 5:00 Launching a Creative Business During COVID
• 8:51 The First Year After College Reality
• 11:53 Travel Journey and Finding Purpose
• 18:47 The Value of Deep Connection
• 24:09 Sharing Stories Around the World
• 33:42 Content Creation Process Revealed
• 39:08 The Global Dream Team Community

Transcript

Speaker 1: 1:43

What's up, this is Sarah Mack, and welcome to Creative Magic Club. Together, we'll discover inspirational stories of creative entrepreneurs living out their dreams, doing the work they are most passionate about, and building wealth in magical and fun ways, while building a six-figure income. As a writer and coach, helping other women to launch their dream businesses, I've connected with so many incredible people and seen it proven again and again that you can thrive financially doing whatever it is you are passionate about. I am here to share life-changing strategies for mindset, making money and reaching more people with your work in a business and life filled with creativity, freedom and fun. Hi, everyone, welcome.

Speaker 1: 2:30

I'm so excited to introduce my special guest today. We have with us Isabel Chavez, who is the founder and creator of Global Dream Team, a travel YouTube channel that shares stories around the world to inspire and empower people to pursue their own dreams and passions, and she recently launched a global community for dreamers and doers to come together to turn their dreams into reality. She's also a content creator for Vegan Izzy on TikTokiktok and instagram, where she shares content around living a happy and healthy life, and she creates content strategy for brands, founders and creators. Hi, isabel, thank you so much for joining us hello, thanks so much for having me.

Speaker 2: 3:07

I'm so excited to be on the pod.

Speaker 1: 3:09

Yeah, so I met isabel locally. She's a local friend now, which is like super fun and exciting and she's really inspiring and creates amazing content. So I'm so excited for you to get to know her. So why don't you tell us, like, how did you end up as a content creator? What brought you here?

Speaker 2: 3:27

yeah, oh gosh, it's a. It's a great story, but, um, yeah, I'll start. I have been creating content now for about four a little over four years. I started during COVID. It was around September of 2020 that I got on TikTok and started my Veganizzy channel.

Speaker 2: 3:45

But before I did that, my first job out of college was I worked at a startup. It was like a mental health startup. I was like the first employee hire. It was kind of like a bumble for therapy, like they match you with therapists Amazing experience. I learned so much, especially being like the first employee hire and learning how to build a business from the ground up. Definitely a little bit stressful, for sure. And long story short, after about a year I was no longer working there at the company because they're running out of funding. But, um, I decided to kind of just go all in on my own projects. It was kind of basically during COVID.

Speaker 2: 4:22

Um, around that time I went back home up to NorCal in Sacramento and, you know, with all this extra free time on my hands and, I'm sure, a lot of other people, I decided to kind of go to the drawing board and figure out what are the things that I'm really passionate about and the things that I wanted to create and put out there in the world, and it gave me a lot of time to think and get that clarity. But, long story short, it was around September when I decided to launch my TikTok and Instagram page, vegan Izzy, and I just said you know what? I'm going to go on social and it was the first time really kind of putting myself out there and I did some veganized Filipino recipes and I filmed some with my mom and it kind of started to take off. I experienced like the first time, really, of getting some traction on social and had opportunities to work with different brands, especially in the food space. I'm a foodie at heart, so that was really exciting to just to get my start and get traction going. And then, also around that time, I was basically coming up with this master plan for this global dream team YouTube channel, which where I wanted to combine basically the different elements of things that I was passionate about, which I was like reflecting on, which was, like I love traveling, I love meeting people around the world, I love hearing stories and I wanted to empower people to pursue their own dreams and passions as well, and I wanted to empower people to pursue their own dreams and passions as well, and I wanted to rebuild kind of this feeling of like a community that I felt, like I all of a sudden like disappeared from me after graduating college, like that first year.

Speaker 2: 5:45

I graduated 2019, I went to UCLA and I was a part of an entrepreneurship organization. It was amazing. It was around a lot of really inspiring individuals. And then, basically that first year out of college, I was like is this what adult life is Like? I'm waking up, going to work. It's just like a very weird phase. Like that first year, I think a lot of people experience getting slapped, like slapped in the face of adult life, um.

Speaker 2: 6:08

So yeah, long story short is I wanted to find a way to connect with people again, um, that were inspiring, that inspired me, and have those conversations with others, because I found that that first year out of college, a lot of my friends and I it was just like complaining.

Speaker 2: 6:24

We were complaining about our jobs. We were like unhappy and for some people, like we almost accept it as like the reality of like, okay, this is what post-grad life is, but I basically didn't want to accept that as my reality. So I created my own job and long story short. I invested in courses, learned content creation, how to film, how to edit, how to produce, how to work with brands and build my own business. So it was officially like November of 2020, where I kind of started, or December is when I really started working on it or had my first videos in the works that I was filming and then officially launched the channel in January of 2021. That's basically how I got my start and what I'm doing, and it's been quite a journey and I could I could dive deeper, but yeah, feel free to ask any other questions yeah, no, I love that you mentioned how that first year after graduating from university is really challenging, because I was reflecting on that.

Speaker 1: 7:21

I mean, you know, I just published my book and it starts kind of like right after I graduated. Because it is such a hard year, because I feel like when you're in school you have, like you said, this built in community. It's also very structured, it's also very clear on like how to win. You know, it's like if you show up here to all these classes, if you submit these papers, you're going to get a grade and you're going to like win at life. And then suddenly, and you're kind of you know, a lot of us are like accumulating debt and we're like adult later version of me is going to have to deal with that debt. And then you get to graduation and suddenly that like adult version of you that you've had been kind of like delaying responsibilities for is here and you're like, oh damn, now I have to figure out how to make it in this very different world. And because, yeah, my partner was in education for a really long time because he's a doctor, so he literally like just officially came into like his first year of work like a year ago.

Speaker 1: 8:19

I have another friend who's been doing a PhD for a long time and I just remember it being such a hard year, and I think transitions in general can be really challenging, right, because we don't deal very well with not knowing, you know, of like stepping into the void, not having a clear plan, not really like knowing what we want or even what's available. And I think you and I obviously both kind of dealt with that in a similar way and we took that as an opportunity to ask, like well, what do I really want? What do I really value? And I think it's such an important reminder, even if we haven't just finished school, like whenever we feel like a transition is coming up on us or, you know, we're kind of ending a cycle or a season or we're in a completion moment, or we just want something different, like we've grown and we want to make a change, but we maybe don't necessarily know exactly what that is or what that might look like yet. And I think the most important takeaway from this conversation that I always have to remind myself is like step one of something different is just space. It's like really carving out the time and space to listen to yourself and to check back in.

Speaker 1: 9:34

And I'm kind of doing that at the moment, like just checking back in, because, like you know, I've been doing this work for years, so I'm like I know what my values are, but we periodically have to check back in and be like are these still my values, or maybe my values are the same, but the way I want to express them or the way I want to prioritize my time and energy might be a little bit different. So it's so important to you know, always build in that time to reflect and reconnect. And I think, as you get older and we have more responsibilities and you know we're running businesses and we have family and friends and we get busy right and we're trying to take care of our bodies, it can feel, you know, there can be resistance around taking time to really just get quiet and to just be with ourselves. So I love that reminder. So tell me what happened next, because when did you start traveling? Because obviously I mean, did you travel during the pandemic or was that after?

Speaker 2: 10:27

Yeah, good question. Also fully agree with and resonate with the space. Right, especially during COVID we had so much space to kind of reflect and that's kind of how this kind of was born, and then also throughout my travels, which I can touch on it's it gives me the opportunity to be away from like LA and all the hustle and bustle and all the responsibilities and it gives me so much space to unlock and receive more clarity or like downloads on like what's next for me, which spurred like this new community. But, yeah, so what happened next? So I started it was like 2021, right, I was getting getting in the beginnings of things, doing some of my first videos. In the beginning I was like interviewing people as well, kind of going on adventures around LA, doing something with friends. I joined like a founder community so I like that really kicked it off in January of 2021. I like filmed like seven videos in this. I was in a house with like 20 founders. And then I did smaller trips like kind of during this time frame, because it was COVID. So I did one in Hawaii, maybe like in the springtime, where things kind of settled a little bit. That was kind of like a bit of a friend's trip, but then I was able to film a couple of videos in Hawaii during that time as well. And then I did my first kind of out of the country trip was in like November of 2021.

Speaker 2: 11:44

I went to Brazil and Costa Rica and for those trips, even just like getting my start, I was remember I was starting in LA first, you know, because you know, just getting started getting things moving along, also like during COVID, right. But then the first one was out of the country. In November I started in Brazil. I had a friend who was just working remotely there and she was like come, come over, and so that was helpful. I think, even just like getting the start. You know, it's kind of like scary in the beginning, right Like I. I remember the beginning. It's like so much of my brain was just overwhelmed and just like it's a lot to step into something new. It's like I want to do these big things, like now I've traveled to 40 countries altogether.

Speaker 2: 12:21

But in the beginning, getting my start, you know, I was really just like from studying abroad and I did like a post-grad trip. So I did that trip because there was a friend there, and then I went with my sister. I convinced my sister to go with me and then the I filmed a couple of videos out there usually like to stack my travels and then also film multiple. And then I did a trip to Costa Rica and, um, it was my first time really pitching to like a travel company, because I was also like on a really tight budget too Right, and just out of college and finally just in this freelance realms, it's like I didn't have so much money to like invest in these crazy travels. But I found my, I found ways to do it. So I remember I pitched to like a company the creative idea that I wanted to go and film for YouTube. I was going to go and document the experience. I was able to kind of go basically for free of cost you know only my time pretty much Um, and then I wanted to film a video there. Also, they have this really cool like airplane hotel in Costa Rica as well. So I was like very resourceful in the beginning with my travels, but also like knowing this is like a business that I wanted to start too. Um, and then from there, the next big trip that I did um was in 2022.

Speaker 2: 13:29

I did like two months in Asia and, um, I started that was like the summertime, it was like end of like July. It was like July, end of June and I did like a month in Bali. And then I went over to, um, singapore, malaysia, vietnam and Korea, so I went to five different Asian countries. It was two, two months long. That was like the big one. That was, I was 24 years old and it was super amazing and transformative and and that was kind of the moment where I still felt, yeah, young and free, but I was also still like filming and kind of like hustling. For sure, that time in Bali was still one of my favorites to this day. It was like a month there.

Speaker 2: 14:09

I met a lot of travelers and a lot of people, digital nomads. I went on some crazy adventures. I hiked to like this blue flame volcano in Indonesia. That was epic, still one to this day, one of the most epic experiences. And then I met with a friend in Singapore from college, but this one I did a lot solo and for some moments some friends joined me, like for a few weeks, and then kind of had to go back to work. But then I just continued on my journey, but it was also during, like this seven week mark. I was like in Vietnam and it was kind of after traveling to a lot of different places and I was like go, go, go mode.

Speaker 2: 14:47

I feel like I just had so much energy during this time, probably also after COVID and then just like ready to go and explore the world, and I kind of hit like actually a bit of a breaking point and I was in my room in like my hotel and I just like broke down and started crying. There's actually a video on my YouTube channel where it was like the truth about solo traveling. Um, but what I realized during that moment was how much that I really valued or really missed like was like deep connection and community and I and how much like how fun it was to be out and explore and see all these beautiful places and and make a bunch of new friends all around, and how I felt in that moment was like as fun as traveling can look like on the outside, it can sometimes just uncover, I think traveling or just any moments where you're pushed to your limits or you're pushed out of your comfort zone, or even just hard moments in life. That's where you lead to like very profound breakthroughs. So basically what it uncovered for me was like that, that very thing, that core value, which was how much deep connection was important to me.

Speaker 2: 15:51

Um, I'm very much a social creature. Social is I'm a social. I'm always out meeting people. But what I love is like I want to hear people's stories, the hard parts, the the good parts. I want to know, like your quirks, and that's kind of what I missed was that feeling where the friends that know me, the silly Isabel, the little funny moments, and I craved that, and I think sometimes we take it for granted if we're in like our hometown and we have that all around us. So that was the big thing that I realized. And, yeah, community, how important it is and how much I wanted to continue to like actually nurture that or create that for myself.

Speaker 2: 16:29

Um, but, yeah, continued on from there and and that gave me clarity for, like, my next travel stint that I did after that, which was, um, in 2023, I did like seven weeks around Europe. I did, um, yeah, it was seven countries. Maybe it was like I started in Greece and then I went over to like Belgium, netherlands, denmark, london, scotland, ireland, and that one was when I really was like, okay, I've done the solo travel thing. I want to like, re, like, refocus why I started the channel which, which is around people, and so all of the stories and what's live on my YouTube channel right now is around. I really took the time during that pre-production phase to find people I wanted to connect with. I reached out to them, hopped on Zoom calls, figured out what was the stories that I wanted to tell, and then I went and I met up with all sorts of people in Europe and filmed and now they're live on my channel. So that's that phase. And then I did a trip to the Nordics last year in September, which was inspiration for the new community that I'm starting.

Speaker 2: 17:37

But yeah, you can also I'll stop there if you have any questions. But that's kind of like how the traveling has gone up until this point. It's like a blend of now, um, travel stints, and then I come back to LA and and I'm in like my work mode, I'm editing, I'm, um, you know, working on other sides of the business, but I found that that's like what works best for me, cause I used to actually think maybe I wanted to be a full-time traveler and what I realized was actually like no, I don't, like I really value coming back to LA. Having my friends going to events Like this is what I love. This is Isabel, and maybe full-time works for other people, but I think what's most important, what I've learned is, like understanding myself, who I am personally, what I care about, what are my values, and creating a business and a life that, like, isn't full alignment with that.

Speaker 1: 18:22

So, yeah, I love that and it's just such an inspiring story of how you've been like what do I love in life? And I'm just going to build a business that fully allows me to do exactly what I love. And, yeah, I really resonate with a lot of what you shared, because I was the same. I just wanted to travel and that's kind of what drew me to entrepreneurship and, um, yeah, and I traveled a lot and partly that was also because I was like in the middle of emigrating and you know, I'd been living in Canada on a visa and then my visa ran out and then I, my, my partner, was in the US, but I didn't have a visa there, so I was literally just like bumbling around, you know, and wasn't really like living anywhere. So there was definitely a lot of other factors that influenced my, my movement choices, but I had a similar, you know, realization.

Speaker 1: 19:15

I got to a point where I was like you know what I'm actually kind of exhausted of like, because I had my whole life's possessions like with with me and I was like dragging around the world with me. I had like a, you know, a storage locker in Vancouver for a while and I was like, oh, I just really want to have a home that I can like have all of my things and then like go on a trip and then come back and and. But I think it it's so valuable. That's one of the, to me, the most valuable things about traveling is it's literally a time portal into a different time and space, and so it does make it really easy to redefine your identity, like when you remove everybody and everything that kind of has you know, knows you, and reflects back to you who you've been up until that point, back to you who you've been up until that point. When you take away all of that, I find it so much easier to just reinvent yourself and to step into a new version or like build a new habit. And that's definitely one of my favorite things about traveling and just meeting people who are so different from you that you know it kind of.

Speaker 1: 20:19

I think that people pleasery tendency that we have when we're around people who are like us where we don't want to, like we're trying not to be the obvious black sheep, you know, and we like mask to try and like not upset people or to, you know, not trigger people, and when you're just surrounded by people who are completely different from who you are.

Speaker 1: 20:39

You don't have those reference points, and so it kind of just you're like, oh well, I'll, might as well just be who I am because I don't have those reference points, and so it kind of just you're like, oh well, I'll, I might as well just be who I am, because I don't really know who else to be in this moment.

Speaker 1: 20:48

So it is so liberating in that sense and, yeah, I have so many questions, but I love how you, you know you've been able to reflect and adapt and be like, oh, I want a bit more of this and I want a little bit less of this. And really, you know, use your creativity in your business to redefine your projects and the way that you do things so that it is feeding you and nurturing you and keeping you inspired and and really feeding you because, yeah, I think, like it, it's intense. You know to suddenly make your whole life about traveling and you know, even like film production, like it's intense. You know to suddenly make your whole life about traveling and you know, even like film production, like it's a lot of work. I'm curious if you would like ever want to make a movie or like a documentary great question.

Speaker 2: 21:34

Um, I felt this way when I was in Iceland. Actually, so honestly maybe, and you know, like um, you just get inspired when you're in new places and when I was out there and I was like filming and I was, I was with a couple of friends and I had my camera the whole time. Um, and in these really, really cool locations like there's one spot where it's like there or something like that I had my drone, I was filming an overshot and it just felt like Mars and I was like this is so cool, like I could just see myself making a movie. My mom has told me same thing too. She's like I could see you as like a director or whatever and, honestly, it could totally happen.

Speaker 1: 22:09

I it's very possible in my future that I would do that, yeah right, I feel like you know you're like interviewing all these interesting people, like a story might just emerge that you're like I have to tell this story. Or I'm curious like what, what really stands out to you in terms of, like the videos that you've made, the people that you've interviewed, like what are some of those like standout stories that really stick in your mind?

Speaker 2: 22:31

Yeah, um, I think some of the recent ones that I've done in the Nordics were really inspiring because it also spurred the creation of this community that I wanted to build, but those aren't out yet. But basically, two of my favorites so far was one I did, like this dinner party in Sweden. It was, like you know, throwing a Swedish dinner party in Stockholm, and so I went around. I wanted to really focus on people in connection for this video. Um, there are some other videos I do where it's like more focused on like one person and their story, which is also awesome. I can touch on that one too that I loved, um, but this one specifically, like, I went around Stockholm and I was like hey, do you want to join this dinner party that I'm hosting? Um, I was able to get 10 people or eight people together. A few of them were some people that I had already connected with and they kind of brought a friend. But it was very intimate and I had like a chef come and make this beautiful meal and we gathered around the table and we talked about dreams and the things that held people back, like those limiting beliefs, and went around each person around the table, like sharing, and then everyone went around and like broke down those beliefs for each other and those limits and it was so empowering and so inspiring and and people left telling me like Isabel, what you did was amazing. I got like a voice memo from one of the girls and she said, yeah, basically was like Isabel, this was so incredible, the space that you had created, and I had like goosebumps after that that day, that evening, and it was so special because you know, we're very lucky. I think even just living in LA, there's like so many you know so many events, so many things that we can connect and whatnot. But even just seeing it in like a country or a city where maybe it's not so often like they don't get to experience it as often, I really felt like how much of an impact that that evening was. It was just a two hour evening and it was just. It was so cool to see that transformation. So that was amazing. It's not out yet, it'll be released soon.

Speaker 2: 24:30

Another one that I that I really loved was I did was also in Sweden. Sweden was just a really great experience. I did a video where I was like living in the Swedish countryside with this dreamer lady. She's like an artist and I spent like two to three days at her. They have these like red iconic houses in Sweden, basically. So it's like I want to do a video at a place in the countryside. So I found a lady and she hosted me for a couple of days. Like I got to experience what it was like and make dinner.

Speaker 2: 25:00

We went out, we went like foraging, because in the Nordics it's like a big thing you just go out and like you forage and then also got to sit down with her and ask her her story and I did an interview with her. It was such a like special, special moment to connect and I feel like we really were able to connect deeply about like the highs and lows of just life too, and also just also being like a dreamer on a completely different side of the world, in a different country and and the differences you know it's there's always like um cultural differences too. It's like they really love like slow living and um in Sweden and the Nordics and it was so beautiful to like experience that lifestyle versus like the hustle and bustle here in the U? S and just like so to get that the, the, the polarity was cool to experience and then to come back and be able to reflect. Yeah, I loved that one and then the other one that I would say was probably pretty inspiring and impactful that also spurred the creation of the community was I did like a road trip across Norway with strangers, so I brought like it ended up being like a group of like three guys and then me and then who ended up joining, but it was super fun.

Speaker 2: 26:09

And one of the guys he was from Dubai and he was going to stay in Oslo. He didn't realize, I think, that the rest of Norway was like this beautiful nature, landscapes and incredible like that. He was just in the city and I was like, come on this road trip, come. And then he came and then, you know, he's looking around at all the beauty and we took a moment outside of the car and we like sat up on you know some rocks. He was like about to cry tears of joy. Basically, he's like looking around and he was like, wow, this is so beautiful, like in Dubai it's all desert and like I've never seen or experienced even like the rain like this, like they have like fake or like whatever, like clouds. So yeah, those are some of the some of the videos that I think were really really awesome. It was like very much in the connecting with people and I felt those were moments where I really connected with others and their respective stories and it was beautiful and really exciting. So, yeah, it was awesome so amazing.

Speaker 1: 28:30

Uh, have you looked much into astro cartography?

Speaker 2: 28:34

no, I haven't. Maybe a little bit, a little bit, yeah, yeah, I'm curious.

Speaker 1: 28:38

Like I feel like people who travel a lot, you know would be fun to like learn about what specifically is resonant for you in these different places. I I interviewed two astro cartographers on the podcast. So you should definitely go and check them out and like maybe book a reading and, because you know, with like um, with transits too. So I one of the um, one of the astro cartographers I interviewed was saying how she she's a digital nomad, yeah, and she was following her jupiter transit around the world. Because she was just like making really good money and like having loads of ease. I'm like, if you have the freedom and the lifestyle to just be traveling wherever, whenever, like why not use the stars to make sure you're gonna have a good time when you go there, you know?

Speaker 2: 29:28

true? Yeah, I want to look at that more. Actually, I think there was like there is some website where it's like shows like where how you'll be affected in each like place. I have looked in into that. But yeah, I'd be curious because when I was in the Nordic, there was like so much nature, right, so I felt so grounded and I just felt so good, so I think that's why I loved it.

Speaker 1: 29:48

Yeah yeah, and apparently it's worth looking into parent lines, which is something that not a lot of people know. That like will you know it does influence a shift based off of just the lines that I guess the most of the maths show. So look into that. It's my, I can feel it. Astro cartography is going to be my next obsession, and astrology, but I have a few other things to learn before I, before I dive more into that one. Um, okay, I had another question.

Speaker 1: 30:17

Oh, so talk to me a little bit about your process as a content creator. So let's say, you're planning a big trip, do you try and batch some content to go out while you're traveling, or are you really like creating I'm talking mainly about like social media content and kind of like keeping up with your social presence or is that something that you're really just like creating on the fly, day to day, as you go? Like, how do you manage that? Because, obviously, these longer videos they it's a lot more production, a lot more editing, a lot more you know shooting. So, yeah, talk to me about how you navigate your flow with keeping consistent with your online brand and social media presence.

Speaker 2: 31:06

Yeah, that's a great question. It is definitely like a lot to manage because I have the YouTube videos, which are a lot to produce Anywhere from like 20 to 30 to 40 hours to edit one video. And then there's also like the pre-production phase and then also like keeping up with the Vegan Izzy channel, like over the past four years. I would say for me, I think I'm not like the super, super crazy consistent where I'm like, yes, I'm posting, making sure. I think I found I've tried that in the past, like with my Vegan Izzy, there were moments where I like really grinded the first couple of years and I was like posting a lot and then I got a little bit burnt out.

Speaker 2: 31:40

Yeah, it's not good to get burnt out. There's ways to do things sustainably, but unfortunately I did get burnt out and then it kind of like I needed to start posting a lot less. I just took a little bit of a break and just like focus a little bit more on myself. So yeah, long story short, for my YouTube stuff I do kind of have a process, though I like, before I go on a big trip now, what I do is like say, I found that six weeks is like the perfect sweet spot for me to go. It's a little bit longer, I'm getting a little tired because I'm pretty much on filming and travel mode. So six weeks is my sweet spot, and when I'm in LA before a trip, I'm preparing, I'm planning, I'm, I'm figuring out the exact videos that I want to film. Um, and like, I do some mind mapping. I don't know if you do, you know what my mapping is.

Speaker 1: 32:20

um like is it with a specific software or is it just kind of like on a notepad, just on a, not on a notepad?

Speaker 2: 32:28

okay, it's like brainstorming creative, yeah, creative brainstorming.

Speaker 2: 32:32

I learned this method from like another big travel youtuber, and so it's kind of like like Norway I put in the middle and then I'll put like things that I think about Norway when I think about it. So it's like I think fjords, I think might think a road trip, I might think you know the Vikings, and then eventually come up with creative video ideas that way. And then that was my process. I like wrote out a bunch. I'm like researching a lot about the countries too. So then I like have the, the background, kind of like absorbing just a lot of information and knowledge, and then from there it's like then I can kind of like come up with the ideas. And then I pair those also with like some YouTube research, so like I see like what's working on social media, just like analyzing the space, and also there's like a whole world of like you know, titling is super important for YouTube especially, so it's like have to do research there and what I think would actually hit or work or kind of work with the platform. Yeah, and then I kind of narrowed down and then I choose, I pick and choose. So like for the Nordics one, it was like eight videos.

Speaker 2: 33:34

I also created like decks for myself so I could see visually like I wanted the story to go light storyboarding, but more so what I would call. It is like I just photos and things that I get me like feel more like what's to come and kind of get a vibe for what I'm going to go and film. And then I will create like outlines, even for the videos. To some will be like a little more casual, but for now that I'm like more like established and like been doing this for a few years, um, like want to be more organized, so like create outlines and then, yeah, when I'm it's a lot of pre-planning and then, once I'm ready, I go for six weeks. I'm filming the entire time. I'm really not thinking about much else. I'm not really working on any other things, like maybe it's like responding to emails or here and there, but I really try to make it that like I'm not really working on other stuff because my mind is fully on travel mode. I'm like I'm thinking like I have to like film. I'm charging my batteries, I'm like having to like put my SD cards in, like make sure that footage is getting transferred over. So, yeah, I go and film for six weeks. It's pretty like every single day I'm like filming something, maybe like here and there. I tell them I now know to like give myself like a day to chill or like not do stuff, because it's pretty intensive.

Speaker 2: 34:48

And then, yeah, I come back and I have like eight plus videos to come and like edit throughout the next however many months that's going to last me. There was one trip which is like way too much. I did like the seven weeks in Europe and I filmed like 18 different YouTube videos and that was like a lot and that's why I still have so much. But that's not necessary, I think. Now I just want to be like more mindful of like exactly what I'm going to film. Yeah, sometimes I'm like pitching to brands to before. If I want to like work with some companies like in Iceland I was able to work with a camper van company so I like pitch the idea to them beforehand. So, yeah, find ways to like be resourceful or cut costs as much as possible, because it's like a lot to produce these videos, yeah. And then I come back and I I'm just, yeah, editing and whatnot, and when I have that time I can like release a little bit more consistently.

Speaker 2: 35:45

But yeah, I mean I will admit it's definitely a lot to balance everything.

Speaker 2: 35:49

So I'm kind of taking a little bit of a break.

Speaker 2: 35:51

It feels like I haven't posted in a while for YouTube but since I launched like my new business, I'm like 90% of my time is going towards that with any new thing.

Speaker 2: 36:00

But I've also just like I'm okay with like accepting certain seasons or like where I'm at with things, where it's like I'd love to post. But in my brain it's like I need to prioritize like what's important to like. If my business is going to, this new launch will like bring in some new income, then eventually what I'd like to do is just like hire like a rough cut editor more consistently, and so my time spent like editing right now isn't the best use of my time. So I'm taking a little bit of a break, but I want to get back into it, hopefully in in March and get the next video out, because I have a lot, a lot to post and whatnot. But I think it's just like I'm assessing what works best for me and prioritizing yeah, and and knowing that I don't have to push myself or do things or like post when it, when it feels right, yeah.

Speaker 1: 36:53

Yeah, thank you so much for sharing your process with us. I I think it's so interesting and I love how you really allow yourself to just like go super deep into your whatever your creative project is that you're working on at the moment um and that you know you've been able to launch so many really interesting and different um projects as a as an online creator, so obviously I could talk to you about this all day. I think you're so inspiring and all of your businesses are super interesting and um. Yeah, so why don't you tell everyone who's listening, who wants to learn more about your work and get into your world, like, what have you got going on and where can people find you?

Speaker 2: 37:30

yeah, of course um, if you want to follow me on instagram at isabel chav, I post a lot there. I post a lot of behind the scenes, a lot of behind the scenes, a lot of updates. My YouTube channel is called Global Dream Team three spaces and then I launched my global community, which is like wwwglobaldreamteamco not comco, and if you're interested in being involved with that, that's like a whole community space. There's like an online platform where people around the world can join people that are pursuing their dreams.

Speaker 2: 38:03

Um, I'm doing different travel experiences, retreats, dinner parties, co-living Um, it can be a part of that. And there's also like areas for professional go out. So I'm getting cool speakers to join different workshops. Um, mastermind that I'm hosting, hosting accountability pods, so it's really like the full. You know if you're ready to go and have fun too along the way, and these different experiences, and that's an amazing community that you can join and be a part of. So, yeah, I would say those are the the three areas you can kind of be up to date with me vegan Izzy on Instagram and TikTok that's vegan.

Speaker 1: 38:37

And then YZZY, I post healthy living and lifestyle content there as well amazing and definitely, definitely, get in her world if you have big dreams and you want to turn them into your reality and have so much fun doing it. So please share this episode with anyone who you know who would love it, and please leave us a review and thank you so much for being here and we'll see you next week. Bye, bye, for more inspirational content, head over to my website with sarah maccom and please support the show by liking, commenting and subscribing.