life unfiltered | 2023 was a huge failure, kitten updates & new year cleaning
Was 2023 an ... absolute failure? In some ways, yes, but it was also exactly the year that I needed for this season of my life. Thank you for being a part of this journey and I can't wait to see what is in store for 2024! Happy new year!!
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Thank you for being transparent. Based of your previous videos, I would have never imagined that you went through these feelings and moments. Goes to show we are all basically cut from the same thread and life isn’t perfect for anyone. God bless.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and hear my thoughts ❤ it’s been challenging but I’m looking forward to this new year
I honestly found your channel this year and you and Kevin have been a bright influence in my life. I think you’re doing awesome.
I love this type of video, we see this deeper side of you, one thing that most content creators won’t show so thank you for sharing it with us. 2024 will be a better year! Lily is growing up really quickly but love she’s getting more comfortable and intimate with you 🥹
I would suggest removing the bell off of Lily’s collar, cuz cats are very sensitive to sounds. I see that you have an AirTag on her, so you shouldn’t have to worry too much about not able to locate her without her bell.
This felt so relatable. 2023 passed by in a blur. I didn't achieve any of my goals either. I think after the first 3-4 months I just kind of gave up on the year amounting to anything. I stopped my side hustle, I gained about 7-8 kgs bringing me to my highest weight ever. But I already know that's not how 2024 is going to be. I can feel a much much more positive energy going into this year.
Good thing is, when you look back on 2023 a few years from now, you'll probably only remember it as the year you welcomed Lily into your life 💛 (and of course the other important things like getting engaged, lol). As for her appetite, it's a kitten thing! Kittens need that extra food to grow, so it's not a bad thing that she's always hungry (not to mention that she did come from having little to no food as a stray). For the first year of their lives, I basically free-fed my cats dry food, and timed their wet food for 3 times a day at 6 hour intervals. After they turned a year old, we slowly started taking away their dry food during the day and transitioned to wet food twice a day, and we leave out their dry food out all night if they get hungry when we're asleep. Don't sweat the recommended feeding portions, especially for a kitten. She looks happy, you're doing a great job-- You got this!
Actually I also do feels the same way, as I hear you talking about it I also reflected on my own 2023. However I do feel bad that 2022 was more productive and was doing better than 2023, I would still love to applaud myself by taking more time and space off in 2023 and creates better mental health. So there’s the balance there. I hope you heal better as times goes by ❤ love your content as always, it makes me feel therapeutic. ❤❤❤
Miki my heart goes out to you! 27 is hands down the HARDEST year of life... this is actually a thing! I am 28 and I will say that every year i get older is like a breath of fresh air. Hang in there
wishing you the best this year! I know you mentioned that your channel didn't do so great in 2023, but you have my support this year as well. take care!
Happy new year Miki and you are so kind and generous ❤
27 was a bad year for me too! 😂 I was newly single and just going thru it. You’ll be fine girl, don’t compare. It’s an instant thief of joy. Gotta appreciate each day for what it brings because life isn’t always guaranteed next year!
Hey Miki, thank you for sharing. I really relate to what you have shared. I have also previously loved working and what it gave me in return: status, money(financial freedom), and the best sense of achievement and satisfaction. But this does come with trade off, less quality time with family and friends and self care. It’s great that you are reflecting of what work and achievement means to you! That’s part of our personal journey, when you reach to the point when what use to makes you happy no long does the same thing, it means you are growing, and you have outgrown your old self. Let’s set new goals for 2024 🫶🏼 Amanda xx
Hope you can focus on the positives in your life and how fortunate you are Miki! Most people can only dream to be where you are at.
Happy new year this year will be different for everyone we got you.😊
I LOVE how your lucky list included you saying no for the first time to doing a collab because you were sick instead of going through with it anyway. It's important to say for the people pleasers of the world.
2024 will be great! Peace, Health and Prosperity!
When I got my kitten last year, he was the same way. My vet recommended I free feed up until 10 months since they can’t get overweight at that age, then at 10 months, transition him to a fixed schedule with 2-3 meals. I free fed him kibble and air dried raw throughout the day, then gave him his raw food for dinner. Now, he’s just over a year old, and he gets dried food in the morning and raw at night. He still begs for more food, but I’m more cautious now with over feeding than when he was a kitten.
OMG! Lily is growing so fast . Happy New year and grow in life. Love you ❤️❤️❤️ God bless you all
Loved this vídeo! Thanks for being you!
Lily is so cute! Cats get whisker fatigue so instead of that small bowl you can try finding something that is flatter like a plate to fed her wet food.
"Addicted to work" - this is something I had to admit to myself as well. It's amazing to make something you love your work but it makes my brain feel like it's always on overdrive. Thanks for sharing, Miki, and I'm always rooting for you! You're such an inspiration and I'm always hoping to meet you one day (I'm in NYC!) 😊 Unrelated but *SO COOL* Kevin went to Caltech like me 🧡
2023 was the worst year of my life too. There were a lot of unexpected, good moments, but there were also just a lot of bad ones. Thank you for being transparent about such things. Here's to a better year ahead for all of us!
As a tiny kitten, I veer on the side of letting her eat more, but also don’t just leave food out for her. let her get used to meal times. She’s growing so she needs the extra calories. However, she also grew up outside, so she probably is always hungry and scared of not knowing when her next meal is, so it also just might be a mental thing. For now, until about a year old, let her have a bit more to eat! She’s not going to get fat.
Totally agree!
ive always left out dry food out my entire life for cats, there is nothing wrong with that.
@@imwithyou38 it's bad if you're trying to keep your cat in a healthy weight, which i would say every cat owner should do. would be different if it's the timed food dispenser thing.
Lily is the cutest cat, we want more of her!
Thanks for the kitten update! ❤❤❤
Happy New Year. Wish you continued success in 2024. Love ❤️ ❣️ the New kitten. You now have a full house 🏠.
We have always kept our kitties/cats bowl full which has helped our girls not worry about there not being food. Not all cats work well with this but we saw it helped our girls not eat their food super fast and because they were not worried about not having food they don’t eat it all at once. Also we got a puppy and she tried going after the cat food we just sprayed her with a water bottle a few times and she no longer tries to eat cat food
I’ve had a couple fosters and am just overall a cat person. As kittens it’s totally fine for them to feast!
I just turned 33 and so far 27 and 28 were the worst years for me. I think it's a crisis age for many people! I worked at a company with very toxic culture and my pay was absolute crap. I moved into the worst apartment with paper thin walls and my neighbors were nuts and very noisy! To go with it I had health problems and felt like I was going to loose my mind. I'm glad to be over that hump!
thanks for your honest miki, I would say to take a break from work and try to acknowledge your worth outside of what you do - you are worthy just as you are
Miki, consider going to therapy. From my side I wish you to realize that life isn't only about achievement - but simply about living. Maybe if you do, you'll have way more things to add to your lucky list. Didn't sun shine? Didn't it rain? Didn't water run through your pipes? Didn't you have food to eat? There is so much to love about life. I genuinely wish you to find the happiness and I hope your 2024 will bring peace and health ❤
I did not raise my cat from birth but his foster mom did share with me some of the things she did when she was taking care of him and all his siblings. Basically she would feed the kittens the recommended amount of wet food based off the package instructions and then leave a high quality dry food out for them to graze on whenever they felt hungry. Another thing to consider is the brand of cat food. You probably have experience with this finding food for Lucky but all cat food is not created equal. Cheaper food will probably be really tasty to them but have more filler, by produccts etc. I trust the Authority brand but the decision of what to feed them (and not break the bank) can actually be rather complicated because they're obligate carnivores. Take your time and give yourself grace if you don't get it right the first time.
Dry food is bad for cats, but vets recommend it, since they get money from advertisements. That's why you see whole food packages in their offices. Just imagine doctors would push specific foods or companies you should buy from. Doesn't sound so ethical now, does it?
Loved the vlog❤❤
@mikirai We also adopted a stray kitten who was underweight, and she was exactly the same with lily. She was always hungry and wants more food. The vet told us is normal and cat usually doesn’t overeat, not like dogs. So we gave her more food than her supposed to be daily allowance. And after a few months, she starts to just eat normally. I guess lily is just catching up with her normal weight. 😊
Miki, Kevin, lily and lucky (hehe) but mainly for miki & Kevin - you can feed her the upper limit of her feeding, but keep her on a time schedule. She’s just growing so she’s hungry all the time. But when she gets into her adult stages (around 9 months) after you get her spayed, she’s going to gain weight rapidly. So you’re going to have to ween her off of food. You don’t want her to be obese. So keeping her on a timely schedule is good for the cats brain & also lets her know when she’s supposed to eat! Just a tip I learned from my kitties vets. They are both 1.5 years old and in perfect body condition! Love you all!! ❤
Thank you for this lovely video.
I volunteer at a cat shelter & actually just adopted a 9 month old cat from there, they told me free feeding was fine especially because they are so playful at that age!
Not a vet but I've seen vets recommend to let kittens have buffet since they are still growing. They will learn their limit once they are adult!
Man 2023 was Tiring asf for me too.. Heres hoping All of our lives get better this year.. Hoping to study harder, work more and looking after our physical, mental and emotional Health more ❤❤
Cheers to that FR
i love you so much ❤
I got my baby when she was that tiny. 1. Feed her wet food twice a day. I would recommend adding little bone broth to their wet food 2. Keep kitten dry food in a bowl accessible to her all the time. Free feed her. Don’t worry about fat kitty right now. At some point they stop eating it. 3. Get a water fountain. They grow super fast next 3months.. play as much as you can ❤
I'm glad ah happy you guys are okay
My family used to have a 9-10 lbs Yorkie. Yorkies don't eat much. I do know dogs will eat as much as you give them. So you have to monitor how much food you give them. They'd get fat if you let them eat too much food (like humans). Never had a cat (allergic to cat fur) but like cats. Can't touch my eyes or mouth if touch a cat. And best to avoid breathing in cat dander. I think it would be best to give the kitty a variety of food, portion according to it's size and establish feeding times. You could leave a SMALL dish of dried cat food out (and water) so the kitty can nibble on something whenever it wants. For a small kitty, maybe 1/2 can in the morning and the other 1/2 in the evening.
I am a 53 yo also a RN back in the Bay Area. I can assure you when you are my age unless it’s your content in your 401k and your close family Kevin and close family and friends. Nothing else matters. I would not recognize or relate to the 27 yo me. He thought things were important that was literally nothing. My wife and I will celebrate 28 years this summer.
My cat loved your videos!
I love how on her lucky list there is more things that I have done in the last 10 years in my life (all the traveling, trying new things, proposal etc...) and still its a failure for her. Some people are so happy in their lifes and tey dont even recognise it. I am 34 and realised I have the same problem - I am nothing without my work, I do noting else then work (even with my boyfriend we do nothing then work and watch movies together) and still we are living in a small rented flat, no money saved (and we are not traveling, not going to restaurants, buying nothing but the necesities). Life feels hard to manage.
i love the idea of a lucky list!
We leave our cats biscuits all day and give them wet food in a separate bowl for dinner :) Most cats will know their limits but we still weigh them to make sure they are in a healthy weight range and adjust their portions accordingly when needed :)
Cats definitely grow very fast as kittens. I regret not taking more pictures of my cat as a little kitten before he grew up
I’m watching this on my birthday. 2023 was also the worst year for me
Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈 Lily is so adorable! Your 🐶 puppy too! 😻😻
what a pretty cat
Your video is very good, keep it up❤
We always did free feeding for the first year. They are kittens and growing! No need to restrict her food, she needs the calories
The kitty is so cute❤
It’s a new year, we got this ❤
Ahh lily is so cute ❤
With kittens I would sugget to let them eat when they want it.I just let my cat eat when he wants lol basically, his bowl is always has some kibble in it. And my cat kinda figures out how much he needs to eat. Its been working nicely , he is over 3 years old an at a healthy weight. Whenever I would try to feed him on a schedule he became obsessed with food and always hungry. There is a good video on youtube by canadian vet that is about cats' nutritional intelligence. Most of them just know how much to eat and when to stop
I followed a rule that cats until the age of 1 year can basically eat on demand, in my case it worked very well. My cat is 1,5 year old and she looks perfectly healthy, her weight is almost 4 kg. Since you are asking about the feeding, I don’t know what you have available but I give to my cat wet canned food only, and I make sure the meat is of high quality. I am from Poland so I don’t know what you have available but, in my case I use GranataPet or Feringa. Btw your cat is so lovely ❤
60-100g is the amount you would feed a small sized adult dog/cat based on activity level and weight. As a kitten/puppy, you should def be feeding them more because they have so much energy and growing to do. If you're not sure, would recommend you have a chat with your vet to help better guide you.
Get a slow feeder that she needs to use her paws to get the food out so that she'll slow down on her eating. It's very crucial to get them into the habit of slow eating when they're young cuz cats cam be very stubborn once they mature into adults
I love your videos
Work is never ending. Family time is important and always place it first. Work life balance is important. Life is never a straight path.
Kittens should eat as much as they want and when they want, they are growing so they need a lot of food😺
For kittens they're still growing babies so I let them eat more and gage per kitten. It may also be since she was living outside and didn't always know when she'll be able to eat that she feels the need to eat her food so fast, I feel like over time she'll adjust
more lily please!
i've had my cat since she was 3 months old and interestingly enough she is not fond of wet cat food. i just have two types of dry food out so she could go and eat it whenever she wants! however, she is literally addicted to the churu cat treats. actually any brand with that type of lickable wet tubed cat treat she will love so she gets one of those every night for dinner (she used to get 3 a night thanks to my mom but that caused some serious diarrhea lol...). i'd def agree with another comment to feed her the recommended wet food amount and let her free feed dry food.
2023 was the worst yr of my life too
i wish you'd stop saying 2023 was a failure but the best year of your life. you're measuring success all wrong. success is being happy and fulfilled. not making more money than the previous year. you place an enormous value on your monetary value and while fiscal responsibility is important, it doesn't measure your success in life. you have a lot of growing up still to do and making goals toward personal fulfillment and personal growth and personal happiness is so much more important in life. as you grow up you will see that money comes and goes.. some years are profit, some years are loss, but the measure of your life is not in silver spoons but in joy and peace and love and happiness and growth as a human being. goals are fine, financial goals are great, but don't place that as the measure of your life's accomplishments.
You can let kittens eat until they are full!! 😄 they typically eat twice as much food as an adult cat!
Growing kitty 🐱
Omg I didn’t know u had a podcast. IMO I think it done better if you would have told us more often in your shorts and stuff. Things happen but just a little advice for later sweety. Ty for being transparent
We don't know truly how old our boy is when we got him or when he came to us we took him to the vet and the vet just said he was about 3 months or so old so we just picked the date and made a birthday of October 28th
I think it's not exactly an age crisis. Thinking I'm x years old and ___. Obviously big life things have us thinking I'm x years old and haven't __ while friends/ family members have. A perhaps unhealthy time to put ourselves down rather than healthy thinking/ realizing stuff. 🤔 Lily is so cute. ♥️
lol Lily livin' up to her KITTEN energy Mama Miki 😅😹 don't bother too much with the measuring of her meals, just let her eat what she can and you keep track of how much she's "had enough" for that meal so you'll know how much to serve her next meal (I strongly suggest to do timed meals as opposed to free-feeding /round the clock; basically she eats when Pet Parents / Doggie Bro eat 👍.). also take note that Lily may be having some "stray habits" in that she binges all the food thinking there won't be any food later. its kinda a tough bad habit to break spesh during the voracious phase of kittenhood, but asure her that she'll never starve and hopefully she'll grow out of her stray habits. also lotsa 🤗💖 about your tough 2023 Miki, but you did get ENGAGED 😍💞💍, thats the ultimate Lucky List that makes everything else-- including the awesomeness of years before-- pale in comparison. so to me I think your 2023 is the best year 🥰. hoping your 2024 is both innovative and impressive 💞💞💞💞
I am sorry, but you have 1.28 million followers. In what world are you not successful? In what world are you not enough? I say, loose the unhealthy habit of telling yourself you are not enough. Instead wake up everyday look in the mirror, straighten your crown and remind yourself that you are enough. You are smart, you are driven, you are kind and more importantly you are loving and loved
In life, we are not always harvesting. We have to make room for planting and rest.
About the kitty eating habits: answer is it depends. If a kitten/cat grows up knowing that there is (dry) food out all the time, they will self regulate and you can always have some dry food out. If the kitten/cat grows up not knowing when her next meal is, they will ravenously eat all the food they can eat whenever they see food. Lily was born outside with limited food... but is still young... so you're going to have to experiment and see if she will leave food in the bowl at some point. If you double, triple the amount of food and it's gone instantly, then you probably need to control portions forever. If she starts leaving food in the bowl and just snacks on it every now and then, good chance she will self regulate in the future. Keep portioning out wet food and treats; you'll want to use those to teach her tricks/behaviors.
I've always had cats over 30+ years now & I've never rationed their food. I just fill their bowl as needed & they always eat what they need. My cats have never been over weight since I don't feed them table food without pulling their bowls for a few hours. Plus kittens hunger will quickly grow daily. Those measurements are only suggestions on what to give them. You have to decide what your cat's metabolism is to provide a good ration for them if you're going to feed them on a schedule. Again, cat's don't need this kind of feeding since they know when they are full. Dog's are more prone to over eat which is why it's best to control their feed. Controlling a cat's feed is more a human need to want to make that an interaction for ourselves with them. So overall, just figure out where her level is for feeding.
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She’s so damn cute and I don’t normally want to own a cat but damn I want to own a cat like yours maybe eventually
hi i also have cat what i do cat food i give him at morning and at night but both time i give him full that he can at full stomach
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omgg your kitten is to dieee for, lol my name is lily too heheh, have you ever thought about working with animals?
Lily is such a cute kitty… is kitty suppose to train them to sit🤣
Hello! If the kitten is eating her litter then it might block her intestine. It’s best to take her to vet.
We switched her to corn litter (which smells insanely good) and both the cat and dog thought it might be food and have tried to eat it, but we’ve always been around to stop them! Just switched to line litter and this problem is gone thankfully 🫶🏻
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Food for our cat that's 20 lb which is not fat we didn't know any better but we just leave the food out for him he has like three or four bowls of food left out all the time
It was a failure too because of what happened all I’ve the earth❤
She was a stray before so she will always eat because she thinks there will be no food. It will go on for weeks or months before she knows there will always be food
Yeah, taking care of cat is easy. As long as you feed them, making sure they are healthy and give them something to play. They don't really require too much attention especially when they are getting older.
2023 was tough cos everyone got lazy and fragile from 2yrs+ of Covid life
Usually feed 4 times a day until 3 months then reduce to 3 times a day. Your kitten was probably starved in early life and so that’s why it’s hungry all the tjme
JFC, if taking a month long trip to Asia, countless other trips within US, and taking a biz class fight to Singapore right after getting engaged is being counted as the worst year of your life, then jeez everyone else life must also suck. You did MORE travelling in one year than most people do in their lifetime. Like it's so funny when influencers who live in their own bubble talk about how they've had a rough year. Girl you have NO idea what a rough year looks like. You've had a stable income and a permanent roof over your head. What about those who were laid off, what about those who were forced to sell their houses cos of high interest rate and downsize or move to apartments. Those people had a rough year, not you.
I think stepping back and taking a moment for yourself will really help you in understanding how completely unnecessary your comment is. Like i get being burnt out over influencers and content creators woe is me types but like….your words come across so bitter. There are literal wars going on yes but even the people with the least struggles can feel run down or emotionally ridden or just plain tired lol. Hope you’re not subscribed to her channel cause like why subject yourself to this?
Miki, have you ever met a patient who always concerns about taxes ?
Kittens should actually be eating as much as possible for the first year. They are growing and developing, they will not get fat. They need the nutrients for brain, body development :)
Is she dewormed already?
I just reminder for you all that you have an obligation agree ment from God namely to give charity 25 percent of the totall assets you own to weak helpless people such as orphans..disabled people such as blind..poor widow..childess in nursing home and people affected by disaster as written in al Quran sl kahfi 48 al hadid 7 and BIble matthew 16:26 and mark 12:17...you have to do this to be able to open protective veil in Heaven which can be only opened by giving at least 25 percent of the totall wealth you have for you good in afterlife as written in Al Quran al s'raf 46 and Bible mark 13:34.....
Cats will always be hungry until they are chubby lol. Dont let her manipulate you or she will be really annoying XD Feed her based in calories instead of other measurements
she 100% needs dry cat food out more specially as a younger cat