This is just a little mini update to say I'm alive – but unfortunately, the blog has taken a backseat for a while now, and it’ll probably stay on the backburner for a bit longer.
I’ve started a new project alongside my existing cross-stitching, and now I’m juggling the two, trying to keep both moving forward in their own way.
My brother has been suggesting for years that I start a new YouTube channel where I read bedtime stories aloud.
Where did he get that idea?
I assume it goes back to our childhood when we shared a room and the Harry Potter craze hit. He got the first book as a gift, and since he wasn’t much of a reader but was curious about the story, we came up with the idea that I would read it to him at night.
Well, by the time I got to page three, he was already asleep – and let me tell you, he was not an easy sleeper.
Now that he’s a dad, and his child seems to have inherited his sleep habits – meaning he only falls asleep in the car or with white noise – he figured maybe my voice would help. We tested it out, and so far, it seems to work! The stories are short, but he plays them one after another for my nephew.
So I bought a microphone and started recording myself reading classic fairy tales – stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and traditional Hungarian folk tales.
About my voice – I actually have a funny story.
Back when I was taking a two-year journalism course, we had an assignment where we had to write an article and then read it out loud in front of the class. When it was my turn, I read mine, and afterward, my teacher asked, “You’re not planning on working in radio, are you?”
“Not really,” I said – it never appealed to me.
“Good,” he replied, “because with a voice like that - monotone and boring - you’d start a mass nap. People would fall asleep behind the wheel just listening to the news, never mind if you hosted a late-night show.”
Everyone laughed – and agreed!
Even my mom sometimes zones out when I talk too much without her usual coffee fix. I start talking, and she slowly tilts her head down like she’s going into airplane mode… then suddenly jerks it up again. These days she’s better prepared – she drinks her coffee beforehand or while I’m talking. 😄
But she loves the audio stories. She listens to them too and is cheering me on – she was actually my very first subscriber!
I read the stories in my native language, which is Hungarian. So the channel is primarily for Hungarian speakers – especially if there are little ones around.
But if you’re curious or just interested in checking it out, you’re more than welcome to join me on the channel – especially if you have trouble sleeping. Maybe I can help.
You can check out the channel here – I’ll be uploading new stories as time allows.
Since I’m reading fairy tales now, I might write a post about them at some point – especially because they’re filled with recurring themes and fascinating patterns.
Who was your favorite – Grimm or Andersen?
For me, Andersen is the winner. I remember even as a kid, his stories touched me the most.
Most of them are sad but meaningful.
I recently read The Fir Tree, and the moral still holds true today: live in the moment and enjoy every minute of it. The fir tree was never happy – it always wanted something different than what it had. It was always looking forward to the next thing, and by the time it realized what it had, it was too late. It had missed out on enjoying its life while it had it.
Why storytelling? Why reading aloud?
Well, I still remember when I was a little kid, sitting in front of the vinyl record player, listening to fairy tales. As I listened, I imagined the story in my head.
That’s what’s so beautiful about reading or audiobooks—whichever is your preference. You’re using your imagination.
Imagination is a superpower—one that’s slowly being drained out of children by the overwhelming flood of digital visual stimuli.
They don’t use it, and so it weakens.
But children have always been dreamers—soaring on the wings of imagination, filling their everyday lives with magic through their inner worlds.
That’s why nothing is impossible for them.
And it’s through imagination that we manifest, that we focus, that we attach emotions to our desires—and eventually, those things take shape in our lives.
It all depends on how aligned we are with what we imagine.
Sure, there are lots of audiobooks and fairy tales on YouTube, and many are read by people who are more professional than I am.
But this one—this channel—is mine.
With my voice, my storytelling, my magic.
So if you’ve ever thought about starting a channel or blog or whatever doing on the wide web and what’s stopping you is the idea that “everyone’s already doing it”—
STOP running that program!
Start. Don’t put it off. Try it!
Because you are unique.
You bring your own vision, your own voice, your own ideas—your own magic.
Wishing you the best of luck! 😊✨
Kira Sakura
I am happy you are back❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you for everything and the best of luck to you too and your new project! 😊✨