Yoll translation 1

This is a bit rough translation for the description of this video: https://youtu.be/0C_lIlGvPpc
Sadly, the translator is not a professional zoologist, so he's apologizing for terminology errors.
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During the fall/autumn the dedicated/crazy zoologists are actively accumulating their supplies of leaves, sticks, shrooms and whatever would crawl along by itself. Why? "Well, for starters, it's beautiful!" ©Gatilov
Secondly, the leaves are not only beautiful, but also make a great substrate for terrariums and food for the invertebrate like snails and others. Not to mention that they can RUSTLE.
This time we've been gathering leaves in the Botanicheskiy garden by the permission from the administration. They've brought us in by the "Gazelle" truck, showed us where grows what and left us to serve the Nature.

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Juliet Sim asks:
Did the vlog affect (if it ever did) your life and does it make it different/harder/easier/richer/stiff? What was the most pleasant (or unpleasant) change? What ended up as an unexpected bonus?
In other words, how does it feel to be a popular blogger given it wasn't the plan, but happened naturally?

Answer:
It did and it did big time.
I was totally clueless about what it might lead to, and I'm not really worried about that today. I make this blog because of the pleasure and positive emotions it provides, so I don't really care about the negative side. It's rather hard to say it's even there. Of course there are some disturbing weirdos, but my personality allows me to not pay much attention to people like them.
My life has indeed changed, started to change, to be exact, and very noticeably. On the emotional front I've got rid of many complexes that didn't really hinder me but it's better without them. For example, I used to think that I've got an awful, obnoxious voice, so I tried to speak less, being hesitant because of my dislexia. Now I can speak and tell stories with pleasure, no longer worrying about mixing up words or terminology.
I've also made many new friends and connections and got new things to do. Now I'm spending much less time home (not that it's always a good thing though). I'm getting much support from the people I would not ever meet or befriend otherwise. People's reactions to what I do and what happens around me brings me a ton of positive emotions.
It's hard to describe the satisfaction I feel knowing that my simple videos made without much editing or other tricks do convince people to love nature, help animals and preserve the world around us. Dozens and hundreds of animals were saved thanks to the subscribers who learned what to do and where to go. Just this alone makes it all worth the effort.
Of course there's another pleasant bonus: the additional income from the ads Youtube makes you watch. Thanks to it and the donations from the subscribers I've started achieveing my dream: buy land, build a base and create a shelter for the owls who can't return to the wild. The land is secured, now raising funds for the building! Without this channel I couldn't even imagine anything like that.
So, I do the job I love and can share these emotions with others.
Now about the negative side. In fact there's too much communication, and it can be tiresome. I understand that people want to talk, to share their experiences and activities, ask questions, etc. However, each day Vkontakte alone gives me approx. 30 dialogue updates, among which I must select those that tell about the animals in dire need for help, ignore "How are you"'s from strangers, ban a couple of d*ck pics, chat with my friends and attend to some other ongoing matters. And this is only one social network. Some people get an answer and immediately consider me their best friend and start to actively "do friendship" with me. I am not ready for that. Some consider it normal to wake me up at night with notifications about one word messages. I do not mute the sound so I wouldn't miss any actual requests for help. As for Instagram - I'd rather not see the PM feed there at all. Here on Youtube I try to read all the comments, yet only select few are answered.
Yes, there are some quite strange weirdos. Some come with threats. Some camp under my windows or near the entrance. They aren't dangerous, but sometimes it's really disturbing. I'm fine when people PM me asking if I'd allow it. I propably would. However I did reach out to the police, talked with the local cops, and they told me to call whenever needed, after all they are subscribed too :D
I do not feel hindered by this channel at all. It doesn't contradict my lifestyle and world view, to be exact.
The only thing that sometimes gets me pondering is the tradition to post videos daily. Sometimes it's not easy to do, especially when I travel somewhere and don't know for sure if I will have the connection with the Internets.

Now, the continuation from the pinned comment!
See the beginning in the video description.
About some unexpected bonuses... The gifts from my subscribers is whole another topic. Pros, cons and inability to understand what to do with all that. So many, so different! There are many awesome and useful things I totally know where to apply or place. Regrettuably, at some moment you get to the line where it's just "PLZ STAHP!" There isn't much space at my apartment. I really like all the toys, souvenirs and decorations, things made by kids are especially cute, but... Two-room mini, guys! With limited number of shelves, walls, square meters and santimeters. I just can't physically fit all the presents there. There's not enough room for all the framed pictures, kids' drawings are hid in a closet so the owls wouldn't tear them apart, toys are awaiting their turn packed, while Yoll is very careful with her toys, so they don't need to be replaced. I'm getting quite depressed with the guilt I feel for not using things that people tried to find, select and gift to me. The most ideal case is food: it tends to deplete, especially when you approach it with friends. Even better - food for animals, as well as another expendable items for them. Yet, I'm just afraid to say that the best gift is a roll of soft toilet paper used to wipe "accidents" left by the birds. 'Cause even if every tenth person would bring one roll to a meetup... That would be epic! I'll get buried beneath them. Please don't! :') And that's why on one hand I get excited from all these pleasant little gifts and on other hand there's desperation about how do I fit all that at my petit burrow. There's a hardcore hamster deep in my soul, and you should know that when I meet with the fans he tends to get a heart attack!
In the end, everything that happens in my life now is the result of the reaction from my viewers and subscribers. The development of the channel, the passion to show and tell - all of it is my reaction to all this attention and support. And it's cool. Thank you all for your understanding, involvement and kindness!
When I had just brought Yoll into my life, I didn't even know that you can do just that: create a channel and enjoy. It were the viewers of my photos and posts who told be about Youtube and how to use it. It's a pity that I didn't film Yoll when she was a kid, since I didn't understand why I should do that back then. So yeah, that's a bummer.