No outline was used. An outline allows you to map out your story and will allow you to focus on the elements you need to tell the story.
Editing is a necessity. Editing ads interest vs a long tedious contiguous sequence - unless you are Hitchcock (Rope). Editing allows you to establish a new scene and it ads interest.
Panning should be used sparingly and done level on all axes. Never transition from a horizontal pan to a vertical pan and vice versa
Avoid keystoning by moving the level phone/camera up and down rather than tilting it
Avoid Dutch angles unless you want to unsettle the viewers.
Record while walking only sparingly as it tends top look like slow-and-low-flying drone footage.
Change the focal length occasionally. Even phones have usually at least 2 focal lengths available I video mode. Start with a wide establishing shot, then use a longer FL to crop in and isolate the subject.
You can't get good sound without an external mic - at minimum use ADR for voice audio. You may want to use stock sounds for at least some background noises that you cannot capture with an inbuilt mic, for example, traffic sounds, geese honking, and train horns blaring.
You said you love DC when it's cold. Show us how it's cold. Show us a backlit tree branch with frost on it even if it's cliché. Show us a steaming hotdog stand. Get close to your subjects and show us some details. The human eye and brain do not work like a camera lens in the sense that our vision provides a wide field of view but that we can see in focus only in a small central area. Our eyes are however constantly moving, essentially scanning what were are looking at and our brain composites a multitude of images from two eyes in near-real time. For example, if you look at a fantastic landscape and want a picture/recording that approaches what you are seeing you have to use techniques like framing, including or excluding elements. Human vision is forgiving because it emphasizes and deemphasizes elements as needed. A still or recording is utterly unforgiving.
I suggest you watch some professionally made videos and pay attention to structure, storytelling, visual storytelling, editing, and sound. If you want people to watch your videos you need a hook to draw them in. The hook can be the topic, a visual, or a sound. After hooking the viewers you need to keep their attention. Start with something simple like a one-minute short with maybe three cuts. Work your way up to longer stories from there.
