OUTWORK everyone by being bored
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Little does he know, I wasn’t watching the Minecraft clip because I was playing video games while listening to the video
that's literally what I was doing
That's what was amazing growing up in the 90s, playing games while the tv or radio played in the background. Good times.
Dear Lord
@@CJFreeza b-but, I was doing dat this morning after my duolingo lessons. watching a tubi movie called "the lawnmower man" dat shts good bro.
i was reading comments and looking for the next video to watch while listening to this one 😭😭 i’m addicted to being stimulated
The “boring” things are what ultimately lead to success and greatness. This is a great topic- definitely true. What seems fun is usually just distracting and not very fun.
I feel that what's fun isn't even fun so much My solution is that I completely cut social media at a young age Now after the shorts I got back to it and trying to get out of this
Not necessarily
What about skiing?
I definitely most agree. I'll let the the Atomic Habits quote: "I can guarantee that if you manage to start a habit and keep sticking to it, there will be days when you feel like quitting. When you start a business, there will be days when you don’t feel like showing up. When you’re at the gym, there will be sets that you don’t feel like finishing. When it’s time to write, there will be days that you don’t feel like typing. But stepping up when it’s annoying or painful or draining to do so, that’s what makes the difference between a professional and an amateur. Professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way. Professionals know what is important to them and work towards it with purpose, amateurs get pulled off course by the urgencies of life."
except for college. it's boring and useless.
Turning boredom into productivity is a true skill.
If you cut distractions productivity become your default mode effortlessly
It even has a name. TORTURES:p
Omg soo true, a lesson of gold @@douglas.videos
I figured this out a few years ago- I quit social media entirely. I stopped playing videogames. I canceled my iPhone. My drawing/painting skills soared, and my brother and I produced five music videos... all within a span of only a few months. I can only wonder where I'd have been in life if I hadn't spent so many of my teen years, addicted to videogames.
@@RagTag-N-Bobtail yeah its definitely easy to fall into the trap of doing something "easy" or "relaxing" instead of something "productive" but the issue is sometimes that if we focus on production constantly it gets to us. Obviously people always say to balance it but i think for some people, me included, balance is hard, and sometimes just turns to obsession. there is a price for everything and opportunity cost everywhere, you could say that if you spent your time drawing/painting you would have spent the time wishing you learned to code or something. who know if also it wasnt video games it was something else? something worse for you? The grass is always greener, and you have learned a lesson which is good. You made a choice and stuck with it and that is impressive. do what makes you happy.
Nice try Big Book Company
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The big book industrial complex
Thanks bro, big book almost convinced me here 😮💨
Big book
It's worth noting that social media can actually be less fun than other, better activities. I often find myself bored out of my mind scrolling Reddit or KZhead and feel relieved when I go read or work out or whatever because it's more fun and a break from the monotony. Sometimes the thing keeping you scrolling isn't that it's actually more enjoyable, it's just that it holds your attention and doesn't let go. If you only think in terms of "mindless entertainment fun, purposeful growth boring" then you might not notice when a good habit is actually the most enjoyable.
Yeah, i think that's a pretty important note this video misses. Productive things can be fun, and they don't have to be the only interesting option to be so.
Working out and reading both loser activities that are boring and pointless. Why would anyone wanna do that? Live a little!
@@JustChill-zd4ibpointless? I digress
YES! I think that even though social media is not as "fun" like other high density fun stuff like sports etc. Social media is much more stimulating. Being stimulated and having fun are 2 different things.
Thank you.
The other day I realized I work harder than everyone because I'm so lazy and bored all the time. It was nice to love one of my flaws.
I don’t think that’s a flaw my love
This is exactly my own thinking. When I was younger, my parents barred me from screens and games because they thought boredom was good for me. It was. I wrote hundreds of lists, read thousands of books, and that screen time was a reward for myself when I finished my work. This is ultimately what discipline is built on: boredom and relief.
You read thousands of books, how did you buy them all?, also how has this helped your career prospects?, do you have a great career?
@@Mdksupreme1 ever hear of a library?
@@Mdksupreme1pdf Books for iPhone or android, or library card for book apps which gives books for free.
LOL reading fiction books meant for fifth graders means NOTHING when you are an adult. source: read thousand of books as a kid. of course those were the fun books to read@@Mdksupreme1
@@fluke1 Ah yes that place for loser nerds that read instead of doing.
"We always feel like we don't have enough time. But actually we just don't have enough concentration." bold claim.
One thing I noticed is that there are times when I am so saturated with "fun" that I can't find things that amuse me so I go to sleep and days later I am more motivated to do things that are not so fun.
the mind resets
Shoot, good perception of that phenomenon. I have the same issue and kept wondering "why is the fun stuff getting boring?" It's not that the fun is gone. You're just used to this fun and it became the new boredom. Try giving yourself a break from games for a couple days and you'll feel refreshed when you come back. Cut down on easy stimulation like social medias.
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literally what I was thinking@@therealscarhomie
- In a world saturated with endless stimulation from platforms like KZhead and social media, our brains constantly seek novelty, leading to a perpetual cycle of distraction. - To be productive, it's essential to prioritize less stimulating tasks like studying or exercising over endless distractions. - Embracing boredom can lead to surprising benefits, as seen in the speaker's personal experience of finding fulfillment and progress in previously mundane activities. - Lowering our stimulation baseline by embracing boredom can help us concentrate better and find fulfillment in daily tasks. - Overcoming the addiction to constant stimulation requires actively reshaping our habits and embracing the power of boredom, ultimately leading to greater productivity and fulfillment.
wow thanks chatGPT for making an already short and stimulating video about the dangers of modern society, technology, the stimuli overload, and increasingly short attention spans even shorter!
@@tx7300 either its chatgpt or chatgpt writes exactly like this guy, which is hilarious in its own way
Kind of Ironic to summarize a video like this - the summary is like TL;DR for a video, for people without the patience/concentration to see it all, because their already overstimulated brain can't handle 4 and half minutes of speech
@@itay31390 true
Wow your so cool for using ChatGPT
I've been attempting to induce more boredom in my life for this reason but the concept of fun being relative is really eye opening and helpful, thanks!
I often feel most motivated to do work at night when I'm in bed, waiting to fall asleep for this reason.
When that happens I get up and do the work I feel like doing.
@@thisismyspout Same, and it usually turns out to be some of my best work
@@mastertraps11 Sure beats using KZhead for distraction and then feeling guilty and dropping your self worth. Otherwise it's just crippling over thinking. Down the rabbit hole of nihilism and depression. Because we know full well if in that evening state we convince ourselves we will get to it the next day. We most likely won't. I see it as the failure to action has already happened. Hence we get that night time motivation. However I will say I get the daytime drive much more since I cut all social media and "friends". I get to focus on and pursue what I deem worth it. Without others questions/ societal judgement. Chase what drives you folks. Internal validation is everything.
Conflicting. Does not speak to or for the ADD and sensory seeking crowd, however, there may be still some wisdom to glean. Stimulation is a tool to wield mindfully, and some need it more than others. It is not something to shame yourself or others for, nor demonize it and abstain completely. To exist is to feel, and there are a great many ways of feeling. We are all different and isn't that wonderful and how hasty it would be to blanket all of us to one approach.
Thank you for your comment. After watching the video I was conflicted but your comment validated some of my feelings.
For my ADHD, Ritalin was a prerequisite for being able to make use of boredom. The longer I'm on it, the less desire I *naturally* have to fuck around on socials. (I still do it sometimes though, hence my stopping to make this comment.) People who are neurotypical but whose boredom threshold is on the floor from too much overstimulation, or people with ADHD for who medication isn't enough, will have to intentionally train themselves to live this way, though.
I've been working on gamifying "boring" things to transition these habits into more fruitful results 🤔 but this is a great point, with regulating stimulation 💭
Yeah, I can vouch for this. When you have social media & videogames, you're gonna find work boring. But when you get rid of those things, your brain is gonna make you want to work. It's more like a, "It's better to do something than to do nothing" kind of thing.
Exactly, that's why people in jail get ripped. Out of boredom
Nah work is always boring that's why its called work and not fun. Modern day slavery. Its supposed to suck nothing you can do to change that. No amount of coping will help long term.
@@JustChill-zd4iband that is your perspective. Remember this comment you just made the next time you see someone living the life that you wish you lived
@@JustChill-zd4ib so making animations, drawing, composing music and doing all that art stuff that is called "work" is slavery? oh come fucking on, people enjoy doing this stuff, being productive is good, i think you're coping
@@JustChill-zd4ib You're right, work is not supposed to be fun, but it does enable you to do things that _are_ fun. Or you could try coping less and work for yourself, nurturing your own business and watching it grow. Would that not be fun in some way? There are many ways to play the broken corrupted game called Life, it's how *you* choose to play it.
Short, to the point, not overly stimulating.
Dude I didn't even click on this video, it was in autoplay. However it was the exact video I needed. Over the last couple of years I have struggled too do the things I claim I want to do. I cant seem to get the important stuff out of the way, I instead settle for more instant gratification. I feel so distracted, things like my phone and videos games sometimes feel as though they are literally holding my head in place, not allowing me to look away. I had just gotten back from writing about how distracted I am when I stumbled upon this video. I don't know why this is what it took to finally commit to making a change, but please know that you helped at least one person in creating this video. Thank you.
when i was a freshman in high school, my parents got a divorce. My dad was too broke to afford internet, or a phone plan with data. I had an iphone like everyone else, and a gaming computer at my mom’s. But with 50% of my custody spent at my dad’s house, I was forced to live the proper life. No social media. No youtube. No distractions. I continued to spend time outdoors well into my high school years. I learned to solve a rubik’s cube by writing down the steps at my moms and practicing them at my dads. I practiced doing nothing at all just sitting and thinking. I learned to program by bringing a laptop over and writing code. With no internet access, my mind was free. All the little things in life were meaningful and fulfilling. I loved cleaning my bedroom, organizing my clothes by style and color was fulfillingly fun. My upbringing gave me the ability to decide to that I was going to do something boring and do it with 100% concentration. And with days being spent like this, I can do medial tasks for hours, without any distractions. Love my dad for giving me the best childhood i could have, one that protected me from the brain numbing of the internet, while keeping me still in touch with technology at my moms
thank you for making this, i've been trying to achieve this and it's nice too see someone put it into words. work doesn't need to be "work" as long as u can change your mindset :)
Patience is a virtue and while I've known this for a while I haven't done anything to achieve patience Its always been a afterthought of annoyance and impatience while doing mundane things. This video has reminded me of when I had more patience for the little things in life, waiting for things like trains or in lines, even listening to people talking. This video is a gateway to self betterment like no other. A truly amazing addition to the wasteland that is video making in todays age. Thank you.
I have this with schoolwork lately, whenever you don't have anything to do you just do something useful
exactly, like cleaning around the house, fixing stuff. but that gets boring, thats why we must train this capacity for boredom
I tell you I'm the most bored person in the world, I isolated myself from people for a year now. It still feel unfulfilling and unproductive not because I still use artificial stimulation but because I don't really know what my ambitions are. So one of the most important part to become productive while bored is to have a goal in mind, it should be a lifelong journey goal so there will be no ending.
same
I'm curious, what brought you to isolating yourself from people for a full year?🤔
Thank you for making this so readily available for everyone!
I did this strategy a couple of months ago and it was amazing. I have fall into YT again, I need to re-bore myself again.
Ironically, I appreciate you making this video concise, and therefore more stimulating, so I can digest the information best!
I cut out caffeine cut out smoking, i started working out, i finally got my driving license, and i am trying to better myself, what i have found out is that games and social media are one of my last and biggest roadblocks i have to some form of living a fulfilling life. it is so hard and i have relapsed so many times, it seems to me in my darkest hours like i will never get out of this all consuming horrible habit but at least i am aware of it now, ever since i was a kid i was glued to the tv screen, and as i was growing up it switched to pc and phones. And it really ruined my life, i flunked collage, i never got a real job, and it was all because my baseline for tolerating discomfort is so low i can't do menial basic tasks without the constant urge to fricking be immersed into this shit, i will once again try to set free. It is helpful to stumble upon this kind of content thank you sir for redirecting me towards the light again i will strive for more !
Boredom is the mother of creativity. Loved the script, you're a great writer!!! Subscribed
Thx, thats just the thing i needed. You're a champ.
Such a beautiful video. Just did that 'fun' vs 'less stimulating' list, and crossing out the fun list you really see that the less stimulating activities look really exciting all of a sudden!
I just discovered by this video that the things that are most fun to me are what I actually dream of doing by the work I'm not doing because of boredom. Now I have the clear objective that I've been trying to discover my whole life! You are amazing!
Short and to the point. This video is the key to a fulfilling life
Thank you for sharing your ideas with me ! I appreciate it because now I can change the way I approach writing. I've noticed that reading, which used to be a tedious task, has become a daily habit since I started doing it whenever I had free time. However, I'm still struggling to find motivation for writing. You gave me an interesting idea to tackle this issue - I will restrict my reading habit to help me become bored again, and then add writing to my routine. By cutting off my old habit and reintegrating it later, I believe I can make writing enjoyable. I think this approach will help me incorporate a new habit into my routine and will be easily applicable in my life.
I think you're a very forward thinker and this video was short, simple, and genius! Just looked at your profile & videos and subscribed. So cool to see how this one video blew up. You deserve the attention!! Please keep up the videos🙏🙏
God Bless you for making this video. This is what I needed!
Great video. Punchy and to the point. Love the video clips that you included, gives it that "don't just take my word for it." Thanks!
This was very quality content that showed up at the perfect time. I needed this. Thank you.
Ok i agree with essentially everything here, but one thing that needs to be specified here is the type of video game. Multiplayer/online games are 95% of the time a waste of time/brainrot (unless ur genuinely bonding with a buddy and it isnt daily), but some games are genuinely eye opening and meaningful. For example, the two latest God of War games (the Norse ones) really taught me a lot about what it means to be a dad since my own father neglected me my entire life. I feel like it really taught me a lot, more than my dad ever did. There are many games like this in the modern day. But I also think it's important to have the occasional mindless activity to give your brain a rest. Maybe an hour or two per day max. I think if you spend your whole life on some kind of sigma male grindset, you'll just end up burned out and exhausted. That's what I experienced in early college. I'd come home after several hours of school, study Japanese for a few hours, and then go to bed having never had a chance to unwind at all. I couldn't take it anymore. Nowadays my study habits are much more healthy and more restrained, while still making progress. Get off social media and p*rn as much as possible (100% off over time) and that will already create massive results. Taking it any further is overdoing it imo.
Man I love your videos, keep up the great work. Your awakening a lot of minds and setting them up for greatness
My struggle when attempting to remove stimulating activities, is that I simply have so little motivation to do anything at all that I'd rather sleep than be productive. I literally sit there trying my hardest to something useful and I can't, I feel such a huge urge to just give up and lie down it makes me feel so tired. The only way this doesn't happen is if I'm not home, but there's so many things that simply have to be done at home.
Could be dehydration or even diet!
Could be depression
Could be bad sleeping habits, like Oversleeping Not sleeping enough Not having the same waking and going to bed hours every night
Also consider ADHD
@@marisophi.01 i definitely have adhd lmao
What an incredible video! Thanks for the message, it literally made me want to change my habits!
first 5 min video i finished in a while, thank you! good stuff
This video isn't gonna be what switches my life to where I want it to be, but I definitely took some things of note from it, gonna try to apply a bit of it to my life. Great vid
This video perfectly articulated the feeling I’ve been having for the past couple weeks, really really loved it great content and keep it up!
Thank you for this video. It will help a lot of people. I followed your for that. I actually started this journey (it was my own idea back then) in the beginning of 2024. I just thought to myself (If I have absolutely nothing to do, I will read a book because its better than doing nothing). So I crossed out video games. And damn I am so much more productive. Its hard a few months but no i absolutely resent video games. Until like one week ago i watched Series when going to bed only. But now im getting rid of that. The thought of being that person that is just happy in solitude, being able to read and meditate, is just so calming.
Great video! Thank you I needed it
God knows how many videos I had to watch in order to finally get to this video. This is definitely a great video thanks man.
I’ve been actively trying to be bored more, I fall back into the shorts often, but it has really helped me to be bored.
You just made me figure out what's been keeping me from going to bed early. You've also given me a reason to start training my brain each night with boredom. Thank you very much 🙏🏽
On God. Just remember that changing habits like that is much easier said then done. (At least for me 😢)
Thank you so much for this video. I will apply it in my life. Thank you.😊
Thanks man, needed this
Great summary. Simple and to the point
Thank you today was a very emotionally down day for me. And maybe this is what I needed.❤
Absolutely true and agree, boredom gives us lots of energy and interest to do something more complicated, like work, study new things. Experienced on my own self. Wish you be bored sometimes too!
Thanks for your video man. Im feeling down currently and Im sure, that this will fix my mental health in the long term 🤝
"you're looking at the minecraft clip instead of the unmoving text" yeah because i already read it
Thanks man , it was much needed
Been needing this because I've been highly aware of the amount of timewasting I do scrolling youtube and twitter
Exactly what i need to put things into prospective. Thank you
I was so called out at 0:30 😭😭
thanks, i needed this right now
This YT channel is superb. Thanks for the amazing content. Looking forward for more. ☺️
Underrated Video. It is amazing how I came to the same conclusions as you. This video should reach at least 1 million views by the end of this year. Well done!
Nice reflection and reminder. Good content.
Great video. Nice visuals, clear succinct script, meaningful topic. Thank you.
Not going to lie. watching this really made me analyze my life.. and I can honestly say I can't remember a time I was truly bored out of my mind. the fun things like scrolling social media, makes up wayyy too much of my day to the point I could never be truly bored. So, for the month of April, I'm going to try out this method in this video! See if i can accomplish some goals. Thanks For This. GREAT VIDEO!
Amazing video, just what I was looking for
Great video 👍 I often find myself thinking “I’m not like that, I only scroll while I’m on the toilet” or whatever. Then I look at my screen time. My wife and I have been trying to watch more movies. It’s insane how modern social media can make a MOVIE seem almost boring.
The information you address is not new to me. The way you tell it is. This is very clear and insightfull to the level that it makes an impression on me.
man your videos so stimulating
This is my wake up call. Thank you
Insightful and actionable. thank you
"We can easily distract ourselves from the challenges of life" That's so true
One of the things that helped my mental health improve was working at a place with a strict no cellphone policy. My screen time has gone down even on the days I don’t work and I’m fine just sitting and being bored for a couple hours. It’s greatly helped my patience with everyday things too. I used to be on my phone whenever I was waiting for a bus or train but now using my phone to pass the time just feels like an option rather than an impulse. And sometimes I choose to leave my phone in my pocket now. It’s saved me a lot of battery power too!
Great video! Very insightful
your video is so aesthetical and content is great, understandable too. Keep going, I love it!!
Wow that reminder not to click away called me out hahaha. This is such a great video.
subscribed because you deserve it and i want content like this, self improvement journey here we go!
Great video! Here before 1mil subscribers. Also, I noticed how when I focused soley on my writing, it actually became much more fun than any game or video. Finishing a book is so deeply satisfying that nothing else can even compete. But I would have never known that if I hadn’t put my game and phone down. I would’ve still been trapped in the infinite loop that’s the overstimulated world we live in. Though, I still watch videos, play games, go on tiktok, etc, just in moderation and capped at like maybe 2 hours per day.
This how I changed my own habits. I have been trying to explain this to people for years. This video just solved my problem.
I needed this man
Yoooooo, this is gold quality right here.
Nice video man, that writing practice is obviously paying off. I hath subscribed.
That thing about 10 minute KZhead video was exactly what i was looking for. Now i know what i was thinking subconsciously
I like the personal way you make content, it's like im actually talking to you and you are showing me videos rather than trying to make a documentary professional style video
I use my phone to listen to music on youtube at night and I HATE that they keep shoving community posts (memes) and Shorts in my face every time I open the app so I literally cant avoid seeing it!
Exactly what I go through. I used to play a lot of video games, then went to social media. Now I read books everyday, learning Japanese and IT stuff, also doing sports. I‘m doing great and it’s getting to become fun :)
the fact that i saw this video a month ago without understanding a damn thing and rewatching it again fully understanding everything just makes me so proud at the progress i made with my attention span
I've been trying to work on a certain type of group of papers for close to a year now, I've recently started camping in places where there are no cell phone signal and I've realized that my work can equivalate to two weeks of work and it being one day of work over there, some places and sometimes you really do just need so much concentration to get some things done I am very happy with the amount of progress I've gotten done on my papers at this location and I go back once a week to continue my work sometimes we need a place where we can work.
Great script, content and editing. Congrats!
Actually, I'd say that certain video games are also valuable entertainment that don't overstimulate you. Of course, many, or even most of the big AAA games and repetetive Battle Royales and Shooters are comparable to sources of shallow entertainment like TikTok and such, but games that require you to actually think and and focus on them to actually make progress in them, or slow games that just let you relax are really rewarding and, at least in my case, caused me to be more productive afterwards. My go-to games that don't overstimulate or distract me are Celeste and Minecraft most of the time, because Celeste, especially when it comes to the B and C-Side levels, is extremely difficult which forces you to put effort into it to progress, and once you do it feels extremely rewarding. With Minecraft, my approach is to take it slow instead of rushing the game, and just trying to build a good looking house or something similar, which at the end is also really rewarding, because you managed to make something of your own that you like. Having those small hits of dopamine that you put effort in to get causes, at least in my experience, a kinda chain reaction that makes you to want to do more things that take time and effort, because your brain has experienced what it feels like to succeed at something hard or slightly slow/broing and is ready to do the same with something even less fun. Also, playing a few games here and there feeds your creativity, which helps with getting ideas to get things done and with your productivity as a whole.
league is a pretty good game for that
wtf, league is the most addictive and frustrating game at the same time @@user-ow7wn9mb5b
@@user-ow7wn9mb5b League can be used as a hobby, but it can also easily be used for exorbitant escapism and does trigger addiction mechanics. It's like drugs, if you're conscious about your use something can be a benefit but if you're not very careful it can easily turn sour and give the opposite of what you want.
Nothing is overstimulating you except drugs. Anything outside of directly changing your brain chemistry by putting things into your body ain't gonna ever over stimualate you. Its complete made up nonsense by internet self professed gurus who make content on young naive fools believing them.
Yeah it's always been the hardest thing to balance. Video games are the equivalent of art to me. The stories, music, worlds, and characters are better than in any other media form and at the end of the day it's a lot of fun. I'm still working on finding a balance, though. It needs to be a reward, not the first thing I jump towards when I'm bored or don't wanna do the boring stuff that aligns with my goals.
Glad it have found this video. Thanks!
wow. you' re right bro. i ABSOLUTELY thought i was just always low on time but in reality... i'm just choosing to be everywhere at once. instagram facebook tinder imessage listening to a video cleaning my room if i wasn't doing at least 3 things at once, i'd shame myself into feeling unproductive. i'm not low on time.. i'm low on concentration. i'm low on focus.
I agree with this video half and half. I think a good middle ground between being overly "productive" to the point of seeming robotic and uninteresting is to instead set out to consume with intention. Nothing is inherently bad. It's the reason we choose to interact with something that indicates if it becomes unhealthy or not.
Awesome video. Thank you.
This is really good. thank you for making it only 4 minutes. i would not have clicked this video if it was 10
I love that the duration of this video is less than 5 minutes ❤
One tip I heard was sort of induce that change in the hierarchy is to simply stare at a blank wall. That will initiate some boredom, which will make the important things like studying/learning/going after goals more fun.
"going after goals" god that sounds cringe. Can't believe people still believe this self improvement crap.
most boring things are only boring because we don’t have a framework for them. It’s why “explain like im five” is so popular because at least back then, boredom was our super power- like a secret back door
This is definitely a wake up call for me