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my man just made an 11 minute tutorial on how not to be depressed
And not to make the ship *self-destruct*
IN SPACE!
Too late
And a 7 minute one on how _to_ be depressed
@@yueievy2182 I just finished watching that video before this one!
"unlike excercise, it's not simple to just lie down and 1, 2, 3, sleep" My dad: *you underestimate my power*
My dad falls asleep while talking
My dad sleeps after he wakes up.
Your profile pic is amazing
@@perkyelixir2254 what about orphans?
Dad? What’s a Dad?
IMPORTANT NOTE: You do not need a pandemic or a lockdown order to create the spaceship You. It is now November 2021, and I am FINALLY starting to create my spaceship. Long overdue, but I know there are at least a few of you out there in similar situations.
Agree. Started the ship in 2022 and it's running smooth.
@@cadmiz hey I’m basically looking to restart mine - how’s yours going? any advice?
Yup, same
Literally rewatching this in 2023 and it's hitting me fr this time
Sooo true! I didn't start to figure it out til around June 2021. And I didn't have confidence til a year later. It grew all along the way, and still falters from time to time. But creating my spaceship .... very nice metaphor.
Captain's Log 2021/10/20: It has been approximately a year and a half since launch, though we are now in a state where inter-pod existence is possible, I am still largely within my own pod. Outside factors have damaged the mental half of the core, but re-watching this guide has set me on a path to recovery. Thank you, Admiral Grey, thank you.
Captain's log 2022/3/14: we are nearing the 2 year anniversary of this previously thought 2 week launch, and I don't think it will be the last. We have been allowed to do manned missions onto the planet via mini shuttles on the station, though not allowing to leave without safety equipment, preventing harm to others. Though my mental health remains absolute, people who deny these safety precautions are testing my patience towards others. There has even been a ongoing conflict between the Ukraine station and Russia station about how "Russia is rightfully taking back their ship", seeing how Russia station is going economy and socialy, it's pathetic really. This conflict is drawing out every western station bisness including fuel of our pods, causing inflation. I really wish our species couldn't screw ourselves over petty crap, though I do hope we pull through Admiral Grey, signing off...
Captain's Log 2022/04/10: It now has been 2 years! I feel as if it might last forever! But the leaders of the captains (aka us) now allow us to go back on earth on mini shuttles but I can't leave the shuttles. But people have now begun to return to earth better than before, but not me... I keep my family spaceship and my own spaceship running. I hope that someday me and my family (aka my crew) will join the ones who returned better than before - RECORDING STOPED -
Captain's log 2022/4/18: Only a few days have passed, more and more people are leaving their pods to go back to the planet (I.e Earth), I might go leave my pod, but I will wait till it is all clear. And thank you too everyone who are still here, it may have been a struggle, but we can find a way out of this mess, God's speed. End Log.
Captain's log 20/04/2022: Due to a malfunction on my ship's navigation computer, I am currently orbiting a black hole. The gravitational pull is really strong, and my ship's engines can't sustain burns for long enough. The core has died out, but I'm finally able to prime it back. Even then, Addiction A*'s pull is too strong for my ship currently, so I'm slowly drifing away into the singularity. I don't know if I can resist for much longer, or if I'll be free from this gravity well at all. This communicator video really helped me, but I am currently uncapable of escaping this singularity. If I make it, I'll contact you again. Captain Darth out.
Captain's Log 2022/04/22: It's been a while, honestly. Things are starting to feel surreal..things like the Russia-Ukraine War, and other problematic situations. And though it may seem that we are stuck in this never-ending launch of our space shuttles, things will indeed get better. And though the previously mentioned war doesn't seem to have large plans of yielding, surely this cannot go on forever. Re-watching this guide has really given me, and the crewmates on the ship, a new source of hope through this, so if we get through this, no...when we get through this, we will finally be able to return to Earth better than before. Thank you, Admiral Grey, thank you. Caption HoOmanOnEarth signing off. -RECORDING ENDED-
I'm in shock... Parents, friends, therapists, teachers all tried to teach me how to do this... And this made 1000% more sense
This video alone is life changing at least for pandemic
The power of metaphors!
He makes it easy to understand and uses fun ways to secretly insert knowledge into you brain.
I meant your
And even if the pandemic has almost ended and things are reopening, the advise is still very useful.
all i took away from this video was that every mundane thing i do sounds way more important if i imagine its on a spaceship.
Whelp. This'll be my new self pep-talk for the coming weeks.
That in itself is a valuable lesson.
Being positive and productive during a lockdown is extremely important because extended isolation, especially in an unchanging setting, often leads to depression, anxiety, and suicide. It is so hard to find a reason to keep going when you are repeatedly met by the same room(s), little social contact, little freedom to explore or see the outside world. It's even worse if you're one of the many people who has been put out of a job, or who is now trapped in a home with someone abusive, or if you already struggled with a mental illness. Good health, routines, personal time, and projects that give you purpose are all essentials to help combat a terrible situation like extended isolation due to a pandemic. You don't want to be a statistic
That’s how I get through my day.
Elon It's Proud of you
This is a beautiful and succinct guide to maintaining a healthy quality of life. Thank you.
Man paid, take a like
A cultured man, take mine too
This mf just donated 50 bucks. I never donated anything, not even in twitch or NGO
I disliked
Man, you paid 50 bucks for him. You deserve eternal protection.
I love how he throws the book at 1:40 to propel himself forward. He could have tried to swim over but Grey's too smart for that.
I’m taking physics rn so when I saw this I did the Leo DiCaprio meme
He totally coulda swam, there's air in that thing
"You’re probably watching this from your default station: couch" Me: watching this in my sleeping station instead of sleeping
I've wrecked my couch station to the point that it's my sleep, creation, and couch station all at once. I regret my decision to get a futon.
one trick for if this happens that i've got: don't lie down while you're couching. lying down is a signal to sleep, and if you lie down while couching (or worse, couch while lying down), you're ruining the sanctity of your stations. just a tip! ;)
@@markenangel1813 Can confirm, I was fallihg into a habit of falling asleep on the couch and it was hurting my sleep cycle. It doesn't happen nearly as often when I make myslef go upstairs to sleep.
Me too
Me on the toilet *i dont have such weaknesses*
You’re probably watching this from your default station: couch Jokes on you Grey, I’m watching this from the maintenance station: toilet
"maintenance station" made my day :D
Bed
I'm working from home and still watching KZhead videos on my bathroom breaks...
I'm watching from my sleep/eat/work/live station: bed
@@catguy5425 nooo dont do all the things in there noo
This is fantastic. You are truly a gifted writer and educator. Thank you.
respect!
You’re welcome.
@@SomeAustrianPainter what the
Very noice
bro actually donated respect
This is after the pandemic, but you'd be amazed how may cross-overs there were for me and my disease. I tried explaining it as "the line" but it wasn't quite right. Thank you for saying it just how I want to.
"Don't do entertainment where you work" *screams in programmer*
This problem gets even more complicated when you really enjoy programming even outside of your job. _WHAT DO I DO?!?!_
Having this problem for sure. I'm definitely getting a productivity laptop as soon as I can afford it. Doing online classes and labs on a gaming PC is just horrible, and every computer lab is out of action.
Using seperate operating systems also helps. I use Ubuntu for programming, but I play games on Windows, since I'm not a psychopath.
Ok so I know what u said is the general consensus but y is Linux based compilation often preferred over windows? All I 'know' is that linux's file hierarchy works differently (represents i/o n devices with directories) and has makefile but other than that I haven't seen how it is more capable than windows
@@0O0O0O0O0_ It's lightweight and cheap (many Unix implementations are free and open-source, after all). It's common to see it on a wide variety of machines, especially servers. I'm still a student myself so I can only provide a simple answer, but I think it boils down to ubiquity - "I use X because everyone else here does." If your employer (as a CS-related worker) uses Unix on its servers, why make things complicated for yourself by NOT using Unix? There's also the fact that most (if not all, but again, my experience is shit and miniscule compared to others') Unix implementations these days come with Git, and virtually every programming project uses Git or some other version control system. Windows has Git but as a third-party software; operating systems like Ubuntu have it preinstalled and ready to go on the command line. To anyone who knows better than me, please call me out on my bullshit; I'd like to learn as well.
for everyone who's watching it now: it's never too late to improve your station. You got this, Captain.
Yes
arghhh
I lost control of my ship years ago. There isn't even a generator core left.
@@nuclearmask8991 "At times you will fail and things will get worse. That happens. But there is no point in berrading yourself. There is only one thing you can do. Keep. The core. Spinning." You have a core, it's dusty and maybe broken right now. But with time, with practice, and sometimes with help, it can and will spin again.
What if I expand my station with more modules
Omg, I wish the algorithm had recommended this during lockdown 😮. Brilliant way of explaining.
Over the past year I've learned just how much environment impacts motivation. You can't work entirely off of willpower, expecting yourself to be able to work in a relaxing space I've learned is insane. I come back to this video every so often to remind myself of how to build spaces when i feel like everything is BLEH. Tysm
Parents: "CLEAN YOUR ROOM! YOU CAN´T LIVE LIKE THAT!" Me: "Yeah, maybe later" Grey: "Your living place should be clean and nice" Me: "Omg, he´s right, Imma do it"
It's kinda like if someone's being super angry and bossy about something you're gonna want to do it less; but if someone's being calm and steady, you're gonna want to do it more.
Yeah, parents can get emotional when it comes to that stuff, maybe it kinda triggers them or something, like they are thinking about when they were younger, or they worry their kid will become a screw up or something... idk I don't have kids but my friends and siblings do
Parenting is hard.
Yoo
@@mmmk1616 yes, but kids are hardwired to believe experts that are not the parents. As a parent of a tween who hasn't been able to synthesize my thoughts, but was inspired by this video, I'm not a bad parent, I'm a parent using all the tools at my disposal. So thanks for a great video and being an inspiration to an 11-year old who needed it.
Instructions unclear: My landlord got pissed at me for drawing the 4 stations on the walls and glueing my couch to the ceiling.
@diva bhardwaj psh yeah. Who doesn't?
@diva bhardwaj try putting it in a cylinder attached to wheels. That way you can just spin the wheels to turn the structure to access each side
@diva bhardwaj UH FREAKING CELLING GANG
'Johnny Cash liked this'
Man, I need some time to relax (Proceeds to walk up wall and onto ceiling)
I wish I saw this at the beginning of the pandemic. Very beautiful and well articulated. The concept of the house being a ship is a great way to look at life in a different perspective. Thank you for this wonderful video!
Captains log 3/16/23. Over 3 years since it started. Mental slowed quite a bit and health stayed fine mostly, I have been able to leave the ship more times now. I plan to come back to earth 2024.
I feel like this could just be for people who are moving out to live on their own.
Was gonna say....this should be required viewing at some point in everyone's life...
that's fair
Very true! I was going to move into an apartment for the first time since college, but I've been forced to stay in my spaceship for a while longer. This plan of action will help a lot, especially the sleep boundary!
YES
I just moved out and this was exclactly what I was thinking of doing!
This has to be the best representation I've ever seen for one's health
Wish I had this a month ago. Oh well, not too late to improve!
its too late
Yes, excellent in this area, similarly to his earlier gem kzhead.info/sun/a9WAc6V9aJyqmHA/bejne.html
@@FartsHughley The road might be longer, but never is too late!
I agree. It’s somehow extremely realistic, while also having just the right mix of sci fi.
This actually helped me realize I wasn’t respecting my “stations” and helped me to fix it. Thank you!.
1:41 I love the small detail of having the stick figure move opposite to the direction he threw the book and having more mass... he accelerated less but also equal... amazing!
When he called me captain that made me feel special and I wasn't expecting it.
Yeah, it actually really hit me...
I've watched a lot of internet video in the past 6 weeks. Somehow this is the internet video that brought tears.
I came here to say this. Weird the effect it had on me.
We are Picard's successors :)
@@OrigamiMarie I honestly don't know why but I kind of cried too... very strange. Crying to a video isn't foreign to me but I don't know what it was about this one that made it happen. Maybe it's the thought of how much better I could be if I put some effort into it, or just thinking of the disrepair that surrounds me.
Just got communication from mission control. "The mission has been extended, good luck."
[Laugh/cries in Dec of 2020] Genuinely, hope you're doing okay
The mission still hasn't ended, idk how much longer i can last.
@@nolongerusing7430 I believe you can last for as long as it takes.
I think the mission might extend to a year after the start of our mission, but that’s what I think, let’s hope it’s not that long
The mission has extended a year see y'all in a decade
Actually this is really helpful. I have been struggling with maintaining productivity when working from home and I've read so many times about what I should be doing but I've never taken a step just passively consuming "tips". However, the way you broke key concepts into easy-to-digest format through visuals and animation was really helpful that I have actually written down a plan on what I'll be doing and I will start today, thank you.
Thank you for writing this video, it's helped me so much. Time to start building my spaceship.
Also I broke Grey's forbidden rule and donated as a student, hopefully I don't die
Me at the beginning of the pandemic : "I'll watch this later" Me now : *Facepalm in dissapointment*
Me too, buddy, me too.
Same, I've only just discovered grey too
@@jad0 Same
Why didn't I walk or lift anything for 8 months omg
It’s not constrained to just the pandemic, you can utilize this advice for any point in life Though regretting inefficiencies in the past is not productive, not having any regrets is also a slippery slope i find
I feel like this is general life advice that goes beyond just during the shutdowns.
It is, because as much as people want to treat this situation as unique (and it is, but only in the specifics) this sort of isolation is not new to all of us. It's very good advice, provided you are in a life that fits this video's assumptions; one with sufficient personal space to separate things and no other crew members actively working against you.
kzhead.info/sun/iNqThLasoGJ8lKs/bejne.html
Precisely. This is required viewing, pandemic or no pandemic.
Boy do I have a podcast for you...
Yeah. I've been on (in)voluntary lockdown since December '19 so this video should help me more :D
To anyone seeing this video now, as we are far out of lockdown and things are slowly going back to normal, remember that these ideas are not restricted to the past, and instead of wishing you had done this during quarantine, know that it is never too late to start
"When the ship is in trouble, prime with the physical" is such simple, seemingly obvious advice,. But It always works for me.
More than "lockdown productivity", this is an intro to "how to get through a depressive episode".
+
Yeah, its fantastic advice on that front
they meant "intro" as in "introduction" not introvert
@@Whitsoxrule1 The comment is editted. first it said introverts
If you can start the core on your own, you're in the "lazy zone" and nothing more. A depressed person can't even leave the couch for food because food doesn't matter to them, it's just something required to stay alive, which also happens to be something that is questioned in terms of importance. Totally different.
"Keep your stations separate" **pauses with a plate of food in hand while eating at my standing desk mid squat while watching KZhead on my work computer** uh.....
mood
Whaha, same! :D
Big mood
Made my day! 😂
gremlin status achieved
Man I wish KZhead figured out how much I needed to see this earlier
this is, without doubt, one of the best videos, you've ever made
The music choice is genius here. At the beginning, he has some of his normal music until spaceship you lifts off, changing to a melancholy piano piece as he talks about the changes ahead before fading into a positive space-like theme as he explains the stations on spaceship you.
I didn't realize that! Cool :)
We may take it for granted, but CGP Grey's videos are literal works of art
Rich people: We're all in the same boat! CGP Grey: We are all in separate spaceships!
@@MyNontraditionalLife i'm pretty sure you have physically enough space for that. Or how tiny is you space??
My Nontraditional Life then this video isn’t for u stop tryna show off nd keep it moving
@@ArkinMC people just have to be special lol
@@ArkinMC i have 1 small room filled to the brim, a kitchen and a bathroom, not everyone has 25 rooms and a huge living room...
@@MyNontraditionalLife This would make it much harder. I would suggest, if you can, changing the arrangement of the space when you move between tasks. Good luck, Captain.
As someone who became chronically ill right before Covid, who spent days literally catatonic in pain, having Covid hit right when I was getting used to my new normal hurt. It hurt more than I ever have words to describe. We're not out of it yet, but this has motivated me to clean my room, re-set the boundaries of each station, and start fresh when I get back from visiting a friend for the next week. Thanks Grey.
I've dealt with chronic illness for more than a decade, and I still have to work at it. I'm rewatching this to help me remember how to maintain my Spaceship You. Friend, you will encounter many difficulties as times change and health fluxuates, but you are never alone. You are not alone.
This is the best and most helpful video I have ever watched in my life. I have revisited this video multiple times and it has helped me every time. Thank you CGP Grey.
It’s Jan 2021, I am failing, so I came back to this video to help me start moving the core again.
I hope you’re doing better now!
I came back for the refresher too. S.A.D. is much worse from isolation.
same :D
@@genem5448 what does S.A.D stand for?
@@rugvedkulkarni1593 seasonal affective disorder. Long story short, it's when the cold and dark of winter gets you depressed and ready to hibernate instead of living life.
Grey: Pandemic Season Me: Holy shit Grey made this video in like ... less than 2 months.
what do you mean?
@@aturchomicz821 his videos usually take a very long time. It was probably faster because he's in quarantine and has more time.
weeeeeelll... pandemic is going since beginning of January....
@@mrembeh1848 Nope it was an epidemic until the end of February and then became a pandemic. The WHO calssified it as pandemic on the 12th of March. But this is only nitpicking so yeah.
That's probably the second fastest he's ever made a video
I wish I saw this before quarantine ended. My mental and physical health spiraled down into nothing. I didn't do any schoolwork, I couldn't think straight, and I felt completely alone. Now, after all that, I am completely different, like a part of me was stolen. My personal advice would be: if we have to isolate ourselves again, do all the things Grey says in this video, like I should've done months ago.
If I’m being honest, if I could go back 2 years and relive all of it with one small change at the start, I would. Now I’m starting to feel haunted by what could have been, since I was never able to realize how important those 9 months really were.
As if I’ll isolate myself again.
If there was ever a justification for a KZhead award this is it. Incredible video
Grey: only sleep in your bed Me, eating lunch, working on a paper, and watching this in my bed: oh
Get a specific bed for each task 🙃
@@EMPeter amazing
I don't agree with him here. For me the bed works fine for other stuff and I actually can sleep if I want to.
SAME
Some people need physical separation more than others, some can create mental separation. I kind of have to because I work on the same PC I game on; but I've always been good at switching off from work, it's the switching on to work I've had to practice recently :D. Edit: should also add that time/routine is a great way to divide up mental states. Now is work time... Now is exercise time... etc...
I don't think we appreciate just how good of a writer Grey is. "The mental and physical are halves of a whole, so accelerating one accelerates the other. Each adds to the total momentum making additional pushing easier, priming the core, creating motion, making light and order."
ATHENAISM almost like he was a physics teacher lol
hes always been a great writer, remember the dragon video. he's good with rhymes and most of all rhythm.
I don't see that, I can accelerate one and the other maynot have the same acceleration.
He spends a LOT of time on these scripts. Goes into some detail on his process in his 'Cortex' podcast.
you really thinking he just made an epic statement, right? topkek
I'm watching this in 22 and I think this is immensely powerful and helpful beyond just the pandemic lockdowns. To a certain extent we live on Spaceship You all the time, it's simply docked on Earth again - for me at least that core still needs to be manually spun up even now.
this video was my wake up call when the pandemic started, going on a downard spiral, declining health and lethargic to my studies. Who knew being alone could do that to a person. After realizing that with this video, I decided to take on the mission: "To return better than you left." Seperated everything into zones in my room and home, fixed my bad habits and schedules, took up Enduro MTB as exercise, eventually a competitive one and losing weight, focused on my studies and plans for the future more, learning life skills and improving my social skils by a lot. Without this video recommended to me I might be in worse shape than before or even worse, thanks Grey.
I can’t imagine this is greys spaceship because there’s just random wires hanging around with signs saying don’t cut
ngl if i had woken up inside an unknown spaceship with wires saying do not cut, i'd still cut em up
It isn't Grey is the person inside the manual, not the guy in the video
im pretty sure that the dont cut sign is a dark metaphor for irl cutting, which is pretty smart on his part
@@Bloonskiller Why would you think that?
@@Bloonskiller i doubt
WHY DID I NOT WATCH THIS MASTERPEICE AT THE BEINGING OF THE PANDEMIC
because you didn't think it was interesting when you saw it in your Recommended
Don’t fret
You watched it now. That's all that matters. Time to take action, Captain.
Don't worry, you still have much time to make this worth it !
It’s already 2021
I finally took this serious and I feel like it changed my life. I have a lot of social anxiety so I'm almost always in the 'spaceship' anyway, regardless of pandemics. I'm now almost 2 months into learning VFX, something I've been wanting to do for a really long time. I feel like I took a turn to get a more fulfilling career and hopefully be happier. Thanks Grey
Can we just appreciate the fact that the ship has burn marks from when it was passing through the atmosphere
Well, isn't your username accurate!
r/usernamechecksout
@@maybeanonymous6846 Indeed it does.
When the pandemic is long enough so that even CGP Grey can upload a 10 minute video related to the current events.
still a bit late tbh hahaha
Lol
xD
ROOOOAAAAST!
@CommandoDude well CGP Grey has much time like us, as such he may have had more time to work on videos, thus this.
My spaceship has to many annoying other captains.
Don't worry, the stations of the other are just connected. It's not the same station. Your spaceship is your spaceship, no one else is controlling it.
Yes, but sir, I have to continually maintain thei- oh that’s my creation space I guess. Well that’s fine. I guess.
Airlock
bob man SAME I HAVE A BROTHER, A CAT, A GRANDMA AND MA PARENTS
@@Sleight-lq8qd Omg that cracked me wide open
this is one of the most important videos on the internet, Grey is a great teacher and a fantastic human being for trying to help so many people
Calling from the ship. It's been 19 months up here, and still no end in sight. Got a few upgrades for the couch station and creation station, but exercise and sleep stations have fallen into disrepair. At this point, not sure if the planet will recover or even if the ship will survive re-entry.
You can do it. You got this, captain.
Where do you live?
This was posted a year ago (exactly), when the pandemic was just starting. Back then, the videos that became "viral" were about handwashing. This video is far more important, and could have been beneficial to a lot more people. This deserves at least 10 times as many views.
Yes! We get it; wash your hands. But, being able to know how to handle the quarantine would’ve been far more important.
The pandemic is (in my country at least) not that bad anymore but I still use this video to help me focus
near two years now
Yes I wish I had seen this then
AAAAAAAAAA SOOO TRU
Watching this makes me realise that my whole life routine is a mess.
David Dima Same, but it is good to have this réalisation now.
You should listen to cortex
Don’t beat yourself up about it David. This video makes it sound simple. It is simple, but it’s NOT easy.
Me too but I live like this since before the quarantine sooooo 🤣🤣🤣
So what are you going to do about it?
Even though lockdown is still over, I still feel like this video is really necessary. If you want to improve your life with tangible steps, this is it! The amount of time my room became an all room due to my mental health is …embarrassingly often. Doing these steps has helped me make those times fewer.
This video and 7 Ways to Maximize Misery are pretty much mandatory yearly watches.
When did Grey become a metaphorical motivational speaker? He is doing a phenomenal job and I love it
He kinda is I suppose
I enjoyed this, although it's kind of ignorant of the fact that some spaceships have more passengers and some ships are smaller than others
He in part studied sociology and has said before on HI that he was "lazy" some years ago. his analytical and robotic way he goes about things help him stay on his chosen path in life. Some things he does are truly strange even though he says it's the ONLY right way (which makes him a little naive sometimes) Other times his way of thinking about productivity and the world around him, shows us a different perspective on things which can help improve our own situation. His whole podcast HI is so entertaining BECAUSE Brady and grey are so fundamentally different and they play of each other very well. My humble opinion as a European student
Just between the rooms/doors
I do too, it’s actually amazing
The fact this video only had a reason to exist about a month or two ago makes me seriously respect how quickly this was uploaded
I'd bet a dollar he had the "Spaceship You" metaphor already dreamed up for your journey through life, and he just re-dressed it a bit to make it more pandemic-topical.
The fact that 1-2 months is quick by Grey standards tells us a lot about Grey's upload schedule
South park can do an episode in a week. And it's longer. This should have been out a month ago. Not now when we are trying to reopen.
@@ZohmBe Not everyone lives in the USA.
Well researching, animating, drawing, and writing for videos takes a long time.
The four stations are 1. The Sleep Station: This is where you go to sleep do not distract yourself from sleeping by using technology instead of sleeping. Go to sleep at a set time for a set amount of hours. 2. The Creativity (School/Work Station): This is where you get things done! Focus on what you need to do, do not get distracted by mixing the relaxation station with your work station. No unrelated KZhead videos when doing your work you need to do. 3. The Fitness Station: This is where you keep your physical self in shape by doing bodyweight exercises or hypertrophy training (working out and lifting weights to get those sweet sweet gains) if you have the equipment. 4. The Relaxation Station: This is where you keep your mental self in shape my taking your mind away from everything else and just focus on relaxing and doing things you like. Playing video games, eating, watching KZhead videos, reading, and etc. Again set boundaries between each station and make sure not to cross them. Crossing stations (mixing stations together) is a slippery slope since it can destroy the effectiveness of each individual station! That was my summary of the video I hope you all enjoy! :D
ok i need to turn my phone of and stop contaminating the sleep station then
I never knew my spaceships was almost a wreck untill I watched this video. Thank you for giving me vision.
CGP Grey: “ You are the only person in your “spaceship” ” People that live in a small house with their family: “Actually...”
I mean, you still solely inhabit the vessel that you call _you._
@@oz_jones Commencing drawing a nice green rounded-rectangle on my whole ass
@@johnnypopstar Where are the other rectangles?
More people in a spaceship often leads to crew fights.
@@oz_jones lol if you think this matters in any practical way when you're a parent or other caregiver.
U tellin me everyone else is in space while im stuck at home?
Dude it will cost Elon tons of Jeff Bezos to send you up to space
Bruh same
So thats where my dad has gone! Hes been up there for years now!
Wait There Humans on the Earth?
Wait are you number one at apologising for what you’ve done? Sam pound I’m wondering what that was?
a couple years on and whenever i need to do just about anything i come watch this video because it's the one thing able to convince me to turn my phone off, turn my music off, and just focus. I've had adhd my entire life and this *still* is the closest I've got to beating it
It’s 2022, and the pandemic still hasn’t slowed down. I’m rewatching the video to keep me motivated. Thank you Grey!
There’s a “don’t cut” message on the wire, so I assume that’s an anti suicide message. Thank you, Grey.
Also, don't cut your ties with others, reach out when you need to talk to or hear from another person. We can help each other even if we can't be there in person.
I already screwed up that one lol. But seriously, do really take care of yourself mentally. I worked out a lot and tried to do creative stuff, but had really bad decline of mental health.
Nah, that's just a thing that you're not supposed to do that you immediately do just to see what happens.
@@temphlosion3950 Same.
Where is it and what time?
“The sleep area is for sleep” me watching this In bed right now.....wait a minute
That's probably the only one that's not relevant for me, I've never had any issues getting to sleep or staying asleep. I can happily be staring at a screen, decide it's time for sleep and boom I'm out within 10 minutes
Even if you don't struggle to sleep, self discipline is important. If you let yourself blur the borders for the sleep 'station', you'll start to feel that way for the others too. It's the same reason you should have an alarm and get up at consistent times.
i literally got up in shame when he said that. hahaha
Yeah, I felt attacked when he said that.
while i'm watching this in the creation area... i should be studying rite now
✨the couch helps you.. couch✨
I love this man’s skill for analogy, and his animator does a great job in tandem with him
*every vessel has a couch* Laughs in college student
Stupid dorm-ships
The couch may be metaphorical
@@HeavyMetalMouse: The couch could be the floor.
*laughs in stuck with parent who hogs the living room all day long*
yeah the whole "make work place =/= other places" became hard for me to imagine as I glanced around my tiny 4 walls -- BUT I'll imagine these physical boundaries to be more mental ones and maybe that'll help me (I do realise that's completely beside the point, but yeah... no space. lol)
"no using the bed for videos for social media or watching videos etc" *Gets on floor*
That's thinking with your noodle :) Well done!
FLOOR GENG!
FLOOR GANG confirmed!
PP
You’re respecting the sleeping boundary. Good on ya
It's been two years since this video was uploaded and I think it has been one of the best videos to help people go through the pandemic! Even though I think I could have exercised more often and used my creative Station in better ways, overall I can see that I improved at least a little, so the goal of "Coming Back Better Than Before" has been accomplished! Congratulations once again on the great video, Grey!
In an 11 min video, you have done more for giving people meaningful life structure than my entire journey through education. 38 years old, wish I was told this when I was 18.
"Four sides" That one guy with a triangular room: Welp, Guess I'll just go without sleep
You can divide a triangle into 4 tiny triangles, I get this is a joke but because I love geometry I couldn’t not say this
@@Kizaco That is such a great point! However, while that may be four areas, it's not four sides. also, greetings, fellow geometry lover. Hexagons are the bestagons!
@@christophvonpezold4699 while I sympathies with your first statement, the best shape is in fact, a trapezoid due to its diversity and ability to fill any and all gaps, something a hexagon may struggle with in a non hexagonal shape
We live in 3 dimensions. The minimum number of faces for a polyhedron is 4 so you still got enough :)
2+2=4
My core makes the Chernobyl reactor look like the most stable thing on earth
Underrated
This deserves to be on Reddit!
Hey, Chernobyl is surprisingly stable. It's been producing zero power for thirty-four years with no interruptions or breakdowns!
That's why this video was made
Ouch.
Watching this video again 2 years since the pandemic hit, I can say with certainty that this is what got me through (and kept me sane). Thanks for making this!
Thanks! I know it's not much but thanks for helping me be a better me
grey : sanctify me, who's eating in front of the screen watching this in my sleep space : *averts gaze*
Well, I have only one table - my desk - and my flat ain't large enough to fit in another one. Also, the pre-installed couch of my station happens to be the only thing in here remotely resembling a bed. I think at this point I don't need to mention that, with desk, chair and bed-couch, there isn't really enough space left for exercise. Well, I guess I'm fucked then.
Lone Starr same here but i think getting in the mindset of this structure in your own home also can be achieved through time management. so instead of “only sleeping in this space” try “only sleeping at that time” and that goes for every other aspect mentioned in this video. for example i started keeping a sort of daily diary/planner in which i first write what i WANT to do that day and then what i actually did which helps keeping track of progress and maybe discovering habits.
I have a single computer desk with monitors where I eat, work, play. The only thing I don't do here is sleep, my sleep station is sanctified. But this is how it was before the pandemic...only now realizing that might be part of my issues.
Dude you're dead.
haselnuss Now THAT is a great idea! Will do thank you. 😌
Anyone else just imagining gray having his entire house cut up by lines of colored tape?
Does anyone not separate their house with colored lines of tape?
I wouldn't be surprised.
Angel Felipe wait you guys have a house?
it would be totally in-character lol
My sketchy friend outlined a sleeping area on the floor with chalk and its in a weird position
Even over a year an a half later, me never being in lockdown (cashier at a grocery store), and it not being perfect, this video has still helped me so much with my depressio. I've started to replay this video when I notice my 'ship' is in dire need of mataince. And it truely does help give me a much needed reset to get things done. I know you probably wont see this with how old the video is but.... I just want to say, thank you Grey. Thank you for creating this easy to understand metaphor for keeping a life in order, no matter the disturbance to the daily cycle it encounters.
I love grey's videos cause all of them are so fantastical like lockdown=spaceship, research=forest of all knowledge, youtube algorithms=dragon tyrant
You... might wanna rewatch the dragon tyrant video tbh
The dragon tyrant is a metaphor for death
I really wish someone or the youtube algorithm had sent me here sooner. Time to start getting my Spaceship into shape, and hope it's not too late.
How's it going so far? :)
Its never too late, even after we return to earth, the USS SPACESHIP YOU will still need to be kept going, you just have a bigger ship then.
Same with me.
Sorry, bug DEPRESSIONHASNOLIMITS.EXE depleted your Confidence Capacity. It's too late.
By the way, the Confidence Capacity is the only energy you have.
One trick that really needs to be mentioned: if there is some sort of breakdown with the different zones like no longer being creative in the creative zone, then change the room layout to start over. Before the pandemic, I noticed I wasn't very attentive at the desk I use to do school work on. So I moved the location of that desk and it made getting into the research mindset a lot easier.
This is a really good tip!
Same
I found this, as well. My work gave us computers so we could work remotely. Initially I was using a not-great table for the keyboard & monitor. Then I was given a nice computer desk & chair by my parents, and my draw to the work increased BIG TIME. Now I look forward to sitting down to work, and an actual computer desk creates grounded structure (for me) for doing computer-based production.
I basically just game all day and watch videos I realize this is destroying my mental and physical health but I don’t want to put effort in to fix it I’ve already dug the hole too deep to get out I know if I ask for a ladder it would be easier but I decide not to
@@bobus5681 You may think that but it will make this whole expirence a whole lot easier if you try to get yourself out of that hole.
This made me realise that I needed an actual creative station. So: From "I don't have the space" to "what do I tear down" and beyond! I used to have one, but it was reassigned to home office use in 2020, and the attempt at dual use failed, but silently.
man i wish i saw this during lockdown
“Captains Diary: Uneventful day, had a moment of self doubt, but soon went away again” - Captain Star
evoke1988 Captain Star... man that brings me back
I'm gonna jurnal like this to help me remember my path
“Don’t eat while you create”, he says as I munch down some pizza while doing some woodcarving and watching this NetMeTube video
WolfsbaneFilms NetMeTube+*
While asleep?
You goddamn legend
Woah, you guys still have pizza?
Watch the uncensored version kzhead.info/sun/pJqFqaasrKlnZ4k/bejne.html
I found this too late… _23 months too late_ * -And I completely missed the era where this video was relevant-, yet I still appreciate it just as much.* Correction: it’s still relevant in the summertime! And yes, if you were asking, that second line was an _Incredibles_ reference
This explains physical and mental health even better than a lot of therapists. And this coming from a guy who had depression and attempted suicide. Twice. Thanks CGP grey
"... Captain ..." The most motivational single word ever. Seriously got me out of bed & moving.
David Humphreys hell yeah
I noticed that too ! You are so right
Reminded me of the poem Invictus: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
Yes that was really well done.
Same. I was viewing KZhead in the wrong station.
Grey:use the sleeping zone for sleeping *only* Me watching this at 1:46 am: sounds about right.
[in tf2 sniper voice] YEAH THAT SOUNDS ABOUT ROIGHT
@@doyouseetorpedoboats8893 i read it in his voice aa well lol
i got triped out because im wtchin this AT EXACTLY 1:46 AM
yeah its 12:40 am right now for me and im scrolling through the comments ... i sure am managing the sleep zone well
@@quintennial. LMAO it’s 12:42 for me rn æ
Only now, after months of struggling with anxiety during + after the pandemic, do I feel hope for my situation. Thank you for this video, you’ve given me the tools to change my life for the better :)
Screw every motivtional video, this is the true motivation I need
It took me more than 30 seconds to realize that the spaceship is a metaphor.
If I was in a spaceship I would accidentally break my life support and die
I’m just imagining someone getting through the video and thinking it’s some fantasy routine for some obscure community
Really
Bruh I'm watching this video 8 months later. And now I see how I failed as a human being and collapsed.
wait wdym i'm on a spaceship called you please help
If both psychical and mental health are both zero, that means they’re balanced. Checkmate, psychiatrists.
Nice.
Wait wait.... yeah! But then no.
Yes coma patients
Yo, I have a cat of the same breed
Healeon unexpected undefined factorial
This video has so many little details for explanations like the sleep cycle bars splitting the blue/grey videos clearly indicating which ones are worth watching while never explaining etc. Also like throwing the book to move, or the straps on the sleeping bag.
Greetings to you, you from 2022.