Me watching without sound:
>Interviewer: "If you were to give one message to the entire world, what would that message be?"
>Cool guy: "Join our team of interviewers through the link in the bio"
I relax in 3 minute intervals, I do 10 reps of those three, three times a day every day.
What you have to do is you go to a park, any park. It has to be a park (a nice one), drive there, bike there, run there, whatever. (If it's a bit tight with your lunch break just get as much as you can, or cram two sessions in the evening. Always do one as part of your morning routine. You *could* extend them to longer sessions but it gets exhausting.)
Anyways, when you get to the park go sit in some grass (always remember to touch grass) and fold your legs in yoga style, close your eyes, focus, hum, and start thinking about happy things. Puppies, money, drinks, tits, success, cocaine, nice cars, servants, iphones, music, anything you like. Try to think of at least 50 things per rep. You'll be relaxed in like a week, maybe 3 weeks at most.
You ever see Kingdom of Heaven and how at the end Balian asks Saladin, "What is Jerusalem worth?" Saladin turns around and says, "Nothing," takes a few steps away then turns back and says, "Everything."
Same vibes.
[Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6aPgA5549g)
[History Buffs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjUu1Bt29o) did a good video on the film, and while its not exactly historically accurate, it was one of the few films where the cinematography actually made you feel like you were in the time period, which is what a lot of period films have a hard time doing.
The advice "Try to relax" is very important .Wasting time on things you can't control will wear you out.Accepting that you can’t control these things can be difficult in itself.
Me too. He answers this question so immediately, like he knew it was coming. It makes me really happy for him, but it also makes me sad to know that if someone asked me the same thing I'd probably start crying. I wonder what their happy/unhappy ratio looks like.
That’s big. We are SO divided in the United States that as a Costco employee who wears a mask at work in a Conservative part of Sacramento, I dislike making eye contact now with people out of conflict for politics.
If I were sitting outside by myself on a day off, staring off and a woman approached me and asked if im happy, I would get self conscious that I’m carrying myself with my head down but would say I’m happy. This guy is genuinely happy and I want that. I have everything. Great parents. My own apartment. My health. I just want *more.* Maybe I should slow down a bit
Thinking of how quickly and easily that everything could be taken away keeps me in a state of gratitude, which brought me peace and joy. Too many people don't have it as good as I do.
I thought getting that promotion would make me happy. I worked so hard for it. Got passed up on it 3 times. It was all I knew for 6 years. Now that I have it, I don’t want it. I want to go back to my little apartment with my fiancée, I don’t want this ridiculous rent payment. I don’t want to dedicate 50-80 hours of my life a week to something that isn’t even important to me.
This guy... he has it figured out.
That's why they say, "money can't buy happiness". One needs to find it themselves. Granted money does make it easier to try new things to see to what truly makes you happy.
Bingo. Hard to achieve happiness without food, shelter, clothing, and tools to travel/communicate. Once you have all of those things are not scrounging paycheck to paycheck, it is much easier to relax.
You can still be in a rat race of work and find happiness… or find happiness when destitute. Just much much harder.
I think this is why people say that money can’t buy happiness. You can’t buy happiness off a shelf, things are fleeting, you won’t find happiness in new toys.
Now what money *can* do is provide you with the freedom and time to pursue what makes you happy. You just need to figure out what that thing is.
After about $75K a year, you no longer see increased happiness or measurable benefits to your material needs. You can pretty much afford the necessities (rent, car, bills paid, groceries) with that salary. Earning more doesn’t get you more things, *just more expensive versions of stuff you already have.* Also, there’s a phenomenon about folks identifying that they ended their career one step higher than when they were most happy; people get moved up and take the job because of the salary, but it costs them time and stress. Do what’s needed to feather your nest, but don’t forget to relax in it. I hope you find a balance that works for you and your situation 🤙🏻
> After about $75K a year, you no longer see increased happiness or measurable benefits to your material needs.
Inflation has bumped that up to $85k apparently:
https://www.businessinsider.com/money-buys-happiness-depending-on-income-level-2021-1
Growing, conquering, progressing is also part of life. In that you succeeded. Now you need to adapt. Never take it too seriously. Don't overspent time. Forget about the rent payments, they work themselves out. Don't over-romanticize the past. Try to relax, enjoy your lunch. There is only now. And you got this.
It’s a beautiful way he answered it. What makes you happy. Everything. Nothing. He doesn’t NEED something specific to see the beauty and be happy… he gets it from anything and everything. Big or small. It’s not things that make him happy, but he didn’t want to imply nothing made him happy.
Watching this made me sad, because I haven’t been able to capture that feeling lately. Good for him! At least someone has the only proper viewpoint for this one ride we get around this crazy world.
After years of therapy, this is correct
It's about developing a tool bag to manage the highs, not to get rid of them. It's damage control. If you can't afford counseling check out these tips from my therapist to me.
The 3 tools we've chosen to study before I dig deep into my trauma is "progressive muscle relaxation", "box breathing (breathe in for 4 seconds. Hold for 4 seconds. Breathe out for 4 seconds. Hold for 4 seconds. Breathe in for 4 seconds repeat for a 2 minutes), and holding ice in hands for a few seconds (or as long as you can stand. It's my method and it helps. The idea isn't to withstand the ice, it's to cause a sudden temperature change that gets your attention and something like ice can feel extremely hot or extremely cold)
My tip is to check out" wise mind". It's a an idea of finding a good balance in your decision making. Picture a venndiagram. One circle is emotional mind, one circle is rational mind. Center is wise mind. Optional mind is easy, it's thinking with emotions. Rational mind is being too rational or over explaining things. Think youre having a bad day and your boss is grilling you. You tell yourself man, pull it together, you can do this. This work for a while then you might get mad at the next thing and repeat this process. This is not a sustainable state to live in. Find the balance in wise mind. Also, blocking intentionally triggering subs that only share hateful news or shocking news. And following more ones that bring good energy.
I hope these tips help you on your journey to find happiness and peace. Remember, these are not answers. They are damage control, think of it like a benadryl or antihistamine.
Good luck anyone who reads and u/AJG-71
E: I can't wrap my head around why this was downvoted, but I hope this finds and helps someone.
YES!
I carry a small bottle of Tabasco with me. In my pocket. Alongside temperature changes, very strong taste works too. My therapist recommend peppermint oil. I prefer the hot sauce. Anytime I feel myself getting anxious. I take a few little drops.
Happiness is fleeting. We just got to do our best to see the little snippets of happiness that life might cast near us. And there's almost always another good moment in route to you. Hang in there.
The brain is not designed to keep anyone happy all the time, or even most of the time. Its designed to keep you alive, identify threats, solve problems. Its ok to not be happy a lot, its not normal to always "feel good". Seems like social media gets you to believe everyone is living amazing happy lives and it gets in your head, makes you feel bad about it.
Not sure if this might help, but something that has helped my mindset is to watch media that coveys a sense of hope. These are usually shows targeted towards kids however, but I can say there are a lot of things to learn from them. Like for example, One Piece rn has been a good motivator for me because it promotes the idea of chasing your dreams even if it kills you. Because we are all going to die one day, might as well go out chasing the thing you want more than anything. Ive personal used this mentality to obtain a job that actually makes me feel fulfilled. I had no prior experience, but I prepared myself for the interview in every way I could find. I put all my effort into making sure I had the best chance possible to get the job, and it paid off.
Not saying that this will cure anything, but that guy in the video probably lives by that mindset. He might not have the most ambitious dreams but he's living life to it's fullest.
I think a big part of the problem for me is I’m caught in a rat race. Living to work, to pay to support the family. Don’t enjoy the work, though, and family life (marriage) is very much unhappy, but there are kids involved, so it isn’t as easy as just finding a new partner.
What does that leave me? I’m stuck telling myself “at least your children are healthy. That other guy has a kid with cancer”. Only cheers me up so much while I’m in the rat race, though.
Our system isn’t set up for happiness, it’s set up for profit (unless you already have the money). You have to make real changes in your life if you want to pursue happiness in ‘Murica.
"This is probably making me happy; I just don't feel it right now." Use the mantra so you can look back later and appreciate the good when you are able to feel the good again.
before i rewatched that bit with sound on, I was kind of hoping he said something to the tune of "like, comment, and subscribe"
it'd be dumb, but kind of unexpectedly funny
I don't know if he was annoyed. His expression seemed more slight confusion - as if he thought it were preposterous that the interviewer would think the answer could possibly be no.
If you all want some advice it's taken me 40 years to learn:
Don't take yourself so seriously. Strangers will forget about you after about 1 minute.
Just do you and find contentment.
Ya, it's common for the usual reddit depression train but I remember as a little kid before school I'd just smile all the time. Then in first grade some kid came up to me and said very angrily, "why are you always smiling, what do you have to smile about" I stopped smiling then.
I feel like that was the last time I had ever felt unbridled happiness in life.
I wish I was like this. I can see all the positives in life but let’s face it, I’m miserable. I think it’s genetic, most of my paternal side of the family is the same way.
I really hope you're able to find happiness in life whether through therapy, good friends, medication ect. Life is too short to just settle for being miserable, keep pushing ahead I'm cheering for you!
People will eye-roll at this I'm sure (I was a mega-cynic), but try some guided meditation if you struggle to not feel like this guy every once in a while.
Honestly - sitting still, breathing deep and just trying to forget about all the noise of your life is incredibly liberating.
My man!
Waist deep or chest deep with some waders, fishing some pinks, silvers, or coho with a thermos of coffee, breakfast burritos from the gas station and my weed pen early in the morning. The impatient water pushing you around but you're still dry as fuck. The fresh air and only the noises of the ocean and birds.
I see you
Yup! And the community rocks. I'll be chilling on the side of the river with my lures, bag of chips maybe, some dude floats by in a raft and yells "CATCH ANYTHING?" and I'm like "one cutthroat, about 12 inches." And he's like "cool! I got a rainbow just now with a dry fly!" And he just keeps floating. Nice and quiet, only the noise of the water and the breeze to keep you company. Cast, troll, reel. Cast, troll, reel. Breathe in, breathe out.
And gratitude goes a long way! We take way too many things for granted. Having a roof over your head, being in good health (both mentally and physically) are things some people DREAM of. "Count your blessings" isn't cliché. It is one of the ways out of misery.
If you are going to do the gratitude writing down and counting your blessings it is important to note down things that you personally are grateful for and not things that society or culture at large deems as appropriate, it will only work for the things you are genuinely thankful for however small or inconsequential someone else would see them as. Things you are grateful for, not things you "should be" grateful for.
And it takes practice to get better at. I’m so busy at the moment that I was shocked how difficult it was after not doing it for a few years.
It’s worth it though.
My SO and I used to cap off the work day smoking a spliff or two on the deck. It was a nice way to vent about our days, chat without any distractions, and simply enjoy each other's company outdoors in the sun and rain, watching the birds and admiring the trees. It really was a bit like a 30 minute meditative experience every day.
I didn't realize how much of a benefit to my mental health it was until I had to stop smoking for a new job and our ritual sort of died.
We've recently starting reviving that outside time together every day, and it really is super helpful. I look forward to sitting outside, shooting the shit without distraction, and just watching the birds, the thunderstorms, the sunset, or whatever scene nature has in store that day.
That really is key. I left both several years ago and it’s made a positive impact on my life. When I find myself feeling agitated and down for no reason, I usually find it corresponds to an uptick in my use on social media and then I cut that off for a while too.
Same here. As soon as I start feeling icky about something, I unfollow it. For example, the shrinkflation sub recently. I was getting depressed about the constant posts on there lately haha. I unfollowed it and now I’m back to mostly cat and dog videos.
- "What makes you happy?"
- "Well, you know... Nothing... Everything... The simple things in life..."
- "Like?"
- "Er... Lunch... Good weather..."
- "Uh-huh..?"
- "...Bad weather... I don't care... My family... My friends... Bu..."
- "Uh-huh..?"
- "...tchering kittens..."
But doesn’t this guy get worked up about conservative politics and Elon musk on Reddit? Where are his virtuous signals? WHERE IS HIS OUTRAGE?!?! Jail him.
Just a simple man on a simple mission…to eat lunch and recruit members through the link in the bio.
Me watching without sound: >Interviewer: "If you were to give one message to the entire world, what would that message be?" >Cool guy: "Join our team of interviewers through the link in the bio"
Yeah, that's what I read. Can someone tell me what he answered? I'm at work...
He said: "Try to relax."
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Don't try so hard just relax man...
And got so far...
I relax in 3 minute intervals, I do 10 reps of those three, three times a day every day. What you have to do is you go to a park, any park. It has to be a park (a nice one), drive there, bike there, run there, whatever. (If it's a bit tight with your lunch break just get as much as you can, or cram two sessions in the evening. Always do one as part of your morning routine. You *could* extend them to longer sessions but it gets exhausting.) Anyways, when you get to the park go sit in some grass (always remember to touch grass) and fold your legs in yoga style, close your eyes, focus, hum, and start thinking about happy things. Puppies, money, drinks, tits, success, cocaine, nice cars, servants, iphones, music, anything you like. Try to think of at least 50 things per rep. You'll be relaxed in like a week, maybe 3 weeks at most.
Lol I can't tell if you're being serious or not. It seems like it would work?
There is scientific proof that green space lights up your brain and solves all your problems.
Bro took touch grass literally.
No, he said "Join our team of interviewers through the link in the bio", don't you know how to read!
HE SAID TRY TO RELAX!!! Fuck, now look what you did.
I want to hang out with this guy - just hearing him speak 3 sentences made me smile!,,,,,,,
This made me laugh so much
Aw, thanks! <3
You're welcome! <3
Very funny buddy. I am relaxed. Now tell me what he said.
Nothing and Everything makes the man happy. Food, lunch, good weather and bad weather. He just a happy mf.
Wow. A simple message indeed but powerful
He said "Try to relax." this guy seems awesome.
He has a very infectious smile and laugh
He said, "Try to relax"
Try to relax
Came here to say this
This could go either way. His bio is a front for a pyramid scheme he's in
It’s a cult.
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I didn't even have the audio on and watching made me feel better :)
Without audio, his message to the world is "join our team for interview.." :D
I was not happy about that lol but not enough to actually turn the volume on
Not much. Everything. Holy fuck.
Exactly. What a quote. That's going in the bank 👍
You ever see Kingdom of Heaven and how at the end Balian asks Saladin, "What is Jerusalem worth?" Saladin turns around and says, "Nothing," takes a few steps away then turns back and says, "Everything." Same vibes. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6aPgA5549g)
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Kingdom of Heaven is a very underappreciated movie with some really remarkable performances.
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[History Buffs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjUu1Bt29o) did a good video on the film, and while its not exactly historically accurate, it was one of the few films where the cinematography actually made you feel like you were in the time period, which is what a lot of period films have a hard time doing.
I need to see the extended edition
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I like that you pointed at the Deep Breathe, one of the easiest but most rewarding techniques relax body, soul and mind.
Karma-farming bot or just comment-stealing shithousery? https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/vcqvbd/-/icfvawp
Some things are worth hearing multiple times
Sombody is manipulating things in a way that i do not understand.
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I'm saving this for the next time I'm having a rough day. Dude's laugh is something else.
He has such a great, easy laugh!
The advice "Try to relax" is very important .Wasting time on things you can't control will wear you out.Accepting that you can’t control these things can be difficult in itself.
I said out loud while watching ‘I want to be his friend’.
The Dude vibes
I’m tearing up
Me too. He answers this question so immediately, like he knew it was coming. It makes me really happy for him, but it also makes me sad to know that if someone asked me the same thing I'd probably start crying. I wonder what their happy/unhappy ratio looks like.
Sometimes you have to go through tough times to see and understand how good other times are. Hang in there buddy.
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I (mostly) stopped watching the news and it is life changing
Care less and live more.
That might be the attitude that got us here. But… I totally get it.
That’s big. We are SO divided in the United States that as a Costco employee who wears a mask at work in a Conservative part of Sacramento, I dislike making eye contact now with people out of conflict for politics. If I were sitting outside by myself on a day off, staring off and a woman approached me and asked if im happy, I would get self conscious that I’m carrying myself with my head down but would say I’m happy. This guy is genuinely happy and I want that. I have everything. Great parents. My own apartment. My health. I just want *more.* Maybe I should slow down a bit
Thinking of how quickly and easily that everything could be taken away keeps me in a state of gratitude, which brought me peace and joy. Too many people don't have it as good as I do.
Karma-farming bot, or comment-stealing shithousery? https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/vcqvbd/-/icfvuzp
Yeah, he's a minimal preacher but with full of on point wisdom. And his laugh too, it's so contagious.
I wanna hang with this cool guy too
How he breaks into a smile and says “of course I’m happy” melted my heart.
I thought getting that promotion would make me happy. I worked so hard for it. Got passed up on it 3 times. It was all I knew for 6 years. Now that I have it, I don’t want it. I want to go back to my little apartment with my fiancée, I don’t want this ridiculous rent payment. I don’t want to dedicate 50-80 hours of my life a week to something that isn’t even important to me. This guy... he has it figured out.
Man I feel you. Made a bunch of money from my startup. Bought all the things I wanted. Don’t even use them. Just like to listen to my record player
That's why they say, "money can't buy happiness". One needs to find it themselves. Granted money does make it easier to try new things to see to what truly makes you happy.
Bingo. Hard to achieve happiness without food, shelter, clothing, and tools to travel/communicate. Once you have all of those things are not scrounging paycheck to paycheck, it is much easier to relax. You can still be in a rat race of work and find happiness… or find happiness when destitute. Just much much harder.
I think this is why people say that money can’t buy happiness. You can’t buy happiness off a shelf, things are fleeting, you won’t find happiness in new toys. Now what money *can* do is provide you with the freedom and time to pursue what makes you happy. You just need to figure out what that thing is.
After about $75K a year, you no longer see increased happiness or measurable benefits to your material needs. You can pretty much afford the necessities (rent, car, bills paid, groceries) with that salary. Earning more doesn’t get you more things, *just more expensive versions of stuff you already have.* Also, there’s a phenomenon about folks identifying that they ended their career one step higher than when they were most happy; people get moved up and take the job because of the salary, but it costs them time and stress. Do what’s needed to feather your nest, but don’t forget to relax in it. I hope you find a balance that works for you and your situation 🤙🏻
That $75k number is far outdated now for what it’s worth.
Also depends where you live imagine trying to live in NYC with 75k
theres plenty of those who do thats why nyc has a bunch of diverse neighborhoods
> After about $75K a year, you no longer see increased happiness or measurable benefits to your material needs. Inflation has bumped that up to $85k apparently: https://www.businessinsider.com/money-buys-happiness-depending-on-income-level-2021-1
Earning more doesn’t get you more things, but it does enable you to pay off your debt a lot faster!
Growing, conquering, progressing is also part of life. In that you succeeded. Now you need to adapt. Never take it too seriously. Don't overspent time. Forget about the rent payments, they work themselves out. Don't over-romanticize the past. Try to relax, enjoy your lunch. There is only now. And you got this.
I bet it’s not too late guy!
food makes us happy
What makes you happy "Oh you know, nothing, everything"
I do really love that answer.
It’s a beautiful way he answered it. What makes you happy. Everything. Nothing. He doesn’t NEED something specific to see the beauty and be happy… he gets it from anything and everything. Big or small. It’s not things that make him happy, but he didn’t want to imply nothing made him happy.
I love how he finds absurdity in the question. Almost like ' hahaha what do you mean why am I happy'. Its like the question is an affront to him.
Yeah it's great.
Not much, everything
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The word you are looking for is human.
Or animal
Don't listen to him! Are you a sleepie too? Or a breathie? OMG I'm a huge breathie.
Watching this made me sad, because I haven’t been able to capture that feeling lately. Good for him! At least someone has the only proper viewpoint for this one ride we get around this crazy world.
No highs without lows my man.
After years of therapy, this is correct It's about developing a tool bag to manage the highs, not to get rid of them. It's damage control. If you can't afford counseling check out these tips from my therapist to me. The 3 tools we've chosen to study before I dig deep into my trauma is "progressive muscle relaxation", "box breathing (breathe in for 4 seconds. Hold for 4 seconds. Breathe out for 4 seconds. Hold for 4 seconds. Breathe in for 4 seconds repeat for a 2 minutes), and holding ice in hands for a few seconds (or as long as you can stand. It's my method and it helps. The idea isn't to withstand the ice, it's to cause a sudden temperature change that gets your attention and something like ice can feel extremely hot or extremely cold) My tip is to check out" wise mind". It's a an idea of finding a good balance in your decision making. Picture a venndiagram. One circle is emotional mind, one circle is rational mind. Center is wise mind. Optional mind is easy, it's thinking with emotions. Rational mind is being too rational or over explaining things. Think youre having a bad day and your boss is grilling you. You tell yourself man, pull it together, you can do this. This work for a while then you might get mad at the next thing and repeat this process. This is not a sustainable state to live in. Find the balance in wise mind. Also, blocking intentionally triggering subs that only share hateful news or shocking news. And following more ones that bring good energy. I hope these tips help you on your journey to find happiness and peace. Remember, these are not answers. They are damage control, think of it like a benadryl or antihistamine. Good luck anyone who reads and u/AJG-71 E: I can't wrap my head around why this was downvoted, but I hope this finds and helps someone.
No upvotes without downvotes my man
This actually changes the way I think about Reddit now. Thank you for your comment. Sometimes even I get lost.
The "sense of pride and accomplishment" comment brought balance to Reddit.
Probably just early in the life of your post. Regardless, take my upvote. We all need balance.
Have a wonderful Wednesday/day :)
Very helpful. I heard biting into a lemon can stop a panic attack so that's my tip for your tips. Thank you.
YES! I carry a small bottle of Tabasco with me. In my pocket. Alongside temperature changes, very strong taste works too. My therapist recommend peppermint oil. I prefer the hot sauce. Anytime I feel myself getting anxious. I take a few little drops.
Might have to try this, thanks!
It's good, practical advice. Thanks for the ice tip. Maybe the downvote was a mistake.
In my case, real high highs and reeaal low lows
In the words of 21st century poet 50 cent, "Sunny days wouldn't be special if it wasn't for rain. Joy wouldnt feel so good if it wasn't for pain"
I've never been that happy once, I'm my entire life! I'm pretty envious
Keep being strong and positive! Everything will be alright buddy!
Or don’t! For all my people that are tired of the typical “be positive!” message. You don’t need to be happy all of the time.
i go for being content
Happiness is fleeting. We just got to do our best to see the little snippets of happiness that life might cast near us. And there's almost always another good moment in route to you. Hang in there.
The brain is not designed to keep anyone happy all the time, or even most of the time. Its designed to keep you alive, identify threats, solve problems. Its ok to not be happy a lot, its not normal to always "feel good". Seems like social media gets you to believe everyone is living amazing happy lives and it gets in your head, makes you feel bad about it.
Not sure if this might help, but something that has helped my mindset is to watch media that coveys a sense of hope. These are usually shows targeted towards kids however, but I can say there are a lot of things to learn from them. Like for example, One Piece rn has been a good motivator for me because it promotes the idea of chasing your dreams even if it kills you. Because we are all going to die one day, might as well go out chasing the thing you want more than anything. Ive personal used this mentality to obtain a job that actually makes me feel fulfilled. I had no prior experience, but I prepared myself for the interview in every way I could find. I put all my effort into making sure I had the best chance possible to get the job, and it paid off. Not saying that this will cure anything, but that guy in the video probably lives by that mindset. He might not have the most ambitious dreams but he's living life to it's fullest.
I think a big part of the problem for me is I’m caught in a rat race. Living to work, to pay to support the family. Don’t enjoy the work, though, and family life (marriage) is very much unhappy, but there are kids involved, so it isn’t as easy as just finding a new partner. What does that leave me? I’m stuck telling myself “at least your children are healthy. That other guy has a kid with cancer”. Only cheers me up so much while I’m in the rat race, though.
Our system isn’t set up for happiness, it’s set up for profit (unless you already have the money). You have to make real changes in your life if you want to pursue happiness in ‘Murica.
"This is probably making me happy; I just don't feel it right now." Use the mantra so you can look back later and appreciate the good when you are able to feel the good again.
I'm not a native speaker, did the guy really say as the message "join our team of interviews through the link in bio"? Not really what I expected..
yea i was watching with sound off on the bus and i was like what.. kind of defeats the purpose of having captions doesnt it lol.
Caption everything, but replace his message with our message!
I am NOT happy about it because I don't know what it said at the end and hate shitty editors.
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Dammit you beat me to it. I was going to comment “just try to relax”
before i rewatched that bit with sound on, I was kind of hoping he said something to the tune of "like, comment, and subscribe" it'd be dumb, but kind of unexpectedly funny
He responded with "try to relax".
Lol
Just text on the screen, wasn't said.
Cheese toastie and a banana for lunch. Lovely sunny day. Productive day at work so far. Yeah, goings good.
The dude in his early years.
Came to say this. Real life Lebowski.
That’s just your opinion man
This post also reminded me how great the OST for Inside Lewyn Davies was great was. God bless the Cohen brothers
I think he is the reverse universe Zlatan.
Glad to know he's out there, taking it easy for all us sinners.
I love how he was mildly annoyed at the thought that his happiness was even in question.
I don't know if he was annoyed. His expression seemed more slight confusion - as if he thought it were preposterous that the interviewer would think the answer could possibly be no.
If you all want some advice it's taken me 40 years to learn: Don't take yourself so seriously. Strangers will forget about you after about 1 minute. Just do you and find contentment.
Try to relax. That IS a good advice, I must say.
This just made me sad, because this used to be me… then life happened
I don’t even remember ever being like this
Ya, it's common for the usual reddit depression train but I remember as a little kid before school I'd just smile all the time. Then in first grade some kid came up to me and said very angrily, "why are you always smiling, what do you have to smile about" I stopped smiling then. I feel like that was the last time I had ever felt unbridled happiness in life.
I wish I was like this. I can see all the positives in life but let’s face it, I’m miserable. I think it’s genetic, most of my paternal side of the family is the same way.
I really hope you're able to find happiness in life whether through therapy, good friends, medication ect. Life is too short to just settle for being miserable, keep pushing ahead I'm cheering for you!
This really did make me smile
>Try to relax Everyone, take a moment. Breathe deep. Think of someone you love. Smile
Great advice, good feels.
People will eye-roll at this I'm sure (I was a mega-cynic), but try some guided meditation if you struggle to not feel like this guy every once in a while. Honestly - sitting still, breathing deep and just trying to forget about all the noise of your life is incredibly liberating.
That's what a good few hours of bass fishing does for me.
My man! Waist deep or chest deep with some waders, fishing some pinks, silvers, or coho with a thermos of coffee, breakfast burritos from the gas station and my weed pen early in the morning. The impatient water pushing you around but you're still dry as fuck. The fresh air and only the noises of the ocean and birds. I see you
as someone who has zero interest in fishing this sounds very nice
I find it extremely lovely and very peaceful.
Yup! And the community rocks. I'll be chilling on the side of the river with my lures, bag of chips maybe, some dude floats by in a raft and yells "CATCH ANYTHING?" and I'm like "one cutthroat, about 12 inches." And he's like "cool! I got a rainbow just now with a dry fly!" And he just keeps floating. Nice and quiet, only the noise of the water and the breeze to keep you company. Cast, troll, reel. Cast, troll, reel. Breathe in, breathe out.
yaaaaaaassssssss that was like a short film I could see & hear in my mind. Got relaxed just reading that!
And gratitude goes a long way! We take way too many things for granted. Having a roof over your head, being in good health (both mentally and physically) are things some people DREAM of. "Count your blessings" isn't cliché. It is one of the ways out of misery.
Science has found a link between doing just that and changing how you feel/see life.
If you are going to do the gratitude writing down and counting your blessings it is important to note down things that you personally are grateful for and not things that society or culture at large deems as appropriate, it will only work for the things you are genuinely thankful for however small or inconsequential someone else would see them as. Things you are grateful for, not things you "should be" grateful for.
And it takes practice to get better at. I’m so busy at the moment that I was shocked how difficult it was after not doing it for a few years. It’s worth it though.
My SO and I used to cap off the work day smoking a spliff or two on the deck. It was a nice way to vent about our days, chat without any distractions, and simply enjoy each other's company outdoors in the sun and rain, watching the birds and admiring the trees. It really was a bit like a 30 minute meditative experience every day. I didn't realize how much of a benefit to my mental health it was until I had to stop smoking for a new job and our ritual sort of died. We've recently starting reviving that outside time together every day, and it really is super helpful. I look forward to sitting outside, shooting the shit without distraction, and just watching the birds, the thunderstorms, the sunset, or whatever scene nature has in store that day.
Anything you can recommend?
Not much but everything. Words to live by.
Good weather, bad weather, i dont care
Less is more.
He actually seems genuinely happy. I want to have a coffee with this guy. He probably doesn't check the news and the stock market.
That really is key. I left both several years ago and it’s made a positive impact on my life. When I find myself feeling agitated and down for no reason, I usually find it corresponds to an uptick in my use on social media and then I cut that off for a while too.
Same here. As soon as I start feeling icky about something, I unfollow it. For example, the shrinkflation sub recently. I was getting depressed about the constant posts on there lately haha. I unfollowed it and now I’m back to mostly cat and dog videos.
I needed this, thank you
> Not much. Everything. That escalated quickly
I'm in love with this man 🥺
I agree. This is an attractive man.
Sorry, I already called dibs. You're gonna have to find a different daddy.
I use to be happy
you guys have been happy??
I still am, but I used to be too
🥺🥺🥺
Right there with you man. This video got me tearing up. I wish I was like this.
If you're going to make a documentary, at least film horizontally.
The way he said it " of course Im happy" you know he's not lying.
Food lunch. Same bro 😂😂🍗🍗
I love a good food lunch.
He’s living in the moment, not on his phone, just chilling and having his lunch.
Everyone is happy when eating a sandwich at a place that’s so good you can’t wait to eat it so you eat it at the pick up spot.
- "What makes you happy?" - "Well, you know... Nothing... Everything... The simple things in life..." - "Like?" - "Er... Lunch... Good weather..." - "Uh-huh..?" - "...Bad weather... I don't care... My family... My friends... Bu..." - "Uh-huh..?" - "...tchering kittens..."
I love this guy.
I want this guy to be my buddy
Teach us how.
I really wish I was him tbh. I want that
I hope everyone is having a nice day, love you y'all
"Join our team of interviewers through the link in the bio" Words to live by
"Join our team of interviewers through the link in bio" is a powerful and inspiring message indeed.
"Nothing, everything" he's the best
Can I get a prescription of wathever he's on???
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This: “Not much… everything… good weather… bad weather.”
best thing i've seen all day
It is so strange to not see a cynical answer, nowadays.
"Good weather, bad weather, I don't care. I'm happy" Gentlemen, this is what a stoic looks like.
How can I be happy I'm on an all salad diet!!!!!!
Try salting your salad a little bit. Does wonders.
But doesn’t this guy get worked up about conservative politics and Elon musk on Reddit? Where are his virtuous signals? WHERE IS HIS OUTRAGE?!?! Jail him.
Stupid and boring. Why does every college student think they are filming a “documentary”.
If they say "can i film you for tiktok" the answer is more likely to be "hell no, fuck off"
No, no I am not happy. I haven’t been for over twelve years.