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- - Grey's 2023 Theme: • 2023 Yearly Themes
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14 minutes wow
Waiting for a follow-up explaining how to make your own, paper or electronic.
thank you, mr Grey
@@p_serdiuk a.k.a going bust on just the first day
he explains in the new video how the notebook works, in general and in particular for him
Just wanted to come here at the end of 2020 to say thank you. I was never a huge "new years goal" person because it always felt like as soon as I stopped it would just spiral into depression(Which it had before and I just ended). I didn't really write down "goals" or "ideas" for 2020 for a theme I just kind of kept it in the back of my mind. My Theme ended up being "Hobbies" for the most part. I got into quite a lot this year including DnD, Terrain building, world building, and a few other things that really got me enjoying stuff. I'm looking forward to 2021 and continuing a lot of what I was doing in 2020. The theming really helped allow me to try out lots of stuff without it just feeling like I failed a goal especially with the Pandemic making a lot of stuff feel less worth it terrain building being an example for in person game nights. I haven't really picked something for 2021 yet but have a few ideas of what I want to work on. If there is one thing on the internet that really helped this year it was this 6 minute and 23 second video. I hope you have a great 2021.
2020: year of improvise
2021: year of Adapt
2022: year of Overcome
This should have more likes😂😂😂
Goddamnit 🤣🤣
why does that fit my own life
💀
this is way too optimistic, we can’t overcome a damn thing
if it counts i was overcome with tears when i opened my gcse results-(🤡)
"...even just decelerating the negative is a positive"
Wow, never heard something so motivational in such a short sentence.
@@SigFigNewton was that a pun :-)
@@SigFigNewton youtube could learn from reddit. There is much that can be done with this comment system.
2nd derivatives are amazing huh (if the change in the change of the original slope increases, the slope increases)
@@elumiomerk4013 CZcams wants watch time for advertisements not interactions in comments section
@@xcalixus reddit does make money from awards though. That's something tha can motivate them.
I clicked this thinking it would be a funny video about a theme song for different people, but I left feeling more complete than I would have if my guess of this video was correct.
Exactly
Agreed :)
Same
It went the same for me :)
So did I
One of my favorite things Grey has said: "Flowers bloom but briefly, summer sun will wane, leaves eventually fall, snow comes and melts, and flowers bloom but briefly."
Ikr, I love how he has such a way with words and hearing him say that was beautiful
“Not all tools need sharp edges” is a great line
ah yes
a gun needs to have a blade
@@miguelbaltazar7606 *bayonet*
And the line before that
@@fgrey-
Au Contraire.
The best bayonets are triangular, pointy, not edged.
@@BogusmanTheSwagman and the best bayonets that aren't a war crime?
2020: Year of Survival
*Mission Failed*
@@sherlocksleuther5437 we'll get em next time
😞
Hahahaha.
This is very accurate.
5:40 There is a bee in the bottom right corner of the window
Nature's clock ticks on
Reminding you
That flowers bloom
But briefly
The summer sun
Will wane
Leaves eventually drop
Snow falls
And snow melts
And flowers bloom
But briefly
-CGP Grey
This is one of my favorite pieces of poetry
"Even decelerating the trend of a negative is a positive." Those words cut deep.
Real talk bruv
It's like a parachute... not gonna stop you going down, but you're gonna hopefully hit the ground slow enough not to break anything.
Deeper than any blade.
The second derivative of the trend line should be positive
@@Vulcapyro too deep
I feel bad for everyone who assigned 2020 as “year of travel”
On domestic travel, my country is 50km in diameter. Sigh. I'd hardly call that travel....
@@gammarayneutrino8413 Cool suggestions! Cooking food from different cultures would work, too!
Or, maybe travel is too tight a word. Broaden it out to "Year of Exploration". Take a new route home. Find a new corner store to get your snacks at. Go for a walk somewhere nearby that you've never been. There's always something you can do.
@@gammarayneutrino8413 I completely agree with that. Even if it is not the same as moving locations, different is not always worse.
me
Summer of 69 just got a whole new meaning
That actually is the original meaning, no joke
You should kniw bette4r)
autumn: season of reading
summer: season of adventure
spring: season of openness
winter: season of growth
The great thing about doing shorter lengths than a year is that you won't feel bad about changing the theme
@@totallynotpaul6211 omg thank you for this comment I forgot i was doing this
Personally I like making them as short as a month. This month for me is the month of consistency 📝
Hope it is going well
@@Whatwhat3434 ^^
My Theme for 2020 was "Year of Art".
In the end, I ended up knowing how to code, to paint, and to play the piano.
So, I guess it's still "Year of Art".
nice!
Cool
**subtle flex**
I´m proud of you :D
And it’s nice that it can also go under the year of learning! One thing can truly encompass a whole spectrum
My resolution 20 years ago was "No more resolutions". Ive been pretty successful so far.
That's what I've been doing my whole life! Going great!
@@CarMedicine Same!
same
Good job
No you haven’t
This video had a massive impact on me, so i would like to share my story as a way of saying thank you to cpc grey and hopefully inspiring other. I struggled with depression/social anxiety/suicidal thoughts for five years and under the influence of this video (and also stoicism) i dedicated the past 6 months to theme 'mental health'. I postponed some parts of my college degree, started a new hobby, took part to some physical challenges (obstacle run), went on a hiking holliday with new people and a whole lot more. It was hard and challenging but i made massive progression and i am now more self confident, happy and courage. Thank you cpc grey!
You did inspired the one and the only one, dear commment hope now you are in the same plase as alexander pope. Long dead and deaply forgotteb 🐘
i love how the most replayed moment is the "hippy dippy lovey dovey huggy wuggy fuzzy wuzzy"
CPG Grey is honestly one of the most helpful people I’ve ever seen on the internet.
CGP*
Agreed
Couldn't agree more!
We can't forget @Scooby1961
Yes. Especially his rules for rulers video!
I’m really happy to see this as the exact opposite of the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time based) goals that have been pounded into my head through school. I love idea of the flexibility of betterment, even if marginally. As someone who’s been fighting the mental illness battle for forever, having the vague theme makes it much easier to find motivation to do anything.
SMART is great for projects, especially in groups where communication is vital, but for the brain, sometimes big terms with lots of room to explore help more.
source: anxiety disorder and engineer
Yeah, this system only works for very plan oriented people. And setting deadlines when you don't exactly know what you are doing just makes it worse
Spot on contrasting theme with SMART.
I will say if your goals are simple or focused in one area of your life smart goals are usually better
which is, at least on the surface, contradictory, because in another video (maximize misery) CGP Grey said that the pathway to happiness is to set SMART, not VAPID goals...
"not all tools need sharp edges" that's actually really cool. I might use that sometime
Ironic
Goldic
I did this last year (2022) and I did "year of discovery" and throughout the year I tried to take paths that would allow me to learn and gain more knowledge as much as possible. It was so fun and effective! I defenatly recommend it for anyone who's interested
When he said "listening reading may be more for you" I was expecting an audible sponsorship
N burned, N+1 shy
same lmao
Kinda refreshing that it didn't happen eh?
@@jacobchaney Feels much better to be recommended something knowing that is genuinely their opinion
lmao same XD
Grey 2020: Year of the upload schedule
patterns suggest no, sadly
try rewatching hos Q&A's its as likely as the settlers of catan video (and wanted just as much)
...to follow. (We wish)
Randomness of Grey’s uploads makes his videos more addictive. It’s not a bug it’s a feature
@@ismekaloff It is even more - he brings out ideas that develope naturally instead of forcing them. The latter, even though our entire society is build upon it, always turns to shit.
Time for my yearly re-watch!
Same here!
Scoot over im joining
This video actually did way more for me than I thought. I assigned 2022 as "year of self improvement" and I moved out of my parents house, got a better job, and surrounded myself with better friends than before. I'm still smoking cigarettes though so I guess 2023 will be "year of better health" or something
your still so lucky in my standards
"A season is a nice human length of time."
*cries in equatorial*
A season? What's that? Sounds foreign. Maybe the north or south folks can explain.
Ah, yes-the brief period of cooler weather and the unbearable hot and rainy period
"Winter is short"
cries in Canadian.
I've come to the conclusion that spring isn't a thing we have here: we just have the season of melting.
@@nadinewesterveld5597 Well maybe indulge in some fondue, or a chocolate fountain. Call it the Theme of Melting. Just... don't take it too literally.
@@Fixided It's when nature wants to act like she's a klutz like half a year into the relationship, and "accidentally turns you into a human popsicle" for about 3 months.
Rumour has it that the CZcams algorithm chose: "Year of more CGP Grey"
first reply for a comment with 730 likes b r u h
Bruh
Bruh
Hahaha brilliant
Rainbows did it
Came back to thank you for making my 2021 great. Ill do this again but better.
anyone here for 2023??? I asked for (and got) the journal for Christmas…For me:
2023: Year of learning
I thank you for this video. As a therapist, I share this video with my clients to help explain goals and to not pressure themselves with making strict goals. You explain this much better than I ever could.
I need a therapist like that
@@malcolmhodnett8874 they are out there!! That's for sure.
@@ayanuiwoman hey what would you suggest as a basic checklist when looking for a new therapist? like what should someone be looking for in their therapist?
just one ques for you:- what therapist actually do?
@@ncb4_69 essentially, it's to "help people help themselves." We can provide a non-judgmental space and approach to people, give them a space to vent freely, and go over ways to support clients through processing and coping through those problems and situations.
CGP 2010: Everything you know is BS, here's the real story
CGP 2020: CZcams Soup For The Soul
Nitpick: The first CGP Grey video was actually uploaded in 2011.
@@AllenGrimm1145 but 2010 sounds better
@@yesteryear6561 You're not wrong. It's just a silly nitpick, after all.
@@AllenGrimm1145 I did have the same thought
GCP 2019: Travels to Staten Island to figure if somebody got around it in 24 hours
2023: year of healing :)
I came back to this video because I wanted to watch it near new year
Same
"Is perhaps a story for another time" - We will never hear of it again
well at least he started talks about reservations as promised
Change will to may then yeah.
Just listen to his Cortex podcast
Francis Behnen yeah that usually where those “story for another time.” stories go.
Still waiting on that Free Will video from You Is Two.
"Hippy dippy, lovey dovey, huggy wuggy, fuzzy wuzzy".
-CGP Grey.
4:35 if any one searching wants to find it later.
@@FKasa Thank you.
Cracks me up every time :D
Sad he never mentioned the Summer of George
uwu
The one thing I realised over many years, you have to WANT to do something, and do not set a goal. I always said to myself, I want to do more workout and I have to do this and that. But after one or two days or weeks I always quitted slowly but surely. But then once I had a really bad health condition after lockdown, and I decided I will try running, at least just once a week. And after trying that out, I absolutely fell in love with running in the morning. And since I was flexible with myself, didn't set up a bar how many and when, I actually do it for at least 2 months now. And I also increased the number of 3 times a week, because I really do like it. Since that my health improved and it really became a routine, and the only thing I had to do is just find a better way I love to do.
In my 20s I made a New Year’s resolution to never again make a New Year’s resolution.
I kept it.
"Words are tuning forks for the brain." That really resonated with me.
Don't be such a freq.
Ahahhaa dont know why but made me laugh
Nommin' oms
soon to be a popular cliché
Resonated.... I get it.
“Heck, even just decelerating the negative is a positive”
That comment hit me. Thank you for saying those words out loud. I had never thought about it like that before”
...the legendary is the broken.
“I vow to shoot less heroin.”
I've always measured success in terms of derivatives, but nobody else has. Feels good to know that there are others
-100 is still lesser than -10000
Maximize joy, minimize suffering, that just sounds like the meaning of life to me.
“Year of accomplishing New Year’s resolutions”
i just find it hilarious that when he said resolution, my video buffered and its resolution dropped
Whenever this "another time" comes, Grey will have a lot of stories to tell.
aditya thakur the year of another time 🙃
His 3rd latest video "'Indian' or 'Native American'?" was actually a delivery on one of these "another time" stories
I'm still waiting for his video on why Icelandic Ponies are forbidden to return to Iceland once they leave.
i read this and chuckled to myself but then i realised how ominous this comment is if read in the wrong (or right?) way
yup
Fun fact: Earlier today, the title was "You Have Already Failed Your New Years Resolution"... or something to that effect
It also had a different thumbnail
Yeah
Wait it took him that long to change it? Lmao
If you share this vid on Facebook or other sites, it would have this title.
spybloom I thought it also had the title “Your New Years Resolution” at some point
year of art i think.
Hey sameee
I’ve come back to this video after my year of exploration. This has lead me to my first solo flight to Switzerland for work and I went to the netherlands on my own. I’ve also been to a lot of small places locally and explored with my new girlfriend. So very successful theme! Thanks grey for the inspiration. Im thinking Health for next year both mental and physical .
"Thinking about thinking changes your thinking"
- CGP Grey
Now I can't stop thinking about how thinking about thinking changes my thinking about thinking about thinking
@@dale6947 Thoughtful.
It is true though.
For me, this kind of thinking has made me more nuanced politically, see the world in different ways, re-examine what I even need to do to live a functional life (im a young adult) and is helping me recover from a breakup. When you think you're stuck, it helps to examine how you examine your situation, or the world for that matter, or [insert appropriate concept], or ...
I think we'd better think of something.
I'll think of something.
And I think we better think of something.
Good thinking!
Watching Grey's videos and listening to HI has actually got me to think about my thinking more than I think I should. I often find myself trying to over-analyze my brain to figure out why I'm unhappy or annoyed, and it often just makes me more unhappy or annoyed.
Grey: Makes a poetic description of how time passes by the seasons.
Me: *Cries in equator*
李芙さき (rifusaki) *cries with you in leaves are always green and never fall*
@@JM-lh8rl cries in Brazil where it is 40 C no matter the fucking month
In Australia where there are 2 seasons, hot and warm
cries in wet and dry (seasons).
*cries in San Diego*
its the way i religiously revisit this video every dec 31st & jan 1st of every year~
2023 is my 'Year of Code.'
"not all tools need sharp edges." Great quote.
Honestly, Imma have to remember that one
Congratulations from now on you will answer every question with you will find it on the knife
I don’t remember when Grey first talked about “Year of’s” because when I decided I wanted to start losing weight way back in September of 2018, I said to myself “This is my year of health.” By the same day in 2019 I was 100 lbs lighter. The idea of a theme actually helped me a lot and my eating’s certainly improved too. Thanks, CGP Grey.
Congrats man that's amazing! Hope you can keep it off, I'm sure you will!
😁
Congrats!
2023: Year of Alignment
Thank you, this is really what I needed. I had trouble finding direction in life after quitting a debilitating heroin addiction and endangering my relationship with my girlfriend. I still got college, I study International Relations in the Netherlands. First time around I watched this it really inspired me and after a few weeks I can really say that it helps, thanks a huge lot, Grey.
Hi there! How's it been going?
sorry dude
I feel like this can be very ADHD friendly. It isn't so focused and specific so that one would have a hard time keeping on task, and broad enough to, as you said, be more forgiving as the initial definition can, and will most likely evolve, or even run into hurdles which both could devastate someone with ADHD.
Thank you!!!
Totally agree!!!!
Every CZcamsr ever: be specific and don't be vague and set milestones.
CGP Grey: hold my beer....
Considering what he has on his desk, maybe "Hold my coffee" , but I 100% agree with you! :D
Goes to show he’s well researched
Specific milestones are for not procrastinating. A theme is for subtle behavioral changes.
I guess the difference is the time horizon of your goal? If you plan to accomplish it now or the immediate future, it should be specific so that you know that you definitely done it. It's more useful to be vague for achieving long term goals so that you don't give up altogether when you realize that you effed up once or twice
2022 will be the year of acceptance! Acceptance of myself and who I am because I really need that.
I was going to address spending an entire year improving only one aspect of yourself doesn’t seem very productive. Seasonal themes seem like a fantastic idea both in terms of productive change and avoiding burnout. You could even have a yearly or biyearly theme routine or have certain re-occurring themes apply to certain seasons. For example having “fitness season” during the summer where it’s easier to go outside and there’s more sunlight or “reading season” while we spend more time indoors during the winter.
THIS is what I need. I have so many things I want to improve in my life and they all feel equally important… this allows me to try multiple goals while still maintaining focus
People who didn't make resolutions: My goals are beyond your understanding
Can't fail resolutions if you don't have any
@Isaac Anderson so that's your plan😁
My new years resolution was to make a new years resolution, I already accomplished it the moment the new year started
I live by a simple principle: do as you see fit. You cannot predict what the future will bring, so binding yourself to any unnecessary chains seems pointless. If you can trust your own intuition and self-control to guide you in the moment, you do not need or want any pre-made resolutions.
@@majava5282 Or you can do as Yes Man and just say Yes to everything and see where you end up.
From the man that brought us "7 ways to maximize misery" and "This video will hurt". We hereby present "Your new year's resolution has already failed".
Also: I have a tendency for depresion and resolutions always felt like a lot of pressure for little reward so I think this year I'll do a Joy Theme. I'm actually pretty hopeful.
I've been going through 2 joy seasons since I was in a similar point that you are saying you are. It's totally worth it, helping your mind think more positively and enjoy life is something that should be taught but takes some people feeling like shit for years to realize.
Hope it turns out great! And remember, your happiness is in how you experience reality.
Nope this year is going to be horrible
look around and you’ll see all the shitiness the world has to offer:
-Donald trump is about to declare war on iraq
-Australias burning to bits
-Wuhan virus is spreading everywhere
-Coppa is starting to fuck up youtube
Yay
Man am I a shitty person
Kennard Lim just shut up man stop trying to get pity.
@@residenteye6818 -Donald trump is about to declare war on iraq. no.
-Australias burning to bits. dont know.
-Wuhan virus is spreading everywhere. not gonna be anything much like swine flu.
-Coppa is starting to fuck up youtube. relevant, but might make content creators more proactive in fighting youtube, so theres that.
yay
im a person who thinks nothing will, or has ever happened.
@@residenteye6818 the world around us may be going horribly, but as gray said, just decelerating the negative is a positive, so doing small things that help you as a person feel happy is a good thing.
I didn‘t have a theme, but I had the goal to „eat less meat“ instead of „be vegetarian for x months“. I started with meat every day and now I‘m vegan for around 5-6 days a week. :) Now I‘m going so teach my mum some vegan recipes so that we can eat vegan meals when I‘m eating with her. It‘s a slow progress, but at least I won‘t be exhausted after a few weeks :)
How are you now?
Ecxuse moi/ The typing is reverse as WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLL as the punctiation. For me spelling always was the tought&&& part. The pronounsiation is reverse
CGP Grey, thanks for inspiring my son to show me your video! I wrote a children’s book series to help teach sensory strategies to families that may be struggling to meet the needs of their child with autism, ADHD, or a sensory processing disorder. I was absolutely inspired by your video and have often broken resolutions like many people early in January! I love the idea of a yearly theme to foster positive changes and help meet a broader goal! I’m hoping my followers will check out your video and share it with others! Thanks for making great videos with both educational and entertaining content!
- Elizabeth Bortz
CGP Grey: "You guys probably failed your new year resolutions..."
Me: You guys have resolutions?
You beat me to it
You have
This is one of the most reliable comments I've read.
same, i gave up on that the moment i was born
Mine is to have a resolution for next year
5:38
"Nature's clock ticks on, reminding you that flowers bloom but briefly, the summer sun will wane, leaves eventually drop, snow falls and snow melts, and flowers bloom, but briefly"
You're a poet. That line is beautiful and sad at the same time.
It's a real kick to your souls, hearing ik such a way how everything is the same every year. And how death I'd coming oh so soon
Love how he made this late January in 2020. He had no idea, huh. And it turned out to be the best year for a message like this
I really don't regret watching this it came at the perfect time 💗❤️
Same, CZcams is spot on sometimes
My new year's revolution was a success. My goal was to quit smoking cigarettes (I used to smoke a half pack a day) and since January 1st I've only smoked 3 cigarettes.
I still have cravings but I'm proud of myself.
Update: Thanks everyone.
Congrats!
Congratulations my dude!
Caitlin Purple good luck on your goals!
Yeah! Keep it up!
Yay! Congratulations!
January 2020: My theme will be doing more stuff with people!
May 2020: Well this isn't going very well...
I mean if it wasn't satire you could still do stuff with people, like calling people back or helping people or screwing people over or whatever
What about videogames?
Not the best theme for 2020...
Pe opl e?
What? Like those things in the ext er ior?
I can help let's say hi
happy new year grey, let's try a Year of Stabilization
2023, Year of drawing, also surprisingly my 2022 theme changed into reading
I’ve been doing this for years:
2016 - Year of Sleeping
2017 - Year of Resting
2018 - Year of Naptime
2019 - Year of Dreaming
2020 - Year of Lying down with my eyes closed
2021:Year of resting usually in a bed while my eyes can not see the visible light and my brain slows until the time sun rises
I did all of those, but in different years.
if you Sleep the entire year round you probaly have a problem
2022 - year of restoring energy on a relatively comfortable surface while hindering electromagnetic radiation in the 400-800nm range from being absorbed by your photoreceptor cells at the same time as your brain changes from awake stage to the REM-sleep stage and remaining at this stage for preferably 7 to 9 hours and repeating this process every time the earth achieves 6.265 radians in its rotation around its own axis
Those are just the same resolutions but different words. You clearly didn't watch the whole video, he said it's a bad idea to pick the same bull
*2011 cgp grey:* god I hate hippies
*2020 cgp grey:* just go with the flow man
Btw, which episode does he comment on that?
@@DeathlyDavid I dont know if he talks about it on the podcast but I remember him trash talking hippies in his video about the 2012 apocalypse
ROFL!!!
It was probably Brady's gong bath experience that tipped him over...
That's age for you. When you're young you're all "improve, be better, never give up, just a few more years and my dream of being Batman will come true!!", by the time you pass 35 or so you'll be all "fuck it, I'm good enough the way I am".
@@asmylia9880 guess your theme for this year is accomplishment?
I return to this video annually...
2021: Year of Achievement
2022: Year of Positivity
2023: Year of Moving On
It took me a year to get around to it, but 2021 has been my "Year of Improvement".
And honestly, I've improved. I'm more fit, I'm eating better, my drawings are a little better, and I actually got a job I can put on my resume. Overall, it's only September, but I can see a definite change, and I'm happy with it.
How many times&
"Build the life you want to live."
Well, I'm as close as I'll ever get. I'll try Y E A R O F T R E E S
Whether this is what you mean or not I HIGHLY recommend learning to identify some trees/ plants in general. It opens your eyes to a whole detailed world that you never realized existed.
@@CPickswell actually, I did this horticulture day camp thing back when I was in grade school, I still can't grow for shit, but I can differentiate arborvitae from juniper now
@@anidnmeno You Polish? Your last game gives me Polish and Hungarian vibes
@@derpidius6306 naw, it's just my online handle
Topic for your year of trees: Telperion and Laurelin. They're the best trees
It's currently mid December 2021, my theme for this year was year of me, I'd been in a really bad place for the past few years and not every one around me was around me, for me, so this past year I've been trying to be better, for myself, and the people around me, I'm still not exactly stable, but I'm in a better place than I was in January, and I think I'm ready for 2022: the year of people. I want to try help some of my friends who I know are struggling with things I have, meet new people who could go on to become amazing friends, and maybe learn a few things along the way. Basically, thank you Grey, your videos have made me a better person and you have no idea how grateful I am because of that.
“Not all tools need sharp edges” is a potential jedi quote
After 10 years in self-imposed isolation, I decided to make this year's theme "Collaboration". That's turning out well...
You can still maybe live with a roomate or engage more with people online, maybe buy a vr headset. Or come up with some thing else idk. Also maybe change the theme to something that's more doable if the current theme isnt working for you
@@xpearl_heartx Its next year.. Thats all I have to say
Similar for me. After years of unstable work and shame and social isolation, I decided to have a "year of communication." I started reaching out and connecting locally and then pop.
At this point, CZcams's recommendations are just bullying me.
its a crime you have to get your cgpgrey videos from recommendations because you arent subbed, do it now!
cavestory77 toxic melee fan you are stupid. Any channel/genre you watch will show up in your recommendation, along with your subbed channels.
Well the algorithm is designed to give you things you'll enjoy. Maybe You should vist your local BDSM club sometime :).
@@swank8508 I've been subbed for years now, just didn't get alerted about this one. CZcams AGAIN!!
@@TheScienceBiome im sorry for doubting you, kind sir
Oh, I thought this was going to be a video about me having my own theme song I didn't know about.
At the same time, I'm not completely disappointed in what I watched.
year of literature, year of welfare, year of mentality, year of awareness, year of teamwork
decade of growth! decade of community! decade of knowledge! decade of inspiration!
I felt like I wanted to go with the theme "year of compassion" because I want to help others more.
Then I remembered my anxiety is always in the way, and I freeze when confronted with situations where I could actually help spontaneously.
Then I realized compassion for myself counts. This is going to be a good year.
"You're all here to save the world, what I want you to understand is that it's okay to just save one person and it's okay if that person is you." -can't remember who I'm quoting, some dude over the internet I guess.
Stay strong friend, stay strong
@@npc6817 it was a professor teaching Medical students, if I recall correctly!
And that's absolutely right, taking care of yourself is always a good step to take. I hope you'll find that later in the year you are capable of doing more!
Maybe a year of extroversion could help you make a year of compassion next time? I count working on prerequisites as working towards the goal.
AMRose Sending a shoutout and lots of love! ❤️
This legit made me tear up, it resonated *really* strongly with me.
This video helped me a lot this year. Looking back on where i started, i dropped out of college as an obese 19 year old who had no idea what he’d do with his life. Once i decided on the military i knew i had to lose weight. Instead of doing strict diets or setting a “I will weigh this weight by the end of the year” i decided to try the “Season/year of health” thing and it really worked well for me. I thought about my choices more, all at the same time working on getting my enlistment set up. 5 months and 30 pounds later i’m about to join the military and already in the best shape of my life. I’m not a mega-athlete now, but i can confidently say i’ll be middle-of-the pack once i get to boot camp, when mere months ago i firmly believed i’d never be able to keep up.
Wow dude, hella proud of you
Tell me how it goes
Nice job! so proud of you
Nice job dude
awesome
So I watched this video a year ago and decided that my 2021 theme would be health. I actually totally forgot about that but apparently my brain stored it somewhere 'cause I actually did a lot to stay health this year. I finally started to go to a gym and lost weight so I am not overweight and at risk of obesity associated diseases anymore. Also my mental health became a way better. It was actually a long and unpredictable journey.
Yesterday I realized that I did it that far because I chose a theme for my year and stopped being like 'I totally will go to a gym next month and start following diet tomorrow'. And I came here to thank you
Really dude? Like/// Really& Did i gave you any indication where to get gasoline/ The cartoons are more ANNNgry fot the FOX sake
It might be April, but it's never too late to get started. Year of art, here I come!
"Hippy dippy, lovely dovey, hugely wugey, fuzzy wuzzy" - CGP Grey, 2020
Someone needs to clip that bit of video
and please make it 10 hours long
BARS
4:35 for the timestamp
"Fuzzy wuzzy"
Oh no
I assigned 2020 as the "Year of Worth" because I had felt guilty for not being "productive" with my time.
Productive is a vague and overall unhelpful term so I sought specific activities I like doing. (drawing, reading, quality time w/ family, etc.) I do them, and I enjoy it! I feel like I've spent my time well. The pandemic has probably pushed me to fill my day with more of these pastimes.
Thank you for this idea!
Interestingly enough, 2020 was my „Year of productivity“ and I talked to a friend about that and he said „You are always too focused on that, why not make it the year of relaxation“.
So I created the „Year of relaxed productivity“ and man, that helped a lot.
2020-2022: years of survival
2023: year of balance
“your new years resolution already failed” never have i ever been so offended by something i completely agree with
That's how I feel about "Republican Senators will not vote for Trump's conviction, regardless of the evidence."
me: first off, how dare you. second off, you right
@@complainingperson2883 - I can promise not to bring politics into this *anymore*.
I like this, because everyone talks about "SMART" goals (Measurable, Accurate, etc., I forget the rest), but I always find that I just don't do them. My failure makes me more depressed and unlikely to try. If I have a theme, I can't fail, and that's way better. Thank you, Grey.
Don't use that as an excuse to slack off. If you never hit any targets then you're still failing. The idea of themes is to make things easier for you, but many things you want/need in life don't come so easily that you can just nonchalantly walk towards them-- sometimes you have to work hard. Grey's idea of themes is a good start, but really you should focus on moving from themes to systems and you should still set targets within those systems-- but they should be more stoic of goals. So instead of focusing on output, they focus on input. It's not 'read ten books in a season' but rather 'spend at least 20 minutes reading every day that you can'. That way you're still pushing yourself every day, but if you miscalculated or can't do it for reasons outside your control, it doesn't completely throw you off your resolution/objective.
@@ZLunas Exactly! We can only do our best-- so that should be considered a victory. Plus if I legitimately have school work and real work all day, then get caught helping family, I can't possibly spend two hours reading nor can I study Spanish. If my goal was just to knock out X chapters of my book, i'd feel disappointed when i miss my target-- but if my goal is based on doing what I can, when I can (while still measuring it) then that day doesn't count as a loss.
@@ZLunas Themes and goals serve different purposes, both are still useful.
Without looking anything up, my guesses: Simple, Measurable, Accurate, Realistic, Timeable (is that a word). But seems it is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based. Guess the S and the A got Switched Around.
@Eon Nightcore SMART goals are for business, but your life is not a project - it's you
4:12 Can't believe CGP Grey is telling me to find the words that vibe with me
Thanks from Australia. This video about Year or "Theme" will be passed on to my students this week.
Me: Doesn't make a New Year's Resolution
CGP Grey: You have already failed at your New Year's Resolution
Me: Yeah, failed at making one, maybe.
my resolution is 1024 x 720
I didnt even know new year resolutions existed before this video Lol.
my resolution is to remember to make a resolution next year.
it's an American thing, right?
@@johnapple6646 same
"The diverging paths of life are hidden under the fog of the future." -CGP Grey
I was trying to find the joke, but turns out it's just a cool quote
The best way to predict the future is to create it
Old Wes have you watched the video? That was a necessary point to make for what he was trying to say, and the diverging paths of the future are something familiar to Grey, so why critique him for saying it?
@@O_Canada The imagery in this cool quote illustrates the futility of over-investing in making plans for a path you can't yet see. "Translation" is not the art of stripping out the poetry from an evocative turn of phrase.
duh
year of games!!!
2023: year of Love
Januari: "Year of seeing friends!"
April: "Year of staying indoors and doing none of that!"
You can still see friends! You just can't hug them :c
While I know this a joke, the point of themes is that they can adapt: since you can't meet them in person as much, the idea is that your theme will adapt, so call them or something instead. If you'd made a resolution that was, 'Meet up with a friend every weekend.' sure, you'd have failed, but you can't fail a theme.
Start playing Dungeons & Dragons via voicechat to stay on theme.
And we're still here!
"Year of seeing friends in a new way"
I actually did this at the beginning of the year before seeing this video!! This year was the YEAR OF SLEEP. And thanks to the situation of 2020 I definitely have been getting more sleep than I used to.
Similar thing happened with me, I set 2020 as my “Year of Do Nothing”, and coincidentally happened to get a full year of free time to do just that. I wish that could happen more often (for different reasons obviously)
This is probably the best video on the internet for getting you to think about making yourself a better person
Thank you for this video! I'm starting college now and my "theme of new friends/activities" is helping me not hide in my room all day like I'm sometimes tempted to do!
'I think I've found my theme for this year. It's gonna work for me.'
"How can you tell?"
'*_VIBRATION_*'
so, did you already buy your vibrator?
Hahaha great
year of vibration
year of literally just vibin
that was some poor choice of words lol