I wrote a paper back when I was 20 years old about the right to failure for our age group. Our parents and the past had plenty of opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them. Where everything is recorded for us, so we are punished far greater then our fathers. Deny me all you want, but you know this is true too.
I think so, but for me, the effect of this is that it's made me double down on myself and my choices. Like, I was scared of putting stuff online bc I know once you put something online, it's forever going to be there. So, I feel like that knowledge caused me to double down on everything about myself that I was scared to share, whether it be more serious or silly. In essence, the internet has taken away the ability to hide. I agree with your premise that people are more likely to be affected by past mistakes than previous generations, but I also like the idea of being able to say, "these are my feelings and thoughts, and ideas, right here, right now," and acknowledging that they may be wrong or incorrect, because at the very least, it shows I was trying I do think that the problem with the internet is that it's both fun/entertainment and professional/necessary for life. So, I think that unless you're conscious of your actions or are okay with mixing the two, then that will lead into some problems Thanks for your thoughts!
Great video, most people aren't thinking on long term scale, and how the skills you build pursuing a certain goal makes it more likely for you to achieve that goal. So when you don't get the immediate result, most people will say "man this isn't worth the effort!" but they should be saying "What can I improve on so my next attempt has a higher chance of working?" Eventually one improves so much that it's impossible to ignore the quality being put out. Of course this only works if we stick to one thing, instead of switching goals so much that we never build upon anything.
Hey! This reminds of me of our brains dopamine circuitry! Too many people don’t understand the actual utility of reward signaling in the brain. You may be interested in a deeper dive into this topic. Also congrats on making it to my recommended!!
I'm an author just getting into the beginnings of their professional career. One short story published. The moment I got it published, I celebrated for about five minutes and then began wondering if I'd be a one hit wonder doomed to obscurity. We really don't appreciate ourselves enough. Anyway, this was a nice vid to show on my feed. YT algorithm did a good. I'll check out more.
This is defiantly a great problem to talk about. It can string for sure, it makes it easy to get envious of others and doubting what you do, with so many factors outside of your control that decide what occurs next, it's supper easy to feel powerless about that. But I think with those factors out of your control it's almost freeing in a way, because there's no real rule book, you can approach creativity on your own terms. And I think with making stuff on the internet, it's really easy to get hung up on the numbers. But it's always important to consider in spite of all the factors out of a person controls, or those who reached in insane level of attention, there are still people who rock with what you make and choose to engage with it out of millions of other options, every view is a person who has come across your thing. Hope it helps and know that struggle binds everyone who make things together, take it at your own pace, nice job man!
Hey, thanks man, really appreciate it. I've been trying to keep that in mind a lot recently, that I can't choose the consequences of actions, only what actions I take, and so I should only focus on that. Thanks for your thoughts dude
It is really difficult to acknowledge when you've done well, especially if you've been through a bout of depression. It's hard to recalibrate what you think is supposed to feel good when you're not sure what is supposed to "qualify" as being "enough" to feel good about. The sentence before the "imagine Sisyphus happy" is "the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart." The way I've interpreted that is that by accepting the absurdity of life you can frame the few times life does make sense as truly valuable. For example, everyone on the comment section (likely?) doesn't know you personally, comes from a different background, had a different upbringing and goals, may have led a completely different life to you... ... yet you've still been able to write something that resonates with people enough for them to reach out. Even if that does not match your ever-changing shape of success, does writing for the sake of connecting feel fulfilling? Also kind of related, but the image from The Sandman you used at ~14:16 is my favourite chapter.
I will say that one of the most surprising and rewarding aspects of creation is being able to write something that resonates with others. Some people have left incredibly touching and heartfelt comments, and I always feel grateful for them. I think in those moments, it all does feel fulfilling and worth it I think I knew the rest of the Camus quote, but I'd forgotten it, so thank you for bringing it up. I've read The Stranger a couple times and love it, and I own The Plague, so I need to read that and The Myth of Sisyphus, and whatever else by him. Been due for a reread of The Sandman, ngl. Did you ever read the spin off book Lucifer by Mike Carrey? It's one of those rare spin offs that's actually great
@@noahmcalister I'm glad you get to experience that! Even though those moments can feel fleeting, I hope they help sustain your creativity. I think being able to resonate with others shows you're already an excellent writer. Not many people focus on the earlier part of the quote, I think because the "imagine Sisyphus happy" part on its own sounds more fultile and relatable. The Myth of Sisyphus was pretty challenging for me when I read it a few years ago, but I really enjoyed The Stranger. I need to read more philosophical novels. I haven't read Lucifer, actually. Like you, I tend to be sceptical of spin-offs. But The Dream Hunters looks intriguing, since I'm already familiar with the illustrator for that one.
Hey, thank you, I really appreciate it. And same, I need to read more, just in general. The Dream Hunters comic is solid. I know Gaiman wrote it as a novel first, then P Craig Russell adapted it into a comic, so I might have to read the OG novel one day
I see myself as very successful. I mean my body can reflect that. I dont bodybuild or anything and people compliment me. :/ But im broke as fuc; built so much of Toronto since I was 18. Was even a foreman for rebar/ironwork. Built over 7 towers with all the years. Im 32 now and unemployed and living with parents it's insanity... Meritocracy and labor itself lost all respect from the lower class/high class. Like, Im nobody special; But this is evil and heartless... The sad fact is; most men are selfish and I regret growin up a Pentecostal Christian. Despite sharing everything; I'm hated.
It's kind of funny; I take those designs your friend makes in architect and apply them irl. Like where do people like myself belong? It makes no sense; but I'm Canadian and everything is backwards up here.
Noah ay sappy and cringe but you consistently put out content that helps probably a bunch of people but at least me. So thank you from the least viewed video to the highest I'm here supporting you with both subscriptions on both accounts ;) mwhahahahahahah. But seriously obviously it's hard to be like that random voice on the Internet says my vids are cool. But there is one solid person whos telling you your work your videos are appreciated.
I see myself as the average joe and I agree with his message. :P Wish I could throw homies a few dollars in support; but all I can give is these likes. lol
I wrote a paper back when I was 20 years old about the right to failure for our age group. Our parents and the past had plenty of opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them. Where everything is recorded for us, so we are punished far greater then our fathers. Deny me all you want, but you know this is true too.
I think so, but for me, the effect of this is that it's made me double down on myself and my choices. Like, I was scared of putting stuff online bc I know once you put something online, it's forever going to be there. So, I feel like that knowledge caused me to double down on everything about myself that I was scared to share, whether it be more serious or silly.
In essence, the internet has taken away the ability to hide. I agree with your premise that people are more likely to be affected by past mistakes than previous generations, but I also like the idea of being able to say, "these are my feelings and thoughts, and ideas, right here, right now," and acknowledging that they may be wrong or incorrect, because at the very least, it shows I was trying
I do think that the problem with the internet is that it's both fun/entertainment and professional/necessary for life. So, I think that unless you're conscious of your actions or are okay with mixing the two, then that will lead into some problems
Thanks for your thoughts!
Great video, most people aren't thinking on long term scale, and how the skills you build pursuing a certain goal makes it more likely for you to achieve that goal.
So when you don't get the immediate result, most people will say "man this isn't worth the effort!" but they should be saying "What can I improve on so my next attempt has a higher chance of working?"
Eventually one improves so much that it's impossible to ignore the quality being put out.
Of course this only works if we stick to one thing, instead of switching goals so much that we never build upon anything.
Gems like this video are why I'm excited to click stuff with less than 1000 views on my recommended page. Refreshing work!
Hey! This reminds of me of our brains dopamine circuitry! Too many people don’t understand the actual utility of reward signaling in the brain. You may be interested in a deeper dive into this topic. Also congrats on making it to my recommended!!
I'm an author just getting into the beginnings of their professional career. One short story published. The moment I got it published, I celebrated for about five minutes and then began wondering if I'd be a one hit wonder doomed to obscurity.
We really don't appreciate ourselves enough.
Anyway, this was a nice vid to show on my feed. YT algorithm did a good. I'll check out more.
Dang dude, congrats! That's rad. For what it's worth, I deal with the same worries
This was a great message. Thanks!
It resonated Noah. Thanks for the video, please keep making them
Thanks dude, appreciate it
Hi 👋🏻
Thanks for making stuff! It IS difficult to do things you are passionate about sometimes fr
This is defiantly a great problem to talk about. It can string for sure, it makes it easy to get envious of others and doubting what you do, with so many factors outside of your control that decide what occurs next, it's supper easy to feel powerless about that.
But I think with those factors out of your control it's almost freeing in a way, because there's no real rule book, you can approach creativity on your own terms. And I think with making stuff on the internet, it's really easy to get hung up on the numbers. But it's always important to consider in spite of all the factors out of a person controls, or those who reached in insane level of attention, there are still people who rock with what you make and choose to engage with it out of millions of other options, every view is a person who has come across your thing.
Hope it helps and know that struggle binds everyone who make things together, take it at your own pace, nice job man!
Hey, thanks man, really appreciate it. I've been trying to keep that in mind a lot recently, that I can't choose the consequences of actions, only what actions I take, and so I should only focus on that. Thanks for your thoughts dude
It is really difficult to acknowledge when you've done well, especially if you've been through a bout of depression. It's hard to recalibrate what you think is supposed to feel good when you're not sure what is supposed to "qualify" as being "enough" to feel good about.
The sentence before the "imagine Sisyphus happy" is "the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart." The way I've interpreted that is that by accepting the absurdity of life you can frame the few times life does make sense as truly valuable. For example, everyone on the comment section (likely?) doesn't know you personally, comes from a different background, had a different upbringing and goals, may have led a completely different life to you...
... yet you've still been able to write something that resonates with people enough for them to reach out. Even if that does not match your ever-changing shape of success, does writing for the sake of connecting feel fulfilling?
Also kind of related, but the image from The Sandman you used at ~14:16 is my favourite chapter.
I will say that one of the most surprising and rewarding aspects of creation is being able to write something that resonates with others. Some people have left incredibly touching and heartfelt comments, and I always feel grateful for them. I think in those moments, it all does feel fulfilling and worth it
I think I knew the rest of the Camus quote, but I'd forgotten it, so thank you for bringing it up. I've read The Stranger a couple times and love it, and I own The Plague, so I need to read that and The Myth of Sisyphus, and whatever else by him.
Been due for a reread of The Sandman, ngl. Did you ever read the spin off book Lucifer by Mike Carrey? It's one of those rare spin offs that's actually great
@@noahmcalister I'm glad you get to experience that! Even though those moments can feel fleeting, I hope they help sustain your creativity. I think being able to resonate with others shows you're already an excellent writer.
Not many people focus on the earlier part of the quote, I think because the "imagine Sisyphus happy" part on its own sounds more fultile and relatable. The Myth of Sisyphus was pretty challenging for me when I read it a few years ago, but I really enjoyed The Stranger. I need to read more philosophical novels.
I haven't read Lucifer, actually. Like you, I tend to be sceptical of spin-offs. But The Dream Hunters looks intriguing, since I'm already familiar with the illustrator for that one.
Hey, thank you, I really appreciate it.
And same, I need to read more, just in general.
The Dream Hunters comic is solid. I know Gaiman wrote it as a novel first, then P Craig Russell adapted it into a comic, so I might have to read the OG novel one day
I see myself as very successful. I mean my body can reflect that. I dont bodybuild or anything and people compliment me. :/ But im broke as fuc; built so much of Toronto since I was 18. Was even a foreman for rebar/ironwork. Built over 7 towers with all the years. Im 32 now and unemployed and living with parents it's insanity... Meritocracy and labor itself lost all respect from the lower class/high class. Like, Im nobody special; But this is evil and heartless... The sad fact is; most men are selfish and I regret growin up a Pentecostal Christian. Despite sharing everything; I'm hated.
It's kind of funny; I take those designs your friend makes in architect and apply them irl. Like where do people like myself belong? It makes no sense; but I'm Canadian and everything is backwards up here.
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I get what you mean.
Noah ay sappy and cringe but you consistently put out content that helps probably a bunch of people but at least me. So thank you from the least viewed video to the highest I'm here supporting you with both subscriptions on both accounts ;) mwhahahahahahah. But seriously obviously it's hard to be like that random voice on the Internet says my vids are cool. But there is one solid person whos telling you your work your videos are appreciated.
I see myself as the average joe and I agree with his message. :P
Wish I could throw homies a few dollars in support; but all I can give is these likes. lol
Hey bro, thank you. Means a lot
yikes looks like we got a loser here