What Is the Sunday Evening Feeling?

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  • čas přidán 16. 12. 2017
  • Sunday evenings have a particular atmosphere, where nostalgia mixes with dread. A lot of the emotion is at heart about a background sense that we haven’t found the meaning of our lives - and that time is running out for us.
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    “It descends, normally, between around 5pm and 7.30pm and can be at its height at six, especially when the weather is turning and the last of the daylight has burnished the sky a shade of crimson pink. The Sunday evening feeling is ordinarily associated with work, and the idea of going back to an office after a pleasant break. But this doesn’t quite cover the complexity of what is going on: it isn’t just that we have some sort of work to do that is dragging down our mood, but that we are going back to the wrong sort of work even while we are in dire ignorance of what the right sort of work might actually be…”
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    • @maryfai727
      @maryfai727 Před 6 lety

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      @Rucky888 Před 6 lety

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  • @adityajha4648
    @adityajha4648 Před 3 lety +294

    Sunday evenings' are even stressful than Mondays itself, while Friday evenings are joyful than that of Saturdays and Sundays.

    • @sinistermai
      @sinistermai Před 2 lety +5

      i like Saturdays more

    • @harishv5569
      @harishv5569 Před rokem

      same bro

    • @kamden5623
      @kamden5623 Před rokem +16

      We get more dopamine from the anticipation of pleasure rather than the pleasure itself

    • @SS-in1ts
      @SS-in1ts Před rokem +2

      Agreed. I don’t make any plans for Sunday evenings.

  • @lanceandreibriones2771
    @lanceandreibriones2771 Před 6 lety +727

    Eversince I was a kid, I always feel something weird during Sunday evenings.

    • @user-sf5iq2fl1l
      @user-sf5iq2fl1l Před 6 lety +119

      Its was school, then highschool, then college, now job.
      I did all these things against my will my whole life. Now i understand it.

    • @steevo9656
      @steevo9656 Před 6 lety +25

      Yep same here, I recall talking to others about this feeling on a sunday in my early school years.

    • @lanceandreibriones2771
      @lanceandreibriones2771 Před 6 lety +3

      Winnie coopr hahahah yeah omg

    • @LoveStarsWorld
      @LoveStarsWorld Před 4 lety +7

      SAME!

    • @amandawong7005
      @amandawong7005 Před 4 lety +1

      Lance Andrei Briones Me too. Always.

  • @faizajafar5075
    @faizajafar5075 Před 6 lety +417

    People of the future,
    Yes. This video was posted on a Sunday evening.

    • @Keepedia99
      @Keepedia99 Před 6 lety +2

      But time zones. :(

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro Před 6 lety +1

      Actually it was posted in the morning. But sundays, even if one is not religious, seem to have a more reflective quality; One isn't working, and the time for partying is Friday and Saturday.

    • @faizajafar5075
      @faizajafar5075 Před 6 lety

      Keerthana Gurushankar oh dear :'D didn't think about that !

    • @faizajafar5075
      @faizajafar5075 Před 6 lety

      T. H. Caro true. Although some countries do not have Sundays as they're weekend (middle eastern countries mostly) so the equivalent of a Sunday evening feeling for them would be a Saturday evening feeling :)

    • @jerimiahstephens8580
      @jerimiahstephens8580 Před 6 lety

      Concidering it's 6:30pm ETZ you're full of it

  • @pkd1911
    @pkd1911 Před 6 lety +461

    I didn't know this was a thing for other people too 😱

    • @a_bear
      @a_bear Před 6 lety +17

      ikr. I felt so alone.

    • @lemnajcavite
      @lemnajcavite Před 6 lety +7

      PK D we're not alone! XD #termDefined

    • @TyrantTitan.
      @TyrantTitan. Před 6 lety +10

      You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake

    • @wearenumber15
      @wearenumber15 Před 4 lety

      PK D no everyone gets this felling

    • @eddiew2325
      @eddiew2325 Před 4 lety

      Wandile Mtambo hi Waldro

  • @adamlundqvist6076
    @adamlundqvist6076 Před 9 měsíci +15

    It's almost like we're not meant to live this way, spend our lives slaving away. This is a feeling that flares up like crazy for me every time I've been with family. Being away from them again and doing such meaningless activities that do nothing but rob us of quality time together. That's my Sunday blues.

  • @lupefernandez304
    @lupefernandez304 Před 6 lety +275

    Me and my sister called it "the crying hour" all our lives. Who knew everybody else experienced this too

    • @alasmi92s
      @alasmi92s Před 6 lety +4

      Lupe Fernandez strangely enough, we are all the same

    • @kardashevtypeiii1805
      @kardashevtypeiii1805 Před 5 lety +12

      Sounds like a horror movie, and in fact, could probably be made into one.
      "The Crying Hour. This Sunday, there's a new monster in town... and she's coming for your existentialism."

  • @skyllerf97
    @skyllerf97 Před 6 lety +314

    I've always had this feeling as a kid, every Sunday. I absolutely hated school because of my social anxiety. As I got older I had the same problem with minimum wage jobs, and I'd end up quitting because I couldn't stand them. Hopefully the day will come when I'm finally looking forward to go to work because it's something I genuinely enjoy doing. I think everyone deserves that.

    • @grokomtur2015
      @grokomtur2015 Před 6 lety +5

      TheVeganWolf love and peace

    • @friendlybaby1
      @friendlybaby1 Před 6 lety +27

      I had this in the extreme as a kid as well and would be crying and feel sick with a feeling of dread, emptiness, misery, isolation and hopelessness - not what a 10 year old should be expected to feel over and over and over. It must have been clear that I was in distress and no one did anything to help me.

    • @shawnkent5578
      @shawnkent5578 Před 6 lety +10

      I also had that dread during the school years. After the sun went down insomnia would follow. And was there ever a worse day then Labor Day?

    • @everlasting9292
      @everlasting9292 Před 5 lety +6

      That's where I'm at right now. I have every desire to pack up basic necessities, sell all my stuff, travel somewhere new, and start over because I keep getting suck in these dead end jobs that I can barely live off of, and they are draining my spirit.

    • @kevinhudson1217
      @kevinhudson1217 Před 4 lety +1

      friendlybaby1 I could have written this. 🙁

  • @atypical_moto
    @atypical_moto Před 6 lety +225

    I have never experienced the Sunday evening feeling more than I did as a kid. Elementary school and Middle school. I have always recognized this feeling but I thought it was something unique to myself. The sun turning color as it goes down, and illuminating everything in that orange light, is exactly right.
    As an adult this feeling has manifested itself when I'm in unfamiliar places, like when I'm backpacking alone in the woods. I have to fight the urge to pack up camp and race home. I think it has to do with a feeling of it being my last chance to get out before dark.
    "If I don't go now, I'm stuck here until tomorrow no matter what. Am I in the right place or should I be spending this time with friends or family?"
    Eventually the sun sets and the feeling leaves with the arrival of darkness.

  • @markaduck
    @markaduck Před 6 lety +94

    Regret ... that’s what that Sunday feeling is.

  • @connection7405
    @connection7405 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I feel this not only in the evening! The whole day I only check the time to see how it quickly passes and I have to go deal with those people again 😒

    • @The1stClassVillain
      @The1stClassVillain Před 2 měsíci +2

      This comment is it ☝🏽. Lord have mercy especially if you are anti social or a introvert

  • @talkshh
    @talkshh Před 6 lety +177

    this is a seriously amazing video. it's true. we are sad because we are not being ourselves truly, it's like we have 100 years to live but we are not even there

    • @adafee
      @adafee Před 6 lety +1

      talkshei we have less than two years to live truly with ourselves without others interruption.

  • @Mr_Creasy_
    @Mr_Creasy_ Před 6 lety +240

    It's worse when the Sunday Evening Feeling last all day and everyday

    • @vxn490
      @vxn490 Před 6 lety +17

      Your days are probably blending together, like mine. It's a problem.

    • @cogtroper
      @cogtroper Před 5 lety +13

      True. I am in the car, back from work, on a friday, and I am already getting the sunday evening feeling.

    • @fightingtothepoint4u732
      @fightingtothepoint4u732 Před 4 lety +17

      I cant even enjoy saturday because tommorow is sunday

    • @MagnumLoadedTractor
      @MagnumLoadedTractor Před 2 lety

      You mean autumn?

    • @stevenalderley9036
      @stevenalderley9036 Před 2 lety

      Could be a sign that you are in the wrong job. Everyone gets the 'back to work' feeling on a Sunday. But feeling that everyday might be your brains way of telling you..."I don't want to do this". So maybe, don't? Look for something that you enjoy when you are there.

  • @fangirlfortheages5940
    @fangirlfortheages5940 Před 6 lety +74

    I get this feeling before school too. I don’t think for me at least the wrong work hypothesis doesn’t apply to me. I think it’s dreading the shift from cognitive ease to cognitive effort.

  • @cee7436
    @cee7436 Před 6 lety +58

    This made me even more sad this Sunday evening because all of this hits so hard.... I’ve been going through this for months now since I’ve started my first ever job.

    • @sixtycats8652
      @sixtycats8652 Před 6 lety

      Risa J how old are you?

    • @jimmy5322hk
      @jimmy5322hk Před 6 lety +3

      Thirty Cats Never too old to change.

    • @thevip9024
      @thevip9024 Před rokem

      5 years late but I'm in this situation right now. Did you manage to get through it?

  • @petro883
    @petro883 Před 6 lety +74

    Had this feeling all the way through school because i hated it so much. God, that feeling was terrible!
    Thankfully, for the last 10 years i've been a freelancer/entrepreneur working sundays, and life is so much better.

    • @papado5175
      @papado5175 Před 5 lety +9

      I have school tomorrow and i have that feeling as well... I cannot describe it, i just feel that i don't want to do anything.. That feeling sucks 😞😞 I can't find ANY way to to feel any better.... I feel so lonely and lost...

    • @01_r25
      @01_r25 Před 2 lety

      @@papado5175 hey bro, how are you

    • @ldgaming4213
      @ldgaming4213 Před 2 lety

      @@01_r25 *3 years ago*

    • @TK-4044v
      @TK-4044v Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@papado5175are you out of school now

  • @SUMM3RB33
    @SUMM3RB33 Před 6 lety +47

    it's Sunday and I'm sad and anxious. So thanks for this video.

    • @argeltal9090
      @argeltal9090 Před 6 lety

      Why ? I love Sunday evenings and Monday mornings.

    • @WillyJunior
      @WillyJunior Před 6 lety +2

      Malekith the witchking bit smug

    • @Armaan8014
      @Armaan8014 Před 6 lety

      R13mf203 o9234fmf Lol ikr

    • @mbamyintoo
      @mbamyintoo Před rokem

      @@argeltal9090 You can’t be serious

  • @LindsayC
    @LindsayC Před 6 lety +113

    I call this the Sunday Night Blues - totally can relate to this feeling. I hope I don't feel it once I'm working for myself, when the day comes!

    • @Armaan8014
      @Armaan8014 Před 6 lety +10

      I used to feel this way during my job, but since I've started working for myself it doesn't make a difference whether it's Monday or Sunday! I enjoy my work and sometimes end up doing some light work during the weekends too cause I feel like it

    • @stefan1924
      @stefan1924 Před 6 lety

      I started feeling this during school very early

    • @maxgilbert18
      @maxgilbert18 Před 5 lety

      Once you're working for yourself you'll be putting in 70-80 hour weeks for less pay than you're making now. The "Sunday Evening Feeling" will be every evening after 12 hours with almost no pay. You had better absolutely LOVE what you do because it will be all consuming over your life for as long as you are self employed. More pressing than anything at home or anything else you will do. Your entire identity will be wrapped up in that business. Chances are after 2 years you'll close up shop and move on to greener pastures in another business. Don't ever get too attached to walk away. If it's not majorly profitable In the first two years (more than double your current job yearly, after all you're working double hours) don't let it pile up debt on your family, move on and find a better business or better job. Almost no one strikes GOLD on their first business endevor. If it's not raining money in 5 years (over 80k take home pay) it never will. The margins will always stay the same, find a business in an industry with margins that are worth it and work your A$$ off. GOOD LUCK!

  • @sms7048
    @sms7048 Před 6 lety +112

    I don't know if it's as much about the right job as it as about not being the best version of yourself. I feel when we look at the sky setting on Sunday nights perhaps it's because we are starting over once again but we are still the same person. I believe this feeling is caused from a lack of growth. Find a hobby, read a book on something that puzzles you, start exercising, create art everyday. We feel melancholy on Sundays because we are not who we wanted to be when we were kids.

    • @lh2o748
      @lh2o748 Před 6 lety +13

      S. M. Salem I love this comment. It's exactly what I'm dealing with in my life right now. I'm trying to do naturally what I should've been allowed to do when I was a kid. Rigid schools system and very strict overprotective parents are to blame for me. It's hard to find your way when you're doing it by yourself as an adult but when you do, you feel like you've met yourself from a very long time and you understand why you're alive : to live freely.

    • @olivinecityjasmine
      @olivinecityjasmine Před 6 lety +4

      lH2O * This comment is my life in a nutshell. Good luck facing that feeling and becoming more of who you wish to be.

    • @lh2o748
      @lh2o748 Před 6 lety +4

      OlivineCityMetal Thank you, life isn't easy but we'll make it eventually. Listen to your own voice and let's not let other people makes us feel like our happiness isn't important. It is for us so let's work damn hard for it 😊

    • @FruityUnicorn17
      @FruityUnicorn17 Před 6 lety +3

      S. M. Salem I agree with this comment.
      I don't always get this feeling because I'm either relaxing and enjoying my favorite show, cleaning (which personally gives me peace of mind), reading, listening to music or just knowing that I did something to get out of the house that day. But then again, I don't hate my job... so I think that at some degree your job does affect how you feel on Sunday afternoons.

    • @fullmoonsociety7463
      @fullmoonsociety7463 Před 2 lety

      When I was a kid I wanted to be a kid

  • @luigipati3815
    @luigipati3815 Před 6 lety +22

    I have always felt this 'the fun has ended' mood on Sunday evening when I was a child too.....this video made me understand that instead of because of work, it was because of school, which always felt wrong too. A place good only to learn to write and read, nothing else.

  • @vivaldirules
    @vivaldirules Před 6 lety +31

    The temporary relief starting Friday afternoon which was followed by my only decent night’s sleep of the week mostly free of anxiety was always followed by the dread and doom that was palpable by 3 pm every Sunday. Thank god for retirement. Now what? I’m still clueless as to how to live a meaningful and modestly happy life.

    • @24bourney
      @24bourney Před 6 lety

      J Warren interesting, even in retirement? Surely there is lots you can do thats enjoyable and free from time constraints

    • @TK-4044v
      @TK-4044v Před 5 měsíci

      How are you now

  • @breannathompson9094
    @breannathompson9094 Před 6 lety +384

    Because you're about to subject yourself to another week of suffering.

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful Před 6 lety +12

      "week"? How about a lifetime?

    • @primal44
      @primal44 Před 6 lety +5

      soslothful same

    • @sleepy_boi7552
      @sleepy_boi7552 Před 4 lety +2

      @@soslothful this is big M O O D

    • @CC-sp6kl
      @CC-sp6kl Před 4 lety +4

      @@soslothful maybe that's why babies cry when they come out of the womb

    • @twixxtro
      @twixxtro Před 3 lety +2

      I make a yt channel when i come out of school because if school already gets me into hospital then im going to die on a seizure with a 9-5

  • @Clampp14
    @Clampp14 Před 6 lety +65

    The proportions of these characters is quite scary

  • @MegaRay0
    @MegaRay0 Před 6 lety +226

    Who's else watching this on Sunday 😂😂😂

    • @VVK108
      @VVK108 Před 6 lety +3

      Mega Ray cuz today is Sunday dumpsy

    • @greenboarder89
      @greenboarder89 Před 6 lety

      I'm watching this in 2018 o.o

    • @glox7929
      @glox7929 Před 4 lety

      Me it is 840 on Sunday :( help me now

  • @lemnajcavite
    @lemnajcavite Před 6 lety +44

    This defines the feeling of 'Not Going Anywhere' in life. :D thanks for the video.

  • @mrss_foster
    @mrss_foster Před 6 lety +11

    Having to do one task that takes away time from what one really craves can really feel like time wasted, and this feeling for me always shows up on Sunday. All of the students that I have met, feel the same as me. Time, patience and effort will heal our broken generation.

  • @elenamanolopoulos
    @elenamanolopoulos Před 6 lety +59

    this channel reads my mind so perfectly I'm startin to feel scared

  • @spiritedrenee9895
    @spiritedrenee9895 Před 6 lety +66

    In that chase I get this feeling every evening.

  • @MrJamesdryable
    @MrJamesdryable Před 6 lety +238

    I notice the time that you posted this.

  • @mayarae4371
    @mayarae4371 Před 6 lety +10

    Glad I ain't the only one who feels this way almost every sunday evening!

  • @charlesjoseph7505
    @charlesjoseph7505 Před 6 lety +19

    How to sum up School of life in one sentence should be a competition. From this I'd say " we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves." I love this channel!

  • @whogivesashitaboutthisguy1664

    timing is perfect

    • @stenkoning
      @stenkoning Před 6 lety +1

      I feel like a lot of videos on this channel come with perfect timing

  • @paulmallon7713
    @paulmallon7713 Před 5 lety +8

    This resonates with me so strongly. I've always been artistically inclined and although I love science I was never very strong at maths. I worked for years as an environmental engineer and although I felt good about having a positive impact on the planet, I felt very unfilled at work and felt like I'd never be as technically competent as my colleagues. I finally quit without having anything lined up, I moved to another country and after months of unemployment and uncertainty I finally got a job as an urban designer. I haven't experienced the Sunday feeling once since.

  • @luis.vuitton
    @luis.vuitton Před 6 lety +5

    Where was this video last year when I discovered this on my own the hard way? Whoever watching this & reading this, you are not alone

  • @a_bear
    @a_bear Před 6 lety +18

    Oh this is what I'm currently feeling

  • @Someone-yt8le
    @Someone-yt8le Před 4 lety +3

    The sunday evening feeling starts at 4 PM for me. As soon as 4PM hits, it feels like hours go past like minutes and everytime I look at my watch, another one is gone and it went so fast that I cant even remember what I was doing tha entire hour.

  • @francesca112
    @francesca112 Před 6 lety +9

    Great video. Money is important, but feeling alive while I still am is more important.

  • @thealienamoeba9141
    @thealienamoeba9141 Před 6 lety +20

    For me a Sunday evening feeling is when I don’t want to do any work and just want to cuddle and watch tv with someone

  • @xzonia1
    @xzonia1 Před 6 lety +5

    So true. I often have a more intense negative feeling on Sunday evening than this, though.

  • @princessrobotbubblegum721
    @princessrobotbubblegum721 Před 6 lety +20

    I have the vivid memories of this feeling as a 6 year old. Sunday afternoon around sunset time, looking through the window of the 3rd floor, watching people interact and asking my parents if they felt the same sadness of sunday afternoon. It seems like no one back then could relate to the feeling. The title of this video shocked me. I'm 21 years old and I still hate this feeling, still have no one to relate.

    • @airzone2332
      @airzone2332 Před 6 lety

      Princess Robot Bubblegum have had the same feeling my whole life never worked out why

    • @orangedude8013
      @orangedude8013 Před 6 lety +1

      Here I was thinking I'm the only one.

    • @tashmoo
      @tashmoo Před 6 lety +1

      Same here, and it even starts at sunday noon if were at home.still same, i hate sundays

  • @jayedgardyson1920
    @jayedgardyson1920 Před 6 lety +3

    Sunday evening = realisation that our temporary freedom to be & do what WE want to be/do is coming to an end... again, only to be replaced by subservience to THE MAN... excepting Bank Holiday Mondays when everything kicks in 24 hours later. Happy Weekend everybody!! Xx

  • @MikeMHeafy
    @MikeMHeafy Před 6 lety +229

    Work on Sundays and you'll never experience it

    • @papado5175
      @papado5175 Před 5 lety +19

      That is even worse.. I hope you commented that as a joke and that you don't work on Sundays... The whole world is f*cked up....

    • @SolaPersona
      @SolaPersona Před 5 lety +9

      @@papado5175 why is it so horrible to work on a Sunday lol?

    • @jbela
      @jbela Před 5 lety +8

      @@SolaPersona, I used to work Sundays, all my friends were off so I missed out. And it's crazy busy dealing with people getting ready for the week

    • @ocp5062
      @ocp5062 Před 5 lety +5

      I actually work from Friday to Monday, best thing ever.

    • @emmanuelmakoba6085
      @emmanuelmakoba6085 Před 5 lety

      😂😂😂😂

  • @aranoguera8945
    @aranoguera8945 Před 4 lety +3

    You just put into words what I have felt almost my whole life, and that was usually dismissed as laziness.
    Hearing it was kind of liberating and daunting, showing how much work I still have ahead.

  • @Xscape128
    @Xscape128 Před 6 lety +16

    Sunday evening at around 7pm are the worst :(

  • @saveushiral
    @saveushiral Před 2 lety +4

    watching this on Sunday evening ...worried about future, job and relationships

  • @dariusasghari
    @dariusasghari Před 6 lety +12

    This is why you must fight tooth and nail and cultivate a working philosophy that aligns with your truest essence. The sacrifices you make for such a lifestyle are difficult, and things that are inevitably culled from your life are painful, but it's not as bad as the pain you suffer when you're forced to endure through work that you don't align with on a deeply poignant level.

  • @danielseungho2004
    @danielseungho2004 Před 4 lety +2

    Im not a successful person now but I feel absolutely awesome on Sundays, like Im so excited to see what happens next and meet my colleagues and friends.
    I enjoy it.

  • @Phi792
    @Phi792 Před 6 lety +17

    I thought this would be a video about me hating myself because I procrastinated all of my work and now there's no time left to do them

    • @stevenalderley9036
      @stevenalderley9036 Před 2 lety

      Yes, being organised I do think can be a big part of it. If you use a Friday as not only a final week day of work/school, but also as a 'preparation for Monday' day and set some time, even just a little, aside for preparation and organisation for Monday morning, it can help.

  • @pinkii06
    @pinkii06 Před 6 lety +43

    Love that this was uploaded on Sunday evebing

    • @Princesshope545
      @Princesshope545 Před 6 lety +1

      pinkii06 you look like Emma Roberts with dark hair😍

    • @pinkii06
      @pinkii06 Před 6 lety

      Stepoutinfaith oh wow I love her thank you

    • @DynomiteKid65
      @DynomiteKid65 Před 6 lety

      ah yes the evebing, superior to the evening ofcourse

  • @valkeria7
    @valkeria7 Před 6 lety +2

    I used to feel this way when I was little, on Sunday afternoons. Not so much because I din't like school, but because the last highlight of the week - eating and my grandparents' - was over. Now, I see Sunday evenings as the last chance to relax before a hectic week; that's why I now enjoy them.

  • @repawnd1
    @repawnd1 Před 6 lety +33

    This is why I quit my full time job and went freelance....now I get that Sunday evening feeling 2 to 3 times a day 7 days a week :D

    • @miaama
      @miaama Před 6 lety +1

      But surely you are happier freelancing?

    • @repawnd1
      @repawnd1 Před 6 lety +15

      Yes I am happier, but only a bit. I have learnt that happiness is not always about what you do or what your situation is, it comes from somewhere else.

  • @hamzasaleem3897
    @hamzasaleem3897 Před 6 lety +12

    In other words, Sunday evening feelings are alarms and not just anxieties . And after this video, every body will be scared of Sundays.

  • @Otokage007
    @Otokage007 Před 6 lety +1

    I have always had the Sunday feeling and I'm so glad this is even a thing that happens to more people (I mean not glad that they are depressed but that I am not alone...). Sometimes it is even a kind of consolation: I know I'm depressed cause is Sunday and tomorrow I will feel better.

  • @---lr5eu
    @---lr5eu Před 6 lety

    wow ive been having this feeling every time i got off work, not only on sundays. thank you for explaining it in such detail, great job

  • @yoso585
    @yoso585 Před 6 lety +6

    Afraid of dying, that’s our problem. We’ll conform to anything to keep the ego at the center of being.

  • @jaredgoff16
    @jaredgoff16 Před rokem +1

    I’ve kind of gotten over this, I still go to school but I actually started liking sundays.

  • @MichaelCavano
    @MichaelCavano Před 6 lety +5

    I own my own businesses and I usually feel nice Sunday evenings. I enjoy time with the wife and some focus on goals or objectives for the coming week. I often have an eagerness to get at the work planned.
    My businesses aren't quite what I thought I'd want them to be - certainly not always the work I'd hoped to be doing. It's also been a tonne more work than a classic 9-5 working for someone else, and the money hasn't always been the best. But the freedom and sense of accomplishment are invaluable.
    It's not necessarily an escape from the feeling of not living up to your potential, though. I seem to always want to do better for myself and others.

  • @ijohnny.
    @ijohnny. Před 4 lety +1

    Wow, the central weakness of my life, work--hits it on the head.

  • @bolivar1789
    @bolivar1789 Před 6 lety +96

    Friends who want to change their career, here is a list of ideas and examples that could give you the courage and motivation to take that step:
    1- In his book " Creatures of a day" , psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, recommends to a patient who is not happy with his profession, the book " Mediations" by Marcus Aurelius. He says that Aurelius being the Roman Emperor, was not happy with his job either! Because he wanted to become a philosopher indeed! I think because it was his real passion, we honour Marcus Aurelius today more as a philosopher than as a ruler!
    2- Take Argentina's most beloved psychoanalyst Gabriel Rolon. He first studied guitar and became a tango singer! Later on he realised that what he wanted the most was to become a psychologist indeed. But he was scared to be too old to begin with the studies.... Then his father said to him:
    " I will not be ashamed of a son who tries and fails but I will be ashamed of you if you don't do it for fear".
    So he went for it and that was the best decision he ever took!
    Recently, when he presented his latest book " Cara a Cara" in a stadium in Buenos Aires, 6.000 people were there! He keeps helping and inspiring so many people and he embodies the wisdom he is trying to spread. And it is all because he took that ONE RIGHT DECISION at the right time!
    3- Being from Turkey I find it a bit hard to like the police. But recently I have heard an interview with one, who definitely sounded like such a good person. Seth Stoughton was a cop, then he decided to go back to studying and became a law professor! He does a lot of critical thinking about how things work in the police departments nowadays and he is trying to help improve that system, in order to turn it more human and fair. Hopefully....
    ( You can hear that interview with him on the podcast "7th Avenue Project". )
    4- In one of his speeches Ken Robinson gives the example of a famous piano player. Consider that if she could make it as a concert pianist she must have practised literally thousands of hours since her childhood...So this girl was making a great career and all, until one day the conductor of an orchestra told her after a concert:
    -You play wonderfully, but you don't seem to enjoy it really, do you?
    She said she doesn't. Indeed her passion was reading! So at some point she took that decision, gave up her career as a great musician and became an editor! This is also very interesting: what you can naturally do the best does not necessarily have to be your passion. You may want to do something else with your life!
    5- Take Maria Popova. She is the founder of the wonderful website Brainpickings. She used to have a steady , well paid job , but this is what she says about her decision to leave it:
    “Do I want to bury myself in a corporate job that I’m going to spent 80% of my waking hours at, be miserable, and hope that the money it gives me will make the other 20% of my life better, even though I’m angry and tired and burned out? Or, do I want to do something that makes me happy to wake up to and happy to go to sleep having done and let the financial part figure itself out?"
    She is reading and writing all day and bringing wisdom into people's lives through her website and turns out that it became a huge success and she makes her living out of it!
    6- There is a very interesting website called " 80.000 Hours" that gives you excellent career advice. It is founded by the youngest philosophy professor in the world: William MacAskill. He teaches at Oxford. ( Not that I think people's academic titles matter. But I like that guy because he sounds like a very modest and generous person . He donates half of his salary every month! )
    I have heard him on the Tim Ferriss podcast. When he was asked, how he managed to get there so young, he said that " he just thought long enough" before choosing his career.
    He gave an excellent example:
    If you want to go out for a dinner tonight, for a dinner that takes let's say 90 Minutes, you would think at least 5 minutes, right?
    In one life time we work around 80.000 hours. So, in order to decide what to do with it, we would indeed need to think for about 2 years! On that website, you will find a lot of very valuable career advice. You can also take a quiz etc, to see what fits you better. They give you a lot of tools ob " how to think clearly" on the subject.
    7. I loved the " Getting unstuck" episode by the Hidden Brain podcast. If you think that you have tried it all and still don't know what to do, it will offer you valuable insights and new ways of thinking.
    8. Don't miss the podcast " Good Life Project", with Ken Robinson as guest. You may know him from his TED Talks. He is on a wonderful mission, helping people from all around the world to lead more meaningful and fulfilling lives.
    9. I am addicted to a podcast called " On Being with Krista Tippet". She is one of the best interviewers in the world. The episode " Choosing Curiosity Over Fear" is exactly on this subject.
    It can be very discouraging to hear an advice that only says " find your passion." Because most of us, except a few fortunate ones, don't know it for years and such an advice may make us feel very lonely and clueless. But on this podcast they recommend us to follow our curiosity instead. It makes it all much easier.
    10. Of course it is not easy to take that step to change your career. But if it is a " meaningful" step for us, we must definitely go for it. Only then, we can have a fulfilled life.
    That's why I think this is the most " motivating and encouraging" quote of all times:
    "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
    Friedrich Nietzsche

    • @ronantopolski48
      @ronantopolski48 Před 6 lety +6

      Lua Veli wow what a great list! Thank you

    • @bolivar1789
      @bolivar1789 Před 6 lety +4

      Hello there Ron! I was wondering if anybody would ever read all this :- )
      Thanks a lot for your time . I wish you a nice week.

    • @salmonlady1471
      @salmonlady1471 Před 6 lety +11

      Lua, thank you so much for your profoundly, thoughtful, helpful, and well organized suggestions. Your kind hearted, detailed, and generous recommendations are much appreciated.

    • @deanmartini3894
      @deanmartini3894 Před 6 lety +6

      Lua Veli thank you so much for writing this out. I want to save this comment.

    • @applewitheveryone
      @applewitheveryone Před 6 lety +7

      Whoa you again! I always appreciate the effort you put into your comments whenever I see you here at the School of Life, and I'm sure many others do too! Thanks a bunch!!!

  • @JoshIbbotson
    @JoshIbbotson Před 6 lety +5

    This isn't so bad for me whilst i'm studying and trying to get my youtube channel going. Still I remember the feeling and this is my last year. I hope I can get my youtube channel going consistently

  • @inaamulhassanjaffer8238
    @inaamulhassanjaffer8238 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you The School of Life, I’d be quite lost without your videos! 🙌🏻❤️

  • @ryanf7441
    @ryanf7441 Před 4 lety +1

    Watching this on a Sunday evening in 2020. Sunday scaries are 10 times worse if you’ve been drinking all weekend. It’s a weird mix of anxiety, loneliness, regret, and a slight amount of hope

  • @MrArukimasu
    @MrArukimasu Před 6 lety +3

    Profoundly important and useful. Thank you!

  • @prismatic1239
    @prismatic1239 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Sunday nights have always been depressing for me. I find myself questioning my job and why I exist, and yearning for something more. Then Monday comes and it’s back to the cycle.

  • @jayfawn8478
    @jayfawn8478 Před 6 lety +4

    Same in school. My solution is I usually skipped class most of mondays to compensate to so called Sunday evening dilemma

  • @Zcomett
    @Zcomett Před 6 lety +4

    this came into an important time in my life. thank you.

  • @nirnir12342
    @nirnir12342 Před 6 lety +2

    Amazing.

  • @clvrnn4283
    @clvrnn4283 Před 4 lety +1

    I don't even work right now, but I felt all of this and now I'm fully experiencing the Sunday Evening Feeling

  • @mike_dunno
    @mike_dunno Před 6 lety +15

    This one was too real😳

  • @saraf5414
    @saraf5414 Před 6 lety +1

    The animation of this video... my goodness it's remarkable!

  • @anaml3879
    @anaml3879 Před 6 lety +1

    Well to me sundays are long and relaxing, a day to enjoy family.

  • @jasonjarred5198
    @jasonjarred5198 Před 4 lety +1

    This ... was eye opening! I don’t work a 9-5 job but when I did I absolutely had this “syndrome”. I think this hits the nail on the head, never thought about it like this before!

  • @TiberiusStorm
    @TiberiusStorm Před 6 lety +5

    "Every day is like Sunday." ~Morrissey

  • @hanagustin5472
    @hanagustin5472 Před 6 lety +2

    Once again, School of Life posts a video which I need the most at the moment.

  • @alinajohn6982
    @alinajohn6982 Před 2 lety +3

    Watching this on sunday evening 😥😔😟😢😭

  • @WaRAmBusHeR
    @WaRAmBusHeR Před 6 lety +3

    Haha, that's exactly what I do with my Sunday Blues. Watch an artsy fartsy (mostly depressing) movies with a drink and a friend. Really nice way to end the week imo.

  • @HeyLOOK-aSQUIRREL
    @HeyLOOK-aSQUIRREL Před rokem +1

    This video explanation is at the intersection of intelligent, insightful and depressing. I guess if work were supposed to be enjoyable, it would be called fun... Or play. I think most people don't have the ideal job. That's what gets me through. We're all in this together.

  • @boydudereviews
    @boydudereviews Před 4 lety +3

    Interesting video. I’m 22 and when I was younger, Sunday evenings were very calming and relaxing. I would wake up, have breakfast, go to church, go to Asda with my family to do shopping for family dinner. My parents would make the food, while I went to my bedroom to watch the simpsons on channel 4. Food would be cooked. I would then go upstairs and watch a film on either channel 4, 5 or itv and feel very relaxed. Knowing that the next day, I would have to wake up early for school. There is something calming about Sunday evenings. I guess I didn’t really like school as much. Only a few friends were worth seeing, especially this girl I had a crush on. But apart from that, I never really looked forward to school. Now that I’m in uni doing a course I like, I don’t really get that Sunday evening feel anymore. I guess it’s a good thing because I know what I want to do with my life, but I kinda miss that relaxing feeling.

  • @cjomero5342
    @cjomero5342 Před 6 lety +1

    I'm thinking the same thing. I hate Sundays, it feels like we're on transition to school and work.
    It was uploaded on my 20th birthday, which is actually Sunday! Sour luck.

  • @mimakate
    @mimakate Před 6 lety

    Thank you!

  • @rahulranjan9013
    @rahulranjan9013 Před 3 lety +1

    When I was a child ,Sunday Evening for me was sad with a pinch of happiness. On the contrary , Saturday was more bright bc I knew that tomorrow will be Holiday! That means I can enjoy as much as I can in Saturday Evening ( This enjoyment came from the fact that tomorrow will be holiday , so bonus enjoyment). But then Sunday Evening comes & I feel weird & sad bc it's Over!

  • @Dragontaz
    @Dragontaz Před rokem +1

    On Sunday evenings I feel relaxed

  • @Beautiful-Sickening-Rolex
    @Beautiful-Sickening-Rolex Před 6 lety +18

    the underlying problem is a society where everyone lives through work...find other motivators in life and work will not matter

    • @MsWaggydog
      @MsWaggydog Před 6 lety +4

      Jack Tripper lol 40+ hours per week matters

  • @markbrandon5408
    @markbrandon5408 Před 5 lety

    Brilliant, insightful, a must-watch.

  • @92AlexanderS
    @92AlexanderS Před 6 lety

    I don't have this problem, I'm really thankful for that.

  • @benskelly1217
    @benskelly1217 Před 6 lety +1

    I totally agree with this video...

  • @farflebfarfle
    @farflebfarfle Před 6 lety

    Fantastic video. Over the last few years I have made my dissatisfaction with my current vocation a recurring topic of conversation with my family and many of my friends. My boss even knows that I'm seriously thinking about moving on. Although I don't yet know what I want to do next, talking about the issue with a lot of people (even my dentist) has made the possibility of dramatic change more real for me. And, of course, networking!

  • @GetPsyched
    @GetPsyched Před 6 lety

    You make some really interesting points here. The idea that we a greater feeling of engagement, and applying our best resources to the line of work we do will help with that Sunday evening feeling is clearly massively impactful! Work takes up a huge amount of our lives, and so our working selves can really be influenced by a mutilated of factors. I also loved what you said about what work has now become. Its become a status symbol and a means of 'living the dream' (which i dont really beelive is acurate), as opposed to what it used to be, a means of staying alive. Great video!

  • @BGomez-tk7lu
    @BGomez-tk7lu Před 6 lety +2

    I really enjoyed this. Very interesting idea

  • @sulmaenya
    @sulmaenya Před 4 lety

    This is the most beautiful video throughout the channel. Our unconsciousness knows that you've made a wrong choice that you can not live with. It tortures you until you go mad. Because only at the mad state a man can throw away the past and truly transform himself.

  • @gabrielperalta3889
    @gabrielperalta3889 Před 4 lety +1

    I used to feel that every sunday night before school, now i just feel it every day

  • @pattycake1939
    @pattycake1939 Před 6 lety

    My Sunday evening feeling are all day long ; the smell of roast beef or some other slow cooked meat fills the air... the spirit fulfillment from earlier in the day-- carrying over😇.
    Peace of mind and relaxation just in knowing that the day is Sunday !
    I love my job and have never considered it as ‘work’; especially on a Sunday 🤗

  • @lovetrustandpixiedust
    @lovetrustandpixiedust Před 6 lety

    Another on-point video. I can totally relate to that sense of dread on a Sunday evening. Just the thought of going back to a work I'm not entirely passionate about for yet another week makes me -_-

  • @TamaraMori
    @TamaraMori Před 5 lety

    Wonderful

  • @aadaveyad
    @aadaveyad Před 6 lety

    thank you Alain for this strong and deeply thoughtful video.felt drained and emotional watching but perhaps strengthened at conclusion. the idea of shame is interesting here.

  • @Zodiak34
    @Zodiak34 Před 6 lety +1

    Wow ive had these even though ive been working on weekends for years. Its not really my job that i question (because its already clear that its not a career) but rather my whole life and future

  • @samuelfitzpatrick9739
    @samuelfitzpatrick9739 Před 6 lety

    Excellent videos. The narrator's voice is so premium

  • @pramveerparmar7224
    @pramveerparmar7224 Před 2 lety

    Happy to see am not alone

  • @johnnybeats1404
    @johnnybeats1404 Před rokem +2

    Still accurate 5 years later

  • @The1stClassVillain
    @The1stClassVillain Před 2 měsíci +1

    It’s the middle point between what you love and what you wish would stay versus what you hate that’s constant. Back during tribal times, I’m sure it was like this