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thank you!

Your thoughts are motivating and your personality is calming. I am grateful and I respect you very much. I walk 12 km every day for my health (I allow myself to stay at home one day a week). Getting ready to go out is sometimes difficult, but once I start walking my daily route and complete it, I feel good.

Excellent points. I believe this is one of the foundational philosophical ideas of kaizen, taking small incremental steps that can be successful. We are motivated by success. If our goals are too lofty and we measure progress only against the lofty goal, we are demotivated. However, if we achieve or at least try to achieve a smaller goal - then it encourages us to keep going. You have added to that the interesting idea that during that small step we are actually achieving or living the goal. I will remember that.

I started watching your video and asked myself what I like about myself and the first answer that popped into my head was "you". Yes, it sounds absurd, but it is what it is, hahaha. And when I got to the part about giving food to the homeless I was convinced that this was the right answer.

When we are the lowest tmes, we learn our best lessons! Or we can learn The history of DoorKnobs. Ha ha! You will be fine! From Arizona

thank you.

Beautiful and touching to hear the story of giving the homeless food (: Alot of people would just look down on people like this sadly

Love always heals and soothes. There are many kinds of love: for parents, spouses, children, friends, good people in general, nature, environment, pets... And also self-love (although this one, at least for me, is a really difficult task). The more seconds of love we create within ourselves, the less time is left for negative emotions that destroy us.

Feeling compassion, and acting on that compassion is a wonderful trait in any person. This is a very good thing to like about oneself. Your personal account of helping homeless people and the smile it brought to your face talking about it shows how it positively impacts the receiver and the giver.

Humans need to slow down and smell the flowers literally. I look at the faces of them, and you could just see stress misery, unhappiness, and hatred in them. Stay healthy, stay safe, my dear.

You will be a hit!Remember my words,just keep going!A lot of love from India!!❤

Love this. Thank you for sharing! “Demolish your expectations” that helps, and it will be my takeaway from this video. Keep showing up! ❤️ Also, giving you a follow.

I really wanted this vid, and I'm so glad it has come just in time. I'm proud of u for doing this every day. Consistency is key fr, and I can see your improvement. I’m looking forward to my holiday so I can catch up on all the videos I’ve missed.

I think most of us have no idea what we are doing. You have to learn to ride the waves of life as they come.

Thank you for showing up as you are 🫶

theres a lesson in this for all of us, it may feel like we know this and that its intuitive, but the reality is a lot of the time whats intuitive and obvious doesnt really seem like it at all!! hopefully i can use this video in the future when i need to remind myself that showing up is all that matters, doesnt matter if you do more than the bare minimum minimum, what matters is doing the bare minimum and thats showing up thank you naoya, i needed this myself even though i mentioned in it in my last comment, i really should listen to myself more!!

The majority of the population suffers from cell phone addiction. Near the end of the video you mentioned feeling happy all the time as a kid and attest it to the lack of cell phone use. When I stopped using my phone for months and noticed an enormous shift in my mental health and life in general, I realized that I felt free. I also began spending lots of time in nature and climbing trees which is now a passion of mine. For me giving up my phone was one of greatest things I've done. Thank you Naoya for spreading the word; I hope whoever sees this video can gain some insight from it!

The director Woody Allen said, "90% of success is just showing up."

Thanks for the video. I hope you find some things to enjoy and feel more positive. お休みなさい。

1m coming soon🎉

Like Samuel Beckets „Waiting for Godot“, love it. Worked with a guy who’s main attribute was he always showed up.

I’ve been feeling stuck lately, so I looked up for a new goal. Since I like so much Japanese culture, I started learning Japanese. And to be honest it’s so great for my mind whenever I can read a sentence and understand it. I only know the very basics, but it keeps me focused on something. My little goal right now is to be able to change my phone’s language. But I’ve never thought I’d enjoy so much this process. I also got intro drawing, and I’ve got nice results (even though I still need practice). Learning something new is a really nice experience that I think most people, as we grow we’ve completely forgotten. It feels so nice keep trying to the point you look back and you realize how great you did (even though you thought you weren’t doing that good). In my case, I’m not that interested in yoga (I tried it a while ago and it was not meant for me 😭). But I’d like to try some martial arts like karate. This year it’s impossible due to my schedule, but I’ll give it a try this summer!!

Don’t stress yourself out, pal.

hi!

You're right, just showing up matters. I'm currently unemployed, studying to become eligible for Phd, I've attempted the exam twice and this second time I almost missed it by a small margin. Although I'm a little upset, it's not completely made me feel like my everyday learning and studies are in vain. In fact, I still love learning, I wake up excited to study and I'm glad that the love to learn is the driving force of my motivation. I study everyday, some days I study less because of the similar doubts as you posed. But there comes a time when my love for studying overpowers and just sitting with a book, pen and some study material makes me want to fill the pages little by little and even if the notes are half a page, I feel good. I believe this to be my case because I placed my expectations on learning everyday rather than the outcome itself (achieving the degree). I'm also able to have this mindset because I'm privileged to be surrounded by emotionally and socially supportive folks. Thank you for today's video. You did well. Cheering for the next week✨

Yes 🙂

i think a lot of young people are too focused on results and wanting to contribute immediately as soon as they start something.. but when you do that, you might feel a lot of pressure to do it perfectly. over time, it would start to feel forced. takes the fun away. you're still young, go easy on yourself and make space to make mistakes. it's fine to do something without meanings. at the end of the day, you already know your main goal is; to inspire others. that's already a good start as it is. take the pressure off yourself, find ways to enjoy the process and keep exploring until you find something that really clicks with you.

Happy diwali to you and your family🎉🎉

Me neither :p but that’s why we keep going 👍

Please don’t be nihilistic. Hopelessness is one hell of a disease. As a 30 yo who’s been struggling with this I think it’s important to keep living life. Keep it going. Keep doing things. Some people succumb to hopelessness and put their life on pause to come out on the other side being 35 years old, no career, no family. Only then they wish they would put more effort into life and into living, they realize it too late. Don’t think too much. Just do. Just keep living. Keep doing things. Keep working. Keep meeting people.

"You only lose when you quite". Just do things in your own pace and dont overthink

💮💮 Hi 💮💮

So true that measurable goals r the basis of progress

All the time, energy, and dedication to learn another language must have been a desire somewhere deep in yourself. Now you are using it to help be a bridge-builder between cultures. Your honest and thoughtful videos provide you nearly 3000 viewers interesting ideas, opinions, and suggestions for people to do better. Maybe this was not your plan. But as John Lennon said, "Life is what happens while we are making plans." I am nearly 70 years old, and I hope - but do not know - that what I did with my life helped to make the world a little better. I know with certainty I tried. Yet, here will always be uncertainty and the way forward will rarely be a clear path. For me, I have always tried to do the best I can at whatever I am doing - and to learn what I can from every situation. I have quit a few times, but I usually later picked myself up and tried again - and the next time was maybe better. I don't know if any of these ideas resonate with you - but I hope that you will not let uncertainty stop you from doing your best or following your heart.

Above anything else, I think you must learn to practice self-compassion. You are intensely critical of yourself. A little bit of self-criticism is okay, but just realize that you're useful and you have some meaning. Everyone on here will continue to encourage you!

Make video every single day can take you accountable for something. Don't force youself to post everyday, just show up everyday and it will be great. Personally, you help me figure out that I was stupid somewhere and I try to make something better about all of this. Dont be so hard to yourself. I rarely comment btw but your are courageous one.

Don't give up, Naoya san. Remember it was your promise to yourself to do a video everyday until new year. You have come this far already..you are so close to your goal❤ keep going! All the best

hey naoya! im four minutes into the video, but i wanna say please dont quit, i honestly stumbled upon your channel incidentally, and i really liked the video and so i subscribed whilst thinking ''ill probably forget about bro'' but i didnt!! i ended up watching lots of your videos and loved them, its okay to feel this way, its not something thats ''wrong'', i mean its kinda like brushin your teeth before bed every night, some days you might look forward to it and others you might feel really tired and dread doing it, but you still do it anyway, right? Its all good, its okay to feel this way, and i dont know what im doing either! just please dont quit!! (dont pressure yourself either hopefully this doesnt feel like im pressuring you) and you know consistency isnt about doing something when you feel like doing it, its actually when you show up to the job and do it when youre tired, when you dread it and when you dont wanna do it, yet you STILL do it regardless, thats consistency! i got this from a guy called jun yuh on youtube! Okay, just finished the video, im really glad you think that way! Im really grateful for your videos and i really enjoy watching them because we share the same thoughts a lot of the time! Thank youu for uploading them and yess i do relate

Nietsche, Albert Camus, Soren Kierkegaard, have gone through the "Void", Carl Gustav Young talks about the dark night of the soul, its a very difficult time in life and most people never see it, but be careful, because sometimes we need some support , perhaps talk to somebody--so you look after yourself, and keep us informed, because we are a part of your journey. If you stopp making content, please inform us. There is nothing wrong with taking a time out and coming back later. If you look at the content in UA-cam they all know the answers about everything, but they are far from it, your honest content is inspiring. Good luck Naoya from Japan

I saw the title from the notification and completely agreed. I don’t know what i’m doing either.

As you yourself said, thinking about quitting is part of the process. Consistency > motivation

At this point I question the reason for my existence. Sometimes it is so difficult to me to find a reason to continue with my daily activities and achieve my "goals". But we can handle this Naoya san, I'm sure. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Please don't quit.

Don’t quit pivot to a different video type to stay interested. Maybe it’s concept that you want to change

Never be afraid of imperfection. Just follow your true self without looking back. Nothing bad will happen. - I would add a quote by Abraham-Hicks: “The basis of your life is absolute freedom, the goal is joy, and the result of that perfect combination is motion forward, or growth. Your goal is to find objects of attention that let your cork raise.”

im 18 years old and this is my personal experience; when i was around 10-11, i started to learn japanese and draw seriously since i really really want to be a comic artist in the future. after a while i start to think of quitting, because i dont see the point of it. but its not like i dont have energy, im just scared if what im doing is pointless and is the wrong choice. in my country, people dont appreciate art much, and many people say that you wont get a job or will be paid low salary if you want to continue with art. if u STILL want to, you gotta be an architect. bcuz of peer pressure, i quit drawing and stop learning japanese (bcuz im not even gonna use the language here in my country so what's the point anyway) then in secondary school, i see all my art friends improved so much. and then i look back at myself. i feel so left behind. i was like, "gosh why did i quit??" and then i started to draw and learn japanese again. and even start working out. i also did create art account on Instagram bcuz i want to support and inspire others with my art. but again... peer pressure. exams. i started to think of quitting again. it was hard for me, bcuz i already quit once so i dont want to experience that regret again. but guess what? i quit again. all my art accounts, i deleted it. bcuz i dont see the point of posting my art everyday... and i regretted it. it was because i had thoughts like "why even bother working out? its not like ur an athlete so just chill" and "maybe u should just go with architecture, you can get more money with that choice." and now... im 18. and i regretted for quitting. so much. if i didn't listen to my thoughts and ppl around me, i might already have my dream body, published my own comic and be able to read kanji. but nah, that didn't happen. bcuz i quit. and i look back at all my friends now, one of them already become a japanese teacher. and some of them published their own comic/novel. i feel so left behind. but it's my very own fault. so now... im starting again. I'm starting again this year. i start from scratch again, except that im not learning japanese this time but im currently focusing on ASL (American sign language) and it's fun! for now i dont think anymore whether its worth it or the right choice anymore. i dont care. I'll just do it anyway, even if it's the wrong choice. also just a suggestion, if uploading videos seems pressuring, how about upload shorts instead? :D it's hard to not quit, but quitting is painful too. so goodluck <3

You know, Naoya-san, my father likes to say, "A samurai doesn't have a goal, samurai only has a way". As I understood your problem, you don't see any specific goal, and that's why you think you don't know what you are doing, but that's not the right way to approach this problem. As you said in this video and many others, you want to inspire people, and that's actually what matters - you know what you want. Even if that's not something specific and can not be called a goal, this is still where motivation comes from. Motivation comes from the bottom of your heart, it's that burning passion that can't be explained by anything, it's the appetite that comes only when you consume the meal. You should also see the difference between the external motivation, which are your personal goals, people you want to impress, communities you belong to and so on, and the internal motivation, which is precisely what that burning passion is. You can't rely on external motivation, because goals always change, people come and go, and so on. External motivation is temporary, but the inner motivation is eternal. You base your principles exactly based on your own internal motivation. You just know what you should be doing, and you just do it, without even acknowledging what is it exactly and how you will profit out of that. That's what I respect about you, Naoya-san. If you stop making videos everyday or switch to another format, it doesn't mean that you gave up or betrayed your principles, because something else will be born out of that passion, I'm sure about that. You can break the rules, but never break your principles. I can definitely relate to you, because I'm a Japanese studies student, and I often get the thoughts like "why am I doing all of this? what's even the point?", and I do exactly the same thing you do - I put those dirty thoughts away and just do what I'm supposed to do. It's ok to be lost in the process and stop losing the sight of where it's all going. Whatever comes next, comes next, but we should live in the present moment, otherwise we will lose both our future and our present moment. Who knows, maybe I will never get a well-paid job with a degree in Japanese studies or maybe I will forget everything right after I finish university, but I'm having fun learning new stuff everyday, honing my skills and loving my art, and that's how life gets a meaning. I would do the same thing even if I didn't have the university, you see. Life becomes meaningful the moment you actually sit down and record these videos. Life becomes meaningful, when I actually sit down and write down the same kanji dozens of times until it becomes perfect. Goals, in this sense, are something we set for ourselves, they are mere tools to track our progress and keep ourselves accountable. However, they are not something that keeps us going, it's the job of our passion and the love of the process. Whatever you do, never let your passion burn out, even if you don't know what's going on. You WILL be fine. Have the courage. I watch you everyday and I'm glad to know there are people like you, who improve themselves daily and do their own thing despite the harsh nature of this impermanent and silly world. Never. Stop. Posting. 今日もお疲れ様でした

I agree with you about consistency. And even after almost 2y studying English I think about quit sometimes. I feel desmotivate, but I think the reason I don't quit it's because I can see I'm really learning, that each day I'm better, even if I still make mistakes. It's like my brain know what I do is important to me. Btw, nice video. I always think about to create a channel when I see u but maybe in the future cuz my level of english isn't good yet hahaha

No one does, we are all making it up as we go, Correct inspiration is rare so it's better to just go for it even blindly, will to live is from the heart not from the outside.

A very good video. Your pronunciation is already quite good. You have an extremely smooth flow with your words which I think is maybe more important than pronunciation to native English speakers. The way you are speaking is natural and I can tell that you are not having to translate words in your head before you speak. Your grammar is also excellent - better than some native speakers in the US! There are developmental reasons that it is difficult to speak with no accent after a certain age in childhood. One's brain may be simply unable to distinguish certain sounds if the sounds are not heard in one's earliest years. For example, there is a specific tone in Vietnamese which almost no English speaker can hear unless they spoke Vietnamese as a child. For Thai speakers of English, most cannot discern "sh" and "chip" - so words like ship and chip sound the same. Your advice on addressing this physically (holding the tongue) is one practice technique I know instructors advise as a practice for persons reducing their accent. It's a bit like weight-lifting, that is, make it harder to talk, and then, when the "burden" is lifted, it is easier to talk. Similar to lifting a heavy weight and then it makes lifting lighter weights easier.

The way to improve one's English pronunciation is to learn about the specific mechanics (tongue position, jaw position, air flow, etc.) for each specific sound, a group of sounds, and then the overall rhythm and intonation patterns, and then use them consistently. There are some legitimate channels on UA-cam covering this topic. Now if only I could find this type of content for the Japanese language rather than experimenting on my own. I only recently figured that the "n" at the beginning of a Japanese syllable e.g. の and the standalone "n" ん at the end of a syllable are created in different parts of the mouth. No one tells you that!