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  • @Sisyphus55
    @Sisyphus55  Місяць тому +24

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    • @LcieKJ
      @LcieKJ Місяць тому +2

      Ending song my wise man.
      Edit: found it

  • @AloneInTheVoid
    @AloneInTheVoid Місяць тому +769

    When I was little, everybody always asked me what I wanted to do when I grow up.
    I just turned 74 years old last week.
    Unfortunately I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.
    But everyone who asked me that question is dead now.
    So I guess I don't really need to have an answer now.

    • @KimNguyen-kf1ku
      @KimNguyen-kf1ku Місяць тому +31

      This is so powerful to a 24yo like me 😮

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому +5

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

    • @user-lj9hv3zz9u
      @user-lj9hv3zz9u Місяць тому +1

      😂🙌

    • @itsjordy2180
      @itsjordy2180 Місяць тому +2

      Thanks for the tip

    • @lunadawn23
      @lunadawn23 Місяць тому +1

      Needed to hear this today. Thank you 😊

  • @spiritlevelstudios
    @spiritlevelstudios Місяць тому +304

    "Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage."

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому +1

      Courage is tempered by equivalent mastery over fear.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @mikesplosion9712
    @mikesplosion9712 Місяць тому +361

    Beautiful as always, Ben. Life is not a problem to be solved, rather a mystery to be lived

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому +1

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @Ghostcharm
    @Ghostcharm Місяць тому +323

    Ah shit here we go

  • @kelkel7907
    @kelkel7907 Місяць тому +125

    "The right decision is one that is right emotionally and rationally... It speaks to that inner goodness. It takes years of mistakes. Be patient listen close and don't be to hard on yourself. Nobody really knows what they're doing anyways."

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @ExistentialFart
    @ExistentialFart Місяць тому +1306

    Getting fired for leaving a job site 10 minutes early after a 17 hour shift

    • @naaaaaaslund
      @naaaaaaslund Місяць тому +64

      HOW COULD YOU?!

    • @antlerbraum2881
      @antlerbraum2881 Місяць тому +50

      How DARE you?!? 😳😱🤯🤬😡

    • @secondlieutenan
      @secondlieutenan Місяць тому +32

      HOW COULD YOU??!?!!! 🤯🤯🤯🔥😡🤬🤬🤬

    • @eni4ever
      @eni4ever Місяць тому +7

      Why did this get soo many upvotes? How should someone take this?

    • @ExistentialFart
      @ExistentialFart Місяць тому +58

      @eni4ever because blue collar apprentices are treated as second class citizens

  • @TGBurgerGaming
    @TGBurgerGaming Місяць тому +276

    It's 2am and I'm drinking millers watching Sisyphus. What do YOU think I'm doing with my life?

    • @Walls2008
      @Walls2008 Місяць тому +26

      its 640pm here. Hope you're having a good evening.

    • @TGBurgerGaming
      @TGBurgerGaming Місяць тому +12

      @@Walls2008 thank you and cheers. 🍻

    • @c.andrew3944
      @c.andrew3944 Місяць тому +7

      Living your best life, that's whay

    • @vanguardcycle
      @vanguardcycle Місяць тому +3

      sounds like you're living it! haha

    • @sab_ginesi
      @sab_ginesi Місяць тому +3

      Living the philosopher king's life 🍻 cheers!

  • @RoboJules
    @RoboJules Місяць тому +500

    The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

    • @FalseGoose
      @FalseGoose Місяць тому +5

      I remember Jamis

    • @thesaddestdude3575
      @thesaddestdude3575 Місяць тому +9

      If so id like the experience to end please.

    • @davidr7619
      @davidr7619 Місяць тому +4

      Meditation really hammers this home (I imagine)

    • @OGreenWorId
      @OGreenWorId Місяць тому +1

      @@thesaddestdude3575 agreed.

    • @user-xb7mb9uk3n
      @user-xb7mb9uk3n Місяць тому

      @@thesaddestdude3575 NOOO, TABOO ANSWER, BAN THIS THOUGHT CRIMINAL IMMEDIATELY!!!

  • @yaboimagnus5845
    @yaboimagnus5845 Місяць тому +82

    Why does this man upload everytime I AM IN DIRE NEED OF ADVICE?

    • @user-xb7mb9uk3n
      @user-xb7mb9uk3n Місяць тому +2

      Yet another proof that God exists, obviously

    • @stardust45
      @stardust45 Місяць тому +1

      FR. Like bro knows when we need him the most

    • @samuelwhiting8117
      @samuelwhiting8117 Місяць тому

      Sisyphus55 is your shadow self

  • @zeedon
    @zeedon Місяць тому +103

    Wait, my life consists of the decisions I make? Me? That guy is unreliable.

    • @69thApostleOfShindoL
      @69thApostleOfShindoL Місяць тому +17

      Unreliable but can you hate the dude? He's trying his best aint he?

    • @rennoc6478
      @rennoc6478 Місяць тому +8

      @@69thApostleOfShindoLis he though? There’s always room to improve.

    • @samuelwhiting8117
      @samuelwhiting8117 Місяць тому +1

      I'm with you bro

    • @69thApostleOfShindoL
      @69thApostleOfShindoL Місяць тому

      @@samuelwhiting8117 for sure. But acknowledge and appreciate what you've done so far. That's the first step to improvement

  • @Aurora-pi6jr
    @Aurora-pi6jr Місяць тому +137

    I genuinely have no idea anymore, I think im just going progressively more insane by the day
    Edit: while still true, hope you are all having a good day, remember to get some sun and stop doomscrolling

  • @nicelight7794
    @nicelight7794 Місяць тому +28

    "Because sometimes these surprises can be good. Holding on too tightly might lead you to missing out." True. The daunting results of living too fearful of risks, too afraid of negative outcomes. I think a lot of people are trained to live life like that though, unfortunately. Not impossible to break the habit, but it can be challenging.

  • @SomeonePT_
    @SomeonePT_ Місяць тому +75

    None of us actually decided to start living in the first place, we never wanted to be here in the first place, we're here just because of the decision of someone else who brought us here.

    • @69thApostleOfShindoL
      @69thApostleOfShindoL Місяць тому +27

      That's completely true. But it's also a fact that you have the choice to make the best of it.
      Think of enjoying this life as much as you can - a way of rebelling.

    • @felipemoreira7024
      @felipemoreira7024 Місяць тому

      @@69thApostleOfShindoL I find it hard to enjoy living as i see human life as struggle and antagonism, with no higher meaning or purpose. I developed in the womb through biological mechanism, instigated by sexual desire devoid of contraceptive planning because my parents wanted a child. Now, I must struggle to secure my bodily needs and comfort (or suffer greatly), all while aging towards an inevitable death. Life has its moments, sure, but these all occur in a structurally negative context that even the best of lives can not compensate for. Nobody escapes aging or death, and everybody suffers personal tragedies or struggles.
      Let's say that (if) i reach old age... then I will likely experience a moment of introspection in which my mortality is not an intangible abstract, but a looming terrifying reality. Perhaps senility would be a kinder fate.
      The truth is the best course of action was to never been born to begin with. Someone else's decision brought us here and now we must endure a life of painful experiences with brief moments of enjoyment. Nah, not worth it. Suicide is not an option as i dont have te balls to do it and a failed attept woud makes my life even more miserable than it already is. I think i'll hope to reach the stage of senility then.

    • @chrismuratore4451
      @chrismuratore4451 Місяць тому +11

      To give birth or to conceive someone is an act of love. More deeply its an act of Selfish Love (Miyavi fans anywhere?) as there is an innate desire within us to shape those new lives into something we desire to see in the world, subconsciously or otherwise. And if you follow Sapolsky's view on human behavior through the lens of neuroscience, choice doesn't really exist, its more that we are just reacting from one moment to the next based on environmental cues and internal biome states.
      I believe however, through small acts of "guided intention" we can create recursive feedback cycles in our environment that can help to facilitate change in ways that genuinely appear to be a result of choice. And these cycles can be positive or negative (think the idea of falling into addiction vs. self improvement routines).
      Whatever you want to believe will apply to you as there isn't an inherent benefit to one perspective or the other. Life is life.

    • @starpeep5769
      @starpeep5769 Місяць тому

      The egg theory is probable bc thr universe only makes sense in the context of and depending on life. You need consciousness for Existence to, "exist"

    • @KopfdesRiesen
      @KopfdesRiesen Місяць тому

      I did decide to start living again tho. Not that long ago I thought I’d didn’t make it into my twenties and didn’t really live. I’ll turn 22 in less then half a year. Life is good.

  • @Arxhze
    @Arxhze Місяць тому +37

    Maa this friggin stickman guy is making me have an existential crisis again

  • @tacituskilgore8747
    @tacituskilgore8747 Місяць тому +24

    Failing at everything.

    • @anuragchakraborty8766
      @anuragchakraborty8766 Місяць тому +4

      same

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому +2

      Better than trying absolutely nothing.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @estebancisternas3315
    @estebancisternas3315 Місяць тому +81

    I was just watching a bunch of your videos
    It seems like you have a video for every situation in life
    Pretty cool

  • @Joe-sv4wz
    @Joe-sv4wz Місяць тому +8

    Watching this soon after making a pretty life changing decision to change my uni course to better align with my principles and my heart... thank you for this

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому +2

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @all_matters-dm1jw
    @all_matters-dm1jw Місяць тому +24

    bro gotta put me in a state of crisis on 3 am 😢😢😢

  • @baecon3750
    @baecon3750 Місяць тому +14

    Your videos always put me in a state of awe, without fail it always surprises me how beautifully crafted your videos are. Thank you for putting so much effort into these

  • @poopeata01
    @poopeata01 Місяць тому +93

    living with no reason

    • @dylaann
      @dylaann Місяць тому +16

      no reason is the exact reason

    • @burgeronline9418
      @burgeronline9418 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@dylaannamen

    • @OGreenWorId
      @OGreenWorId Місяць тому +1

      @@dylaannwhen I’m 11 and think this is deep

    • @user-xf2ps8qv7e
      @user-xf2ps8qv7e Місяць тому +7

      @@OGreenWorId having existential crisis at 11 must be crazy

    • @dylaann
      @dylaann Місяць тому +8

      @@OGreenWorId brother, I am pursuing a degree in computer science with a minor in philosophy. Currently writing an essay about the link between Becker's hero systems and a Kierkegaardian leap of faith. I'm really not sure why you're on 55's channel if you view philosophy in that light. Obviously I was just making an offhanded joke comment but your response was so odd I had to reply.

  • @nuddlesoups4814
    @nuddlesoups4814 Місяць тому

    Hey sisyphus!! Been subscribed to you for a couple years now, so happy to see you grow and adapt your channel! ❤️ congrats on 1 million my brother 😁

  • @Absurdyssey2002
    @Absurdyssey2002 Місяць тому +8

    You're one of the few people who inspired me to make a UA-cam channel, great video as always sisyphus :)

  • @sergiohernandezdiaz6032
    @sergiohernandezdiaz6032 Місяць тому

    Loved the video! I love thinking about topics like this all the time

  • @hizozik5977
    @hizozik5977 Місяць тому +4

    How is that that yours videos comes to me when I most needed it

  • @jacksonm4247
    @jacksonm4247 Місяць тому +1

    I was just thinking about a similar topic. This is weird that this popped up right when I had it on my mind. Nice video, Sisyphus

  • @jockejocke1
    @jockejocke1 Місяць тому +17

    Probably the hardest thing in my life is knowing that I come off and appearing as something that I'm not.
    I am too introvert and too scared to interact with people and colleagues, that I just keep to myself all the time at home and as much as I can at work.
    I try my hardest to avoid interacting and avoid to look at people unless I really have to when its unavoidable. This is all because I have such low self esteem and as a result I just want to avoid people, to do both them and I a favor because it's only awkward if I'm around or engage.
    But to come back to why this is so hard, is because I know that I come off as this pompous, arrogant, asshole, because I keep away from people, or I just walk past. They think its because I'm better than them or something and can't be bothered or whatever. But that's not the truth.
    And its a vicious circle because I can't find bravery to change and every day seems to get worse. And it's been this way for a little over twenty years since graduating high school.
    I don't even know why the hell I keep doing this.
    I lost every chance at a normal life and it's really too late I feel to change. The shame I feel, to my younger self who would look at me now, is almost too much.

    • @eldritchsquirrel3138
      @eldritchsquirrel3138 Місяць тому +3

      This sounds like c-ptsd although I'm not sure because still learning about it myself. Some things you mentioned really link in with it

    • @69thApostleOfShindoL
      @69thApostleOfShindoL Місяць тому +2

      Ehh first I think you need to get something right-
      There's absolutely- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with being introverted and reserved. So don't beat your self about that.
      If people really do think about you the way you said, then let them but also understand that what you think they're thinking is a reflection of what you think of yourself. Your perception of people is a reflection of mind.
      You think they think that way because you think you appear that way to them.
      I'm not trying to downplay your "problem" but rather acknowledging it and giving advice based on my experience (I'm just 20 tho lol)
      So I forgot the other things I wanted to add but basically-
      1.) There's nothing wrong with being the way you are as long as it doesn't cause you or others harm in any "wrong" way.
      2.) If they do think what you said about you, then why bother so much? Let them. You are you so why worry about what others think YOU ARE?
      3.) Just keep trying to make connections. Your hard work will pay off. Mine did and honestly it's a real confidence boost 😀

    • @haileyharkeymma
      @haileyharkeymma Місяць тому +2

      Hey man, it’s never too late to change. “The best time to have planted a tree was 20 years ago, the 2nd best time is today”
      Just start smiling at people when you walk by, just say hi. But nothing wrong with being shy

    • @Ouranos369
      @Ouranos369 Місяць тому +15

      I dealt with this very same thing in my teens and twenties. Hate to break it to you but you are being arrogant. This is a coping mechanism it doesn't make you a bad person it's just a faulty learned behavior. The reason you are being arrogant is because you think you're so special and exceptional that no one could possibly understand you or get you. That is indeed a type of narcissism. I had to figure this out the hard way. Your ego narrative is that you just have low self esteem so you feel sorry for yourself and feel justified. Again I went through this same thing. Victim thinking is inherently self centered. What I did was start by making friends with animals and growing my empathy. I started to see I'm very relatable and very human. It's never too late. It's just about creating better patterns. One trick I often still use when socializing is seeing everyone as my child and they don't scare me anymore and it makes me feel more nurturing. Or I just tell myself well everyone poops lol no one is better than anyone everyone has the divine spark etc. Then get out of your head and get grounded. But yeah you just gotta find what works for you. Life is an entire experiment.

    • @sondderrr
      @sondderrr Місяць тому

      @@Ouranos369 interesting approach!

  • @BreinNumber1
    @BreinNumber1 Місяць тому +2

    Can i say that during the process of healing from complex trauma your videos have given me a different perspective of different facets of being human. Thanks a bunch for being you @Sisyphus55

  • @ColdBaltBlue
    @ColdBaltBlue Місяць тому +3

    Fearing death and feeling the need to “appreciate” it out of fear and not genuine fascination.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @happyhog100
    @happyhog100 Місяць тому

    love your conclusion listened to it twice n will prob listen to it again after posting. always wise words n iconic visuals thx for the video 🙇☮

  • @NoseyBonk5599
    @NoseyBonk5599 Місяць тому +198

    Watching tik toks

    • @Absurdi5t
      @Absurdi5t Місяць тому +7

      Love your honesty 😍

    • @rocktheqasbah
      @rocktheqasbah Місяць тому +11

      The best advice in the world I ever got was what I gave my myself.
      To love myself I have to stop letting an algorithm decide what I consume.😊

    • @Asimov_
      @Asimov_ Місяць тому

      real

    • @abhinandanmad
      @abhinandanmad 28 днів тому

      Peak humour

    • @NoseyBonk5599
      @NoseyBonk5599 28 днів тому

      @@abhinandanmad idgaf bro get some peakhoes

  • @mjjjermaine
    @mjjjermaine Місяць тому +2

    Your vids always come at the right time. Thank you.

  • @juice9978
    @juice9978 Місяць тому +2

    "never be too hard on yourself, nobody really knows what they're doing anyways." man you always post just when needed

  • @ajimtiredplsletmesleep2521
    @ajimtiredplsletmesleep2521 Місяць тому +4

    I feel like allowing yourself to feel in the moment, and actually respond like a normal human being is harder nowadays. We see so much in the media, and I feel like it's one bad thing and then the next. You have very little to no time to process. It's a constant cycle that keeps you exhausted. This is of course not an excuse to be ignorant or anything, but I feel as though we must care about everything all the time, even if we don't have the emotional capacity to do so. I think there's a balance between being passionate for a cause, and emotionally exhausting yourself to the point where it's harmful.

    • @BetterSymphonies-lc7hw
      @BetterSymphonies-lc7hw Місяць тому +1

      It's one of the reasons why I quit most social media months ago, and I have to say that I have noticed a big improvement in my life as I don't find myself constantly worrying about everything that happens in the world even when those things are not relevant or don't affect me. Maybe now I'm more ignorant to what happens around the world but I'm definitely happier (I still read news every now and then). I can definitely recommend disconnecting a bit.

  • @stanfez
    @stanfez Місяць тому

    thank you ben, this video came in to recommended right as I was angry and trying to decompress some complicated relationships. I feel much more at peace hope you are finding peace yourself.

  • @aegis3505
    @aegis3505 Місяць тому +1

    these always hit so close to my current struggle

  • @hel2727
    @hel2727 Місяць тому +4

    I have no idea why I'm still here, besides fear of pain, guilt and regret

  • @SumeriyaYaxlaka
    @SumeriyaYaxlaka Місяць тому +12

    I'm just trying to eat some good Mexican food..

  • @GameEr445
    @GameEr445 Місяць тому +5

    It’s getting annoying every day I wake up I feel like a different person

    • @_remma
      @_remma Місяць тому +1

      Same

  • @simonbrauksiepe8861
    @simonbrauksiepe8861 Місяць тому

    loved that ending, especially the definition of personal growth with this context

  • @joselourenco5542
    @joselourenco5542 Місяць тому +4

    Avoiding social media as much as possible

    • @bosanski_Cevap
      @bosanski_Cevap Місяць тому

      I agree. I redownloaded instagram after 2years and after 3months I noticed it makes my day worse when I use it. The dumbness and disgusting stuff that insta keeps showing me makes me disgusted and sometimes even sad
      Social media is one of the worst invention of the 21st century

  • @Chrisoric
    @Chrisoric 15 днів тому

    The sponsored segments in your video feel so alienating because they kind of act as an reminder of the society we are living.
    While the rest of your videos always feel like an escape from all the stress and pressure to give a moment of peace.
    Thanks for that Sisyphus

  • @Jay-pe4xy
    @Jay-pe4xy Місяць тому +3

    I'm behind on two essays, a test, and 6 assignments. What am i doing with my life?
    everything just feels hopeless, because everyone elses worst seems to be the best i can do. So i just burn myself out, like now, and don't see the point of going forwards, because is it really progression if all i'm doing is failing?
    I know any action is better than inaction, but i just don't know what to do . at all . everything is just blurring together at this point

    • @hazel8066
      @hazel8066 Місяць тому +1

      are you interested in what you are learning right now? if not, that's ok. If you are, start small, focus on getting a few specific assignments done, whichever seem the most interesting, and you will see your progress. If not, I recommend looking at what you can do with your life and finding something that seems like you would enjoy it, and even if it's hard you will want to do it. And it doesn't have to be alone, find support in other people who can help you learn! If switching like that isn't an option right now, just give yourself small goals, and find something fun that you can work on on the side and see improvement in, could be as simple as gardening or origami or something. Seriously, I just want to end this by saying you're doing amazing, because you have kept on going. If you start small, you're going to see a difference. Trust me, there are many people in your situation who aren't even aware of it, but you're here, and I can tell you want to change.
      I'm just a random person on the Internet though, if I interpreted this completely wrong, I'm sorry, wishing you the best

    • @bosanski_Cevap
      @bosanski_Cevap Місяць тому +1

      It sounds dumb but keep thinking positive. I was severaly depressed after life just keept hitting me with bad stuff. Once I started to think "It could be worse" or "it gets better" my mood drastically improved

    • @thomasdapig6974
      @thomasdapig6974 Місяць тому +1

      I am in the exact same place right now. And we arent alone. That helps a little bit

    • @jaimlawson
      @jaimlawson Місяць тому

      Bruh I’m further behind. Catch up while you still can! This shit is expensive!

  • @ambrosius.saint-miro
    @ambrosius.saint-miro Місяць тому +1

    its after 3 am and im vaping and watching sisyphus

  • @ciangilmour839
    @ciangilmour839 Місяць тому +4

    Bro housecat music is so good

  • @ShaolinMonkster
    @ShaolinMonkster Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @jopkekampfraath4032
    @jopkekampfraath4032 Місяць тому +1

    How this is exact the curriculum of the minor I’m following and also what I’m struggling with right now is… surreal. This does motivate me to study for my exam though.

  • @DellariSaphire
    @DellariSaphire Місяць тому +4

    Enjoying it while I still can

  • @oliverhansen1792
    @oliverhansen1792 Місяць тому

    This video changed my life for the better thank you. It helped me see the part of me I couldn’t see.

  • @Catwoman2379
    @Catwoman2379 Місяць тому +1

    I don't feel like appearing in my exams which start after a week. I need help.
    I have suffered with alienation and loneliness for a year and I don't like anyone around me.
    I am not the same girl I used to be. I need to regain my life for me.
    I will count on you people always. Love always ❤

    • @crunchy2981
      @crunchy2981 Місяць тому +1

      go to your exams for you. maybe the person you are right now doesn't want to. maybe you feel lost. but if there's one thing you can do it for, it's yourself. either the past you, the child who has hopes and dreams of being something. or maybe the future you, who will look back at this time and be grateful that you decided to follow through on your exams. regardless, do it for you

    • @Catwoman2379
      @Catwoman2379 Місяць тому

      @@crunchy2981 thank you

  • @kleiny7990
    @kleiny7990 Місяць тому

    I needed this right now, thanks.

  • @RobTFilms
    @RobTFilms Місяць тому +3

    03:35 to skip the in video ad.

  • @Drappizdaddy
    @Drappizdaddy Місяць тому +4

    Ah yes decision fatigue

  • @Zombieslayeraj
    @Zombieslayeraj Місяць тому

    Ben I really hope you are right about nobody knowing what they're doing anyway... Sometimes it feels impossible to believe my lack of direction or meaning is a shared experience. Wonderful video once again!

  • @Bcz4r
    @Bcz4r Місяць тому

    thanks, enjoyable as always ❤

  • @jonathan3372
    @jonathan3372 Місяць тому

    Where do you get those vintage-styled videos? They give off such fitting vibes for your videos and it's awesome

  • @f1shst1ck
    @f1shst1ck Місяць тому +2

    I'm a thoughtocoaster. I'm a conun-drummer in a band called Life Puzzler

  • @SameAsAnyOtherStranger
    @SameAsAnyOtherStranger Місяць тому

    I think of it as using the turn signal as a grand gesture to accommodate the rest of society. Instead of determining whether or not to use it, using it reflexively when I decide to change lanes, make a turn etc, makes me more adept at responding to other people needs. I also do a lot of judging people to be inconsiderate when they are less than accommodating. Offering to return someone else's shopping cart when I'm walking across the parking lot is another one society accommodating grand gestures.

  • @user-bv7zo6vd4m
    @user-bv7zo6vd4m Місяць тому +1

    Godamit Sisyphe, you've done it again

  • @louis-philippetremblay7860
    @louis-philippetremblay7860 Місяць тому

    Great vid. Thank you

  • @nunu56903
    @nunu56903 Місяць тому

    Good question

  • @sophitsa79
    @sophitsa79 Місяць тому

    This is definitely one of the Great Questions. I can't believe you're talking about the heart -mind, which is basically something that Ram Das some about used the same language! Very validating and helpful in my public health promotion work

  • @waldimjr8042
    @waldimjr8042 Місяць тому

    Great video! Love the existential dread videos

  • @rubededcii2395
    @rubededcii2395 Місяць тому +1

    omg i want the song at the end (its literally in the end end, thanks)

    • @iwebgaurav
      @iwebgaurav Місяць тому

      Then I Felt Strange - Housecat, ua-cam.com/video/JC1YpkReqC8/v-deo.html

  • @owendubs
    @owendubs Місяць тому +2

    Still working on my opus. Every day it makes a little more sense, but the gap between my opus and the world around me is widening. When I reference scientific thought it seems that every figment of my perception is a controlled hallucination. Colors, dimensions, smell, taste, all just being approximate symbols that get the job done. The moon in the sky is the moon in my mind, but the being outside of my mind is incomprehensible. I suppose, in a sense, I should look at morality the same way, like Mozi. Or at least how this video frames him, because I only just heard of him. I want to live a good life, to be ethical, to result in positive things... but here I am left with only approximates. I have to make my best guess and go full bore, or else it's nothing.
    What determines whether or not I get undermined by a threat isn't whether or not I know there is a threat, but whether or not I feel there is a threat. It's the same reason why bright yellow and red colors grab our eyes so quickly in all of our art, because of poisonous snakes and frogs many years ago. To think we were willing to look at blind bats that evolved echolocation, and blind worms that function largely on touch alone, and say that evolution gave them an approximate system of knowing what was going on before giving up the moment that it allowed them to survive... and then look at ourselves as some kind of exception to that. That the human brain grew too large to fit through our hips, and yet that was somehow enough...
    It's all feeling, and it's all emotion. All a lack of emotion is, is just a feeling of lack of emotion. We're assigning hallucinations to things in hopes of profit that we can only perceive through symbolic representation. Feelings come with the package of consciousness, and we've evolved to be attracted to people that hallucinate in similar ways because it improves our ability to communicate with one another. We are special because we see what isn't there, and sometimes we can see what isn't there in a way that changes what's really there. Creativity, or whatever you might want to call it. The smell of a rose by any other name would be just as sweet. It doesn't matter what collection of symbols we see, just that they get the job done. Let's hope it's the right job at least.

  • @ghostinlovewithaflower
    @ghostinlovewithaflower Місяць тому

    I don’t know what I’m going to do for source of income in my future, I’m only 17 but feel so stuck bc I dropped out due to personal problems and my depression makes me feel desireless in everything. But I’ll listen close and be patient till future me figures shit out. This video feels very warm.

  • @Princessbubblegum567
    @Princessbubblegum567 Місяць тому +3

    Simple answer: I don't know and nothing ❤

  • @user-hk7di2hb5n
    @user-hk7di2hb5n Місяць тому +1

    Living is the art of dancing with the chaos we call life

  • @jarthurl1615
    @jarthurl1615 12 днів тому

    Ben! You are amazing!

  • @postpunkhah
    @postpunkhah Місяць тому +1

    I don’t know who needs to hear this but the idea that one’s “choices” or “decisions” are the primary determinant of one’s life is bunk. Even if you don’t take the position of Sapolsky and others that free will does not exist at all, there’s much evidence that one’s circumstances-socio-economic, geographic, hereditary, and so on are far more powerful factors, and render individual choice irrelevant for all but the privileged few.

  • @RFK_wait4_2028
    @RFK_wait4_2028 Місяць тому

    Loved it, Ben. For more on heart-mind, read "Faith in Heartmind" (sometime trans. as "Faith in Mind") by the 4th patriarch of Chan (Chinese Zen), Seng Ts'an (or Seng Can). Its a poem, maybe 3 pages, there are at least a dozen English translations, some free online. Its one of the most highly esteemed teachings, from the golden age of Chan, in the Zen tradition.

    • @RFK_wait4_2028
      @RFK_wait4_2028 Місяць тому

      You can't deny the Taoist influence on the development of Zen after reading this. It's awesome, have fun 😊

  • @hugs4drugs205
    @hugs4drugs205 Місяць тому +2

    That was one of the best ads ive seen, i usually skip through but i was genuinely interested in that one

  • @xanv8051
    @xanv8051 Місяць тому

    Straight chilling

  • @charismatic3941
    @charismatic3941 Місяць тому +1

    You're so wise , I'm jealous of you.

  • @Maxecute
    @Maxecute Місяць тому

    Found your spotify podcast but do you also have a music playlist with songs similar to the outro?

  • @Strangeland701
    @Strangeland701 Місяць тому

    Love this video❤

  • @KhanumBallZ
    @KhanumBallZ Місяць тому +3

    Staying alive as long as possible until we approach the event horizon of the technological singularity

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @IamOffMeds
    @IamOffMeds Місяць тому

    amazing video as always

  • @mitchellrivers3645
    @mitchellrivers3645 Місяць тому

    Thanks. :)

  • @radtailokutarapol3315
    @radtailokutarapol3315 Місяць тому +1

    Why not also a video on "once the wrong decision has already been made"?

  • @owengreen338
    @owengreen338 Місяць тому +3

    Hey I love your videos!! Do you think you could maybe think about doing a video on ADHD? I think it would be very interesting

  • @danax6653
    @danax6653 Місяць тому

    Jumping from classes to classes and problem to problem endlessly for the last 3 years

  • @Tbsav.J
    @Tbsav.J Місяць тому

    Waiting for the next Sisyphus 55 video!

  • @JL32506
    @JL32506 Місяць тому +8

    If I can help one person, just one, then my goal of "changing the world" would be met. Let's keep the goals realistic, folks: You'll be far happier, trust me.

  • @LadySighALot
    @LadySighALot Місяць тому +1

    Why must you push me into another existential crisis.
    The honest answer is I've been avoiding making the changes i should be making because I'm afraid of leaving my comfort zone, even though I'm miserable there.

    • @Cuddlestrike
      @Cuddlestrike Місяць тому +2

      aaah, good old misery. always there for us. our most loyal friend. the strongest foundation in life.
      always there for us, no matter how many times we do our best, find some strength and start building a house on top. only for it to collapse and burn, over and over again. the foundation will still be there for us

  • @LeoJusti
    @LeoJusti Місяць тому

    Link that song in the end man, sounds awesome

  • @Maxecute
    @Maxecute Місяць тому

    Great video. You got any book recommendations?

  • @Shonji_Ikori
    @Shonji_Ikori Місяць тому +1

    Please make the sponsored sections of the video explicit so that they are easier to skip. Some creators have a countdown timer or a progress bar which I really appreciate.

  • @joecage7394
    @joecage7394 Місяць тому +1

    It's a good question, and I have been asking myself recently. I have accomplished the things in life I always wanted to. I became the person I desired to become. I have children, and am old enough now that my children are having children. But, at age 48, I am not so old as to be decrepit.
    However, more and more, and especially since my son graduated with his college degree, I have felt increasingly unmoored and despondent.
    What more is there to do when I have already fulfilled my purpose? Do I really want to see what the last 20 years of life is going to be like? The slow and inexorable decline of my mind and body? I'm really not sure.
    Last week I wrote the best song I believe it is possible for me to write. My ultimate creation after more than three decades of trying. If that isn't a fitting epitaph, I don't know what is.

  • @gbayesolafolusayo2619
    @gbayesolafolusayo2619 Місяць тому

    Just existing atp,not really living or knowing what i wan to do, I'm just alive atp😕but I've accepted it as it is

  • @XanthousChaos
    @XanthousChaos Місяць тому +2

    I'm up playin with my worm

  • @georgewynne6380
    @georgewynne6380 Місяць тому +1

    Building the perfect Goon-cave

  • @internalizedhappyness9774
    @internalizedhappyness9774 Місяць тому +1

    Making it up as I go,
    So have fun,
    Keep everyone safe,
    Love y’all,
    Bye!

  • @lithembantebe3747
    @lithembantebe3747 Місяць тому +1

    Jaws poster💀

  • @rb5519
    @rb5519 Місяць тому

    Hitting "like" and subscribing to your channel. Peace and greetings to you all!

  • @jaughnekow
    @jaughnekow Місяць тому +1

    Life is unpredictable. That's a hard pill to swallow.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Місяць тому

      Every circle begins with its end.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      --Diamond Dragons (Armageddon's Ballad)

  • @dawidow6979
    @dawidow6979 Місяць тому

    shirt just arrived. love from mauritius

  • @ShadyTrollin
    @ShadyTrollin Місяць тому

    music is a jam as always, anyway beautiful video

  • @hikolanikola8775
    @hikolanikola8775 Місяць тому +1

    nah, there are people that are just evil at their core.

    • @TGBurgerGaming
      @TGBurgerGaming Місяць тому

      People like...*big breathe* meeeeeeeeeee.

  • @christopherduong2657
    @christopherduong2657 Місяць тому

    What's the end song? It really resonance with me atm