Be a Loser - The Philosophy of Henry David Thoreau
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In a world of constant noise and influence, what does it mean to live intentionally? What does it mean to be successful? In this video, we explore the importance of simplicity and the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau in an attempt to answer these questions.
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Why make a video about wanting less when you can't stop begging for more everywhere on your channel & videos. Pathetic.
I am happy to see a video made about this. It took me years to finish Walden. A dry book, but one that left an impression. Tis unique.
@@fostxswire1600 years to finish Walden, seriously??
No, thank you! for giving us this knowledgeable information.
I live alone, never get married and I keep it that way. I have plenty of experience when it comes to dating. But I know divorce is too costly that is why I avoid marriage. I am happy to be alone. In the past, we got married because we want to have companionship later in life. But in today's world, it is all about child support and alimony. In today's world even if you got married in the end you will be alone and be broke because of divorce. So it is better to be alone and enjoy our small time in this world.
The biggest thing that i hate about life is how competitive everyone is and is encouraged to be since birth. Everything revolves around standing out as an individual and developing talents that you can then sell in the "market place". What if you derive the most joy out of cooperating with people you enjoy being around, instead of wasting your entire life in a job that you hate? I don't really want success, i just want to be able to do whatever i want without worrying about money. The constant worry cripples me and makes it so i don't want to do anything when i do have free time. The world just seems like an utterly cold inhuman place. It wasn't made for a person like me, but for somebody else. Somebody i fundamentally can't relate to.
your words hit close to home.
I can really relate to you! Sometimes I get the urge to just go away and live a peaceful life in a house in the woods haha…
you get it lol
Your words are mine as well. This always boils down to "money money money". Annoying as hell
Dude, the fact that you are even aware of your situation is first step to getting IT together and moving on...essentially, cope don't mope. Living in fear based on finances can indeed be daunting, yet investing in belief that "adequate" cash flow will set you free is false premise. Though the world may "seem like an utterly cold inhuman place"...it ain't! Alter your perception (consider psilocybin mushroom therapy) and realize the world is utterly amazing, magical and pulsing with warmth of humanity✨ Rootin' for YOU! ~ JaY
"An exciting life is one where we're excited to be alive not one where we're frantically doing things." That hit me.
So there has to be that which fuels the excitement.
If the human race actually remained like that, we would still be homo erectus, you are only able to post this comment because we have evolved by frantically doing things, and perhaps only by continuing frantically doing things one day we may live forever.
@@nerios.v The fun thing about this life we live is that you're both right. Evolution is relative to the speed at which a species procreates and we see this most prominently during testing of bacteria and viruses. If you want to 'live forever' faster then women should start having children as soon as menses starts but what does evolution have to do with our thoughts and beliefs as individuals? Absolutely nothing.
@Nerios Your comment is nothing but an opinion based on sensationalism. You don't even understand humans enough to know we were not built to work our entire lives. It's unfulfilling and soul sucking, essentially creating bitter people who in turn are bitter to others and creates more bitterness. But people will always find problems even if there are none whatsoever. And it was industrialization that set things at the pace we are at, so quick to create new technology while ignoring the spirituality in life which is needed to be happy. Tech is going to ruin us as a species physically and mentally, and it's already happening. To not see it is to admit to be living in denial.
And nothing about living frantically holds any truths that we will live forever. Even the notion of living forever seems redundant. I want to die someday. What torture it would be to be a worker for hundreds or even thousands of years just to make someone else rich.
You know you're ready to be yourself when you accept being a loser in the eyes of someone else.
Love that!❤
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so true
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nice
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
What book?
@@valuementertainment4845 Self-Reliance
Emerson and Therou, thank god my psych teacher saw my heart and helped me through lit. Helping me relate to reality saved my very being .
Emerson has the best quotes
AVOID LIVING IN THE SOUTH LIKE VIRGINIA
At the age of 20 I moved to an eight foot trailer in the woods with no electricity or running water. Cellphones, computers and the internet did not yet exist. For two years I lived simply, washing in the creek and cooking my food over a fire. I read lots of books. I read Thoreau's Walden. To say I related and connected to Thoreau's words would be an understatement. His writing would shape who I would become. While living in that trailer, I decided to build a small cabin in the woods, and then I decided to go to college. My Early American literature professor asked me to teach the unit on Transcendentalism. I became an English teacher and then an administrator, and a county commissioner. Life became busy, and challenging, and rewarding. Now, 40 years from when I left the trailer in the woods, I'm back in the woods, living alone in a shop on the side of a mountain. My hair and beard now white. The stars and sky are my true ceiling. The trees my friends and neighbors. I am content in my life's journey, in all the things I acquired and lost along the way. Life can be amazing, if we let it be amazing.
Cool story bro
So much respect for your story
Lovely
I wish i was living in the woods
This is so heartwarming, wish you all the best❤️
"A successful life is simply a conscious one" this might be a short answer to all those feelings deep in my heart, that I'm missing something or that I don't feel fulfilled. Consciousness is the key to happiness.
A life of contemplation is best, rather then getting caught up in the rat race building riches for a grave is pointless
@@mrtoad3582 “The unexamined life isn't worth living." - Socrates
Wise words
beyond unhappiness and happiness lies peace. Consciousness is the key to peace
consciousness and intentionality are different things.
my 40 yr old son is one of these amazing loners! he's never wanted a family, just wanted a peaceful life of study and living in the country with us. he's an amazingly interesting and helpful person, I've never met anyone with such deep thoughts and wisdom. I feel super grateful to have been his mom. he has awakened my mind in beautiful ways and we are so close. he's a real joy and I know I don't have to worry about him, he takes care of me in my old age!
Often the youngest kid, or the 3rd...
He sounds like a great person
It feels my heart of joy to see a mother so proud of a son that took his own path.
This means you did a great job raising him,may your days be great.
you must be a great mom.
I quit my high paying, high stress job yesterday. I needed this today. Thank you.
Good for you
Be free
Be happy 😊❤🇬🇧
Wish I could do this too. But for us who needs to provide for family, it can be a difficult consideration somehow.
@@markdayto I tried quitting 3 months ago
.. too hard with family and mortgage
You did the right thing, your mental and physical health comes first. You could take a little time for yourself and read some great novels and watch great movies, or even travel around a little bit, before you figure out what to do next. I wish you all the best.
@@richardwestwood8212 thank you, you too g.
"The only shame of being unsuccessful in life is being unsucessful in living how you want" Is a golden quote.
I've secretly thought that myself
People can shit on me
But I've lived the way I've wanted, according to my own standards
Always, even to a detriment
Screw it
I can only be me
I think your misunderstanding the quote
@@JR-pf7kk why?
Each time I am attracted to a woman or when I am in the flow performing a surrogate activity (hobby) not caring about anything I feel very much alive in these moments.
Im 31, im not married, i dont have a girlfriend, no social life, i only have a steady job that i enjoy and some extra money for treating myself. Sometimes i get depressed realizing that i am lonely. But the funny part is that i often catch myself feeling most at peace when im sipping a good liquer or beer alone in the forest while looking into a campfire watching my dinner cook. It would be nice to have it all, but having no worries and just being alone at peace is also nice. Appretiate what you have dudes.
A quiet toast, from our lonely places, to all the lonely ones out there.
May we never meet!
Wish it was that easy, but cheers to that!
Beautiful
And if you were to have all those things you don't have, it may pull away time from the moments you describe that you like.
I am actually a bit jalouse. I am turning 40 soon and have no friends or family either. We only have protected forests where you can't stay for too long. Can't put up a tent anywhere, can't fish without documents. Can't even make a campfire in your own backyard hah. Can't do anything but be in my own depressing home, surrounded by junkies and a never ending noise.
If you have these freedoms, enjoy them.
When things get rough I often remind myself that just the fact that I can smell an orange is an incredible thing that makes life all the more worth living.
It's good to appreciate the little things. Those little things are huge.
I remind myself of a Kurt Vonnegut quote "if this isn't nice, I don't know what it" everything life is going not bad.
This made me shed tears. It's like talking to a friend and finding comfort that he understands what you are feeling.
I came back to watch this video to remind myself who i am cuz where im from when i step outside of my house thats what i see everybody wanna eat and hating how they get their food still didn't find a good place ina wood to stablize in it
I felt crying when I was watching this video. I had enough of people talking about my life in every aspect. As if my life should be talked about, and announced to everyone about how I should live according to others. Super tired! But finally, I give up listening to others especially my parents. Using money and power to control me, I am breaking out of this vicious cycle. I am not harming anyone and I am just living a simple with less superficiality. I felt great after listening to this. 😊
For years I listened to very well known podcasters who inspired me to make more of myself. Discipline, self awareness, be awake, energized and alert, let not opportunity pass you by.
I ended up exhausted.
I now realise these podcasters are workaholics who never stop, constantly pushing their boundaries.
That might work for them, for me I am happiest and at peace doing nothing of any significance.
I am happy for your realisation 😊
same!
The way of the dao
I'm convinced that it doesn't really work for them either. That's why they keep pushing out those 'inspiring' podcasts which I think in the long run make people feel more inadequate than inspired.
@@a697ag kinda like Batman except the podcasters either quit while it's still good or become a meme
I realised this when I was in College. Incredibly competitive person. It's only being number one or nothing at all. Would blame myself in every mistake and things that didn't go as planned.
Decided from walked one time to see the area around my uni. Unexpectedly watched the trees and sunbeam, realised I've been in this uni in three years now and feels like this is the first time I see them. Decided to slowed in life. Found the beauty in it. Best decision I've done.
This is beautiful
@@roseband7244 woah... Most people I know think that I'm losing; taking things slowly to do the things I really want. I hope you are happy and contented as well.
@@snow8617 Its worse when most people think nothing of you except an object to interact with to suit their ego. That is in fact the case for me i dont know what people think of myself so all i know is my perception of myself which i don't really have its like a void of conflicting ideas. Also im interested in why you think most people you know think you are losing maybe that's just your perception of what you think they think.
I failed. I failed all my life. Broken family, toxic relationship, being bullied, study and work failed, and broke. I was upset and asked God that why me? I've done my best, but failed, why?. So I built a strong ego to protect myself. Later, I found that it made me failed and became more suffering.
2 months ago, I decided to be a real loser. I surrendered everything and said "Ok. If it meant to happen, let's God manage it. I'll rest." I was depressed and cried every night. I couldn't sleep.
But last week, I started getting used to it. I found that I feel better to be a loser. Because I didn't fight for anything and put myself in a toxic situation. I listen and allow anyone to teach me anything. I'm polite and helpful to those who are banned by toxic people. Being this weak sets me free from anger and expectation. I listen more with my heart. That brought me the new good friends. So, being a loser is the gold ring to me.
❤ happy new year, my friend, I with you U.k South Coast area ❤
Oprah talks a lot about surrender....her story about how she got the part of Sophie in The Color Purple is very inspiring....she wanted it more than anything she ever wanted, but had to let go of the desire, and like a miracle it came to her....I'm trying to let go of many things in my life that I think I want to happen a certain way, I pray "God, let these things that are bothering me work out for the best"----I usually don't know what would be the best outcome
"How often do we consider, not how it would look from the outside, but how it would feel from the inside, the only place it is actually experienced?" That hit hard
“The only shame of being unsuccessful in life is being unsuccessful in living how you want to the best you can” - This hits deep
Simple truth
I enjoy wild camping. I love the simplicity and being with the elements. However all my friends talk about me doing it like I’m a freak. “You just go in the woods on your own? That’s weird mate” they all need £25k cars to impress people on Instagram but I just want to sit by a little fire that I’ve made myself. I hate how this modern world has brainwashed 99% of people. As humans, We’ve lost our way :(
I'm with you. My co-workers think I'm weird for having esoteric interests and keeping to myself. Some of us haven't lost our ways, just think of us as special. In a way I'm glad most of society have lost our way as you say because some of us still have it, those authentic and true to ourselves minority, then we wouldn't be a minority, we'd be overcrowded, so don't be said we've lost our way, be happy.
Some of the most beautiful things in life are out there in nature to see. They aren’t going to see them from a 25k vehicle. Whom ever was saying your weird is just a pompous buffoon blowing his horn, next time tell him to get a real life
I feel you
can u give me some ideas to not get scared during camping. I was literally freakingly scared man the day before yesterday despite of having my two friends.
We are led to believe to be happy and successful we need lots of money
We just be true to ourselves and being Kind to others enjoying the little things that get lost in the distractions in this world
I definetly a loser. I preferred to stop being an engineer to be a truck driver, and this job makes me happier, not only because it's easier, but also because gives me enough time to be just with myself, meditating about life.
Honk! Honk! I appreciate and support Truckers!! You all ROCK! 🤩🚚🚚🚚🚚🤩
not really, maybe just to some narcistic white college kids. There are real losers out, ones who spend all day inside playing videogames and masturbating at 30 years old.
You guys were some of the only ones with balls in Canada when it mattered. Maybe there's something to be said for all the driving time's usefulness in meditation and understanding yourself.
Truck driver are essential and important too. Glad it is something you like as well!
Radical self-acceptance no matter the circumstances is such a big key to happiness
It's insane how difficult it is to be your authentic self in this world, seems to be getting increasingly difficult as this world spirals downwards at an ever quickening rate...The beauty and wonder of holding onto your authentic self has only deepened for me though, and will continue to do so i'm sure!
Hang in there everyone - gonna get wild out there, just remember what really matters in your life. Gotta focus on that.
progressive ideology causes mental illness
Only costs 10k in romania
5K in Turkey - if you kno the right person. ..
There is no "authentic self", we are the sum of our experiences and our environment, your "authentic self" is always a moving target.
in some societies everyone is just so fake, 98% of the people.
For a person like myself who has stayed in the same place for 27 years since my birth, had not much of an “active” life other than childhood sports, to actually have just 2-3 friends all throughout my adolescence till now, this was calmly assuring. I do have moments of anxiety and hate spurred by the “show” on social media but again, this video is really truly a life saver for people like me.
Story of my life, just 3 years ahead of you.
@@tjtj9 Happy to know that there are people who have had similar lives, feels a little lesser isolatory.
I feel it. I'm 43. No money. No friends. No girlfriend. No children. I do everything by myself. I'd give anything to just have someone to eat dinner with.
@@roderickcortez138 Maybe that’s your purpose and life path as difficult as it may feel.
@@KushagraaDubeyy Why the fuck would that be my purpose?
I'll tell you what success is. At my grandpa's funeral there were hundreds of people who I had never met and they didn't know anyone in my family but were compelled to come and tell us what a positive impact he had on their life. He was a teacher and many said their best teacher ever. To be successful is to have a positive impact on the world. It has nothing to do with money or fame. Just do what it takes to help others.
That's to be loved, not successful.
This is beautiful. My definition of success is to be remembered and loved. Simple but yet so meaningful 🤝
"Many are hacking at the branches of evil, few at the root" - Henry David Thoreau
The universe is a dance of cooperation when you become enlightened,you join the dance
Shams Al Tabrazi
So truly profound!
That cuts deeper than most even realize. Our entire social world has been constructed to be exactly how it is. Nothing is by accident. Housing costs, inflation, work schedules, everything has a purpose but most won’t question it because they’re tradition; it’s how we’ve always done it. It pays to question reality, not just your reality
Very true, and at the root, we find the ego itself.
Most wage slaves hate people on welfare but not the politicians and capitalists that make them wage slaves and are the real parasites in society.
Today's society believes individuals who sacrifice everything, their time, energy, money, relationships, into material and economic success should be looked highly upon, and that everyone should strive to be like them. Consequently, most people find it easy to center their lives around these ideals, as moving with the trends of society is much easier than living as oneself.
It is because of this that I've realized just how incredibly courageous and wise it is to detach from these artificial desires and become what you want to be and to live for oneself. It's so fundamentally opposed to the current trajectory of social existence, yet it most wholly embodies what it should mean to be human.
I strive to become like this in my life. For me, a successful life is one where I can break out of the illusions society has locked me into.
It is a problem that its become normal to work in careers you dont like and all that but yall are just lazy .
Your words completely resonate with me, this whole "dedicate your life for work and you gotta sacrifice the things you enjoy to make money" which most people consider to be the noblest and the ideal way of approaching life doesn't touch my view of how I wanna live.
Your last sentence could be a trap for you. Going against the stream just for sake of it is sure one way to not live the way you want. Live how you want, independent of all other factors.
@@Spungebobonicerocks It's not that I want to go against the grain of society just because I want to, but it is that I'm becoming aware that my personal motivations differ significantly from the ideals society has established. It's unwise to act against the grain just because, of course, and I never implicitly or explicitly stated as such.
Very articulate sir! I agree wholeheartedly!
I completely agree with this video. I spent the first 35 years of my life listening to society and almost drank myself to death. Now I do what I want to do and have never felt the need to drink again.
Can I ask you for advice? to avoid repeating your mistake (I guess that's what humans do).
I'm currently in a situation where I moved to another country, for love. This country has lower salaries than my own country so I'm now working for almost 1/4 of what I'd be payed in my country. I can barely save money and need to pay attention to my spending basically living paycheck to paycheck. Everyone thinks I'm crazy and or stupid for doing this. For me, finances aside I'm very very happy here. But I do worry about finances which sometimes creeps up to my generally happy mood and makes me anxious especially that everyone back home thinks I'm crazy.
do I continue enjoying life here (I genuinely wake up everyday excited for life), and try to do with the little money I have and stop worrying about the future?
or go back to my country, be rich, be very safe financially, but live a mediocre boring life with waves of depression every now and then?
@@yuzan3607 stay where you are, don't worry about money your time is much more important. God wants you to be happy and free let him worry about the money. Expect a miracle they do happen
@@jdl2180 I will, thank you. The happiest things that happened in my life were like miracles, happened out of nowhere. It's like, the universe's/God's plan for me is x100 better than all of my plans.
@@jdl2180 which God would you recommend?
@@deanodog3667 the Universe/God.
All of the clothes I own have been gifted over time. My wardrobe is about 15 years old on average. I don’t care what people think about my old clothes, I like them, and they fit comfortably.
Aww me 2 ❤😊
8:02 “A successful life is a conscious one”. Best quote I’ve heard.
As someone with ADHD (and therefore executive dysfunction) this video is a blessing. So tired of this culture of hating on people for "not doing anything with their lives". Am I hurting anyone? No, so mind your own business
Actually, yes, the passive-aggressive narcissist types feel complete helpless rage and pain when they observe someone behaving outside their narcissist guidelines for everyone.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver it definitely seems that way lol
I feel you Isaiah Romero, I also have ADHD. I have come to accept that as someone whose mind works is many directions at once, life feels kinda frantic to me... and for me to be able to engage life, I need to be slow and mindful about it. Self acceptance is power.
@@PeachiePeoney Went out with the 60s
i really agree man
This is so fitting for me. I feel like I've been a "failure" my whole life, and it's hard to explain to other people why it gives me peace. Losing is like coming home to yourself :) even in defeat, we can emerge whole
Beautiful
Thank you for this.
I believe that the definition of failure you were led to believe is the real failure. Somebody else’s opinion. You seem genuine. Genuine is winning not failure in my book . Cheers!
Loving yourself is loving every part of where you exist in this life.
I feel it with you my friend. We can be a "failure" together
As a little girl growing up, I played in the woods. I built many forts and hid.
I begged for a horse. My mother saved a few dollars of grocery money every week until she was able to buy me a horse. I was 11 then, and regularly went 'missing' in the woods with my horse. What adventures and good laughs we had, my horse(s) and I.
I spent 50 years in the woods with a horse. My best friends have been horses.
I am a winner!
My first horse saved my life. My longest-lived friendships involve horses, most especially the horses. l hear you.
Beautiful story 🙌🏽❤
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I loved my MISTY MORNING WIND , she put me in the gravel a few times , but I knew she didnt mean to for she was a kind soul.
That kind of life nearly killed me. I hated it but tried my hardest to fit in. I couldn't, I knew it wasn't me, so I drank and took drugs and for 15 years wanted to die. Then I took time to myself and delved into my soul. Another 5 years of self reflection and depression. Then I was forced to live in my van because rent is impossible now for a single person. And this was the start of my awakening. I love my van life. Ive no depression now, I can see things clearly, I feel free, I love knowing I can look after myself rather than relying on government. I feel like getting back to nature and taking pleasure in simple things is the true path to self righteousness. I really do love life now and I'm glad I never died way back when I was living a lie in a world full of fakeness. This world is now not reality. It's fake for one purpose, power and greed. They will suck away your soul for their own sick games. I hope people will wake up and see we can all live differently. Yes we will all have to give up things dear to us but this is a good change and we will thrive once we understand we cannot live like this anymore. Good luck out their in finding your true path and connection to the earth and universe
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness" - Albert Einstein
I love this video. It reminds me of my next-door neighbor, who is always rushing frantically to and fro, always on the phone, always packing her free time with webinars, courses, zoom meetings. She seems to look down on me because my schedule isn't chock full of activities, but the fact is I feel sorry for her! I could fill my time with meetings if I wanted, but I hate "keeping busy" for the sake of keeping busy. I'm a creative person and my best ideas come to me when I'm idle, gazing out the window at the birds in the trees or soaking in the water. My brain works best and I'm happier with fewer distractions, with plenty of empty spaces on my calendar. To each his own; maybe constant activity makes my neighbor happy. But she seems irritable and tense to me. I get the feeling her actions are motivated by the fear of being perceived as a "loser" with nothing to occupy her time. I am far from perfect but at least I'm driven by genuine self-awareness, not fear. People talk a lot about de-cluttering their homes, but we should also de-clutter our lives and our minds. That Thoreau was on to something.
I love nothing more than an empty calendar :)
Maybe he was only onto something for individuals like you and me and many others who are "creative introverted deep thinking people". Maybe we are just not good at managing lots of variables at once as its to stressful because we have to analyse every decision. :)
@@inhabitantwaps3qs803 True! I was recently explaining that to my mom, who accused me (again) of creating too many different things to worry about. My brain seems to see every possibility, which means I can see a thousand ways that any decision can go wrong. It is stressful, but recognizing such tendencies in ourselves helps us mitigate them.
@@AGirlofYesterday Yes. We all have different ways of thinking and being. I know I drive my husband crazy with my endless processing.
Yes, meditate and declutter the mind, focus on positive things, reconnect with God's love it's all around us
Such peace can be found by the light of a fire. Silent. The crackle and pop eroding away stress and worry. It's amazing how complicated we've made our lives.
This is the life I would wish and want for myself. Quiet, remote, close to nature and the universe. Working just for living, not for the sake of having stuff. Thanks for inspiration!
this is such a healthier and more humane mindset to have instead of the fast paced, “hustler” mantra that is fueled by capitalism and outside expectations. so freeing
My man became a cultural figure by writing about defining his success without it
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Being well-known for what you have done or created doesnt mean that you have to agree with the culture and its insane values
The thing is, his goal wasn't to get rich or famous. Paradoxically, if he wanted that we probably would've never heard of him. The best work usually comes when one is not corrupted by the need for money or fame; the work is the success in and of itself. To quote Iroh, "Good tea is its own reward."
Who?
@@mrtambourineman6107The Avatar
I'm perfectly fine with being a nobody. It's peaceful.
You are not a nobody 👍🏻❤️
@deancronin2471 One day we will all have no bodies, then truly be someone.
@@westlisbon6307 I hear you 👍🏻
I cried almost non stop to this video while getting ready for work. Thank you for posting this. It was the added validation that I needed. I'm in a job I took more responsibility for so I could afford to start my own business. I've become so miserable that I'm barely able to work on the things I enjoy. Quitting in 2 months.
I'm keeping you in my thoughts.
Good for you! Did you quit
@@blackhoodiefitness5862 I asked to get laid off 😂 We'll see where this goes!
I left a corporate job one day without having another job to go to, then when I got work it was at jobs that paid a fraction of what I was making, but I never looked back and wished for the craziness of that corporate job. It hasn't always been easy, but now years later I decided to retire before my full retirement age...I live very simply, but really I don't need much, and my life is really about surrendering what I think I want, to what would be the best outcome (that I usually can't see with the human side of "me"). I can relate to your tears at going to a job that makes you miserable!! I wish you simplicity and serenity 🙏
@@ultracalicokittycat Wow thank you for sharing this
I live a simple life, and I absolutely love it. I may not be surrounded by loved ones, when I'm old and dying, but until that final day, every second is mine.
❤❤❤❤ heart touching . Hope everything is going well 😊
What I enjoy about this approach is that, you have the power to determine what the finish line is. In the chase for money and things… the goal always moves back… get the job need the promotion. Get the raise , need the bonus. Get the house, need more bedrooms and so on.
It leaves us on a constant chase. But a
simple shift in mindset can get you to the end of the game. “The reason you don’t know what you want is because you already have it” - Alan Watts
Naw, I just need a few million. Won't stop until I get it.
@@FroFoLife don’t get me wrong as long as you’re happy with the chase it’s all good!
Many aren’t and they keep chasing while hating it. That’s not the way.
Best of luck to you.💪🏾
@@FroFoLife Thats the fallacy of capitalism. It gives ordinary people the illusion that one day they may be rich too. But 99% will fail and never become financially free. Im not saying you should not try Im just saying its highly unlikely you will even make a 1 million dollar let alone few.
@@martinpospisil3747 I believe that I will.
@@martinpospisil3747 that is a deep scarcity mindset though, you can have and create the life you want, you have the creative potential to do so, the lesson is to really choose what you desire not to go with the current or the comfort
I first read Thoreau about fifty years ago. From there I went on to live in my teepees, old cabins and abandoned shacks, being a shepherd with my dogs, goats, a couple of horses, always trying my best to grow a garden for food, gathering and using plants for medicine and hunting big game for meat. Now all these years since Thoreau's words helped me decide how to live, I still live in a small mountain cabin, still growing a big organic garden, still gathering plants for medicine. I gave up hunting 12 years ago, so now I'm mostly vegetarian. If it hadn't been for Thoreau, and other authors writing about living a simpler back to the land life, I don't know where I would be now. I'm still cutting all my own firewood, watching the stars and moon every time I go out my cabin door into the quiet still night. All those wild deer, bears, elk and cougars that come to visit me, along with birds and other critters, are my welcome friends. I'm glad I found Thoreau all those years ago and I'm glad I learned to read and write.
You are living a life I dream of.
Sounds amazing. Love from Australia
You are a bigger rolemodel than any popstars, models and CEOs could be. Thank you for sharing
"An exciting life is one in which we are excited to be alive." That little quote hit me so hard!
In 2015 after flying from Australia to NY to work at a summer camp I travelled alone to Concord to visit the site of Thoreau's cabin. I was 20 years old at the time and those few days are some of my favourite memories. There is a little path that goes from the site of Emerson's home, through the woods and to Walden Pond (it is this path that Emerson would take to visit Thoreau) and I spent the day wandering alone and sitting by the pond. It seems like the smallest thing in the world but it's something I'll cherish forever. Thoreau was really on to something with his ideas of what a successful life is.
This is a uniquely American problem that hard work and responsibility makes you unhappy.
No one really talks about the work and hours put into this video so I am here to compliment it! The animation, motion, the writing, it is all well put. Well done, the video is amazing and the philosophy is eye opening as always.
As long as you're not hurting anyone, you're doing better than some people.
as someone who is depressed and dissatisfied with life currently, i could not be more thankful for this. my main focus right now is to get a degree, but i am stuck on what to do after that. i obviously want a life filled with things that bring me fulfillment, but i struggle with defining what that would look like. all i know is that i do not want to be stressed, overly busy, or a corporate slave. i'm still pondering about what it is i truly wish for my life to look like, if i filter out societal and cultural expectations. maybe i could move to a country with a healthy work-life balance. maybe i could have a life that designates plenty of time for the hobbies i love. maybe a few close friends and a loving partner. i don't know yet.
give it time, the answers will come slowly. just live for now. if you watch the video, the guy was pretty old when he went out and did what he wanted to do (write a book, living in nature). but for sure, get your degree and make decent money so that you can save and be able to fund your future endeavors. good luck chap
Thank you for this video which I find supportive. I used to fear that at my life’s end I would realise that I had made a mess of my life. Now, as I turn 60, I realise that it is not that simple or possible and I can relax and wake up to the truth of my experience rather than believing it should be something else. A wise woman once asked me ‘what if everything is ok’? Living consciously and authentically are my guides. I live in a cottage in the mountains, work part time and my life is simpler than before and more solitary and quiet and I feel very grateful. I’m discovering the life I have rather than chasing what I thought it should be. That has me smile.. may you enjoy your day
I also think that many people realize late in life the value of a quiet peaceful life. My mother had a hard life, as a manager she went through a lot of stress and pain... in my eyes it was not worth it... because ... well... it poisoned her heart and soul... and she also did parenting wrong... and I will end it here.
"in truth, an exciting life is a life in which we are excited to be alive"
when a random quote resonates so deeply, you know there is something out there
Thanks for the commentary. Thoreau wasn't isolated for the 26 months and two days he occupied the cabin on Emerson's property. It was a short walk back into town, which he made frequently. Visitors at the cabin were frequent. He also spent a lot of effort railing in public speeches against slavery and the Mexican War. He was a well-known public figure in Concord.
His name was pronounced like the adjective "thorough."
And his sister brought him lunch daily. He was no hermit.
These are Facts.
His mom did his laundry too lmao
In 1846, Thoreau spent a night in jail for not paying a poll tax, in protest of the Mexican War. Emerson came to see him in jail, asked Thoreau, "what are you doing in there?" Thoreau answered, '"why are you not in here?"
dude was an Otaku and there are some great japanese works that mirror Thoreau's Walden, though for many different reasons (primarily in the Meiji Restoration Era). They saw Japanese culture and society rapidly changing and realized how trivial it all really was.
I absolutely hate it when I meet new people and one of the first things they ask is, "What do you do in life?". It's a bad habit; it makes us uncomfortable and insecure when asked.
This is the only UA-cam channel that institutes profound introspection. It gives us the groundbreaking perspective to liberate ourseleves from any conventions or constraints we are culturally conditioned to believe in. This is the real freedom of thought and human experience. Thank you.
Not *only* though
@@shubham2516 do you know any similar channels?
@@kodybreakell7145 For more topics like this, you can check out-> The school of life.
For more into philosophy -> Julian de Medeiros
And for the self-discovery type, I'll recommend "Awaken Insight".
These all are great you should check them out.
They don't want you to know this so they can keep you running on the hamster wheel non-stop 👉👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥🔥
Another great channel is Einzelganger
I love the way you redefine success, it really makes you reconsider what we value in society
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Money likes and views.
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 Can't find it -- got a link?
“Don’t burden me with the excesses of your life, treat me with the necessities of my life”
I feel bad fir people who are so hungry for "success" and are so miserable trying to keep up with our poisonous society.
I feel like this is the majority of society. It warms my heart when I see like-minded people on places like here 💓
I think success is working on yourself rather than beating (or stabbing😏) others. But many people have a different idea. Maybe its because it is a competitive society not an individualistic one. People could be beter versions of themswlves if we wouldnt suppress them into conformity because it is easier but rather encourage their potential. When i was small i had the feeling doing what others wanted and ignoring myself will make me successful but i ended up very depressed and whenever i do what i like i feel bad about it because i feel respecting my wishes makes me narcistic. Maybe its the lack of self love that makes me attreact toxic people. Whenever i mirror them im the bad guy but if they treat me badly its no problem... They feel entitled.. i should quit them.. even if i stil like them despitw of all.. its better to be alone than to be surrounded by people who make you feel alone.
Don't because everyone is different and success is different for everyone
The biggest bridge I’ve ever had to cross in my life was overcoming the weight of my friends’ and family’s judgement of my life’s goals and direction. I’m still walking the bridge, but it’s gotten easier the older I get.
As a teenager I realized rather quickly that the heavy majority of my life’s hopes and dreams were simply not mine - they were hopes and dreams that would satisfy my friends and family and their ideals of me. My true hopes and dreams are simple: I want to travel and experience this world in its bare and naked beauty. This of course usually means exploring this planet without sufficient fall-back careers, savings, etc. I realized as a young man that to travel “successfully” would mean sacrificing half my life to building a career and savings account solely for the purpose of leaving it all behind to travel “with money”, when I have always felt like life is short. We are always dying, sometimes faster than we like, so I’ve always been starkly against the idea of putting off LIFE for years…who knows if I will live long enough to enjoy the fruits of such a labor?
Live life today. Sure, saving is nice, but you really don’t need much - and we leave this life with exactly what we brought into it.
Nothing.
Well said
Nah, personally I’m gonna put some gold in my coffin, cause ancient Egyptians knew what they were doing.
@@turolretar leave a cryptic treasure map somewhere in the world for someone to find it lol
What I worry about the most is when one day in the future I find myself too old to work and not much money saved. This scenario makes me very anxious. How do you deal with this?
I currently live a happy life, travelling, living abroad, discovering the world and being in love ... everything is going very well. But, money-wise I can barely save any money and the older I get the more I worry about the scenario above. What do you think?
Well said.
I think if you can retain that thought process throughout life then you can always maintain happiness.
I really needed to hear this right now. I’ve noticed that I’ve stopped making the days count and instead am counting the days. Finding motivation is the hardest part. It’s easier to just sink lower. Thank you for this, truly
Henry David Thoreau, a man who seemed to stand strong on his inner values. And believed, no one can define you, but YOU.
I always appreciate seeing his work, life, and thoughts revisited.
I love this channel. They instill a sense of peace and hope within my mind
This video hit so close to home. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it, and being courageous enough to share it with us. One of your best videos. Thank you.
I needed to hear this. Thank you for producing this and sharing it with us ❤
I definitely need more videos like this. This makes me so much happier about where I am in life.
I've known that I wanted the simpler life since I was in high school. I pictured myself as a mere pilot not at the helm of some gigantic airliner or high-tech fighter jet but in a small prop-driven aircraft, living close to the beach and making a petty sum teaching others to fly. Life is so complicated, man.
Hang in there, mate. It'll all work out for you.
I also wanted to be a little pilot aha !! Nowadays I just think at the end , it’s up to us if we want a simple life of our own, society is different and how you want to live is also okay :)
"Without competition there is no life." - Matinnus Eden
We are living in an age, where so many are doing the competition that, we have the luxury to just sit this one out even without entering the competition. On a personal level we stuck, but humanity will still be in motion. And that is the luxury what we always seek since the dawn of time, when we can exit the competition, and still have a life of monotony to enjoy....
That kind of sucks
@@meatmachine449 no not really lol
I moved to the woods to live a deliberate life. I only just tonight learned that HDT also did this. I adore and relish in every thing this lifestyle has taught me and learn more every single day. I need to add his books to my outhouse/library. I felt such a stirring inside when watching this video. Thank you for taking the time. ❤
I used to be worried about so much. But the more I let go of 'things' - the less worried I was about what people thought of me - and the more books I read - the happier I became.
I get asked from time-to-time at work why I never go after promotions when they come up. "Why", I ask. "More money" is the standard response. I already have a couple of years worth of used books to be read.
I'm convinced that the true wealth in the world is the wisdom shared in books - along with a mind that is open to it. But that true wealth is ignored by those chasing 'things' that give off the illusion of wealth.
Not sure how you knew the exact thing my heart needed to hear in this moment. This one will be on repeat. Thank you 🖤
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@@VeganSemihCyprus33 id argue this is exactly what they want you to hear and be okay with so that you keep being a worker that builds theyre dreams.
Same here.
Success is all the times I don’t comment on a video, as well as all the times I catch myself in a routine that I did not create intentionally. Success has not been in making the best decisions, but in knowing the source of my decisions came from some authentic part of who I am. To get off the hamster wheel, and out of competing, mindlessly, within the rat race, or with the Jones’s next door. To own your attention and apply it as you earnestly find interest, or to sit still and witness how the world. Stepping outside of the mainstream programs for success, is like stepping into infinite curiosities. Great topic
Every time I hear the first two quotes I can’t help but cry. They speak to something deep in me, they trigger my cry for life.
I was geared to become a physician in the med school curriculum. It seemed all I did was study and sleep and all I could feel my inner self telling me that I was wasting away. Everyone on the outside looked in awe whenever I talked about medicine/ science etc. but on the inside I felt nothing. I switched careers that allowed me to gain my time back and that was the best decision I've ever made in my life. Instead of living from the outside in, I was now living from the inside out. Life is too short to live your life on the whim of outside perception. You'll never find the true peace you're searching for. God has much greater plans for you.
Maybe for you personally but not for everyone. I know Mexicans who just work all day everyday doing hard labor jobs. Yet they're very happy and live a meaningful life because they know they're providing for their family. What made you want to be a physician? for the status?
@@biggibbs4678 I don’t see the correlation in your explanation to this but of course people are happy to work hard to provide for others. That’s how it should be. I was always geared towards this since I was a kid and never ventured outside of that field. I did it because it was what I was used to my entire life & obviously to provide for others. Wealth in this life is measured in the amount of time you have to do what you want. Not status or finances. My career change provides me more time, finances, as well as a different way of providing for others
Top quality of:
- the message
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I love the idea of being a loser. It’s chill, relaxed.
Thoreau and his writings have been a great inspiration to me, as they have for so many, but viewers should be aware that Thoreau’s time at Walden was relatively brief. And during his stay at Walden Pond he frequently walked into the town of Concord and socialized with others. After two years he stated in his journal that he had accomplished what he wanted and it was time to move on. Equally important, he counseled readers not to imitate his lifestyle: "One young man of my acquaintance, who has inherited some acres, told me that he thought he should live as I did, if he had the means. I would not have any one adopt my mode of living on any account; for, beside that before he has fairly learned it I may have found out another for myself, I desire that there may be as many different persons in the world as possible; but I would have each one be very careful to find out and pursue his own way…"
This video has reminded me why I chose to live the way I do. Simply !
I was brought up in a hectic and sometimes abusive home so I left home as soon as I could. In those days leaving home men getting married if you were a 16 year old girl. I remember the relief of being alone in our little apartment i’m not hearing all the screaming and noise. I didn’t know then my studio apartment was my cabin in the woods. I face challenges but I think I made the right decision. I have voided much of the frenetic drugs and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of the 60s. I still enjoyed some of the music, but never went to concerts where there were. Crowds. I enjoyed going to bookstores and eventually went to college. Now at 71, I love my life. I do yoga, I live in Hawaii and I’m going to the beach today, a secluded one with my partner to appreciate and enjoy the beauty that is hawaii. People say I miss out on a lot of life, but I appreciate every day. I try to help people. During my work years and they were part time, I was a teacher and a social worker. Now I have a book channel on UA-cam that I started on my 70th birthday. Sometimes I talk about mental health, and I’ve made many friends. My mother told me I was unworthy but later that I march to the beat of a different drummer.If I’m a loser then I prefer it. Aloha
People who want other think of themselves badly have issues themselves. A healthy peorson doesnt try to get others down but lift themselves and others.
Thank you for sharing your story Marilyn 👍🏽
losers can be winners and the reverse
Nice. Which island? I lived in Maui for almost a year. It changes you. The way of people there is so much better and simpler than that on new york in the most sincere way
Thoreau is my favorite, he reflects my personal worldviews a lot. My sister was named after Emerson, and my stepmom says she wouldve named me henry if she had given birth to me herself. Ive taken Thoreau as a last name though in honor of a great thinker who inspired me to pursue my art and a personal life.
@Molly Flowers -- we know him as Henry David Thoreau, but his birth name was David Henry Thoreau; he was named after a paternal uncle. He switched the name order himself when he went to Harvard.
PS: people pronounce his last name as thur-ROW. Thoreau himself pronounced it in the same way you pronounce the word "thorough."
This is for sure one of the very top 2 or 3 videos on UA-cam. It needs to be seen by all the young people immersed in social media...
This is so spectacularly well done. I’ve listened to quite a lot of “self-help,” stoicism, mindfulness type videos, and I’d have to say that this one is by far my favorite. It’s a beautiful experience to watch.
This comment section is making me cry.. 😭 where were you all my life!!! I wish if there had been an app where you can meet people like these!! I mean really, i was thinking people will not get this video and hate it and try to post stupid comments but you are guys are gem 🤩 i wish i can meet some people like you🥺❤️ hope so one day 🤞🤞
i feel ya! but I kinda need to get out of my own prison of comforts
Time and time again, I'm continually reminded how wonderful this channel is. Thank you, sincerely.
They don't want you to know this so they can keep you running on the hamster wheel non-stop 👉👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥🔥
Thank you so much for preparing this video! I really enjoyed learning more about Thoreau’s philosophy of living.
I love this! I do thrive in chaos, but the more I think about it, it’s also because I’m used to it. I’m very ambitious, but I was raised to be so, to succeed at all costs. Great video
There is something about your voice that always draws me in with no distractions.
This is a brilliant video, thank you. Defining "success" by your own standards takes courage and acceptance of our fleeting and ever changing understanding of who we are and what we want. Given that, it seems like we have to accept an act of faith in committing to ourselves that things will always somehow work out if we listen deeply and trust our inner voice.
The graphic storytelling is excellent! Thank you for keeping an esoteric monologue engaging!
I have to live this way anyway this lifetime so I appreciate this video as I find it validating a way of life that runs contrary to what others expect of me.
real good stuff. For whatever reason you have chosen to make these videos, you do it well and you probably help people. Keep up the great work!
Well done. As it happened, I was living alone in NZ for 2.5 years during Covid. Then, my life style has continued after I came back to California. Actually, the seeds were sown way back 50 years ago and my interest in Zen 40 years ago. If I were to ask myself, "Where do I belong?" I would say I "know" exactly where I belong. Best wishes, Kio
This is how I live my life! I dont care about being rich, or cool, or even “influential to a bunch of people.” I just want enough money to experience new things which are enjoyable to me (work to live) and positively affect the people around me. I want to do the things that always intrigued me like jetskiing, being a performer, waterfall hikes, experiencing different cultures, etc. I don’t live to be busy. I largely hate being busy. Tho I will say this is the busiest time in my life right now and it is a exciting change of pace. Everything I am doing is working towards experiences I love, challenging me in a stimulating way, or working towards the type I life I want. Honestly my ideal is not being busy, and I will be going right back to that in the next 3-6 months.
Gave my 2 weeks notice from special education to pursue my dream job: teaching art and ecology. Grateful I have fought for the opportunity to fill my soul!!! Daring to put my needs first has been undescribely challenging but will ultimately be more meaningful.
"We all want to live a good life and be successful but how often do we stop and evaluate what a good and successful life might be for us? How often do we consider, not how it would look from the outside but how it would feel from the inside, the only place it is actually experienced?"
Here is an excerpt from Steps to Knowledge by Marshall Vian Summers on living simply.
"Simplicity allows you to gain access to life and to enjoy its beneficence in every moment. Complexity is a state of self-disassociation which renders you incapable of enjoying life and perceiving your role within it. This is the source of all great poverty, for no worldly accomplishment and no worldly possession can banish the sense of isolation and destitution that accompanies such disassociation... Truth must always bring simplicity, for simplicity brings resolution and right understanding and establishes peace and confidence in those who can receive it... Allow yourself to be simple, for in simplicity all things may be given to you." (MVS, Steps to Knowledge)
Thank you, Janice.
At times he heard within him a soft, gentle voice, which reminded him quietly, complained quietly, so that he could hardly hear it. Then he suddenly saw clearly that he was leading a strange life, that he was doing many things that were only a game,
that he was quite cheerful and sometimes experienced pleasure, but that real life was flowing past him and did not touch him. Like a player who plays with his ball, he played with his business, with the people around him, watched them, derived amusement from them; but with his heart, with his real nature, he was not there. His real self wandered elsewhere, far away, wandered on and on invisibly and had nothing to do with his life. He was sometimes afraid of these thoughts and wished that he could also share their childish daily affairs with intensity, truly to take part in them, to enjoy and live their lives instead of only being there as an onlooker.
-Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
😲Wow!
Great video. Made me felt very emotional because I wanted to do so much and not enough time makes me so stressful. Now I just need to learn to control those desires and just focus on a few important things that will have a long term happiness
Agreed! being yourself means knowing yourself and owning your own life.
This what I needed to hear, very helpful. Thx-
heeyyyy ive been qonder about this and now you uploaded a video with thr title i needed!!! thank you and keep going
Thank you for this upload, REALLY, THANK YOU.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately " the moment I saw this quote it reminded me of Robbin Williams in the movie "Dead poet society". It gave me goosebumps.
The line from Thoreau, "suck the marrow out of life" was directly quoted in the movie by Robin.
Epic and Inspiring.
By the way your voice is really relaxing and charismatic.
Thank you for your work, my favourite Yt channel.