Your Future Doesn't Matter.

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  • Опубліковано 29 тра 2021
  • today we talk about the future and the past more than marty mcfly
    twitter: / nathanzed
    All music used in this video is below:
    A boy is a gun remix by Matthew McClelland: • Don't Shoot Me [A BOY ...
    Tenet soundtrack - Posterity
    SZA - Good Days
    Migos - Straightnin
    Labrinth - Forever
    Gunna - sun came out
    Tyler the creator - Running out of time
    Instrumental: • Video
    Playboi Carti - RIP Fredo
    Brockhampton - HEAT
    Super Mario Game Over LoFi HipHop Remix
    Drake - Time Flies
    Bryson tiller - Like Clockwork
    Flying Lotus - Crust
    Mac Miller - Come Back to Earth
    Scarlet Pleasure - What a Life
    Brent Faiyaz - Dead Man Walking
    Movies and shows used:
    Another Round (Druk)
    Fleabag
    Ted Lasso
    Invincible
    Ramy
    “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” - Matthew 6:34
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  • @TheThirdPew
    @TheThirdPew  2 роки тому +508

    dang rewatching this a year later this lowkey a masterpiece

    • @CybermanKing
      @CybermanKing 2 роки тому +14

      Strange that I came across just today and I'm almost turning 25 in June.

    • @lovellhughes3363
      @lovellhughes3363 2 роки тому +10

      I love rewatching you’re old videos u don’t upload enough

    • @Windruzhed
      @Windruzhed 2 роки тому

      So, do you still follow the lessons from this video?

    • @migatronn
      @migatronn 2 роки тому

      A classic

    • @katkatungu8813
      @katkatungu8813 2 роки тому

      Highkey

  • @travis_approved
    @travis_approved 3 роки тому +5071

    Subbing to Nathan is honestly like having a friend you only hear from once in a while but every time you do it's one of those conversations you don't stop thinking about until you hear from him again.

  • @rafipuff
    @rafipuff 3 роки тому +3485

    this man doesn't fucking miss

  • @jennareimonenq2087
    @jennareimonenq2087 3 роки тому +991

    “When i stress about the future i feel like I’m living for who I’m going to be. Instead of living for who i am right now” yeah...

  • @actuallydudethatwouldbesal7644
    @actuallydudethatwouldbesal7644 3 роки тому +6480

    This man really woke up one morning and decided to make the best content on UA-cam that’s crazy

  • @sabsj1849
    @sabsj1849 3 роки тому +1849

    haven’t watched yet but it’s already a classic
    edit: can confirm it’s a certified classic

    • @yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186
      @yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186 3 роки тому +17

      gave it a like before the video even started💯

    • @Sebas-mk2fz
      @Sebas-mk2fz 3 роки тому +8

      Classic before the notification

    • @s.m.4901
      @s.m.4901 3 роки тому +8

      @@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186 only UA-camr I do this with 😭

    • @cynicalindividual
      @cynicalindividual 3 роки тому +4

      Damn, I was like, I gotta comment, I've not seen this, but this already a classic" but then I just see this, and I'm like,... damn

  • @RyanTheLeader
    @RyanTheLeader 3 роки тому +2095

    Thanks man.. I don’t think you’re alone at all, I have been feeling the most existential in the last couple months than I’ve ever felt. Thank you for making this.

    • @AlexM-np1cx
      @AlexM-np1cx 3 роки тому +1

      Hi Ryan

    • @fresapreso1491
      @fresapreso1491 3 роки тому

      hi!!! leader

    • @leftenantthunder
      @leftenantthunder 3 роки тому +4

      we love you too Ryan, keep your head up

    • @IndieBassJA26
      @IndieBassJA26 3 роки тому +2

      You’re not alone, same here. Although I believe it’s more due to my OCD/anxiety but nonetheless, *existential*

    • @-Teague-
      @-Teague- 3 роки тому

      @@IndieBassJA26 don't let your head trick you into anything you don't believe. I understand it, I've been through similar, just focus on what you know/believe and do your best to filter out the intrusive stuff. Hope this helps, God bless 😁

  • @BoBo-nj3in
    @BoBo-nj3in 3 роки тому +974

    “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”- Andy Bernard

    • @catherinemorton-abuah4787
      @catherinemorton-abuah4787 3 роки тому +10

      was literally thinking about this og office moment when watching :')

    • @sunmukhsingh3362
      @sunmukhsingh3362 2 роки тому +5

      create the good old days again, by just living

    • @andreibirchler1741
      @andreibirchler1741 2 роки тому +16

      "We didn't even realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun."
      Winnie The Pooh
      The good all days were good, because we did not waste our time thinking of and regretting on how the days before then were prettier.

    • @EmmaneTheCreated
      @EmmaneTheCreated 2 роки тому +7

      Every time period will be future you good old days. Just live in the moment. It doesn't have to end.

  • @ammoncampbell1185
    @ammoncampbell1185 3 роки тому +925

    "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good ol days before you've actually left them"

    • @EmiZViolet
      @EmiZViolet 3 роки тому +51

      Good ol' Nard Dog.

    • @morgaaaaaa
      @morgaaaaaa 3 роки тому +35

      this fucking quote, gets me every time

    • @CanaldoMumber
      @CanaldoMumber 3 роки тому +8

      ANDREW F'ing Bernard

    • @Anesha12
      @Anesha12 3 роки тому +8

      Well now you know. What’re you gonna do?

    • @hellozukohere6514
      @hellozukohere6514 3 роки тому +1

      first thing I thought of

  • @VictorRibeiroMarcelo
    @VictorRibeiroMarcelo 3 роки тому +327

    You just made a video about anxiety without saying the word "anxiety", and that's how my therapy sessions go lol

  • @hodo3412
    @hodo3412 2 роки тому +81

    The perfect Drake line to sum this up: Emotionless: "Missing out on my years. There's times when I wish I was where I was
    back when I used to wish I was here"

  • @verabesnard254
    @verabesnard254 3 роки тому +660

    The way this man expressed my feelings better than I ever could

  • @A-M4
    @A-M4 3 роки тому +246

    "When I stress about the future, I feel like I'm living for who I'm going to be instead of living for who I am right now." As a current college student, I felt this.

  • @kesha8439
    @kesha8439 3 роки тому +335

    Watching Nathan is like a constant calming reassurance that life is going to be okay

  • @razbuten
    @razbuten 3 роки тому +193

    I see myself in this video and it hurts

  • @ruffcriminal
    @ruffcriminal 3 роки тому +151

    Love that Drake clip, he’s right. Art is all transactional, all about perception. We become a different person every day, and no two people hear the same song.

  • @AsadAnjum
    @AsadAnjum 3 роки тому +310

    Existential Nathan is the most elite Nathan he's like the Nathan final boss

  • @racheldeschaine
    @racheldeschaine 3 роки тому +110

    When you meditate, you don’t have to stop all your thoughts, just watch them as if they were clouds passing by. It’s counterproductive to try to force yourself to stop thinking.

    • @heatherparks2327
      @heatherparks2327 3 роки тому +15

      Me when I’m watching squirrels while trying to remember what I’m “supposed to be” praying for.

    • @racheldeschaine
      @racheldeschaine 3 роки тому +2

      @@heatherparks2327 lmaooo

    • @Psychoma99
      @Psychoma99 2 роки тому +6

      This right here is a very important part of meditation that people most likely struggle the most with. You watch the cloud and that cloud will eventually fade away.

  • @captainnott
    @captainnott 3 роки тому +99

    This is a man who's found himself and is trying to pass it forward

    • @yadsewnde8699
      @yadsewnde8699 3 роки тому +18

      I'd say *finding but yeah. It's all so appreciated

  • @hashbrownsdraws
    @hashbrownsdraws 3 роки тому +226

    I just graduated from highschool, and goddamn, I miss talking shit with my friends during class and lunch. Like that shit seemed so small and insignificant, but now I miss those simple things

  • @nala6846
    @nala6846 3 роки тому +247

    I'm currently feeling like my youth is being wasted because of this pandemic. I literally went from being 19 going on 20 to being 21 now 😔

    • @Jr-lt2oy
      @Jr-lt2oy 3 роки тому +24

      Honestly, what are we supposed to do in our youth? 🤔

    • @rskl8083
      @rskl8083 3 роки тому +8

      Yo i turned 18 and 19 in the bandemic too feels shitty

    • @rskl8083
      @rskl8083 3 роки тому +4

      @@Jr-lt2oy get fucked up with the homies

    • @jenniferg.9017
      @jenniferg.9017 3 роки тому +9

      It sucks, but also know that when we get back to the way it used to be, you will appreciate it that much more! You won't take it for granted, you might say, "fuck it, I am going on that road trip with my friends" and actually DO IT. I cannot believe I am now 25 years old now, older than you. And dw, you have the best years ahead of you still!

    • @aphr0d
      @aphr0d 3 роки тому +1

      @@rskl8083 youth is truly wasted on the young

  • @caitlyn7310
    @caitlyn7310 3 роки тому +145

    I needed to hear this so much. I was sobbing in the car today for about 20 mins, got high and panicked about driving home, cried the entire drive home... have been stressing since I walked in the door. But this just pulled me out.

    • @tswelo
      @tswelo 3 роки тому +25

      I'm just glad you're alive

    • @themaroon3521
      @themaroon3521 2 роки тому +7

      Wtf. Why ? What happened g ??

  • @vincentyang2953
    @vincentyang2953 3 роки тому +169

    This shit hits soooo different man. Just graduated hs and life's hitting.

    • @MrHibachi21
      @MrHibachi21 3 роки тому +23

      I remember this feeling. Just remember no one else knows wtf is going on and we’re all just winging it

    • @Jonathan-rn3um
      @Jonathan-rn3um 3 роки тому +2

      I'm still in hs, freshman year actually, I want to graduate so bad so I can start living and do what I want to do but when i see other people talk about how they dont know what to do after hs I get worried

    • @dan-ch8kr
      @dan-ch8kr 3 роки тому +14

      @@Jonathan-rn3um pls try to enjoy it as much as u can cuz time will start flying by so fast :,-)

    • @Hashslingingslasher-
      @Hashslingingslasher- 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrHibachi21 This right here is excellent advice. 29 and lost af

    • @axelmassol2134
      @axelmassol2134 2 роки тому +3

      @@Jonathan-rn3um The older you get the faster time flies usually. When your a kid a year is super long, in HS its kinda short but as an adult a year feels like a few months. So enjoy your time

  • @myhairgoesup
    @myhairgoesup 3 роки тому +437

    As someone who just graduated college and is moving back home tomorrow, your timing could not be more perfect for me personally. Thank you Nathan

    • @monikan2309
      @monikan2309 3 роки тому +10

      I'm in the same situation! Finished College this year and had to move back in. With the pandemic still raging in my country, no prospects of jobs atleast for the next few months😭.

    • @piccolomd5767
      @piccolomd5767 3 роки тому +4

      I’m literally in the same situation rn stressing about finding a job.. this vid dropped at the perfect time 😭

    • @stinkymonke4998
      @stinkymonke4998 3 роки тому +1

      @@piccolomd5767 crying emoji 😭

    • @englishlearner2453
      @englishlearner2453 2 роки тому

      It hits different to me, because I'm now going to college and stressing about it😬

  • @daynechrisco9070
    @daynechrisco9070 3 роки тому +612

    They really do romanticize the shit out of life. I wish they'd just be like "You're not guaranteed success, life sucks, But good luck".

    • @teriyaki_chicken
      @teriyaki_chicken 3 роки тому +44

      It doesn't really suck, you're just focused on the wrong things

    • @khanbw
      @khanbw 3 роки тому +11

      @@teriyaki_chicken That's relative

    • @JL-uq6qe
      @JL-uq6qe 3 роки тому +60

      You can't come at people for romanticizing life and then immediately demonize it lmao
      How about this, life is life. It is what you make it

    • @milkyym8891
      @milkyym8891 3 роки тому

      @@JL-uq6qe what if life makes me dead?

    • @elderlyoogway
      @elderlyoogway 3 роки тому +36

      @@JL-uq6qe tell that to people getting bombed, or sex slaves getting human trafficked, or youtubers like Quini who died young after years of surgery. Like, "life is what you make of it" pushes the weight of responsibility completely on one person, when the majority of people *around the globe* , life is what itself makes on you by factors completely out of your control and heavily deciding about your course.
      The most favored by luck get to ignore better the determining factors around, and no matter how competent, wealthy or determined one is, if they're handled powerfully bad cards, they can't do much about it. Victims of childhood rape, violence, people born poor, rich born people with chronic diseases and health problems, healthy people in political unbalanced regions, immigrants, people born in poor countries like Sierra Leone, children of homeless, 99% of chinese people laboring too much, everyone born in the majority of countries (most people on this planet is poor, and by "poor" it's not an american standard of poor, because that's kind of rich), and so forth.
      Life is life. Sometimes it is what you make of it, if you're blessed. To most people, though, it's tough. To some people, it's hell.
      This is more accurate to the data we have about the world that is not just European and North American (roughly just 12%). We can get way more accurate, but that'd be out of scope.

  • @NotoriousLightning
    @NotoriousLightning 3 роки тому +46

    "There were no good old days. These are the good old days." The Libertines, from the good old days when everything wasn't sucky.

  • @isaaclepe446
    @isaaclepe446 3 роки тому +210

    “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”- Jesus

  • @fxfaxx
    @fxfaxx 3 роки тому +252

    Not gonna lie what Nathan says is always on my mind. You love the past because of the great nostalgia you get from it. You want good times like the past to keep happening, but don’t really notice that if you just go on in the present, you’re already having good times. Honestly, all I can say is good job. Nathan always is consistent with summarizing existential thoughts

  • @chelseashurmantine8153
    @chelseashurmantine8153 3 роки тому +341

    There’s this idea of 3 selves: anticipating self, experiencing self, and remembering self. Sounds like you feel most appreciation in the Remembering self.

    • @Hashslingingslasher-
      @Hashslingingslasher- 3 роки тому +11

      I like the way you put the idea into words, helps navigate the idea a bit

  • @williamiversen2978
    @williamiversen2978 3 роки тому +101

    Dude, Nathan... that’s how meditation is for everyone when they start. Trust me, I’ve been meditating for 2 years now, and there are still times when my mind is crowded with distracting thoughts. Meditation is the practice of increasing awareness of these moments... when you’re aware, you can let go

    • @rahbeeuh
      @rahbeeuh 2 роки тому +5

      I've been meditating on and off for over a decade and there's always the mental noise for me but that's absolutely fine. Acknowledge em and keep going without judgement

  • @kdee24
    @kdee24 3 роки тому +91

    I just graduated high school so this video resonates with me A LOT

  • @supaflycomix
    @supaflycomix 3 роки тому +129

    Time to dust off this old overused quote: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."

  • @clinto32
    @clinto32 3 роки тому +95

    6:00 "When I stress about the future, I feel like I'm living for who I'm going to be instead of living for who I am right now." ooooooooofffffff thanks Nathan needed to hear that

  • @HorizonsEclipse
    @HorizonsEclipse 3 роки тому +323

    Needed this 🔥

  • @rabiatanweer7212
    @rabiatanweer7212 3 роки тому +45

    Whenever he shows the throwback vids of his collage times it makes me so sad cus I've literally spent my whole first year in my childhood bedroom not doing anything and next year isn't looking any better

    • @kolakehinde7328
      @kolakehinde7328 3 роки тому +7

      You’ve got time 💕

    • @-Teague-
      @-Teague- 3 роки тому +6

      You've got your life ahead, don't worry about it! Just work for the best in your circumstance

  • @DeejayCombsGoesLive
    @DeejayCombsGoesLive 3 роки тому +256

    Nathan be missing for a minute and then pops up out the blue dropping fire content like he’s Kendrick Lamar or something

    • @Bukiboyez
      @Bukiboyez 3 роки тому +2

      Damn, remembering when I was a good kid and the city seemed maad.

  • @AmberPrice881
    @AmberPrice881 3 роки тому +52

    The "not appreciating school until its almost over" is so true

    • @Ramaswrld7882
      @Ramaswrld7882 3 роки тому +2

      Same, I literally finished school like 2 weeks ago and I miss and appreciate it so much 😭😭

  • @pierrepennaneach9803
    @pierrepennaneach9803 3 роки тому +42

    I literally needed this. I don’t think you understand how much I needed this. God sent it to me. Thank you for existing bro

  • @danitan3492
    @danitan3492 3 роки тому +28

    “When I stress about the future, I feel like im living of who i’m going to be, rather than who I am” damn that line hit me

  • @moooavila
    @moooavila 3 роки тому +251

    omg perfect timing i'm graduating high school in 4 days and the existential crisis be BUSSIN' !!

    • @amgreiff4623
      @amgreiff4623 3 роки тому +7

      Just graduated man, have fun this summer and have fun while we still can. The best way to make memories is to do shit w friends, so do as much random shit w friends and loved ones as u can and everything will probably work out

    • @moooavila
      @moooavila 3 роки тому

      @Quayla Cheers thank you so much 🥰🌸

    • @moooavila
      @moooavila 3 роки тому

      @@amgreiff4623 ahhh thank you for this, i definitely hope to do them especially since i’m leaving my state for college!! this summer is for random shit. i wish you well and congrats on graduating!!

    • @shreyasampath4628
      @shreyasampath4628 3 роки тому

      congratulations :))

    • @duiloh
      @duiloh 3 роки тому

      I am too lesssgooooo

  • @owens.
    @owens. 3 роки тому +69

    I still feel like I’m 15, 16, 17, and 18 all together and I’m about to be 20 years old in June. It’s a weird feeling to feel like multiple ages when people say you have to act your age or grow up.
    The same people that don’t care about the past are the same people that are trying to live in the past.

    • @BeaverOne
      @BeaverOne 3 роки тому +5

      True that. Man I'm 28 and still have these sort of moments of feeling like I did in my early to mid 20s. It's just your personal perspective. Not out here doing silly/immature shit but also refusing to let the "adult" world suck you into a conformed mess.

    • @owens.
      @owens. 3 роки тому +6

      @@BeaverOne Exactly! It’s more about embracing the inner child rather than being silly/immature because when I said act your age and grow up, I just meant it more as acting like everyone else. The stereotypes like getting a job you don’t like, being caught up in reality, stressing taxes, etc.

    • @coryleaver31
      @coryleaver31 3 роки тому +3

      I'm 23 and I still catch myself thinking like I'm 17. It's a common part of growing older, and it's not necessarily a bad thing in the first place.

  • @wastetanz
    @wastetanz 3 роки тому +17

    Ahh makes me think of one of my favourite Mary Oliver poems, titled October!
    "Look, I want to love this world
    as thought it's the last chance I'm ever
    going to get
    to be alive
    and know it"

  • @QueenBeluchi
    @QueenBeluchi 3 роки тому +24

    “Living for who I’m going to be instead of who I am right now” gotta keep this 🔥🔥

  • @imhenning
    @imhenning 3 роки тому +69

    Nathan you should really watch Kung Fu Panda again, Oogway has some real inspirational quotes about the past, the future and the present.

  • @highertiki2327
    @highertiki2327 3 роки тому +177

    Damn this vid really just taught me not only that avocado skins are edible- but that they are nutritious as well

  • @tiannalong5316
    @tiannalong5316 3 роки тому +22

    Nathan I genuinely feel like you and I are growing up together. We’re the same age and I’ve watched you go through the same life events that I’ve gone through at the exact same time, and struggle with the same thoughts and anxieties that I have. Thank you for making me feel less alone and for giving me someone to stress out with!!

    • @ExtraRiceCrispy
      @ExtraRiceCrispy 3 роки тому +2

      So true, it’s like we’re all on the same wavelength 😌

  • @GraceKieran4
    @GraceKieran4 2 роки тому +10

    That point about finding a piece of media and knowing already that you'll rewatch it later and associate it with right now. I've watched fleabag like three times and every time I learn something different, and I've grown since the last time I watched it. It's so reassuring.

  • @rashisingh6024
    @rashisingh6024 3 роки тому +167

    HE’S BEEN READING MY MIND BRO NATHAN U NEVER MISS

    • @hinarigeletu6421
      @hinarigeletu6421 3 роки тому +1

      NO FOREAL like I was thinking bout how stressed I was a middle schooler like wtf I had to be stressed about??

  • @jackofalltrades41
    @jackofalltrades41 3 роки тому +100

    strangely enough, this video made me want to write in my diary more. Just to remember the past because I know I won't even remember the problems I'm worrying about today in a year (hopefully)

    • @BeaverOne
      @BeaverOne 3 роки тому +8

      Highly recommended man. Even if for brief moments of your emotions and trying to figure shit out. Try to be concise about it too. It's a whole journey

  • @natasharose
    @natasharose 3 роки тому +1888

    I can’t believe I get to watch this content for free ! You never miss

    • @anonexe1318
      @anonexe1318 3 роки тому +19

      Don't give him ideas😂

    • @oscar2k755
      @oscar2k755 3 роки тому +12

      SHHHHHHHHHH!

    • @bontlefaceart
      @bontlefaceart 3 роки тому +3

      I CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER FAV EXTEND THEIR VIDEOS ON PATREON, PLEASE 😭😭

    • @calibreezi5179
      @calibreezi5179 3 роки тому

      Free music 😊😋

    • @calibreezi5179
      @calibreezi5179 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/OTOgGa_jSHQ/v-deo.html

  • @nick3yme
    @nick3yme 3 роки тому +18

    Watching this while post grad no job, never got a senior year and ruined half of my junior year of college... it’s weird to think about a time you miss that you lived through. I’ll never be able to get that time I thought I’d have until everything completely fell apart and changed so I started to appreciate college immediately while still being in it but not the same way, ever again. I still feel robbed (especially since I also didn’t get an in person graduation), but I need to move on. Let it go and really mean it. So now it’s hard to live in the now since I’ve been so stuck on the past I didn’t get.

  • @hthazee
    @hthazee 3 роки тому +34

    Damn dude, I just really appreciate your point of view man. we just hit 100k on my channel and I've been feeling that pressure to outdo every video and make each one better than the last but DUDE you're totally right, I should just focus on the shit that makes me happy right now and film that in honesty. i edit all my own videos too and I gotta say that ur editing has always been so detailed and thought out - for sure a GOAT of best youtube edit styles. ZED 2021!

  • @lonenexus959
    @lonenexus959 3 роки тому +143

    I found you in 6th grade man and now I’m finishing high school and seeing you literally grow up with me has been the trippiest thing ever. Every time I’m feeling down and you upload a video it’s like a visit from an uncle that just wants the best for me, and you always have some new insight. Love you zed

    • @ramimaalouf
      @ramimaalouf 3 роки тому +5

      Roger everything u just said except the 6th grade part. I found him last year in quarantine. Nonetheless, i think i watched most if not all his vids

    • @lindsyca
      @lindsyca 3 роки тому +2

      That's incredible! Started watching him in high school and now im 2 years post graduating college

  • @PokeBlox21
    @PokeBlox21 3 роки тому +136

    this man literally has banger-itis
    the condition to make any topic he talks about a banger

  • @HeyLady54
    @HeyLady54 3 роки тому +9

    This is exactly what my head goes through 24/7 and I feel like it feeds into depression. But thank you for this video.

  • @themarissamartell
    @themarissamartell 3 роки тому +8

    This is literally what I’m going through now, constantly living in the past and regretting so much.

  • @hashbrownsdraws
    @hashbrownsdraws 3 роки тому +125

    "It's two seconds in, and it's already a classic"
    J. Cole fans be like
    -from your local J. Cole fan

  • @hoodiesticks
    @hoodiesticks 3 роки тому +34

    "be you later" is such a perfect line that I am currently trying to dream up real-world situations where I can steal it.

  • @anab9601
    @anab9601 Рік тому +2

    bro this is literally blibical
    "Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

  • @censing3889
    @censing3889 3 роки тому +16

    when he told himself to “come back to earth” then cut to the mac track >>>>>

  • @LaytonObserves
    @LaytonObserves 3 роки тому +88

    And on the topic of finding "a piece of media at the perfect time when you need it the most," here's this video for me, hitting like that Bryson Tiller song hit for you.
    What the H E C K was I even stressing about ??? We're gonna' be all right.

  • @cris5480
    @cris5480 3 роки тому +125

    Yo Nathan, I been watching you since middle school and now I’m in college. It’s crazy to see how much you’ve grown, and have honestly impacted my perspective. I jus wanted to let u know you’re appreciated!

  • @jordancarter4562
    @jordancarter4562 3 роки тому +7

    Not even gonna lie, I needed this. I relate to this so much, I always try to relive moments, and I keep trying to make all of these memories, but it never really does anything.

  •  3 роки тому +8

    I love the way you create videos, tell stories and express yourself. You make us think.

  • @Ohdanielaa
    @Ohdanielaa 3 роки тому +47

    Everyday I find myself physically cringing over a past event that was embarrassing or an action I should’ve and could’ve done different. It puts me in a headspace where all I can focus on are the misdeeds/mistakes of my life. Sad ik

    • @dreuxasmr
      @dreuxasmr 3 роки тому +3

      felt this. something that's helped me tho is when those intrusive memories pop up in my head, i'll usually take a min to think about what I learned from it and how i can react differently next time. keeps me from just constantly suffering from cringe and feeling like i need to push it down

    • @Ohdanielaa
      @Ohdanielaa 3 роки тому +3

      @@dreuxasmr hey drew thanks for the advice! Instead of criticizing myself over past experiences I cannot change I should implement them as lessons by reflecting on them proactively...ty

  • @bsteele6
    @bsteele6 3 роки тому +46

    I relate to this. There are times when I'm hanging with my friends and I catch myself thinking "I'm looking forward to going home". Or just thinking of what I'm going to do once I get home. Now more than ever I'm rarely present in the "moment" and more just looking forward to what may or may not happen next instead of enjoying what's currently happening.

  • @haotongxue2508
    @haotongxue2508 2 роки тому +1

    thanks nathan, I needed this

  • @salsafeynix
    @salsafeynix 3 роки тому +1

    Man, this is the exact right time I needed to watch this, thank you.

  • @HamzaSayedAli
    @HamzaSayedAli 3 роки тому +56

    As Young Thug so eloquently put it “horses don’t stop they keep going, why not risk life when its gon keep going, when you die somebody else is born”

    • @Cho0segoose
      @Cho0segoose 3 роки тому +3

      hustlers*

    • @mamba7160
      @mamba7160 3 роки тому

      but at least we get to say we

    • @amaarie
      @amaarie 3 роки тому

      @@mamba7160 RAN UP THE DIGITS WE RAN UP THE MONEY

  • @jacksonparis2728
    @jacksonparis2728 3 роки тому +66

    this is exactly what i, a young fella who just graduated high school yesterday, needed to hear. thanks nate. videos already a classic 🤷‍♂️

  • @tiffanylange2520
    @tiffanylange2520 3 роки тому

    So creative! Loved this one

  • @ShimmerWali
    @ShimmerWali 3 роки тому

    ugh i needed this

  • @hellozukohere6514
    @hellozukohere6514 3 роки тому +76

    I completely understand only being able to appreciate things in hindsight. It's easier to look back and understand the importance of something in your life than it is when you're living through it. Graduated high school last year and I'm only now beginning to appreciate. Thanks for this Nathan.

  • @katiew3731
    @katiew3731 3 роки тому +42

    This is so dead on. You really have a gift for finding words to describe the uncomfortable emotions that a lot of us experience in our 20s. Thank you for this. It helps me feel less alone and reconsider my perspective. ❤️

  • @scootie5020
    @scootie5020 3 роки тому +5

    i can only speak for myself...but this video seemed to come at the perfect time. literally perfect timing and knowledge is what ive been praying for over the past few weeks. cheers to all who may be in a similar situation of feeling stranded and worried about figuring it out. it’ll work out in the end my friend, we got this.

  • @imaniblack5291
    @imaniblack5291 3 роки тому +15

    Those random 3rd grade embarrassing moments stay keeping me up at night

  • @HeleenvdD
    @HeleenvdD 3 роки тому +36

    "Doing what feels right in the moment" currently rewriting and working at art that I made like 7 months ago and I really needed that reminder. Gotta stop trying to make what I was trying to make then. Gotta make what I wanna make now.

  • @lealeaddison0521
    @lealeaddison0521 3 роки тому +22

    i don’t typically comment on videos, but i watched this right when i needed to. thank you

  • @hannahsalako3148
    @hannahsalako3148 3 роки тому

    nathan i really needed this one. nobody does it like you.

  • @user83hgj38yj4
    @user83hgj38yj4 3 роки тому +6

    dude this was so crazily timely, i just graduated college & i’ve said to my friends so many times that i don’t know how to live in the moment / process endings before things are gone, and i really needed to be called out on trying to feel better by recreating the past bc. i didn’t even realize that’s what’s i’ve been doing all along!! so thank u for this video, i feel really seen!

  • @user-wx8mi1pd6g
    @user-wx8mi1pd6g 3 роки тому +27

    The day I started appreciating high school the pandemic happened and now my school is literally over. I will die never having attended a prom.

    • @aquariusangel816
      @aquariusangel816 3 роки тому +8

      lmaoo so dramatic. prom isnt a big deal i promise you didnt miss much

    • @annaarmstrong4723
      @annaarmstrong4723 3 роки тому +8

      @@aquariusangel816 It's easy to write something off as 'not a big deal' when you had the opportunity to experience it, or (in my case) when it's not treated as a big thing in your home/family culture. Not getting the chance, when it's celebrated as a big thing by lots of people and media in your culture? That's tough for lots of people, and we shouldn't minimise it.

    • @DATFilms
      @DATFilms 3 роки тому +1

      Damn... I'm so sorry, let's hope the college's graduation happens.

    • @aquariusangel816
      @aquariusangel816 3 роки тому +1

      @@annaarmstrong4723 ...anyways

    • @user-wx8mi1pd6g
      @user-wx8mi1pd6g 3 роки тому

      @@aquariusangel816 I hope so lol

  • @leshata6402
    @leshata6402 3 роки тому +10

    You're speaking the language of people in their 20s. I turn 23 this year and I, 100%, relate with you on this. #FocusOnThePresent

    • @lordbongsesh3439
      @lordbongsesh3439 3 роки тому

      I’m 17 and I worry about this stuff too much haha can’t imagine what I’m like when I’m in my 20s

    • @leshata6402
      @leshata6402 3 роки тому

      @@lordbongsesh3439 if it's happening to you now, it gets worse in your 20s. Unless you just... focus on the present

    • @lordbongsesh3439
      @lordbongsesh3439 3 роки тому

      @@leshata6402 I’m deciding to do that just gonna live life as it comes Yknow not try so hard to make memories n that

  • @inashak8020
    @inashak8020 3 роки тому

    THIS. Thank you for this.

  • @MoManiaTV
    @MoManiaTV 3 роки тому

    Nathan is a blessing fr fr

  • @liammackenzie818
    @liammackenzie818 3 роки тому +29

    This is actually really relatable, and almost inspiring. I need to slow down sometimes and stop worrying so much about growing up. Appreciate the moment and stop caring about recording it and instead remembering it for what it was and the unique experiences tied to it.

  • @LizNotLizzy
    @LizNotLizzy 3 роки тому +41

    This video is such good timing. Like wtf. I just finished writing the last five poems for my first ever poetry book. And there’s so much to be proud of but also that I’m anxious about because of the past and past failures that the future feels the same way. So thank you Nathan for this video. 💜

    • @lizmugho
      @lizmugho 3 роки тому +2

      that's so awesome! I'm hoping to write a poetry book someday too. what's the publish date and name? would love to check it out when it's published (:

    • @LizNotLizzy
      @LizNotLizzy 3 роки тому +1

      @@lizmugho that’s wonderful! It’s coming out in November. I don’t have the exact date yet. It’s called Naked Paradox. I’ll be posting some of the poems on my YT channel this month.

  • @Nick.Tolson
    @Nick.Tolson 3 роки тому

    Another absolute classic from Nathan.

  • @agrimamathur6257
    @agrimamathur6257 3 роки тому +11

    His videos are like a refresher from normal life honestly

  • @yeamhm7935
    @yeamhm7935 3 роки тому +21

    Seriously having these videos really helped me ground myself and appreciate just being introspective and thoughtful about everything. Legit been going through the worst period of my life so far and this just brought me back in a way; just thanks for being a pivotal part of my UA-cam life Nathan!

  • @aniahenderson
    @aniahenderson 3 роки тому

    omg I really needed this today.

  • @edksiaw
    @edksiaw 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like we don't talk about how well you soundtrack your videos. that come back to earth moment was exquisite! Another great video man

  • @user-rx9ne3dr6h
    @user-rx9ne3dr6h 3 роки тому +13

    This is so relatable. I’m so happy he made this. I feel like once you hit your 20s this is something everyone starts to go through.

    • @WanderKrew
      @WanderKrew 3 роки тому +3

      I turn 20 and august bro and I’m starting to have an existential crisis

    • @user-rx9ne3dr6h
      @user-rx9ne3dr6h 3 роки тому

      @@WanderKrew honestly I think it’s normal. You just hit a point where you know life doesn’t last forever. It really sits in and your brain starts to over think it. Everything Nathan said I was like OMG YES and i feel great knowing it’s normal.

  • @NobodyzJelly
    @NobodyzJelly 3 роки тому +15

    I get chills every time I hear “come back to earth” come on
    *RIP MAC*

  • @mirayaleeks
    @mirayaleeks 3 роки тому

    this my favorite video you’ve done so far. thank you for this

  • @justinlocs
    @justinlocs 3 роки тому

    Brilliant concept and execution!! Loved it!

  • @billypunton8867
    @billypunton8867 3 роки тому +16

    This video dropped at the perfect moment to resonate with me and let me know everything's gonna be alright. Thank you, sir.

  • @kazpr3041
    @kazpr3041 3 роки тому +12

    This is facts. I still feel nostalgic about by senior year of high school... I graduated a week ago

  • @scottdassler3964
    @scottdassler3964 3 роки тому

    This hits different 🙌

  • @lamonth9019
    @lamonth9019 3 роки тому

    This is gold! 👏🏾

  • @yko7299
    @yko7299 3 роки тому +40

    My advise To myself in every point in time : everything has a potential to be great.