How To Waste Your Life & Never Be Happy (A Short Story)

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  • @fwalyfe4661
    @fwalyfe4661 5 років тому +3625

    “Comparison Is the Thief of Joy”
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    • @jonathanblanco5673
      @jonathanblanco5673 5 років тому +19

      FWALyfe yup it’s the real reason why people are not happy

    • @bloroxcleach3439
      @bloroxcleach3439 5 років тому +26

      It's hard not to compare though

    • @fwalyfe4661
      @fwalyfe4661 5 років тому +22

      Blorox Cleach
      the way to not compare yourself to others is by realizing your own blessings & opportunities & thanking God for them.
      If you don’t believe in God it will be much harder, God is also a way you can flip the switch when things aren’t going so well so its good to believe, if you don’t however you should look into “Pascals Wager”.

    • @chubchub1307
      @chubchub1307 5 років тому +5

      @@bloroxcleach3439 it really is hard..

    • @takumijoong6271
      @takumijoong6271 5 років тому +26

      i, sometimes, subconsciously compare myself to others. but then we need to remind ourselves that the only person we should compare ourselves to is yourself. that was you can focus on your growth as an individual.

  • @restlessrenegadepodcast
    @restlessrenegadepodcast 4 роки тому +2839

    “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less" - Socrates

    • @Luke-qp9fd
      @Luke-qp9fd 4 роки тому +48

      Smart bloke that socrates

    • @jacobjacob4139
      @jacobjacob4139 4 роки тому +6

      @@azreedZindro7295 My brother I love you

    • @AxeKick80
      @AxeKick80 4 роки тому +2

      I really like this.

    • @Danish2803
      @Danish2803 4 роки тому +4

      This is basically the philosophy of islam..

    • @jacobjacob4139
      @jacobjacob4139 4 роки тому +22

      @@Danish2803 No, this has always been universal fact since time immemorial. Buddhism existed before Islam, you'll find it in Buddhism too. It has nothing to do with sects or religions.

  • @maxd2215
    @maxd2215 4 роки тому +4010

    The key take away is to never compare yourself to other people's lives.

    • @bryanf4243
      @bryanf4243 4 роки тому +60

      I feel you but then how does one improve themselves

    • @namrofni6236
      @namrofni6236 4 роки тому +6

      @@bryanf4243 ua-cam.com/video/cz2tYGt0_As/v-deo.html

    • @raam726
      @raam726 4 роки тому +200

      @@bryanf4243 by trying to be better than you were yesterday

    • @GabiN64
      @GabiN64 4 роки тому +30

      I made my life pretty miserable doing this

    • @notjered8911
      @notjered8911 4 роки тому +32

      yeah, just find what makes you happy and stick to doing that and you'll probably be successful
      the successful part is debatable, but you'll be happy

  • @Rosyblvsh
    @Rosyblvsh 2 роки тому +783

    I forgot who told me this, but it has stuck with me since a teenager, "Comparison is the root of all evil".

  • @siddhu8558
    @siddhu8558 5 років тому +5628

    The only difference between noah and me is, at the end he got everything he wanted.

    • @saraha.1336
      @saraha.1336 5 років тому +85

      Noah, but whatever

    • @saging08
      @saging08 5 років тому +263

      That’s why he’s unhappy. Because he keeps wanting more considering he basically got everything he wanted in the beginning :/

    • @darkproject3368
      @darkproject3368 5 років тому +91

      You don't get the point of the video do you?

    • @siddhu8558
      @siddhu8558 5 років тому +53

      @@darkproject3368 except for a peaceful life like his brother, he had everything.

    • @Anne-kz1rm
      @Anne-kz1rm 5 років тому +14

      Is your name Noah too?

  • @jumpmantv_lyrics1204
    @jumpmantv_lyrics1204 5 років тому +5829

    I wonder how it must be like to have a youtube video with that many views. I wonder how it must be like to be that happy.

  • @clouttii
    @clouttii 4 роки тому +7249

    Money cannot buy happiness but life’s much more miserable without money.

    • @sars195
      @sars195 4 роки тому +152

      Exactly!!!

    • @xtonibx5770
      @xtonibx5770 4 роки тому +334

      Some people can be just as miserable as millionaires as they can be as people who barely have enough money to get by.
      I don't disagree with you, though. Spending money on *experiential* purchases, such as travels and such, can make a person happier. Money itself and spending money on materialistic things isn't a key to happiness.

    • @clouttii
      @clouttii 4 роки тому +45

      x tonib x I think it also depends on whether somebody is satisfied and fulfilled for what they already had in life though. Just be grateful for what we have in life, enough is enough.

    • @eclipsor
      @eclipsor 4 роки тому +90

      The point is to achieve a sense of peace regardless of your financial situation and the outside world in general. If you have money by all mean use it. But don't chase after it with a mentality that success brings happiness

    • @hooperfam6135
      @hooperfam6135 4 роки тому +52

      As long as you have food, shelter and security, nothing can stop you from being happy.

  • @lunarthegryphon8110
    @lunarthegryphon8110 2 роки тому +422

    "One loses joy and happiness in the attempts to possess them." - Masanobu Fukuoka

  • @TeamNolex
    @TeamNolex 4 роки тому +2735

    That’s so scary. My name is Noah and my brother is called Alex.

  • @garysgroundschool4739
    @garysgroundschool4739 5 років тому +1589

    It’s legit 3am and I’m having small existential crisis

  • @chad6684
    @chad6684 2 роки тому +4407

    “Every man is happy until happiness is suddenly a goal”

    • @coldthrills5150
      @coldthrills5150 2 роки тому +61

      Underrated quote

    • @marblox9300
      @marblox9300 2 роки тому +23

      That is a great Quote. You have it.!!!

    • @titansfitness3393
      @titansfitness3393 2 роки тому +61

      U just solved the biggest problem i was going thru in my life...

    • @NikoBeIIic2008
      @NikoBeIIic2008 2 роки тому +7

      @@titansfitness3393 it's just a quote dude

    •  2 роки тому +57

      @@NikoBeIIic2008 you dont seem to see the power of quotes.

  • @_nimrod92
    @_nimrod92 2 роки тому +110

    I rather be miserable but rich than miserable and poor. Having financial decisional power relinquishes suffering.

    • @MiketheNerdRanger
      @MiketheNerdRanger 2 роки тому +12

      I mean yeah. If my work was making me miserable, but I had hundreds of millions of dollars as a result, its a *LOT* easier to stop doing said work and just be happier, as opposed to if I had too little to survive.

    • @_nimrod92
      @_nimrod92 2 роки тому +15

      @@MiketheNerdRanger This is why I am grateful I grew up impoverished to know this fact. Thats why I hate when people say money doesn't bring happiness that the rich are depressed yadadyada. Look when you have your family member dying of cancer and your soo poor that you can't do nothing about it like pay for meds or provide world class healthcare to ease their pain you start realizing how important money is.

    • @richard7645
      @richard7645 2 роки тому +1

      I'd rather have a good personality than a good bank balance 💰

    • @achilleberetti5982
      @achilleberetti5982 2 роки тому +3

      @@_nimrod92 hmm it's exactly because you lives in an American liberal society driven by money as a nation principle... That you can't afford medical health care freely... In many European state there is free health care system (payed from taxation but even the poorest benefits from it) and in general a social protection system with social residences, food supplies etc

    • @kavertx9167
      @kavertx9167 7 місяців тому +4

      You are missing the point. Nobody said being poor is better than being rich.

  • @AudioGardenSlave123
    @AudioGardenSlave123 5 років тому +31485

    I don't need this how-to video. I'm perfectly capable of wasting my life and never being happy all on my own. But thanks anyway.

    • @akinsalih1235
      @akinsalih1235 5 років тому +225

      Then why did you watch it?

    • @AudioGardenSlave123
      @AudioGardenSlave123 5 років тому +1919

      One chill Boi Isn't that obvious? To waste time watching it.

    • @georgeoconnor3274
      @georgeoconnor3274 5 років тому +646

      @@akinsalih1235 To see if anyone else was wasting life better?

    • @hereinaflash
      @hereinaflash 5 років тому +104

      Why not strive to be happy? Strive to do something? It is your life but I'm curious as of why

    • @noahgibson8998
      @noahgibson8998 5 років тому +20

      Rotfl

  • @Rakshay223
    @Rakshay223 3 роки тому +1160

    Never take life too seriously, you're never getting out alive!

    • @jakecollier8999
      @jakecollier8999 3 роки тому +4

      Dayum, true.

    • @sravanthch2879
      @sravanthch2879 2 роки тому +24

      But you need money to survive, the time you are alive, so u need to take it seriously

    • @dudedude365
      @dudedude365 2 роки тому +8

      Too much of anything is bad

    • @wouter5798
      @wouter5798 2 роки тому +8

      Except you do if you accept Christ as your saviour.

    • @KD19192
      @KD19192 2 роки тому +3

      a better quote would be "life is short, don't waste it"

  • @nj7217
    @nj7217 5 років тому +2616

    NOAH : Not Obtaining Any Happiness.

  • @IRISH4486
    @IRISH4486 2 роки тому +56

    This was me for years. 51 now. And seeing live through different glasses. It’s never too late. If you can still recognize where you came from. I’m excited about the future. ☘️

    • @smoguli
      @smoguli 2 роки тому +1

      I'm also 51, recently separated, I have enough money to be comfortable (not rich, I still have to be careful with my budget), and I've been feeling like Noah for most of my life.

    • @hardiksharma5650
      @hardiksharma5650 Рік тому +3

      I am 16 .. and i hope you have so much happiness and joy in life.
      You still have much to live ❤🎉🎉

    • @singhi89
      @singhi89 9 місяців тому +1

      You are brave

  • @Hanible
    @Hanible 5 років тому +4937

    I wonder how it must be like to be a bored millionaire.

    • @holland3106
      @holland3106 5 років тому +611

      Mohamed Blaiech whenever i’m super rich in the sims, i get really bored

    • @rose-iwnl-csgo1795
      @rose-iwnl-csgo1795 5 років тому +115

      @@holland3106 yea almost the same thing 😄

    • @perfect.1000
      @perfect.1000 5 років тому +78

      @@holland3106 that actually does make perfect sense

    • @FifinatorKlon
      @FifinatorKlon 5 років тому +171

      @@holland3106 Because the Sims doesn't give you that many options.
      Real Life gives you like a billion things to do. If you're rich and don't like it you can still just restrict yourself.

    • @charlesdarrow232
      @charlesdarrow232 4 роки тому +39

      How its like to be bored with the amount of money you already have? Just with a lot more shiny toys I guess.

  • @gramps6016
    @gramps6016 4 роки тому +3582

    Noah sold his company for 15 million dollars, then he saw a man jump into oncoming traffic and wondered if he could ever be that happy

    • @Stian2001
      @Stian2001 4 роки тому +43

      Enzy savage

    • @notyourdamnbusiness5974
      @notyourdamnbusiness5974 4 роки тому +96

      Alex's wife comes into the room, holding the newborn baby. Following her is a five year old girl - Alex's other girlfriend.

    • @solitude1x
      @solitude1x 4 роки тому +50

      @@notyourdamnbusiness5974 hol up

    • @Kimotsi
      @Kimotsi 4 роки тому +30

      Exactly my thought. How can a millionaire who is already setup and got everything figured .. envy an utter bum who still takes money from his poor dad... give me a break!!!

    • @archismanchakraborty7395
      @archismanchakraborty7395 4 роки тому +2

      Damn that that harsh

  • @yavisclayborn3382
    @yavisclayborn3382 5 років тому +6246

    Money probably can't buy happiness but I can tell you for sure that the lack of money can buy you misery

    • @missm3302
      @missm3302 5 років тому +248

      Yup, stress!

    • @michaelkennedy5126
      @michaelkennedy5126 5 років тому +166

      too true, nobody gets everything in life, and gratitude is probably the virtue every adult needs to strive for to be happy. Without gratitude you will always be doing spin cycles in the samsara. I think I made a haiku.

    • @jfrv2244
      @jfrv2244 5 років тому +312

      better to be unhappy in a mansion than miserable in the streets, either way your unwell but the context makes a difference.

    • @117swordsmen
      @117swordsmen 5 років тому +23

      lol one of the best quotes ever.

    • @youtubebannedme3779
      @youtubebannedme3779 5 років тому +6

      @@bigman-em7cc lmao

  • @andrewo.b.7638
    @andrewo.b.7638 2 роки тому +767

    There's nothing wrong with wanting to live a common, decent life.

    • @kiri4186
      @kiri4186 2 роки тому +79

      I agree witht that. People just need to stop comparing themselves to others.

    • @MiketheNerdRanger
      @MiketheNerdRanger 2 роки тому +18

      @@kiri4186 no one ever tells you how. If other people exist, you're gonna draw comparisons, period.

    • @freimann9067
      @freimann9067 2 роки тому +24

      But in my developing country I don't get a comfortable life if I do so. Things are harsh here.

    • @timothyhubert2305
      @timothyhubert2305 2 роки тому +6

      This video relates nothing in me. Not helpful at all.

    • @adf5001
      @adf5001 2 роки тому +5

      @@freimann9067 I hope things get better

  • @lilantimason
    @lilantimason 5 років тому +5235

    No one:
    UA-cam at 3 am: How to waste your life & never be happy

  • @Gjermund-Sivertsen
    @Gjermund-Sivertsen 3 роки тому +2831

    Be aware of survivor bias in this story. The artist-brother could just be lucky. Most artists fail as they don't earn their living through their craft. For every successful story, where people followed their dreams and succeeded, there may be thousands of people doing the exact same things, not succeeding. However: If you seek personal growth, without comparing to anyone else, it might lead to a higher level of fulfillment.

    • @tashatrina9194
      @tashatrina9194 3 роки тому +12

      Hell true hhhj

    • @hawaiigeneral3045
      @hawaiigeneral3045 3 роки тому +9

      Yesss you have a good point

    • @thisguy9540
      @thisguy9540 3 роки тому +67

      “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not”

    • @14.kelvinwilliam60
      @14.kelvinwilliam60 3 роки тому +132

      @@thisguy9540 nah, lets be honest, talent is not distributed equally, but that shouldnt be an excuse for someone to not try hard

    • @EverythingRandomAI
      @EverythingRandomAI 3 роки тому +22

      You may as well fail at what you don't love doing so which do you prefer? To fail at a thing you don't like doing or in one you love doing?

  • @jay6817
    @jay6817 5 років тому +5961

    If only his parents simply got him his Gameboy. Lol
    Signed,
    Bill Gates

    • @Representing4II0I7
      @Representing4II0I7 5 років тому +223

      Or could have beat the shit out of him 👍

    • @user-vr5zk9ox8d
      @user-vr5zk9ox8d 5 років тому +89

      highlighted comment Well, that turned really dark...

    • @qwoc
      @qwoc 5 років тому +11

      You just spoiled the video I assume he gets really rich

    • @KaushalGrover
      @KaushalGrover 5 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @strangerdanger1135
      @strangerdanger1135 5 років тому +11

      @@Representing4II0I7 Shut up.

  • @Sun_Dayzzz
    @Sun_Dayzzz 2 роки тому +85

    This is one of those stories that people would tell their kids without knowing if the "lesson" at the end is necessarily true

  • @aya2722
    @aya2722 5 років тому +25982

    -How to waste your life
    -Watching 10 min video about how to waste your life

    • @Kaislyng
      @Kaislyng 5 років тому +201

      Holy Shit lol phat rip

    • @Triadii
      @Triadii 5 років тому +347

      -Reading and liking a comment by Holy Shit

    • @jasehonfroy5343
      @jasehonfroy5343 5 років тому +49

      Yep that's a start i waste 5 min replying to ur comment so every day ever time n every second we waste or time

    • @toffeefeee
      @toffeefeee 5 років тому +186

      Play on speed x2 you’ll save 5 mins
      Stonks

    • @user-en7ji6np7q
      @user-en7ji6np7q 5 років тому +1

      Uh hu

  • @zackjackson5503
    @zackjackson5503 5 років тому +967

    “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Ain’t sure exactly who said it.

    • @Fuzzy_Halo
      @Fuzzy_Halo 5 років тому +38

      Theodore Roosevelt

    • @zackjackson5503
      @zackjackson5503 5 років тому +3

      @@Fuzzy_Halo Thanks Fam

    • @HaroldvdHaar
      @HaroldvdHaar 4 роки тому +42

      I'd say comparing to people who are more succesfull than you steals joy. Just compare yourself to losers and you'll be fine

    • @zackjackson5503
      @zackjackson5503 4 роки тому +3

      harold van de haar Huh. Okay, okay.

    • @ruvarlarovivily506
      @ruvarlarovivily506 4 роки тому +5

      Godzilla

  • @zazabean23
    @zazabean23 5 років тому +465

    Happiness is only temporary. Just like most emotions. They all come and go at some point. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.

    • @_leo.png_3208
      @_leo.png_3208 5 років тому +5

      Peak gen z nihilism

    • @reaction6370
      @reaction6370 5 років тому +59

      Being content can last your entire life though, happiness is an emotion of course so it does cone and go, but you can still be happy about your life without being happy in the moment. And that's truly what its about

    • @zazabean23
      @zazabean23 5 років тому +6

      @@reaction6370 said better than I could articulate

    • @ARCH-INNERGY
      @ARCH-INNERGY 5 років тому +1

      You can be more happy or less.

    • @lihis2543
      @lihis2543 5 років тому +1

      @wsxrfvyhnukpqazedctgbujmol A I usually feel sad and lonely but when i think about this more i realize that how happy i am about my life and that i can feel sadness and happiness even if i feel sad usually but im still happy that i am alive and yeah

  • @compass5507
    @compass5507 2 роки тому +315

    I've been married better than 25 years to the same wife. We have 5 kids.
    My wife has multiple health issues, which began about 17 years ago.
    We live in a modest house we call home. My kids love their "home," and my children who no longer live with us love coming home.
    It hasn't been easy being married with 5 kids. Nights were very long with little children, especially with an unhealthy wife. I spent plenty of time being a mom and a dad...that was not easy. I bathed my kids, changed diapers, cleaned children and their bedsheets loaded with vomit in the wee hours of the morning, got them ready for school, braided hair, cleaned the house, cut the yard, and cooked many meals.
    Then came teenagers...especially teenage daughters with a whole new set of challenges I could never have imagined.
    Some career aspirations were sacrificed or put on hold for the benefit of my family. We bought our kids slushies instead of milkshakes; we went to the "dollar" theater instead of fancy cinemas; our vacations were short, two-hour excursions; sometimes we just stayed home.
    There were times when I wondered how I could go on. Sometimes I wished for a different life with more money and career success, but no one should ever spend much time on "what might have been."
    But this much is absolutely certain...
    ...my wife and children have given me the happiest times of my life.
    What could be better than that?

    • @rubenrodriguez826
      @rubenrodriguez826 2 роки тому +10

      I appreciate you putting these words together on a comments section in a video this one day. For reasons I’m probably familiar with but would never admit, I feel it’ll remain with me. Thank you, I’m pretty sure.

    • @mohammadsaddam4560
      @mohammadsaddam4560 2 роки тому +13

      My guy... Some of us really live just to make others life better. I appreciate your effort man, i hope you and your family get better and better

    • @Captain_FAIL
      @Captain_FAIL 2 роки тому

      A condom here and there, probably. Call me dick if you want, but i have a reason to believe that such heroics outside of any frontline or saving lives is simply uncalled for, whether people can put up with it or not. Having your daily life such a struggle for years is objective hell.

    • @robertisrotten
      @robertisrotten 2 роки тому +1

      Could you spare some words of wisdom for me?

    • @Freight_Train
      @Freight_Train 2 роки тому +8

      I hear you 100%. Married 25 years with 6 kids. We have a tiny home but it's ours. I have so many good memories and look forward to so many more. I wouldn't trade with a rich person. Glad to hear someone else out there thinks the same. God bless.

  • @byronius7012
    @byronius7012 5 років тому +1619

    "He didn't know what he wanted to do, but he knew he wanted to make a lot of money"
    well there's your problem

    • @b1_ferg
      @b1_ferg 5 років тому +86

      1) love your profile pic
      2) I'm in the same boat. I've spent years evaluating what to do with my life. It's easy to see financial success as a solution to your problems when it can open up so many doors for you. Without a sustainable income to keep afloat and enjoy even the smaller things in life, it is hard to enjoy life at all.
      Financial illiteracy from a young age and the resulting debts have consumed my adulthood; consumed my mind to the point of burying all but the smallest amount of positivity. I work hard to bring home a good amount of money so that I can pay the bills and it still isn't enough to get by. I don't eat out, I don't go shopping, or hang out with friends, I do practically nothing. The result? I gain nothing for it. It is enough to drive a man to insanity.
      The solution: a second job to pay off debts owed for the next 2 years before I can move ahead with any future plans to get married, change careers, have kids...2 years is a long time, but my hope is that I will be able to finally find a sense of peace at the end of it all.
      It is going to be damn hard to come back from it all after pushing my friends and family away for the last decade. It hurts me to not be able to give my gf what she deserves as well. The sacrifice is damn painful. 2 years....2 years and I'll be able to live and not just survive.

    • @gaganhk8176
      @gaganhk8176 5 років тому +31

      @@b1_ferg all the best man, you're in control now, get through the rough period.

    • @bay3438
      @bay3438 5 років тому +10

      @@b1_ferg Thanks, I need this

    • @user-ry4eg2mg2y
      @user-ry4eg2mg2y 4 роки тому +3

      @@b1_ferg You can do it! (๑و•̀ω•́)و I'm sorry that I can't say something deep or insightful to you, but I wish you the best of luck in your journey!

    • @TheWendable
      @TheWendable 4 роки тому

      byronius Spot on!

  • @sangmadewira4726
    @sangmadewira4726 4 роки тому +1074

    "how to waste your life & never be happy"
    *recommended for you*

    • @abinashsubba5170
      @abinashsubba5170 4 роки тому +10

      😂

    • @dreamk33per56
      @dreamk33per56 4 роки тому +9

      Kind of scary

    • @sangmadewira4726
      @sangmadewira4726 4 роки тому +8

      this comment is solely for satirical purposes

    • @chinookvalley
      @chinookvalley 4 роки тому +3

      @@sangmadewira4726 Thanks for consoling me, but it really did hit home.

    • @Frankkk1311
      @Frankkk1311 4 роки тому +2

      I'm trying sooo hard to be an unhappy millionaire.

  • @stoiccrane4259
    @stoiccrane4259 5 років тому +3460

    In reality Noah didn't want the toy. Noah wanted to be accepted among his peers by possessing the toy & car. Since his family couldn't afford it he felt the discomfort of economic alienation and sacrificed a majority of his life to relieve it.

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 5 років тому +213

      Dukkha, or desire, kills the soul.
      Attachment to the material is the root of suffering. That said the Buddha.
      You do not want a fancy car, or a house, or a job, or a sexy girlfriend... you want the easy things in life, you want commodity, you want status...
      Would you sell your dignity, your reputation or your honesty for a few millions? Would you be rich and famous for being a piece of shit? Would you leave your friends and family to impress a shallow bitch that will leave you as soon as she gets the chance? Would you starve and sweat like a meth-head on an elliptical, simply because you want to get laid?
      Pleasure and approval are fucking stupid concepts to live for. Ask any addict or any cheating husband how their quest for pleasure ended... And, unless you can read minds, you will never know what others honestly thin of you.
      Dignity, honesty, kindness, perseverance... those things will give you more status, more happiness, more love, more peace of mind and more respect than material possessions ever will.
      Yeah, buying some cool shit for you is OK, and you still have to pay for basic things, but that should not be your reason to keep going forward.
      Sorry for the blog post. Peace.

    • @hectorparks8618
      @hectorparks8618 5 років тому +15

      *Steel Beam* naw bro, thanks for this !

    • @frenchampagne2009
      @frenchampagne2009 5 років тому +10

      Story of my life.

    • @lukeskyrunner8888
      @lukeskyrunner8888 5 років тому +2

      @@frenchampagne2009 same here

    • @levihuerta9393
      @levihuerta9393 5 років тому +4

      @little bird lol

  • @gaditya4625
    @gaditya4625 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent story brother. All evil thoughts start with comparision as one wise man said.

  • @dariusdarkshadow1288
    @dariusdarkshadow1288 5 років тому +2564

    Alex: Did you do it?
    Noah: Yes
    Alex: What did it cost
    Noah: Everything

  • @iDrinkLotsOfCoffee_
    @iDrinkLotsOfCoffee_ 4 роки тому +2534

    If there weren't people like Noah, no one would be buying Alex's art.

    • @Violet-tf1rd
      @Violet-tf1rd 4 роки тому +73

      I like that remark

    • @laurasauraus0350
      @laurasauraus0350 4 роки тому +29

      Lol good point

    • @BarackObamaJedi
      @BarackObamaJedi 4 роки тому +135

      This remark is the saddest thing I've ever read

    • @rishabhraj2308
      @rishabhraj2308 4 роки тому +12

      Damn ..wise words ..

    • @OddStare
      @OddStare 4 роки тому +64

      Thanks Noah to work so hard so hipsters like your brother can have a good life

  • @2Intense4U_
    @2Intense4U_ 5 років тому +950

    You don't search for happiness, You create it.

  • @mrorganic13
    @mrorganic13 2 роки тому +620

    Can I just say while Alex has to continue painting and grinding the rest of his life or until he hits a solid break, now Noah has all the time in the world to find a passion and devote all of his money and time into it. When he feels like he’s overdoing it he can always take a step back and stop , money gave him that option, where as alex has to continue with his passion weather he’s burnt out or now.

    • @maheshgo
      @maheshgo 2 роки тому +52

      Completely agree that's what video is about. Video gives two examples of same unhappiness.

    • @BleedThe5th
      @BleedThe5th 2 роки тому +9

      Thank you. The grind pays off

    • @mattshepherd1736
      @mattshepherd1736 2 роки тому +36

      Money is a prison only money can free you from

    • @kaym7704
      @kaym7704 2 роки тому +45

      I disagree…I’m like Noah. I have all I want now and have a good size bank account, but now I suffer from depression and anxiety from selling my soul to corporate America. I have no capacity to want to chase passions anymore.
      While Alex is grinding for the rest if his life, he was happy. I spent decades being unhappy in corporate America and now I’m still unhappy with much more than I’ve ever had. I really wish I could had taken a different path.

    • @mrorganic13
      @mrorganic13 2 роки тому +12

      @@kaym7704 im poor and have the same mind set. i think its just a personal thing at that point, money cant solve our problem bud. we just gotta find a new s park or something but i feel for you

  • @SantiM130
    @SantiM130 3 роки тому +876

    I'm almost 22, dropped university a year ago because I wasn't really into it. Right now I feel like not making any kind of progress. As time goes by I'm more convinced that I lack of passion for anything, even though I'm young I don't have any sort of motivation, dream or something like that. I think I'm really screwed.
    It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are, if you have something you like doing, something that moves you, you should know that you are really lucky.

    • @gavdav1299
      @gavdav1299 3 роки тому +57

      23, same story

    • @maevab2923
      @maevab2923 3 роки тому +153

      I feel like my life is the total opposite here, thought I might share.
      Ever since I was young I always had tons of interests, there was always something new I was interested in, many dreams and ideas were constantly running through my head. I even wished I was immortal so I could fulfill all of those dreams and learn everything there is to learn about the world, achieve everything there was to achieve.
      But because of my ambition that was way too high, I actually became passive with time and never really mastered any skill or subject, I never reached my full potential at anything. It was impossible for me to make a choice cause I was too passionate about everything and so by wanting to do everything I achieved nothing. All I could do was constantly dreaming about having all that knowledge and torturing myself by ignoring the fact that I was only human. But I thought average was just not good enough.
      I'm glad I saw the light recently and started to become more and more moderate by focusing on only one thing at the time, enjoying the experience of learning and creating rather that being obsessed about the goals I could never achieve.
      You don't need to be deeply passionate about something for your life to have meaning, you can just enjoy what life has to offers and focus on what makes you happy on a daily basis ^^

    • @stevieG.
      @stevieG. 3 роки тому +49

      22/23 are difficult year's for lots of guy's - I'm one of them who now has his own 2 son's that age and I daily see their pain and angst - Hang in there guy and thing's will gradually work out for you, just wait and see.

    • @mndoo877
      @mndoo877 3 роки тому +32

      I am 29 graduated from science school ended up working at the airport

    • @JyzYorkeManifestKidd
      @JyzYorkeManifestKidd 3 роки тому +11

      Hey I am also 22 and I have the opposite mentality. I just graduated from college and I have so many more ambitions. Ever since, I was young I loved music, art and anything in that spectrum. It drove me gave me purpose, still does. Sometimes, it's like I am running in mist but I love music and this is what moves me. But what I love the most is Life. Life is beautiful. ❤️

  • @SjorsHoukes
    @SjorsHoukes 2 роки тому +1626

    Be warned: the artist life is far from ideal. It’s a struggle and depression is real.

    • @Accountdeactivated_1986
      @Accountdeactivated_1986 2 роки тому +108

      ^ This! Plus the only people able to eek out any kind a living with art are the art dealers, not the people producing art. And only the people buying and selling artwork from old, dead artists. Artists have a history of dying young and alone, depressed and never has it been more true in history than now, because nobody is buying paintings from current artists.

    • @Accountdeactivated_1986
      @Accountdeactivated_1986 2 роки тому +62

      Signed,
      Someone who was in the honors program in art school and has nothing to show for it but massive student loan debt

    • @mascara1777
      @mascara1777 2 роки тому +14

      I work for a museum and thus is true. Anyone can declare themself an artist. People approach the museum director all the time and say they're an artist, and he just dismisses them.

    • @Accountdeactivated_1986
      @Accountdeactivated_1986 2 роки тому +16

      @@mascara1777 There’s a lot of bad art out there even from people who have studied art and have MFAs in painting. I worked at the de Young and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, as well as a couple of art galleries, and the de Young has artists in residents. Most of them are bad. And these are people who have gone through the whole process of being vetted, being deemed important and talented enough to have an “artistic voice” that the museum wouldn’t be ashamed to be associated with. There were very few artists that showed their work in that program that I was at all impressed by. Now, that being said, art is subjective, and not even all of the artwork that makes it into museums should be hanging there. It’s sometimes only there because the associated artist was famous for other great works. But the artist him or herself would be cringing or rolling over in his or her grave to see their lesser works hanging in a public space for people to view.

    • @Na-by3if
      @Na-by3if 2 роки тому +35

      Engineers life ain't fun either
      You gotta deal with corporate bullshit, bad coworkers and constant stupidity
      Your life becomes a Dilbert comic

  • @kwwanzo
    @kwwanzo 5 років тому +482

    Moral: If u want something in life, just wonder what it would be like to have it.

  • @wavees
    @wavees 2 роки тому +60

    Just a Korean casually walking by all these videos, this one hit me hard the most. I've been living so hard just to desire harder. Thank you for the video. This was a turning point to me of my 20's

  • @M3galodon
    @M3galodon 5 років тому +667

    Somehow most people in the world have the things Alex has but are as unhappy as Noah.

    • @serene4961
      @serene4961 5 років тому +71

      It's all about perspective

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran 5 років тому +33

      I relate to Alex. But I'm really poor and can't actually make money with the things I appreciate to do.
      And I'm unhappy as Noah, but my problem is actually more about leaving the armor I build myself to not let people know when I'm hurt.
      I'm hypersensitive, and I feel shameful if I let anyone see I'm crying.
      Seems hard to overcome that feelings and habits.

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 5 років тому +19

      @AGKyran : As lx i said, it's all about your perspective. I know we are programmed completely illogically about such things, but if you think you are weak for being afraid to show your feelings, just imagine how much weaker someone has to be to literally be afraid to just witness it. Never forget that people *only* make fun of others out of some sense of fear.
      Laughter and comedy are how we humans deal with things that are too hurtful to even cry about. If you diligently search for the root cause of why people find things funny, you can see this for yourself. This makes it not only easier to understand that you are stronger than you have been led to believe, but also it helps us to have compassion for those who are mean, as well as be able to put them in their place more often as well.
      I don't mean like telling someone off, but actually caring enough to understand how fucked up their life must have been to become so hateful. Then we can actually see closer to the root of their issue and either simply walk away, or kindly point it out to them, then go on about our own business. But also, I'm not saying to go around trying to give them all hugs either, that's just asking for trouble. Find the balance each situation deserves, especially the situation within yourself, because that is where strength lies for each of us.
      Introspection is the greatest quality a human can have, because from being introspective we can see the benefit of all other positive qualities.
      Peace and prosperity to all of you. ^-^

    • @AGKyran
      @AGKyran 5 років тому +11

      @@aylbdrmadison1051 You're right.
      The idea is that I'm just trying to free myself. I want to do stuff and I don't do it because of fear, and that is something I must resolve.
      But I do know that a lot of people have it worse than me. I know I'm strong because I lived harsh stuff and I'm still there, I haven't gone crazy (at least I think). And even more, I'm still alive. So much times I hated myself and had suicidal thoughts. Sometimes as soon as I waked up. Sometimes I hurt myself.
      And I did it pretty much alone.
      To be honest, I'm a carpet. I care too much about people's opinions and reactions.
      And I'm actually changing that. Today I succeeded. Maybe tomorrow I will not, but I think (I hope) I'm ready to fight for myself.
      Thank you for your answer. It makes me realize more that people don't do stuff for no reason at all. I knew it before, but it is a bit clearer to why some people done some stuff.
      Peace and prosperity to you too :D

    • @tsunamifoxy
      @tsunamifoxy 5 років тому +1

      Yep

  • @comickuyz6463
    @comickuyz6463 4 роки тому +1443

    How to Waste Your Life and Never Be Happy: watch youtube all day, every day.

    • @KameroonEmperor
      @KameroonEmperor 4 роки тому +35

      basically everyone during quarantine

    • @UjjwalMalikUJ
      @UjjwalMalikUJ 4 роки тому +30

      And not read books but dive into opinions

    • @user-xb7vt7pk7l
      @user-xb7vt7pk7l 4 роки тому +5

      Check ✅

    • @H4kkk0
      @H4kkk0 4 роки тому +52

      Watching UA-cam being a waste of life is debatable. Nothing is useless or meaningless as long as it makes you happy doing it.

    • @asandax6
      @asandax6 4 роки тому +16

      I don't know about not being Happy because When I watch these Videos I feel Really Happy and I learn some things but although I'm not using most of that gained information so it goes down the Drain.

  • @bobos9378
    @bobos9378 3 роки тому +3388

    Noah is financially free, doesn't ever have to work for anyone again and has the time to figure out what he is passionate about and do it - sounds like a home run to me!

    • @7yep4336dfgvvh
      @7yep4336dfgvvh 3 роки тому +282

      @Jack Tweedale there's not. People like Alex (most of them) end up breaking their backs working all day in sweatshops and factories. I've seen it all. This video has some truth to it, but paints a false picture if reality. People would do well do take it with a fistful of salt.

    • @justcallmeeastia7947
      @justcallmeeastia7947 3 роки тому +13

      Not for me

    • @ryuk2479
      @ryuk2479 3 роки тому +248

      @@7yep4336dfgvvh I think the video wanted to show that you don't have to look for happiness so much. Noah, even as a kid, never enjoyed what he had. He will never imo. He's comparing himself to his brother, who earns less, people like Noah would never be content with what they have. Working for something great or bigger isn't bad, but the journey is way more fun. You need to enjoy the path too, or you'll always wonder, what it would be like, to be that happy.

    • @7yep4336dfgvvh
      @7yep4336dfgvvh 3 роки тому +92

      @@ryuk2479 I know what you're saying. You do have a point, especially as it relates to the story here. But given an even worse situation, it's hard to enjoy the ride. There's nothing fun or enjoyable about poverty, no matter how you want to look at it. Even the most optimistic person will get tired of having to deal with the never ending crap that an acute lack of resources brings.

    • @ryuk2479
      @ryuk2479 3 роки тому +39

      @@7yep4336dfgvvh I do agree with you, but complaining about poverty won't help either. I might come off as really annoying here, and even though I agree with you, I don't know why I wanted to say that. I think a positive outlook towards life, helps us.

  • @natashakwa
    @natashakwa Рік тому +40

    I love how at every stage of Noah's life, "he wondered what he was like to be that happy." So relatable.

  • @yasminbragatto
    @yasminbragatto 5 років тому +740

    *someone gets shot in the head*
    "noah wondered what it was like to be shot in the head"

    • @missmysticrose7543
      @missmysticrose7543 5 років тому +5

      Lol honestly I think like that

    • @roshanismailrm
      @roshanismailrm 4 роки тому

      Cummon. It's a daily normal scenario in the streets of USA. DON'T BLAME THE NRA!

    • @fredericmoresmau4303
      @fredericmoresmau4303 4 роки тому +1

      I'm mostly a sign that says: Don't end up like him, high prospect and destroyed..... now trying to fit in somewhere

    • @BatBrakesBones
      @BatBrakesBones 4 роки тому

      That's funny af.

    • @mr.j9053
      @mr.j9053 4 роки тому

      Lmao!

  • @paula3582
    @paula3582 5 років тому +386

    Happiness is internal. If you try to seek it externally, it will lead to unhappiness long term.

    • @mready2995
      @mready2995 5 років тому +6

      That's actually so true.

    • @filimonetatofi40
      @filimonetatofi40 5 років тому +6

      Paul M What to do if it’s empty inside?

    • @boop963
      @boop963 4 роки тому

      Well I'm screwed then

    • @fredericmoresmau4303
      @fredericmoresmau4303 4 роки тому

      is doch true, I spent more time doing planks and sit ups than being any part of that team.......
      I would play not a single game, not a single minute and you know why?!
      beause I run faster than anyne of them, but I have absolutely no idea what to do on the court.......
      I can probably outscore all of the guards on a 3:3 but that doesn't matter because in real its 5 on5 and there are other dynamics and you know what happens?! I land somewhere in the corner waiting there not disturbing the real people doing their game, and wiating if it happens to be a kick out pass to a corner three, thats about it
      Ah I got another move, sorinting from defene into fast break and doing a layup..... Voila, thats all game I got....
      so MJ and AI and shtit and stuff, and endurance and Cardio are completely useless especially if they pout a big dude on me that simply rams me into submission and pushes me off position and into out of bounce.................
      That'S the truth

    • @polsyg6581
      @polsyg6581 4 роки тому +1

      but everything is external, playing guitar is external isnt it?

  • @hopree2839
    @hopree2839 5 років тому +2311

    Noah's friend: I got cancer... I will be dead soon...
    Noah wondered what it must be like to be dead and suicides :(

    • @invisiblegirl9452
      @invisiblegirl9452 5 років тому +42

      @toorf i would not say that he is selfish. my opinion is, that he simply never knew that he lived for him and only himself. he acted like there was no deeper meaning in life, all he had was his broken childhood dream he unconsciously held on to.
      to all of you, reading this: go out there and do what you love - just like alex did - and your life will have an happy end. i promise.

    • @ViperTheNoLife
      @ViperTheNoLife 5 років тому

      invisible girl how do you find what you love? I’m a sous chef at a restaurant I get good money but I hate everyday of my life is the same shit everyday. And if I get less money i won’t be able to pay for everything I have. 🥺😢😭

    • @sparklynarwhal7158
      @sparklynarwhal7158 5 років тому

      why is this such a mood

    • @friendly1870
      @friendly1870 5 років тому

      😂😁😂😃😄😅

    • @jamesford2724
      @jamesford2724 5 років тому +6

      @@ViperTheNoLife quit and find a way to enjoy your life you only have one why waste it doing something you hate just for material things and a false sense of security

  • @aleaharmstrong6459
    @aleaharmstrong6459 Рік тому +3

    Loved the video. I can get a lot by this.
    1. You’ll waste your life comparing yourself to others and what they have.
    2. Money can’t buy you happiness.
    3. You can spend your whole life wanting this and that. Sometimes once you get it you still find yourself not satisfied with something.
    4.Happiness is a choice and is free. It cannot be bought by material possessions or money and status.
    I really needed to see this!

    • @urSinKhal
      @urSinKhal Рік тому

      Money can’t buy you happiness
      Lack of money can and will buy you misery
      Funny how that works,huh

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 8 місяців тому

      Misery both ways

  • @chaunceyhulbert7264
    @chaunceyhulbert7264 5 років тому +4330

    When Noah became a teenager, him and his family suddenly became Asian.

  • @ramibeiruty1797
    @ramibeiruty1797 5 років тому +3242

    I just wasted 10 minutes of my life. This video actually works!

  • @lowqualityvlogs.
    @lowqualityvlogs. 3 роки тому +506

    "Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life"
    - John Wooden

    • @rentslave
      @rentslave 2 роки тому +7

      John Wooden never lived in New Jersey.

    • @natalie_v0.0.1
      @natalie_v0.0.1 2 роки тому

      The people before us set it up in a way so precisely just so that would happen

    • @ll-sz9fl
      @ll-sz9fl 2 роки тому +1

      Deep

  • @dreambeliever3652
    @dreambeliever3652 2 роки тому +24

    Great video. Such a reminder to be grateful with what we have. You can chase a dream until it becomes a living nightmare

  • @yearofthegarden
    @yearofthegarden 5 років тому +751

    I'm hitting my 32 year life crisis. Just slept for three days while sick, first days off in months, alone with myself thinking about this topic exactly.
    I have two farms, a tiny house, all my highschool friends are dead, no new friends or girlfriend in years, see my family once a year. Used to do so much with my talents, now I barely have time to eat my own food that I produce. Or I go days without talking to anyone but birds. I see the gates closing, and need to make a change before they are shut.
    Good news is I quit smoking at my first step forward, smoked for 8 years,, 7 days off so far. Watched waterworld and the bad guy hands out cigarettes every scene, didn't cause any cravings. I quit every year for months and have it down to a science, but this time feels different, like it's the last chance. got it in the bag

    • @Jouwuhn
      @Jouwuhn 5 років тому +62

      Patchwork Gardens good luck man, I hope you keep on striving to be a better version of yourself

    • @MYCmessiahPariah
      @MYCmessiahPariah 5 років тому +40

      No matter how you look at it, there is a guy like myself who envys what you have.

    • @nat0106951
      @nat0106951 5 років тому +5

      I envy you... I am 31

    • @Gaphalor
      @Gaphalor 5 років тому +15

      Wish you the best, appreciate what you have, your Farms for example. some people have just a cardbox apartment in a big beton cube with hundreds of different apartmens filled with people you never spoke to. You sond like a guy i would enjoy hanging out, not so shallow and meaningless like most people i meet in my surrounding.

    • @4991dalex
      @4991dalex 5 років тому +23

      Sell your farms, house and move. Start a new life! Move to a big city where you will be closer to family (if possible), make new pals, meet new women, and find a new job. The worst thing you can do to yourself is to remain in a situation that you hate.

  • @max748195
    @max748195 4 роки тому +1552

    It's simple: The happiest man is not the man the has the most; it's the man that wants the least.

  • @obviativ123
    @obviativ123 3 роки тому +1509

    "[E]very life story is a story of suffering [...]"
    -- Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I (Fourth Book), § 59

    • @WinChun78
      @WinChun78 3 роки тому +80

      But the art of embracing pain makes it a strength - the philosophy of stoicism.

    • @comradestalin3701
      @comradestalin3701 3 роки тому +4

      Our suffering

    • @AkashRaj-wk3ix
      @AkashRaj-wk3ix 3 роки тому +15

      arthur schopenhauer : the most pessimistic philosopher in western philosophical history

    • @obviativ123
      @obviativ123 3 роки тому +1

      @ASTROTHUNDER Well, I often suffer when I feel pain. Some people may be able to avoid suffering during pain, but when they were young there definetely couldn't.

    • @obviativ123
      @obviativ123 3 роки тому +4

      @ASTROTHUNDER Schopenhauer refers also to rather low pain, such as hunger, thirst, stress, exertion, boredom etc. They are omnipresent.

  • @lamorena6379
    @lamorena6379 2 роки тому +96

    I love this story. You look at Hollywood and other rich and famous and on the outside it looks glamorous but their lives are filled with drugs, multiple divorces and problems.

    • @veronicaana
      @veronicaana 2 роки тому +13

      I never feel bad for anybody that rich and famous.

    • @Paarthurnaxdova
      @Paarthurnaxdova 2 роки тому

      Cheating, backstabbing, eating disorders, suicide..

    • @kieransoregaard-utt8
      @kieransoregaard-utt8 2 роки тому +5

      Insane generalization but ok

    • @jameseverett4976
      @jameseverett4976 2 роки тому +6

      @@veronicaana me either. There's comes a point where unhappiness is a matter of perspective, and having plenty of money gives you all the freedom you're ever going to have, in order to do, be or have whatever it is you want, or makes you happy.
      If you're rich and still unhappy, then you'll be unhappy no matter what you have, so sympathy is pointless.
      I know people will try to appear "compassionate" by sympathizing with the rich, but if the rich can't be happy given what they have, how the hell is your sympathy going to help them?? Save it for someone else. It's just being deliberately stupid. You simply have no excuse when you're rich. You have access to anything that is available to help anyone, anywhere, so if you, as a rich person [I know I repeat myself] can't get your shit together even with all the resources available to anyone on the planet, and which most people will never have, then no one and no thing can help you. And if you're in that condition, the best thing you can do is GIVE it away to someone who CAN make some good use of it, instead of hoarding it while it does you no good. At least let it do SOMEONE some good.

    • @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070
      @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 Рік тому

      it's all their fault.

  • @roger9678
    @roger9678 5 років тому +3614

    Me: ‘how to waste your life and never be happy’ i guess that’s interesting
    “This is Noah”
    Me: well... shit

  • @nicolegreen701
    @nicolegreen701 5 років тому +410

    How to waste your life: watching UA-cam all day long

    • @miguelvidal2335
      @miguelvidal2335 4 роки тому +20

      At least you learn useful things not like in school

    • @fascinatinglist9654
      @fascinatinglist9654 4 роки тому +18

      I think it depends on what you watch on youtube. Like how to start a business and stuff, tutorials and whatever

    • @marcd7332
      @marcd7332 4 роки тому +28

      fascinatinglist The problem is watching all those tutorials feeling like you are doing something productive but never applying them. How good is a business tutorial if you never start a business because you are watching tutorials all day.

    • @samueltriad7103
      @samueltriad7103 4 роки тому +6

      how to waste your life and never be happy: commenting on UA-cam videos..... wait

    • @friedlemons5201
      @friedlemons5201 4 роки тому +10

      Not sure about that, chief. I quite enjoy watching youtube, it's one of the few reasons I haven't killed myself yet

  • @JCapa1
    @JCapa1 4 роки тому +2697

    How to waste your life: Go to college for something you never wanted to do in the real world and spend the rest of your life paying your debt off.

    • @yuriandreisoriano5957
      @yuriandreisoriano5957 4 роки тому +8

      @DANE what do you do now?

    • @karls5474
      @karls5474 4 роки тому +6

      So true

    • @bmo9881
      @bmo9881 4 роки тому +27

      Even with debt, your level of income is significantly higher than if you chose to work as a cashier.

    • @notdevianart7503
      @notdevianart7503 4 роки тому +3

      DANE if u recognize this than your on your own

    • @vertiguin2
      @vertiguin2 4 роки тому +21

      I am doing that right now, I think I am going to kill myself

  • @zekesalazar7643
    @zekesalazar7643 2 роки тому +1

    Chase aspirations, not money. Your success is subjective and based on what you were trying to a achieve. A happy life doing what you like daily and making enough to sustain yourself is a successful life in my eyes.

  • @randyrogers1853
    @randyrogers1853 5 років тому +238

    tldr: don't compare yourself to others. Strive for more, yes, but also be happy with what you have.

    • @mcdc3037
      @mcdc3037 5 років тому +1

      Or strive to be happy with nothing...

    • @randyrogers1853
      @randyrogers1853 5 років тому

      @RedGaming Studio too long, didn't read

    • @ethanno7164
      @ethanno7164 5 років тому +1

      Yea... I would enjoy things if i wouldn't be severely depressed.

    • @randyrogers1853
      @randyrogers1853 5 років тому +1

      @@ethanno7164 eat healthy. work out. get a job. get on a healthy sleep schedule. drink a shit ton of water.
      it sounds retarded but I was where you're at before I started doing these things. it's utterly miserable at first, but gets more enjoyable and you start feeling better very quickly, both physically and mentally.

    • @momov4060
      @momov4060 5 років тому

      There was nothing to read, its a video?

  • @fyurex8969
    @fyurex8969 3 роки тому +818

    "Later on as he went home, Noah started crying in his new limited edition Lamborghini and drove home to cry some more in his rooftop hot-tub."

    • @arjunmakart
      @arjunmakart 3 роки тому +75

      material pleasure only gets you so far. Crying in a Lambo may be better than crying in the street but worse than being genuinely happy. Moreover, unhappiness exists equally in the lives of the top 1% and that is testament to the fact that money is not the cure all.

    • @pastorofmuppets9346
      @pastorofmuppets9346 3 роки тому +6

      idk guess its not for everyone but i wouldnt mind an unending supply of weed lol

    • @eneco3965
      @eneco3965 3 роки тому +21

      @@arjunmakart You can be happy while being homeless and having nothing. Doesn't mean you're in a good place in life.

    • @EmeraldView
      @EmeraldView 3 роки тому +13

      So he went to the Bahamas the next day and cried on the beach, at the massage parlor, and while eating his dinner of filet minion and lobster in a fancy restaurant.
      He did feel a little better when he brought sadness to another by stiffing the waiter, who didn't refill his drink quickly enough.

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th 3 роки тому +12

      "Later on as he went home, Alex started crying in his trashcan he calls home and got cancer"

  • @demsis1460
    @demsis1460 4 роки тому +494

    Moral of the story:
    Don't start a successful company

    • @darthclone7
      @darthclone7 4 роки тому +1

      Lol!!!

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 роки тому

      Demsis 😂

    • @aniketshukla540
      @aniketshukla540 4 роки тому +1

      Sounds rude

    • @coldhands6648
      @coldhands6648 4 роки тому +16

      The point is that Noah didn't do all this because he was interested in business. Yes, he made a successful company, but he just did this just to reach goals that kept inching away from the realm of personal happiness. He can do the same thing and make the same company if he cared about business, but that added passion and lack of prioritization of material goods would have made him happy on top of everything. The video isn't anti-money or anti-successful company haha

    • @coldhands6648
      @coldhands6648 4 роки тому +3

      @Mike Hmmm, maybe I'm just being dense but the video didn't suggest that there was something wrong with any of that. The video actually had pretty much the same message as what you were implying, but it was more about being who you *want* and need to be to get through life.

  • @debtoralive4693
    @debtoralive4693 2 роки тому +13

    I liked the message this story tells. I hate the way "success" is always measured by ones income and their possessions. Shouldn't one's success be measured by their true happiness. I see people who are committed to succeeding and never stop long enough to enjoy life. These people are rarely truly happy and wrongly believe it's because of unobtained success. Truly sad. THAT is a wasted life.

    • @hakimdiwan5101
      @hakimdiwan5101 2 роки тому

      Be careful going towards extreme ends of both sides. I came from family which had faced lots of issues in regards to money. Lack of money affects your psychological well being big time.
      You don't need to be on grind 24/7 but you also don't wanna remain mediocre.

  • @VworksArt
    @VworksArt 3 роки тому +692

    Money may not buy happiness but it sure as hell helps.

    • @locus831
      @locus831 3 роки тому +37

      I mean like without it you may be a homeless beggar. And to survive in this transactional based world you need good economic means. Money can literally buy you anything... 🤷

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 3 роки тому +48

      Money alone can’t buy happiness, but it certainly gives more freedom to explore what does make you happy.

    • @vincnt1
      @vincnt1 3 роки тому +15

      @Random Guy you say that but happiness can theoretically be bought. financial freedom, never working a day in your life, endless exploration of various passions and topic.

    • @pb_zep3838
      @pb_zep3838 3 роки тому +12

      Money would literally solve every problem I have right now.

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 3 роки тому +2

      Well, no money buys nothing.

  • @0live0wire0
    @0live0wire0 3 роки тому +4448

    How to waste your life: spend your time on youtube watching videos like this one on a daily basis.

  • @Anthony-kj2zj
    @Anthony-kj2zj 4 роки тому +827

    "Comparison is the thief of joy." - Roosevelt

    • @pibly674
      @pibly674 3 роки тому +5

      Yes ! But it’s human nature to compare yourself to others. Finding your **. true self***-No matter what- is the prize.

    • @brownerjerry174
      @brownerjerry174 3 роки тому +4

      @@pibly674 maybe instead of comparing materialistic possession that are declining both literally and in value, we can compare what amount of 'good' you are giving to the society and world. Yeah it sounds a bit utopian but it's concept to explore nonetheless

    • @shagufthashaik3452
      @shagufthashaik3452 3 роки тому +1

      @@brownerjerry174 agreed .

    • @SteelersFan1969
      @SteelersFan1969 3 роки тому +5

      Well shit, this hits home. Every time I’m almost happy I compare myself to my friends, get jealous, then depressed. Then mad at myself because I am being jealous when I have a very good life. Then I usually try and fall asleep. My daily routine 👍😥

    • @alexj.denton7453
      @alexj.denton7453 3 роки тому

      Which onep

  • @coffeepandacat
    @coffeepandacat Рік тому +1

    Not appreciating what you have will lead to this ungrateful, empty mentality

  • @agoogleuser6552
    @agoogleuser6552 3 роки тому +3986

    “Noah wanted to become God”.

    • @invisiblecrumb2027
      @invisiblecrumb2027 3 роки тому +458

      "He wondered what it would be like to be that happy"

    • @nahid7499
      @nahid7499 3 роки тому +228

      Noah wanted to beat goku

    • @warpcore9681
      @warpcore9681 3 роки тому +107

      Noah should've joined a gang.

    • @b.ersoylu
      @b.ersoylu 3 роки тому +62

      But he became a dog instead and got dragged down by the stone.

    • @Gone29364
      @Gone29364 3 роки тому +61

      It's 2077 and noah actually did it

  • @renbipatton2311
    @renbipatton2311 5 років тому +179

    It’s really scary how I could relate to Noah the whole video. I really need to rethink my life and the path I’m walking down right now.

    • @123Teemon
      @123Teemon 5 років тому +8

      Hopefully towards the money...

    • @genkidamai9719
      @genkidamai9719 5 років тому +6

      I hope, everything goes well for you.

    • @ubobcat
      @ubobcat 5 років тому +14

      You can get closer to happiness, if you give one of your millions to me) Sharing with people is kinda makes you feel good)

    • @graciem6562
      @graciem6562 5 років тому

      Same

    • @katiesanders3737
      @katiesanders3737 4 роки тому +1

      me too man:(

  • @JoeFresi
    @JoeFresi 5 років тому +205

    "I just didn't look to hard..."
    wow.

  • @taichivillaruel9114
    @taichivillaruel9114 10 місяців тому +1

    Lessons of this video: Learn how to be content in every situations and find a greater purpose in life.

  • @melsoderlund3379
    @melsoderlund3379 5 років тому +1399

    *”The lesson is: never try.”*
    - Homer Simpson

    • @howtomeetwomen-
      @howtomeetwomen- 5 років тому +16

      WHY MUST I FAIL AT EVERY ATTEMPT AT MASONRY

    • @wawawiwa___
      @wawawiwa___ 5 років тому +2

      Amen

    • @sarzootashoota351
      @sarzootashoota351 5 років тому

      LOL

    • @madmaximum875
      @madmaximum875 5 років тому +8

      @benz merc Try getting a job right now, srsly, I am unemployed for years now and it's hell but I can't leave.

    • @maxoverridemax
      @maxoverridemax 5 років тому +5

      Wise Man/Cartoon character

  • @humankudzu2456
    @humankudzu2456 3 роки тому +1973

    “Man who work for passion much richer than man who work for money” - Mister Miyagi

    • @sahillaskar4622
      @sahillaskar4622 3 роки тому +10

      lol,nice... Cobra kai lives forever

    • @janterri3539
      @janterri3539 3 роки тому +34

      Not richer in money but in what’s important. Passion and dedication.

    • @thenacho6354
      @thenacho6354 3 роки тому +5

      Cobra Kai never dies....

    • @tardybloomer
      @tardybloomer 3 роки тому +36

      if only everyone were lucky enough to work as their hobbies and passions.

    • @ohno9403
      @ohno9403 3 роки тому +3

      and what if one doesn't have a passion?

  • @junaidahmmad6430
    @junaidahmmad6430 5 років тому +2050

    How to waste your life?
    Watch a video of HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE

    • @janetmiller2160
      @janetmiller2160 5 років тому +13

      What I came here to say. We've been trolled, I'm afraid. Kthxbye.

    • @gent8940
      @gent8940 5 років тому +9

      Watch at 1.75x 👍🏼

    • @flatearth9140
      @flatearth9140 5 років тому +20

      HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE ?
      READ COMMENTS ON UA-cam OF SOME GUY COMMENTING ON A VIDEO OF HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE !!

    • @prashantd6252
      @prashantd6252 5 років тому +2

      *BOOM!*
      You got it
      👏
      👏
      👏

    • @larryhinze8482
      @larryhinze8482 5 років тому

      You just wasted your life. Think about it.

  • @ecurb10
    @ecurb10 2 роки тому

    I was on a low income, no relationship or frienships, suffering long term depression and anxiety, with a university degree that I didn't know how to use, and I wasted so many counselling sessions trying to improve my lot but all they kept telling me was "Oh you're fine how you are. You are a wonderful person. Stop judging yourself". (and in counselling college we were taught to say that same lie).
    And I'd think, "Well that's great, that means this is how it is...I can't do anything to improve my life". So I'd go away even more depressed because any hope I had had just been stripped away. Gee thanks.
    Then finally, in my 50s, I found a psychologist who said "Ok Bruce, you're clearly doing things wrong in life, and you can do much better. Let's work on how you can improve"! Hallelujia!
    That was 6 years ago and haven't suffered depression since😊.
    Sometimes it is important to compare yourself with others, at least to get a gauge as to what you're capable of acheiving, so you don't waste your life away and live with regret. But more importantly to compare yourself with how YOU were yesterday, so at the very least you can improve.

  • @cs6993
    @cs6993 4 роки тому +124

    I think the key is gratefulness. Acknowledging and accounting for the beauty and blessings you often overlook in life.

    • @zippy3253
      @zippy3253 4 роки тому +2

      So true! I was wondering if nobody in the comments understood

    • @Zombiewanka
      @Zombiewanka 4 роки тому +4

      Gratitude is the best medicine to ANY of life's woes.

    • @vibin4092
      @vibin4092 4 роки тому

      @@Zombiewanka yep 👍🏻

  • @tirthpatel8944
    @tirthpatel8944 4 роки тому +601

    He’s still comparing himself to his brother in the end

    • @IA-vm9ol
      @IA-vm9ol 4 роки тому +10

      haha.... point

    • @ME-tc7fk
      @ME-tc7fk 3 роки тому

      Lol😂

    • @taibutler1474
      @taibutler1474 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah cause he doesn’t want happiness he wants things.
      He thinks that things and happiness are synonyms. They’re not.
      If you want happiness you literally just be happy. That’s it. It’s free.

    • @imbrakingthrough2152
      @imbrakingthrough2152 3 роки тому

      And you believed it ? Unless he was ugly- otherwise it’s a made up story

  • @p_roem
    @p_roem 5 років тому +186

    Noah is always wondering, legend says he is still wondering these days…

  • @lynnww
    @lynnww Рік тому +3

    Everyone should and deserve to be treated good. That is so moved😭😭😭Hope all of us can be what we want to be without regrets

  • @mecha.comrade
    @mecha.comrade 5 років тому +315

    Oh no! Noah got new airpods, he cant hear Alex!

    • @dakotam7208
      @dakotam7208 5 років тому +1

      facebes20s XD that’s great

  • @bejlicaushaj7169
    @bejlicaushaj7169 2 роки тому +2150

    no wife, no kids, no one to bother him, owning a bunch of things, good relation with his brother, man Noah's life is epic. i wonder how it must be like to be that happy

    • @jondohnson8417
      @jondohnson8417 2 роки тому +194

      Your own thoughts are what it is all about. Good thougts, good life. Bad thougts, bad life

    • @roylle6346
      @roylle6346 2 роки тому +109

      Noah's just a spoiled brat

    • @dave-xn1rw
      @dave-xn1rw 2 роки тому +86

      More like.. I wonder how it must be to not be happy having all of that…

    • @icedwater
      @icedwater 2 роки тому +18

      Noah does have a family, though :p

    • @BryanBeerKey
      @BryanBeerKey 2 роки тому +74

      Exactly. Having a wife and kids isn't for everyone. I feel like society pressures so many people into that when it may not be your thing. Just look at the high rate of divorces that has been going on.

  • @hello-wj8hk
    @hello-wj8hk 5 років тому +1664

    You missed the bit where he builds an ark.

  • @godsoffice5714
    @godsoffice5714 2 роки тому +2

    So I always walked on the right path. Good to know, must not praise myself so I won't get swayed.

  • @Name-ps9fx
    @Name-ps9fx 4 роки тому +412

    For some reason the phrase “toxic self-help video” comes to mind when watching this.
    It is a rare talent to make millions and be able to retire at an early age, and also a rare talent to be footloose and fancy free, painting and selling art for enough money to be “comfortable.”

    • @QuangGoodman
      @QuangGoodman 4 роки тому +9

      The toxic world of seft-help
      0.0

    • @plaguepandemic5651
      @plaguepandemic5651 4 роки тому +16

      It's more about stoicism and applying it to a more realistic scenario. Bear in mind that the title has "A Short Story" in it, meaning not everyone who lives like this or attempts to is going to reach the same results, obviously.

    • @Saber23
      @Saber23 4 роки тому +7

      VZ_ 342 it's just saying do something that makes you feel personally fulfilled instead of filling the void with material things hence the comparison between the 2 brothers professions

    • @andrewheffel3565
      @andrewheffel3565 4 роки тому +8

      The parents are the realistic example of how to live a good life. Get a job, work hard, be frugal, work your way up, all while raising and enjoying your family.
      I was blessed with failure and poverty in my early adult life. That experience drove me to seize the moment when an opportunity for a career presented itself, and I made the most of it.

    • @plaguepandemic5651
      @plaguepandemic5651 4 роки тому +2

      @Merlin 76 lemme rephrase, the video is about the philosophy of stoicism, using a fictional short story to give it context, not a "how to" guide for people to follow

  • @robertmaxa6631
    @robertmaxa6631 5 років тому +824

    "how to waste your life"? Work retail all your life.

    • @toniok1490
      @toniok1490 5 років тому +7

      hahahha That was harsh.

    • @EgguEd51
      @EgguEd51 5 років тому +47

      Correction: work at any job you hate for the rest of your life. There are people (perhaps not many) that enjoy working in retail and are happy. Good for them

    • @hadapeyote2053
      @hadapeyote2053 5 років тому +12

      Bruh 😂😂😂 why you do us like that, but true hence why I’m a sophomore in college not trying to end up like my older coworkers

    • @robertmaxa6631
      @robertmaxa6631 5 років тому +5

      @@hadapeyote2053 I think my sister, and brother in law, pushed my nephew to go to university, so he wouldn't end up like me, working retail sales. They wouldn't come right out and say it, but... Between my family, and my brother in law's family, I'm the only one who hasn't gone to college, university, or some kind of trade school.

    • @drunkdonutboy
      @drunkdonutboy 5 років тому +6

      @@hadapeyote2053 Dont get in debt and you'll never need to be a wage slave the rest of your life....but if you do...well there it is

  • @kylenoe2234
    @kylenoe2234 4 роки тому +202

    Tldr: envy. Comparing yourself to others is a dead end.

    • @hijack69
      @hijack69 4 роки тому +14

      True .... unfortunately for a lot of people the message they got was more money makes you less happy

    • @deshawnfrost7947
      @deshawnfrost7947 3 роки тому +1

      Comparing yourself to others does benefit you in some way like motivatoon to do better. Example (Allen iverson and kobe) just dont overcompare and see things as it is

    • @korpen2858
      @korpen2858 3 роки тому +2

      Comparing yourself to others is a good thing. Comparing yourself to others possesions is a bad thing.

    • @korpen2858
      @korpen2858 3 роки тому

      @@athanasiusrisang Idk man i'd love to be like Henry David Thoreau and i think it'd be healthy for me to pursue that. Definently going to go through alot of suffering at first but it'll be worth it.

  • @fingersmcoy
    @fingersmcoy 2 роки тому +10

    i have spent too much of my life thinking i could only be happy in other relationships. guess what. i was miserable all the time. happiness is from within, NEVER from someone else, or any amount of money or things. I promise you.

  • @sibanbgd100
    @sibanbgd100 3 роки тому +470

    This video has many stereotypical, shallow and vapid parts, but the point of it is pretty pure. Don't look for happiness, sacrifice for it, wait for it, strive towards it through comparison, wealth, family... Find a way to be content internally and the external factors will follow.

    • @icecoldchilipreppers
      @icecoldchilipreppers 2 роки тому +21

      Well said. Garbage video, great message.

    • @rashmipai9523
      @rashmipai9523 2 роки тому +4

      This is one of the best comments ive seen in a while

    • @sibanbgd100
      @sibanbgd100 2 роки тому +4

      @@rashmipai9523 Glad to read that ^^

    • @scottf5791
      @scottf5791 2 роки тому +2

      I think people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness. It’s a lie society has sold to us since birth and people don’t want to except that.
      In what way is it shallow? Its a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives. Do you expect it to be very specific to only your own life? Maybe see a psychologist instead of watching a UA-cam video then.

    • @sibanbgd100
      @sibanbgd100 2 роки тому +5

      ​@@scottf5791 It's been 10 months since I saw this video and I can't rewatch it all again, but I did skim through it.
      I agree that those are some of the fabrications that people accept as true and that they lead them to unfulfilling lives. What is shallow is that it only talks about this. The format of the video is that of a fictional life and it looks fine on the surface, but you can see that the message came before the story i.e. that the story was made to fit the narrative of exactly what you said in your comment:"... people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness..."
      The message is fine, as I've said, but this video isn't a sentence or a 30-second example, it is a full story of someones, albeit fictional life. Warping this format into a delivery peace for a message is what made many parts of the video, in my opinion, shallow.
      I am seeing a psychologist for my own mental health, thank you for your concern. Besides this, I'm studying philosophy at the university since I'm interested in it, not only for my own practical application in life but as a way of gaining a deeper and more diverse understanding of, well, everything.
      I mention this not to distinguish myself as some sort of an expert and by proxy of that distinction to "win" an argument, but to answer your question about me in some detail. Anyone can lie about their identity online and on top of that, being a student or even a professor of anything, including philosophy, doesn't necessarily mean anything about their reasoning in some particular thing e.g. this one.
      "It's a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives" - I would like to state my disagreement here. The message of the video can be nicely summarized as you did in the sentence I quoted before, as well as in my original comment. That is not a general guiding principle that can be applied to all lives. The ethical reasoning behind that message is much deeper and more complex than the message itself leads on. Regrettably, I don't have it in me to write even more than I already did, so I'll say that there are a couple of schools of thought that dwelled into those complexities. I would recommend reading about Stoic, Cynic, Sceptic, Epicurean, and Cyrenaic ethical teachings; or Socrates (though mainly through Plato's writing), Plato's, or Aristotle's ethics.
      They are some of the first people who thought and wrote about ethical questions and messages, such as the one in this video, in the western tradition. I'm not well versed in the Eastern tradition, but I'm sure that Lao Tzu and Confucious would be good starting points. For something more religious I'm more inclined to recommend Buddhist texts, but Christian theologians have much to say as well.
      That's it from me.

  • @audreythelotusgirl
    @audreythelotusgirl 4 роки тому +47

    The key to happiness is to live in the moment, stop comparing yourself to others and be grateful for what you have.

  • @cinevile
    @cinevile 5 років тому +140

    this is a bit stupid. at the end, noah still compares his life to his brother's. there it is the problem, stop comparing your life to others.

    • @Ben-rz3cw
      @Ben-rz3cw 5 років тому +19

      that's the point.

    • @cinevile
      @cinevile 5 років тому +3

      watch again man. video suggested that noah's lifestyle is the way to happines (dont look so hard).

    • @youtubevleisureaccount545
      @youtubevleisureaccount545 5 років тому

      @@everettfanor1989 agreed.

    • @michaelkennedy5126
      @michaelkennedy5126 5 років тому

      it's in the top 10 - thou shalt not covet thy neighbors goods. Tons of wisdom in that one.

  • @donmarco0611
    @donmarco0611 Рік тому +2

    Moral of the story: Never compare yourself to anyone. Focus on youself and be better every day.

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 5 років тому +1023

    protip: watch vids at 1.25 speed to waste less time

    • @milespq5561
      @milespq5561 5 років тому +26

      Wish I saw this before I watched it😂

    • @garyabc
      @garyabc 5 років тому +14

      I watch most UA-cam vids at 1.5x speed. Takes a little getting use to before it feels comfortable but well worth it.

    • @beingfantastic9561
      @beingfantastic9561 5 років тому

      Miles PQ same here

    • @PortugalMatt
      @PortugalMatt 5 років тому +4

      Been on that UA-cam grind for a while lol

    • @Fanatic17
      @Fanatic17 5 років тому

      This guy is talking business

  • @ldwabananattqw
    @ldwabananattqw 5 років тому +1081

    I can take the $15,000,000
    if that makes him happy again.

    • @wha7892
      @wha7892 5 років тому +12

      That means you would take half of his life pretty much

    • @davidmceldowney6827
      @davidmceldowney6827 5 років тому +16

      @@wha7892 that implies that money is life, which is a very sad way to perceive reality

    • @Waybackwhennn
      @Waybackwhennn 5 років тому +7

      David McEldowney I feel that fundamentally, money is the key to our lives especially at this point in time. It is the way you earn it and pursue it that makes the difference I guess. The way the world is today, everyone wants to be “successful” that is the new trend, the new goal, and there are plenty of ways to be successful but the gradual gratification path would be to own your own business or becoming an entrepreneur, rather than “chasing” the money and fulfilling someone else’s dream. That’s the wholeeeee point of the video, nothing else. The introduction had nothing to do with the end. In my opinion it does come down to how you are raised by your parents and what values you are taught in your life. If anyone is reading this, just remember one piece of advice and run with this till the day you die. Only YOU are accountable for your actions and everything else that happens in your life. Don’t read too much into it but just remember that line, no matter what you do in life.
      I hope we all make it some day, who ever is watching this and hoping for success and happiness, I really hope we all make it some day ✌🏽

    • @YEET-yh6qc
      @YEET-yh6qc 5 років тому +1

      @@Waybackwhennn nobody will you only have like a 6% chance good luck

    • @darkwing5458
      @darkwing5458 5 років тому

      Money!

  • @greyjedi4794
    @greyjedi4794 4 роки тому +488

    "Remember.... everything you now have you once wanted."
    Seneca

    • @maan8846
      @maan8846 4 роки тому +6

      Never wanted cats but..yeah

    • @myusernamegotstollen
      @myusernamegotstollen 4 роки тому +6

      I never wanted a spooky mirror with a clown, but I guess I wanted it

    • @danielcavanagh4027
      @danielcavanagh4027 4 роки тому +13

      Genital warts.....? I'm not sure

    • @bellamckinnon8655
      @bellamckinnon8655 4 роки тому +3

      I don’t have any mental illnesses that I know of, but I bet a lot of people with mental illnesses would disagree with that statement

    • @m.m.511
      @m.m.511 4 роки тому +2

      @@bellamckinnon8655 also people with cancer. Or with any kind of small or big health disease.

  • @Brando8654
    @Brando8654 2 роки тому +75

    Beautiful video. The last phrase,”Noah I just didn’t look so hard” it says it all.

    • @austinfenske3167
      @austinfenske3167 Рік тому

      Um that's bullshit

    • @Thenogomogo-zo3un
      @Thenogomogo-zo3un 7 місяців тому

      Noah offered Alex some money and the grifting bum said no? Thats some steaming bullshit right there.

  • @fintanmathewes5587
    @fintanmathewes5587 5 років тому +383

    "He wondered what it must be like to be that happy"

    • @mikemyfree4532
      @mikemyfree4532 5 років тому +11

      That line hit me like a ton of bricks.

    • @kevinchronic6156
      @kevinchronic6156 5 років тому +4

      Everyday mood 😪

    • @scarecrowprowler
      @scarecrowprowler 5 років тому +9

      I bet Alex is secretly depressed.

    • @TheEppi3
      @TheEppi3 5 років тому +5

      It sounds like he will never stop to compare himself with the others.

    • @MJ-mr5ed
      @MJ-mr5ed 5 років тому

      If he needed material things to “be happy” he would never be happy

  • @stevenar84
    @stevenar84 5 років тому +365

    i understand "you cant buy the best things in life" but at the same fucking time you cant really enjoy life when you are struggling often. painting is one of the hardest kind of work to make a profit.

    • @ashleycorp349
      @ashleycorp349 5 років тому +8

      Steven making art commisions can yield a lot of money actually. it's just that it's a really strenuous work

    • @TheRmoroni
      @TheRmoroni 5 років тому +8

      the money is in painting houses, to make it in art you have to hype an image ,its not the quality of your work. look around ,see what kind of hacks get all the glory!

    • @Joshua-pt8hb
      @Joshua-pt8hb 5 років тому +5

      He said he made enough money though so I assume he is successful enough to live comfortably

    • @fernforwood3989
      @fernforwood3989 5 років тому +6

      Steven Not true at all. The happiest times in my life were when I was down & out. Lived in my car for two years. Miss it. Money isn’t actually even necessary to sustain life. It’s amazing how much money a person can spend, acquire, or both & only get more miserable.

    • @generalsllick2697
      @generalsllick2697 5 років тому +1

      Nah

  • @elekesk
    @elekesk 5 років тому +1695

    humanity's problem solved: we all should go camping, paint some horses and play the guitar.

    • @heartsoul4614
      @heartsoul4614 5 років тому +39

      Damn right🤗💕💃😎 & ride Harley's & go to concerts & cherrish our blessings & love our families and friends and humanity😍

    • @silvergiovanni5336
      @silvergiovanni5336 5 років тому +79

      What if I dont enjoy those things and the only thing I enjoy is being a Corporate Boss

    • @lucasthehuman8443
      @lucasthehuman8443 5 років тому +44

      My thoughts exactly... There's many Alexes that are miserable too

    • @EgguEd51
      @EgguEd51 5 років тому +25

      Talk about missing the point... sheesh

    • @Jabbaz03
      @Jabbaz03 5 років тому +3

      @@lucasthehuman8443 you missed the point dude...

  • @keepittrilla3025
    @keepittrilla3025 2 роки тому +4

    I still think Noah has the better life than his brother. I don’t see family and people as more important than your work.

    • @mechamicro
      @mechamicro 2 роки тому

      But if his works really yield any fulfill or happiness, because if it is not then it is not