Hearing a Minecraft UA-camr talk about such real shit, about struggles and life and discipline really just opened my eyes to the fact that the creators that I watch are real people like me and that is a really strange and wonderful thing to think about. Anyways, good on you for making good choices, keep grinding homie.
Honestly hearing this feels like a reflection of my life sb was a great escape, but it wont last forever. I'm also graduating this year from hs, being banned from sb last year was a real good wakeup call for me, both physically and academically after the ban expired I had a whole new set of priorities already, barely care about sb anymore even though it felt like the world to me just a few years ago and now im preping to study at a top 40 uni now and its been much more healthier overall for me to have a new focus than just stats in a block game.
As a kid who loved to play minecraft to now a 24 year old strength and conditioning coach, I can personally attest to this. I have coached athlete groups who had kids who were so isolated due to covid and lived most of their life online. They came in to the gym shy and were only there cause their parents signed them up. Over the next few weeks they were there, they created relationships with the other kids, and now ride home with them to hang out and such. The importance of going out and socializing is critical especially at a young age. Go out and find something that brings you joy and I guarantee you, you will find much more fulfillment than an online game.
Genuinely one of the best videos i've seen from an sb youtuber, ts was too real for me and it just happened to pop up on my feed today when i don't watch sb vids anymore. Great video man!
Lowkey this is the most relatable video I've seen all year 2 years ago I was sad, skinny fat and hella addicted to skyblock and valorant but after a while of trying and failing to get into better shape I finally managed to get out of my unhealthy habits and enter the gym for the first time since then I've bulked up from 140 all the way to 190 at 5'6 started to cut, rebuilt connections I lost over the pandemic, graduated hs and I'm looking and feeling the best I've ever been in my entire life video games can be fun for a bit but you always have to put your health and sanity first. I hope this video reaches the right people and remember its never too late to make change.
@@dooby8886 I threw every high protein food I could find into a shake, covered the taste with chocolate syrup and drank that every day for like a year theres prolly better ways to gain tho 😂😂😂
Had a similar experience in January earlier this year. Since then I’ve gotten into the best shape of my life. I did quit all video games for a while, but over time I’ve incorporated games and Skyblock back in. As long as everything is handled with discipline and control it can be beneficial.
Similar experience with me during Covid. 2021 I was just online from 2pm till 3 am and then sleep and repeat. Over the past three years I slowly began to be more active, and then started working out about a year and a half ago. Honestly the video games just didn’t entice me as much when I was filling my days with other things. Now I hop on a couple hours a week but with balance
Im glad to hear you out, and id be more than happy to see real life content from you I wont lie this vid was more inspirational/effective for me than any other vid ive seen on this topic (ive strugled with getting out of video games and getting in the gym for years now, and most videos ive saw on it end in me saying something to the effect of "nah thats bs" or "no thats not how that works, video games dont have a negative effect on me" but this really had me reconsidering things) Maybe it holds more value because i used to watch ur channel, i dont really know, but something about this vid was really moving
glad it resonates with you man that was really what i was hoping out of this video I think it’s comforting to hear situations through people in similar places you’ve been in and it’s definitely more insightful to hear how a person has been affected by that man so im glad you got something out of me just ranting my ass off for 30 mins bro lmao much love man ❤️
I’d love to see gym/goal/ranting content. I’m in the same place where I want to quit skyblock so I set goals for myself to start going to the gym and becoming more socially active and talking to people at school and spending time with friends.
I don't play skyblock often anymore, but honestly stuff like that's all I have in my life. I'm fat as fuck for example, I've wanted to lose weight since I was a little kid, I didn't start trying until I was about 13, I had some problems growing up, especially early teens, and I could never fully commit to it, this is all super cringe to say but without the food I just lose one of the only things that made me happy in life, and substitute it with working out , something I've never enjoyed doing and hate it, I don't have much else in my life to fill in the gaps, all my friends are from skyblock online even though I hardly play it, I can't do well socially, I am addicted to some things that if I lose, I'll lose the little things that made my life worth living. I don't wanna live a life I hate all the time. Ive even attempted suicide twice before, I just don't really have anyone or anything that makes me happy, and I've tried to get into stuff but it never really works out, and both times I tried to kms noone in my family cared, they never really have, except my mother and I'm appreciative of that. Whenever I try to get on self improvement and cut out the bad stuff I just end up hating my life more, there's nothing enjoyable about it. I hate the life I'm living despite that.
damn, that's tough, have you tried reaching out to a psychological professional, if u live in some states it's free and completely anonymous, im sorry you're going through that.
This video resonated with me a lot. As someone who has been dealing with/in the middle of a complex family situation that affected me immensely for multiple years now, through all my teenage years and to the current day (just graduated hs like you). On top of that, dealing with diagnosed depression disorder and anxiety disorder (primarily social anxiety) that I deal with and fight through every single day all day, I used skyblock as a tool to escape from reality for a few years until November 2022, playing for 16-18 hours a day and skipping school almost every day. Until one day I recognized that there were other things I might've wanted to do, like started working out (started in november 2022, still going strong just not as consistently as I'd like to lol), talking to more people, going to school consistently. I had quit skyblock cold turkey and couldn't be more grateful I had done that. You are a great example of someone who did not let his difficult circumstances which he is not in control of, control his life. You took matters into your own hands and you are winning in life through all the shit that it gave you. I hope you realize how strong of a person you are. What you did is amazing and I am so proud of you and grateful to you that you are spreading this important message that more people need to hear of "Happiness truly lies in your own hands". I really hope you get to see this comment because you need to hear that you are amazing and so strong for not letting your circumstances, that most people your age will not even THINK about going through, take control of your life. Truly amazing. ❤
thank you for the comment man and I’m happy to hear that you’re passing along through your journey as a stronger person man, keep motivated stay grinding day to day much love
Congrats Man! Started last august weighing in at 267lbs, today i weighed in at 208. Sometimes I look in the mirror and can't help but feel like I look huge still. Looking back at old pictures helps reinstate how far I've come.
!! Great job man that’s a hugeee achievement 70 pound lost in just under a year is very great, hope you achieve your body goals and no you aren’t big keep body positivity man
15:00 the way u explain telling other ppl your goals and then those goals loose their value is literally 100% the same way i always explained this. because of this I mostly stopped talking about things i plan to do, rather i talk about or show stuff i already did. because if i tell ppl about plans i didn't realize yet, it feels like i have an obligation to really do it - not because i am motivated to do it myself, but because others expect me to do that, because i told them i plan to.
bro stopped sweating dungeons and started sweating life💀 all jokes aside, really good for you bro, I also had some similar situations with a specific hobby completely consuming my life. when I was in ninth grade I came to the US for a sabbatical year my dad had from the uni he teaches in (I am a US citizen but wasn't born there nor do I live there), that was during Covid-19 so it sucked, and I kinda spiraled into a depressed state and basically failed every class I had that year, I was also in a math program that i was forced to leave due to the timezone difference. before we came back we went to Ithica and my dad showed my around cornell which is where he did undergrad and I just decided to set my sights on admission into cornell, that ended up not happening, due to my countries' mandatory military service. But that change of mindset really allowed me to grow in other directions, I fixed my grades and just graduated with what would be the equivalent of a 4.0+ Gpa, went back to piano, got a girlfriend a year later and sustained a relationship of a year and a half with her, and became top 3 in my country for speedsolving rubik's cubes (my pfp kinda gives that away tho). Bottom line is, that in life balance is key, its not specifically about videogames or alcohol or drugs, you just can't allow one hobby, or one person define who you are, and you can't be dependent on one thing in your life, having a lot of hobbies or things that you do really allows you to grow as a person. From my experience dog multiple things also feels good, and when you get bored or tired of one of your hobbies you can just take a break and do something else, which both makes you enjoy your hobbies for more extended periods of time and just makes you a more interesting person overall. I'm very happy for you bro, keep it up!
I think everyone's life have slowly been changing, I've been playing the game itself for solid 2 years straight. I had a lot of fun majority of the times but I've just lost a lot of motivation playing the game when your friends is either quitting/leaving in general. But overall I don't think playing the game alone is not fun but it's our mind could make us change as a human being. So, I'm really grateful to be able to play the game 2 years ago and meeting a bunch of new friends and etc.
It’s videos like this that make me so glad that my one and only solo profile got ratted because I was also addicted to skyblock. The most fun was dungeons because you got to play this really cool system that didn’t feel like as much of a grind as slayers for example. And I also met a lot of friends in dungeons and skyblock in general. It was sad when my profile got deleted because I knew I wasn’t gonna be able to play with my friend. But, as I got older I realised that it was consuming too much of my time and I wasn’t a huge fan of the direction skyblock was going with really really really long grinds in every aspect of the game. It’s relieving to know that I’m not the only old school player who quit and that’s there’s many many many other OG players from 2019 that have also quit due to various reasons. Congrats on the gym progress. 315 bench when?
Honestly some of the best advice I've heard in a long time. I hate having to say this because most of the time when people do, they never follow through on it... but I'll follow through with all this later. I've been making sure I get some exercise in at home and it's helped significantly physically and mentally, but I'm not really in any position where I can go outside and meet people.
dude im going through the same thing. ive been homeschooled and it sucks I hate it and I have no other option ive tried talking to my parent but nothing, your exact situation is happening to me. (and I went through the exact same thing with my dad bro I feel you I didnt find out about my real dad until I was 12 and I never got to see my dad either)
Great vid.. Super happy for u bud. More kids need to realize these things and focus much more on physical and mental well-being.. No one can tell me sitting behind a screen is healthy. Especially for young people.
This video was almost a reflection of my internal monologue, Ive been going to the gym on and off for half a year or so and have found it hard to find motivations, with video games being a sort of comfort from my childhood. This video is definitely the most resonating "insperational" video I've seen due to how oddly similar of a circumstance and stage of my life I seem to be in.
I just got back into skyblock and after watching this video, I think I should stay disciplined on things in real life... respect, thanks for getting me out of the addiction again :)
one of the most W videos i've seen recently. I relate to some of the stuff you said a lot, so much to the point that it gets suspicious lol. I'm 15 and i've also been trying to quit video games recently. cutting off my gaming time by like 60% already made a HUGE difference, i finally have a hobby (music) and my social life, even though still isnt perfect, has gotten about a fuckton better. I feel like this not only applies to skyblock, but every video game that's addicting/creates some kind of long-lasting attachment. 80% of the time spent playing the game is completely wasted time that one could've spent improving one's life in some way. People need to realize that the real fun in life isnt all rainbows, sunshine and staying in a comfortable place all the time, rather it is found after putting in some work etc. there has to be a contrast to happiness in order for it to exist. I just graduated 8th grade (in poland that's end of elementary school, and after that is high school) and i want to spend hs as well as possible, unlike the past few years. My 8th grade exam results are tomorrow (well, today.. ah shit its already midnight) so hopefully i'm gonna get the results that I anticipated and go to a good hs. So happy seeing people like you getting their life somewhat in order, stay on the grind brah!
I love that you are using your platform to send a good message like that, I'm sure this is gonna motivate people that were in your position a couple of years ago (being addicted to this game) to go to the gym. I was really addicted to skyblock too from when it got released to the beginning of 2023, now I am doing much better without the game, physically and mentally. Thank you for this video
fucking amazing video. The main thing that I took away from this is that I need to be more humble, to tell less people about my goals, and to keep to myself. I've started to realize how important that is. Thanks for this man.
Made me tear up this connects to me lowkey😢 hope you’re doing good in life when you feel down wake up with a smile you can pass through whatever is happening
This video feels very similar to my situation, I was playing skyblock a lot over covid with some old friends but over time it just felt very repetitive and boring. I recent finished my A-levels (I’m British yes) and have been going to the gym for the past 6 months which is replacing what skyblock was. I’m excited to see how you continue to grow in the future. Keep up the hard work mate
I’ve gone through nearly the exact some situation brother dad was abusive left me, mom and 2 brothers went to skyblock never experienced true friendships properly always was introverted glad you found your healthy outlet appreciate it
13:20 I think you hit the point on how skyblock attracts the normal player to be addicted to this game. It's a parallel to actual life but it's also an illusion. I gotta get my life together now and you gave me motivation. tysm man
Yea, Honestly I've been doing the same as you, quiting skyblock to try and improve my life by going to the gym and making money. Also trying to get a girl 💀(that's not going to well) Skyblock just ruined my social skills and also I was always bullied when I was in school 3-6 grade, then I kinda stopped going to school I almost failed my classes but since I am pretty ok at remembering things I was able to watch some videos about the school subjects so I was able to pass my classes. Skyblock is an easy way out, but its not the right one...learn from people who has made the mistake and dont make it yourself. Because I was barely at school I was almost never bullied after the 6th grade, then in 9th grade I finally decided to start changing my life and go to the gym also making money so my life rn is pretty ok (I still play skyblock from time to time but now its like 1-2 hour sessions)
I recently just had a very similar experience with this sort of thing. I was chronically on skyblock for about 3 years and i decided to focus my energy into after school activities and going to the gym. It really helped me learn to take care of my self. While I may not have had the same results as you (60 POUND DIFFERENCE IS CRAZY GOOD JOB MAN HOLY) but I can definitely look back and say I've been able to work on myself as a person instead of spending so much time on skyblock.
I know how you feel dude. I’ve been personally going to the gym for around 7 months now while playing skyblock and when I first started going to the gym, I started playing less and less skyblock each day. It’s an amazing feeling to feel great and perform great in your body. I still play skyblock but way less than I did before.
Holy fuck, this is a complete life reflecting video right there. I can literally indetify myself with every single point u make on this video. To hear these problems so openly discussed makes me feel a bit more confident yk. I just wanted to point out, that this video is amazing, it motivates people with the same situation. I really like your vids, but I hope you achieve the goals and happiness you're aiming for, have a good one!
I mean, for a student who r struggling with skyblock progression and her college entrance exam 9 days later, this video really gets me and that's all I need rn. I shouldn't let my own life pass by. Thanks for sharing ur thoughts with us! I can't wait to see the other thoughts u wanna share!
When I first started playing skyblock, I really loved it cause I was figuring stuff out and it was an adventure with a whole lot of discovery. Now I’m at the point where whatever progression I want to make is softlocked behind coins or a 10 hour grind. It’s just not much fun for me anymore. I still play sometimes, but the only time I play is when my friends are on and we’re all playing together. I’m kinda glad it happened though because now that I’ve drifted away from the game I’m having more fun in my normal life. I’ve started thinking a lot as well and a big revelation for me was that in 100 years, a lot of the stuff I do won’t matter at all. No one a century from now is going to look back and say “wow, what ugly clothes he wore that day”. Skyblock stats won’t matter in history, and I shouldn’t waste my life trying to improve them. I’m still pretty young and don’t have my whole life figured out yet, but im getting to the age where I’m looking at colleges and trying to figure myself out. I want to make a lasting impact on the world, but I don’t know how I’m going to do that yet. Thanks for reading my essay, have a GREAT day ❤
As your old guild leader/admin at Performance (while ur username was still YourAverageSweat), I am glad that you can finally move along from the time sink of this game lmao.
most of the stuff you explained in this video is why I had to quit and irl out. Also if I kept playing at the rate I was, I would've failed out of college
Im fr addicted bro im trying to quit too trying to get better , glad you doing good bro . Sb just keeping me from doing the things I actually like wanna improve in my life hobbies like cello or gym. Glad you doing good bro
i play this game because i don't have other stuff to do, i agree with your point about having an outlet while your friends and people around you are doing sketchy stuff
Good Stuff, I started lifting for football a couple years ago. since then, ive gained 100 lbs and my lifts have gone way up. Hoping to play college football. Keep grindin boys
definitely a sign man. its going to be hard to let go but it has to happen. itll be boring and maybe even annoying but once you push through and see results, itll be way more satisfying than skyblock ever will
Glad you found a good outlet and yea self discipline is a really good skill to build it's a universal skill that is always subject to slip if you let it, regardless of where you are in life.
It’s nice to see familiar names in the comments but I couldn’t go back to skyblock. Like you say it’s lost it’s spark. And as we all grow older we find more interesting things to do like the gym
about the social thing - people are not inherently malicious towards anyone in particular thats why its also important to try to come off as friendly like smiling and all that(when that fits the situation well obviously)
What u say resonates with me, im currently not doint too well in school cuz im basically addicted to the internet, skyblock and games in general. I wanna quit, but its addiction, i cant just "quit" so if u or anyone, has any tips please do send some along my way
biggest tip is find something to healthily replace that addiction whether that be focusing on studying or the gym or something in that sort of area find something that you can obsess enough over to kick the old addiction, you’ll never be able to control the addiction if the situation never changes, it’s like rolling a random dice but it’s all the same side and expecting a different number
I also almost quit competly due to school cause my proffesion is electrician and yea that requires a lot of studying and theory crafting and understanding those theories.
thats amazing to hear bro, ive been doing the exact same thing lmao, i actually think that skyblock is just a terribly toxic game now, its super addictive and the community is really toxic. I think that its time for us all to stop grinding useless xp in skyblock, and start grinding and lvling up real life instead.
Ngl, i did the exact same thing. Cal gave me motivation to play skyblock but once i got older, i realised i didnt have the skills to socialise properly but like once i quit, i made some really important people in my life
I feel a huge reason why people get addicted aswell is because of young age because I had started playing at 9 now im 14 I know still young but kids use it as just a thing to do because trust me when I was playing 10 hour days I had the feeling of I know its bad but its fun, and now going into highschool I realize it opens opportunities to join more sports, clubs, socialize more, and go to the gym and from what I know highschool and college are the funnest years of peoples lives and I don’t want to miss that for skyblock.
Too many people see this game as an all or nothing kinda thing, and it's just an endless cycle, I spent ages trying to get a better skill average, or more money, higher sb level etc, but in reality people are so addicted to this game that they'll spend hundreds of hours on mindnumbingly tedious repetitive parts of the game they don't like, because it'll give them more stats. I kinda always try to only play the parts of the game I actually enjoy, and for me that means I play almost not at all anymore. The friendship and community aspect of dungeons was what really got me into sb, and without that anymore I just don't have a drive to play.
I feel the motivation discipline yourself to go, I stopped going with my friends because I was not feeling it now I realized how much I relied on them, I’m smaller then ever I had great achievements imo I was able to squat 300 pounds when I started and got up to 400 and bench 205 now I doubt I can do 130… I been wanting to go to the gym and this video gave me a little push I setup this cheap bench press in my basement barbell and dumbbell my goals are to get myself abit back into things for a month and then start going myself to build discipline and body goals
gaming is a great hobby. you can to sit down and relax while enjoying a game with people. Problem lies when individuals such as myself end up playing too much. I used to have not many friends and relied on playing games online with ONLINE friends. It was a great place of escape. But you need to come to realize that at one point, youre going to have to change. My best advice is to try your best to make friends. Get close to them and hangout with them. Stop playing games as a way of escape; only as a way of short bursts of enjoyment. Leave the house more and go to the gym. I’ve been consistently going to the gym for about 1.5 years and seeing my numbers on lifts go up is magnitudes more enjoyable than virtual coins. Trust me in this. If you keep yourself locked up in virtual heaven, youre going to regret it. As I am now. Being healthy and getting shit done in life is much more satisfying. Good luck yall. Edit: As i keep watching the video, I realize how much average relates to my past and current life. Just last year I couldnt even bench 95lbs. And I weighed like 100lbs. Now im here benching 215lbs at 145lbs body weight and it makes me so much happier than skyblock would ever have. My addiction to skyblock and games in general used to he so bad that I kept putting off getting my drivers license. Quitting skyblock alone isnt going to help. quit gaming like youre preaching a religion. Going to uni, getting a job, driving around and hanging out with friends is such a better life.
Hey your video touched me and I just wanna say that Ièm in a situation where I have no motivation for anything. I have trouble going to school and my biggest goal is to finish school. I used to have motivation when i went to the gym with my brother but he suddenly stopped going and so i stopped too cause i have no method of transportation since i dont have a license. but yeah ima try my best next year to go to school as much as possible. if i remember this message ill put a reply when I graduate maybe that could help :)
@@Reivaz88 tbh i think the first few months are the hardest after a bit you get a bit of a masochist approach to the gym and you enjoy the pain and self-satisfaction of training hard keep going and build up discipline
Hi average, im so glad hear you're doing well. My minecraft username used to be FriendlyOz and I'm not sure if you remember me from Flexing Chimps. Regardless, Its cool to see how we have all matured having gone through similar experiences of extreme amount of skyblock during online school. I'm going to be a senior in hs next year and happy that I made playing skyblock everyday only a single small part of my life and I've moved on as I grew up. Good luck with everything in the future and I'm glad to have been able to spend time playing with you!
I 100% feel you dudd iv basically quit. I sold all my gear for t11 tara minions so if i ever decided to come back ill have bank. Congratulations on good health decisions
Honestly it's kinda crazy that you have to tell people that skyblock isn't everything and u should balance your real life and gaming especially when you lose friends and your social life. Still I wish u the best and keep going with your gym progression
amen sister this game is not worth playing when it feels like the admins hate the people who play it
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i mostly quit for school - went from extremely depressed to feeling so good i added a second major and transferred somewhere better
w brother
I’m quitting too
Congrats!
can I have ur stuff
@@Rajesh-rx5rm Gimme ur stuff
make this a gym channel bro so much potential
Name would still work too
Just not the profile pic
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Hearing a Minecraft UA-camr talk about such real shit, about struggles and life and discipline really just opened my eyes to the fact that the creators that I watch are real people like me and that is a really strange and wonderful thing to think about. Anyways, good on you for making good choices, keep grinding homie.
Honestly hearing this feels like a reflection of my life sb was a great escape, but it wont last forever. I'm also graduating this year from hs, being banned from sb last year was a real good wakeup call for me, both physically and academically after the ban expired I had a whole new set of priorities already, barely care about sb anymore even though it felt like the world to me just a few years ago and now im preping to study at a top 40 uni now and its been much more healthier overall for me to have a new focus than just stats in a block game.
graduation is crazy bro it seems like you want it so bad then it hits and doesn’t feel real
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Hi average I miss you too
get a life
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“You are fooled by your mind into believing there is tomorrow, so you waste today”
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If there's no tomorrow then why wouldn't you just enjoy today
As a kid who loved to play minecraft to now a 24 year old strength and conditioning coach, I can personally attest to this. I have coached athlete groups who had kids who were so isolated due to covid and lived most of their life online. They came in to the gym shy and were only there cause their parents signed them up. Over the next few weeks they were there, they created relationships with the other kids, and now ride home with them to hang out and such. The importance of going out and socializing is critical especially at a young age. Go out and find something that brings you joy and I guarantee you, you will find much more fulfillment than an online game.
Genuinely one of the best videos i've seen from an sb youtuber, ts was too real for me and it just happened to pop up on my feed today when i don't watch sb vids anymore. Great video man!
Lowkey this is the most relatable video I've seen all year 2 years ago I was sad, skinny fat and hella addicted to skyblock and valorant but after a while of trying and failing to get into better shape I finally managed to get out of my unhealthy habits and enter the gym for the first time since then I've bulked up from 140 all the way to 190 at 5'6 started to cut, rebuilt connections I lost over the pandemic, graduated hs and I'm looking and feeling the best I've ever been in my entire life video games can be fun for a bit but you always have to put your health and sanity first. I hope this video reaches the right people and remember its never too late to make change.
How did you bulk up to 190 at 5’6 I need your secrets
@@dooby8886 I threw every high protein food I could find into a shake, covered the taste with chocolate syrup and drank that every day for like a year theres prolly better ways to gain tho 😂😂😂
never in my life did I think that an averagesweat video would have been a wake up call, but it was, thank you
Had a similar experience in January earlier this year. Since then I’ve gotten into the best shape of my life. I did quit all video games for a while, but over time I’ve incorporated games and Skyblock back in. As long as everything is handled with discipline and control it can be beneficial.
Similar experience with me during Covid. 2021 I was just online from 2pm till 3 am and then sleep and repeat. Over the past three years I slowly began to be more active, and then started working out about a year and a half ago. Honestly the video games just didn’t entice me as much when I was filling my days with other things. Now I hop on a couple hours a week but with balance
Same thing I’ve done, I went cold turkey but started playing again but by bit while keeping the same lifestyle
same here
Im glad to hear you out, and id be more than happy to see real life content from you
I wont lie this vid was more inspirational/effective for me than any other vid ive seen on this topic (ive strugled with getting out of video games and getting in the gym for years now, and most videos ive saw on it end in me saying something to the effect of "nah thats bs" or "no thats not how that works, video games dont have a negative effect on me" but this really had me reconsidering things)
Maybe it holds more value because i used to watch ur channel, i dont really know, but something about this vid was really moving
glad it resonates with you man that was really what i was hoping out of this video I think it’s comforting to hear situations through people in similar places you’ve been in and it’s definitely more insightful to hear how a person has been affected by that man so im glad you got something out of me just ranting my ass off for 30 mins bro lmao much love man ❤️
I’d love to see gym/goal/ranting content. I’m in the same place where I want to quit skyblock so I set goals for myself to start going to the gym and becoming more socially active and talking to people at school and spending time with friends.
I don't play skyblock often anymore, but honestly stuff like that's all I have in my life. I'm fat as fuck for example, I've wanted to lose weight since I was a little kid, I didn't start trying until I was about 13, I had some problems growing up, especially early teens, and I could never fully commit to it, this is all super cringe to say but without the food I just lose one of the only things that made me happy in life, and substitute it with working out , something I've never enjoyed doing and hate it, I don't have much else in my life to fill in the gaps, all my friends are from skyblock online even though I hardly play it, I can't do well socially, I am addicted to some things that if I lose, I'll lose the little things that made my life worth living. I don't wanna live a life I hate all the time. Ive even attempted suicide twice before, I just don't really have anyone or anything that makes me happy, and I've tried to get into stuff but it never really works out, and both times I tried to kms noone in my family cared, they never really have, except my mother and I'm appreciative of that. Whenever I try to get on self improvement and cut out the bad stuff I just end up hating my life more, there's nothing enjoyable about it. I hate the life I'm living despite that.
damn, that's tough, have you tried reaching out to a psychological professional, if u live in some states it's free and completely anonymous, im sorry you're going through that.
This video resonated with me a lot. As someone who has been dealing with/in the middle of a complex family situation that affected me immensely for multiple years now, through all my teenage years and to the current day (just graduated hs like you). On top of that, dealing with diagnosed depression disorder and anxiety disorder (primarily social anxiety) that I deal with and fight through every single day all day, I used skyblock as a tool to escape from reality for a few years until November 2022, playing for 16-18 hours a day and skipping school almost every day. Until one day I recognized that there were other things I might've wanted to do, like started working out (started in november 2022, still going strong just not as consistently as I'd like to lol), talking to more people, going to school consistently. I had quit skyblock cold turkey and couldn't be more grateful I had done that. You are a great example of someone who did not let his difficult circumstances which he is not in control of, control his life. You took matters into your own hands and you are winning in life through all the shit that it gave you. I hope you realize how strong of a person you are. What you did is amazing and I am so proud of you and grateful to you that you are spreading this important message that more people need to hear of "Happiness truly lies in your own hands". I really hope you get to see this comment because you need to hear that you are amazing and so strong for not letting your circumstances, that most people your age will not even THINK about going through, take control of your life. Truly amazing.
❤
thank you for the comment man and I’m
happy to hear that you’re passing along through your journey as a stronger person man, keep motivated stay grinding day to day much love
thanks broski 💪
Congrats Man! Started last august weighing in at 267lbs, today i weighed in at 208. Sometimes I look in the mirror and can't help but feel like I look huge still. Looking back at old pictures helps reinstate how far I've come.
Also be nice to yourself. There are tons of worse stuff you can cope with... skyblock was good to you :)
!! Great job man that’s a hugeee achievement 70 pound lost in just under a year is very great, hope you achieve your body goals and no you aren’t big keep body positivity man
@@irmg5 thx
15:00 the way u explain telling other ppl your goals and then those goals loose their value is literally 100% the same way i always explained this. because of this I mostly stopped talking about things i plan to do, rather i talk about or show stuff i already did. because if i tell ppl about plans i didn't realize yet, it feels like i have an obligation to really do it - not because i am motivated to do it myself, but because others expect me to do that, because i told them i plan to.
We will support you no matter what, ive quit skyblock and it totally changed my mind.
This game sucks your life from you.
bro stopped sweating dungeons and started sweating life💀
all jokes aside, really good for you bro, I also had some similar situations with a specific hobby completely consuming my life. when I was in ninth grade I came to the US for a sabbatical year my dad had from the uni he teaches in (I am a US citizen but wasn't born there nor do I live there), that was during Covid-19 so it sucked, and I kinda spiraled into a depressed state and basically failed every class I had that year, I was also in a math program that i was forced to leave due to the timezone difference.
before we came back we went to Ithica and my dad showed my around cornell which is where he did undergrad and I just decided to set my sights on admission into cornell, that ended up not happening, due to my countries' mandatory military service.
But that change of mindset really allowed me to grow in other directions, I fixed my grades and just graduated with what would be the equivalent of a 4.0+ Gpa, went back to piano, got a girlfriend a year later and sustained a relationship of a year and a half with her, and became top 3 in my country for speedsolving rubik's cubes (my pfp kinda gives that away tho).
Bottom line is, that in life balance is key, its not specifically about videogames or alcohol or drugs, you just can't allow one hobby, or one person define who you are, and you can't be dependent on one thing in your life, having a lot of hobbies or things that you do really allows you to grow as a person.
From my experience dog multiple things also feels good, and when you get bored or tired of one of your hobbies you can just take a break and do something else, which both makes you enjoy your hobbies for more extended periods of time and just makes you a more interesting person overall.
I'm very happy for you bro, keep it up!
I think everyone's life have slowly been changing, I've been playing the game itself for solid 2 years straight. I had a lot of fun majority of the times but I've just lost a lot of motivation playing the game when your friends is either quitting/leaving in general. But overall I don't think playing the game alone is not fun but it's our mind could make us change as a human being. So, I'm really grateful to be able to play the game 2 years ago and meeting a bunch of new friends and etc.
It’s videos like this that make me so glad that my one and only solo profile got ratted because I was also addicted to skyblock.
The most fun was dungeons because you got to play this really cool system that didn’t feel like as much of a grind as slayers for example. And I also met a lot of friends in dungeons and skyblock in general. It was sad when my profile got deleted because I knew I wasn’t gonna be able to play with my friend. But, as I got older I realised that it was consuming too much of my time and I wasn’t a huge fan of the direction skyblock was going with really really really long grinds in every aspect of the game. It’s relieving to know that I’m not the only old school player who quit and that’s there’s many many many other OG players from 2019 that have also quit due to various reasons.
Congrats on the gym progress. 315 bench when?
Honestly some of the best advice I've heard in a long time. I hate having to say this because most of the time when people do, they never follow through on it... but I'll follow through with all this later. I've been making sure I get some exercise in at home and it's helped significantly physically and mentally, but I'm not really in any position where I can go outside and meet people.
dude im going through the same thing. ive been homeschooled and it sucks I hate it and I have no other option ive tried talking to my parent but nothing, your exact situation is happening to me. (and I went through the exact same thing with my dad bro I feel you I didnt find out about my real dad until I was 12 and I never got to see my dad either)
Great vid.. Super happy for u bud. More kids need to realize these things and focus much more on physical and mental well-being.. No one can tell me sitting behind a screen is healthy. Especially for young people.
This video was almost a reflection of my internal monologue, Ive been going to the gym on and off for half a year or so and have found it hard to find motivations, with video games being a sort of comfort from my childhood. This video is definitely the most resonating "insperational" video I've seen due to how oddly similar of a circumstance and stage of my life I seem to be in.
I just got back into skyblock and after watching this video, I think I should stay disciplined on things in real life... respect, thanks for getting me out of the addiction again :)
one of the most W videos i've seen recently. I relate to some of the stuff you said a lot, so much to the point that it gets suspicious lol.
I'm 15 and i've also been trying to quit video games recently. cutting off my gaming time by like 60% already made a HUGE difference, i finally have a hobby (music) and my social life, even though still isnt perfect, has gotten about a fuckton better. I feel like this not only applies to skyblock, but every video game that's addicting/creates some kind of long-lasting attachment. 80% of the time spent playing the game is completely wasted time that one could've spent improving one's life in some way. People need to realize that the real fun in life isnt all rainbows, sunshine and staying in a comfortable place all the time, rather it is found after putting in some work etc. there has to be a contrast to happiness in order for it to exist. I just graduated 8th grade (in poland that's end of elementary school, and after that is high school) and i want to spend hs as well as possible, unlike the past few years. My 8th grade exam results are tomorrow (well, today.. ah shit its already midnight) so hopefully i'm gonna get the results that I anticipated and go to a good hs.
So happy seeing people like you getting their life somewhat in order, stay on the grind brah!
I love that you are using your platform to send a good message like that, I'm sure this is gonna motivate people that were in your position a couple of years ago (being addicted to this game) to go to the gym. I was really addicted to skyblock too from when it got released to the beginning of 2023, now I am doing much better without the game, physically and mentally. Thank you for this video
These thoughts put into video are so real and almost exactly what I felt when I quit
Completely valid ngl. I don’t feel like skyblock is worth putting so much time into. Good on you for picking what’s important over what’s gratifying.
fucking amazing video. The main thing that I took away from this is that I need to be more humble, to tell less people about my goals, and to keep to myself. I've started to realize how important that is. Thanks for this man.
Made me tear up this connects to me lowkey😢 hope you’re doing good in life when you feel down wake up with a smile you can pass through whatever is happening
Huge respect for talking about this stuff in a video man, everything you said was so real and even though I don't know you im glad you're doing good.
This video feels very similar to my situation, I was playing skyblock a lot over covid with some old friends but over time it just felt very repetitive and boring. I recent finished my A-levels (I’m British yes) and have been going to the gym for the past 6 months which is replacing what skyblock was. I’m excited to see how you continue to grow in the future. Keep up the hard work mate
I’ve gone through nearly the exact some situation brother dad was abusive left me, mom and 2 brothers went to skyblock never experienced true friendships properly always was introverted glad you found your healthy outlet appreciate it
thank you bro im oldest out of two brothers too man family is everything man keep in touch with them stay close ❤️❤️
@@AverageSweat same oldest as well went through the thick of it, glad to you see you doing good always family is the number one motivator
13:20 I think you hit the point on how skyblock attracts the normal player to be addicted to this game. It's a parallel to actual life but it's also an illusion. I gotta get my life together now and you gave me motivation. tysm man
Yea, Honestly I've been doing the same as you, quiting skyblock to try and improve my life by going to the gym and making money. Also trying to get a girl 💀(that's not going to well) Skyblock just ruined my social skills and also I was always bullied when I was in school 3-6 grade, then I kinda stopped going to school I almost failed my classes but since I am pretty ok at remembering things I was able to watch some videos about the school subjects so I was able to pass my classes. Skyblock is an easy way out, but its not the right one...learn from people who has made the mistake and dont make it yourself. Because I was barely at school I was almost never bullied after the 6th grade, then in 9th grade I finally decided to start changing my life and go to the gym also making money so my life rn is pretty ok (I still play skyblock from time to time but now its like 1-2 hour sessions)
I recently just had a very similar experience with this sort of thing. I was chronically on skyblock for about 3 years and i decided to focus my energy into after school activities and going to the gym. It really helped me learn to take care of my self. While I may not have had the same results as you (60 POUND DIFFERENCE IS CRAZY GOOD JOB MAN HOLY) but I can definitely look back and say I've been able to work on myself as a person instead of spending so much time on skyblock.
I know how you feel dude. I’ve been personally going to the gym for around 7 months now while playing skyblock and when I first started going to the gym, I started playing less and less skyblock each day. It’s an amazing feeling to feel great and perform great in your body. I still play skyblock but way less than I did before.
Holy fuck, this is a complete life reflecting video right there. I can literally indetify myself with every single point u make on this video. To hear these problems so openly discussed makes me feel a bit more confident yk. I just wanted to point out, that this video is amazing, it motivates people with the same situation. I really like your vids, but I hope you achieve the goals and happiness you're aiming for, have a good one!
it's crazy how much life improves when we quit this game. I went from falling to topper of the class.
only if ur addicted to the point that ur choosing to play this than to study
Same
I mean, for a student who r struggling with skyblock progression and her college entrance exam 9 days later, this video really gets me and that's all I need rn. I shouldn't let my own life pass by. Thanks for sharing ur thoughts with us! I can't wait to see the other thoughts u wanna share!
The good ending. Wild how long this game has been around and how long a lot of us played it.
I'm glad to hear that you've found something that makes you happy this is really important for life
When I first started playing skyblock, I really loved it cause I was figuring stuff out and it was an adventure with a whole lot of discovery. Now I’m at the point where whatever progression I want to make is softlocked behind coins or a 10 hour grind. It’s just not much fun for me anymore. I still play sometimes, but the only time I play is when my friends are on and we’re all playing together. I’m kinda glad it happened though because now that I’ve drifted away from the game I’m having more fun in my normal life. I’ve started thinking a lot as well and a big revelation for me was that in 100 years, a lot of the stuff I do won’t matter at all. No one a century from now is going to look back and say “wow, what ugly clothes he wore that day”. Skyblock stats won’t matter in history, and I shouldn’t waste my life trying to improve them. I’m still pretty young and don’t have my whole life figured out yet, but im getting to the age where I’m looking at colleges and trying to figure myself out. I want to make a lasting impact on the world, but I don’t know how I’m going to do that yet. Thanks for reading my essay, have a GREAT day ❤
Love seeing this! Doing something similar like you brother. Keep crushing it
As your old guild leader/admin at Performance (while ur username was still YourAverageSweat), I am glad that you can finally move along from the time sink of this game lmao.
this is crazy dawg I can’t believe hearing from you lmao
Quit skyblock and now im getting my first apartment at 17, literally just stopped grinding skyblock and started grinding life instead
most of the stuff you explained in this video is why I had to quit and irl out. Also if I kept playing at the rate I was, I would've failed out of college
I go to the gym and play skyblock 😭 benching 3plates then grinding
Im fr addicted bro im trying to quit too trying to get better , glad you doing good bro . Sb just keeping me from doing the things I actually like wanna improve in my life hobbies like cello or gym. Glad you doing good bro
gimme your nw that is probably gonna help you quit 🙏
i play this game because i don't have other stuff to do, i agree with your point about having an outlet while your friends and people around you are doing sketchy stuff
Bro I FEEL YOU. Literally same exact story, feels good I’m not the only one lol
Good Stuff, I started lifting for football a couple years ago. since then, ive gained 100 lbs and my lifts have gone way up. Hoping to play college football. Keep grindin boys
who wouldve thought this video made me drop sb to go back to the gym, thanks for the advice, huge fan, proud of the work u've done.
transform into gym channel cuzzo
Amen
thank you mr average sweat you have convinced me to work harder on my draining journey #FreeZach #draingang #pinkdrainer
I've never watched ur channel before but I respect you for this. Good stuff. Praise God 🙏
yk what this means :D! all jokes aside it was great hanging out and chilling w/ you
Ngl this sounds exactly how my life's going rn, might be my sign to
definitely a sign man. its going to be hard to let go but it has to happen. itll be boring and maybe even annoying but once you push through and see results, itll be way more satisfying than skyblock ever will
Love ur story man and i really feel it. I hope u make good progress in the gym. You could start uploding gym videos Btw!
Glad you found a good outlet and yea self discipline is a really good skill to build it's a universal skill that is always subject to slip if you let it, regardless of where you are in life.
my goat, inspired me, cant be happier thanks to you.
It’s nice to see familiar names in the comments but I couldn’t go back to skyblock. Like you say it’s lost it’s spark. And as we all grow older we find more interesting things to do like the gym
about the social thing - people are not inherently malicious towards anyone in particular thats why its also important to try to come off as friendly like smiling and all that(when that fits the situation well obviously)
Damn bro this is actually the realest video I’ve watched on yt
finally someone quitting skyblock for the gym and not otherwise 🔥
What u say resonates with me, im currently not doint too well in school cuz im basically addicted to the internet, skyblock and games in general. I wanna quit, but its addiction, i cant just "quit" so if u or anyone, has any tips please do send some along my way
biggest tip is find something to healthily replace that addiction whether that be focusing on studying or the gym or something in that sort of area find something that you can obsess enough over to kick the old addiction, you’ll never be able to control the addiction if the situation never changes, it’s like rolling a random dice but it’s all the same side and expecting a different number
@@AverageSweat thanks a lot dude! Actually loved ur advice, imma work on it
same thing happened to me it was nice to hear not to show everyone what you are doing i feel that it is making me do less than i should
glad to see you go in a positive direction, w gains
thank you big bro
I also almost quit competly due to school cause my proffesion is electrician and yea that requires a lot of studying and theory crafting and understanding those theories.
This resonated with me quite a bit, hearing all this from an ex skyblock sweat
thats amazing to hear bro, ive been doing the exact same thing lmao, i actually think that skyblock is just a terribly toxic game now, its super addictive and the community is really toxic.
I think that its time for us all to stop grinding useless xp in skyblock, and start grinding and lvling up real life instead.
Good for you man, bettering your life > sb you need to focus on the good stuff.
Ngl, i did the exact same thing. Cal gave me motivation to play skyblock but once i got older, i realised i didnt have the skills to socialise properly but like once i quit, i made some really important people in my life
i quit around a year ago, been at the gym since. its worth it trust me i just gave everything away ~15b and i never had the will to play again
u couldve sold it 💀
@@oglqze3799 yeah but it’s worthless if he’s never gonna play lol
@@chimdot he means sold it for real life money which is not worthless
I started a few months ago and now this video makes me feel like I should quit
I feel a huge reason why people get addicted aswell is because of young age because I had started playing at 9 now im 14 I know still young but kids use it as just a thing to do because trust me when I was playing 10 hour days I had the feeling of I know its bad but its fun, and now going into highschool I realize it opens opportunities to join more sports, clubs, socialize more, and go to the gym and from what I know highschool and college are the funnest years of peoples lives and I don’t want to miss that for skyblock.
Too many people see this game as an all or nothing kinda thing, and it's just an endless cycle, I spent ages trying to get a better skill average, or more money, higher sb level etc, but in reality people are so addicted to this game that they'll spend hundreds of hours on mindnumbingly tedious repetitive parts of the game they don't like, because it'll give them more stats. I kinda always try to only play the parts of the game I actually enjoy, and for me that means I play almost not at all anymore. The friendship and community aspect of dungeons was what really got me into sb, and without that anymore I just don't have a drive to play.
I feel the motivation discipline yourself to go, I stopped going with my friends because I was not feeling it now I realized how much I relied on them, I’m smaller then ever I had great achievements imo I was able to squat 300 pounds when I started and got up to 400 and bench 205 now I doubt I can do 130… I been wanting to go to the gym and this video gave me a little push I setup this cheap bench press in my basement barbell and dumbbell my goals are to get myself abit back into things for a month and then start going myself to build discipline and body goals
U are right there is something with cal streams i reely miss u and cal
I MISS PRIME SKYBLOCK
Game is still fun for me but i understand where your coming from and this stuff is very real
gaming is a great hobby. you can to sit down and relax while enjoying a game with people.
Problem lies when individuals such as myself end up playing too much. I used to have not many friends and relied on playing games online with ONLINE friends. It was a great place of escape. But you need to come to realize that at one point, youre going to have to change.
My best advice is to try your best to make friends. Get close to them and hangout with them. Stop playing games as a way of escape; only as a way of short bursts of enjoyment. Leave the house more and go to the gym. I’ve been consistently going to the gym for about 1.5 years and seeing my numbers on lifts go up is magnitudes more enjoyable than virtual coins.
Trust me in this. If you keep yourself locked up in virtual heaven, youre going to regret it. As I am now. Being healthy and getting shit done in life is much more satisfying. Good luck yall.
Edit: As i keep watching the video, I realize how much average relates to my past and current life. Just last year I couldnt even bench 95lbs. And I weighed like 100lbs. Now im here benching 215lbs at 145lbs body weight and it makes me so much happier than skyblock would ever have.
My addiction to skyblock and games in general used to he so bad that I kept putting off getting my drivers license. Quitting skyblock alone isnt going to help. quit gaming like youre preaching a religion. Going to uni, getting a job, driving around and hanging out with friends is such a better life.
i never knew i would be watching a "emotional" video while sitting at 2 am
Signing up at the gym tomorrow, thank you for motivating me.
Hey your video touched me and I just wanna say that Ièm in a situation where I have no motivation for anything. I have trouble going to school and my biggest goal is to finish school. I used to have motivation when i went to the gym with my brother but he suddenly stopped going and so i stopped too cause i have no method of transportation since i dont have a license. but yeah ima try my best next year to go to school as much as possible. if i remember this message ill put a reply when I graduate maybe that could help :)
i quit for school and gym. this game drains your life, but gym makes me feel fantastic
How? For months I've been trying to lose weight and it only ever feels like shit, I can't even imagine it feeling "fantastic"
@@Reivaz88 tbh i think the first few months are the hardest
after a bit you get a bit of a masochist approach to the gym and you enjoy the pain and self-satisfaction of training hard
keep going and build up discipline
@@irltraded that definitely won't happen but alright ig
@@Reivaz88hope you been exercising lately keeping the effort up yk
how’d you gain so much weight that fast, i need your help 😭 🙏
You are very cool and inspirational man, you do you
Hi average, im so glad hear you're doing well. My minecraft username used to be FriendlyOz and I'm not sure if you remember me from Flexing Chimps. Regardless, Its cool to see how we have all matured having gone through similar experiences of extreme amount of skyblock during online school. I'm going to be a senior in hs next year and happy that I made playing skyblock everyday only a single small part of my life and I've moved on as I grew up. Good luck with everything in the future and I'm glad to have been able to spend time playing with you!
yes dude i remember you glad to be hear youre doing good brother
why not both, 315 bench and cata 50 here.
To put on 60lbs in a year and still be lean is insane, good shit bro
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I think it would be sick if you made this a gym channel
I 100% feel you dudd iv basically quit.
I sold all my gear for t11 tara minions so if i ever decided to come back ill have bank.
Congratulations on good health decisions
How many t11 Tara’s what was the cost and how do you use them for money ? What’s the daily rate at?
@zigzag2557 I have 31 and I can make around 20 to 30m a day not including pet xp
@@yaknowragingdon’t you need to log on daily tho, or are you using hoppers
@@thavis6521 it depends on the fuel
Honestly it's kinda crazy that you have to tell people that skyblock isn't everything and u should balance your real life and gaming especially when you lose friends and your social life.
Still I wish u the best and keep going with your gym progression
I can’t drive yet but as soon as I can I will be driving to the gym because that’s a helpful thing
i definitely like the storytelling/discussion videos more