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The second you said, “there’s nothing you HAVE to do,” my headache subsided. Have a good day my friend.
Yo. That's a big deal. Next time the headache comes on, think about that.
For real hes helping so many people he doesn't realize it. Love hearing him
Same. I instantly felt better when he said it. Knowing it's true.
This is exactly how I'm living. Kids are grown and I travel driving to beautiful places, with all my possession in a 2011 Toyota Camry. Feels good to be free of the rat race.
Good for you. I am in your situation, I just don't know where to begin. It is a little scary, but you inspire me. So I guess you sleep in your Camry. So cool you do that.
You fit it all in a camry? I'm thinking of getting a van or minivan.
You must do remote work or day labor to survive
@@oldnatty61 something like a 4runner would be great, I travel part time in one and it’s fantastic
@@colesisler582 I'm thinking mini va. White. No windows. Fake biz sing. Ladder and pvc pipe w/ caps on rack on roof. Stealth style:)
Stress for me didn’t start until after high school. In kindergarten I was loving life.
Maybe you are not super young. I am retired and I loved my Kindergarten. I many years taught kindergarten and where I taught, the little kinders were so stressed. They took out all the fun stuff, (2015). They had to write paragraphs. I hated teaching that. I felt sorry for the kids. My kinder back in the 1960's was half day. We sang, dressed up, finger painted, snacked. napped home. Now it is different.
Same! The burdens of life were still on my parents at that point. Stress for me started once I moved out on my own and had to worry about paying bills and repaying college loans.
I always look at squirrels and say to myself, man that’s life! They run around climb trees, have fun playing with each other etc. they don’t have to worry about bills, jobs, government etc. sure they prob have their own issues but it can’t be as bad as humans.
That's exactly what I said, we as humans are the only species that have to worry about bills etc
I do this a lot also, watching squirrels and birds. Can't help but be reminded that their simple life is where it's at.
Bugs!! O wait.. Coyote!! O ya. Squirrel cop!! Move
@@jeremytorgersen yup! and others may say "what if they get sick and die? they cant go to a doctor" - honestly i would be OK if there was no medicine. who cares if you get sick and die, its part of life! i dont even want to get old anyway! its how nature works
I do the same exact thing!! I watched them while on a walk one day and it brought me to tears seeing how free they are . they don't worry . they just ... Live.
This video reminded me of one of my favorite quotes: "Enlightenment is finding that there is nothing to find. Enlightenment is to come to know that there is nowhere to go." - Osho
That a great quote Bryan. I love Osho!
those are great quotes. I am going to have to look up this Osho. thanks for the comment.
@@TimothyWard me too! I think I got the quote from a book he wrote called Meditation: The First and Last Freedom.
yes so true, nice
I wish people had this mentality. Life would be so much more fun and less stressful
Don't wish for anything. You do you. If your life is not as fun as you want it, and more stressful than you would like it. Change it. You control that.
@@oldnatty61 I do what I want. I was just saying in general
@@colin6673 In reading my message I can see it's not clear, but my statement was not directed at you. It was meant to be a general statement in support of your message.
@@oldnatty61 Oh right
@@oldnatty61 Yeah this is why I love Tim's channel yo.
We pulled our son out of a French school. He’s English but here in Quebec most English children go to school 100% in French. It’s like jumping into the deep end without knowing how to swim. My poor son came home and said “I didn’t understand a word all day”. The teacher told us he would pick it up after 6-12 months and other parents said they forced their child to go and it’s NORMAL. I said “why is this normal??”. I pulled him out and found a school that is more gentle. This is stress for a poor child! 99% of parents don’t listen to their child’s feedback and force them into a system they don’t even question.
You are such a compassionate parent. I have spent most of my life learning Spanish on my own simply because I love the language and it is something I want to do! It gives me pleasure to learn it. However, if I were to be magically transported to a Spanish speaking town and was told I was on my own, I would be soooo stressed! The average person does not easily learn foreign languages. It turns your brain inside out, you are forced to think in ways your native language doesn't know about. It requires an understanding of the culture of that foreign language. I think you did the right thing. Your son could attend an English speaking school and take French classes as a subject to learn because he lives in Quebec and it will help him out to get a feel for the language.
Awesome video Tim.
When I was younger, I used to wonder why folks said F it and started just walking the earth. When I turned about 35 it started making sense. It is as simple as folks just get tired.
Yep he did it again!! 44 yrs on this beautiful planet, and I never heard from anyone what this young man just said! The places you pick to shoot your videos, tells all viewers what level your on! A true man of piece and serenity is what you are, helping others get back to the origin of a stress free lifestyle. Thank you sir because I feel that everyone should at least once live the good life as God intended!!
I'm going to sell off a lot of my stuff and live a minimalist lifestyle.
Sometimes we do stuff to impress others or to fulfill someone elses expectation.
Enjoy you day Tim!
I went to Yellowstone 11 years ago. That water is as hot as it looks and I remember the smell. It is beautiful.
When people would tell my brother he had to do something his reply would always be “ I don’t HAVE to do anything but stay black and die “.
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😂🤣😝 love it
I have to admit I am superficial that I traded my way to wealth and now live a frugal lifestyle. It's the biggest hustle I have ever done. Your videos are incredibly inspiring!
Fantastic message. Your life is yours, and it doesn't need to look like anyone else's if you don't want that. We are mere stardust on a planet that itself is near infinitely tiny in the scheme of the greater universe. The messages from society pressuring us to be a certain way or spend a certain way are baseless and without any kind of greater authority. It is up to us to determine what we want to do. Thanks for this great video. Today I went for a run, meditated, and turned on some UA-cam. It has been wonderful, and I've spent nothing.
Absolutely refreshing to hear someone cover this subject; it's almost taboo, or people just haven't really thought about it.
There's a lot of pressure to 'DO' things all the time from people in your circle. Understanding that, to a certain extent, you don't have to do ANYTHING, was a startling realization that came to me after I spent a period questioning a lot of things. A silly example is when people at work ask me, " what do you have PLANNED for the weekend"; there's a subtle pressure there, to say something that 'sounds' good, to ensure you have something 'cool' to do; something interesting to talk about. Nowadays I tend to say " I've got NOTHING planned ". That's often followed by an awkward silence, which I refuse to break. It's great because I don't have to tell half-lies and make up sh*t just to sound like I'm a normal guy doing what everyone else deems as 'socially acceptable'. Because, quite often, I do very little at weekends, but rest, or indulge my hobbies; by all appearances my life is BORING, and it's by design.
Actually, come to think of it; a few years back I think one of my work colleagues recognized this in me because, for my birthday, she bought me a book titled 'The Pointless Book' (by Alfie Deyes). It has all these useless but fun puzzles and exercises in it. Absolutely useless to anybody; she somehow realized I would find that fun. And I did. She was from an older generation.
You are being true to yourself. That is awesome. I am older and I think that when I get to the point like you are, I will not have any friends.
Omg, you sound like me. Sounds like an interesting book.
When I was younger I wanted to see things and explore but weekends and free time now is for enjoying my hobbies. I still feel uncomfortable to answer " nothing" to that question as it seems like I'm a boring person!
Haha that’s awesome. Way to live 👍
Those same people will complain about not having enough time, of being tired, etc because every minute of every day has to be spent doing something. Then they instill this behavior into their children by enrolling them in endless sports and other activities. It's ok to have free time to do nothing. That's when your brain has time to think and maybe even get some inspired ideas.
I used to be really self conscious of telling people at work I don't have any plans on the weekend, but this year I started owning it. I actually love my boring and slow paced life. I love not having to prove how interesting I am to others. That shit really is exhausting.
Omg YES! I'm sharing this immediately! I just absolutely love this way of thinking! We don't all have to he bosses and own our own businesses. And f*** what ne1 thinks about that! 👏👏😄
Yes, Fee Fee. The system is designed to keep you running the rat race. They make you believe that it's for your benefit when in reality, only a few benefit from our lifelong indentured servitude. Do whatever makes you happy. There is no one size fits all in this world.
Tim, you can't know just how much your video is like fuel to my "get up and go". Been making changes in my life and today's video helped me feel better about moving forward. Some days I have doubt nibbling at me. Then the universe gives me a poke in the side so not to get complacent. Take a step forward.
Exactly! I recently learned/internalized that there are no rules for how to live your life. Only societal pressures. I feel lucky to have learned this at age 36. I’m already planning my life in a different way because of it.
You’ll be happy to know Tim that I’m a teacher and I take great care to ensure I’m not indoctrinating my students into limiting themselves. I work on helping them to stay open minded and let them know that there is so many amazing things they can do with their lives.
I keep forgetting to mention that there are some amazing teachers out there who really do cares about their students and are not trying to indoctrinate them. My issue is with the overall public school system, not hard-working, caring teachers like yourself. I applaud your efforts, and I apologize if my comments in this, and previous videos, seemed directed at you and your colleagues.
@@TimothyWard nah, I fully see where you’re coming from. It can depend which country you’re in too. The Australian schooling system isn’t too bad as I personally believe that Aussie culture is a little more chill. Though I’m second guessing that at the moment with the endless lockdowns 😂. Some schooling systems though such as Finland are really progressive so it’s interesting to see the spectrum of how different countries handle education.
We are not human doings
Wait! What? There is nothing I have to do? Wish I knew this years ago Tim! 😂😂😂
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I just got 4 months sober. My whole life has improved in every way imaginable
Bottom line Timothy is a nomad with few responsibilities, less stress and happy. Most people can't get there no matter how much money they have.
Hoping to retire next year at 60. Rat race has been tough these last 37+ years.. this video is so amazing.. I will downsize a lot and try to live this life
The man who worked for a while at the convenience store in my little town was a Sherpa from Nepal. There are a lot of Nepalese people in my county. Lovely, very friendly, and talkative people who love to joke and have awesome smiles. Anyway, I asked him what he missed most about Nepal and he told me that never had any bills of any kind in Nepal and that he really missed that. I couldn't wrap my head around that.
I resonate with everything you talk about, and embody. It's wonderful to know there are people who we can relate to and feel confident in that. Thank you.
Everything happens for a reason, and for some reason I found your videos today.
Even though I don’t agree with every single word you’re still dishing out damn good stuff here
Amen I don't dream of labor anymore!!!
Once my yard was filled with flowers the honey bees came.
I deduced that they cared about what I did because I provided a place for them to do what they wanted to do.
Mother Earth approved.
Omg..your timing is wild. Thank you for being you.
I ended up in Cody, WY right next to Yellowstone. If I ever see you, I’d like to shake your hand brother. Thanks for sharing
I apply this to putting in a two week notice for a job I don’t like. I usually just bounce with no notice, I’m okay with burning my bridges, usually I don’t go back and if I do I can explain what happened and if they take me back cool, but no way in hell am I begging for a job
U genius !! Greeting from Israel !! The most stressed country in the world !! Really nice here !😁
You have NO idea how awesome these videos are. Nature is one of the most precious things on this planet. It always puts EVERYTHING in perspective....just observe. I remember spending time in Yellowstone as a child 40 years ago.
Great message Tim , your thinking is so clear , and comes out the best in the “ walk and talks” 👍🏻🇺🇸
Bro been saying that since I was 15. I don't have to do anything. People were like you have to go to collage. you have to get a job. You have to get married. You have to cut your hair. Lol 😆 sorry I know I spamed your stuff tonight but you got some good stuff on here man. Be free brother! good to see you doing good 👍
There's nothing we have to do but there are things we are ought not to do.
Oh, I've been on board with this message for decades - what i can't wrap my head around is how to continue enjoying life among thiis medically radicalized technocracy! The fact that you're strolling through YellowStone rather than avoiding potential conflict is pretty inspiring but im close to someone who's got a minor medical issue and just finding competent genuine med help is like a FN nightmare. I'm not trying to jump on the doom and gloom bandwagon - it's pulled up at my door and I'm not the same ol' guy.
Well, just ranting.
Peace, love and much happiness to all!
That is a great message for all of mankind!! Live a life of "choose to" instead of "have to." As long as you are not harming other sentient beings or the environment, unleash a life of "choose to!"
We love you brother man so many good works I SEE YOU
Beautiful scenery.
Great message. You are truly free when you realize you don't have to live by any other person's script.
”Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu
Great vid Timothy. Stay Based
I'm all moved in with a friend in just 2 trips with a car. Thank you minimalism. Now the hard part is Parenting Myself in the real now out of Moms for the first time in 41 years
What do you mean out of Moms? I wish you well. It will be an exciting journey.
@@beautifulrose8619 I'm disabled and mentally I'll and Find life to be a hell, but I moved with a friend so now I get to telk "Freeeeedooooom"
It was about Thrival baxk then my friend not survival . Now is about survival in the horrible sense that of scarcity opposed to the truth of abundance . your work is GOLD
Pointless exploring… I want that 🙏
The point is exploring ..
Last skinny deep got me 😂😂😂😂
Great message ❤
For the viewers, he's right. Theres nothing wrong with living a mediocre, minimalist lifestyle. No one can tell you how to live your life. but some people want more. And the people with a minimalistic perspective are just making room for people like me in the world to go get these opportunities and gifts life has to offer. If you never try, you'll never know what you're really made of. I guess it has a lot to do with how people were raised and the influences they had around them. I grew up around go getters so ima go get it. I don't knock nobody for accepting their minimalist life. If that's what they want, cool beans lol. i feel like I gotta sum happen for ME, not because other people think I should. But because i got people i want to make proud, and i wanna make myself proud, so I'm gone wake up every day on a mission to get it !
That’s a good point Tim- I usually say to myself , ya but try that when you have kids. But I chose to have kids . So working to give them a good life is ultimately doing what I chose.
Tim I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel. Thanks for your videos!
I really hope deep in my heart that this dude Tim is at peace. That's what I want for myself. Some Peace.
This is the type of content I love. Nature and realness. Hard to find these days
Facts my stress when I was younger mostly came from school I’m still in it but half way through my last year the other stress came from me caring about other peoples opinions about me
Keep preaching the same thing so that it keeps sinking in to more people. Great job
Thank you, Tim for all you do.🙏 I may not always comment on every last one of your videos but I do like, watch, favorite, enjoy etc many of them!😊💙👍💯
I love your spirit & can listen to you all day. I also love walking in natural area's like you, so when I go walking I start one of your vids & we walk together:-)
Yes, thank you!! I just sent this video to some
of my friends.
Thanks Timothy for video. I really needed to hear your message, it's helped loosen some of the 'should chains' that were choking me. It takes courage to walk your own path and using your own compass. Listening to you has been very healing for me, didn't realise how hypnotised I'd become infected by other peoples scripts.
This is a good question for us all to ask. Great video
I’m surviving at the job I just recently went back to that makes me happy 😃
Tim; you are so wise! I thank you immensely!!! I also thank you for giving me the insight and motivation and courage to believe in myself and my decisions!! This message is much needed. I appreciate you Tim!!! 💯💯❤️
BAM! Love ya Tim. This video hit the nail on the head.
Hi Tim !!! Thank you for filming from Yellowstone !! Very interesting. Great video!!
Only reason why I am still doing what I am doing is bc of debt from past decisions and lifestyle. I have to do it until I can dig myself out unfortunately. But I completely agree
This was a great reminder and informational yet very concise. I used this to improve mental state's perspective when it comes to my priorities and goals in life.
Thanks Tim and keep making videos man!
We went on a road trip from California to Florida. We went to Yellowstone on the way back. We seen Grand Canyon year before. Travel nursing I get to see a lot of wonderful places. I would like to live simply and grow my own veggies and fruits one day. Slow down would be nice. We own a small home that is paid for and would love to live in the mountains. We could rent our house to travel nurses lol. Now at 55 years old I know I might only have 20 more years or less left on this earth. I settled for less to travel and work less. I am off work since May. I am focusing on my mental and physical health. Not sure after 27 years of nursing if I want to continue doing it. The stress is crazy but the travel money is good.
I LOVE YELLOWSTONE - absolutely my favorite place in the Western U.S. I went 3 times in one year.
"What are we going to do solve this problem?
Timothy: "I have an ideal."
LOL. Yeah, I have no idea why he insists on misusing that word. I think he's just being rebellious against us language and grammar police. Sometimes it works, though, when he's actually talking about true ideals. Anyway, the content is much more important!
This is excellent!
Love this so much Tim! You are so right and most of us live our whole lives without ever realizing it. Took me til 42 years old when that same light bulb went on and it changed my life. I realized there was NOTHING forcing me to not live my dream yet I had lived and worked in the same area my entire life, somehow having placed this rule on myself that I had to stay in one place and retire from the same job. I literally said to myself one day "Wait a minute you are a grown adult and can do whatever you want!" It had finally clicked and that's when I began planning my big move north to Alaska. Thanks for the inspiration always Tim! Gorgeous scenery but not gonna lie, those thermal pools are beautiful but scare me lol
Ah I miss Jelly Stone !!!! Been two years since I have gone up there.
I share this religion! Am making some of these breakthroughs and realizations in the past year or so of my life. My ideal lifestyle would be the nomadic camper, which is so opposite of American capitalist consumer culture. It takes a lot of de-programming to convince yourself that it is perfectly fine to live like that if its what makes you happy. I've had exact same thoughts about what society says I have to do as a middle-aged adult vs. what I feel I have to do. I think I nipped society right in the bud by realizing that I don't even need to "succeed" by its definition... its totally ok for me to "fail" at that! As long as I feel I am "succeeding" at the things that I truly want to do, living a lifestyle that truly allows me to have time to create joy, it does not matter how that translates to the rest of the world. So I went and lived on the road for 3 months and totally loved it, on several different levels.
I love what you say about the basic need of our ancestors was just survival...if you were surviving, you were succeeding. Parts of our being crave more complexity than that and are willing to commit to more pursuits, but on some basic level our being really wants to be left alone to live simply and closer to the bone.
Thanks Timothy very clear!
my favorite youtuber. salute
Man, your videos resonate with me. This is the same attitude I have with life. Everyone is too busy trying to be socially acceptable instead of living the life they truly want. Its the small things in life that matter.
Not sure how I stumbled on this gem! But this super anxious medical student thanks you for being it back to the basics!! God bless and thank you🥺🙏🏾
Things you have to do eat, drink, breath , shit , piss, blink everything else is a choice.
That's only if you want to survive, still technically a choice. Choices we are highly motivated to make but still
great video, as always Tim! :)
that first frame legit looks like a painting
Excellent video!
Great work Tim! 🙏
My granny used to say all I have to do is eat, sh*t & die lol
She is right.
Excellent video Timothy, you explained it very well. I'm 63 now and have come to realise this gradually over the years. I used to beat myself up constantly for not being 'productive' enough - I even still do sometimes but not as severely as before. I'm now mostly conscious of the fact that I could simply stay in bed or sit watching a film and it wouldn't ultimately matter. I do choose to do things though, I do still want to do things and do still feel responsibility to make myself somehow 'useful'. I also still feel that it would be possible to waste my life although i know in fact that that's not really possible (it's just a value judgement). It's an ongoing conflict but at least I'm now aware enough not to take it, or myself, or society, too seriously. Us humans are just one species of ape amongst at least several hundred million other known species of life on Earth. Of all those species, the only ones who give a toss about most of the issues we worry about is us - even other individual people or other human societies don't share our particular concerns and priorities. Basic day to day survival seems to be the only constant across all life. Keep up the good work Timothy, you're an interesting guy to listen to.
Steamboat is the best geyser. Always *something* going on there, even if it's just happily bubbling away.
Well said, Tim.
Keep up the amazing work.
When I tell someone I’m going to work I don’t say I have to go to work I say I’m going cause I want some money lol but I don’t even like speaking that I have to do something into the air
I wish that's true, that at the end of the day I can just sit and do nothing, but part of my anxiety and mental health issue is the self-doubt I have regarding my corporate work, and at the end of the day I'm still in front my computer studying and upskilling, because otherwise my impostor syndrome will shoot to the roof...
Nice video, I believe the only thing you have to do is keep your word.
We are human beings not human doings
You are a zen master!
9:45 It goes even further than that, folks. You DON'T have to survive. And you DON'T have to be enjoying yourself either.
Thanks for these words of wisdom, brother. I needed to hear this. Peace.
God i absolutely love your content it's so beneficial it's insane
Great topic for conversation! Love it!
Another great video with rarely shared wisdom. Thank you! 🙏🏾
This reminds me of Henry David Thoreau's Walking lecture that I am listening to now. Good and refreshing points. Thank you.
Ha! My favorite place as well. 🤩
Unplug from the Matrix!
Do what you love and the money will follow, or not but the best things in life are free!
Free to be me!
Thanks!