I was sick for all of my twenties struggling with phisical and psycological illness and I did absolutely nothing other than try my best to stay alive for the day. Now Im 29 feeling much better but Overwelmed by the fact that I’m ten years behind. This also means theres no nostalgia in me for the past I lived but for the one I didn’t live. My life is not over it’s not even started. So thank you for this because I need It more than anything
Dude I feel exactly the same, 10 years behind, and about the life I didn't live. My reason is because I was part of a high control group and couldn't live out the life I wanted. Now I feel like there's a 10 I need to catch up on. Guess that's what our 30s will be for??? Something I do now is to live with intention and be actively choose what I'm doing with my time.
@@tee4678I don’t want to put you, but I feel the same as I was an ex Jehovah’s Witness. But I am coming to terms to myself. My JW friend uses me and my mental struggle being out of the religion as the thing that scared him straight back into the religion. I feel bad for having been a bad example. And yet at the same time I didn’t take the short cut. I didn’t put my faith into the high control group trusting that they would keep my psyche safe. As such I have finally freed my mind, and though I am not a Christian anymore, I feel like only now I am capable of showing that Christian love that Jehovah’s Witness preached (and yet never practice) I’ve learned that love is not conditional, I’ve learned that the world is not that scary a place. I’ve learned to care about the here and now, and not about some faraway distant paradise. It’s taken mental work, reprogramming, and for the things that cannot be programmed out of me (my incredibly debilitating anxiety and insomnia) I take medication for. For Wherever you have gotten in your life, it’s a testament to the fact that you are already there.
I wanted to share the same story in my life. Finally gotten help from a terrible depression no one in my family cared about, the lands of the Balkans think of depression as being sad and lazy and all you need is to go out and have some strong alcohol. So now I'm 37, started travelling like I should in my 20's.
I think a lot of people, myself included, feel this way. And by that I mean you aren't alone and we are all in this together. I was in a very toxic relationship with myself and another person for the majority of my 20s and had a HUGE... relaunch? I basically broke down and built myself back up. I'm just now at 33 actually feeling like a person. It's hard not to feel like I wasted all those years but I just remind myself that it happened and that's it. There's things to learn from it and there are things that I wish went differently but ultimately it's the here and now to cherish and focus on, as well as my future. I'm thankful that I can have this time now and I'm thankful it didn't take me even longer to get to the point I'm at now. We all got this ❤
This 33 year old having a mini existential crisis living in my parents home watching all my friends and cousins get married/ have kids/ reach new professional heights, needed to hear this. Feel a lot less alone after watching the video and reading the comments, so unironically thank you for sharing!
To all you 20 something’s, LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!! My 36th birthday is in one month and I can assure you that every word he said is true! NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE’RE DOING! We are WINGING IT! But that’s what it’s all about. Try things, assess the results, make changes when necessary, learn new skills, etc etc. Even though I know all this, I still needed this reminder at my age. Ok I need a nap now because 30s show you how you should have been grateful for the times when naps were built into your day…
I didn't figure sh*t out until 45. And by then I realized that I wasn't sure I wanted to share the secret with anyone... so I went back to my cat, garden, and writing. Enjoy your twenties, thirties, and fourties, guys. *just got to the end. Aw, the secret is out! Around 24:00!
Being in my early twenties myself, it's oddly reassuring to hear that people never really have it all figured out. Also, amazing editing, so glad to have found your channel!
I'm 34 now. It was very hard getting through my 20s knowing I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. You have to find some sort of bizarre comfort in that fact though. *Nobody* really knows what theyre doing. Almost everyone is just trying to find some happiness and stay alive. Good luck out there! You'll do great!
As dumb as it sounds, I had a complete mental breakdown when I turned 22 (yes, I said 22) because I realized my youth was leaving soon and I’d be getting older. Since then I’ve been trying to fix my relationship with aging. Everything you mentioned in this video is spot on and has helped me change my mindset about getting older (plus the editing is amazing lol). Great video!!
It happened when I was 19 (19!!!!! Every time I think about it and how I was having anxiety attacks because I was no longer youthful or something I'm completely bewildered and very sad) and it was one of the factors that lead to severe depression in my early twenties. Thankfully, I'm in a better headspace now, though it took me literally years to unpack all of that
@v1ped the sooner you realize that age is just an arbitrary number that's gonna keep going up, the sooner you'll get over that feeling. I'm not entirely over that myself. I'm going to be 21 soon. What's the difference between when I was 18 and now? Lots of stuff. But, in the end, I'm still me, and 3 years passing since then hasn't changed that fact. You're not going to suddenly wilt away now, and everyone in your life won't just magically disappear. Everyone around you is going through the exact same thing. Just sorta floating along, waiting to see what happens. To cope with those feelings, though, try to come up with a plan. Going to college? What will you do during college? Clubs? Volunteering? Extra curriculars? Maybe you'll be working your ass off. That's all up to you. Or maybe you plan on just going on that grind instead and working for a while. What do you think you will do after all that? Just make a plan. In the end, though, you'll come to find that time just keeps going. You'll blink, and a week will pass by. And then a month. And before you know it, wow, it's been another year. It's all just numbers. None of it matters. You're still you. It's gonna be alright, believe me. Just keep taking care of yourself, and achieve your goals. I'm done ranting now, I hope that helps at least a little 😅
This is going in a special playlist. If I were to talk to my younger self, i would tell her: You are still single at 37, You're aroace, just look it up it will make sense. You're body is fine, don't hurt yourself. It's Okay to cry even if it's painful. And finally, keep drawing cute catboys that will being you the most joy.
Catboys can definitely bring you joy and crying is good for you. (Had aces in mind with the "it doesn't matter even if you date at all" - as I've known a few - so shout outs to them ❤) Happy you found things that bring you joy :)
It feels so reassuring to hear this from an older ace. I'm twenty-something and have felt the same way about myself until recently, since I also didn't know that asexuality was a thing. It's good to know that I'm not alone
@@guy-sl3kr There are lots of us. I know how it feels to feel alone. Especially since younger people tend to be seen coming out as Ace. I found some that are even older than me XD You being ace is not just valid, it's normal.
I turned 30 earlier this year and there's definitely a freedom that comes with it. I also got my dream job last year too. Recently I've been dealing with this scary feeling of "well what happens now?" So this video comes at a perfect time in my life! Great video as always!
If life ended at 30, I'd be dead for 34 years. I did my best "world-saving" work in my 40s. Although I kind of miss the bod, I wouldn't go back to my 20s. I understand so much more about society and people now.
Great editing: ✅ Great writing: ✅ A descent into the nebulous conception of self and the slow realization you have no idea what you're doing: ✅✅ Easiest sub of my life
As someone who is turning 29, and is feeling the pressure of my thirties looming down on me (both imposed by myself and society), I appreciate this reminder. As hard as I've tried to not take my life too seriously as I've gotten older, I sometimes forget. Thank you
I was in the middle of watching "the existential horror of creating online content" when the red icon in the corner flashed to reveal a comment saying, "FD sent me" ... to which I responded "OH NO IT BEGINS" (or something like that) and then shut off my computer and went outside all day to avoid the demon that is the UA-cam Creator Studio. Anyways it was a very good video (finished it) and I will leave a comment there about how it's a very good video. The timing was so eerie, I had to share.
11min in and i've had to pause for a little cry twice already low-key: thank you edit: i cried 2 more times during the video. i really needed this today cause being 17 and moving out and graduating early is very hard
I've always had a bad relationship with the passage of time. Sometimes my brain just likes to remind itself that one day all this beautiful memories, all this "data" will be gone.
It took me SOOOO long to figure most of this stuff out. This video is like 5 self help books plus a year of therapy all condensed into 30 minutes and just CHOCK full of memes. Masterfully done sir, and I look forward more content like it in the future!
As I go into my late twenties and finding some form of inner peace I can really relate to the “things matter less” but also “small moments matter more” duality. Thank you for putting into context ageing at these odd times.
Just turned 32. My only regret is that I waited until 31 to live on my own terms. My advice to my younger self is to fuck what everyone else has to say. Fuck trad life. Learn what you want and do it right now. Not “when the time is right”. There is no right time only here and now!
I'm only 20 and this advice rings true to all ages. I've spent many nights thinking about being a failure and how I'm "not where I should be", but through a lot of therapy and self-insight I've come to the same conclusions this video gives. Great video full of good life advice.
this was so good and reassuring to watch. i have struggled most of my 20s and it's hard to cope with feelings like 'oh i wasted all that time' or 'look at your friends being successful but you can't even graduate in time'... now that i'm closer to being 30 than 20, i try to compensate for all that time, and still failing miserably. it's kinda vicious cycle, it's either 'oh i still have time' or 'i should've done it earlier now it's too late'. a+ video, subbed 👍
Thanks for this vid. I'm turning 30 this year and I'm not afraid of it. It's going to be my prime! I'm not scared of aging, even as a women. Can't stop it so let's enjoy the ride 😉
I've been going through this realization of my age intensely lately... I thought through out my 20s I was on a good path to a happy life but I'm nearly mid 30s and so much has changed... I honestly want some of it back but I know there's no going back, it's all about staying strong and accepting that the growth hasn't ended yet even though we're told we should have it figured out by now.
The best part about getting older is it dissipates regret. U stop thinking if only I made this decision over that one. Trust even if u could go back and make the “right” decision you would’ve inevitably fucked up your life some how. However I don’t have any yearning to return to the past. My childhood was trash
There are quite literally too many good quotes/nuggets of wisdom in this video to even summarize them in a comment....so many of these messages speak right to my SOUL dude!! this video makes me feel alive and okay :D it's easy to get stuck in a vortex of thoughts and feelings, and this video helps me regain some perspective - thank you for sharing !!
wait, i thought you were some huge youtuber since the content is really on par, and you only have 3k subs? well good luck man, it seems like the algorithm's blessing ya, I don't know how I found this channel but I'm glad I did
I told my best friend this same thing a few days before his 30th bday. “You’re being ridiculous,” I said, “there’s nothing fundamentally different about you at 29 compared to you at 33, or even 40. Any differences there are could have happened between 15 and 25 under the right circumstances, or they could never even happen at all; they aren’t fixed and certainly aren’t fixed to a certain age like some kind of cosmic age-restriction law like alcohol/tabacco/etc. Things aren’t so bleak, life goes on and you’ve just gotta have a positive attitude!” Then he told me that his cancer has progressed too far and he is set to be euthanized in 3 days…. Boom! *bbbbrrrrrshshhhsh-ktchunk* Perspective! Man…I’m so alonelisome
This whole thing has a chaotic yet comforting energy that I will do my best to summon whenever I end up in the pointless spiral of comparing myself to others. Gonna get me some of that hopium!! 😎 Also the sheer amount of references packed into a single half hour... incredible... (I laughed out loud when Bran got punted out the window and also at "the philosopher Kanye West" 💯 nice job)
It's preeetty weird hearing sagely wisdom conveyed through the audiovisual language of contemporary meme culture. But the message hits me harder because of it so thanks Mr. Zatzman, you've given me a lot to think about.
@@TheZatzman You're so diligent in responding to comments 😳 Are you sure you actually cut back on time online? jkjk Looking forward to whatever you'll make next!
I don't usually comment, but this video was fantastic. Really dig your editing style, and a good balance between humor and *the existential dread of the void*.
I turned 24 this year and this is the most confident and sure of my identity I’ve ever been. I know I’ll continue to change throughout my life, but I feel like I’ve laid a solid foundation. I can dodge people’s projections and I’m significantly less judgmental. The one issue I have is feeling like I’m not part of a community. I have great parents/extended family, but I feel like I fell through the cracks with joining the ‘right’ social circles. I’ve lived in the same 75 mile radius my entire life, but I’m not connected to larger social circles. I feel lonely and like I missed out. But I also feel like it wasn’t meant to be. I just hope I’ll be able to be part of a larger community in the future.
Great to hear that you're the most confident you've ever been, Shelby! I relate a lot to this as my immediate family is my rock, while always being in/out of different social circles. There's always a bit of FOMO, but one of the great things is that there are plenty of people to meet and discover - and so many ways to do it. Sometimes all it takes is to meet one person who you just "vibe with" and then they bring you into their circle and then your social circle branches off into many. With that solid foundation, I'm sure you'll be able to find the right kinds of people for you.
hey @shelby P wanted to say i liked the video of your assignment! you should try experiment with content creation, you would likely be good at it :) great way to find new friends too. i live stream and i would reccomend it to anyone who is lonely/needs some one to talk to. its amazing how many incredible people are on this earth of ours! much love
About to turn 28, this helped me to take it easy on myself and all those around me. Imma need to listen to this every few years when the existential shoulda creep in - thanks!!!
I can not relate to this more - all your videos have been a true breath of fresh air. I often feel that if I had gotten traditional entertainment success in my 20s I would have been destroyed in the process. Thank you for sharing the good word 🙏
This is genuinely the most valuable video I have ever watched. It blows my mind how you have managed to change my perspective and make me feel so much more whole, WHILST making me laugh. Amazing. Truely thank you
Jesus Christ, that RHCP segment and ending hit so for me as a fellow fan, almost as hard as the existential dread I am constantly feeling in my late twenties. 😮💨 Awesome vid! When I’m in the lowest levels of my nostalgic ruts, I try to remind myself that it’s not a particular ✨age✨ I’m missing, but experiences and people and hobbies, etc. I had at the time, and that more often than not, those same things are accessible to me at this age as well.
I think Zatzman, CJ the X, and mia cole represent a new, more kinetic and chaotic paradigm of video essays. it's been really pOgGeRs watching this channel create great videos and see it grow :'3
This video SLAPS and is very good. Subscribed very fast. Great editing, sometimes people can over edit and it can fuck with the actual message of the video, but you avoid this very well
I really like this. The complex around age has become pretty intense, especially for people like me who are maybe a bit too “online”. Subscribed. You have good vibes and I like the way you make your points. You’ve got golden age old school UA-cam vibes while also feeling super fresh. Sharing with my friends! 💙💙 (FD sent me! His recs are always top tier and you’re no exception)
This video is positively brilliant and can be both a revelation and a refresher no matter what phase of life you're in. From experience, my 30s have been the best years of my life so far. And as esteemed Long Island poet William Joel once said, "the good old days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems".
The sound scape of this video editing is crazy. But also as a man less than 6 months from 30. And just as a person generally, I really liked this video. Good stuff!! I'm gonna listen to that red hot chili peppers album
Im not really good at articulating my thoughts but i wanted to thank you for your work in general. I’m gonna turn 19 in a few months and i know rationally that i have nothing to fear and that I’m young and even if i get older it doesnt mean that life becomes any less meaningless. However it is hard to believe that sometimes as a teenager that sometimes probably thinks a bit too much for his own good (like all teenagers probably do i know). Finding your channel and watching your stuff the past few days, even if i heard stuff you say before already, you deliver it in such a way that i can internalise very well when i couldnt before. So thank you man, i look forward to whatever else you decide to show us. Maybe that will be one of the little things I will look forward to as i get older :) have a good one!
As someone who also grew up listening to red hot chilli peppers/fan (and of course a 26 year old grappling with the fact I’m getting closer and closer to my 30s) I really enjoyed this fun and funny thoughtful video 💕!
haven´t seen complete, but heey i amost die at 29 just 18 days before my 30th burthday, soooo since taht day i have feel alvie jajajaja( laughs in mexican) and at 31 i went full intesity and make it to the WAKO MEXICAN NATIONALCHAMPOINSSHIPS for losing but hey !! it was my first fight ! sooo life really start a 30
Just started watching this and I wanted you to know I already resent you for being so keen as to put the futurama music right at the start knowing it will trigger a reaction in the exact age group that will click on this.
Amazing video I’m going into my senior year of high school and have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life and it feels like everything I’ve worked for doesn’t even matter and I’ve been on a complete mental spiral the last few weeks so thank you for making this video it has helped more than you really know
I'm turning 28 in September and and, looking back, my 20s have been a collossal f*ck-up. However, the older I get, the more I'm learning to just accept myself and make decisions for me, no-one else. I needed to do the f*uck-ups to learn that lesson. Honestly, its worth it just for that. Looking forward to my 30s! 🥳
Very true so far. Fuck pressure. Lemme fuck with life ME style. It’s cool. I was lucky to be obsessed with something my entire life. And then many good and smart and hard working people.
Great video! I hope it helps others be more at ease with aging. I personally spent my 20s expecting to not be around by my 30s, but now I'm almost 32 and I'm happier than I've ever been. I've met the love of my life, I've started to figure out my identity, I've been getting off social media more and enjoying the nature around where I live. Good luck to everyone still figuring themselves out. 👍
I thought I was literally going to die before I hit 30, like, I didn't know how, I just felt it was going to happen for sure. It probably had to do with the fact that I lost a cousin(who was like a brother to me) at 19. We were the same age when he passed, so I guess the feeling of living on borrowed time came to me earlier than most people. I don't know if I can call it a panic attack, but I used to wake up in the mornings feeling terribly anxious, as if I was running out of time or something. So, yeah, my twenties were the worst years of my life. I turned 30 this January, and ever since this pandemic started I've been feeling great. The realization that the whole fucking world doesn't know what the fuck they were doing was certainly very liberating. I thought I sucked at this game everybody was playing, but turns out everything was being barely held together with some tape all along.
I laughed out loud when I saw the picture of a construction worker when you said "some people know what they're doing". I gotta tell you, the amount of fuckups in construction is costing your country billions of dollars. The government should police construction sites and foremen every day of the week. Seriously. Most foremen don't know how to read a plan, or don't even have a plan. They just phone it in. Plans get revised every other day. Nobody working on site is aware of that. How else would you explain years of setbacks and overblown budgets in the tens of millions!?
I got locked up when I was 22 and didn't get out until I was 30. My friend Poe was in the same situation, same years to do and both getting out at 30. It really bothered us at first, but over the years it just stopped mattering so much. We knew we could never get the time back and trying to catch up to where we each thought we were "supposed to be" at 30 wasn't a helpful way to look at things. Like zatz said, you're priorities change and you go from there, knowing your priorities will change again.
Thanks for making such a great video! Even though I’m only 19 I’ve been kinda lost on what I want to do with life. You’ve really tone down my dread for the future and got me thinking about the things I’m going through right now. Thanks again my friends. (Ignore my grammar)
You showed Bo at the beginning when talking about dealing with turning 30. I immediately googled him to see how old he is and realized he did make Inside when he was turning 30. I'm 2 years older than him and when I saw his age I said "Shit!" like I spent my life dreaming of being a successful and talented comedic artist.... I didn't at all. It's crazy how you compare yourself to others *especially* when you find out they are younger than you. Everyone lives their life on their own schedule. Faster you accept that the better. Absolutely love the channel, new favorite!
This is the best high school graduation commencement ever
Should F.D be pronounced sperate alphabets or (Feed) ???
Might add David Foster Wallace's "This is Water" speech, but yeah thanks for your recommend FD.
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Dude, thank you for recommending this lol
Thank you for the video recommendation. I watched till the end and resonated with a lot of things he said💪🏾😎‼️
I never pay attention to community posts but you use them right, F.D.
In our 20s we were anxious about turning 30. Now we embrace our villain arc
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I was sick for all of my twenties struggling with phisical and psycological illness and I did absolutely nothing other than try my best to stay alive for the day. Now Im 29 feeling much better but Overwelmed by the fact that I’m ten years behind. This also means theres no nostalgia in me for the past I lived but for the one I didn’t live. My life is not over it’s not even started. So thank you for this because I need It more than anything
Sometimes surviving is all we can do. Wishing you the best of health and good luck moving forward Gloria❤
Dude I feel exactly the same, 10 years behind, and about the life I didn't live. My reason is because I was part of a high control group and couldn't live out the life I wanted. Now I feel like there's a 10 I need to catch up on. Guess that's what our 30s will be for??? Something I do now is to live with intention and be actively choose what I'm doing with my time.
@@tee4678I don’t want to put you, but I feel the same as I was an ex Jehovah’s Witness. But I am coming to terms to myself. My JW friend uses me and my mental struggle being out of the religion as the thing that scared him straight back into the religion. I feel bad for having been a bad example. And yet at the same time I didn’t take the short cut. I didn’t put my faith into the high control group trusting that they would keep my psyche safe. As such I have finally freed my mind, and though I am not a Christian anymore, I feel like only now I am capable of showing that Christian love that Jehovah’s Witness preached (and yet never practice)
I’ve learned that love is not conditional, I’ve learned that the world is not that scary a place.
I’ve learned to care about the here and now, and not about some faraway distant paradise.
It’s taken mental work, reprogramming, and for the things that cannot be programmed out of me (my incredibly debilitating anxiety and insomnia) I take medication for.
For Wherever you have gotten in your life, it’s a testament to the fact that you are already there.
I wanted to share the same story in my life. Finally gotten help from a terrible depression no one in my family cared about, the lands of the Balkans think of depression as being sad and lazy and all you need is to go out and have some strong alcohol. So now I'm 37, started travelling like I should in my 20's.
I think a lot of people, myself included, feel this way. And by that I mean you aren't alone and we are all in this together. I was in a very toxic relationship with myself and another person for the majority of my 20s and had a HUGE... relaunch? I basically broke down and built myself back up. I'm just now at 33 actually feeling like a person. It's hard not to feel like I wasted all those years but I just remind myself that it happened and that's it. There's things to learn from it and there are things that I wish went differently but ultimately it's the here and now to cherish and focus on, as well as my future. I'm thankful that I can have this time now and I'm thankful it didn't take me even longer to get to the point I'm at now. We all got this ❤
This 33 year old having a mini existential crisis living in my parents home watching all my friends and cousins get married/ have kids/ reach new professional heights, needed to hear this. Feel a lot less alone after watching the video and reading the comments, so unironically thank you for sharing!
To all you 20 something’s, LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!! My 36th birthday is in one month and I can assure you that every word he said is true! NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE’RE DOING! We are WINGING IT! But that’s what it’s all about. Try things, assess the results, make changes when necessary, learn new skills, etc etc. Even though I know all this, I still needed this reminder at my age. Ok I need a nap now because 30s show you how you should have been grateful for the times when naps were built into your day…
I'm 39, and my 30s have been SO much better than my 20s. Wouldn't go back to them for anything.
I didn't figure sh*t out until 45. And by then I realized that I wasn't sure I wanted to share the secret with anyone... so I went back to my cat, garden, and writing. Enjoy your twenties, thirties, and fourties, guys.
*just got to the end. Aw, the secret is out! Around 24:00!
Being in my early twenties myself, it's oddly reassuring to hear that people never really have it all figured out. Also, amazing editing, so glad to have found your channel!
Late 20s, and I feel the same way.
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I'm 34 now. It was very hard getting through my 20s knowing I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. You have to find some sort of bizarre comfort in that fact though. *Nobody* really knows what theyre doing. Almost everyone is just trying to find some happiness and stay alive. Good luck out there! You'll do great!
i return to this video so often - I can only listen to reassurance if it's a little silly
As dumb as it sounds, I had a complete mental breakdown when I turned 22 (yes, I said 22) because I realized my youth was leaving soon and I’d be getting older. Since then I’ve been trying to fix my relationship with aging. Everything you mentioned in this video is spot on and has helped me change my mindset about getting older (plus the editing is amazing lol). Great video!!
That's awesome Natasha! Happy you're in a better place mentally.
It happened when I was 19 (19!!!!! Every time I think about it and how I was having anxiety attacks because I was no longer youthful or something I'm completely bewildered and very sad) and it was one of the factors that lead to severe depression in my early twenties. Thankfully, I'm in a better headspace now, though it took me literally years to unpack all of that
me rn (18) how am i supposed to fix this 💀
Exactly what i went through during my early to mid twenties i’m 28 now and slowly realizing that it’s not that deep and i should just groove mannn
@v1ped the sooner you realize that age is just an arbitrary number that's gonna keep going up, the sooner you'll get over that feeling. I'm not entirely over that myself. I'm going to be 21 soon. What's the difference between when I was 18 and now? Lots of stuff. But, in the end, I'm still me, and 3 years passing since then hasn't changed that fact. You're not going to suddenly wilt away now, and everyone in your life won't just magically disappear. Everyone around you is going through the exact same thing. Just sorta floating along, waiting to see what happens.
To cope with those feelings, though, try to come up with a plan. Going to college? What will you do during college? Clubs? Volunteering? Extra curriculars? Maybe you'll be working your ass off. That's all up to you. Or maybe you plan on just going on that grind instead and working for a while. What do you think you will do after all that? Just make a plan.
In the end, though, you'll come to find that time just keeps going. You'll blink, and a week will pass by. And then a month. And before you know it, wow, it's been another year. It's all just numbers. None of it matters. You're still you. It's gonna be alright, believe me. Just keep taking care of yourself, and achieve your goals.
I'm done ranting now, I hope that helps at least a little 😅
I'm turning 30 next week, and this video helps combat my existential crisis 😢
happy birthday (in a week!) ... glad this could help!
This is going in a special playlist. If I were to talk to my younger self, i would tell her: You are still single at 37, You're aroace, just look it up it will make sense. You're body is fine, don't hurt yourself. It's Okay to cry even if it's painful. And finally, keep drawing cute catboys that will being you the most joy.
Catboys can definitely bring you joy and crying is good for you. (Had aces in mind with the "it doesn't matter even if you date at all" - as I've known a few - so shout outs to them ❤) Happy you found things that bring you joy :)
@@TheZatzman Thanks xD also your channel! I'm happy F.D. pointed me over here
It feels so reassuring to hear this from an older ace. I'm twenty-something and have felt the same way about myself until recently, since I also didn't know that asexuality was a thing. It's good to know that I'm not alone
@@guy-sl3kr There are lots of us. I know how it feels to feel alone. Especially since younger people tend to be seen coming out as Ace. I found some that are even older than me XD You being ace is not just valid, it's normal.
@@semi_enigma Thanks Enigma maybe one day when ace visibility is high enough, we can invade Denmark together (:
At 40, this is still worth hearing. Take a step back, take a breath. It's all the same. Just keep rollin.
I turned 30 earlier this year and there's definitely a freedom that comes with it. I also got my dream job last year too. Recently I've been dealing with this scary feeling of "well what happens now?" So this video comes at a perfect time in my life! Great video as always!
That's awesome! Congrats on your dream job!
Congratulations🥳‼️
If life ended at 30, I'd be dead for 34 years. I did my best "world-saving" work in my 40s.
Although I kind of miss the bod, I wouldn't go back to my 20s. I understand so much more about society and people now.
Great editing: ✅
Great writing: ✅
A descent into the nebulous conception of self and the slow realization you have no idea what you're doing: ✅✅
Easiest sub of my life
Why did that Personal Boundaries jingle have me on the floor?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone who is turning 29, and is feeling the pressure of my thirties looming down on me (both imposed by myself and society), I appreciate this reminder. As hard as I've tried to not take my life too seriously as I've gotten older, I sometimes forget. Thank you
Here from F D Signifier and glad to have a new channel to binge. The editing, pacing, and message is amazing.
I was in the middle of watching "the existential horror of creating online content" when the red icon in the corner flashed to reveal a comment saying, "FD sent me" ... to which I responded "OH NO IT BEGINS" (or something like that) and then shut off my computer and went outside all day to avoid the demon that is the UA-cam Creator Studio.
Anyways it was a very good video (finished it) and I will leave a comment there about how it's a very good video. The timing was so eerie, I had to share.
@@TheZatzman this is only the beginning! 🔥🔥🔥
@@StreamerSchool I have no idea how this comment got posted here as I was responding to Mia Cole (GO THERE. WATCH), but thanks all the same!
I’m turning 26 soon, and I’ve had quite a bit of anxiety about being “closer to 30 than 20” and all that. But this helps put things into perspective.
I turn 30 in three days and I'm actually excited. I look forward to this next chapter in my life
Happy Birthday!
11min in and i've had to pause for a little cry twice already
low-key: thank you
edit: i cried 2 more times during the video. i really needed this today cause being 17 and moving out and graduating early is very hard
It's good to cry. Very cathartic. Glad you got value from it andre!❤
@@TheZatzman OH YOU REPLIED thank you so much for this video!!!!! ❤️
I've always had a bad relationship with the passage of time. Sometimes my brain just likes to remind itself that one day all this beautiful memories, all this "data" will be gone.
enjoy the ride my friend
It took me SOOOO long to figure most of this stuff out. This video is like 5 self help books plus a year of therapy all condensed into 30 minutes and just CHOCK full of memes. Masterfully done sir, and I look forward more content like it in the future!
Here from FD Sig. good stuff brother. Keep em coming!
As I go into my late twenties and finding some form of inner peace I can really relate to the “things matter less” but also “small moments matter more” duality. Thank you for putting into context ageing at these odd times.
Always found that duality very interesting Thechririmbola. Thanks for sharing!
Just turned 32. My only regret is that I waited until 31 to live on my own terms.
My advice to my younger self is to fuck what everyone else has to say. Fuck trad life. Learn what you want and do it right now. Not “when the time is right”. There is no right time only here and now!
I know that’s right
My 30s are more or less my 20s but with money & self confidence
Yeah! :D
That ad transition was *chef's kiss 💋🤌
*fake ad
I'm only 20 and this advice rings true to all ages. I've spent many nights thinking about being a failure and how I'm "not where I should be", but through a lot of therapy and self-insight I've come to the same conclusions this video gives. Great video full of good life advice.
this was so good and reassuring to watch. i have struggled most of my 20s and it's hard to cope with feelings like 'oh i wasted all that time' or 'look at your friends being successful but you can't even graduate in time'... now that i'm closer to being 30 than 20, i try to compensate for all that time, and still failing miserably. it's kinda vicious cycle, it's either 'oh i still have time' or 'i should've done it earlier now it's too late'.
a+ video, subbed 👍
Feel that. Went through same feelings. Takes time to work through them, but you get better at it. Don't be too hard on youself mi.
@@TheZatzman thanks, it really means a lot!!!
Came here because of FD Signifier. Glad I did! Thanks for this
I just found this channel yesterday and I’m so in love with this guy. I wish he was my therapist.
thank you for putting all the lessons I learned up through my 30s into a fun and engaging video I can easily share with my younger friends
Here because of the F.D. co-sign. As always, not disappointed. SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thanks for this vid. I'm turning 30 this year and I'm not afraid of it. It's going to be my prime! I'm not scared of aging, even as a women. Can't stop it so let's enjoy the ride 😉
💪💪💪
I've been going through this realization of my age intensely lately... I thought through out my 20s I was on a good path to a happy life but I'm nearly mid 30s and so much has changed... I honestly want some of it back but I know there's no going back, it's all about staying strong and accepting that the growth hasn't ended yet even though we're told we should have it figured out by now.
I'm convinced you are my alter ego. Keep up the good work sir
tysm matten! will do!
33 and feeling ALL of this! What a specific brew of music and SFX. Thanks for putting this together
The best part about getting older is it dissipates regret. U stop thinking if only I made this decision over that one. Trust even if u could go back and make the “right” decision you would’ve inevitably fucked up your life some how.
However I don’t have any yearning to return to the past. My childhood was trash
Definitely agree with the "dissipating regret" as you get older.
Shoutout Unc The Signifier for the recommend just turned 29 and as I stare into the abyss looking forward this gives me some comfort
There are quite literally too many good quotes/nuggets of wisdom in this video to even summarize them in a comment....so many of these messages speak right to my SOUL dude!! this video makes me feel alive and okay :D it's easy to get stuck in a vortex of thoughts and feelings, and this video helps me regain some perspective - thank you for sharing !!
wait, i thought you were some huge youtuber since the content is really on par, and you only have 3k subs? well good luck man, it seems like the algorithm's blessing ya, I don't know how I found this channel but I'm glad I did
Thanks! Appreciate it :D
I told my best friend this same thing a few days before his 30th bday. “You’re being ridiculous,” I said, “there’s nothing fundamentally different about you at 29 compared to you at 33, or even 40. Any differences there are could have happened between 15 and 25 under the right circumstances, or they could never even happen at all; they aren’t fixed and certainly aren’t fixed to a certain age like some kind of cosmic age-restriction law like alcohol/tabacco/etc. Things aren’t so bleak, life goes on and you’ve just gotta have a positive attitude!”
Then he told me that his cancer has progressed too far and he is set to be euthanized in 3 days….
Boom! *bbbbrrrrrshshhhsh-ktchunk* Perspective!
Man…I’m so alonelisome
This whole thing has a chaotic yet comforting energy that I will do my best to summon whenever I end up in the pointless spiral of comparing myself to others. Gonna get me some of that hopium!! 😎
Also the sheer amount of references packed into a single half hour... incredible... (I laughed out loud when Bran got punted out the window and also at "the philosopher Kanye West" 💯 nice job)
Nothing profound from me, just thanks that you made this. I didn’t realize I needed to see this, but I did.
It's preeetty weird hearing sagely wisdom conveyed through the audiovisual language of contemporary meme culture. But the message hits me harder because of it so thanks Mr. Zatzman, you've given me a lot to think about.
glad you enjoyed it guy!
@@TheZatzman You're so diligent in responding to comments 😳
Are you sure you actually cut back on time online? jkjk Looking forward to whatever you'll make next!
I don't usually comment, but this video was fantastic. Really dig your editing style, and a good balance between humor and *the existential dread of the void*.
I turned 24 this year and this is the most confident and sure of my identity I’ve ever been. I know I’ll continue to change throughout my life, but I feel like I’ve laid a solid foundation. I can dodge people’s projections and I’m significantly less judgmental.
The one issue I have is feeling like I’m not part of a community. I have great parents/extended family, but I feel like I fell through the cracks with joining the ‘right’ social circles. I’ve lived in the same 75 mile radius my entire life, but I’m not connected to larger social circles. I feel lonely and like I missed out. But I also feel like it wasn’t meant to be.
I just hope I’ll be able to be part of a larger community in the future.
Great to hear that you're the most confident you've ever been, Shelby!
I relate a lot to this as my immediate family is my rock, while always being in/out of different social circles. There's always a bit of FOMO, but one of the great things is that there are plenty of people to meet and discover - and so many ways to do it. Sometimes all it takes is to meet one person who you just "vibe with" and then they bring you into their circle and then your social circle branches off into many.
With that solid foundation, I'm sure you'll be able to find the right kinds of people for you.
@@TheZatzman I hope so!
hey @shelby P wanted to say i liked the video of your assignment! you should try experiment with content creation, you would likely be good at it :)
great way to find new friends too. i live stream and i would reccomend it to anyone who is lonely/needs some one to talk to. its amazing how many incredible people are on this earth of ours! much love
@@Cloudsurfer69 thank you so much!
About to turn 28, this helped me to take it easy on myself and all those around me. Imma need to listen to this every few years when the existential shoulda creep in - thanks!!!
I can not relate to this more - all your videos have been a true breath of fresh air. I often feel that if I had gotten traditional entertainment success in my 20s I would have been destroyed in the process. Thank you for sharing the good word 🙏
This is genuinely the most valuable video I have ever watched. It blows my mind how you have managed to change my perspective and make me feel so much more whole, WHILST making me laugh. Amazing. Truely thank you
Glad it was helpful Dan!
this just turned my whole day around when I felt like I wouldn't be able to on my own. thanks dood
Happy it helped Tessa!
you have quickly become one of my favorite people on this platform thank you for what you do!
thank you so much Merzez!
"We are already alive, why do we have to earn it" That one is interesting to think about
Jesus Christ, that RHCP segment and ending hit so for me as a fellow fan, almost as hard as the existential dread I am constantly feeling in my late twenties. 😮💨 Awesome vid! When I’m in the lowest levels of my nostalgic ruts, I try to remind myself that it’s not a particular ✨age✨ I’m missing, but experiences and people and hobbies, etc. I had at the time, and that more often than not, those same things are accessible to me at this age as well.
I think Zatzman, CJ the X, and mia cole represent a new, more kinetic and chaotic paradigm of video essays. it's been really pOgGeRs watching this channel create great videos and see it grow :'3
This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while
About to be 28 and absolutely do not have my shit together. This video gives me comfort though, wish me luck.
Glad you found comfort in it. It's ok not to have all your shit together. One step at a time. Don't be too hard on yourself. Good luck!
Thank you man.
You're welcome jack!
I never comment out of some vague sense of trying to keep myself anonymous but I’ll break it now just to say: thank you for this video
Yeah I used to do that too. Totally understandable. Thanks for the comment J G!
This editing is crazy, I am jealous. Commenting before you hit 100k subs
This video was edited so well and the N64 sounds during the nostalgia sections made me feel more nostalgic
YESS!
I have been waiting for another video of yours for a while now. This content just hits the spot for me! Good shit!
Holy shit, if you keep this up you’re gonna explode. I love this content
This video SLAPS and is very good. Subscribed very fast. Great editing, sometimes people can over edit and it can fuck with the actual message of the video, but you avoid this very well
I really like this. The complex around age has become pretty intense, especially for people like me who are maybe a bit too “online”. Subscribed. You have good vibes and I like the way you make your points. You’ve got golden age old school UA-cam vibes while also feeling super fresh. Sharing with my friends! 💙💙
(FD sent me! His recs are always top tier and you’re no exception)
FD sent me too. I’m truly blown away ✨
I'm wondering how many amazing yb channels i didn't discover yet??
This video is positively brilliant and can be both a revelation and a refresher no matter what phase of life you're in. From experience, my 30s have been the best years of my life so far. And as esteemed Long Island poet William Joel once said, "the good old days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems".
The sound scape of this video editing is crazy. But also as a man less than 6 months from 30. And just as a person generally, I really liked this video. Good stuff!! I'm gonna listen to that red hot chili peppers album
Im not really good at articulating my thoughts but i wanted to thank you for your work in general. I’m gonna turn 19 in a few months and i know rationally that i have nothing to fear and that I’m young and even if i get older it doesnt mean that life becomes any less meaningless. However it is hard to believe that sometimes as a teenager that sometimes probably thinks a bit too much for his own good (like all teenagers probably do i know). Finding your channel and watching your stuff the past few days, even if i heard stuff you say before already, you deliver it in such a way that i can internalise very well when i couldnt before. So thank you man, i look forward to whatever else you decide to show us. Maybe that will be one of the little things I will look forward to as i get older :) have a good one!
really appreciate your comment meeps! lifes a journey, enjoy the ride as best as you can :)
Believe it or not, past 30 is a relief somewhat. Experience is worth alot
Im 50 and i so wish id seen this in my 20s before UA-cam was a thing.
As someone who also grew up listening to red hot chilli peppers/fan (and of course a 26 year old grappling with the fact I’m getting closer and closer to my 30s) I really enjoyed this fun and funny thoughtful video 💕!
haven´t seen complete, but heey i amost die at 29 just 18 days before my 30th burthday, soooo since taht day i have feel alvie jajajaja( laughs in mexican) and at 31 i went full intesity and make it to the WAKO MEXICAN NATIONALCHAMPOINSSHIPS for losing but hey !! it was my first fight ! sooo life really start a 30
nice! glad you're feeling alive :)
This was such a reassuring and sweet video, it brought me great comfort. Really enjoyed your editing style too, it's really fun to watch
Thanks Marcela! Glad you enjoyed it!
Just started watching this and I wanted you to know I already resent you for being so keen as to put the futurama music right at the start knowing it will trigger a reaction in the exact age group that will click on this.
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!
loved the editing on this video
This was an awesome video recommended by another UA-camr to watch.
Here by way of Fiq. This was soooooo neeeded! And I think every 20/30s should watch this
Amazing video I’m going into my senior year of high school and have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life and it feels like everything I’ve worked for doesn’t even matter and I’ve been on a complete mental spiral the last few weeks so thank you for making this video it has helped more than you really know
Glad you got some value from it Josh. Life's confusing AF sometimes - you'll find a way dude👍
@@TheZatzman really excited to check out more of your channel!
Well done. Just absolutely frickin fantastic. New sub, new fan.
This is wonderful
Thanks for the great video. I didn't know how much I kinda needed this
Glad it was helpful, salty!
Oh man that Kanye "Ferrari / Sorry" edit was terrific
I'm turning 28 in September and and, looking back, my 20s have been a collossal f*ck-up. However, the older I get, the more I'm learning to just accept myself and make decisions for me, no-one else. I needed to do the f*uck-ups to learn that lesson. Honestly, its worth it just for that. Looking forward to my 30s! 🥳
I've hung around on YT enough to say that you're a breath of fresh air.
thanks so much Terriermon!
Very true so far. Fuck pressure. Lemme fuck with life ME style. It’s cool. I was lucky to be obsessed with something my entire life. And then many good and smart and hard working people.
Great video! I hope it helps others be more at ease with aging.
I personally spent my 20s expecting to not be around by my 30s, but now I'm almost 32 and I'm happier than I've ever been. I've met the love of my life, I've started to figure out my identity, I've been getting off social media more and enjoying the nature around where I live. Good luck to everyone still figuring themselves out. 👍
Long walks in nature are awesome.
Happy for you figuring things out nuxill.
I thought I was literally going to die before I hit 30, like, I didn't know how, I just felt it was going to happen for sure. It probably had to do with the fact that I lost a cousin(who was like a brother to me) at 19. We were the same age when he passed, so I guess the feeling of living on borrowed time came to me earlier than most people.
I don't know if I can call it a panic attack, but I used to wake up in the mornings feeling terribly anxious, as if I was running out of time or something. So, yeah, my twenties were the worst years of my life.
I turned 30 this January, and ever since this pandemic started I've been feeling great. The realization that the whole fucking world doesn't know what the fuck they were doing was certainly very liberating.
I thought I sucked at this game everybody was playing, but turns out everything was being barely held together with some tape all along.
I laughed out loud when I saw the picture of a construction worker when you said "some people know what they're doing". I gotta tell you, the amount of fuckups in construction is costing your country billions of dollars. The government should police construction sites and foremen every day of the week. Seriously. Most foremen don't know how to read a plan, or don't even have a plan. They just phone it in. Plans get revised every other day. Nobody working on site is aware of that. How else would you explain years of setbacks and overblown budgets in the tens of millions!?
Yeah, there's some nuance there😅. I was reaching for stock photos to make a basic point, sometimes things slip through.
I got locked up when I was 22 and didn't get out until I was 30. My friend Poe was in the same situation, same years to do and both getting out at 30. It really bothered us at first, but over the years it just stopped mattering so much. We knew we could never get the time back and trying to catch up to where we each thought we were "supposed to be" at 30 wasn't a helpful way to look at things. Like zatz said, you're priorities change and you go from there, knowing your priorities will change again.
Nothing matters an amazing discovery if ever there was one~ Emil Cioran
F.D Signifier brought me here & man am I glad he did! Great video!
That outro is nostalgic as heck
Thank you for this
Thanks for making such a great video! Even though I’m only 19 I’ve been kinda lost on what I want to do with life. You’ve really tone down my dread for the future and got me thinking about the things I’m going through right now. Thanks again my friends.
(Ignore my grammar)
You showed Bo at the beginning when talking about dealing with turning 30. I immediately googled him to see how old he is and realized he did make Inside when he was turning 30. I'm 2 years older than him and when I saw his age I said "Shit!" like I spent my life dreaming of being a successful and talented comedic artist.... I didn't at all. It's crazy how you compare yourself to others *especially* when you find out they are younger than you. Everyone lives their life on their own schedule. Faster you accept that the better. Absolutely love the channel, new favorite!
Yes! 100% Terry - everyone is on their own schedule. Thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoy the channel :)
This is so good 😊
Found you from F.D Signifier