Overcoming The Rat Race Mentality - Why So Many Of Us Wish Our Life Away

[@MrJypsye]

i watch this with great sadness knowing all my peers and family are blinded to the fact that they are living through an image of the future, a concept that only exists in the mind.

[@sloppyjonuts9162]

drain ahahhahhhh 2010 I was in high school my mom asked ..what do you plan on doing with your life ?? I said I don’t know be homeless sleep on a bench? Live in my car work when I have to..she smacked me...present day that’s what is happening ..I’m sleeping in my car working a part time job and powerlifting..I plan on going to Florida soon.

[@jordangish6579]

@@sloppyjonuts9162 Are you happy ?

[@josephinev8140]

@@sloppyjonuts9162 That's really cool

[@bruhsoundeffect2882]

@@sloppyjonuts9162 As long as you're happy that's all that matters.

[@urthamckenzie4176]

@@sloppyjonuts9162 wow!

[@KaushikBala333]

I have pondered and have come to one realization - We are all born just to live, not to achieve something beyond ourselves, but to live, to explore, to see, to learn, to experience. The most we can make of our life is to enjoy every bit of it while we can instead of chasing after something that will never end

[@ancala4140]

Sound beutiful and soothing 😌

[@subhadeeppaul4457]

True. Life is that simple! But everyone is in this rat race to achieve something beyond themselves. Very few people see life as it is.

[@mrknarf4438]

I partially agree. I think having a greater goal to strive for can be great, while also enjoying the present. Halfway between today and tomorrow, between here and there, in constant unbalance, as a step taken while walking: that is the most fulfilling human experience, in my opinion.

[@baconhair1159]

Beautifully said

[@Sydr0]

I have come to this realisation myself as well. The best thing you can do is to simply enioy life to the fullest as much as you can and not take everything so serious.

[@ch-17vevo55]

We never will make it to the future, it will always be now. So enjoy it

[@nathanseegers1711]

True nico wisdom

[@AcaJudiJudiJudiJudi]

Live your dash folks.

[@ayushmaned1669]

Taking notes..

[@adammorra3813]

Thanks to Covid

[@g.j]

Not me. I never wish to grow up when I was a kid. I enjoy it,playing around,running in the fields,bathing in the rain , had a bath in the river. Wandering in the forest. That childhood was so pure.

[@andres93b]

You will be or are a nice adult now :D

[@b_08_amitkumarsahu90]

I never had that childhood. All I got was assignments from schools😕😕😕it gave me health problems

[@juanaceves1488]

Same I never wanted to grow up I knew being a kid was the best thing ever

[@rpeshbhujade3974]

Joy Gaudiano you are very grateful to have such a beautiful a childhood, my childhood was difficult schooling just ruined it all nothing great to reminiscing about was all cold empty with some trivial highs in between.☹️

[@sujayshah13]

Sams here. I truly enjoyed my childhood and I really miss it, it was so beautiful... I wonder why does anyone want to grow up.

[@chaosherald8879]

I just feel so lucky to find myself living in a society which values the only thing that matters today above tomorrow: the memes.

[@Leto85]

That in itself could become a meme.

[@shinchanthebest]

yup same here

[@donandremikhaelibarra6421]

Basically,be happy of What u have cuz once Its all gone,u cant get it back

[@LX7music]

this made me smile thanks for that :))

[@anonymus3219]

inspirational, thank you

[@MrJonny565]

We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at that end, and the thing was to get to that thing at that end. Success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played. - Alan Watts

[@bruhsoundeffect2882]

I love Watts :) I'm happy in my younger generation that type of philosophy is making a resurgance right now

[@jacobunofficial1146]

@@bruhsoundeffect2882 do you know what book is this from I would like to read it. Thank you.

[@StephJ0seph]

I'm saving this to my watch later playlist so that when I'm wasting my time going through it, I'll be able to remind myself to fully enjoy the pie that I'm eating before it gets stale and not to eat it all in a hurry in anticipation for the next meal that will never come.

[@moneymechanics77]

The trouble is we need money for everything, and most of us are not born rich! We need passive income to cover at least a basic life. How to do that is the question? It's not easy, but it is possible!

[@teageek5337]

i am glad that the universe and the Divine woke me up at this age. I am 15. I truly believe that i am here for a mission, a mission i do not know yet . Slowly i am evolving into my greater and higher self. In every step of the way They will guide me , revealing my true purpose of this existence. Why do people chase the future. There is no future, it is an idea , it is not real, we only have now. love, claire

[@renemadriaga7041]

this really gets on me.. superb..this is true for all of us.. its a sick society//

[@zen.7843]

@Rardd5 uhhhhhh

[@stevesetzer3361]

@Rardd5 THis video "proves" it? Society is us.... so, hello satan.

[@stevesetzer3361]

@Rardd5 how are you? :-)

[@egoicdreamer8808]

So you admit your sick...you of course being one with .....sociaty...universe.when u smile we all smile

[@epicsex9072]

Socitey.....

[@XxXVideoVeiwerXxX]

I would say the rat race is not the current paradigm. Instead of rushing from point to point, people have instead frozen at any given point, terrified or unable to go to the next point

[@madiemadland5020]

More like rushing to wrong direction in mass then giving up.

[@shabannoori1939]

This channel realy changed my way of thinking..it helped me to overcome my depression..THANK U SO MUCH😢!it's just life changing...love the voice behind💙

[@zameelvisharathodi7859]

But finally, what we observe around us is that those who think about the likes of what is mentioned in the video are the ones who end up being sad. Those who are actually part of the rat race and doesn't care to stop and reflect are actually not worried much. And that's the paradox, is what I feel. You end up being sad when you try to dissect and find solutions to reality, while those busy in the flow and not caring about the bird's eye perspective don't give a damn.

[@adamnovelli2994]

So true

[@ashtynfoley6053]

Wow, yup. Help

[@ogeo.8966]

This makes so much sense

[@abcdabcdoops]

Yep. They will call you negative if you discuss these things.

[@jadepenn7407]

The irony of the make 'quick cash' or 'upgrade yourself so you can finally start living' ads before and after the clip is so ironic and obtrusive it really gives a stark comparison to the culture we are trying to identify as sickly

[@weepingangel6805]

My Dad has been retired for the last 4 years when he was 60...he's done nothing since. He sits all day in the garden, maybe go for a walk, but mostly just sits in the garden all day listening to the radio. As a 30 year old this terrifies me to the core. My whole life he gave me the traditional blueprint of life go to school, university, career blah blah. But when I see him it makes me feel to jack in everything I have and just go travelling until I die....

[@TheDoomWizard]

Hell yes agreed. I'm 31. Go watch my channel.

[@lordclansman4205]

He seems to be enjoying himself in a peaceful way, you could learn something from him instead of being scared of how you're gonna end up when you're 60.

[@lner4454]

Thank you so much. I got an idea for a story.

[@TheVisionaryPeon]

balance is the key to everything

[@kendalls.w.3234]

In which you'd have to own the scale.

[@urthamckenzie4176]

@@kendalls.w.3234 hahaha

[@rangerwhite7091]

Roger Waters summed in up beautifully in the song Time...."The time is gone, the song is over, i thought i'd something more to say....."

[@jimbomacgee3499]

This message is good, but it can also cut off motivation for many. If you always live in the present, you’ll never seek to improve; if you always live in the future, you’ll never be content. Balance is key 🙏

[@jacobjacob4139]

Maybe we don't need to improve because there's nothing to improve, improvement too is an illusion just like the future.

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

Improve? Improve what? I just simply breathe

[@Andrew_Alxf]

Seriously, improve what?

[@sonjaki]

Eckhart Tolle wrote an amazing book on how to live more in the present...

[@dedwinx8040]

"Progression, trying new thing evolving and working towards new goals are all great. But when it gets to the point where it prevents us from ever being able to appreciate that this moment right now, is also great, perhaps you have gone to far." Very well said

[@saminkhan5735]

Your content has been greatly helping w my depression. Respects...

[@philipagtuca5486]

I have a big pie when I finished the race and I'm enjoying it now while young and healthy .

[@ty-liang]

Slow down, watch what I have done and where I'm at. What is this very moment in my life, I feel I have never been this good ❤️

[@xPulse187x]

Paraphrasing Alan Watts? Good video regardless :)

[@PursuitofWonder]

Thank you!

[@grahamgarner2318]

I found Alan Watts around 3 years ago and changed my life completely when I found Self.

[@frankdukes03]

I love what you do! Great job. Keep going. Profound thoughts/concepts communicated in an easy way. Bravo my friend

[@PursuitofWonder]

Thanks so much Francisco! That is very much appreciated.

[@princeesaini]

these thoughts seem wonderful if you are living in a world first country. This approach can't work with developing countries like mine we have to be more subtle in our choices and we may have to make these adjustment in our career just to put food on table

[@vasudevsarvam6912]

It's all mindset game. I am also living in India and I am from middle class family but it's all about life choices and correct mindset. Thinking about career is great and vital but overthinking and giving so much value to "what others think of us" is a serious issue.

[@samkumar1115]

You are💯 right, in places like India, getting a livelihood in the form of job for a common man is a very very tough and big deal, enjoying the moment is entirely a different thing

[@kokomanation]

There area a lot of reasons but loneliness and the aging process are I think very crucial to this at least to me

[@egoicdreamer8808]

That was the best way to end this video...i gasped with prenewed understanding and deepened appreciation

[@GandalfTheSilver]

tl;dw Enjoy the moment, the present moment matters just as much as future moments.

[@praveenmishra430]

I always wondered we are living in 2019, we have every basis facility that we need then what this rush of wanting more things why cant we sit for some time and try to fix our lives.

[@havish530]

Oh India 👍👍

[@pradipchavan7465]

Yehhh...

[@goon5544]

I get that, but I gotta get my money up so I don't have to have the 9-5, can do what I want and don't have the burdens of not being financially independent. I'll probably have goals even when I do hit that state, but they'll be on my terms.

[@mrhat7531]

The time I work is a complete waste of life as far as I'm concerned. I'm not happy go lucky with this shit. This is why I pursue FIRE and will be done by 35.

[@jacobunofficial1146]

What is FIRE?

[@mrhat7531]

@@jacobunofficial1146 Financial Independence Retire Early

[@CaptainSofa]

Good video, except I think that nomatter how much you want to avoid doing this, it is simply impossible. Maybe we can go like 15-20 minutes at the most. I love Schopenhauer’s essay “On the Vanity of Human Extistence”. Many of the existential philosophers do a good job of identifying these types of things, but then offer a crackpot solution to them. I think the unfortunate truth is that there is no solution.

[@JamieDallas]

I think Camus found the solution: "The point is just to live." "I derive from the absurd three consequences: my revolt, my freedom, and my passion."

[@Starpilot17]

Ha! You showed the Ivywild School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That place has been turned in to a couple of restaurants/breweries and a social gathering place.

[@Razzle_Dazzle-]

I use this as my life purpose, to live happily and contentedly outside of rat race society. I know many people who feel tired too but they don't have enough courage to resist it, in the end they conform to society's standards.

[@Minister-Delina.]

I dint know how to relate with money i dint know how the rich became rich 8 dint know i was gonna build my way to wealth. Until i came across these kinda staff and knew there is a different way to life.its been a year of working towards it and im glad that im quitting my job to go and live. Thanks to university of KZbin

[@darshinikumar1601]

Loving this channel more and more❤️

[@themichaeldonovan]

I love this - clearly inspired by Alan Watts with a fresh spin

[@user-td7xf3gz4l]

Progress vs contentment I find these two to be quite the balancing act

[@zealousprogrammer4539]

The video is awesome! think about it folk many teenager got into the mafia in their 16 like El Chapo because the were poor - I am poor too I am from Haiti I have had hard time. even though some make money and have fame, but constantly living in danger and unrest they can't even enjoy the properties they own - it the risk worth it?

[@nsc2443]

What was it all for? Simple. It's all for getting married, have children, and supporting your family for our next generations to do the same. It's all for better chance of survival(a.k.a. Life).

[@OliverFetter]

Why are you going to work? -"to make a living"- So you're maintaining your existence by doing so? -"yes"- So you're doing maintenance? -"uh, yeah"- WHAT ARE YOU MAINTAINING??? ((AND WHY? >>> what's the point? >>> enter existential crisis))

[@JamesHagger-garagebandinabox]

Another thought provoking moment thank you!

[@chickedeedee292]

What a hideous trap we are all in.

[@chickedeedee292]

@Martha Speaks I’ll do my time like a prisoner. I won’t be beaten BUT I would have loved the choice. I think you know what the answer would have been. I’m two thirds through by the way, and getting happier as the decades pass. Would have been tolerable if there was not: chronic ill health; mostly poverty; suicide and a few other issues.

[@davidcleland8457]

Thank you, this was a nice little reminder to stay present.

[@tsjoshi]

The last statement made my day ! Thanks for the video !! :-)

[@Abhishek-hy8xe]

There is no Golden Goodie at the end.

[@ayushsinghkalchuri7286]

I am done explaining this to my mother and brother they just ignore this fact , so I just left them

[@sandeeptyagi1110st]

Very true 👍

[@pipsqueakyy]

Just 4 minutes video but this moved me

[@sandruu]

The answer is 42

[@ayushmaned1669]

This moment is meaningful

[@theonetrueking3612]

they've created this boring pattern, and sadly they've called it life

[@englishcoach7772]

Most people surprisingly just think about the present. They cannot project the future, and spend most of their time spending money today instead of saving and investing in tomorrow. There is no need for more present lovers.

[@helpiamsuffering603]

Went skating with a few friends today, met some hobos and nice people - life is nice. I know it's going to turn to shit soon

[@solen1849]

It sure will

[@patrickryan1515]

And so... "What's it all about, Alfie?" ... 6/2019

[@AcaJudiJudiJudiJudi]

Greed is the reason. Do not take people's income, and expect them to exist! Everyone who are demons, shut down our channels, feeling the Truth will not get out, but it will be exposed. We can do better, but the end will come, and it will be too late. The poor outnumber the rich. We want incomes and not handouts to pay our bills. 100% employment, if you pay people to work online. A word to the wise is sufficient!

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

Only wars will reset things

[@Striker-ft5xo]

0:09 thats exactly how me playing minecraft feels like

[@nixpaFPS]

Yeah then you finish too fast and wish you ddnt.Minecraft is a great exanple of life.

[@raduionescuzissibobina3589]

@@nixpaFPS sometimes i am getting bored enought and i use creative mode,somethimes not...

[@ItsJermsy]

@@nixpaFPS Hell yeah

[@crazydiamond91]

So true! Love this 👍

[@pamukmavis1772]

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[@Simon-je7ko]

I really like this video. It's just wish that the images would stop moving so much. Otherwise it was perfect.

[@skitzabod7727]

Alan Watts did this way more eloquently

[@Deborahtormenta]

But Alan Watts would have taken an hour today it.

[@pinecone9619]

I want prosperity. And I want it right. fucking. now.

[@DeanRendar]

its happening for the experiencer, know your worth if you know your not lying to other beings who might be lying they even keep track

[@joudjoud1947]

The meaning is obvious but it's not about us (the individual human beings) it's about the humanity itself since the beginning . The history that we learn is not about "us", not about the people as individuals, it's about ALL the Humanity, in this perspective a lot of things become more coherent .

[@abcdabcdoops]

But humanity will not pay my rent. The struggle is personal and none of us chose to be here and be part of the grind. But I see your point

[@fighternk13]

Sooooo paraphrased Alan Watts, ‘The Game of Life’ 🤔 still though, good video.

[@solen1849]

Oh your so smart wow I want to work to be as smart as you

[@rajsharma7988]

People in first World countries - my life is a complete misery People in third world countries - that's cute

[@RB-jq6gh]

Devaluing ourselves looking for value.

[@smoerbit]

What are the alternatives to the rat race? Becoming homeless?

[@terriesmith8219]

The alternative to the rat race is BALANCE!! Why must it always be the extream???

[@bobingsonbob8893]

@@terriesmith8219 Exactly. Live your life in the moment, but still use the moment to do things that are good for you and that you find enjoyment in, instead of self destructive behaviors that you use to fill the time between work and sleep.

[@casinobeachbum]

Yes, and I became homeless 10 years ago. And jobless. All I do every day is wake up from my tent (usually 3am - 5am), bike to a spot to do yoga, bike to free meals, go to the libraries or community center and use my laptop or phones with free WiFi. Some times when I can summon up the energy I'll bike to the beach 8 miles 1-way, get in the Gulf of Mexico a few hours and bike back. Pensacola, FL. is a great place to do this.

[@erikkooy2804]

@@casinobeachbum that sounds like an interesting, but also very tough life. Did you choose to live this way?

[@casinobeachbum]

@@erikkooy2804 Yes, I chose it. Mostly at first to spend time studying the Matrix of how our world works. And just be as free as I could figure out to be without alarm clocks, bosses, jobs (others' work), etc. And to do what I wanted to every day before I die. Who knows when that day is coming. Certainly about 30 people from my High School generation, and about 10 - 15 on the streets here in P'cola, FL. didn't know it was coming.

[@Greenstriker9235]

all these vids always point out how stupid society is which is true. but how do u escape the rat race? some say invest others say don't work at all but all these "solutions" aren't easy. I accept the fact that life is more or less a cage where if u dont do what society says u die from hunger etc.

[@TheAlison1456]

03:50 "we're constantly coming out with new videos" hearing this after the wallace video is ironic

[@HuzaifaAnsari1080]

Yeah!! 'we eat it all along the way'👍👌😊😊

[@harshrana3518]

When you blame society remember you are too a part of the society. ~common sense~

[@harshrana3518]

@Edwin Thomas interesting

[@eskaban_edits_beats_and_more]

someone tell this guy we work because we have no option not to. we do it to pay bills. not for our amusement. we have no choice.

[@nixpaFPS]

Did you guys come up with that quoye at the end, or who came up with it?

[@PoojaRani-qd7pw]

If we did not have a race, this video would have been what a vagabond we are.

[@milanlazarevic7266]

Damn u r growing so fast

[@darioblazebruno]

This channel is so fucking great

[@yeatmcchicken8502]

fuck allat shit imma take my god damn time n if someone gotta problem, they gon have to deal wit it

[@deenadream]

I absolutely hate rushing

[@es8917]

👍

[@Leto85]

That's a nice confirmation.

[@Justaguy5678]

feels bad man

[@Rafael-ly7hr]

im 22 and am an engineering major. i think i've made a mistake

[@Mosh-f5b]

Do what makes you happy

[@Rafael-ly7hr]

mosho sihole the thing is , i don’t know what makes me happy. i just feel content having friends and family , but well i’ve found lately that i have very few friends and i’m 22, at this point in life it’s way harder to find new friends or meet new people. at this point , social circles are set

[@markwhittaker6866]

Great video.

[@ghgghg2600]

This video made me want to bake a pie

[@adriel9258]

But why do we need to eat the pie?

[@kylenoe2234]

I'm dying to know who is behind these profound videos. Narrator changed in this one. Confused now

[@nathanielcadena7045]

Great video

[@thebattlebarley2308]

Anyone is from Wiseman practise ?

[@emmanuelbuachie1592]

yes

[@TheDoomWizard]

Just accept yourself as is. You are the entire universe in fluid motion. Also go watch my channel, I literally just vlogged about this.

[@bradbarber799]

Like the message but the images shaking make me sick watching it.

[@charmedprince]

Nextistentialism

[@jameskulevich8907]

Originally from Alan Watts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3nRen2beph_d6s

[@matthewnavarro6150]

Thats so self explanatory tho

[@zalphero618]

Life is a scam :(

[@anonymus3219]

I wanna savor that pie

[@shodanxx]

Ahah , life under capitalism won't allow you to escape this

[@gray2306]

Ahh.. here comes the suicidal thoughts

[@MusiicRoolz]

i hope you're okay and can accept things and move on, instead of dwelling in them

[@gray2306]

@@MusiicRoolz I have accepted that I don't have the power to change society and my toxic father, I mean, there's no point and that also means that I can't control my suffering and I don't see the appeal in being 'successful' so I just don't see the point in living if I'm just gonna die in the end and also suffer like hell