Your Brain When You Have A Deadline

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[@fuzzy-yt]

Ok

[@charlesds1234]

Ok

[@yosh6095]

Ok

[@nathanchisholm2654]

hi

[@connorhatchell3635]

Ok

[@paperocelot8807]

The true painful ending would be if the project only took 10 minutes and very little effort, but the killer anxiety and stress blew it WAYYYY out of proportion.

[@CigarDoug]

So like, the real world. Yup.

[@imaginieiota6298]

That us so relatable 😖

[@myscreen2urs]

Turns out it was barely an inconvenience

[@allesdurchprobiert]

That's literally me Every Fucking Time

[@ooi97]

relatable

[@gregarroinalidadavich9220]

The worst is when you're self aware you're procrastinating but you're so interested in the distraction you keep doing it.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

You can get done more while procrastinating that you would otherwise.

[@douglaswilburn9278]

Story of my life

[@Zeuts85]

It actually has a name--the "Dark Playground." When nothing is truly fun, because you know you're just pushing your struggle down the road, with compounding interest.

[@Wilco31D]

@@Zeuts85 you found that out by researching it with a deadline looming over your head didn’t you 😂

[@seeker296]

Or so stressed about the assignment

[@austinhall3937]

*NOTHING* gets my house cleaner than a strict deadline for something that does not include my house being clean.

[@1bootliz]

Same. I loathe dishes, but kept finding myself doing them _just to procrastinate doing my homework_ in college

[@akiraigarashi2874]

@@1bootliz Same xD

[@lisamiller6112]

Had to stop studying for a professional exam to polish my silver and reorganize my hall closet.

[@jayNOEL21]

Absolutely

[@KirtFitzpatrick]

truth.

[@donotletthebeeswin]

Neil Gaimon summarizes this phenomenon with some writing advice he's given over the years. If you find yourself struggling to complete an important task, whether it's a creative one or not, sit in a room and do nothing. Do nothing until your brain itches to do something and then you'll feel like doing the task.

[@KoshVader]

I'm not sure that would work for me because my imagination can take over. Once I had a story idea I thought about so intensely I couldn't concentrate on anything else. I had my laptop in front of me to study along with flashcards and I ended up lying on my bed for hours looking up at the sky and thinking of my story.

[@keriannekerr1876]

@@KoshVader Tell yourself that anything you daydream long enough to be a story you must write. That resulted in me no longer daydreaming because I was just to lazy to write and past daydreams rattling in the back of my mind for years demanding to be written.

[@singingway]

I super love to sit or lie down and do nothing. Not sure that impetus to move would ever strike.

[@donotletthebeeswin]

@@singingway They key is it can't be instinctual. You have to consciously force yourself to sit still and do nothing. Eventually you won't be able to stand it because it should feel like a chore.

[@l.36125]

something similar to this is called "urge surfing". instead of doing the thing your brain wants to do instead of the task, you sit and wait for the urge to go away, and the lack of dopamine will supposedly make your brain bored enough to give up and continue doing the task you were trying to work on before

[@PretentiousFish]

I like pretending that my brain is an entirely separate entity and I don’t actually make bad choices.

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

Good choice!

[@RobertStoll]

The way I see it there's three of me. First one is an asshole who is a bit of a task manager, but to a fault. Like not entirely socially there kind of focused. Usually he'll barge in with an idea that doesn't really gel with anyone but myself, but has the gumption to get things done after distracted me figures it's easier to harvest pumpkins in MC or it's time to buy another bit of hobby tech I'll do nothing with. Third me usually then has to rebuff both. Solo projects get annoying.

[@dalysea26]

cogito ergo habeas homunculus

[@LuisSierra42]

@@dalysea26 homunculus like in fma

[@jonrolfson1686]

Used to do that with some frequency. Unfortunately, the coronary conclusion is a shared event.😟

[@timl.b.2095]

And, of course, many of us are watching Ryan when we should be working on something.

[@TheFroneyZone]

exactly like figuring out for sure where the phrase going down the rabbit hole came from - it may very well hold the answers to our very existence!

[@manicmuffin]

@@TheFroneyZone Brain: Self-aware procrastination is still procrastination!

[@wtfsodumb]

Don't you call me out like that!

[@nefelx]

Guilty 😔✋🏻

[@Cybrogue1]

Also guilty

[@bagel8284]

I'm literally watching this instead of doing an assignment right now lol

[@DylanGollerShow]

I'll do the assignment.

[@elainasynranelt]

Same

[@mrmeowmers2057]

no way same

[@anyalazor7978]

Same:(

[@crazybird199]

same

[@gustavolrcoelho]

Not trying to increase your stress levels Ryan, but we gonna need that rabbit hole song for tomorrow.

[@joshuagodinez5867]

Oh, man. This made me laugh as hard as the video did.

[@TammyTheQueenBee]

😄

[@ethanaerni8938]

i turned it into a song

[@I-did-September-11th]

By 5PM

[@Marvelfanatic3658]

​@@joshuagodinez5867ok...?

[@SpideyWarsStudios]

As someone who is one of the world's foremost demonstrators of procrastination, this is painfully accurate

[@SCPguy-06]

There’s no way you’re a bigger procrastinator than me, I come from a *long* line of procrastinators and I’m gonna continue that line, maybe later, I’ve actually been procrastinating on talking to my crush whom I would like to continue my line of procrastination with

[@daveroche6522]

One of my best friends said to me once she loves the way I take things on simply to avoid doing them! Hell yeah......

[@stemom]

I wanted to reply to this comment but the

[@N0ES]

I procrastinated procrastination just to answer to your comment, but I'm procrastinating on the content of my reply, please read it at a later time.

[@MewmewGrrl]

I'm looking at someone who procrastinates so much, they're going to write their comment on how they procrastinate too much later.

[@braydent0821]

Seeing Ryan not in front of a green screen is oddly terrifying

[@Alakaizer]

Ryan in front of a green screen is there to raise your stress levels to critical.

[@CommunimateANIMATIONS]

I've gotten SO used to seeing him behind one that the real backgrounds seem fake

[@mcloco]

"adding stress levels!"

[@toppersundquist]

OH GOD HE TURNED REAL LIKE LAST ACTION HERO

[@demago3265]

oh THAT'S why this video felt weird! I couldn't put my finger on it but it wasn't *quite* right

[@heyhey97777]

Me procrastinating watching this video:

[@darkhell66659]

Me procrastinating on my sleeping schedule watching that video

[@martinmi7842]

@@darkhell66659 haha, ( time of 53seconds) same

[@Pulko172]

@@darkhell66659 same

[@benonaru]

no

[@genius171]

ha same here

[@MsAsasi]

"Productive procrastination is still procrastination" Quote of the year!

[@aegis8d737]

It's amazing how much second hand anxiety I felt because this video is so darn relatable...

[@zenleek2129]

Yeah I felt that deadline physically

[@sachertorte1000]

I'm nauseous.

[@anastasyavie6236]

I feel this to my bone cause this is what I am doing atm, this is the motivation I need, unexpectedly

[@CorruptorPeste]

@@anastasyavie6236 You still procastinate?

[@stachu5049]

As a person watching this while having a deadline, I can confirm this is 100% true

[@royalpain9281]

How many rabbit holes are you on currently?

[@lancetheking7524]

The worst part is that this could be your making a joke, but you literally have a deadline soon

[@dk-yamasaki766]

Get out of this Ryan's hole, even it sounds TIGHT

[@Fuchsia_tude]

The solution I've found is not to have deadlines for anything. I didn't say this was a _good_ solution, mind

[@emmasilver2332]

Yes same

[@iBoss818]

This is so relatable that I could actually feel the stress

[@bingobongo1615]

It gave me second hand anxiety... I got over this way of procrastinating since a few years but I will never forget how this feeling felt... Just awful

[@marquez2447]

@@bingobongo1615 teach us

[@thelaurens1996]

NOOOOOOO I'm in one of those procrastination rabbit holes writing about procrastination rabbit holes only making me procrastinate mooooree !! How does one get out of these, better youtube that. This video is too relatable

[@Alnakar]

You're supposed to be doing something productive now too, eh?

[@HalfBreadChaos]

@@marquez2447 Pretend anxiety is a scary shadowy figure and the only way to defeat it is to run screaming toward it and punch it in the face before it can get any ideas.

[@JacktheRah]

The fun part is when you don't know anymore what you're procrastinating from but know deep down there's *something* you're supposed to do. Yeah, that's me right now.

[@sharingheart13]

A few years ago, my brain realized that my brain does this, so instead, whenever a deadline approaches, we save ourselves all the stress by giving up and accepting the failing grade we deserve.

[@diamondly6250]

oof

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

This is me 100%, i dont get panic attacks, i just get like 70% done and then my brain goes "good 'nuff" and wont cooperate anymore

[@Cartman4wesome]

I realized this in high school. And somehow I ended up getting better grades. The more I tried, the lower the grade was. The less I gave a fuck, the more decent my grade was. I don’t know how it happened, but I never questioned it.

[@korganrocks3995]

Nah, way better to procrastinate for weeks until finally starting about three hours before the deadline, write about 60% of the required word count, send the email to your professor a minute before the deadline, then go to bed only to find out a day later that you forgot to attach the actual essay to the email and then proceed to attach it and send it rather than spending a couple of hours finishing the damn thing, thereby getting a C instead of an A. Totally the way to go!

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

​@@korganrocks3995 that used to be my MO, but it hasn't scaled all that well out of school : /

[@jonathanperez7663]

Literally anything in life is comedic material for Ryan.

[@Lostmymind1]

I want to give him a carrot, and see where he takes that situation. And I don't mean a metaphorical carrot on a stick. I mean a literal carrot. Orange vegetables that everybody says improve your eyesight, but really that's just a myth started by the British as a way to trick the Nazi's from investigating what Radar is. No seriously, that's where that rumor got started. Carrots and propaganda helped kill Nazi's, and I think that's pretty cool. So now I want to give a carrot to Ryan George, and see where he takes it. Hopefully nowhere sexual. Ya know what? I hadn't even considered the sexuality of the Ryans in the Ryan universe. Are they bi-sexual? One of them got married to, and then divorced Julie Nolke. But the vast majority seem to not have girlfriends........and in some videos, we've seen their offspring look like a spawn of satan, which would be explained by relatives having offspring. Can't be more related to you, then sleeping with a clone of you. Yet the adult Ryans all look normal. Which means the horrible offspring qualities must get ironed out as the Ryans age. Although, maybe it explains why everybody is Ryan. What if Ryan is just in a room, imagining all this stuff, under the care of a mental hospital, and Julie is like his case manager? And the movie pitch guys are just all in his head after he sees a movie? I am putting TOO MUCH thought into this. I'm just giving him a carrot, and moving on with my life.

[@izanneto]

Were you on drugs when you wrote this? Cause reading that whole essay was an experience to say the least

[@Lostmymind1]

@@izanneto Nope. I just over-analyze every little thing. My teachers thought I had A.D.D which would later be reclassified as A.D.H.D, but that's not what it is. With A.D.H.D you have 15 different thought processes all distracting you and all equally pulling you into different thoughts so that you never finish a thought process. I'm the opposite. I don't lose my attention. I go into detail so deep that even the crew from NCIS stopped telling them to "ENHANCE!!!". Then you just follow the hypothetical situations to their natural conclusion, which baffles everybody else because nobody thinks the logistics through of anything anymore. So somehow I get called rainman, which doesn't even make sense. Rainman had an eidetic memory, and would recall details about situations that nobody else could. I'm not recalling, I'm going into hypotheticals, and exploring the groundwork for which fictional events are laid. Often times coming to conclusions that nobody else would have reached. But, I do thank you for at least taking the time to complete the journey with me. I often times get reacted to in a way that the other person wasn't even going to read the message. It always reminds me of a Bo Burnham lyric. "It's youtube, it's what this country has been needing, an entire generation of kids who don't waste their time reading!"

[@That80sGuy1972]

You are NOT wrong... at all. I used to think this guy was a funny guy. Now I see him as a comic genius. That's many levels above just being a funny guy.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@Lostmymind1 It's amazing how tiny a cluster of text is considered an essay by many modern online people nowadays. Are two-page leaflets considered books now?

[@thelastdictator482]

Ryan George isn't only every character in his videos, he's all of us.

[@deadNightwatchman]

Plus our hair. Wait. Let me rephrase that...

[@Rennies-World]

Whoa.

[@Yami_gd]

@@deadNightwatchman 📸🤨

[@Alg-0-Rhythm]

WE ARE RYAN GEORGE. IN LIFE WE ARE RYAN GEORGE> IN DEATH WE ARE ALSO RYAN GEORGE hmmmm..............>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@Alg-0-Rhythm]

We ARE RYAN GEORGE! We ARE RYAN GEORGE!We ARE RYAN GEORGE!We ARE RYAN GEORGE!

[@brucewillis542]

Ah yes, Ryan reliving the trauma of working for ScreenRant and carrying the entire channel on his back.

[@stop08it]

I seriously thought that was his own channel lmao

[@polreamonn]

Has anyone been on ScreenRant since Ryan set up his own channel?

[@patiid7265]

@@stop08it wait it isnt???

[@lab4256]

I think it'd be hard for them to get all the way off his back, would you agree?

[@RevanReborn3950BBY]

@@polreamonnjust to watch old vids

[@TheMridulrathi]

I like to imagine that this video took longer to get released because Ryan picked up 3 hobbies while making it

[@andeolevain]

Well, looking up random stuff about rabbit holes has to count has productive work when it's for a video, don't you think?

[@creation1702490]

of course! that's why I'm here in the comments, and, having read a few and knowing I am late to work - I still had time to sit and write this incomplete sentence for no reason that is productive so I could see my typing and my name and get that small thrill that keeps me going

[@creation1702490]

now I see that rim l.b. started his comment with of course and I feel like I should take the time to aha a sdlkjioeahadhapioenva; ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

[@creation1702490]

okay that didn't make any sense so, despite I am late for work I am going to finish. (My brain voice sounds like ryan now - i decided)

[@creation1702490]

okay, So I was going to say...... ah, crap! it's time to milk cows

[@teelip749]

I need that rabbit hole single asap, I’m gonna be singing that shit the rest of the day and probably ALL of tomorrow.

[@SenoraCardgage]

For real. It *better* be making a reappearance.

[@andrewlance3898]

I'm sure he'll have a character in a future skit listening to "Rabbit Hole" on the radio

[@shinossaura]

It's already #1 hit song in my procrastinating head

[@ntdscherer]

I'm gonna need you to get allllll the way off my back about producing that single.

[@alyxavior6505]

It could be called "The Bunny Hop" 😊

[@Macrochenia]

I'm reminded of a famous Douglas Adams quote: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as as they speed by."

[@andrewthomson870]

Deadlines are tight!

[@Einstein-wasnt-all-that-smart]

Plot twist: This is Ryan in real life trying to upload the video on time

[@cameronhardy825]

Glad to see that Ryan is finally getting a start on that rap career

[@tediousmaximus1067]

Rap it all! Rap it all! Rap it all! Rap it all!

[@MrSirWivd]

i understood that reference

[@whydoyouwanttoknowthat]

Louis Theroux style

[@thenetherbaddie9760]

KZbin headquarters will be pleased

[@YesterdaysDeadTodayOnlyExists]

Sounds like jhope

[@SwoleCole89]

Watching him feel stress hit me with actual stress. Why so good Ryan? Why. So. Good?

[@Real_MisterSir]

Clearly he has extensive experience in the field of stress to be able to portray it this well..

[@etherealicer]

Yeah... I really need to know if he got the project done in time!!!

[@monozuki]

Love the Uncle Roger cross-over, read it in his voice even lol

[@iliasVoolgaris]

"We're not good at video games at all, anymore" Holy crap, i felt that

[@allesdurchprobiert]

As I kid, I thought I would never be like that. Unlike the elders, I grew up with video games, so I'd always be somewhat good at them. Today at 40: Hold on! To play this casual switch game, I'd need to have a quick look at the controls?! Why oh why must games be so complicated these days?! There's like more than 4 buttons AND two analog sticks, and everything moves way too fast!

[@gabrielfuiava6446]

Brain: “You just blew ME” Ryan: “Don’t phrase it like that” 🤣 That was gold 🙌🏽

[@kylejohnson6557]

And that’s as close to what it’s like for me having ADHD. It’s like having a roommate in your head who never shuts up, and for whom the ending of EVERY sentence is a jumping off point for another topic.

[@heckingbamboozled8097]

Yup, my search history is filled with random questions that pop into my head throughout the day

[@mineduck3050]

Yes but solitary confinement is much easier for us, so it's like crime is on the table.

[@CrochetDHD]

@Hecking Bamboozled Same, and because I think of something else while researching the random thing, I have hundreds of open tabs filled will random queries across multiple browsers and devices. Isn't ADHD great? 😉

[@blablup1214]

@@CrochetDHD Asking a lot of questions at least sounds like you learn a lot ;)

[@lakobosros2326]

As a certified person with ADHD, I can confirm that that is very true.

[@jackservans6906]

I was doing homework and saw this in my feed. I added it to my Watch Later and kept going, finishing the assignment. Ryan’s brain would be proud of me.

[@donrol93]

Watch Later playlists are tight!

[@osheridan]

Petition for a full-length rabbit hole song to watch while procrastinating:

[@Zordlistair]

Signed

[@firefang5078]

Signed

[@jackofalltradeshermes]

Signed

[@linagreenlyfe6705]

Signed

[@ZachNarwhal]

Signed

[@lamarepository248]

I have an exam in seven hours and here I am procrastinating with a video about procrastination.

[@sahasrakondapalli50]

Tell me about it 🙃

[@casguldentops984]

As an ADHD'er I relate to this so hard

[@StellarTalk_English]

I also relate to this video so hard! And I have my first screening for ADHD in less than an hour :D

[@schrodingerskatze4308]

I don't think you need ADHD to relate to this

[@casguldentops984]

@@schrodingerskatze4308 true, everyone can relate to this, it's just that people with ADHD might relate to this "harder"(?).

[@FlorentChardevel]

Actually, as an ADHDer, I'm trying to allow myself to do more "productive procrastination". And I don't think you should feel guilty about that. Forcing myself to do a specific task often leads to doing nothing, so instead I allow myself to do stuff that I feel like doing right now, with a tasks list I check in whatever order. Eventually the more boring tasks will need actual deadlines (and some stress) to be done, but overall I'm more productive and less depressed this way!

[@FlorentChardevel]

@@StellarTalk_English let us know how it went!

[@richardsears4665]

Fun Fact: Procrastination is your brain trying to prevent you from harming yourself, since you perceive the deadline as a negative thing.

[@theunnamedaccount4009]

FUCK OFF BRAIN

[@marthamryglod291]

I'm now existing in a new paradigm. Thank you!

[@cadenvanvalkenburg6718]

Really? Do you have a source you can send me I want to post about this.

[@wanderingwatcher3981]

insightful, fear of failure or other, the question then becomes - how do you prevent buildup of paralyzing levels of stress if prone to fearing negative outcomes / risk averse by nature?

[@erikarussell1142]

Then what's the procrastination of eating? Cuz often I can't focus on anything and end up avoiding food. And I loooove food.

[@avimo2565]

The return of the Stupid Dumb Brain Headquaters! I love the continuity of the great Ryanverse! Keep up the good work!

[@camelopardalis84]

Do you happen to remember what the other video(s) featuring it are?

[@shorty685]

@@camelopardalis84 there was the one about being too tired to sleep, not sure if there's been any others but I hope there's more in the future

[@avimo2565]

@@camelopardalis84 when you’re too tired to sleep

[@camelopardalis84]

@@shorty685 Thanks, I have seen that one, but didn't recognise the concept.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@avimo2565 Thank you! I do remember the video you mention, but the interior of the brain in this one didn't look familiar.

[@HighMojo]

Ryan has stopped struggling with his rabbit holes, and instead learned to embrace them by turning them into what we now see as sketches.

[@avimo2565]

Watching you is one of my favorite hobbies. My brain immediately reacted when this came out!

[@GhostFox_1]

Same

[@TheJesselopez1981]

Brain: "Hey look its that guy that makes those super literal videos you like. Should we watch?" Me: "Uh....yeah!" Brain: "Have some endorphins." Me: 🤤

[@DumblyDorr]

As someone with ADHD procrastinating on a deadline right now... this was great! :'-) …now, what to watch next…

[@questionablehistorian9335]

I should be doing math homework right now. But...I can't. Thanks ADHD!

[@lodxmas]

How about watching a 30 minutes motivational video on how to stop procrastinating when you clearly don't have 30 minutes or better read the comments for 30 minutes.

[@belldrop7365]

@@questionablehistorian9335 Gotta miss the days that the only thing at risk is homework. Nowadays it's an ever growing backlog of games.

[@hayleyhowarth8330]

Same, I have a 5 page paper on crisis intervention due tomorrow and I have 2 paragraphs written. The stress from procrastination is sending me into a crisis. Maybe I should call one of those crisis hotlines and see how they intervene and take notes. But, of course, I can’t my phone calls until my house is clean. You know what they say, messy bed messy head. I wonder where that phrase came from…..

[@questionablehistorian9335]

@@hayleyhowarth8330 Mine was 5 pages on the Indian Caste system. It's something I'm really interested in, but it was still a nightmare. When I get that way I remember what my grandma said "If it's not going to matter a year from now, don't let it stress you". Your mental health is more important than anything else.

[@kylecorbinmusic]

Me literally having a deadline tomorrow morning…

[@theweeb3878]

Same bro

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

@@theweeb3878 same

[@anonymoususer2797]

@@ToyotaTacomaOfficial same

[@guywithnoname9240]

Same

[@temanor]

Me having one from a week ago that I still haven't finished 🫤

[@laurynbrown7958]

3:24 I love the detail of pressing send on a message before your brain agrees!

[@TheRibottoStudios]

One time in college junior year I barely got a SIX PAGE ESSAY for my history class done by the deadline. The deadline was 11:59pm had to submit it by then and it was worth a QUARTER OF MY GRADE. I spent a total of 6 hours on it (so two pages per hour cause I SPENT an hour just STARING at the screen figuring out how to start it) and somehow not only passed the plagiarism test but got a B on it. That is the dumbest biggest achievement I've ever had in my life. Because trying to finish college while depressed out of your mind TRYING to fight the urge to unsubscribe from life is just the worst kind of thing to put yourself through. I don't know what it is about high pressure situations that brings out the best in me but I'd love to be able to avoid that cause the aftermath SUCKS.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

Thats awesome! College really does suck though, most jobs are, you show up, and go home. College does little to really prepare you for a work life, aside from something like law school, or med school. But for some reason you cant jump straight into med school/Law school. A lot of jobs dont even need a college degree.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist college at least puts you into different social standards than your home might or your high school. So I'll give it that. And I was able to get a part time job as well, save up some cash (that was a bad idea in hindsight cause it was just MORE stress on TOP of my stress) and then because of my depression that at the time I didn't even KNOW was depression, I became THAT person in group projects. You know, the one that doesn't do that work but passes. I felt bad, but couldn't bring myself to care at the time. College was not an overall good time for me, if I could do it again, there's a lot I'd change. Mostly, getting help for myself mentally. I did make a lot of new friends via pokemon though and that I wouldn't change at all.

[@DadaIorian]

Sounds like EXACTLY my college experience.

[@TaozenTaiji]

As someone who also dealt with severe depression and struggled in college exactly like you described, might I suggest looking into an ADHD eval? My diagnosis was too late to save college performance, but it's done wonders for life afterwards (including depression)

[@nutbastard]

Pffft, that's nothing I once wrote a 5 page college essay about the parallels between Chinese and Korean martial arts archetypes without doing more than 20 minutes of research and maybe an hour of actual writing and I wasn't even in the class, dude promised me $80 if I could land a C or better. Secured a B-, homeboy passed his Korean Cinema class, and I paid my rent on time. Then I did a back flip and snapped the bad guys neck. The last part isn't true but the rest is.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

As a software developer who goes from deadline to stressful deadline, this is my life... KZbin is my "Rabbit hole, rabbit hole, rabbit hole" during deadlines... lol

[@JAVR58]

Are you in one right now?

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

@@JAVR58 always. :)

[@weirdshort_YT]

wHAAAT!

[@makarabaduk1754]

Getting stuck in rabbit holes is tight!

[@m0L3ify]

I actually do music production for a living and have the exact same problem. I'm going to have that rabbithole beat stuck in my head for all eternity now. Thanks, Ryan's brain. 😂

[@douglaswilburn9278]

Unless you just produce an actual song out of with

[@m0L3ify]

@@douglaswilburn9278 You know it's gonna make it into one someday by accident 😂

[@mastanickel]

"We're really not good at games at all anymore," is the saddest statement about growing up I've ever heard. YOU'RE STILL GOOD, RYAN. It's not over yet.

[@Vignum]

It's funny because I read some doctors that studied stress and procrastination is that your brain makes you do this kind of things during deadlines, because deadlines stress you, so it makes you procastinate so you don't stress out xD

[@lucyandecember2843]

Feels like a tranquilizer tbh

[@BrynjarReynisson]

We need a romcom with Ryan and his follicle😂😂 I love Ryans ads. They're always just as hilarious as the sketch

[@BrynjarReynisson]

@@manthe3711 no it does not

[@squee599]

The fact that the follicle had a mustache is just perfection. The real video is in the ads.

[@grumpy9721]

I thought it was Ryan's eyes and mouth glued on "Follicle" 😬😁

[@w1l827]

“If we put our.. me to it” that was clever af 😂😂

[@fartherout.1046]

how does ryan create such a deep and relatable video yet still pull off an amazing hair follicle impression

[@chickster2111]

It's super easy,barely an inconvenience...

[@Chetloore]

I'm gonna need you to get all the way off his back about it.

[@chickster2111]

@@Chetloore OK sir,let me get all the way back off that thing...

[@Chetloore]

@@chickster2111 lmao. I love Ryan's community. It's even better on other channels when we unite lol.

[@chickster2111]

@@Chetloore wow wow wow....wow...

[@TheMonkeyShowOnline]

Good to know that Ryan's procrastination instincts haven't stopped him from consistently creating these amazing videos year after year. Maybe he has a whole other section of his mind called the Awesome Smart Head Bunker that successfully runs productivity counter-ops against the Stupid Dumb Brain Headquarters.

[@ceebee2858]

I'm definitely going to build one of these for myself! Great idea!

[@feldon27]

No he's just really good at Photoshopping out the shock collar I decided.

[@jasonkay869]

No, creating these videos is obviously how Ryan procrastinates from getting his real work done!!!

[@deadlypandaghost]

Glad I'm not the only one who is productively cleaning while singing about rabbitholes to procrastinate.

[@singingway]

1. The me which thinks every task is too hard, confusing, scary and overwhelming, and can't seem to figure out where to start 2. The me which kicks in ONLY at the eleventh hour, laser focused, rushing, shouting, "done is better than perfect!" 3. The me which criticizes about how much better the outcome would have been if I had had more TIME to do it.

[@ninjaduck3k]

This isn't even a sketch, this is just a documentary of me working on almost any project.

[@somedude8182]

"That is deep, you just blew me" my favorite line

[@PumpkinDude314]

it would be really funny if this is how ryan george was acting while trying to think of a video idea then he came up with this video idea

[@calebhoekstra7760]

Currently watching this while I have a deadline tonight so this is very accurate. Also the "you just blew me" was great

[@SHKABAM]

This is probably the most transparent view of how Ryan makes videos, and it's fantastic

[@Mason_Malakai_Leroux]

Now I want Ryan to release a rap about rabbit holes

[@eienvine]

New track by Ryan George, featuring Ryan George's brain on backup vocals.

[@ahsoei9641]

Sometimes when you're about to do your task/homework/study, then your parents tell you to study as if you're gonna laze around instead, suddenly sour your mood so bad that we choose to be spiteful and laze around in the end

[@mauriciovaldez4270]

Heading over to keeps to support Ryan is super easy, barely an inconvenience!

[@leafan101]

As a non-procrastinator, this video is stressful to watch. Like a procrastination simulator. Well done.

[@mikamussi]

as a procrastinator, i envy you

[@singingway]

Seriously? A non procrastinator? To me, you are an admired fiction, a unicorn!

[@averagejoe2232]

Wait, you exist?? *Prods with stick* Whoaaaa

[@l.36125]

you are blessed, use this superpower wisely

[@lonelylama5222]

I didn't even know that existed! Wow wow wow wow.... wow.

[@ImaginaryIndividual]

As someone who is watching this while procrastinating, I am in a contradictory state of both high humor and mental anguish.

[@DanielWoike]

Watching this made me have flashbacks to when I was trying to finish my Bachelor's degree a year ago. Especially the reaching out to get an extension, and then being relieved and still not completing it. Eventually I got some support and finally got my degree!!

[@connorwilson2475]

The evolution of Ryan is incredible and hilarious

[@nousername8162]

I literally cried myself to sleep because I can't not procrastinate no matter how hard i try

[@r3dp9]

I don't know whether to be jealous or empathetic.

[@erinaa9486]

I'm sorry, I know the feeling, I've had screaming crying sessions in college the night before long essays were due instead of doing anything 🙁

[@lucyandecember2843]

Its like a curse😔

[@LeoBladini]

@@r3dp9 jealous of what?

[@ShellyS2060]

@@r3dp9 like 50/50. Or half. Or six of one, half a dozen of the other. Ooo I wonder how many other terms they are... dang it!

[@mathismath2098]

Great video to watch while avoiding working on something before the deadline

[@Daye04]

Rabbit hole, rabbit hole, rabbit hole

[@kiranaaisyah5281]

I literally learned a new language, in this case French as my productive procrastination. Because I feel like learning a new language is a good justification for having fun, like watching TV shows or KZbin videos, or even playing The Sims in French while I still feel like I learn something.

[@zavi3rz]

That panic attack scene almost gave me a panic attack 😂

[@MrSirWivd]

This. Is. Literally. What. It. Is. Like. To. Have. ADHD. I'll have my brain yelling at me that I have to do my responsibilities, but then it makes thoughts that have the slightest connection with the original tasks . . . and the next thing I know is that the whole day is gone. It is SO forking annoying and I can't help it. Thank you so much Ryan for explaining my thought process in such a comedic fashion. 😅👍

[@singingway]

The free pomodoro app helps me sometimes. If you try it watch a KZbin vid first, so you get maximum benefit from it.

[@7177YT]

You are not the only one, unfortunately. ):

[@Erebustica]

​@@singingway Which pomodoro app was it? ^_^ Cause, this is a fresh concept to me, and I didn't know that wasn't just the name of the app. And I'm curious about it.

[@ninjajake21]

Just watching this made ME stressed and I’m not even procrastinating anything!!

[@FordRasmussen]

Haha, I noticed that too.

[@findthebox8623]

Me too 🤣🤣🤣

[@sachertorte1000]

I AM procrastinating and now I'm nauseous.

[@polishedbecks]

Nearly 2 years later, and "rabbit hole rabbit hole rabbit hole what" still lives rent-free in my head.

[@creativeartstudios6792]

2:09 i expected this to go into a skillshare sponsorship

[@IshowSongNames]

Same everyone surely did think it too

[@ryanmeehan3438]

He does ads at the end with the adstronaut. Didn’t catch me there 😂

[@marshallhester3520]

Now whenever I procrastinate I'm gonna have "rabbit hole rabbit hole rabbit hole" in my head

[@gerstein03]

This reminds me of a ted talk I saw in class where procrastination was described as the "instant gratification monkey"

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Without little successes it is impossible to stay motivated.

[@_AshishKumar-jk9uh]

"Productive procrastination is still Procrastination" Wooooooooovvvv!!!! that is deeep, you just blew Everyone 🤯🤯 I have been telling myself and my friend that "yes we are doing great", we are completing tasks, "we are improving"..... but not doing what we are actually supposed to 🙂🙂, Will have to show this to him 😂

[@wjbt3]

My ADHD is too strong with the force. Even a shiny object can mess up my weekend

[@sweetpotatodato6068]

This might be my new favorite sketch from you. I haven’t laughed this hard since the “brains are jerks at 3am” one.

[@legome_theog]

Viewers: How relatable can Ryan be? Ryan: *Yes.*

[@JonasHamill]

After spending the last few hours watching Ryan George videos, I feel like this is a good point to stop procrastinating and get on with that work that's already past deadline and dangerously needs to get done.

[@JonasHamill]

why do i keep doing this to myself

[@JoelJohnson24]

2:25 "Let's just be productive now, ok?" Brain: "Should we check out some of those productivity Yiutubers for inspiration?" I feel personally called out!

[@arnouxgaming3720]

Doing chores as a form of procrastination has never once crossed my mind. Usually its me staring blankly at the screen while deep in thought for half an hour, getting another cup of coffee, doing 15 minutes of work, going to the bathroom, giving treats to animals, do another 30 minutes of work, get a snack and watch a couple youtube videos, get another cup of coffee, and then start being productive lol

[@ccheyenne]

When I was in college I never cleaned, total slob. Except during the two weeks of exams that took place three times a year. My home was SPOTLESS, I'm talking deep cleaning as a form of procrastinating

[@Zeuts85]

@@ccheyenne Right? Because you tell yourself "It'll be so much easier to concentrate in a space that is clean and free of clutter!" And it's actually true, but that's just an argument for keeping things clean and free of clutter all the time--not at the one moment when you have pressing deadlines. 😆

[@thomassclafani4652]

I was worried my ADHD causes problems like these but it’s good to know everyone also struggles

[@NicholasDunbar]

Maybe they all have ADHD too

[@ccheyenne]

Yeah no, this is universal. I most definitely don't have ADHD or anything like that and this is real as dirt. I always get things done on time and am considered competent and well organized at work yet there is no task that I won't procrastinate on.

[@Ao-vj9pz]

My brain: Let's look into some info about law degree while having a test several hours away which we barely revised for

[@fulstaak]

You've been picking my brain at quite an impressive yet dangerous level here Ryan. Again. 🧠

[@Blake.AK08]

this guy is so funny he should be a youtuber

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

1:48 Semantic satiation is TIGHT.

[@Moondust.03]

"You just blew... me" "DON'T PHRASE THAT LIKE THAT"

[@ProjektTaku]

How does ryan make videos that literally reach deep into your soul exactly as your doing the thing the video's about?

[@lakobosros2326]

Did you watch the coworker family video while being welcomed into a job with coworkers like a family?

[@LeftyPencil]

0:37 looks right at the camera, calling us iut

[@ProjektTaku]

@@lakobosros2326 yup, and its very true to life.

[@MrSirWivd]

maybe you should go clean your house. lol

[@MrSirWivd]

@@ProjektTaku probably cuz ur watching this video instead. lol it was a joke

[@ChrisJBT2]

I love videos about procrastination, they're always so relatable. I've spent so long watching all these great videos about procrastination that I don't even remember what I was supposed to be doing... Oh no! I forgot the report I was working on!

[@jimmydadema4075]

The timing of this is on point. Just failed a deadline for these reasons. And I'm probably gonna fail another one again this Sunday.

[@Natser12345]

For a moment I thought he’d go down the rabbit hole of researching where the expressions “holy crap” and “we’re on the same page” came from 😂

[@2memeornot224]

3:48 how it feels when you get a low grade on something you worked really hard on!

[@nexgen696]

You described my ADHD perfectly

[@RhombonianKnight]

3:37 such commitment and great acting here. You legitimately look so exhausted and worn down.

[@N8ExtrAwesome]

"Productive procrastination is still procrastination." Woah, that's really good.

[@bryansutton9323]

Watching Ryan react to the stress being cranked up is stressing me out

[@brotherhoodofsteel3090]

I'm in the middle of work, procrastinating, by watching Ryan procrastinate, whilst both of our stress levels rise.

[@mitsevara]

Yes, fuck why are we here ? We were supposed to the the work ?

[@TheHeroHaven]

Thank you for sharing your amazing sense of humor

[@djblade187]

"No more rabbit holes" But about them icebergs though...