you can only cook what's in the fridge // reasons to read

[@timdemoss]

thanks for watching! :) if you enjoyed, feel free to check out the rest of the reasons to read HERE: kzbin.info/aero/PLZpKwDwO5HwPrGyF9_Py_-BHcxbp_Co2c

[@MochaRose990]

“You can only cook what’s in the fridge” was such a lightbulb moment for me. Wow.

[@timdemoss]

so glad to hear it. thanks for watching!

[@amshur9584]

let him cook

[@coreycollins5044]

i paused the view immediately

[@gabepeters527]

Genius. I instantly got it and was mad that it never dawned on me until now. Thank you.

[@BANGProductionz]

No clue why this came across my feed. But. I’m putting KZbin down for the night and picking up The Little Prince. Thank you bud!

[@timdemoss]

that's what we like to hear!!! thanks for stopping by. happy reading!

[@BahAloooors]

DESSINE MOI UN MOUTON!

[@Vanshika-xl2ff]

I’m also have to pickup little prince

[@lodokali]

starting off light let's goo

[@spimachmixer]

My favorite of all time

[@caterini20]

reading is one of the only things in my life that i have never regretted doing. Always a good time even if its hard. Very inspiring video thank u!!

[@timdemoss]

same - it’s weird how that is…like it takes a great youtube video or short to make me not regret being on my phone, it takes a decent movie to make me not regret watching a movie, but there have been very few books where I felt like “man I shouldn’t have spent that time”. Weird, right? Welcome to the channel & I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!

[@daylight8296]

you are the product of your environment. I’m an engineer and w/ machine learning this fact is so evident that the model is only as good as it’s training data “garbage in, garbage out” hence why it’s important to clean the data and make sure it’s useful to produce good results. So funny how analogous this all is to how human brains work.

[@timdemoss]

what a great technical example :) thanks so much!

[@rio_agustian_]

Reading book (that contanin ideas) it's like putting strange item in your inventory. You may don't know the function of it, but it may useful later

[@timdemoss]

exactly like that!

[@idid69ok]

I remember trying to become a reader back when i was 14-15 and my parents shaming me for it. They didnt see the point in me reading anything that wasnt a textbook and they basically ruined the hobby for me. Im trying now at 26 to get back into it

[@timdemoss]

as a fellow 26 year old, I believe in you! thanks for watching :)

[@cherryblossom8061]

Everyone needs to hear this. I’m gunna use that line in my daily life now, thank you

[@timdemoss]

thank you for watching!

[@spark9_]

Love this video so much. The way it's illustrated mirrors my thought process and I love reading related content. Going back to my books now.

[@timdemoss]

so glad to hear it! :)

[@gggggghjggggggg]

another amazing video! i feel like this also ties into a lot about how fiction affects reality-such an interesting topic to me!

[@timdemoss]

thank you! excited to do one about fiction specifically soon too for sure

[@lilacfields]

great video! sometimes i have moments where i recognize or know something but have no idea why i know it, and then i stop and realize it’s because i’ve read it in a book before. i love these moments when information that i take in from books comes to me like memories. also, building my mental library (or as you call it, mental fridge) has been so essential in getting me back into writing after losing my passion for it for so long. going to continue to expand my mental library this year and learn more new things :)

[@timdemoss]

100% agree and relate. thanks so much for watching!

[@alexandredeschenes8955]

Idk why this end up in my fyp but thank you man this is a piece of art. You are prooving what you are saying by doing this video.

[@timdemoss]

I’m so glad you found the series! welcome :) thanks so much for the encouragement!

[@dotexe6415]

lmao 1:59 rule number 1 of life should be, "everything always circles back to 1984.' after reading it recently (second time, but brain was broken last time, long story), i'm always seeing people (appropriately) reference it. and i'm always referencing it. you're so right. when we can't express ourselves, we have disconnect. and i just noticed, with your example of 'good,' not having a linguistic way to express yourself could really cause depression. imagine living in a world where stuff is just 'good' 😨

[@timdemoss]

I heard someone recently reference a variant of this idea as "crayons in a box" - if you've only got the 8-crayon box, you're not going to be able to properly render the world. you need the big 120-crayon box to do that. (actually found the timestamp and video if you're curious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXipnGWurZehe6s)

[@roryluuvsuuu]

you're such a wonderful person for this, gonna restart my reading journey

[@timdemoss]

hey I’m so glad to hear it! :) good luck and happy reading!

[@earthworma]

i am a mosaic of everyone i have ever loved

[@TinyMaxfer]

On the book steal like a artist and the fact you create what your influenced about; you have to realise creativity isn't just creating art. In the book Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly also explains that you can have personal creativity and domain creativity. Domain creativity is creating new things in a field like painting or science. But personal creativity is the way you live a unique life. So reading books can help you look at your life and live a life no one else lived before, like seeing yourself as the creative object. Fun fact though the people who created the most unique ,and things we see as super creative, lived the most boring uncreative lifes. Wearing the same clothes everyday, eating the same food, never going out etc. This way they kept all their creativity for the domain they were focused on.

[@timdemoss]

personal creativity - love it. that’s so fun. Thanks for sharing!

[@percivalyracanth1528]

Another thing that works is story-based games like Disco Elysium that use the reading and interactivity in tandem as part of play. There are also segments of play where faroff events are described in detail, so you as the player can still be immersed without having to witness personally every last thing. So you get immersion of books and video games at the same time!

[@timdemoss]

sounds like a blast!

[@wesrezio]

Came across your channel, wow what a gem 💎

[@timdemoss]

wow thank you! :) I appreciate it a lot!

[@mash55331]

This is life changing advice. Thank you!

[@timdemoss]

thank you! I appreciate the encouragement!

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

Great little video! I appreciate how short and to the point it is! You’ve got my sub 👍🏼

[@timdemoss]

thanks so much! welcome to the channel & I hope you enjoy the series!

[@wojtek8660]

Hi thanks a lot for your video it’s great . Knowing myself I probably will completely ignore your great points but you made my morning tram ride way better and started my whole day on a good note. Thanks

[@timdemoss]

hey so glad to hear it :) very happy it made your ride better! hope your day went well!

[@realYomi]

Thanks for this video man! I'm gonna start with Atomic Habits by James Clear today!

[@timdemoss]

love it! thanks for watching!

[@emilioherrera568]

Brother this might be the best video I have ever seen

[@timdemoss]

wow. thank you so much! this has been such a fun series to make & the encouragement helps a lot! :)

[@Icyhandss]

I don't read books but the woman I like mention 1 book to me, "The midnight Library", I started to read it, and man, I felt like I was having an awakening, I got my dictionary with me to understand things, and an mental image starting to play as I read the book, it feels like I am watching a movie with how I perceived the characters and their depiction,

[@timdemoss]

books feel like movies sometimes, love the mental imagery!

[@ronanmc2112]

Subscribed. This is an excellent and worthwhile idea for a video series

[@timdemoss]

thank you so much & welcome to the channel! :) this series has been so fun to make for me honestly - I’m glad you enjoy the concept!

[@Laocoon283]

Always so satisfying when you find an actual genuine video like this in the sea of vapid regurgitated talking points that is youtube.

[@timdemoss]

well thank you so much! :) glad to hear from you. appreciate it!

[@Laocoon283]

@@timdemoss All it takes is a little introspection. Like you said you were just asking yourself why and writing down what came to mind to help order your thoughts. But I get the feeling that most people are scared to actually speak their mind, especially about intellectual topics, so they do the safe thing and just repeat canned answers. Sometimes I worry it's actually worse than being scared to speak their mind but that they are actually scared of the process of introspection itself. Scared of what they might learn about themselves. That makes me sad.

[@umekothefirst]

i dont know why youtube recommended this to me when i already read lmaooo

[@alvaropecogarcia6028]

Super awesome video that was clearly meant to help and inspire. Thank you!

[@Jane-sw1zh]

Great work. Thanks

[@timdemoss]

thanks for watching!

[@ahmedelsewy9091]

that was so inspiring dude!❤ thanks from Egypt👋

[@timdemoss]

so happy to hear it! thanks from the USA :)

[@saurabhkamble7703]

Hey @Tim DeMoss, what's the song playing in the background around the 4:20 mark? The vocals

[@timdemoss]

it's an original composition I did in BandLab, I think the instrument I was using there was called 'Solo Female Vocal' or something like that. (I didn't sing it XD)

[@icypena6214]

this is such a beautiful video, thank you ❣️❣️

[@timdemoss]

thank you! :)

[@CJ-wm4te]

yes!

[@arjavjain1868]

So book recommendations? I like questioning life but have come to a conclusion that theres not much meaning except you can either die thinking everything is meaningless or rather be happy ( meaningless it may be ) but just do stuff.. live life and let the present overwhelm you.. not the past and not the future.. just the present.. i am interested in experiencing life rather than understanding it.. ( its like i would rather taste the apple than to have someone else describe its taste).. well too much stuff for a 16yr old like me.. well once u discover these truths there is no going back If u have any good recommendation then just drop em off mate

[@timdemoss]

:) thanks for watching - not sure I can help with the meaning of life through a KZbin comment, but I can help with some recommendations! here’s a link to my substack where I occasionally send them out: timothydemoss.substack.com There’s also 9 more videos in this reasons to read series & I mention a bunch of books in those, so that might be of use to you too. thank you for watching! (Oh, and as a former 16 year old myself… I think you’ll have a lot of good discovery and learning ahead of you. It does get brighter :) keep reading!)

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

"Just be kind" Kurt Vonnegut.

[@timdemoss]

simple and to the point. Love it

[@FrancMcStien]

I don't think that the mental fridge is ultimately an argument for reading books. Just about anything you do, watch, listen to, or talk about with other people can fill up your fridge - ie give you ideas and knowledge. The question then becomes - which activity is best for doing that? It may or may not be reading. It would probably depend on your reading speed and enjoyment. I would argue that most people would absorb new ideas much faster from modern mediums such as video, which combine language with visuals and sound.

[@timdemoss]

totally fair - for example I’m making this series on KZbin instead of writing a book about it and I think that’s the right choice :)

[@Christian-ut2sp]

You can only cook what's in the fridge. I'll remember that

[@timdemoss]

glad to hear it :)

[@sunnykobe3210]

Simple, I love it.

[@timdemoss]

thank you! :)

[@petri.chor_]

This video inspires me as an artist, especially the part about creative influences and remixing. You cannot add your own touch to or get inspired by something that is not there in the first place. I really like the format of this video. What program are you using to write and draw on? And to edit?

[@timdemoss]

thanks so much! and I write my notes just with pen on paper, then use Photoshop and Premiere Pro to turn them black & white & time it up with the audio. :)

[@petri.chor_]

@@timdemoss thanks!

[@airjaz]

Can you read a book on how to be less monotone.

[@drake-2948]

What is the name of the song you're talking over in the video?

[@timdemoss]

there’s actually no name, it’s an original recording I made for the video :)

[@drake-2948]

@@timdemoss you produce music?? It's sounds beautiful

[@dreamer2387]

I like to read. But I'm confused by what to read?. Any Advice ?

[@timdemoss]

there's a few more videos in this series that might help! but this video in particular: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHbKmZaCbbRor9U

[@dreamer2387]

@@timdemoss thanks watched it loved it. A question i would like to ask. I am always stuck between what i want to read vs what should i read. I once read a quote that said one should read books read by great men. But whenever i read books recommended by them. I find it very hard to finish. But when i pick a book by my own interest. I finish it. So i always remain confused about should i read the books recommended by great human beings. Or read something that interests me ? What's your take on it?

[@mmmoeljk721]

Although, unfortunately, human experience is not yet proficiently transferable from one to another - books are media such that is closest to the thought process of a human being. Burdened not by other's technical nor artistic and only by one's self interpretation - it operates through the most pure mean of data expression being text. I believe it is an obligation of a civilized human to crave knowledge, technical and ethical. To crave improvement. Books pose great technique of doing exactly that. I would recommend reading Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, as it in my opinion upends human identity and makes it possible to recompile and refine one's self. Hope someone will find these words useful. Perseverance is key. Thank you and take care.

[@timdemoss]

Might have to try Brothers Karamazov. keep wanting to but keep getting scared off. thanks for the recommendation!

[@zahrahajja9914]

Dan Koe sent me #grateful ❤

[@luthergrusovin5519]

What's the name of the background song?

[@timdemoss]

no name actually - it’s an original recording and I never named it :)

[@Cats-Cult]

Who's from Dan Koe's blog?

[@user-ej9rg3qn7p]

God bless the algorithm for bringing me here.

[@timdemoss]

welcome to the channel! glad to have you around :)

[@popcornjeans]

"You can only cook whats in the fridge" where is this from or did you come up with this on your own

[@timdemoss]

To my knowledge, I came up with it on my own - but it’s totally possible I’ve heard some variant of it somewhere and don’t recall. And I’m certainly not the first person to suggest this concept :)

[@bubbyft3779]

lovely video man

[@timdemoss]

thank you!

[@artflowerslofi2676]

Beautiful

[@timdemoss]

thank you!

[@taamsonjoshua5533]

Great stuff man👍

[@timdemoss]

thank you! :)

[@odokawa1]

what a fucking phenomenal video

[@timdemoss]

thank you!

[@dossettden]

Dude, YES.

[@timdemoss]

aren’t books great! Makes me feel silly for being on KZbin sometime … but I guess there’s a balance :) thanks for watching!

[@dossettden]

@@timdemoss videos like this help us reel back into presence of written words and the interstates of thought and reality. You did a service. Thank YOU. I'm now subscribed and look forward to all future work you choose to share

[@timdemoss]

I appreciate this so much - thanks for the encouragement :) it helps me feel solid going forward & continuing to work on these! (by the way if you're curious about the rest of the series here's a playlist link) kzbin.info/aero/PLZpKwDwO5HwPrGyF9_Py_-BHcxbp_Co2c

[@dossettden]

@@timdemoss of course dude! & awesome I’ll add it to my watch later!

[@francescoluo672]

I thought It was a video about cooking and recipes

[@bobmichael8735]

What font do you use?

[@timdemoss]

in the thumbnail it’s Athelas. In the video it’s my handwriting :) thanks for watching!

[@bobmichael8735]

thanks for making these videos

[@JohnHirstUK]

Lots of people here are commenting on a video about reading while demonstrating their inability to write correctly. Very interesting.

[@njames69]

Thanks Algorithm

[@timdemoss]

thanks for stopping by!

[@abhishiktachakraborty7577]

Whoa whoa. Steal?? Nuh uh man

[@MotoMatsalleh]

Thoughts on stocking the fridge -read a book by or about someone you dislike and disagree with -read across all the major genres -dont waste time reading bad books, there are so many good ones, dont be afraid to not finish a book

[@krishafyme]

Real

[@timdemoss]

Love it. I hope to make a video on reading books that you explicitly disagree with in the future - feel like that would be a fun topic. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@MotoMatsalleh]

@@timdemoss Tim, I think reading is one of the most, if not the most powerful tool for personal growth there is, so i bet it would be hard to find enough that we disagree on to make a video 😂. Keep up the good work making videos that help and challenge people to grow

[@mishynaofficial]

I do this by reading only classics, cause they're the collection of tried and tested high quality books of different genres.

[@krishafyme]

@@mishynaofficial yah plus there's lot of content in classics which we would disagree generally like rasicm, homophobia, sexism , I get so mad but I bear with it

[@agalus56]

There was a study which discovered that people who read books immerse themselves in the experience so much, that their brain thinks that the plot is happening to them directly. So your brain basically lives through the story and enriches your experience by those fictional situations!

[@timdemoss]

it really really does feel immersive doesn’t it? my guess is that it’s because your brain has to do so much work to visualize what’s going on, it’s like a dream. as opposed to watching something where the visuals are created for you. thanks for sharing!

[@uMaud]

Personally, I imagine every single story I know as happening to me, regarless of medium. I often find myself pausing just to contemplate how I would react, how I would go about things, to the point I often don't feel like continuing the story because I've gotten too immersed in my own head.

[@crusaderforchrist]

It sounds like drugs

[@peli._.668]

​@@uMaudA book that takes someone a week to finish would take me twice or thrice as long because I do the same thing as you lol

[@milkdrinker117]

For me it leads into real life problem. When people tell me their life story i get into their shoes too much i feel too emphatic for every problem they had. It makes me want to help them to the point that i exhaust myself. These days i just don't talk to people that deep anymore.

[@aaronmgriffin]

"you can only cook with whats in the fridge" applies to so much, its a great line. I'm immediately thinking about skillsets, or physical capabilities as well as knowledge

[@timdemoss]

it could definitely be applied in all those ways too :) thanks for watching!

[@Hunterfilmsthings]

this was a very lovely video, “you can only cook with what’s in the fridge” is a great line

[@timdemoss]

thank you! I'm slowly finding that it really is true - even when I'm being original, it's only because I'm stealing from a really big number of sources. and luckily, books don't expire like food does, so your fridge can just keep getting bigger!

[@lej7100]

Yes very great

[@jeremy-moore]

Not only will your thought life become more knowledgeable and enjoyable, but reading books gives us time to process and chew on what we are about to swallow. Books don’t give us the instant gratification other forms of modern media give us. We need to take time to receive the fullness of a book. Having the time to process, explore, and think about what was just consumed is what’s lacking in most media today. 5:30

[@timdemoss]

Totally agree! (You’re skipping ahead to reason to read number four or five…don’t give too much away)

[@uMaud]

Speak for yourself. It takes me 5 hours to watch a 1h30 movie because I need to pause to process what happened. Likewise, you can completely skil through a book not thinking about it too much, perhaps not even understanding what the author wanted to communicate since tone is much harder to convey through text. I think people put too much importance on the medium and not on the quality of the story and character writing itself, or on the work you need to put in as a consummer. There are games, movies and series whose story line has lived rent free in my head for years because you can spend hours pondering on them. I've heard people say they prefer having someone read some awfully badly written 300 something pages of excuses to write p*rn rather than not reading at all, as if reading it would bring any intellectual fullfilment that watching it on a screen couldn't bring. Mediocrity is mediocricty, wether it's in a book or not. Likewise, a good, thought provoking story doesn't loose any value from being communicated through imagery and dialogue rather than through text. In short, I think the importance of stories lies in the content and in the way it is consummed rather than the medium, and people who pretend otherwise are just pretentiously trying to feel better about themselves.

[@mishynaofficial]

​@@uMaudtrue. I love many books, and yet Yorgos Lanthimos movies are the best. I can spend days analysing what the author of the book or film wanted to say. But sometimes it takes 10 minutes, because the work is shallow.

[@pfutch1]

DOUBLEPLUSGOOD

[@timdemoss]

I hope big brother watches this video

[@dwiski]

@@timdemoss He sees every video. or at least it's best to assume he does

[@LastAmericanHero911]

This is one of the gooder videos on YT

[@francescovignolo8781]

This metaphore of the fridge is really precise in every single aspect: if you give a fridge with, let's assume, the same 100 ingredients to 100 diffrent persons and you order to cook something, you will end up, probably, with 100 diffrent plate.

[@timdemoss]

hadn’t thought of it like that but wow that’s a great point. we’re all combining the ideas in new ways. thanks for watching!

[@johnrogstad1278]

100 dishes coming from 100 cooks using 100 ingredients isn't that impressive. I mean, if I gave *one* cook 100 ingredients I'd expect WAY more than 100 dishes to result from his efforts. You're not even thinking additively, much less multiplicatively, which mixing obviously is. If I gave one intelligent chef a mere four ingredients (e.g. butter, flour, milk, eggs) I sure wouldn't expect only one dish in response. Or four. Or five. I'd expect dozens at least. Obviously mostly because those are highly variable ingredients, but hopefully you get the point. Stacking ingredients multiples the number of possible results. It's just weird that you suggest 100 ingredients and 100 cooks = 100 different meals as if that's an impressive output. 100 dishes coming from 100 cooks and 100 ingredients suggest that each dish was made from just one ingredient by one cook. That would be absurd. For the sake of the argument you were trying to make, why not say 10,000 dishes (100 x 100)? That would be closer to the likely reality: each cook is going to combine each ingredient in so many ways that the result is much, much large than the number of cooks or ingredients alone. Obviously.

[@francescovignolo8781]

@@johnrogstad1278 thanks for your comment; i wrote mine in a few minutes, so i didn't think about this aspect, but you're right. I think, however, that the example works.

[@banafshaiftekharwani7603]

loved this video, I also read a study, that showed how people who read fiction,have better empathy... Exposure to fiction in early life , makes people more conscious of taking perspective of other people's realities.

[@timdemoss]

I can 100% believe that. thanks for sharing!

[@elpolloxd4525]

I'm learning English on my own, and one of the best way to learn and understand this lenguage is reading. Now I can read many books that before I couldn't. therefore, improve my confident and vocabulary.

[@timdemoss]

so glad it’s helpful for you!! good luck on your English learning journey!

[@hansmohammed5486]

I did it by watching videos in KZbin and arguing about politics lol

[@elpolloxd4525]

@@hansmohammed5486 wow man, that's insane!

[@SKVLE]

I am a Spanish teacher with a profound love for the english language. I teach English to my students with the aim of sharing this passion that I have. Honestly, I have nothing but respect to what you’ve done in this video, it encompasses the beauty of not only reading, but also learning new languages. New subscriber, right here. Much love

[@timdemoss]

thanks so much for the encouragement, I appreciate it :) good luck with your students!!

[@fabe61]

This could’ve been ‘overproduced’, over the top, and heavily stylised with a kind of classic KZbin/TedX style, but I enjoyed this more because of its authenticity and candidness. Good stuff :)

[@timdemoss]

thank you! the style works for me and has been enjoyable to produce :)

[@OvidiuAlex28-vb5hq]

THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU VIRAL. Extraordinarly catchy and inspiring. Thank you

[@timdemoss]

wow thank you!! I hope it does some good in the world. three episodes in now - we’ll see how many I’ve got in me :) glad to have you here!

[@authorttaelias4483]

@@timdemossI binged this entire series today and im obsessed

[@fairymom5508]

im getting a fridge tattoo now , thank you , truly.

[@timdemoss]

glad to be of service. welcome to the channel!

[@babyboo1215]

Is it done??😂

[@JohnHirstUK]

Why the spaces?

[@itscristianodasilva]

I've been feeling off with my personality this past year, I stopped reading, worried about my screentime, and journaling and making art less. This video kinda clicked something in my brain, made me feel like myself again a bit. Thanks man

[@timdemoss]

I’m so very glad to hear it! (also randomly by the way I ended up watching your “you should hire my sister” video and while I don’t have a need to hire anyone the video made me smile and I thought it was sick, so thanks! XD)

[@maiconschneiderfyszer8475]

the fact that you could put your thoughts so eloquently in the way you conveyed the message for this video essay really shows how you made such a great point. i mean, it was so well thought/phrased for such a simple - yet good - idea. good job dude! really looking forward the other material from your channel :)

[@timdemoss]

thank you so much! I appreciate it! glad you found the first one in the series first - hope you enjoy the others! -tim

[@jamillion10]

I always get recommended small youtuber videos that are mildly of my interests and I almost never click them. I'm glad I clicked on this, some good quotes, advice, and generally good vibes. Great video!

[@timdemoss]

Thank you! the first of a series of undetermined length. Currently on #4… we’ll see what runs out first - my reasons to read or my energy. :)

[@diotone5580]

Reading has drastically improved my lexicon. I feel that I can express myself with more depth and clarity. It's like always having the right thing to say. Or in terms of the fridge analogy, there's always something to eat.

[@mistadude]

Right now I feel the exact opposite way

[@wallfloweruth]

don't get me wrong but your voice is soothing...

[@beoteo_8266]

They was you think and express yourself through this video is such a testament to the exact idea expressed within this video. The way you string together different thoughts, ideas and express it visually is just inspirational:)

[@timdemoss]

Thank you :) I appreciate the encouragement!

[@KareenKircher]

Here because of Dan Koe?👇🏼

[@zeam-h3133]

"You can only think things that youve been introduced to." Is this really true though? Its interesting to think about

[@hansmohammed5486]

Not really, you can think in a mix of things that you have been introduced to. So it's something unknown created from the already known stuff

[@timdemoss]

great question. I’m definitely oversimplifying it. like, for example, you could invent something in your mind and then find out someone else had already also invented it independently. That definitely happens. But it’s sort of like trying to imagine a new color - hard to do without thinking in terms of the colors you’ve already seen and know exist. (I’m no scientist so I’m sure this color analogy isn’t perfect but it helps me visualize). Thanks for watching!

[@seppuku-]

Woah, this blew my mind. We have very similar tastes. I was just listening to Kendrick the other day, also being good kid m.a.d city. And yeah the that between the sheets like the Isleys bar is insane. He pays homage to his influences while paving his own lane in music. Amazing video, and yeah it makes sense there’s so many question you tend to ask yourself when reading especially fiction. This happens all the time with well written characters. “Why can’t I go on a bike ride across Europe too.” You start to ask yourself things. The ending segment of you are a mashup really put the nail in the coffin for me, that’s what I was missing, confirmation. I would often doubt if I should read a book I found tedious and boring, and go pick up another story i’ve been itching to dive into. Boring books feel as if a chore before during and after. The books that settle down in your psyche are the ones that you tend to enjoy reading, pulling you into itself, binding you to it forever as if it were a black hole.

[@timdemoss]

welcome to the channel! :) at the end of the day we’re all mashups of what we choose to let into our lives. thanks for sharing!

[@tessademoss7665]

FIRE TIM

[@timdemoss]

please no 😭 I really need this job

[@tessademoss7665]

you’re funny

[@wildcaffeine8906]

ive been in a reading slump for years, since the pandemic actually, and honestly this video has been pushing me to get back to reading again, especially as a hobby to take up while studying philosophy in college. the natural, genuine perspective you have is so refreshing, thanks for giving me a reason to read again!

[@timdemoss]

so glad to hear it!! thank you for watching :)

[@displacedgrace]

“The more you read, the more things you will know, the more you learn, the more places you will go” Dr. Seuss

[@timdemoss]

which book? love this

[@displacedgrace]

@@timdemoss An odd, short book called “I can read with my eyes shut.” 😊

[@judigemini178]

YOU CAN ONLY COOK WHATS IN THE FRIDGE 🤯

[@hannalor333]

Lovely video

[@timdemoss]

Thank you! :) (And isn't it nice to be able to say "lovely" instead of just "good"?)

[@barefootarts737]

If you want to learn to hate reading books, get a Phd. That will out the fire out for you.

[@timdemoss]

noted! :)

[@iloveme437]

wow... this is going to my "favs" playlist ☹️🤌🩷

[@timdemoss]

wow thanks! this is the first in a (hopefully) long series - thanks for the encouragement

[@Eyalkamitchi1]

Love this, buy a new mic, lower the music volume ❤

[@timdemoss]

noted! thanks for watching!

[@hackerdackers8832]

Absolutely love these videos. I think it's really important to show people what benefits reading brings, and you're doing exactly that. You've brought a smile to my face and given me lots to think about. Thanks!

[@timdemoss]

hey thanks so much for letting me know! :)

[@ChristopherHillJr]

Great video man, that actually just inspired me. Keep the content going.

[@timdemoss]

thanks so much! and will do :) thanks for watching!

[@vga-t7m]

when i was just a boy i loved to read a whole lot. i could easily digest english language text and dialogues very easily. thanks to being left alone by age 5. progress in later years have disabled me from reading regular books. instead i read a whole lot of what very many people put out in social media. and LOL most of the time. many of what people put out is funny and at times hilarious. the silly ones are ugh !!

[@Rafaelonyoutube]

No wonder this video is only available for download for KZbin premium only

[@relaxbox3398]

Reading has been replaced by videos, KZbin, don't you think?

[@kkloudyaah]

what a beautifully made video, I love your short essay and how you used illustrations/mind maps to explain your thoughts! instant sub.

[@timdemoss]

wow thank you for the encouragement! & welcome to the channel!

[@thedew4435]

I'm not sure i want to cook in thos godforsaken existance tbh lmao

[@voted]

I wanna start reading books, but the problem for me is How do you even get started with reading books There's so much to pick from and so many topics.

[@timdemoss]

luckily I've got a video just exactly for that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHbKmZaCbbRor9U thanks for watching! :)

[@erwinsan4746]

Last night is were some youtuber convinced me that its about quality of learning (anything) not about the quantity

[@timdemoss]

Love it!

[@masonhmusic]

kendrick also samples “That Lady” by the isley brothers in “i”

[@timdemoss]

I’m always shocked by how common sampling is…the more I look the more I find. Thanks for the tip!

[@Ask_Xi]

Could this extend to audiobooks or true crime podcast as well?

[@timdemoss]

I think it could extend to listening to music, taking walks, going to new places, and almost anything - but I limited it to books for this video. basically, experiencing more of life gives you more to work with. so yes, I'd certainly count audiobooks and true crime podcasts! (although for what it's worth, I think books and audiobooks are more similar to each other than audiobooks and podcasts are).

[@luluflores1440]

We have Uber eats now man (8 don’t know how to reed)