00:00into at the end of the day all that you really want is to be happy right and I think
00:08a lot of
00:08people are chasing happiness in a way that almost guarantees they will spend most of their life
00:12waiting for it because we naturally put a lot of importance on moments that feel different than
00:19life so happiness starts becoming something we expect from a big change in our life there's
00:25always a future point you have to get to you know you say when you earn something then you'll start
00:29to feel happy but the problem is that once that thing finally happens it eventually becomes a new
00:34normal too and then your mind keeps finding more and more to chase you never quite reach it and I've
00:41noticed this on my own because I'm somebody who always has goals I constantly spend every single
00:47day posting live streaming posting a long form video trying to build something that means a lot
00:51to me trying to shape other people's opinions and hopefully help somebody who's watching and I don't
00:58think there's anything wrong with that kind of ambition but what I realized is that achievement
01:04doesn't mean much like it means a lot for when you achieve it but it has a short memory if
01:10that
01:10makes sense because your brain adjusts very quick and something that seemed impossible to you once
01:17just becomes something you're used to seeing if you told me four years ago that I'd have over four
01:22million followers across platforms I wouldn't believe you now I see it every day and you know
01:28for me followers aren't the most important thing because in my opinion all that matters is hopefully
01:33helping someone or putting a message out there that somebody relates to or finds interesting and
01:38hopefully shapes their life in a better way and if that is only one person today then it still works
01:43for me so a follower doesn't always mean that you influence them I hope to make meaningful messages
01:50that people understand and relate to but the thing is once you achieve something or have something you
01:55become more used to it and a lot of people keep pushing past it I think a lot of famous
02:01people
02:01aren't happy or as happy as you would think they would be because of this exact thing they always spent
02:07their whole life achieving the next thing trying to get better and they never slow down enough to
02:12appreciate what they have now and I think that's the reason that people can have a lot going well
02:18for them and still feel very unsatisfied because that feeling makes them feel like something's always
02:24missing so they always look for another change another thing to accomplish and they try to make more
02:31money they try to go somewhere new they try to accomplish bigger and bigger things um
02:38and it doesn't do much because look a lot of times change is truly needed but sometimes nothing
02:44is actually wrong you just get used to things that could have made you happy
02:52and there's a difference between completely um needing everything completely different versus
02:56just acknowledging the things that you already have in your life because I think a lot of times you
03:00already have things in your life that you appreciate or make you happy but you overlook them because
03:04either one that they're in your life already every day or two because sometimes it takes losing
03:10something for you to appreciate it whether it's one of those two things it's too bad because you
03:14aren't guaranteed to have your closest friends around you if you're in a relationship you're not
03:18guaranteed to be in a relationship now honestly if you wake up with food without worrying about what
03:23you're gonna eat and you wake up with shelter and if you're watching this on a phone or a laptop
03:28or a tv
03:28with wi-fi i mean i think you're doing better than you realize it i'm not saying that you're blessed
03:34beyond measure but sometimes you have to appreciate these things
03:41and of course you want to build more and more stuff but instead of thinking that something's going
03:45to make you look more impressive think if it's actually worth it think if it will make your
03:49average day-to-day life feel better because maybe you want to take up a new job because it pays
03:54more but if it takes
03:55every late evening and every weekend then is it worth it you know you want to live somewhere exciting
03:59and it sounds great until you realize that you spend most of your time there and maybe get used
04:04to it even goals that are worth chasing have the daily reality attached to them and that daily reality
04:11of what you do every single day is worth at least as much as the goal you're achieving
04:18so i don't want a lot of your happiness to come from anticipation sometimes the weeks before
04:24something happens are just as enjoyable because you have that feeling of working towards something
04:33that should make you happy and you can't just have happiness at the end lines in life sure there's
04:38a finish line there's many finish lines but that the win isn't at the finish line the win is the
04:42whole
04:42way through you just have to shape your days into
04:50okay i thought that was a i think that's just a friendly little snake huh yo hey real ones know
04:55that one time little scott favorite i buy rattlesnakes i'm a little bit scared
04:59and you know sometimes you have to appreciate the new things you can't always be scared going into
05:04anything every day something could go wrong i could die any day out here so you know i'm out here
05:07every day but
05:08um i've ran into bears i've ran into rattlesnakes i've ran into coyotes i've ran into aliens if you
05:13know you know and i just take it one day at a time every day i try to do it
05:18and uh
05:21all my videos i make on youtube are eight minutes long but this one i'm gonna cut short
05:28because i really want to go make a video while she's still here
05:32so really appreciate that now look maybe i'll look forward to this video being posted
05:38posting posting henry posting but i gotta appreciate the filming you can't just appreciate
05:44when you go out there and perform you gotta appreciate the work and you gotta build your
05:47days around something that you can get through happily it's good to have grit and really push
05:52through you know as someone who works at least 12 hours a day seven days a week it's good to
05:57have
05:58that but you also gotta take care of yourself you also gotta do things you enjoy and you also gotta
06:02try to do things throughout your day that you actually find meaningful and that you're actually
06:07okay with because life is short and you can't spend the entire thing chasing one end line because
06:16if you blink you'll miss it so enjoy it now and go do something today that future you will appreciate
06:23process
06:25you
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