Two years ago when I was at the rock-bottom point of my life my late grandma told me, "we don't make right choices. We make choices and prove them right."

“Do it or don't do it, you'll regret both." - Søren Kierkegaard

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Victor Frankl

Oh, my weekly dose of “everything is f**ked and beyond your control but somehow you have to keep living” articulately distilled into a high quality 10 minute video😌

As someone who is currently questioning myself if I did the right decision last year when I take the leap of faith, thank you for this video. I needed to hear this.

I always said I wouldn’t live past 40, I’m 42 now and everyday I wake up it just feels awkward.

This one really touched me. I chose to do my passion as my job. It wasnt a professional career and most people look down on me but I feel happy and fulfilled when customers buy what I made so I chose to continue and pursue what my heart really wants. What makes me happy.

“The only thing we’re allowed to do is to believe that we won’t regret the choice we made.” - Levi (AoT)

That's what I do. I stand behind my wrong decisions as they were all born from passion, curiosity and risk. When the pay off doesn't lull me into a smug sense of achievement I absorb the adversity and lull myself to a sense of greatness

"What if you just decide right now based on what I choose, someone who basically doesn't know you at all? It'll be like flipping a coin but the coin has a brain and understands the situation a little." -an old man with a continued smile

I love this.. you guys are the best. Thanks again. My favorite line "In the end, perhaps it is not the specific decisions that we make that will give our lives meaning, but it is how we perceive the life our decisions have led us to that will give our lives their meaning." It hits hard. True af. Thanks ❤

Thank you man, ive watched you since middle school and I am greatful to have the knowledge you’ve shared with me. It’s placed and amazingly huge impact on my life and how I deal with situations, helped me understand my self and grow. Helped me understand men and women alike.

This finds me on the cusp of deciding whether to leave home, friends, family and dog to pursue my phd or finally give up on the idea and stay with an apartment that's okay but not forever and a job that's comfortable but more of an accident than passion. I have a feeling I know how I'll choose and in the end it will not come down to pros and cons but to feeling. I think you can retroactively learn to love most decisions you take and therefore it's rare to go completely wrong.

I could spend the rest of my life dragging about all the regrets I have which is basically 90% of the decisions I've made. The point is : it leads you nowhere. I've always had the tendency to look backwards and that is just another way of killing your soul. Dwelling on the past will just make you miserable and I even regret the good decisions sometimes. We have been told everything happens for a reason and because of that we feel like every decision needs to serve a purpose. But it really doesn't. I'm more and more convinced that life and the world is nothing but a glorified chaos, burning mess, a nonsense. Nevertheless we do need values and principles to guide us but shouldn't allow them to blind us.

Your videos really speak my language, your point of view is philosophically grounded and optimistic, this video lifted my spirits. Please keep doing what you are doing, your material is both therapeutic and educational.

I've found the most important factor in decision-making is waiting to come to the point where I'm prepared to deal with all the consequences of a particular decision. I don't move until I've resolved that within myself.

I was doubting my decision that I had taken almost one year back and badly wanted to hear this. Thank you for your video. It really supports me always..

Life: The ultimate ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ book.

It's very surreal to be depressed filled with apathaty from antidepressants and watch this video and have a glimpse of hope, so that by the end of the video I'm offered a subscription of vitamins and minerals. Strange times we are living...

Every day I wake up, I watch your videos while eating my breakfast. A kindly reminder that I am not the only one perplexed at the human experience.

"Every time we choose to do one thing, we simultaneously choose to Not do so many other things." -W. Van Der Hugh

I was just watching another video of yours with a similar message. I always tell people this same concept, every single decision in your life leads you to a completely different life. If I worked 1 minute later, I wouldn't have hit a deer on the way home. My tire was bad, it could have exploded miles after and I could have lost my life.

Thank you so much for making this video. It's greatly alleviate my anguish over the decisions I've made that always haunted me and make me hoping that maybe if I take the other choices life will be different. Thank you for giving me the chance to make peace with myself over this and give me courage to face life ahead that will still be full of choises.

I liked a girl and decided to ask her out, then she asked if she could bring her male friend to the restaurant, and like a fool, I said yes...... biggest mistake of my life.

I've been dealing with insomnia for almost 2 weeks now. I'm debating whether to stay in the US where I own a house and a business but don't like life here, or move my family to a small European town, where we won't have the luxuries we have here but would live a more peaceful life and I can pursue the love of my life, making music. I need to make a decision soon and can't bring myself to.

The Closer We Get was just what I needed right now in life. Thank you so much for writing it :) 💙

Your videos are really well made, from the research, to the beautiful animations and pictures, I love what you put out into the world, thanks for existing and making good videos!

When you come to the fork in the road…take it! ~ Yogi Berra Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by”~ Frost (in other words, it doesn’t matter! Just pick one.

Hope everyone out there finds their true self and has a great day and week❤️❤️

I used to judge and be critical, on how I want the world to be. Now, I just go with the flow, and say, let it be, as God wills. I feel peace and tranquility in my heart and soul 🎉

You should make an artsy short story in this style where you follow a person's life, and they are always trying to reach the end of a long road, but are forced to waste time in multiple branched-off pathways. They die before they reach the end, but then the camera pans out and we see the person made a beautiful image of a flourishing tree, and where they strayed from their singular path created the reaching branches.

Beautiful, both in word and animation. Thank you.

I love your videos so much. I am very big into philosophy, so it is easy to understand your content. Your videos have helped me more than you'll ever know. Thank you.

Oh my gosh, this is why you guys are my favourite channel, thank you for this video, it’s a gooder lol👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✌️😻

Thank you for the transparencies you give us.

You did what you thought best in the moment; considering what you had and what was happening to you at that point in time. For this reason, you cannot look back on these events and think, “I could have done this instead..” or “this would have never happened if I..”. Life is difficult, we live, we regret, we learn, we grow. In order to live happily we must learn not only to forgive and forget others, but to forgive ourselves. I find myself looking back on past relationships that ended in a less than ideal way. Before I look at the scenarios in a scolding manner, I remind myself that everything happens for a reason. I would not be where I am, and who I am, without this less desirable events. I am thankful for not only the good, but the ugly. Changing my view is enough to keep me going, to pull through.

I found that the small choices we make have the biggest impact in our lifes

Pursuit of Wonder guy, this one was a really good one! Thanks for the GREAT content

I made the choice of learning English, I couldn't be more glad , now I can understand what your point is

I wanted to type out a whole story but instead lemme just say I love you, man.

Thanks man, needed this one right now.

great wake-up smile!

DEFINITELY buying ur book you’re one of my favorite authors I see your KZfaq videos as almost like literature. One day I hope you will be hailed as the Classical KZfaq Artist that you are ❤📜

I made the decision to never regret any decision in my life ever again, no matter what the outcome may look like. Maybe we don't have free will anyway, then our feeling of that we could have decided differently is just an illusion anyway.

Brilliant stuff Beautifully said

I still can't get over losing my girlfriend who I was planning on asking to marry me during the pandemic because it just kinda of broke me. I still haven't recovered and the break up was just the beginning of far harder journey.

Great video, please never stop making these type of videos

The best choice when you have to decide to do something is that one you consider less wrong in comparison to others. Always use your reason, that voice that tells you what could benefit you more to your present and future. Don't listen to your temporary mood or emotion, do nor succumb to what you're just feeling in that precise moment, cause you could then regret it. Kant made this example: if you consider to act by feeling, then you will make a lot of mistakes, because then you will act according to what is best for you in thst moment in order to feel better (you will act through your emotions, according to what cause you less pain or cause you more pleasure). On the contrary, if you act according to reason, for example, if you think you should study, because even if you're suffering or you're feeling tired and stressed right now, you accept that's okay in order to achieve your degree and have a better prospect, then you will be acting according to your reason, not according to what you're just feeling in the moment. So, always think what will benefit you more or what probably looks better to you in your future (to work instead being lazy, to choose the girl not just because she is nice but because she's good to you, to love because is better than to be alone, and so on).

you are such a help when im anxious and unable to fall sleep

One of my favorite channels!

8:06 That last two sentences of this essay are worth re-listening to many times...

the cont'd of "every person is one choice away from everything changing"

Excellent information. 💫

Thank you. This was very thought provoking.

thank you

I made so many bad decisions last year and really messed up my life so badly I lost my greatest opportunity for my career switch and also lost the love of my life of 10 years. I'm still suffering from the consequences and recovering from what I considered the lowest point of my life.. This video gave me some hope strangely that good things may come from all the bad things I've experienced.

No matter what you choose, just make sure you're sneaky, resourceful, or clever enough to come out ahead. Also, don't make enemies. That's how you turn the world against you, one piece at a time.

Heres one of my fucked up life choices: Got a job at a startup It was cool at first Started to feel used by superiors Started to feel worthless Became unhappy, oh theres a Stizzy near my job Next thing i know im showing up high asf to cope with boring work everyday for a year. I buried the plea from my soul to stop, deep down i knew how fucked up this had got but i just stopped feeling guilt after a while and just kept going with the self destruction, self avoidance shit. I new i needed to quit this habit and find a better job but i just got used to the cycle. Dulling my soul out until i couldn't do it anymore. The addiction, shitty job shitty people shitty location it all became unbearable. So i stopped showing up, got fired and now i have to sit at home unemployed and sort through what the fuck i just did to myself....i feel relieved that i got to go through that experience though. It taught me things about my shadow that i still have to implement but goddamn is it a bitch.

Bravo! 👏👏👏 This, my man, is art.

this video makes me feel at peace after had made decisions on life changing choices

I used to use drugs on a daily basis and caused myself and those around me great pain. Now that i have some time away from them, i often find myself thinking that despite the regrets and sorrows at my past actions and decisions, i wouldnt be who i am, where i am today. I am greatful for the opprotunity to be better.

Nothing in the end matters hit deep

What do you do when you're mid thirties, you're out of work, and you didn't finish your degree? You're not working on the IT certifications that you know, with basic diligence and effort, you could pass and get back on track with your career? I've been asking myself questions like this lately, cause that's where I'm at. There's a certification I'm after but requires me to complete a lower level certification first. I've been struggling with setting aside my ego and just doing it. Time is passing by, though, so I'll get cert 1 done, I'll get cert 2 done, and hopefully get back on track. I think I'm mostly taking to myself. Life passes by so quick and it's so easy to be paralyzed when you realize you aren't where you want to be, but don't let any internal embarrassment or ego lead you to feeling defeated or that everything is pointless - it isn't. It feels much better to hold your head high, and you do so much more naturally when you feel good about yourself.

Way ahead of you man.

Our doubts are traiters, and we lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt...... William Shakespeare

main lessons: - every decision might have risks = there is no perfect decision - its about your perspective on your decision and how you react to the consequences - if you dont take life that serious you wont feel too devistated if something doesnt turn out as you thought

I love your channel n ur videos❤

The perfect video before bed

This video reminds me of Michael Corleone the path he did not intend to take but forced to take faced the life altering consequences like his loss of family, his love Appolonia,his brother's love eventually his dear daughter .. a sign of his happiness, liveliness died with Mary ... If Michael did not take revenge for his brother, if they did not took the life of Appolonia and his unborn child...true Man is a slave of circumstances

800,000,000 decisions unless you play magic the gathering 😅

I don’t think I need a video for this but I’ll watch it anyway

I think that final paragraph is one of the best things you've written yet

Top of the hour.

This is exactly emwhat i needed to hear

Beautiful

Worrying about the Future 🤷‍♂️ it’s like borrowing trouble from the future 🏃‍♂️ to ruin your present Take actions Now “”Pursuit-of-wonder “”

Everything happens for a reason 😌 ✨ Be kind to YOURSELF ❣❣❣

Just constantly Learn

Making decisions is the hardest thing for me I really struggle with that

I love utube cause here I can say things..and people will not judge me ..I need a hug ..I am doing well .I doing well in studies I am working out twice daily for my studies ..but I feel alone ..I am good looking ..I have a joyous life I make others laugh I have good physique...I feel alone ..I wanna be in someone's arm so bad ..I want a hug

"There's no goal in life Life is the goal" Tolle

This helps a lot there is no such thing as a good decision.

All put together i feel the greatest hurdle in standing by the choices we make in life is not so much about the way they affect us but the conditions they put our dependents in. A loner is much safer and happier an individual that a family man…unfortunately!

Yo love this channel

work can wait

Do it when tripping on shrooms, always goes exactly correctly :D

I would say for myself I haven’t made any decisions of absolute regret. Mostly the opposite, just a lot of wasted time in the wrong places and with the wrong people. I think I tend to stay in environments and in company that don’t want me so life has to give me a lot of rejection to keep me moving since I can’t read between the lines 😂 But like many have said I accept life as is and keep it moving. Less wasted time and more energy spent in intention.

7:23....That's what I'm talking about!!!

I find this very true. The youth have been and are always apolitical and apathetic to politics. There is a reason why parents are shielding children from the harsh realities of the world. I agree there. Freedom of speeches for the youth, can also do more bad than good. Limits are sometimes needed. It depends which party wins. Either the liberal side or the conservative side. I have no hate against the government, left and right parties alike. I am smart, but not a gifted prodigy. I am rather be choosing The First Amendment. Me, and many young people. I am considered a part of Basic Rights. I am politically apathetic and apolitical as a whole. I'm not selfish, arrogant, or obsessed with judging others viewpoints. I am only a volunteer, and cooperative person. I view things as rose tinted, childish escapism, and simple minded opinions. That's how I view the world through my eyes. But for me, I am legal of age. I'm afraid to grow up. Because I can't be independent. I struggle with pressure. I am no minority. I'm still like a kid. A child to my parents and family alike. I like being treated as a pampered baby boy child. I am no political idealist, not a judge, not a soldier, and not a professional. I am just a volunteering and cooperative youngster adult. People may mention me, that I'm just a kid. Viewing the world through childish escapism and imagination. I am only basic rights, and have simplistic ideal views. That's my philosophy and point of view.

Every decision is right we just need to accept it in the end.

You were always supposed to be here, where you are right now. Maktub 🙏

always the best

At 6:15, when he's talking about Kierkegaard, can someone tell me what music is playing in the background?

Its easier to say "ugly" because its against what you believe. Finding the true beauty of it all is finding the root of it all.

Thank you brother! I cried with this

The relationship a person has with pain decides their fate. It is this relationship that decides their relationship to pleasure, and it is pleasure that destroys people.

We don't make the right choices, we make choices to prove them right.

This is one course i passed with flying colors.. .i should have majored in fucking up... just a natural gift, i spose

great video

It was a good decision to watch this video