Little does he know, I wasn’t watching the Minecraft clip because I was playing video games while listening to the video

The “boring” things are what ultimately lead to success and greatness. This is a great topic- definitely true. What seems fun is usually just distracting and not very fun.

Turning boredom into productivity is a true skill.

Nice try Big Book Company

It's worth noting that social media can actually be less fun than other, better activities. I often find myself bored out of my mind scrolling Reddit or KZfaq and feel relieved when I go read or work out or whatever because it's more fun and a break from the monotony. Sometimes the thing keeping you scrolling isn't that it's actually more enjoyable, it's just that it holds your attention and doesn't let go. If you only think in terms of "mindless entertainment fun, purposeful growth boring" then you might not notice when a good habit is actually the most enjoyable.

The other day I realized I work harder than everyone because I'm so lazy and bored all the time. It was nice to love one of my flaws.

This is exactly my own thinking. When I was younger, my parents barred me from screens and games because they thought boredom was good for me. It was. I wrote hundreds of lists, read thousands of books, and that screen time was a reward for myself when I finished my work. This is ultimately what discipline is built on: boredom and relief.

One thing I noticed is that there are times when I am so saturated with "fun" that I can't find things that amuse me so I go to sleep and days later I am more motivated to do things that are not so fun.

"We have reached the pinnacle of stimulation" Nueralink: 👀

I've been attempting to induce more boredom in my life for this reason but the concept of fun being relative is really eye opening and helpful, thanks!

"We always feel like we don't have enough time. But actually we just don't have enough concentration." bold claim.

- In a world saturated with endless stimulation from platforms like KZfaq and social media, our brains constantly seek novelty, leading to a perpetual cycle of distraction. - To be productive, it's essential to prioritize less stimulating tasks like studying or exercising over endless distractions. - Embracing boredom can lead to surprising benefits, as seen in the speaker's personal experience of finding fulfillment and progress in previously mundane activities. - Lowering our stimulation baseline by embracing boredom can help us concentrate better and find fulfillment in daily tasks. - Overcoming the addiction to constant stimulation requires actively reshaping our habits and embracing the power of boredom, ultimately leading to greater productivity and fulfillment.

I often feel most motivated to do work at night when I'm in bed, waiting to fall asleep for this reason.

I've been working on gamifying "boring" things to transition these habits into more fruitful results 🤔 but this is a great point, with regulating stimulation 💭

when i was a freshman in high school, my parents got a divorce. My dad was too broke to afford internet, or a phone plan with data. I had an iphone like everyone else, and a gaming computer at my mom’s. But with 50% of my custody spent at my dad’s house, I was forced to live the proper life. No social media. No youtube. No distractions. I continued to spend time outdoors well into my high school years. I learned to solve a rubik’s cube by writing down the steps at my moms and practicing them at my dads. I practiced doing nothing at all just sitting and thinking. I learned to program by bringing a laptop over and writing code. With no internet access, my mind was free. All the little things in life were meaningful and fulfilling. I loved cleaning my bedroom, organizing my clothes by style and color was fulfillingly fun. My upbringing gave me the ability to decide to that I was going to do something boring and do it with 100% concentration. And with days being spent like this, I can do medial tasks for hours, without any distractions. Love my dad for giving me the best childhood i could have, one that protected me from the brain numbing of the internet, while keeping me still in touch with technology at my moms

Short, to the point, not overly stimulating.

Yeah, I can vouch for this. When you have social media & videogames, you're gonna find work boring. But when you get rid of those things, your brain is gonna make you want to work. It's more like a, "It's better to do something than to do nothing" kind of thing.

That was the video I needed, thank you so much!

"you're looking at the minecraft clip instead of the unmoving text" yeah because i already read it

I did this strategy a couple of months ago and it was amazing. I have fall into YT again, I need to re-bore myself again.

thank you for making this, i've been trying to achieve this and it's nice too see someone put it into words. work doesn't need to be "work" as long as u can change your mindset :)

Dude I didn't even click on this video, it was in autoplay. However it was the exact video I needed. Over the last couple of years I have struggled too do the things I claim I want to do. I cant seem to get the important stuff out of the way, I instead settle for more instant gratification. I feel so distracted, things like my phone and videos games sometimes feel as though they are literally holding my head in place, not allowing me to look away. I had just gotten back from writing about how distracted I am when I stumbled upon this video. I don't know why this is what it took to finally commit to making a change, but please know that you helped at least one person in creating this video. Thank you.

My struggle when attempting to remove stimulating activities, is that I simply have so little motivation to do anything at all that I'd rather sleep than be productive. I literally sit there trying my hardest to something useful and I can't, I feel such a huge urge to just give up and lie down it makes me feel so tired. The only way this doesn't happen is if I'm not home, but there's so many things that simply have to be done at home.

Conflicting. Does not speak to or for the ADD and sensory seeking crowd, however, there may be still some wisdom to glean. Stimulation is a tool to wield mindfully, and some need it more than others. It is not something to shame yourself or others for, nor demonize it and abstain completely. To exist is to feel, and there are a great many ways of feeling. We are all different and isn't that wonderful and how hasty it would be to blanket all of us to one approach.

Patience is a virtue and while I've known this for a while I haven't done anything to achieve patience Its always been a afterthought of annoyance and impatience while doing mundane things. This video has reminded me of when I had more patience for the little things in life, waiting for things like trains or in lines, even listening to people talking. This video is a gateway to self betterment like no other. A truly amazing addition to the wasteland that is video making in todays age. Thank you.

I tell you I'm the most bored person in the world, I isolated myself from people for a year now. It still feel unfulfilling and unproductive not because I still use artificial stimulation but because I don't really know what my ambitions are. So one of the most important part to become productive while bored is to have a goal in mind, it should be a lifelong journey goal so there will be no ending.

Great video! It is unbelievable on how some external attention-grabbing factors can make your life miserable, even when you control your impulses…

Thank you for making this so readily available for everyone!

Ironically, I appreciate you making this video concise, and therefore more stimulating, so I can digest the information best!

I have this with schoolwork lately, whenever you don't have anything to do you just do something useful

Short and to the point. This video is the key to a fulfilling life

Boredom is the mother of creativity. Loved the script, you're a great writer!!! Subscribed

A huge part of this is being content and present in the moment

God Bless you for making this video. This is what I needed!

This was very quality content that showed up at the perfect time. I needed this. Thank you.

Man I love your videos, keep up the great work. Your awakening a lot of minds and setting them up for greatness

You just made me figure out what's been keeping me from going to bed early. You've also given me a reason to start training my brain each night with boredom. Thank you very much 🙏🏽

This video perfectly articulated the feeling I’ve been having for the past couple weeks, really really loved it great content and keep it up!

Such a beautiful video. Just did that 'fun' vs 'less stimulating' list, and crossing out the fun list you really see that the less stimulating activities look really exciting all of a sudden!

Ok i agree with essentially everything here, but one thing that needs to be specified here is the type of video game. Multiplayer/online games are 95% of the time a waste of time/brainrot (unless ur genuinely bonding with a buddy and it isnt daily), but some games are genuinely eye opening and meaningful. For example, the two latest God of War games (the Norse ones) really taught me a lot about what it means to be a dad since my own father neglected me my entire life. I feel like it really taught me a lot, more than my dad ever did. There are many games like this in the modern day. But I also think it's important to have the occasional mindless activity to give your brain a rest. Maybe an hour or two per day max. I think if you spend your whole life on some kind of sigma male grindset, you'll just end up burned out and exhausted. That's what I experienced in early college. I'd come home after several hours of school, study Japanese for a few hours, and then go to bed having never had a chance to unwind at all. I couldn't take it anymore. Nowadays my study habits are much more healthy and more restrained, while still making progress. Get off social media and p*rn as much as possible (100% off over time) and that will already create massive results. Taking it any further is overdoing it imo.

I just discovered by this video that the things that are most fun to me are what I actually dream of doing by the work I'm not doing because of boredom. Now I have the clear objective that I've been trying to discover my whole life! You are amazing!

God knows how many videos I had to watch in order to finally get to this video. This is definitely a great video thanks man.

This video isn't gonna be what switches my life to where I want it to be, but I definitely took some things of note from it, gonna try to apply a bit of it to my life. Great vid

Great video. Punchy and to the point. Love the video clips that you included, gives it that "don't just take my word for it." Thanks!

Thank you for sharing your ideas with me ! I appreciate it because now I can change the way I approach writing. I've noticed that reading, which used to be a tedious task, has become a daily habit since I started doing it whenever I had free time. However, I'm still struggling to find motivation for writing. You gave me an interesting idea to tackle this issue - I will restrict my reading habit to help me become bored again, and then add writing to my routine. By cutting off my old habit and reintegrating it later, I believe I can make writing enjoyable. I think this approach will help me incorporate a new habit into my routine and will be easily applicable in my life.

first 5 min video i finished in a while, thank you! good stuff

Thx, thats just the thing i needed. You're a champ.

I’ve been actively trying to be bored more, I fall back into the shorts often, but it has really helped me to be bored.

I cut out caffeine cut out smoking, i started working out, i finally got my driving license, and i am trying to better myself, what i have found out is that games and social media are one of my last and biggest roadblocks i have to some form of living a fulfilling life. it is so hard and i have relapsed so many times, it seems to me in my darkest hours like i will never get out of this all consuming horrible habit but at least i am aware of it now, ever since i was a kid i was glued to the tv screen, and as i was growing up it switched to pc and phones. And it really ruined my life, i flunked collage, i never got a real job, and it was all because my baseline for tolerating discomfort is so low i can't do menial basic tasks without the constant urge to fricking be immersed into this shit, i will once again try to set free. It is helpful to stumble upon this kind of content thank you sir for redirecting me towards the light again i will strive for more !

I think you're a very forward thinker and this video was short, simple, and genius! Just looked at your profile & videos and subscribed. So cool to see how this one video blew up. You deserve the attention!! Please keep up the videos🙏🙏

Thank you today was a very emotionally down day for me. And maybe this is what I needed.❤

Thank you for this video. It will help a lot of people. I followed your for that. I actually started this journey (it was my own idea back then) in the beginning of 2024. I just thought to myself (If I have absolutely nothing to do, I will read a book because its better than doing nothing). So I crossed out video games. And damn I am so much more productive. Its hard a few months but no i absolutely resent video games. Until like one week ago i watched Series when going to bed only. But now im getting rid of that. The thought of being that person that is just happy in solitude, being able to read and meditate, is just so calming.

Thanks man, needed this

Thanks man , it was much needed

Underrated Video. It is amazing how I came to the same conclusions as you. This video should reach at least 1 million views by the end of this year. Well done!

Great summary. Simple and to the point

Absolutely true and agree, boredom gives us lots of energy and interest to do something more complicated, like work, study new things. Experienced on my own self. Wish you be bored sometimes too!

What an incredible video! Thanks for the message, it literally made me want to change my habits!

Thank you so much for this video. I will apply it in my life. Thank you.😊

Thanks for your video man. Im feeling down currently and Im sure, that this will fix my mental health in the long term 🤝

I was so called out at 0:30 😭😭

Actually, I'd say that certain video games are also valuable entertainment that don't overstimulate you. Of course, many, or even most of the big AAA games and repetetive Battle Royales and Shooters are comparable to sources of shallow entertainment like TikTok and such, but games that require you to actually think and and focus on them to actually make progress in them, or slow games that just let you relax are really rewarding and, at least in my case, caused me to be more productive afterwards. My go-to games that don't overstimulate or distract me are Celeste and Minecraft most of the time, because Celeste, especially when it comes to the B and C-Side levels, is extremely difficult which forces you to put effort into it to progress, and once you do it feels extremely rewarding. With Minecraft, my approach is to take it slow instead of rushing the game, and just trying to build a good looking house or something similar, which at the end is also really rewarding, because you managed to make something of your own that you like. Having those small hits of dopamine that you put effort in to get causes, at least in my experience, a kinda chain reaction that makes you to want to do more things that take time and effort, because your brain has experienced what it feels like to succeed at something hard or slightly slow/broing and is ready to do the same with something even less fun. Also, playing a few games here and there feeds your creativity, which helps with getting ideas to get things done and with your productivity as a whole.

thanks, i needed this right now

"We can easily distract ourselves from the challenges of life" That's so true

Amazing video, just what I was looking for

i got myself bit of luck with distractions. because, streams are boring, tiktok lags for me, instagram is doxxing me and i wont use it, discord is full of bugs and crash often, youtube shows me same type of videos and gets boring, steam doesnt let me login in account just because i reset router and i got new ip. so, all i have left is basically work on my studies

This is my wake up call. Thank you

I use my phone to listen to music on youtube at night and I HATE that they keep shoving community posts (memes) and Shorts in my face every time I open the app so I literally cant avoid seeing it!

Great video! Thank you I needed it

One of the things that helped my mental health improve was working at a place with a strict no cellphone policy. My screen time has gone down even on the days I don’t work and I’m fine just sitting and being bored for a couple hours. It’s greatly helped my patience with everyday things too. I used to be on my phone whenever I was waiting for a bus or train but now using my phone to pass the time just feels like an option rather than an impulse. And sometimes I choose to leave my phone in my pocket now. It’s saved me a lot of battery power too!

Nice reflection and reminder. Good content.

man your videos so stimulating

I agree with this video half and half. I think a good middle ground between being overly "productive" to the point of seeming robotic and uninteresting is to instead set out to consume with intention. Nothing is inherently bad. It's the reason we choose to interact with something that indicates if it becomes unhealthy or not.

Been needing this because I've been highly aware of the amount of timewasting I do scrolling youtube and twitter

Someone who has some realizations that made me make the decision a year and a half ago to delete all social media, start meditating, start caring about my health, and more recently stop video games. Changing how you respond to boredom works. I love reading psychology, philosophy, and anything educating, I'm fine with work (though being a wage slave will forever suck), and I love myself and being by myself. But it's not that simple, I have found myself detached from others. Others talk about this trend, that trend, these videos, those videos, etc. because everyone is so addicted to dopamine hits that these give them that I can't even communicate with them anymore unless it's a deep conversation. Deep conversations are more rare than they should be because it takes trust, this forces your circle to be small. On top of the social things you now have to resort to news sources if you wish to stay up to date with the world. Bias news is everywhere. I recommend 3 sources, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and AP News. Fact check everything you read even though these are relatively unbiased. For those of you who go down this path, you will be more alone but not lonely, be prepared. Anyone who sees this with any questions, I am an open book about anything.

He read me with the looking at the minecraft clip...

your video is so aesthetical and content is great, understandable too. Keep going, I love it!!

Amazing video, funnily enough, it's a lonely day and i was starting to enjoy myself, and distract from work and adult stuff.

The information you address is not new to me. The way you tell it is. This is very clear and insightfull to the level that it makes an impression on me.

the fact that i saw this video a month ago without understanding a damn thing and rewatching it again fully understanding everything just makes me so proud at the progress i made with my attention span

I've been trying to work on a certain type of group of papers for close to a year now, I've recently started camping in places where there are no cell phone signal and I've realized that my work can equivalate to two weeks of work and it being one day of work over there, some places and sometimes you really do just need so much concentration to get some things done I am very happy with the amount of progress I've gotten done on my papers at this location and I go back once a week to continue my work sometimes we need a place where we can work.

Exactly what i need to put things into prospective. Thank you

This YT channel is superb. Thanks for the amazing content. Looking forward for more. ☺️

THIS. Plus, letting go of the expectations to enjoy certain types of books. Once I realized it was okay not to read fiction, or not even to read wordy nonfiction, I started enjoying it. And allowing myself the time to have that boredom (leaving my work session early before the next meeting so I can sit outside) led me to pick up whatever book I had on me, which happened to be a wildlife field guide.

Exactly what I go through. I used to play a lot of video games, then went to social media. Now I read books everyday, learning Japanese and IT stuff, also doing sports. I‘m doing great and it’s getting to become fun :)

I love that the duration of this video is less than 5 minutes ❤

basically discipline

Not going to lie. watching this really made me analyze my life.. and I can honestly say I can't remember a time I was truly bored out of my mind. the fun things like scrolling social media, makes up wayyy too much of my day to the point I could never be truly bored. So, for the month of April, I'm going to try out this method in this video! See if i can accomplish some goals. Thanks For This. GREAT VIDEO!

figured this out myself about a year ago. I have ADHD and wanted to adjust my baseline dopamine levels. I cut out video games, deleted all social media, and I avoid "shorts" on any video platform. I try not to multitask my leisure activities, and I don't do anything with infinite scrolling or algo traps (I use newpipe for YT so no algo feed). Now I'm at the level where writing music is the most fun thing I do, and I ended up writing more music in 9 months than I had in my entire life up to that point. Crazy what happens when we start saying "no" to the attention industry.

That thing about 10 minute KZfaq video was exactly what i was looking for. Now i know what i was thinking subconsciously

Yoooooo, this is gold quality right here.

gonna start watching videos in theater mode

I've gamified my grades in school. I have straight A's and love studying. This is coming from someone who squandered their 20's playing counter strike and just craving leisure.

I needed this man

This is THE TRUTH. I've composed about 500 pieces of music in my life. 400 were composed during times when I didn't have internet at home.

This how I changed my own habits. I have been trying to explain this to people for years. This video just solved my problem.

That reminder not to click away from the clip caught me right when I was about to scroll down to the comments lmfao

Great video. Nice visuals, clear succinct script, meaningful topic. Thank you.

Insightful and actionable. thank you

That subtext you added in that clip to NOT click away actually stopped me 😂. Good job man. Great video.