It’s like how you can play a piece with no mistakes when you’re not trying, but the minute you actually pay attention, you start fluffing notes all over the place

I recently read The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck (so late to the hype, I knowww) and this reminds me a lot of the concepts Mark talks about. Y'know, like the backwards law, that caring less will actually make things easier and have things fall into place more naturally.

As someone who is at the tail end of an exhausting four-year work project, I am learning to embrace this advice more often!

that's why your art looks better on scrap paper than it does in a nice sketchbook

Not caring is the best advice I have given others when going into job interviews. If you’ve convinced yourself getting the job isn’t that important, and you’re there to have a nice conversation and to get to know the interviewer, that’s when you tend to come across as confident. I’ve never been interviewed and not offered a job, but I have turned down jobs several times.

I'm 1st but who cares??

Oh yes, that new shirt stands out as soon as the video starts. Upgraded Craig.

I would like to book a service where you give me a wake-up call (figuratively and literally) every morning and yell this into my ear.

I call this "Trying Too Hard". My philosophy is "Rough Enough Is Good Enough". And you know if you're not doing enough when it fails, so next time you step up a notch. Eventually you find that minimum that is the right balance, and it's fine to hover around there for a while until it's time to push again. Don't be too reactionary. It's instinctive. Listen to advice, but trust your instincts.

Waiting to hear Ada's voice in the background yelling "shirt, shirt, shirt!". 😂 Good stuff Sr Wheezy. Trying to be very cool and detached about it. You know, whatever, man.

"Don't give a shirt..." "Unpleasantness is unpleasant...." - Craig, 2023.

When you said chyna redid your wardrobe, I'm a 42 year old man child - I was like.... Surely China wouldnt change the style of clothing for all dudes in their 40s, that's unrealistic. Lol.

I just watched this and... guess what. I don't give a shirt. Did I do it right? Shirt! I did it again 😂

Did anyone else start singing the Muppets song when Craig said phenomena? No, just me? Phenomena do do do-do-do. Phenomena do do do do.

I will settle for fourth place 🙂 I will try not giving a "shirt."

I still can't get over how this new intro song is so unabashedly great!

You have no idea how much I needed this today. All shirts given have been tossed out the window. Time to make some shirt.

This reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Ze Frank’s “An Invocation for Beginnings” “Perfectionism might look good in his shiny shoes, but he’s a little bit of an asshole and nobody invites him to their pool parties.”

Lesson learnt I will not give a shirt, I will wear a shirt, but won't give a shirt. I give to much of a shirt most of the time.. I need to stop giving shirts. Thank you! :)

Trust yourself, and trust the process. No shirts required.

Got real blair witch/paranormal investigators vibe when the lights went out

I needed this SHIRT today. Thank you!

I actually think I needed to hear this. Thank you :)

I think I almost watched this entire video just to keep hearing you say shirt

Thanks, I needed to hear this today 😊

Anyone else enjoying watching the TV mount go on and off the wall between cuts? :)

This sounds like the concept of Wu Wei, as in effortless action.

Needed this reminder today - thank you! :)

yo Craigo! This was just what I needed! Got the first concert with my band upcoming and as soon as I'm there I'm gonna give no shirt at all there in case I mess anything up 😎

similarly: i often tell myself "don't think about it too much. just do it" i still care about the end product but i need to not THINK aobut that so much while DOING THE THING

Excellent advice, thanks!

I draw and paint. When I learned to just draw and paint what I see instead of how I think I should paint, I did FAR better and my stuff didn't look like "SHIRT".

I needed to hear this shirt today :)

I used to watch this guys stuff when I was like, 14 maybe, somehow I've come full circle and I'm back watching his stuff at almost thirty. I'm so happy to see he's still a great person. Not a weirdo like the rest of the people I followed back in the day, lol

The first draft of my dissertation I called the Diarrhea Draft, because I knew from the beginning that it would be a pile of shit. I needed to get some basic ideas down without getting stuck. Then I figured out which pieces I really liked and started working on them, wherever they landed in the text. I do a lot of drafts and eventually get more or less where I want.

Got the point. will get on with it all.

heyyyy, been really missing you wheezy waiter videos and ik you are taking a well deserved break but i really want your videos now because its my morning routine to watch a 40 year something with a beard.

Speaking of shirts. The "why do people like this shirt?" shirt is sold out. Come on Craig. Get it together man.

Thanks for the idea Wheezy. ❤

THANK YOU!!!!!

If I started giving all my shirts, That would be bad.

Perfect is the enemy of done.

Man. This is a lesson I've learned, forgotten, remembered, forgotten, RE-learned and now forgotten again and I've spent the last week not really wanting to draw anything and I wasn't sure why. I needed to hear that I should give less shits.

i think when you dont care then it allows you to put more care into what's actually important

Way way ahead of you my man. Works too

❤ thank you for this

That’s a whole wardrobe of Shirts

I was watching a Podcast yesterday and the guy said that Happiness comes down to a simple Equation: Happiness = Experience - Expectations He said that you might think that owning an Astin Martin will be absolutely perfect and make your life better. But then notice that the stitching on one of the seats is just slightly off. All of a sudden that high expectation just ruins the whole experience for you. Hell, expensive cars break down far more often than a Honda or Toyota. This goes for holidays or relationships or whatever you do in life. Lower the Expectations and just savour the moments as they come. Enjoy the experience for what it is, rather than creating a belief that it should be something that it is not. All thoughts and Experiences are Neutral until we apply meaning to them. There were people who were in Auschwitz who found a way to have a positive mindset that helped get them through and past it. There are people who are billionaires and have everything, but absolutely hate their lives. You are the author of your life and you get to define what is good or bad. Biggest prison we have is the one we create for ourselves...

That's crazy. I'm 41 and my hair is ten times greyer than yours is.... I think I need to stop giving a "shirt.".... About a lot of things.

Wish I could build the confidence to not give a sh!t

It's a good looking SHIRT!

yeah i dont think this applies to everything. Somethings fundamentally require you to give a shit.

I gave just enough of a shirt to like the video for you, but I don’t give enough of a shirt to ring the bell… on pretty much any channel I am subbed.

Nice ending 😂 you’re not giving a shirt

Good message. I do like your new shirt.

To get to the point where you can not give a shirt, you need to have have in many hours and worked through a lot of feedback to improve your skills so that you have the instincts that let you not give a shirt. Repetition and practice and trial and error. You can not give a shirt from the start, and maybe you are from the beginning awesome. But more likely you need to be shirty and get better first.

Before you mentioned China picked the shirt, I thought, that's a nice shirt. I really do give a shirt about your SHIRT.

If you are re-vamping your wardrobe, let me make a recommendation. I have this FABULOUS shirt that I share with my husband. My original intention was to buy it for him and then steal it, end of story. But this shirt is SO AMAZING and WONDERFUL that we both keep wearing it. It is grey, it doesn't explode, and it has a dinosaur on it. Had we known how truly fabulous this shirt was, we would have bought more. 10/10, 100% recommend. Love it. and not giving a s#%& is super hard.

He'd give us the *shirt* off his back.

Yeah, I've learned anything creative is like this. Just make stuff and don't _really_ care about the end result. But also sometimes you'll get that itch to really perfect something or learn something new, that's when you ride the wave and it's really fun.

Gold!

But what if somebody needs my extra shirt?

So, perfection is the enemy of the good, right?

Understood. Seeing a nude dude: don't give a shirt.

Not giving a shirt worked for me. The other day I bought a 9 dollar beer at a theme park and didn't give one shirt...and then I found 10 bucks on the ground...I ain't bullshirtin ya.

i need to get better at this because my job is currently giving me panic attacks.

I noticed the new shirt right away or maybe it was because I got quite a few hints this video.

Didn't know Wheezy disliked shirts so much. I'll never give one ever again.

I have to admit, I clicked on the video because I saw unfamiliar background and said to myself: what's going on with them ? Are they moving 😅😅? But the main point of the video was really inspiring and interestingly explained. 🙂

Dude.. I have an interview today I've been nervous about a week and this is literally the problem. I give a shit about what they think of me but at the same time I also don't give a shit and I shouldn't. Just didn't feel like I had the right to not give a shit and I would like to learn to not give a shit better.

Not giving enough of a shit can be problematic as well. I say we follow in the footsteps of our mammal relative the rabbit, and give a shit only a little bit at a time in pellet form.

I like your new shirt and I like your do not give too much of a "shirt" about unimportant things.

This is the best

I love how you kept making the video worse to get your message across 😂

It seemed like you didn’t give a shirt here. Good job.

It's like Picasso draw a lot of apples to become who he turned into .

I get your point but still wonder, how do you balance not giving a shirt with wanting to do a good job?

Now, make one big edit of all the "shirts" in a row. ..Or, make them parallel, it'll be a "shirt" choir.

Craig talked so much that his hands started to hurt.😂

Ok

Where can I get one of these shirts?

SHIRT!

Nice shirt. 😂

For some reason, this Craig video felt more like a Jreg video.

Is "not giving a shirt" foreshadowing for the upcoming main channel video🤔

Craig, it seems like you would really enjoy The Fourth Way. It is the reason why Bill Murray acts the way he does.

*shirt!*

And this is exactly why Shatner's best performances came from when the directors wore him out with dozens of wasted takes. Because he always tried too hard otherwise. BTW, I love that you've kept the shirt thing for all these years. I watched your stuff back when it was only about a year old, just before Craig With A Wig came in, and love how your output has evolved yet also conserved over the years. Always found sunlight works best to record videos clearest too, but found it frustrating how it could come in and out and ruin shots by distractingly altering the colours.

This video made me realize that I should probably give more shits. Effort does really pay off...

.......... I love you.

Hey! Great video 🎉 Are you moving? 🤔

Craig didn’t give a shirt but Chyna did

I noticed that I am paying more attention to what you are saying after you made it darker and audio a bit crappier.

haah first thing I noticed was your new sh*rt

👕

Well, yeah, for sure. But, like the sound is a perfect example. If the point is for people to hear what you’re saying, and you’re 100% confident they’ll stick with you no matter what, then yeah it doesn’t matter. But if it’s unpleasant, I would worry some people would click away, or at least be low-level annoyed enough that they won’t really be focused on the content. I guess that’s what you covered with a couple caveats about “once you know what you’re doing”. I guess what I’m saying is the one mention of knowing when good enough is good enough, that would be really interesting to explore.

nice sh*t I mean shirt

You spelled *"Shirt"* wrong in the title somehow... 🤔

Greg Benson is still alive?

I love this video and the idea and think its super valid but also, I feel like Ben Affleck might not be a great example -- you can tell that Ben Affleck never gives a sh*t, he's kind of a bad actor and a terrible person.