I struggle with this constantly, which is hilarious because I'm not not very productive at all. But I'm always screwing up the balance because I feel guilt or restlessness over not having done anything, then sabotage my sleep or taking care of myself, and then I don't have the energy/mindset to be productive on the days that I would have otherwise been happy to be. Thanks for this discussion/exercise
Yes, this is absolutely what I struggle with. The “to do list”. I always feel in over my head with chores and projects I need to get done. I have limited free time after a full time job as most of us and I have limited energy. I think deep down I look at the list and tell myself that if I can just get all of these things done then I can finally get to a weekend where I can just relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor. I chase that goal. If I can just get the rest of these items done this week and weekend the next weekend I’ll be able to actually have some down time to rest. Problem is, there are always more things being added to the list every day. For every item I can check off, at least one more is added in its place. Sometimes two or three. So it’s literally like a dog chasing its tail or a hamster running on a wheel. You’ll never get to the end because there isn’t an end. Best I can do is take some breaks here and there and know that most of these things will still be there next weekend if I don’t get to them. This need to stay productive and get things done has taken me to some extremes such as turning to drugs like stimulants or alcohol because they would give me a bit of motivation and energy or they’d at least make doing the things I don’t want to do less dreadful. Still working on this. My list is about 80% done but I know I’ll never reach 100%. I have to reconcile that it’s ok if I rest. It’s ok if I don’t get everything I has planned done. If I’m even able to get one thing done, then that’s one more than I had done before. I find that helps. Commit yourself to one item to get done a day. Could be big or could even be tiny. Even if you can bring yourself to do one tiny thing a day that’s 7 things done in a week. Or even do 1/7th of 1 bigger project each day. Over the week, 5 minutes a day can have it complete by the weekend and that’s one less thing on your list and it doesn’t seem as daunting or intimidating. So all said; yes this can really drive you to exhaustion and depression- never allowing yourself to rest. And when you do finally collapse and HAVE to rest, you feel guilty and bad like you’re wasting your chance to get things done. Then it becomes self loathing like why am I so unmotivated, why can’t I bring myself to want to have the drive to get up and conquer the day. Then it becomes a feeling of lack of control- lack of the ability to control how you feel or don’t feel. Which then can lead to drugs to force yourself to feel the way you’re “supposed” to. This is distorted self expectation. Then it comes an obsession to always control how you feel and when you feel and using chemicals to force yourself into the state you feel you want or need to be in. Then you’re an addict and over time you get so used to being able to control your mind and body state on demand that when you try and go clean… you feel totally helpless and out of control. In other words, you come to a place where normal human ups and downs and sways and shifts in emotion and mental state feel like a total loss of control. But the point is this- for me it’s not about self worth or love- it’s about the pursuit of the end goal of one day being able to not have chores and projects on my list anymore and I can finally be like ah. I’m done. Now I can just relax during my afternoons or have a leisurely weekend. What I’m ultimately seeking is to earn the place, to accomplish the end of finally being “done” and no longer having the burden of that dreaded “have to do” list to answer to during my free time. I drive myself to exhaustion seeking to allow myself to rest. That’s the carrot on the stick. Always waking after it but never able to get it. Goal post just always moving. Trying now to accept that there is no ever being finished. There is no end. But that’s ok and if that’s the case then that takes some of the urgency away. If I’ll never get to the bottom of the list then what does it matter if I don’t get to the bottom of it this weekend or don’t get to the bottom of it next weekend? Same outcome. Interesting insight.
This is so true, I think it's a common belief that the more successful you are the happier you will be, so we all run as fast as we can in the spinning wheel going in an infinite spiral of stress and anxiety, trying to achieve and be entitled. Truth is, it all comes down to the main reason why we all do this, we are seeking for love, love behind recognition, belonging, being accepted, looking for approval. We forget all this we can give to ourselves, just embrace and love ourselves for who we are... I am learning how to do it now that I became a mother, the same way I love my child, I love myself, with all the patience I have. I am done running. This is something new for me, motherhood has made me realize so many things, before this I was sort of a workaholic, working 12 hour shifts, eating lots of processed foods and barely sleeping, I was not happy. I decided to slow down and take care of myself and my baby, once he was born I quit my job and started this self care journey, it has not been easy, many feelings have been rising up to the surface, I realized how good I had become trying to sink them. I am grateful for this chapter of my life, definitely learning a lot ♡
Such strong words. Thank you very much, it seems impossible how these basic things get unnoticed and we just keep living under the big mountain of our thoughts of being unworthy, inefficient and so on. It’s really hard to understand how can we put ourselves in this situation everyday without thinking for a minute what we really desire.
Work puts me under a lot of pressure and stress, I constantly feel like I have to be productive all the time, all day at work and also finding time to work out. I just want to hide under my sheets sometimes and not have to worry about this and that
This is for me. I been feeling like a failure this last month since losing my job of 9 yrs due to Covid-19. My friends tell me to rest cause I been working since 15, paying bills since 10 and was a teenage mom. I'm doing okay budgeting & saving. It's a hard habit to break especially since growing up poor having to work so hard so early to survive. 😔
Noah. Thank you. I'm guilty for the thoughts I'm not worthy enough. Trying hard to better myself. Just to feel I'm worthy to be in the same room as some people. Thank you for your amazing work. It's so helpful and appreciated.
I needed this today. I have battled and criticised myself ALL DAY for not being productive. I started a project on my home a week ago, I've done lots. But my home looks like a bomb hit it, I got overwhelmed today and done NOTHING and felt terrible for that all day.. Thank you 🙏
I love the title, I have ADHD and when I'm not hyper focusing I'm always beating myself up.. when I hyperfocus I get the work done of a team, and when I don't constantly keep working I beat myself up. I've been telling myself to slow down relax breathe all sorts of things.. can't wait to hear this! Thanks for all your videos and posts. You are a true asset to the RUclips community.
Wonderful. Too much pressure makes you permanently exhausted and frozen. Too much.. Never allowed to rest. Enough. Choose happiness now. Worthy. Worthy. Worthy.
Thank you! There is a 12 Step recovery group for workaholics called Workaholics Anonymous. Your words speaks for all of us workaholics. I had to burn our THREE times before the penny dropped. Listen to your body. Rest. Breathe. Eat. Sleep well. Enjoy life. Peace.
This reminds me of Erich Fromm’s To Have or to Be where he emphasizes how majority of us as having-oriented people desire to achieve something outside to feel whole and content. We are most of the time, busy and unproductive (but we wrongly think being busy means being productive). Inner activity is where pure productive lies.
I love this! Exactly what i needed to hear. I def feel your spirit is speaking to mine. I thank God for your willingness to be an open to share what is on your heart. You are enough! I am enough! I agree, allow the feeling of failure/unworthiness to come pass thru me. Release my fear of it and my attachment to it. Trust that i am doing the best I can and I am right as I need to be to grow with knowledge more than possessions. Even God rested on the 7th day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💯🤗🧘♀️
Beautiful message!!!!!!!!!!! I haven’t worked since the end of February, relocated to a city in Florida that’s near the beach and day in and day out I’m just not busy. Nowhere to go except the grocery store and the beach. I journal about my experience of just “being.” I will admit that I go in and out of having a bit of guilt of not being “productive” but I don’t stay in that frame of mind too long. I am thankful for where I am right now!
Thank you so much, im just a teenager but I'm constantly working towards seperate goals. Where the goal almost seems to be the improvement itself (yet, when I improve, I dont feel happy with it) Theres this constant need for more. More. More. Im never enough for myself, and I didnt realize i even had that thought process until you explained it wonderfully in this video. Theres too many videos out there trying to push me to be productive instead of pushing me to be myself
What a beautiful message. This was a great reminder for the part of me that is trying to fix something. Telling that part of me that it’s worthy of unconditional love allows me to relax into the present moment. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing all this love & knowledge brother noah. It always supports me to go deeper within myself. I feel like giving you a big long hug haha 😊❤
really enjoyed this. was going to watch it earlier but went on a shamanic journey inward. having this reinforced message once i came out of my journey felt just right. i wish i could share you easier on other platforms. but i have always really gotten so much out of your work. thank you.
This is amazing. Somehow I missed these videos when they first posted. Even though I’m subscribed and notifications are turned on. 🤔 Glad I found them though!
This just came in my recommended and it was just what I needed to hear! This video was so deep and very well presented. Thank you so so much for your beautiful message! 💖
Thank you Noah! I’m happy to watch another video of you . This message resonates exactly with the process of transcending from ego to Being wich is happening in the Now . Thank you for showing up and supporting us with your helpful reminding. Peace and love to you 🕉
Noah,, words cannot describe how this particular video shine's! Tho all Ur vids do!,, Ive studied so long!,, and u (my friend) just nailed it,,,🙏💫✨,, much love to you! And ur direct path 💯
It's very hard to feel good about sitting around feeling like you're wasting the day. I try to remember rest is just as important as exercise. Rest for the mind too. I think I'm finally getting better at not feeling like crap about it. We need to cut some slack, just stop fighting ourselves. Covid forcing me to stay put has helped. Thanks for sharing so much wisdom!
The trick is to have a good balance. There is time to work hard and be focused and time to do nothing. I bet you that a rest after your hard workout has more benefit compare to doing nothing and rest
I feel called out when you said deep down you feel unworthy when you constantly are looking for enlightenment and ways to improve myself. I do recognize the reason I do a lot of things is because the lack there of, thanks for this, great video and inspiring as always!!
Thank you very much Noah, i will watch this again & again. I can say that right now i balace on a line. And yes i run from that feeling that i must be a workaholic - but i am not! Beautiful day to you and to the rest ...👋☺🌸
Hi Noah :) 🍃 your laugh at 9:09, just fantastic because I was freaking out indeed at 6:55 and then stopped and was just listening without thoughts and hey, the birds said so ❤ ' Let it out ' right ? Thanks Noah 🍃 Take good care :)
This is interesting and I love the sentiment. Noah, I wonder what you think of this in terms of duality - the idea that there may well be people out there who should be a bit more productive because their life is falling apart. Is it really a good idea to discourage the positive anxiety people feel when it contains potential to push them to a better place?
I would love to help someone to become productive towards their desires or needs by working on the emotional/mental blocks in the way of taking action and getting results... as oppose to reenforcing the idea that fear is a healthy/effective motivating force.
Hi, Noah. I'm a member of a discord server for comic creators, and, of course, the creators there are all productive. I, on the other hand, want to write a web novel series, but since I don't have prior experience in writing, I can't get a lot of writing done yet. Also, I want to write beside my day job, and I'm often too tired after work to sit down and write. I'm trying to write every day, but when I'm not writing, I feel bad about it, especially because my illustrator works on his own projects and other things every day (while having other obligations too). Can you give me some advice?
Noah, I saw your interview with Buddha at the Gas Pump and I thought it was very insightful and interesting. What do you think of reuploading it here or making a video linking to the interview? I think a lot of other people would find it helpful or at the very least interesting as well.
Wrong! If don't have 4 computer monitors each with 10 different software windows open each with 4+ tabs open which include Zoom meetings, stock trading analysis, web design projects, video editing, photo editing, Forex trading tickers, and various periodical seminars on, I'm a failure!
honestally when I emagined myself doing nothing for days all I felt was boredom though i suppose i cant emagine myself doing nothing for a long period of time without it being a meditation because id just get restless and i wouldnt be donig nothing id be holding myself back from doing something or thiking about stuff but if i did just do nothing wouldnt that be meditation???
Dammm straight Noah! Modern society isn't it. Hunter Gatherer tribes don't have this problem. Or alot of psychological problems we have. Can I ask how would you feel towards someone who has done a bad thing, murder, robbery, pedophilia. Or on the flip side, how to forgive yourself for something you've done in your past. Outta curiousity.
@@darkmana1000 err yeah I know all this dude. Studied bit of anthropology in my spare time. Have a book on how to treat depression by adopting aspects of their lifestyle cause their rate of depression is 1 in 2000 and ours is like 1 in 4. Also we still have hunter gatherer brains. So the reason we get anxious about things like public speaking is fear of being outcast from the group. I think part of the reason we have so much psychological pain is because we don't have to worry about starvation or getting attacked by predators etc. Too much time to worry about meaningless trivial shite. And you're trying to a point about violent death. We have violent death haha. Particularly suicide. Suicide is a very bizarre concept to them. I think there was only a few cases of suicide in American-Indian tribes. And it was more an honour thing. Also it depends what tribes you focus on. Did you know quite a few early settlers in my the west ran away to join the Indians. Women too.
@@darkmana1000 😂😂😂😂😂 bro I'm reading your paragraph and you sound exactly like me. Yeah I know their is no free will. I've been following Noah from the beginning and others and figured it out reading between the lines. And yes, I have Sam Harris book 😂. Well I did but I gave it away. I was just more curious about how he would approach it. You tell the average man or woman on the street a murderer or pedophile is not responsible for their actions you'll get hit. Look at modern cancel culture, you get jailed for saying words. And yeah bro, I'm not saying go live in a modern tribe. I'm saying we would be more in tune with our nature if we lived in tribe like communities, adopting their way of life, without the violence 😂. I've books about people who live In Alaska or without money etc. Hunt, gather, live in nature. Without the spears 😂.
@@darkmana1000 I get really annoyed annoyed with west interpretation of meditation, eastern spirituality. It's all meditation but they're just concentrating on their breath, veganism and law of attraction. It's so fucking egoic, spiritual one-upmanship the hypocrisy blows my mind.
Well, seeking improvement is the essence of life. I am skeptical about going against this or ignoring it. The unworthyness, albeit unpleasant is a very good tool if appreciated and accepted as a guide towards improvement. It is the small self, that has its function and significance and deserves to be recognized and appreciated. The key is finding the balance between constantly aiming for productivity and not trying to be productive at all.
"Self worth doesn't come from improving It comes from discovering you are enough as you are"
Noah Elkrief 🖋 🖊🖊
This video is worth millions of dollars, rubies and diamonds and all the wealth in the world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul, Noah!
I struggle with this constantly, which is hilarious because I'm not not very productive at all. But I'm always screwing up the balance because I feel guilt or restlessness over not having done anything, then sabotage my sleep or taking care of myself, and then I don't have the energy/mindset to be productive on the days that I would have otherwise been happy to be. Thanks for this discussion/exercise
Yes, this is absolutely what I struggle with. The “to do list”. I always feel in over my head with chores and projects I need to get done. I have limited free time after a full time job as most of us and I have limited energy.
I think deep down I look at the list and tell myself that if I can just get all of these things done then I can finally get to a weekend where I can just relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor. I chase that goal. If I can just get the rest of these items done this week and weekend the next weekend I’ll be able to actually have some down time to rest.
Problem is, there are always more things being added to the list every day. For every item I can check off, at least one more is added in its place. Sometimes two or three. So it’s literally like a dog chasing its tail or a hamster running on a wheel. You’ll never get to the end because there isn’t an end.
Best I can do is take some breaks here and there and know that most of these things will still be there next weekend if I don’t get to them.
This need to stay productive and get things done has taken me to some extremes such as turning to drugs like stimulants or alcohol because they would give me a bit of motivation and energy or they’d at least make doing the things I don’t want to do less dreadful.
Still working on this. My list is about 80% done but I know I’ll never reach 100%. I have to reconcile that it’s ok if I rest. It’s ok if I don’t get everything I has planned done.
If I’m even able to get one thing done, then that’s one more than I had done before. I find that helps. Commit yourself to one item to get done a day. Could be big or could even be tiny. Even if you can bring yourself to do one tiny thing a day that’s 7 things done in a week. Or even do 1/7th of 1 bigger project each day. Over the week, 5 minutes a day can have it complete by the weekend and that’s one less thing on your list and it doesn’t seem as daunting or intimidating.
So all said; yes this can really drive you to exhaustion and depression- never allowing yourself to rest. And when you do finally collapse and HAVE to rest, you feel guilty and bad like you’re wasting your chance to get things done. Then it becomes self loathing like why am I so unmotivated, why can’t I bring myself to want to have the drive to get up and conquer the day.
Then it becomes a feeling of lack of control- lack of the ability to control how you feel or don’t feel. Which then can lead to drugs to force yourself to feel the way you’re “supposed” to. This is distorted self expectation. Then it comes an obsession to always control how you feel and when you feel and using chemicals to force yourself into the state you feel you want or need to be in. Then you’re an addict and over time you get so used to being able to control your mind and body state on demand that when you try and go clean… you feel totally helpless and out of control.
In other words, you come to a place where normal human ups and downs and sways and shifts in emotion and mental state feel like a total loss of control.
But the point is this- for me it’s not about self worth or love- it’s about the pursuit of the end goal of one day being able to not have chores and projects on my list anymore and I can finally be like ah. I’m done. Now I can just relax during my afternoons or have a leisurely weekend.
What I’m ultimately seeking is to earn the place, to accomplish the end of finally being “done” and no longer having the burden of that dreaded “have to do” list to answer to during my free time. I drive myself to exhaustion seeking to allow myself to rest.
That’s the carrot on the stick. Always waking after it but never able to get it. Goal post just always moving.
Trying now to accept that there is no ever being finished. There is no end. But that’s ok and if that’s the case then that takes some of the urgency away. If I’ll never get to the bottom of the list then what does it matter if I don’t get to the bottom of it this weekend or don’t get to the bottom of it next weekend? Same outcome.
Interesting insight.
This is so true, I think it's a common belief that the more successful you are the happier you will be, so we all run as fast as we can in the spinning wheel going in an infinite spiral of stress and anxiety, trying to achieve and be entitled. Truth is, it all comes down to the main reason why we all do this, we are seeking for love, love behind recognition, belonging, being accepted, looking for approval. We forget all this we can give to ourselves, just embrace and love ourselves for who we are... I am learning how to do it now that I became a mother, the same way I love my child, I love myself, with all the patience I have. I am done running. This is something new for me, motherhood has made me realize so many things, before this I was sort of a workaholic, working 12 hour shifts, eating lots of processed foods and barely sleeping, I was not happy. I decided to slow down and take care of myself and my baby, once he was born I quit my job and started this self care journey, it has not been easy, many feelings have been rising up to the surface, I realized how good I had become trying to sink them. I am grateful for this chapter of my life, definitely learning a lot ♡
This video is literally GOLD on RUclips
Two days in a row ♥️ Perfect message for today, and this period of history. Beautiful message, Noah. Thank you. 🦋
Such strong words. Thank you very much, it seems impossible how these basic things get unnoticed and we just keep living under the big mountain of our thoughts of being unworthy, inefficient and so on. It’s really hard to understand how can we put ourselves in this situation everyday without thinking for a minute what we really desire.
You're welcome Neelam. I hear you.
Work puts me under a lot of pressure and stress, I constantly feel like I have to be productive all the time, all day at work and also finding time to work out. I just want to hide under my sheets sometimes and not have to worry about this and that
This is for me. I been feeling like a failure this last month since losing my job of 9 yrs due to Covid-19. My friends tell me to rest cause I been working since 15, paying bills since 10 and was a teenage mom. I'm doing okay budgeting & saving. It's a hard habit to break especially since growing up poor having to work so hard so early to survive. 😔
That sounds so tough. I respect your work ethic. Hang in there!
Hang in there love ......theres always a silver lining ❤
Noah. Thank you. I'm guilty for the thoughts I'm not worthy enough. Trying hard to better myself. Just to feel I'm worthy to be in the same room as some people. Thank you for your amazing work. It's so helpful and appreciated.
I needed this today. I have battled and criticised myself ALL DAY for not being productive. I started a project on my home a week ago, I've done lots. But my home looks like a bomb hit it, I got overwhelmed today and done NOTHING and felt terrible for that all day.. Thank you 🙏
Thank you Noah and thank you to the singing birds!
I love the title, I have ADHD and when I'm not hyper focusing I'm always beating myself up.. when I hyperfocus I get the work done of a team, and when I don't constantly keep working I beat myself up. I've been telling myself to slow down relax breathe all sorts of things.. can't wait to hear this!
Thanks for all your videos and posts. You are a true asset to the RUclips community.
Wonderful. Too much pressure makes you permanently exhausted and frozen. Too much.. Never allowed to rest. Enough.
Choose happiness now. Worthy. Worthy. Worthy.
:) Tatie
Thank you!
There is a 12 Step recovery group for workaholics called Workaholics Anonymous. Your words speaks for all of us workaholics.
I had to burn our THREE times before the penny dropped. Listen to your body. Rest. Breathe. Eat. Sleep well. Enjoy life.
Peace.
Thank you for giving us another perspective on productivity. I needed this video.
Thank you, brother!
This reminds me of Erich Fromm’s To Have or to Be where he emphasizes how majority of us as having-oriented people desire to achieve something outside to feel whole and content. We are most of the time, busy and unproductive (but we wrongly think being busy means being productive). Inner activity is where pure productive lies.
Thank u Noah 😊 very wise human.
thank you. i try to be productive all the time and the thought of not being productive makes me nervous. Thank you for your words of wisdom. :)
Noah Elkrief: this video is SOOO IMPORTANT!
I feel guilty when I don't work. Thanks for this video Noah I really needed it
Most beautiful message and I needed to hear it.
Thank you 💖🙏
Noel...thank you so much..you have helped me through some of my toughest days
Thank you, Noah!
Great thoughts + great eyebrows! Thanks Noah
I love this! Exactly what i needed to hear. I def feel your spirit is speaking to mine. I thank God for your willingness to be an open to share what is on your heart. You are enough! I am enough! I agree, allow the feeling of failure/unworthiness to come pass thru me. Release my fear of it and my attachment to it. Trust that i am doing the best I can and I am right as I need to be to grow with knowledge more than possessions. Even God rested on the 7th day.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
💯🤗🧘♀️
You have found a "new way" to communicate the truth 🙏💫 you're observation of a child is pure "lightning ⚡",,thank you ✨
♥️🙏 agree!
Beautiful message!!!!!!!!!!! I haven’t worked since the end of February, relocated to a city in Florida that’s near the beach and day in and day out I’m just not busy. Nowhere to go except the grocery store and the beach. I journal about my experience of just “being.” I will admit that I go in and out of having a bit of guilt of not being “productive” but I don’t stay in that frame of mind too long. I am thankful for where I am right now!
That was very comforting. Thank you!!
Thank you so much, im just a teenager but I'm constantly working towards seperate goals. Where the goal almost seems to be the improvement itself (yet, when I improve, I dont feel happy with it)
Theres this constant need for more. More. More. Im never enough for myself, and I didnt realize i even had that thought process until you explained it wonderfully in this video. Theres too many videos out there trying to push me to be productive instead of pushing me to be myself
I hear you
I love your perspective... You push away every cliches and see everything in different way... Have a nice day ❤️🍁
Thank you so much. My whole life I've felt worthless because of something I was told. In this video you've touched an understanding I've never felt.
What a beautiful message. This was a great reminder for the part of me that is trying to fix something. Telling that part of me that it’s worthy of unconditional love allows me to relax into the present moment. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing all this love & knowledge brother noah. It always supports me to go deeper within myself. I feel like giving you a big long hug haha 😊❤
really enjoyed this. was going to watch it earlier but went on a shamanic journey inward. having this reinforced message once i came out of my journey felt just right. i wish i could share you easier on other platforms. but i have always really gotten so much out of your work. thank you.
This is amazing. Somehow I missed these videos when they first posted. Even though I’m subscribed and notifications are turned on. 🤔
Glad I found them though!
I am so grateful for this message. Thank you, Noah
Thank you Noah. I love you for this great sharing 😍
Ohhh this one was super powerful. Thank you Noah!
I love all your videos, but I think this might be the best you have ever done. And I think I have to watch it more than once ..... 🙂
This just came in my recommended and it was just what I needed to hear! This video was so deep and very well presented. Thank you so so much for your beautiful message! 💖
Thank you Noah!
I’m happy to watch another video of you . This message resonates exactly with the process of transcending from ego to Being wich is happening in the Now .
Thank you for showing up and supporting us with your helpful reminding.
Peace and love to you 🕉
Words so much needed ..
I need this! Thank you Noah
Noah,, words cannot describe how this particular video shine's!
Tho all Ur vids do!,, Ive studied so long!,, and u (my friend) just nailed it,,,🙏💫✨,, much love to you! And ur direct path 💯
Happiness is a choice, happiness is in the present. The question is, how do we be more mindful if our mind keeps talking?
It's very hard to feel good about sitting around feeling like you're wasting the day. I try to remember rest is just as important as exercise. Rest for the mind too. I think I'm finally getting better at not feeling like crap about it. We need to cut some slack, just stop fighting ourselves. Covid forcing me to stay put has helped. Thanks for sharing so much wisdom!
The trick is to have a good balance. There is time to work hard and be focused and time to do nothing. I bet you that a rest after your hard workout has more benefit compare to doing nothing and rest
Wow powerful message. I was hiding from a lot by being miss doer. Quite tearful but now relaxed and peaceful. Brilliant thanks Noah.
I feel called out when you said deep down you feel unworthy when you constantly are looking for enlightenment and ways to improve myself. I do recognize the reason I do a lot of things is because the lack there of, thanks for this, great video and inspiring as always!!
When you said "the birds are speaking" I had to laugh a lot!
Thank you
Thank you very much Noah, i will watch this again & again. I can say that right now i balace on a line. And yes i run from that feeling that i must be a workaholic - but i am not! Beautiful day to you and to the rest ...👋☺🌸
Thank you!!!
I always love your videos! I really needed this one today. Thank you!
Needed this.
Where did you go Noah, you helped me through some of the most difficult times of my life. Thank You!
You're welcome Rayman!
Hi Noah :) 🍃 your laugh at 9:09, just fantastic because I was freaking out indeed at 6:55 and then stopped and was just listening without thoughts and hey, the birds said so ❤ ' Let it out ' right ? Thanks Noah 🍃 Take good care :)
I've always been a happiness chaser not a money/success chaser
This is interesting and I love the sentiment. Noah, I wonder what you think of this in terms of duality - the idea that there may well be people out there who should be a bit more productive because their life is falling apart. Is it really a good idea to discourage the positive anxiety people feel when it contains potential to push them to a better place?
I would love to help someone to become productive towards their desires or needs by working on the emotional/mental blocks in the way of taking action and getting results... as oppose to reenforcing the idea that fear is a healthy/effective motivating force.
Herr Freudereich, Sie haben uns Freude gemacht :D
Love u
tkhank you brother
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Brb, have to work hard on being unproductive
Hi, Noah. I'm a member of a discord server for comic creators, and, of course, the creators there are all productive. I, on the other hand, want to write a web novel series, but since I don't have prior experience in writing, I can't get a lot of writing done yet. Also, I want to write beside my day job, and I'm often too tired after work to sit down and write. I'm trying to write every day, but when I'm not writing, I feel bad about it, especially because my illustrator works on his own projects and other things every day (while having other obligations too).
Can you give me some advice?
Stay well soon
Noah elkreif
Noah, I saw your interview with Buddha at the Gas Pump and I thought it was very insightful and interesting. What do you think of reuploading it here or making a video linking to the interview? I think a lot of other people would find it helpful or at the very least interesting as well.
I'm not allowed to reupload it anywhere. But people can always find it when they search my name.
Wrong! If don't have 4 computer monitors each with 10 different software windows open each with 4+ tabs open which include Zoom meetings, stock trading analysis, web design projects, video editing, photo editing, Forex trading tickers, and various periodical seminars on, I'm a failure!
honestally when I emagined myself doing nothing for days all I felt was boredom
though i suppose i cant emagine myself doing nothing for a long period of time without it being a meditation because id just get restless and i wouldnt be donig nothing id be holding myself back from doing something or thiking about stuff but if i did just do nothing wouldnt that be meditation???
how to stop feeling unworthy
i expected gold i struck diamond
You've basically described what it's like to have a midlife crisis.
It's so hard to feel this 😭🤮😭🤮😭🤮🤮🤮😭😭
I have to be productive Im broke and my family hates me.
Dammm straight Noah! Modern society isn't it. Hunter Gatherer tribes don't have this problem. Or alot of psychological problems we have.
Can I ask how would you feel towards someone who has done a bad thing, murder, robbery, pedophilia.
Or on the flip side, how to forgive yourself for something you've done in your past.
Outta curiousity.
@@darkmana1000 err yeah I know all this dude. Studied bit of anthropology in my spare time. Have a book on how to treat depression by adopting aspects of their lifestyle cause their rate of depression is 1 in 2000 and ours is like 1 in 4. Also we still have hunter gatherer brains. So the reason we get anxious about things like public speaking is fear of being outcast from the group.
I think part of the reason we have so much psychological pain is because we don't have to worry about starvation or getting attacked by predators etc. Too much time to worry about meaningless trivial shite.
And you're trying to a point about violent death. We have violent death haha. Particularly suicide. Suicide is a very bizarre concept to them.
I think there was only a few cases of suicide in American-Indian tribes. And it was more an honour thing.
Also it depends what tribes you focus on. Did you know quite a few early settlers in my the west ran away to join the Indians. Women too.
@@darkmana1000 😂😂😂😂😂 bro I'm reading your paragraph and you sound exactly like me.
Yeah I know their is no free will. I've been following Noah from the beginning and others and figured it out reading between the lines.
And yes, I have Sam Harris book 😂. Well I did but I gave it away.
I was just more curious about how he would approach it. You tell the average man or woman on the street a murderer or pedophile is not responsible for their actions you'll get hit.
Look at modern cancel culture, you get jailed for saying words.
And yeah bro, I'm not saying go live in a modern tribe. I'm saying we would be more in tune with our nature if we lived in tribe like communities, adopting their way of life, without the violence 😂. I've books about people who live In Alaska or without money etc. Hunt, gather, live in nature. Without the spears 😂.
@@darkmana1000 ps i was literally talking to a girl last night about no free will 😂.
@@darkmana1000 I usually tell people I'm just an animal. No different than a dog. Our egos are just survival mechanisms gone a muck.
@@darkmana1000 I get really annoyed annoyed with west interpretation of meditation, eastern spirituality. It's all meditation but they're just concentrating on their breath, veganism and law of attraction. It's so fucking egoic, spiritual one-upmanship the hypocrisy blows my mind.
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How about being not productive at all, lol
Well, seeking improvement is the essence of life. I am skeptical about going against this or ignoring it. The unworthyness, albeit unpleasant is a very good tool if appreciated and accepted as a guide towards improvement. It is the small self, that has its function and significance and deserves to be recognized and appreciated. The key is finding the balance between constantly aiming for productivity and not trying to be productive at all.
I prefer not to be motivated by unworthiness, but everyone certainly has the option to choose for themselves.