@@MattiasWyatt I’m only really close with one of my friends from high school but it just happens we both skate. Skateboarding is definitely what strengthened and maintained our friendship post high school, especially because we were going to college in different states from each other.
But yeah it's true that how some friends go from hanging out everyday to like only follow8ng their instagram yk I have many old friends that I used to be friends with but just kinda went different paths but like it's the most truest homies that stay with you your whole life
i would still consider myself to be in my "childhood" as im only 18 but since i have moved out and started working full time i have defiantly noticed that i really needed to downsize and priorities a few really rich friendships as i dont have the same time or emotional energy to maintain all the friendships i used to have and this process has been both a really fulfilling process as i have gotten even closer with the few who matter most to me but it has also felt a bit saddening as i have lost touch with some people who i really cared about
i had a pretty close group of 5 guys up until around 2020. my oldest friend moved out of state to do his own thing and is in jail on a charge I don't remember and another one I lost contact with overseas with the military. the last 3 of us are moving into a place together here soon so id say besides the other two we're all pretty close still. I'm still meeting new people in college and life in general so I don't consider the loss of two people to be a big deal. life moves on and we all have separate lives to live. people move on and that's ok. still love my friends to death. don't see my life going well without them by my side for hopefully a few more years thanks for this video. made me reflect on things love u man. keep it up
Adulthood can be very lonely, I lost contact to all of my school friends ever since school ended and it's hard to meet new people while on a full time job, often I don't have the energy after a full day of work. After some years I've gotten used to it though and I kinda like being alone, someday some good people will come into life and then leave again, that's how it goes. I miss my childhood a lot, back then all was so carefree and fun.
Thank you for sharing your experience, I really appreciate it. I think spending quality time with yourself is a skill in itself that a lot of people lack. Do you ever meet new people on the session when you skate?
@@MattiasWyatt truth is, I only started skating recently and I've been anxious to go to a skate park. I started because I want to learn a new skill and battle that fear, but social anxiety still holds me back from talking to strangers in real life. I've just been going to a parking lot after the stores close at night, I have to build up some confidence first.
@@mosz1410 Completely understandable. I can definitely relate to that feeling whenever I pull out the camera on the session while there are others at the park. We really need to remember that there are so many people that struggle with social anxiety. People overthink way more than we think they do.
Being comfy by yourself is the first step to finding people to surround yourself with. So many friendships are one way streets. If people listen to you, listen to them. Your drama isnt more important than theirs. Understanding adulthood is a wild ride and understanding that everyone is busy will serve you well. Never cut off friendships because you feel neglected, stop putting time into that avenue. Stay busy, keep hobbies. Keep skating, keep going to gym. Keep moving forwards with yourself and friends will be around.
I do think it's a normal part of getting older, but the technology has made people increasingly antisocial too, imo. I'm 36, and I have no in-person friendships, a few online friendships, but it's really difficult to maintain them. I'm gay and single and not looking, my childhood friends started families, which I'm really happy for them, but that's obvious reason #1, working and raising kids (a super important thing to do) doesn't leave any time. It's wild thinking about calling my friends on a corded phone when I was a kid, having their numbers memorized. Things have changed a lot, a lot a lot. I don't usually mind being alone, but being lonely just sucks. The bit you said at the end is right, I think, there's someone else out there in a similar situation, we aren't as alone as we think. I'm hoping that pursuing interests is the way to make friends as an adult. I just got to the point that I'm comfortable going to skateparks, late last year, so I've been doing that, a random drunk guy helped me learn to drop in earlier this year so that was cool lol. Anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Dude, thanks for sharing! Amazing that you've overcome your fear of skateparks. Hopefully you will connect with some skaters there soon. I agree though. Being lonely really sucks.
I hold friends very dear and I’m 25 years old, I feel like I care “too much” compared to my friends (except one who does make effort to contact me) but I hate having that feeling like I care “too much.” I wish it was the norm to talk to your friends as much as your partner/family/coworkers, well maybe a little less than a partner haha. Nice video though :)
im still a kid but im scared my friendships are already deteriorating. my friend group's been slowly shrinking but the people i was closest with are the people i still talk to. what's weird is when the group was bigger i didn't feel too lonely, even though i didnt talk to the ex-friends as much as i talked to my still-friends, so the amount of talking i do hasnt changed much. but now the group's been concentrated down i feel completely disconnected from the people who are left. ive not really got anything to talk about with them, and it feels like i cant start or keep a conversation anymore. i feel like an asshole because i dont really enjoy being around my friends anymore, and i cant tell what's changed, or if i ever did enjoy being around them. the only person i fully enjoy being around is moving away for uni, and we never got that close because we were kind of in different groups, and i think we're both kind of avoidant, but now im really regretting not spending more time with him. idk how this video found me bc the comments seem to be filled with slightly older and more experienced people, but if anyone can relate to these feelings or has any advice for me then id love to hear it because i feel like im going crazy
nah dude im going through exactly that. My Advice is do whatever you love doing and go to whatever you can involving that and you'll for sure find like minded people.
I'm like you dude I don't really like filming when other people are at the park. As for friends there is only really one I still keep in touch with from my younger days. Hell its even hard to get the right time to hang out with my cuz who I always used to chill with when I was younger. I think skateboarding affects this as well. When people get older they normally stop skating, but for the ones of us that carry on or start doing it again then in our free time we wanna skate but they don't skate anymore so it stops you meeting up and hanging out.
I really love the quote "You didn’t quit skateboarding because you got old. You got old because you quit skateboarding." Skating is definitely a meeting point too.
I kinda feel the same with my friends. A few of us still have similar interests so we’re closer. But the group has definitely grown apart. I remember watching a vid saying it’s like a van, you won’t always have the same friends in the front seat, at times they might move to the back. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It makes life interesting. Anyways love the vids bro keep them up. Also what’s the intro song? And where are you moving to?
Love the van example. I can definitely apply it to my own situation. I’ve never thought about it like that. It does make life interesting! Thank you, I’ll keep making em 😁 I’ll make a future video explaining the travels!
It’s happening because we’re all getting old and we all have different life’s we are living.. best thing to do is just live yours and if the homies want to hang out then let’s hang out. 👍
@@MattiasWyatt sorry for the late response. My childhood friends started to get into partying and drinking and all that stuff, and yk its cool that they do that dont get me wrong im not hating on them for that, its just that its taking up a lot of their lives and it seems its become what they talk about all the time and what drug this guy had and what happened at this party. I never really got into the partying scene and stuff and it kind of categorised me as an outcast to a lot of the local people, ending up as the skater kid in town, kind of disappoints me to see that people i grew up with making these decisions, but i met a lot of like minded friends at the skateparks in the city 4 hours away from me, and they help a lot with the feeling of isolation and loneliness that i used to get a lot for doing something different, just like how your videos remind me that im not alone out there and people have gone through what i have too.
Thank you bro! I just finished my undergrad in international business communication this summer. I’ve chosen to take a sabbatical hence I’m not sure what direction I’d like to take in terms of a masters degree. So I’ve just been working this logistics job for the past month in order to save up and do the things I want to do this year 🤓 - what about yourself?
@@MattiasWyatt I also just finished my bachelor's in creativity and business innovation and I'm also gonna take a sabbatical year as I'm not sure what masters to take yet ahahah. I'm currently working as a part time on my local skateshop. I'm planning to go for a study field where can have a future job that allows me to travel a lot, but I'm still pretty unsure what to go for. That's why I was so curious about your study/work area!
5:21 yes dude one of those 3 teenagers in the video i'm 16 and my 2 best friends since i was like a little ass kid are kinda like outta my life now and it fuckin sucks dude. I would kickit with them like every day and now we don't even really talk, like shit dude we had a lot of fun together and i would really kill for those dudes, like i met one of those friends at school we were both nerdy kinda kids like socially pretty weird and all that haha. before him i was lonely as fuck i would really talk to myself at school just to conversate with someone and yea since we were like weirdos we would get picked on and it was like i would just get super mad and all that and fight them in the little playground and then get all scared when we got in trouble. I didn't like getting in trouble obviously but i loved like protecting my buddy from bullies and all that, and with my other friend she lived on my block so we would be playing every day and i remember i had the fattest crush on her as a kid cause i thought she was cool as fuck and all that. I remember playing outside all day then going to her place to play marvel vs capcom, she would kick my ass in that game but it was still our favorite lol. now they got their own little lives and their own friend groups going on and it's cool like im really happy for them but fuck sometimes it really hurts cause i'd try to have small hangouts here and there like old times but it's not really like that anymore and i get nothings forever but it really gets sad thinking about sometimes, i wish they knew i missed them a shit ton and all that but i'm really not trying to bother them with their lives going on since i guess we're at that stage where we're like figuring ourselves out as people and stuff.
I really feel you on that.. Sometimes at your age, life can be tough in terms of friendships because everyone is figuring themselves out like you say. Maybe the homies are all attending different schools or getting into new hobbies, or perhaps even doing bad stuff like drugs or hanging out with others that have a bad influence on them. I know at your age it might seem corny or perhaps scary, but I think its important that you express your feelings about your friendships to your friends. Who knows, perhaps it could help the friendship bracelet re-connect or maybe its too late. Regardless its worth a shot imo. Thanks for sharing btw
Interesting observations regarding friendship. As you said sometimes it's not worth clutching falling pearls and feels more healthy to let the dying friendships fizzle out slowly. However, I will disagree with your idea that "life is too short to stay in one place" take. I think it's an inherently American thing to want to move around all the time from one place to another. I can understand if you have no family/friends to leave behind, then it's fine. But moving is not a guarantee for a better life. There are no guarantees in anything. You might just move away and find that it's harder to make new friends wherever you are situated or the new friendships aren't as fullfilling/tight bonded like your childhood friendships, and you will end up lonelier/more isolated thinking it was for the better). Furthermore there is nothing wrong with living in your home town, if anything you have a community you've built through-out the years to enrich your life. I lived most of my life in one place up till now and I'm 26. Now if all or most of my friends suddenly started to move away to different countries, then It would be a different story. I Appreciate the insights from your videos!
Thank you for your input, I really appreciate it! I definitely agree that moving isn’t a guarantee for a better life. Especially not for everyone. But I believe that trying it is 100% worth it. What is your take on leaving to travel for a longer term?
You'll meet new friends and people as you age. Unless you make the effort to keep in touch with your old friends and make the effort friendships will die out. My friends touch base every once and a while but not weekly or monthly. I try and remember birthdays and xmas and call them up to at least catch up on those dates. Once you have a family you get consumed in that . Adults are busy people. Your time is limited and the you becomes we or them as in your family or wife. But you will neet new friends so don't worry but you have to be careful who you become friends with. Just my thoughts. Im 48 with four kids. I still skate and have friends ive met through skating. Most of my childhood friends have different values and things they do. Some haven't grown up and still drink and be stupid. Most have family and are in different cities but as i say i still call them and they call me every now and again. Unless you nurture a friendship it wont grow. Also your partner might not even like your childhood friends so that's difficult too.
I'm 34 now and still have a group of friends I've known for 20 years. After Covid if became a struggle to maintain this otherwise spontaneous relationship due to changing or new romantic partners and definitely kids. Also, when you're in high school or uni you spend so much time together with your friends you basically share the same life context. As a result you tend to overlook certain charachter traits you may not like too much or you accept them more. As a 'grownup' with a family and kids who still tries to skate, free time became scarce and I'd rather spend it with people that I really like. Spending an evening with that guy who tends to make sexist remarks or the hippie dude who tries to convince you that vaccines will kill you seems way less attractive. This on the other hand becomes problematic too because you're less and less exposed to other views and opinions which flattens your perspective also. All in all I don't think of 'growing up' in and of itself as a pleasant experience.
Duude, thank you for sharing! Love your perspective on the whole exposure thing when becoming an adult. It actually goes back to what I talked about in one of my previous videos. Our comfort zones WILL get smaller and "flatten" out if we don't expose ourselves to more things that might seem undesirable at first glance but actually end up making us better and more educated in the long run. I will say though as someone who is currently navigating through adulthood that I really enjoy learning these things about myself and how the human brain tends to function if it's not challenged here and there.
Do you still stay in touch with your childhood friends and if so, is the friendship as good as it once was during your childhood?
Yeah man i have 2 childhood friends that I'm close with they are still 2 of my best homies
@@MattiasWyatt I’m only really close with one of my friends from high school but it just happens we both skate. Skateboarding is definitely what strengthened and maintained our friendship post high school, especially because we were going to college in different states from each other.
But yeah it's true that how some friends go from hanging out everyday to like only follow8ng their instagram yk I have many old friends that I used to be friends with but just kinda went different paths but like it's the most truest homies that stay with you your whole life
i would still consider myself to be in my "childhood" as im only 18 but since i have moved out and started working full time i have defiantly noticed that i really needed to downsize and priorities a few really rich friendships as i dont have the same time or emotional energy to maintain all the friendships i used to have
and this process has been both a really fulfilling process as i have gotten even closer with the few who matter most to me but it has also felt a bit saddening as i have lost touch with some people who i really cared about
i had a pretty close group of 5 guys up until around 2020. my oldest friend moved out of state to do his own thing and is in jail on a charge I don't remember and another one I lost contact with overseas with the military. the last 3 of us are moving into a place together here soon so id say besides the other two we're all pretty close still.
I'm still meeting new people in college and life in general so I don't consider the loss of two people to be a big deal. life moves on and we all have separate lives to live. people move on and that's ok.
still love my friends to death. don't see my life going well without them by my side for hopefully a few more years
thanks for this video. made me reflect on things
love u man. keep it up
Adulthood can be very lonely, I lost contact to all of my school friends ever since school ended and it's hard to meet new people while on a full time job, often I don't have the energy after a full day of work. After some years I've gotten used to it though and I kinda like being alone, someday some good people will come into life and then leave again, that's how it goes. I miss my childhood a lot, back then all was so carefree and fun.
Thank you for sharing your experience, I really appreciate it. I think spending quality time with yourself is a skill in itself that a lot of people lack. Do you ever meet new people on the session when you skate?
@@MattiasWyatt truth is, I only started skating recently and I've been anxious to go to a skate park. I started because I want to learn a new skill and battle that fear, but social anxiety still holds me back from talking to strangers in real life. I've just been going to a parking lot after the stores close at night, I have to build up some confidence first.
@@mosz1410 Completely understandable. I can definitely relate to that feeling whenever I pull out the camera on the session while there are others at the park. We really need to remember that there are so many people that struggle with social anxiety. People overthink way more than we think they do.
Being comfy by yourself is the first step to finding people to surround yourself with. So many friendships are one way streets. If people listen to you, listen to them. Your drama isnt more important than theirs.
Understanding adulthood is a wild ride and understanding that everyone is busy will serve you well. Never cut off friendships because you feel neglected, stop putting time into that avenue.
Stay busy, keep hobbies. Keep skating, keep going to gym. Keep moving forwards with yourself and friends will be around.
Dude you are the most positive guy ever! I really like the videos you’ve been coming out with lately.
@@grantheuring6626 thank you sm ♥️
I do think it's a normal part of getting older, but the technology has made people increasingly antisocial too, imo. I'm 36, and I have no in-person friendships, a few online friendships, but it's really difficult to maintain them. I'm gay and single and not looking, my childhood friends started families, which I'm really happy for them, but that's obvious reason #1, working and raising kids (a super important thing to do) doesn't leave any time.
It's wild thinking about calling my friends on a corded phone when I was a kid, having their numbers memorized. Things have changed a lot, a lot a lot. I don't usually mind being alone, but being lonely just sucks. The bit you said at the end is right, I think, there's someone else out there in a similar situation, we aren't as alone as we think. I'm hoping that pursuing interests is the way to make friends as an adult. I just got to the point that I'm comfortable going to skateparks, late last year, so I've been doing that, a random drunk guy helped me learn to drop in earlier this year so that was cool lol. Anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Dude, thanks for sharing! Amazing that you've overcome your fear of skateparks. Hopefully you will connect with some skaters there soon. I agree though. Being lonely really sucks.
love the format. super chill bro
I hold friends very dear and I’m 25 years old, I feel like I care “too much” compared to my friends (except one who does make effort to contact me) but I hate having that feeling like I care “too much.” I wish it was the norm to talk to your friends as much as your partner/family/coworkers, well maybe a little less than a partner haha.
Nice video though :)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I’ve got my best friend from elementary school who I’ve known for 21 years and that’s it when it comes to childhood friends
Keep the real ones close for life
im still a kid but im scared my friendships are already deteriorating. my friend group's been slowly shrinking but the people i was closest with are the people i still talk to. what's weird is when the group was bigger i didn't feel too lonely, even though i didnt talk to the ex-friends as much as i talked to my still-friends, so the amount of talking i do hasnt changed much. but now the group's been concentrated down i feel completely disconnected from the people who are left. ive not really got anything to talk about with them, and it feels like i cant start or keep a conversation anymore. i feel like an asshole because i dont really enjoy being around my friends anymore, and i cant tell what's changed, or if i ever did enjoy being around them. the only person i fully enjoy being around is moving away for uni, and we never got that close because we were kind of in different groups, and i think we're both kind of avoidant, but now im really regretting not spending more time with him. idk how this video found me bc the comments seem to be filled with slightly older and more experienced people, but if anyone can relate to these feelings or has any advice for me then id love to hear it because i feel like im going crazy
nah dude im going through exactly that. My Advice is do whatever you love doing and go to whatever you can involving that and you'll for sure find like minded people.
I'm like you dude I don't really like filming when other people are at the park. As for friends there is only really one I still keep in touch with from my younger days. Hell its even hard to get the right time to hang out with my cuz who I always used to chill with when I was younger.
I think skateboarding affects this as well. When people get older they normally stop skating, but for the ones of us that carry on or start doing it again then in our free time we wanna skate but they don't skate anymore so it stops you meeting up and hanging out.
I really love the quote "You didn’t quit skateboarding because you got old. You got old because you quit skateboarding." Skating is definitely a meeting point too.
I kinda feel the same with my friends. A few of us still have similar interests so we’re closer. But the group has definitely grown apart. I remember watching a vid saying it’s like a van, you won’t always have the same friends in the front seat, at times they might move to the back. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It makes life interesting. Anyways love the vids bro keep them up. Also what’s the intro song? And where are you moving to?
Love the van example. I can definitely apply it to my own situation. I’ve never thought about it like that. It does make life interesting!
Thank you, I’ll keep making em 😁
I’ll make a future video explaining the travels!
love the vids man! keep it going
I’m 21 and I feel the bio but it dosent have to be sad it’s good to have space
It’s happening because we’re all getting old and we all have different life’s we are living.. best thing to do is just live yours and if the homies want to hang out then let’s hang out. 👍
I really have very little in common with my friends
It’s time to meet some people you can relate with!
Are you talking in terms of everything besides skating?
Not even an adult yet and already getting there
@@steezyasian1525 how so?
@@MattiasWyatt sorry for the late response. My childhood friends started to get into partying and drinking and all that stuff, and yk its cool that they do that dont get me wrong im not hating on them for that, its just that its taking up a lot of their lives and it seems its become what they talk about all the time and what drug this guy had and what happened at this party. I never really got into the partying scene and stuff and it kind of categorised me as an outcast to a lot of the local people, ending up as the skater kid in town, kind of disappoints me to see that people i grew up with making these decisions, but i met a lot of like minded friends at the skateparks in the city 4 hours away from me, and they help a lot with the feeling of isolation and loneliness that i used to get a lot for doing something different, just like how your videos remind me that im not alone out there and people have gone through what i have too.
needed this. new sub :)
Yo fuck yeah dude. We need more vids like this
Where's that park? Nice idea for a video btw
@@HaakvikKrona thanks fam!
It’s in Aalborg Denmark
@@MattiasWyatt Ork satme!
I really appreciate your content bro! And I’m curious, what’s your work or study, if you’re studying, area?
Thank you bro!
I just finished my undergrad in international business communication this summer. I’ve chosen to take a sabbatical hence I’m not sure what direction I’d like to take in terms of a masters degree. So I’ve just been working this logistics job for the past month in order to save up and do the things I want to do this year 🤓 - what about yourself?
@@MattiasWyatt I also just finished my bachelor's in creativity and business innovation and I'm also gonna take a sabbatical year as I'm not sure what masters to take yet ahahah. I'm currently working as a part time on my local skateshop. I'm planning to go for a study field where can have a future job that allows me to travel a lot, but I'm still pretty unsure what to go for. That's why I was so curious about your study/work area!
5:21 yes dude one of those 3 teenagers in the video i'm 16 and my 2 best friends since i was like a little ass kid are kinda like outta my life now and it fuckin sucks dude. I would kickit with them like every day and now we don't even really talk, like shit dude we had a lot of fun together and i would really kill for those dudes, like i met one of those friends at school we were both nerdy kinda kids like socially pretty weird and all that haha. before him i was lonely as fuck i would really talk to myself at school just to conversate with someone and yea since we were like weirdos we would get picked on and it was like i would just get super mad and all that and fight them in the little playground and then get all scared when we got in trouble. I didn't like getting in trouble obviously but i loved like protecting my buddy from bullies and all that, and with my other friend she lived on my block so we would be playing every day and i remember i had the fattest crush on her as a kid cause i thought she was cool as fuck and all that. I remember playing outside all day then going to her place to play marvel vs capcom, she would kick my ass in that game but it was still our favorite lol. now they got their own little lives and their own friend groups going on and it's cool like im really happy for them but fuck sometimes it really hurts cause i'd try to have small hangouts here and there like old times but it's not really like that anymore and i get nothings forever but it really gets sad thinking about sometimes, i wish they knew i missed them a shit ton and all that but i'm really not trying to bother them with their lives going on since i guess we're at that stage where we're like figuring ourselves out as people and stuff.
I really feel you on that.. Sometimes at your age, life can be tough in terms of friendships because everyone is figuring themselves out like you say. Maybe the homies are all attending different schools or getting into new hobbies, or perhaps even doing bad stuff like drugs or hanging out with others that have a bad influence on them. I know at your age it might seem corny or perhaps scary, but I think its important that you express your feelings about your friendships to your friends. Who knows, perhaps it could help the friendship bracelet re-connect or maybe its too late. Regardless its worth a shot imo.
Thanks for sharing btw
thanks for the video dude!
you are great at skating!! i am also a skater :D
rizz?
no bruh i’m 13
Off topic, but what board you riding mate?
I recently just stepped up to an 8.5! Very mellow nose and tail though.
I usually just ride shop decks but I’m about to setup a pass port board!
You had childhood friends? 🐐
I was one of the lucky ones 🍀
love this style of video
anything
Where is this park?
It’s in Aalborg Denmark 🙂
Interesting observations regarding friendship. As you said sometimes it's not worth clutching falling pearls and feels more healthy to let the dying friendships fizzle out slowly. However, I will disagree with your idea that "life is too short to stay in one place" take. I think it's an inherently American thing to want to move around all the time from one place to another. I can understand if you have no family/friends to leave behind, then it's fine. But moving is not a guarantee for a better life. There are no guarantees in anything. You might just move away and find that it's harder to make new friends wherever you are situated or the new friendships aren't as fullfilling/tight bonded like your childhood friendships, and you will end up lonelier/more isolated thinking it was for the better). Furthermore there is nothing wrong with living in your home town, if anything you have a community you've built through-out the years to enrich your life. I lived most of my life in one place up till now and I'm 26. Now if all or most of my friends suddenly started to move away to different countries, then It would be a different story. I Appreciate the insights from your videos!
Thank you for your input, I really appreciate it! I definitely agree that moving isn’t a guarantee for a better life. Especially not for everyone. But I believe that trying it is 100% worth it. What is your take on leaving to travel for a longer term?
You'll meet new friends and people as you age.
Unless you make the effort to keep in touch with your old friends and make the effort friendships will die out.
My friends touch base every once and a while but not weekly or monthly.
I try and remember birthdays and xmas and call them up to at least catch up on those dates.
Once you have a family you get consumed in that .
Adults are busy people.
Your time is limited and the you becomes we or them as in your family or wife.
But you will neet new friends so don't worry but you have to be careful who you become friends with.
Just my thoughts.
Im 48 with four kids.
I still skate and have friends ive met through skating.
Most of my childhood friends have different values and things they do.
Some haven't grown up and still drink and be stupid.
Most have family and are in different cities but as i say i still call them and they call me every now and again.
Unless you nurture a friendship it wont grow.
Also your partner might not even like your childhood friends so that's difficult too.
Thanks for your thoughts on the topic!
I'm 34 now and still have a group of friends I've known for 20 years. After Covid if became a struggle to maintain this otherwise spontaneous relationship due to changing or new romantic partners and definitely kids. Also, when you're in high school or uni you spend so much time together with your friends you basically share the same life context. As a result you tend to overlook certain charachter traits you may not like too much or you accept them more. As a 'grownup' with a family and kids who still tries to skate, free time became scarce and I'd rather spend it with people that I really like. Spending an evening with that guy who tends to make sexist remarks or the hippie dude who tries to convince you that vaccines will kill you seems way less attractive. This on the other hand becomes problematic too because you're less and less exposed to other views and opinions which flattens your perspective also. All in all I don't think of 'growing up' in and of itself as a pleasant experience.
Duude, thank you for sharing! Love your perspective on the whole exposure thing when becoming an adult. It actually goes back to what I talked about in one of my previous videos. Our comfort zones WILL get smaller and "flatten" out if we don't expose ourselves to more things that might seem undesirable at first glance but actually end up making us better and more educated in the long run.
I will say though as someone who is currently navigating through adulthood that I really enjoy learning these things about myself and how the human brain tends to function if it's not challenged here and there.
@@MattiasWyatt Agree on everything, you shouldn't expose yourself to heroin or neo nazism though haha. I like your skating btw dude, keep it up.