Perhaps pine trees are pine trees because during their formative and adolescent years they weren’t able to have a voice to find their style and their flow for life. Life for them at an early age was more focused on survival and navigating tricky dynamics. And now that they are older, they have the freedom to be and do what they truly want in the process of finding themselves again.
Bro this is so trueeeeeee. I feel the same way. I've always been unconventional. I learned a lot of things late in life. I never dated a girl, never was able to do well at jobs and be promoted to management, never finished school because I took lots of breaks....I became a freelance interpreter and it aligns with who I am so much. I dont have coworkwers or a manager but still work with the general public and I feel so confident doing it. We're creative types man...we're not meant to work a 9-5 job or follow the path everyone else takes and thats ok
THIS IS ME. Thank you for this! Since I graduated, I always wanted to work as a Project Manager but didn’t feel competent enough because of no work experience yet. Looking around, my friends and others got the Project Manager role some right after graduation and some just a year later. Even the role as Senior Project Manager after 2 years. I felt like a failure but took my time to get to know other roles in a project like it-architecture, test and support. 5 years later, I finally got a new job as a Project Manager in the best nontoxic flexible work environment ever and I couldn’t be happier for the (slow) path I took to come here!
Man I felt this to my core. Im a late bloomer too ❤ I started caring about clothes and make up later than most girls and only realised in my 20s how to dress. I used to think why they all have a style and I dont? But lil by lil I got there. Same with boyfriends, I didn't care about boys in high school, then when I finally did I wish I didn't and now im single at 31 and I feel good by myself but all my friends are married or have childrena and I don't even live alone. I studied a lot and never earned much money with occasional jobs while some stupid friend from high school is rich. Lost years due to health issues and I see them travelling with zero problems. Also some relatives make me feel as if I'm less smart than my younger cousins working a 9-5 job, when I'm smarter, just different. I am this creative philosophical soul who likes to learn and needs novelty. I was praised too as a child cuz I had many talents but I thought I was good "by chance". Now I wish I was homeschooled. Learned kinda late how to really put work in stuff I liked in order to get results. I love this channel, makes me feel more hopeful and less of a failure ✨ (also like you I'm fast at learning sports and languages or instruments lol)
Its hard to keep a slow pace, slow achievement lifestyle.. but after 2 burnouts, i figured out that its necessary and probably the right way to go. Still, as a woman is harder to let go, because biological clock is ticking. 😅 Either way, its still a must to accept that it might not be on our terms.
I definitely have observed both speeds in different areas of life. I think the hardest thing is shifting gears from fast to slow when things start to feel stuck. It just feels so counterintuitive sometimes, but it's 100% necessary.
I like this topic. I think when you learn from a relatively young age that you're not progressing at the same pace as others or your life trajectory is generally different, you develop a degree of self-reliance and resiliency you wouldn't have experienced otherwise. I like the saying, "the hard path is the easy path". I genuinely feel the difficulty we experience now paves the way for a more stable, grounded life ahead. Great video, cheers!
Love to hear this perspective, it’s obvious you’ve thought a lot about this, and I’m happy I was able to watch and share in such an insightful message. Hopefully we can all be more like a pine trees in the future too 🙌🏾
This was a great chat. I took have struggled with feeling a step behind. @wanhee I'd love to hear your perspective on gratitude and complacency. Do you ever feel that especially in my quest to glow up that it's hard to be thankful for what you have or progress made because it feels like complacency? Like I will become content on where I'm at and lose the fire for more?
Where's the fu*king cheat-sheet, that's what I wanna know **laughs-cries as almost 33 going through 16 again** why God, why...this video is so relatable it's annoying. I also did a gap year, stayed in school too long etc. argh I like that you're cool with the process but I need the warp-speed setting my guy
...I'm not even like a pine seed or a late bloomer or whatever at this point, I think I'm a CASHEW NUT (sorry for spamming, love your video) :D but ugh, this one hit different :D :D :D
Perhaps pine trees are pine trees because during their formative and adolescent years they weren’t able to have a voice to find their style and their flow for life. Life for them at an early age was more focused on survival and navigating tricky dynamics. And now that they are older, they have the freedom to be and do what they truly want in the process of finding themselves again.
Bro this is so trueeeeeee. I feel the same way. I've always been unconventional. I learned a lot of things late in life. I never dated a girl, never was able to do well at jobs and be promoted to management, never finished school because I took lots of breaks....I became a freelance interpreter and it aligns with who I am so much. I dont have coworkwers or a manager but still work with the general public and I feel so confident doing it. We're creative types man...we're not meant to work a 9-5 job or follow the path everyone else takes and thats ok
THIS IS ME. Thank you for this!
Since I graduated, I always wanted to work as a Project Manager but didn’t feel competent enough because of no work experience yet.
Looking around, my friends and others got the Project Manager role some right after graduation and some just a year later. Even the role as Senior Project Manager after 2 years.
I felt like a failure but took my time to get to know other roles in a project like it-architecture, test and support.
5 years later, I finally got a new job as a Project Manager in the best nontoxic flexible work environment ever and I couldn’t be happier for the (slow) path I took to come here!
Man I felt this to my core. Im a late bloomer too ❤ I started caring about clothes and make up later than most girls and only realised in my 20s how to dress. I used to think why they all have a style and I dont? But lil by lil I got there. Same with boyfriends, I didn't care about boys in high school, then when I finally did I wish I didn't and now im single at 31 and I feel good by myself but all my friends are married or have childrena and I don't even live alone. I studied a lot and never earned much money with occasional jobs while some stupid friend from high school is rich. Lost years due to health issues and I see them travelling with zero problems. Also some relatives make me feel as if I'm less smart than my younger cousins working a 9-5 job, when I'm smarter, just different. I am this creative philosophical soul who likes to learn and needs novelty. I was praised too as a child cuz I had many talents but I thought I was good "by chance". Now I wish I was homeschooled. Learned kinda late how to really put work in stuff I liked in order to get results. I love this channel, makes me feel more hopeful and less of a failure ✨ (also like you I'm fast at learning sports and languages or instruments lol)
Its hard to keep a slow pace, slow achievement lifestyle.. but after 2 burnouts, i figured out that its necessary and probably the right way to go. Still, as a woman is harder to let go, because biological clock is ticking. 😅 Either way, its still a must to accept that it might not be on our terms.
Advice that applies to both roses and pine trees and also to both teachers and students without any stretch of logic is a beautiful one.
Thank you for making this video. It's comforting knowing there are other people feeling this way too.
Really love those unfiltred content Wanhee. Keep up the good work
I definitely have observed both speeds in different areas of life. I think the hardest thing is shifting gears from fast to slow when things start to feel stuck. It just feels so counterintuitive sometimes, but it's 100% necessary.
I like this topic. I think when you learn from a relatively young age that you're not progressing at the same pace as others or your life trajectory is generally different, you develop a degree of self-reliance and resiliency you wouldn't have experienced otherwise. I like the saying, "the hard path is the easy path". I genuinely feel the difficulty we experience now paves the way for a more stable, grounded life ahead. Great video, cheers!
Your production value is so good! Great job 💌
Love to hear this perspective, it’s obvious you’ve thought a lot about this, and I’m happy I was able to watch and share in such an insightful message. Hopefully we can all be more like a pine trees in the future too 🙌🏾
Thank you, 형님
Perfect timing for this thanks bro ❤ I’m super late in everything right now, I’m 31 and still lost 😅
Needed to hear this mate.
Have you heard of the Hare and the Toroise ? hat's us guys. We are turtles but so slow and steady wins the race ;)
This was a great chat. I took have struggled with feeling a step behind.
@wanhee I'd love to hear your perspective on gratitude and complacency. Do you ever feel that especially in my quest to glow up that it's hard to be thankful for what you have or progress made because it feels like complacency? Like I will become content on where I'm at and lose the fire for more?
Where's the fu*king cheat-sheet, that's what I wanna know **laughs-cries as almost 33 going through 16 again** why God, why...this video is so relatable it's annoying. I also did a gap year, stayed in school too long etc. argh I like that you're cool with the process but I need the warp-speed setting my guy
...I'm not even like a pine seed or a late bloomer or whatever at this point, I think I'm a CASHEW NUT (sorry for spamming, love your video) :D but ugh, this one hit different :D :D :D
Hahah. Cashew nut is also alright. We'll get there.
Bru, we both need therapy