I appreciate that you're acknowledging "Hurry Sickness". In my experience, every time I rush at work or at school I tend to end up getting a flu. One thing I've learnt is that rushing to get things done only leads to mistakes, mismanagement, and non-productivity. I truly believe that an IDGAF attitude can be one of the healthiest attributes anyone can adopt and I certainly hope you have found the autonomy to tell anyone in your life exactly that.
My mom used to tell me (and she got it from her father): Don't rush. Because if you get hurt or sick, then you'll really be late. That includes rushing when you're ill, grieving, or depressed. Stop, rest, breath, and give yourself time to do things well.
I personally think you would need to find a balance between the two. Things happen in life that would require you to make fast-paced decisions and perform fast-paced tasks but I think the problem Dami Lee is pointing out is one of excess in that direction. But yeah, I agree -- the IDGAF attitude really is the way to go, at least mentally. You make better decisions when you pace yourself. More people need to realize that you'll get there when you get there, and they need to value slow-paced activities just us much -- reading, making fudge, comfortably petting your iguana, improv on the piano, etc.
"Either you do it right, or do it twice. If you're rushing because you feel like you don't have time, what makes you think you'll have time to do it again?" I read it from somewhere and I try to remember it whenever I find myself rushing tasks as a reminder to take some deep breaths and slow down to avoid mistakes. Lovely video!
This is a good way to bypass the irrational "instinct" to be impatient and rush through things, by considering the logical consequences of that behavior. This sort of thinking has helped my ADHD ass with impulsively trying to do things quickly only to fumble something clumsily. When I'm mindful l'm able to be calm, efficient, and much less likely to break something lol
I always tell myself that. It's easy to rush into things, make a mess and sometimes have to start again. And if it's human interaction, you don't get a second chance.
I think I am the opposite person to this, and I have the opposite problem. Knowing that whatever-it-may-be could be done better can stop me from doing it at all. I have to remind myself to not let perfection be the enemy of good. I guess doing it twice is better than never doing it at all.
This is an outstanding topic and extremely relevant. Hurry sickness is a real problem in our society right now. I would love for you to continue this series. Thanks!
Marcus - I agree! This is the second video by DamiLee I’ve watched and it is very affirming to my proclivities 😊 I just watched her video ‘How slow reading can change your brain’ Check it out!
@@GaiaCarney Yeah I found this channel when searching for people talking about the staffing / workforce shifts happening. She had some real-time relevant things to say, so I subscribed based on that. I always enjoy seeing the videos come up in my feed, and I like how many of the topics crossover to other fields or reference a synergistic connection to additional source material. I sort of forgot about this comment I made about Hurry Sickness, but I referenced that term recently when discussing an over-saturation of Agile software development “early delivery” pressure producing lower quality long term solutions for end users around the world. I find that a lot of the distilled philosophical content on this channel overlays against frameworks in other fields outside of traditional Architecture.
@@DamiLeeArch Hurry - let's fix the hurry sickness! The truth is everyone who has it has chosen it. Let go. (Some complex rationalization will prevent you from doing that though - taking responsibility means realizing you have no control of yourself so need to let go of false selves first.)
Thank you for speaking in a non-sensationalist way; you never over-dramatise what you're saying, which makes the words more effective and thought-provoking instead of forcing you to think a certain way!
College broke my brain as well. I then immediately started a good career, but I was so burnt out I couldn't appreciate the job I had. The long commutes in Toronto (which is hurry sickness central) further added to my stress and burnout. I have made a decision to leave the city and move to a smaller town out on the west coast of Canada. Small towns in Canada have a laid back lifestlyle, friendly people and easy driving commutes. I am DONE with the city and it's hurry sickness culture. I am doing this for my mental and physical wellbeing. I genuinely believe if I stay in the city I won't have a long or happy life and I am seriously risking my health.
It's been about 6 months since I graduated and I still can't find a job. I'm in the opposite situation where I'm becoming burnt out for not having a job, so I think there's definitely a balance in play.
@@mysticfellow9843 I am very sorry to hear about your struggle. One thing I forgot to add is before my current career, I went to university and obtained a useless degree, and I ended up driving uber for 2 years before going back to school. The only thing you can do is just keep pushing forward. But I understand how you feel, it's like a different kind of burnout. I hope things turn around for you.
@@connorisawsome8440 thanks man. Yeah I'm not giving up haha. Thanks for the motivation. My time will come but I hope you're able to find the peace you deserve in Canada.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. I really became more aware after traveling to places that are slower paced. Coming back, I was so annoyed everyone seem stressed and hurried. You can just feel it by the way people drive where I live. A good friend of is always hurrying from place to place, hurries when he eats; never seeming to be enjoying in the moment. Definitely trying not to let this get to me
I agree about the way many people are driving - most especially on side streets and within suburban areas. Even though speed limits are at 25mph, people still want to drive through these areas at 35-45mph. It's like there's an incessant angst in people's minds as they're driving. Some people live their entire lives with wanting everything finished yesterday and when things aren't moving as quickly as they wish, then their tempers flare - again and again and again.
in my experience it comes from a very low level suicidalness, like I'm trying to fast forward thru life. it's not conscious tho, it's not my true will, but more an automatic impulse. I'm not actively thinking that life is pointless but I'm ACTING as if it is. treating life as if it's a job and we're all waiting to clock out, carry your cross and break your back until you shake the hand of God in eternal rest
Omg the driving hurry is so annoying! I started making myself strictly go no faster than the posted speed limit once the roads started getting icy last month. Hydroplaning on black ice is the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced behind the wheel. I don't want to do that ever again. The increase of tailgators in response to driving safely was insane. Like, excuuuuuuuuse me for not wanting to die by getting flung off the local dead man's curve Brendon, but you're only 3 minutes late to your stupid conference, you can handle driving like a normal for once.
Let myself get lost in Venice on my last day. Spent an all nighter walking by myself without a map, my phone, and portable wifi (literally no battery) and I fell in love with this city. Best 7 hours of my life. Totally recommending everyone to do this. The walls, the water, the breeze, they talk to you and guide you. Great that I went last November 2021 with less tourists. Thank you for this Dami. Cheers to Dérive!
Wow that sounds wonderful...!!! This is the best way to experience Venice. I had a similar experience, I woke up in the middle of the night because of the sirens from aqua alta. The water level had risen, you could hear the sloshing of the water, and I could feel the wind on my face. A pretty unforgettable experience 😉
Until you get robbed and can’t call for help. I use technology for help. You are weak people that can’t manage time and blame it on technology. The issue author is your parents pressured you so much. My parents didn’t so I live a relaxed life. Work 20 hours a week. Tiger parents are terrible but you’re too scared to call them out. Until you do. Your culture will get y’all into Harvard but never have a complete life.
Finally, a diagnosis! I am now almost 58 years old. I retired from UPS at the age of 53 after 27+ years and I am still trying to slow myself down while attempting to find a way to deal with the anxious consequences. I have nightmares at least once per week. I think I am making progress, but I find that explaining my hurry-habit (and the discipline required to slow down) is often met with a lack of empathy. I am thankful that the “condition” has caught the interest of others and also for your work 🙂
A month in Thailand on a semi remote island will fix you. Two weeks of a racing mind and the jitters..then calm. When you get back, grids become pointless. A fellow trucker.
As a fedex manager I feel you brother, the grind and pressure to achieve numbers regardless of the flesh and blood between you and putting up packages that hit those numbers really has me thinking about the topics in this video. Only difference is that I’m not retired, it’s my life now, so I hope to try and find a way to look at it differently and not be swept under the rug and become a power tripping maniac like so many in upper management.
I definitely feel like I'm constantly being pushed and pressured to do more things and do them faster by my family and society as a whole. I often find that doing more and doing it faster is completely at odds with resting enough, relaxing, or generally enjoying myself / taking care of myself.
Approaching my 60th year with a mild, but impactful disability, I felt left out and guilty for a long time. However, as more and more people confess that the lifestyle of chasing productivity is actually unproductive and in the long haul, bad for us physically and mentally. So, in effect, becoming disabled "saved" me from having to navigate that balance. Now, I'm trying to become productive, but on my own terms.
I know how you feel. Do this, then do that. Hey! Can you also help me with this? You are stressed the entire day, so you can't fall asleep at night. Tomorrow you are tired, but the expectations of you always doing this and then that is still there. That means even less sleep the next night. Rinse and repeat until you end up in the psych ward for a month and a half. When I decided to slow down and not worry about how much I can accomplish, I suddenly had become more productive and started accomplishing much more. Recently I have read a book that went into the science of productivity, because I thought I may learn some tricks that would help me with stress I still had. It ended up being about placing priorities and then not doing anything that is not a priority. Some things are always suddenly coming to your life with the message that they should be done, often ASAP. Majority of the time, it is a lie. You should stop and think about everything you are about to do, and then do only the things that really need to be done and the things that you yourself want to do. That was a good trick. Now I am even less stressed. Things are falling out around me, but I am feeling better. I often have a feeling that we need this time that we spend online, to do just that or some similar unproductive activity. So many times I have heard about we all needing to spend our time better than that. Better meaning doing things that stress us. Sorry, but I prefer to have a healthier dose of stress hormones in my body. Like not enough bad things are happening to me, so I need to DIY more suffering into my life?
As an americanized american with many stress related health issues, I really appreciate this calm and reassuring assessment of the whole picture of culture and time. I really really would love to see more videos on this topic !!
Yeah this seems to predominantly be a theme in Western culture and East Asian culture where it's all about this "hustle, hustle" mindset. Marry young, buy a house young, go to college, get a career right away. It's totally exhausting and I'm glad we're starting to strip away these norms going into the future.
One time I went to Venice I saw these two guys walking fast so I followed them. They walked so fast it was like they were almost running. I followed them through all the passageways and I didn't lose them. They took me straight to a boat race at the canal. It was the most amazing thing. This was probably twenty years ago
@@x80WildCat08x I could tell they were from there, like from there from there. And I was younger, curious. Life before pandemic was different back then. Not much else I can say. It was super amazing though to witness.
I'M ITALIAN AND I LOVED THIS VIDEO! I too often go to venice and get lost in it's passages and ways, the gps generally does not work due to the nature of city itself. You managed to capture the feeling of being lost into a beautiful thesis and video essay! kudos to you
I can relate to this so much! I'm out of school now but at my work I'm being pressured to do so much in so little time, and although it's something any typical guy can do, I am atypical. I'm autistic and I need more patience and instruction to get by, but even in my autistic-friendly workplace I'm not afforded that because everyone is hustling around me. This culture of having to do everything in a hurry and work till you're exhausted just to get _some_ time for yourself doesn't work for anyone, let alone those like me with autism. The fact that everyone, especially in western culture, keeps pretending this is normal is infuriating to me. It's not how humans were meant to live, and I can't wait till we break free from this sickness.
I’m autistic too (well not diagnosed, but I’ve been researching) so I feel your pain immensely. I work in corporate America (specifically in banking). We have D&I groups, but I think it’s really a facade. I’m sure the people apart of the group genuinely want equality in the workplace, but the executives don’t give a shit at the core. So I feel lost as an autistic person. I’m a woman who’s undiagnosed technically, but my mom is the reason I started looking into a diagnosis. I’m just afraid someone will be biased and think, “well that’s just what women do.” I can’t understand the verbal directions and the fast paced bs. We do office hours, where we talk to stakeholders and I can just feel very rushed to give an answer with how many people join these calls. Sometimes I just have to be like, “we need to meet separately.” I need time to figure things out sometimes. I stutter a lot and my ears get hot.🥲
You're very well-spoken. I don't even know anything about architecture but you managed to succinctly and vividly describe the way architecture influences our sense of space and time (in a captivating way, too). Great video production too!
Thank you for giving a name to the thing thats been poisoning my life for years now. I always felt this but cannot give a name to it. I always feel a pressure to be on time with everything, and hurry up. Even in my free time, I cannot truly feel relaxed and well rested, cause I have this insanely strong feeling of, " I have to do more realxing and resting to make up for the time lost. I realized that all I do is fuck up my own life with this. Now I pay attention to slow down, enjoy stuff and take care of myself. And its working. Its hard to change habits, but it feels good.
I find it hard sometimes also to relax. My main problem is that i don't have a reliable income which i would be capable to maintain, so i worry about how i could earn something. Only options i can think of are low wage jobs that don't require education, and i just don't think i can manage that. Not only is it stressful, but the transportation to there and back home takes a lot, travel time to see friends (well, not rly many atm, but it'd be nice eventually), the myriad of daily chores and some time for my own personal interests is close to impossible to fit in a day, and remain somewhat mindful throughout it. It's hard not to feel constantly hurry, when even spending time with close ones have to be planned and limited to a short time. I guess it was kind of a blessing that my health gave away, but i still have to figure these things out eventually, and that still occasionally weighs my mind.
‘What are the rush risks?’ is what my partner and I first ask when we’re putting our plans into action. We then add in ‘cushion time’, which increases when the stakes of being late are high and where there might be unexpected complications. Because of these, when we find ourselves waiting during cushion time, we’re more accepting because we know it’s far more preferable than the stress of rushing
TH-cam suggested this video, so hopefully you've been pleasantly surprised by the positive feedback that the algorithm is giving you as well as the people. I liked this video very much, good food for thought. I also appreciate you disclosing your references, you've opened a new rabbit hole for me to explore, which I love, so thank you!
I could see myself in the video. Working as a software engineer, there's always a new feature or project to work on, always something new to learn to keep up with the fast paced industry. When I travel, I love getting lost walking aimlessly through new places. It's those times when I find a great sense of relief.
Thank you for watching! What did you think?? Here are all of the published videos of this 5 episodes series Part 1: Hurry Sickness th-cam.com/video/iuIZuUCKd84/w-d-xo.html Part 2: Slow reading th-cam.com/video/jk1YZHt3dpM/w-d-xo.html Part 3 Aura th-cam.com/video/Cu-3E2tUpgU/w-d-xo.html
Great topic; hurry sickness is real. I would really like to see this as a series. This applies to the industry I work in, and what you seem to be articulating is something that I've been trying to express for over a decade now.
@@justinsoto7884 It was a tough decision.. but totally necessary!! Only possible because my subscriber base is awesome and seems to follow along in a series. ^^
You did beautifully! I was serious when I said I can see you becoming a Documentarion. You had that quality and vibe here. I'm going to keep watching your progress and some day I'll be able to say "Oh yeah. I used to watch her long ago. Before she was famous." Heh. "She even replied to a few of my comments." 😆
Thank you for introducing the term hurry sickness. I’ve been experiencing this lately and I couldn’t put it into words. I’m pretty sure you sold me a trip to Venice! Looking forward to more of the series. These videos might not do as well as you’d like with the algorithm, but the people who view it and receive the positive influence will forever be thankful.
I wish I could have had time to enjoy this video on hurry sickness, but I'm already being inundated by requests for service texts and calls from customers and it's 8:30am on a Saturday. So I watched it at 1.75x to try to get through it in between interruptions. I guess I'll have to watch it again after midnight when my phone goes to "do not disturb" mode. It's hard to imagine being able to watch a video at normal speed anymore.
For me that depends. We have to prioritise.. I have fight my FOMO and choose for all that is grabbing for my time. I do watch some content at 1.5x cos the creator was just being uselessly detailed and repetitive. For this video though, the cadence was perfect. Try to ‘derive’ into it when you have 15mins. You won’t regret it. 😉
This is a really nice paced and great video. As someone with ADHD, I rush everything constantly, but could never describe why whenever I was on holiday I would prefer to just stroll around a city and not feel anxious to go and do something. Especially now I live in London, it feels that travelling and doing stuff has to be done at 100%, but there is always this peace you get when you go to places like Italy and Spain where it would slow you down and you get to appreciate the city itself. And you have managed to perfectly describe this, in such a clear way.
I have felt like this my entire life. I haven’t taken a real vacation or traveled in years. I’m constantly stressed and worried about making ends meet. I enjoy watching a series, especially one as well made and thought provoking as this one. Bravo.
As someone who apparently unknowingly suffers from hurry sickness and also had the chance to work and live in Venice for some time (wich ultimately lead me to studying architecture) I do relate a lot! It's funny how fast you give up on Google Maps when you try to navigate a city like that and how fast and accurate the natural sense of orientation kicks in. I remember feeling like the map of the city that my brain created was much more 3D than any memory of any other city I've been to. I thought of piazzas as the big light open spots from where I had to take the darker narrower alleys and occasional sottoporteghi or bridges to "travel" between them like nodes on a net. "Getting lost" is kind of an occupational hazard in Venice but when you choose the lighter alleys until you get to the next piazza sooner or later you will always reach a spot you've already been or that makes it obvious where to go. By the third or fourth time you just kind of know that if you pay attention to your surroundings it's quite im possible to really get lost and I'd say anyone who spent some time wandering the alleys of Venice will recognize the feeling of calm that you also described as related to labyrinths or mazes. I can see why you chose this topic for your thesis and I'm curious what else you're going to talk about in the follow-up videos!
This is super fascinating, thank you for really diving into your passion and being able to unpack this into a way where everyone can understand and appreciate ✨
Thanks for watching! I won't lie, turning this into an understandable video was a much more difficult task that I had anticipated but I learned a lot from this process!
Utterly illuminating. You expanded on something that’s been bugging me for a while, and have added a sense of space and appreciation to my quiet moments. I loved this. Great work, and thank you.
Yes! Hurry sickness is a thing for me. If I hurry around too much I get anxiety. I need a LOT of down time that’s unstructured. It’s important for me to keep my heart healthy. I loved Venice. Getting lost and then wandering into an exhibit about Zaha Hadid was absolutely magical. Thank you so much for your work. I can’t wait to see the next one.
Your videos are very quickly becoming my favorite; I can't imagine how much effort goes into these! Your trains of thought are so intelligent, and how you connect your words to this medium is so impressive. Some day I want to be able to create something so well articulated 😆
This is great and I don't care that it's basically 15 minutes long. I'd rather watch this over reading an article for 15 minutes. The visual aid is wonderful, I would never have such a clear understanding if not for this format. Thank youuuu
This is absolutely relatable. I have been focused and intentional on healing my nervous system ( ongoing for nearly 3 years now .... which isn't long compared to the 20+ years of this "Hurry/rushed/anxious" lifestyle prior ). It is a blessing and necessity to take full breaths and BE IN PEACE in all moments... divine time doesn't rush. Blessings ~~
Thank you for this reflection!! It comes up so often at work…”what are you doing this weekend?” And then I’m like, “uh, just cleaning cooking and thinking?” I would definitely appreciate more of this series.
Its always nice to find a new channel you know youre gonna love, theres something about certain channels (especially essay channels) that just make them gems. Thanks for the vid, look forward to seeing more of yout work!
YES i would love to see the rest of the series! You help open my eyes to novel making and inspiration thru the eyes of an architect. I am a welder/machinist so i truly do appreciate your youtube channel. Venice is a place i am going to have to go visit some day. I love it.
@@DamiLeeArch I can see that!!I am not sure of the technology that you used in your recent visit 2Venice but all i can say it BRAVO!! You offered the video watcher(me) a unique experience in2 the alley ways and tiny side streets that which NO OTHER TH-camR has ever offered!! Thank you for this opportunity and i really do look forward 2what YOU HAVE TO OFFER us all here on the inter-webs! You runique and different as you see the world through novel & loving eyes .We do love urwork & we look forward 2what uhave coming u next!! Silk&Stone 🟣™🗝⛏⚖⚗🧲🧬🔬🎿🤿🧿✨🎈🪐🌡🕋🎡⛲🧭🍀🕊🪶👣🖖👌✌⚓😊😸
it's funny coming from architecture and hurry sickness to youtube creation, which i find to be predestined for hurry sickness to. Very well made video, had a form of netflix doc vibe 😊.
There was something about this video that was honestly so refreshing to hear. It was absolutely beautiful, and I love the historic information you brought to our attention, and how you had clips of you in venice in between. It all really added to the beauty of the video, while still conveying the message.
I found this channel randomly through another popular video, but this was an amazing insight. I myself am embarking on my masters thesis this year and it was so fun and interesting to hear from someone who has been through that process. I am looking forward to going through all your content and hearing more from you in the videos after this one!
Awesome stuff, Dami! Loving the documentary vibes in this and I’m sure we all appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos. Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next installment!
I have learned a lesson about this during my trip to Rome with a friend! I was excited to go and see the highlights from a list I created. I have had art history as a subject and was looking forward to finally see works I love irl. I divided the highlights over the days and worked on routes to walk. Day 1 we did this and my friend said she didnt like the experience. She said we could have just booked a boring tourist bus. And I had to give her right cuz it didnt feel like a vacation at all. We decided we could still take our schedule as a general guide but allowed ourselves to deviate from it whenever we felt like it. It was so nice to just stroll without plan among the old buildings. This was way more enjoyable and I believe like you cities are better experienced like this!
This was such an amazing find! I feel so sooooo inspired to create now! I’m a fashion student, and I was just wracking my brain trying to put my thoughts into a word or a concept for a new project before I stumbled on this! I’m so so sooo grateful for this! (Trying to type out what I resonated with in the video but finding it hard to condense my thoughts. Still baffled, just know this helped a lot!) thank you so much!
It's such a great and a life changing video series. I appreciate it very very higly. My gratitude to you for bringing out such knowledge into the world!!!
I actually "get lost" intentionally, whenever I travel; especially studying abroad in Italy for Landscape Architecture undergrad... Not only do you meet some interesting characters, you truly examine the details that make the experience worth the adventure. Also its good to walk off a little buzz. It seems alcohol is quite the norm and expectation for the region, lol. Thanks for the imagery; totally brings me back.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite youtube channels! I love the term Derive! Best way to discover somewhere new. I did this unintentionally in venice at night and it made it so much more special when I came across something new and different, I've been doing that with my travels ever since! Cant wait to see the next one!
Hi Dami, I'm a UX/UI designer who just stumbled on your videos a couple of months ago. Even though I'm not an architect I can fully appreciate the numerous of topics that surrounds your professional work which seems to overlap to how I think and what I do on daily basis. Thanks again for putting so much effort into these intellectual videos which I always look forward to. PS its nice to see someone who also went to Rye High. Take care!
This is exceedingly well done. I was an architectural student in the early 1960s when I discovered that being licensed would also require a structural engineering degree. I had signed up for architecture because design was my passion, and math was not. i ididn't continue. I look forward to your series.
Merci ! DamiLee. Your philosophical approach to architecture makes you the most beautiful soul I've seen on TH-cam. As a self-builder, I never lived in a house I have not built myself. I think a house is the outer shell of my body, something very intimate. Have you made a video about self-building yet ?
This is genuinely what I feel like a lot of the times. Even though I have a lot of friends and family, that I love, sometimes, I just like to walk, and keep walking with no destination, and find myself in an alley, and then in an Expansive Place, and then again in an alley, and so on. Really hope to experience it in the future Honestly, I'm a sucker for the vibes that this video just gave me. Thanks a Lot for this ❤
Wow! Hurry sickness. My preferred pace of living has always been slower than the rest of society. For years, I thought there was something wrong with me. I ended up burning out as a result of pushing my limits. This forced me into retirement which has become a blessing. The transition, though, has taken years fighting the conditioning to always be busy and productive. This video has been a breath of fresh air. Thank you so much. Please continue with this series as you are able. ❤❤
I hate it that I'm so infiltrated by at least some form of hurry sickness that I feel a sort of physical resistance to watching your videos. Because I know that they're a call to calm down and meditate on the topic. I love how your videos make me stop and think and feel; on a platform of hyperspeed information, fast edits, easy laughs, simple rewards, you create actual small films that I thoroughly enjoy with every fiber of my being. That hurrying part of me expects the 14:41 runtime to be a kind of a slog, and then I'm surprised by the video suddenly being over. Nice shout-out to the situationists, btw! I intended to write my philosophy thesis on Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" and I was especially interested in its central, but sadly underrated chapters on time. Writing a philosophy thesis without good commentary texts on the topic just turned out to be much more difficult than I could handle.
Thanks! That would be an interesting topic especially with what’s happening today. I bet debord never imagined how far we live immersed in the spectacle 🫠 lots of rabbit holes you could go down!!
I have no relation to architecture, but I learned a lot from you and enjoyed your videos. You're doing great work, and you have a place here. You're approaching 100K! Keep going!
The whole idea you are expressing in this video reminds me of the plot in the short novel "Momo", by Michael Ende from early 20th century. Hurrying disease and hurrying addiction are motivated by the illusion of "saving time", where liesure as you put it, is the natural consecuence. That in escence turns liesue, like you said, into a by-product of efficiency. Psychologicaly speaking, saving time's only problem is the framework of mind it gives us. There is nothing wrong with doing things in an efficient manner. The problem arises when we make efficiency the goal instead of the method through which we achieve that goal. That's the point where it becomes an addiction, and later on, a disease.
Thank you for addressing one of the banes of my existence. So much of our lives revolves around speed and efficiency, yet I tend to work more slowly than other people, which means I am less able to function in our current society. I'm feeling the effects right now as I (try to) recharge from my busy school life by watching videos (like yours) as I eat lunch: I have to give a presentation in class and submit a related essay on Monday, and I have a big research paper due a week & change after that, which I haven't even started researching for yet. And of course, late work is NOT accepted--not without a hefty penalty, at least. So yeah, speed is very much of the essence, and I am not a fan.
Funny how professors can take more time to grade our assignments. I understand they have a lot. But I’m always getting “sorry guys, I need to take time to get through grading your assignments.” Some of these professors are actually understanding, but some of them are just not sympathetic with our overwhelming lives. Especially with having gone through this pandemic.
Montréal is a great Canadian city to do this in! Your reflections on the hurry sickness are very reminiscent of Byung Chul Han’s philosophy of our ‘burnout culture’. Very thought provoking
Thank you for this video! You've hit the nail on the head. Our cultures all are being contaminated by the belief that "time is money" and the only measure of our value as people is our productivity and results. I encourage clients to take time to do nothing with any particular purpose except relaxation and personal enjoyment. Now, I'll be sharing this video as an example of how to use their time differently. Full disclosure: I've also benefited personally. I began by watching it at 1.5× speed, as I often do for work-related stuff. Five minutes in, I realized what I was doing, and started over at 1.0×. Much better! I look forward to watching the rest soon. At natural speed! Thanks again.
I grew up into racing, so time, going faster, were very big things in my life. But as I got into manufacturing, learning more about racing (going to tracks and in video games), I started to realize that maybe going faster shouldn't be the goal... it's more about the time it takes to go through the journey. When building something, I'd start without timing myself, but learning how to assemble. The more I do it, the more I know the steps, the faster I become. I started seeing the 'hurry' fast as the by-product, instead of the primary drive. In return this has helped me to appreciate life better, learn to pace better. Thank you for this, it really got me thinking. :)
There's this thing called nonplaces--supermodernity, where the limen of spaces are transformed into automaton transportation systems. It turns off a part of the brain that makes the individual, and the use is solely for the designation of cells throughout a network. You can imagine it as a vein where the people are the blood, the blood does not necessarily function in the vein. However, humans are most complex, and it isn't a natural state. In esoteric sociology, it can be viewed as when the individual spirit is lost and assimilates into a greater whole. The unconscious rejection of the assimilation is what in turn creates neuroses. For example, agoraphobia. Delving deeply through these concepts, one can take an understanding of how human should our environment be
I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea if a thesis is even graded, but tell me you got an A+ on this. This is next level thinking. I've been noticing this phenomenon more and more prevalent across the entire spectrum of people that I interact with regularly in my life. I love this video, I'm in awe of your ability to articulate these "heavy" ideas. This will put your brain to work, as it should. "Hurryness" might be what disturbs me the most, about about our cultures deep dive into the internet age. And I thought it might just be that I'm actually becoming a "boomer", which, no doubt I am, but these ideas here can transcend generations. To me it almost feels like, this whole idea can be rooted in Stoicism, and what the stoics taught in the ancient world. This is truly next level thinking. thank you for this
Yes, I certainly want to know more. You are by far one of the most interesting people on TH-cam. Your presentation style is one of the best in any media I use. Detailed yet consise. Knowledgeable yet never patronising. Your eloquent voice, the rhythm of your speech, and the background music you use allows me to absorb the information you share. As someone who lives with autism you are an utter delight to listen and learn from. Thank you ❤️
your work has been mezmerizing and revealing for me and i thank you for the way you've helped me look at the world, at architecture and space, as an extension of us, as a story, and so on. i love urban planning, architecture, and story telling and you've shown me how tied together they all are. thank you!!
This has seriously hit me deeply. I'm so sad that you only have a 147k views. This deserves to do so much better. I used to do the labyrinth thing with long drives getting lost on purpose till I found peace and I would GPS myself home. Makes so much sense now. I also have never had a celebrity crush till just now but it's solely based on how deeply you go into a topic and how your brain works and the connections you make.
A very intriguing set of topics you bring to light. Hurry sickness and distractions from our leisure is very relevant. I've worked in design/advertising for a while now and my inability of unwinding due to being "productive" or lack of being productive is causing me to feel guilt when I shouldn't. It's also interesting to see how crunch culture has effected us more so now as we work from home. Separation of work/life has been blurred. However, excited to see how your series unfolds. Great video and can't wait for the next episode!
I used to think anyone without hurry sickness was lazy and stupid but after a few years of really living it, and some Marshallese friends that have a slow islander lifestyle, I realized I was hurting myself by not slowing down
I'm from Venice and I can tell you that us, inhabitants of the maze city, know very intimately what you're talking about here: Venice's very structure is designed for a slow life, a pensive, meditative life. That's what people who stay here for a short time fail to notice of the place, and those who do, do it intuitively, without being able to point out as to what exactly they find magical of this place. The magic is the space itself of the city, it's very structure. If forces you to slow down and become mindful.
This is more like a video essay. All of your points really rang true for me. I could not relate more to what you’ve discussed here. You’ve earned a sub. Thank you so much for giving this the attention it deserves. I am a chronic rusher who feels less and less accomplished the older I get, with the fear of mortality constantly urging me to do and be more. Even with being a rock climber, hobby pilot, and working 6 days a week plus school, I still feel like I am never doing enough.
This gives so much more appreciation for why the Bible emphasizes sabbath (day of rest) so much. It's important to have a rhythm of rest. It definitely applies in our culture today. Despite our constant business, it is still important to be still and remember the important things and the permanent things. “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
I have been thinking about this and have been journaling (lol). I even feel privileged/embarrassed to be complaining about what I consider a "first world" problem. If you feel rushed/stressed/anxious because of a job, maybe find a job that makes you less stressed, or maybe try living within your means so that a job with a specific income isn't required. Earn less, but want less material things. I understand that this isn't always possible, but many do have golden handcuffs and are tied to a job because it pays well. I think it's okay to just be. There's also a smartphone habit that is an incredible privilege. We aren't meant to know what others are doing at all times. Delete that shit. I think people underestimate the feeling of not being in the moment. For goodness sakes, I've read so many internet posts from former bookworms and their current on-going inability to sit still and indulge in what was once an amazing hobby. I feel that an anxiety that arises from a lack of productivity stems from a feeling that you need more or aren't doing enough in your career/self-improvement. You need to let this go. This post is mostly self-reflection/introspection but please lmk if you can relate homie. Meeting people from third-world countries who are incredibly happy living in the USA have placed a lot of my anxieties about life in perspective. Many are truly happy living off the government, etc... whereas I think I'd consider myself a failure if I were to be in their situation (and I also take the ability to simply be, have most of my needs met, express sexuality, find a stable job that routinely pays weekly/biweekly, and even express myself through clothing for granted). Why place so much self-worth on what we own, where we live, and our job titles...why not just be happy to live life? Of course, money can provide you with opportunities to improve quality of life (traveling, safer neighborhood, investment in interesting hobbies), but it's a tricky scale that we must learn to balance. Many immigrants also probably value connection with others and aren't fully entrenched in the "individualistic" go-getter attitude that our economy (for better or worse) encourages. I immeidately think of the word..."networking." Shiver meh timbers, I can't...it's sycophantic in nature imo, and lacks authenticity in regard to bonding.
Venice is the perfect city for this production, no streets are like any other cities streets, it's a beautiful labyrinth that forces the hurried to think again... And get pleasantly lost. I will love to see the following parts of the series❤️❤️❤️
Coming back to this a year later I did not realize the impact this series made on my life, it started a chain of action that's been extremely refreshing to my life. Instilling habits of mindfulness and slowing down have been a reoccurring theme. I think of the labyrinth frequently ever since this and always wanted to get a tattoo of it. Thankyou DamiLee!
Unfortunately, I had to put architecture behind me before I could know a balance-paced life. It is ironic, however, that it is as a software developer that I can set boundaries and take a step back from the high velocity and acceleration brought by technologic advancements.
I’m a software developer as well now who recently escaped the restaurant industry after a decade and I agree - I literally have now been told TO take breaks and, as you know, the answer can come to you in your sleep or when you decide to step away from the code.
This is really to hear about this, I also noticed that you are speaking somewhat more slowly that a lot of other TH-cam videos. Not sure if that's Intentional, but I found it quite poetic considering the topic at hand!
Probably the first video in months or over a year that I have watched in 0X speed. Thank you so much for making me realise how important it is to take my own time.
You have set my mind to a state of ease I can’t explain in the comments, thank you. The music almost half way through with the slower tempo was icing on this cake. I needed this video. Thank you.
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for this video. I work in IT and that broke my brain in a similar way. I realised this year, that I always stress from one thing to the next. That everything is just a giant to-do list and I struggle to live in the NOW instead of thinking about the next five things I should do. Since GCP Grey made a video about themes for years instead of resolutions I tried to apply this to my life. So thanks to your video, the year 2023 will be my year of the labyrinth. A year of learing, that life is not a race, since nobody wants to reach the end of it. A year of ingraining into myself, that I need to live in the moment and focus on what I'm doing now, not what I have to do later (which will be nearly impossible for my ADHD brain to handle but I have to try anyway). The more you stress and hurry, the quicker you will reacht that end. The human body is not made for constant stress and panic. Don’t rush, don’t stress; calm down and relax. Live in the moment and slow. down. So yeah, thanks for this video. It helped me a lot.
Thanks for articulating this sensation of getting lost intentionally 😅 I really enjoy this kind of walk, especially when in London, super relatable with the writing “…how my feet chose each wrong turning against my navigational instinct…” I found out that every corner of the city was there to be felt not to be passed by, and I could ‘see’ so much more. Such great content!
I really needed to see this today. I've separated myself from the grind of working for someone else only to start a business and an expensive hobby. It's hard to remember things don't usually just happen over night....there's always this urgency and impatience to BE SUCCESSFUL NOW and it's exhausting
This was really nice, I like how you illustrated these interesting concepts of evoking a human experience (contemplation/closeness/expanse) through the built environment. I literally never considered that a labyrinth was purposefully indirect, I never really understood them they always seemed like peculiar and ineffectual mazes to me. The way you explained the closeness/expanse paired with the filming of Venice worked really well.
I have this "Hurry sickness" too. I have lost too much and much to make up for, yet it gets messier as I attempt to juggle things without proper plan. You are brilliant on many levels, im jeliouse of how much you know about this world, and the way you express it shows your understanding to topics on a deep level. Thank you for making this video, I enjoyed it.
I love that you articulated something that I did too. We literally stepped on the exact same stones and felt a similar sense of peace while getting lost in Venice. I got lost in time when I visited Florence.
This video was amazing! i learned so much! im a college student and just started my next semester, everything already feels like its picking up pace and while there is a lot to do, i think it is important to take time out and really do what we want to. Felt like i needed this and i learned so much too, thank you!
Food for the mind, a rarity among contemporary TH-cam videos... Thank you for sharing this video with us. Well thought, very introspective and extremely refreshing to view :)
I appreciate that you're acknowledging "Hurry Sickness". In my experience, every time I rush at work or at school I tend to end up getting a flu. One thing I've learnt is that rushing to get things done only leads to mistakes, mismanagement, and non-productivity. I truly believe that an IDGAF attitude can be one of the healthiest attributes anyone can adopt and I certainly hope you have found the autonomy to tell anyone in your life exactly that.
if it's not a life or death issue, no need to hurry. Even then, you still need to be mindful of your actions.
Workloads are just too high and that's only because people want to make money
you can’t get a flu from that. influenza is through exposure to someone who has it while not having a vaccine
My mom used to tell me (and she got it from her father): Don't rush. Because if you get hurt or sick, then you'll really be late. That includes rushing when you're ill, grieving, or depressed. Stop, rest, breath, and give yourself time to do things well.
I personally think you would need to find a balance between the two. Things happen in life that would require you to make fast-paced decisions and perform fast-paced tasks but I think the problem Dami Lee is pointing out is one of excess in that direction.
But yeah, I agree -- the IDGAF attitude really is the way to go, at least mentally. You make better decisions when you pace yourself. More people need to realize that you'll get there when you get there, and they need to value slow-paced activities just us much -- reading, making fudge, comfortably petting your iguana, improv on the piano, etc.
"Either you do it right, or do it twice. If you're rushing because you feel like you don't have time, what makes you think you'll have time to do it again?" I read it from somewhere and I try to remember it whenever I find myself rushing tasks as a reminder to take some deep breaths and slow down to avoid mistakes. Lovely video!
This is a good way to bypass the irrational "instinct" to be impatient and rush through things, by considering the logical consequences of that behavior. This sort of thinking has helped my ADHD ass with impulsively trying to do things quickly only to fumble something clumsily. When I'm mindful l'm able to be calm, efficient, and much less likely to break something lol
You’re right from now on I’m going to (boss criticizes is for being too slow 5 times a day).
I always tell myself that. It's easy to rush into things, make a mess and sometimes have to start again. And if it's human interaction, you don't get a second chance.
I agree but I want to do things in less time so I have time to unwind or time for friends or family
I think I am the opposite person to this, and I have the opposite problem. Knowing that whatever-it-may-be could be done better can stop me from doing it at all. I have to remind myself to not let perfection be the enemy of good. I guess doing it twice is better than never doing it at all.
This is an outstanding topic and extremely relevant. Hurry sickness is a real problem in our society right now. I would love for you to continue this series. Thanks!
Thank you Marcus!
You should teach.
Marcus - I agree! This is the second video by DamiLee I’ve watched and it is very affirming to my proclivities 😊 I just watched her video ‘How slow reading can change your brain’ Check it out!
@@GaiaCarney Yeah I found this channel when searching for people talking about the staffing / workforce shifts happening. She had some real-time relevant things to say, so I subscribed based on that. I always enjoy seeing the videos come up in my feed, and I like how many of the topics crossover to other fields or reference a synergistic connection to additional source material. I sort of forgot about this comment I made about Hurry Sickness, but I referenced that term recently when discussing an over-saturation of Agile software development “early delivery” pressure producing lower quality long term solutions for end users around the world. I find that a lot of the distilled philosophical content on this channel overlays against frameworks in other fields outside of traditional Architecture.
@@DamiLeeArch Hurry - let's fix the hurry sickness! The truth is everyone who has it has chosen it. Let go. (Some complex rationalization will prevent you from doing that though - taking responsibility means realizing you have no control of yourself so need to let go of false selves first.)
Thank you for speaking in a non-sensationalist way; you never over-dramatise what you're saying, which makes the words more effective and thought-provoking instead of forcing you to think a certain way!
College broke my brain as well. I then immediately started a good career, but I was so burnt out I couldn't appreciate the job I had. The long commutes in Toronto (which is hurry sickness central) further added to my stress and burnout. I have made a decision to leave the city and move to a smaller town out on the west coast of Canada. Small towns in Canada have a laid back lifestlyle, friendly people and easy driving commutes. I am DONE with the city and it's hurry sickness culture. I am doing this for my mental and physical wellbeing. I genuinely believe if I stay in the city I won't have a long or happy life and I am seriously risking my health.
It's been about 6 months since I graduated and I still can't find a job. I'm in the opposite situation where I'm becoming burnt out for not having a job, so I think there's definitely a balance in play.
@@mysticfellow9843 I am very sorry to hear about your struggle. One thing I forgot to add is before my current career, I went to university and obtained a useless degree, and I ended up driving uber for 2 years before going back to school. The only thing you can do is just keep pushing forward. But I understand how you feel, it's like a different kind of burnout. I hope things turn around for you.
@@mysticfellow9843 find a recruiter. There are tons on linkedin
@@connorisawsome8440 thanks man. Yeah I'm not giving up haha. Thanks for the motivation. My time will come but I hope you're able to find the peace you deserve in Canada.
@@mysticfellow9843 ❤❤❤
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. I really became more aware after traveling to places that are slower paced. Coming back, I was so annoyed everyone seem stressed and hurried. You can just feel it by the way people drive where I live. A good friend of is always hurrying from place to place, hurries when he eats; never seeming to be enjoying in the moment. Definitely trying not to let this get to me
I agree about the way many people are driving - most especially on side streets and within suburban areas. Even though speed limits are at 25mph, people still want to drive through these areas at 35-45mph. It's like there's an incessant angst in people's minds as they're driving. Some people live their entire lives with wanting everything finished yesterday and when things aren't moving as quickly as they wish, then their tempers flare - again and again and again.
in my experience it comes from a very low level suicidalness, like I'm trying to fast forward thru life. it's not conscious tho, it's not my true will, but more an automatic impulse. I'm not actively thinking that life is pointless but I'm ACTING as if it is. treating life as if it's a job and we're all waiting to clock out,
carry your cross and break your back until you shake the hand of God in eternal rest
Omg the driving hurry is so annoying! I started making myself strictly go no faster than the posted speed limit once the roads started getting icy last month. Hydroplaning on black ice is the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced behind the wheel. I don't want to do that ever again. The increase of tailgators in response to driving safely was insane.
Like, excuuuuuuuuse me for not wanting to die by getting flung off the local dead man's curve Brendon, but you're only 3 minutes late to your stupid conference, you can handle driving like a normal for once.
Let myself get lost in Venice on my last day. Spent an all nighter walking by myself without a map, my phone, and portable wifi (literally no battery) and I fell in love with this city. Best 7 hours of my life.
Totally recommending everyone to do this.
The walls, the water, the breeze, they talk to you and guide you.
Great that I went last November 2021 with less tourists.
Thank you for this Dami. Cheers to Dérive!
Wow that sounds wonderful...!!! This is the best way to experience Venice. I had a similar experience, I woke up in the middle of the night because of the sirens from aqua alta. The water level had risen, you could hear the sloshing of the water, and I could feel the wind on my face. A pretty unforgettable experience 😉
yeah european cities are much nice then american suburbia.
Dérive also makes me wonder about its relation to the modern English usage of Derive and Derivatives, adrift to another Definition.
Until you get robbed and can’t call for help. I use technology for help. You are weak people that can’t manage time and blame it on technology. The issue author is your parents pressured you so much. My parents didn’t so I live a relaxed life. Work 20 hours a week. Tiger parents are terrible but you’re too scared to call them out. Until you do. Your culture will get y’all into Harvard but never have a complete life.
American suburbia feels like a glue rat trap.
Finally, a diagnosis!
I am now almost 58 years old. I retired from UPS at the age of 53 after 27+ years and I am still trying to slow myself down while attempting to find a way to deal with the anxious consequences. I have nightmares at least once per week. I think I am making progress, but I find that explaining my hurry-habit (and the discipline required to slow down) is often met with a lack of empathy. I am thankful that the “condition” has caught the interest of others and also for your work 🙂
A month in Thailand on a semi remote island will fix you. Two weeks of a racing mind and the jitters..then calm. When you get back, grids become pointless.
A fellow trucker.
Hear you there. Drove truck for big brown for just one summer and they actually train you to be like that.
30 years of it, my word
As a fedex manager I feel you brother, the grind and pressure to achieve numbers regardless of the flesh and blood between you and putting up packages that hit those numbers really has me thinking about the topics in this video. Only difference is that I’m not retired, it’s my life now, so I hope to try and find a way to look at it differently and not be swept under the rug and become a power tripping maniac like so many in upper management.
Lack of empathy from others?
you mean Manhood?
back in the day, it was just called "shot nerves" or similar.
I definitely feel like I'm constantly being pushed and pressured to do more things and do them faster by my family and society as a whole. I often find that doing more and doing it faster is completely at odds with resting enough, relaxing, or generally enjoying myself / taking care of myself.
Approaching my 60th year with a mild, but impactful disability, I felt left out and guilty for a long time. However, as more and more people confess that the lifestyle of chasing productivity is actually unproductive and in the long haul, bad for us physically and mentally. So, in effect, becoming disabled "saved" me from having to navigate that balance. Now, I'm trying to become productive, but on my own terms.
I know how you feel. Do this, then do that. Hey! Can you also help me with this? You are stressed the entire day, so you can't fall asleep at night. Tomorrow you are tired, but the expectations of you always doing this and then that is still there. That means even less sleep the next night. Rinse and repeat until you end up in the psych ward for a month and a half.
When I decided to slow down and not worry about how much I can accomplish, I suddenly had become more productive and started accomplishing much more. Recently I have read a book that went into the science of productivity, because I thought I may learn some tricks that would help me with stress I still had. It ended up being about placing priorities and then not doing anything that is not a priority. Some things are always suddenly coming to your life with the message that they should be done, often ASAP. Majority of the time, it is a lie. You should stop and think about everything you are about to do, and then do only the things that really need to be done and the things that you yourself want to do. That was a good trick. Now I am even less stressed. Things are falling out around me, but I am feeling better.
I often have a feeling that we need this time that we spend online, to do just that or some similar unproductive activity. So many times I have heard about we all needing to spend our time better than that. Better meaning doing things that stress us. Sorry, but I prefer to have a healthier dose of stress hormones in my body. Like not enough bad things are happening to me, so I need to DIY more suffering into my life?
As an americanized american with many stress related health issues, I really appreciate this calm and reassuring assessment of the whole picture of culture and time. I really really would love to see more videos on this topic !!
Dang that’s pretty American! I agree😊🧘🏼♀️
Hey this is me :)
jk.
Yeah this seems to predominantly be a theme in Western culture and East Asian culture where it's all about this "hustle, hustle" mindset. Marry young, buy a house young, go to college, get a career right away. It's totally exhausting and I'm glad we're starting to strip away these norms going into the future.
One time I went to Venice I saw these two guys walking fast so I followed them. They walked so fast it was like they were almost running. I followed them through all the passageways and I didn't lose them. They took me straight to a boat race at the canal. It was the most amazing thing. This was probably twenty years ago
Why did you follow them?
@@x80WildCat08x I could tell they were from there, like from there from there. And I was younger, curious. Life before pandemic was different back then. Not much else I can say. It was super amazing though to witness.
@@PSL_Lover2024 that’s sounds exciting, although I must say I’d be too scared to do it myself
@@x80WildCat08x I have to say, I was crazy when I was younger! Not necessarily in a good way! I was wild. So it's understandable 🙂
That's like in a video game when you have a quest to follow an NPC.
I'M ITALIAN AND I LOVED THIS VIDEO!
I too often go to venice and get lost in it's passages and ways, the gps generally does not work due to the nature of city itself.
You managed to capture the feeling of being lost into a beautiful thesis and video essay! kudos to you
Stuck in a maze? Così è la vita! 🇮🇹
I can relate to this so much! I'm out of school now but at my work I'm being pressured to do so much in so little time, and although it's something any typical guy can do, I am atypical. I'm autistic and I need more patience and instruction to get by, but even in my autistic-friendly workplace I'm not afforded that because everyone is hustling around me. This culture of having to do everything in a hurry and work till you're exhausted just to get _some_ time for yourself doesn't work for anyone, let alone those like me with autism. The fact that everyone, especially in western culture, keeps pretending this is normal is infuriating to me. It's not how humans were meant to live, and I can't wait till we break free from this sickness.
I’m autistic too (well not diagnosed, but I’ve been researching) so I feel your pain immensely. I work in corporate America (specifically in banking). We have D&I groups, but I think it’s really a facade. I’m sure the people apart of the group genuinely want equality in the workplace, but the executives don’t give a shit at the core. So I feel lost as an autistic person. I’m a woman who’s undiagnosed technically, but my mom is the reason I started looking into a diagnosis. I’m just afraid someone will be biased and think, “well that’s just what women do.” I can’t understand the verbal directions and the fast paced bs. We do office hours, where we talk to stakeholders and I can just feel very rushed to give an answer with how many people join these calls. Sometimes I just have to be like, “we need to meet separately.” I need time to figure things out sometimes. I stutter a lot and my ears get hot.🥲
As an autistic I love drifting around in my woods small roads and backstreets of my neighborhood I have less grasp of.
You're very well-spoken. I don't even know anything about architecture but you managed to succinctly and vividly describe the way architecture influences our sense of space and time (in a captivating way, too). Great video production too!
Ever seen a stupid Asian?
I absolutely love this video of yours, the way you have captured the city on camera, makes me feel I am there in person. Thanks Dami 😊
Thank you for giving a name to the thing thats been poisoning my life for years now. I always felt this but cannot give a name to it. I always feel a pressure to be on time with everything, and hurry up. Even in my free time, I cannot truly feel relaxed and well rested, cause I have this insanely strong feeling of, " I have to do more realxing and resting to make up for the time lost. I realized that all I do is fuck up my own life with this. Now I pay attention to slow down, enjoy stuff and take care of myself. And its working. Its hard to change habits, but it feels good.
I find it hard sometimes also to relax. My main problem is that i don't have a reliable income which i would be capable to maintain, so i worry about how i could earn something. Only options i can think of are low wage jobs that don't require education, and i just don't think i can manage that. Not only is it stressful, but the transportation to there and back home takes a lot, travel time to see friends (well, not rly many atm, but it'd be nice eventually), the myriad of daily chores and some time for my own personal interests is close to impossible to fit in a day, and remain somewhat mindful throughout it. It's hard not to feel constantly hurry, when even spending time with close ones have to be planned and limited to a short time. I guess it was kind of a blessing that my health gave away, but i still have to figure these things out eventually, and that still occasionally weighs my mind.
That's the beauty of art and architecture.... Ideas often come out of randomness, not on command....
Totally. Sometimes you need a labyrinth to find your ideas 😉
Huh I'd thought art and architecture comes from feelings too.
‘What are the rush risks?’ is what my partner and I first ask when we’re putting our plans into action. We then add in ‘cushion time’, which increases when the stakes of being late are high and where there might be unexpected complications. Because of these, when we find ourselves waiting during cushion time, we’re more accepting because we know it’s far more preferable than the stress of rushing
TH-cam suggested this video, so hopefully you've been pleasantly surprised by the positive feedback that the algorithm is giving you as well as the people.
I liked this video very much, good food for thought. I also appreciate you disclosing your references, you've opened a new rabbit hole for me to explore, which I love, so thank you!
I could see myself in the video. Working as a software engineer, there's always a new feature or project to work on, always something new to learn to keep up with the fast paced industry. When I travel, I love getting lost walking aimlessly through new places. It's those times when I find a great sense of relief.
Thank you for watching! What did you think??
Here are all of the published videos of this 5 episodes series
Part 1: Hurry Sickness th-cam.com/video/iuIZuUCKd84/w-d-xo.html
Part 2: Slow reading th-cam.com/video/jk1YZHt3dpM/w-d-xo.html
Part 3 Aura th-cam.com/video/Cu-3E2tUpgU/w-d-xo.html
I love this. 🙌🙌 great use of music!
Loved it! Breaking up the thesis into these smaller videos is a brilliant idea. Both digestible and entertaining!
Great topic; hurry sickness is real. I would really like to see this as a series. This applies to the industry I work in, and what you seem to be articulating is something that I've been trying to express for over a decade now.
@@justinsoto7884 It was a tough decision.. but totally necessary!! Only possible because my subscriber base is awesome and seems to follow along in a series. ^^
You did beautifully! I was serious when I said I can see you becoming a Documentarion. You had that quality and vibe here. I'm going to keep watching your progress and some day I'll be able to say "Oh yeah. I used to watch her long ago. Before she was famous." Heh. "She even replied to a few of my comments." 😆
Thank you for introducing the term hurry sickness. I’ve been experiencing this lately and I couldn’t put it into words. I’m pretty sure you sold me a trip to Venice! Looking forward to more of the series. These videos might not do as well as you’d like with the algorithm, but the people who view it and receive the positive influence will forever be thankful.
Thanks a lot!!! I learned a lot from the book Faster, by James Gleick. Oh and yes you MUST visit Venice!! It's my favourite place. 💛
I wish I could have had time to enjoy this video on hurry sickness, but I'm already being inundated by requests for service texts and calls from customers and it's 8:30am on a Saturday. So I watched it at 1.75x to try to get through it in between interruptions. I guess I'll have to watch it again after midnight when my phone goes to "do not disturb" mode. It's hard to imagine being able to watch a video at normal speed anymore.
For me that depends. We have to prioritise.. I have fight my FOMO and choose for all that is grabbing for my time. I do watch some content at 1.5x cos the creator was just being uselessly detailed and repetitive.
For this video though, the cadence was perfect. Try to ‘derive’ into it when you have 15mins. You won’t regret it. 😉
Your production is amazing, youre well spoken and very sophisticated. I hope your videos grow more with time. you deserve the recognition
This is a really nice paced and great video.
As someone with ADHD, I rush everything constantly, but could never describe why whenever I was on holiday I would prefer to just stroll around a city and not feel anxious to go and do something. Especially now I live in London, it feels that travelling and doing stuff has to be done at 100%, but there is always this peace you get when you go to places like Italy and Spain where it would slow you down and you get to appreciate the city itself.
And you have managed to perfectly describe this, in such a clear way.
I have felt like this my entire life. I haven’t taken a real vacation or traveled in years. I’m constantly stressed and worried about making ends meet.
I enjoy watching a series, especially one as well made and thought provoking as this one. Bravo.
As someone who apparently unknowingly suffers from hurry sickness and also had the chance to work and live in Venice for some time (wich ultimately lead me to studying architecture) I do relate a lot! It's funny how fast you give up on Google Maps when you try to navigate a city like that and how fast and accurate the natural sense of orientation kicks in. I remember feeling like the map of the city that my brain created was much more 3D than any memory of any other city I've been to. I thought of piazzas as the big light open spots from where I had to take the darker narrower alleys and occasional sottoporteghi or bridges to "travel" between them like nodes on a net. "Getting lost" is kind of an occupational hazard in Venice but when you choose the lighter alleys until you get to the next piazza sooner or later you will always reach a spot you've already been or that makes it obvious where to go. By the third or fourth time you just kind of know that if you pay attention to your surroundings it's quite im possible to really get lost and I'd say anyone who spent some time wandering the alleys of Venice will recognize the feeling of calm that you also described as related to labyrinths or mazes. I can see why you chose this topic for your thesis and I'm curious what else you're going to talk about in the follow-up videos!
This is super fascinating, thank you for really diving into your passion and being able to unpack this into a way where everyone can understand and appreciate ✨
Thanks for watching! I won't lie, turning this into an understandable video was a much more difficult task that I had anticipated but I learned a lot from this process!
Utterly illuminating. You expanded on something that’s been bugging me for a while, and have added a sense of space and appreciation to my quiet moments. I loved this.
Great work, and thank you.
Yes! Hurry sickness is a thing for me. If I hurry around too much I get anxiety. I need a LOT of down time that’s unstructured. It’s important for me to keep my heart healthy. I loved Venice. Getting lost and then wandering into an exhibit about Zaha Hadid was absolutely magical. Thank you so much for your work. I can’t wait to see the next one.
Your videos are very quickly becoming my favorite; I can't imagine how much effort goes into these! Your trains of thought are so intelligent, and how you connect your words to this medium is so impressive. Some day I want to be able to create something so well articulated 😆
This was way cooler than I thought it would be! I love all the talk about labyrinths and derives.
This is great and I don't care that it's basically 15 minutes long. I'd rather watch this over reading an article for 15 minutes. The visual aid is wonderful, I would never have such a clear understanding if not for this format. Thank youuuu
This is absolutely relatable. I have been focused and intentional on healing my nervous system ( ongoing for nearly 3 years now .... which isn't long compared to the 20+ years of this "Hurry/rushed/anxious" lifestyle prior ). It is a blessing and necessity to take full breaths and BE IN PEACE in all moments... divine time doesn't rush. Blessings ~~
No one has ever made me want to visit Venice more than this video did, I am now subscribed to watch this series, thanks!
Thank you for this reflection!! It comes up so often at work…”what are you doing this weekend?” And then I’m like, “uh, just cleaning cooking and thinking?” I would definitely appreciate more of this series.
Its always nice to find a new channel you know youre gonna love, theres something about certain channels (especially essay channels) that just make them gems.
Thanks for the vid, look forward to seeing more of yout work!
Storytelling and editing are top notch !
YES i would love to see the rest of the series! You help open my eyes to novel making and inspiration thru the eyes of an architect. I am a welder/machinist so i truly do appreciate your youtube channel. Venice is a place i am going to have to go visit some day. I love it.
Then you would love venice. It's full of well crafted, beautiful little details.
@@DamiLeeArch I can see that!!I am not sure of the technology that you used in your recent visit 2Venice but all i can say it BRAVO!! You offered the video watcher(me) a unique experience in2 the alley ways and tiny side streets that which NO OTHER TH-camR has ever offered!! Thank you for this opportunity and i really do look forward 2what YOU HAVE TO OFFER us all here on the inter-webs! You runique and different as you see the world through novel & loving eyes .We do love urwork & we look forward 2what uhave coming u next!! Silk&Stone 🟣™🗝⛏⚖⚗🧲🧬🔬🎿🤿🧿✨🎈🪐🌡🕋🎡⛲🧭🍀🕊🪶👣🖖👌✌⚓😊😸
it's funny coming from architecture and hurry sickness to youtube creation, which i find to be predestined for hurry sickness to. Very well made video, had a form of netflix doc vibe 😊.
There was something about this video that was honestly so refreshing to hear. It was absolutely beautiful, and I love the historic information you brought to our attention, and how you had clips of you in venice in between. It all really added to the beauty of the video, while still conveying the message.
I found this channel randomly through another popular video, but this was an amazing insight. I myself am embarking on my masters thesis this year and it was so fun and interesting to hear from someone who has been through that process. I am looking forward to going through all your content and hearing more from you in the videos after this one!
Thesis was an incredible experience. I hope you take advantage of this time to follow your interests and curiosities. 😊
Awesome stuff, Dami! Loving the documentary vibes in this and I’m sure we all appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos. Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next installment!
Thank you Justin!
I have learned a lesson about this during my trip to Rome with a friend! I was excited to go and see the highlights from a list I created. I have had art history as a subject and was looking forward to finally see works I love irl. I divided the highlights over the days and worked on routes to walk. Day 1 we did this and my friend said she didnt like the experience. She said we could have just booked a boring tourist bus. And I had to give her right cuz it didnt feel like a vacation at all. We decided we could still take our schedule as a general guide but allowed ourselves to deviate from it whenever we felt like it. It was so nice to just stroll without plan among the old buildings. This was way more enjoyable and I believe like you cities are better experienced like this!
This was such an amazing find! I feel so sooooo inspired to create now! I’m a fashion student, and I was just wracking my brain trying to put my thoughts into a word or a concept for a new project before I stumbled on this! I’m so so sooo grateful for this! (Trying to type out what I resonated with in the video but finding it hard to condense my thoughts. Still baffled, just know this helped a lot!) thank you so much!
It's such a great and a life changing video series. I appreciate it very very higly.
My gratitude to you for bringing out such knowledge into the world!!!
I actually "get lost" intentionally, whenever I travel; especially studying abroad in Italy for Landscape Architecture undergrad... Not only do you meet some interesting characters, you truly examine the details that make the experience worth the adventure. Also its good to walk off a little buzz. It seems alcohol is quite the norm and expectation for the region, lol. Thanks for the imagery; totally brings me back.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite youtube channels! I love the term Derive! Best way to discover somewhere new. I did this unintentionally in venice at night and it made it so much more special when I came across something new and different, I've been doing that with my travels ever since! Cant wait to see the next one!
Hi Dami, I'm a UX/UI designer who just stumbled on your videos a couple of months ago. Even though I'm not an architect I can fully appreciate the numerous of topics that surrounds your professional work which seems to overlap to how I think and what I do on daily basis. Thanks again for putting so much effort into these intellectual videos which I always look forward to. PS its nice to see someone who also went to Rye High. Take care!
Thank you!!
This is exceedingly well done. I was an architectural student in the early 1960s when I discovered that being licensed would also require a structural engineering degree. I had signed up for architecture because design was my passion, and math was not. i ididn't continue. I look forward to your series.
Merci ! DamiLee.
Your philosophical approach to architecture makes you the most beautiful soul I've seen on TH-cam. As a self-builder, I never lived in a house I have not built myself. I think a house is the outer shell of my body, something very intimate. Have you made a video about self-building yet ?
Love the cinematography 😍
Thanks Stu ☺
This is some great content and your delivery is very easy to understand even for non-architects. I can’t wait for the next part. ☺️
This is genuinely what I feel like a lot of the times. Even though I have a lot of friends and family, that I love, sometimes, I just like to walk, and keep walking with no destination, and find myself in an alley, and then in an Expansive Place, and then again in an alley, and so on. Really hope to experience it in the future
Honestly, I'm a sucker for the vibes that this video just gave me. Thanks a Lot for this ❤
Same with everything 😌
Thank you so much!! 🙏 And I concur.. Wandering is the best way to get things off your mind
@@DamiLeeArch not all who wander are lost?
Wow! Hurry sickness. My preferred pace of living has always been slower than the rest of society. For years, I thought there was something wrong with me. I ended up burning out as a result of pushing my limits. This forced me into retirement which has become a blessing. The transition, though, has taken years fighting the conditioning to always be busy and productive. This video has been a breath of fresh air. Thank you so much. Please continue with this series as you are able. ❤❤
Brilliant video. Great work. I know three people wrestling with heart issues and I can definitely see "hurry sickness" dominating their lives.
As an architect, I trully admite what you are doing. A great inspiration!
I hate it that I'm so infiltrated by at least some form of hurry sickness that I feel a sort of physical resistance to watching your videos. Because I know that they're a call to calm down and meditate on the topic. I love how your videos make me stop and think and feel; on a platform of hyperspeed information, fast edits, easy laughs, simple rewards, you create actual small films that I thoroughly enjoy with every fiber of my being. That hurrying part of me expects the 14:41 runtime to be a kind of a slog, and then I'm surprised by the video suddenly being over.
Nice shout-out to the situationists, btw! I intended to write my philosophy thesis on Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" and I was especially interested in its central, but sadly underrated chapters on time. Writing a philosophy thesis without good commentary texts on the topic just turned out to be much more difficult than I could handle.
Thanks! That would be an interesting topic especially with what’s happening today. I bet debord never imagined how far we live immersed in the spectacle 🫠 lots of rabbit holes you could go down!!
I have no relation to architecture, but I learned a lot from you and enjoyed your videos. You're doing great work, and you have a place here. You're approaching 100K! Keep going!
The whole idea you are expressing in this video reminds me of the plot in the short novel "Momo", by Michael Ende from early 20th century.
Hurrying disease and hurrying addiction are motivated by the illusion of "saving time", where liesure as you put it, is the natural consecuence. That in escence turns liesue, like you said, into a by-product of efficiency.
Psychologicaly speaking, saving time's only problem is the framework of mind it gives us.
There is nothing wrong with doing things in an efficient manner. The problem arises when we make efficiency the goal instead of the method through which we achieve that goal. That's the point where it becomes an addiction, and later on, a disease.
One of the most informative, interesting and perspective shifting videos that I've seen! Im keen for more! Keep up the good work Dami!
I'm only a few minutes in but the work put into to all of this already seems absolutely phenomenal!
Thank you for addressing one of the banes of my existence. So much of our lives revolves around speed and efficiency, yet I tend to work more slowly than other people, which means I am less able to function in our current society. I'm feeling the effects right now as I (try to) recharge from my busy school life by watching videos (like yours) as I eat lunch: I have to give a presentation in class and submit a related essay on Monday, and I have a big research paper due a week & change after that, which I haven't even started researching for yet. And of course, late work is NOT accepted--not without a hefty penalty, at least.
So yeah, speed is very much of the essence, and I am not a fan.
Funny how professors can take more time to grade our assignments. I understand they have a lot. But I’m always getting “sorry guys, I need to take time to get through grading your assignments.” Some of these professors are actually understanding, but some of them are just not sympathetic with our overwhelming lives. Especially with having gone through this pandemic.
Montréal is a great Canadian city to do this in! Your reflections on the hurry sickness are very reminiscent of Byung Chul Han’s philosophy of our ‘burnout culture’. Very thought provoking
Thank you for this video!
You've hit the nail on the head. Our cultures all are being contaminated by the belief that "time is money" and the only measure of our value as people is our productivity and results.
I encourage clients to take time to do nothing with any particular purpose except relaxation and personal enjoyment. Now, I'll be sharing this video as an example of how to use their time differently.
Full disclosure: I've also benefited personally. I began by watching it at 1.5× speed, as I often do for work-related stuff. Five minutes in, I realized what I was doing, and started over at 1.0×. Much better!
I look forward to watching the rest soon. At natural speed! Thanks again.
I grew up into racing, so time, going faster, were very big things in my life. But as I got into manufacturing, learning more about racing (going to tracks and in video games), I started to realize that maybe going faster shouldn't be the goal... it's more about the time it takes to go through the journey.
When building something, I'd start without timing myself, but learning how to assemble. The more I do it, the more I know the steps, the faster I become. I started seeing the 'hurry' fast as the by-product, instead of the primary drive.
In return this has helped me to appreciate life better, learn to pace better. Thank you for this, it really got me thinking. :)
There's this thing called nonplaces--supermodernity, where the limen of spaces are transformed into automaton transportation systems. It turns off a part of the brain that makes the individual, and the use is solely for the designation of cells throughout a network. You can imagine it as a vein where the people are the blood, the blood does not necessarily function in the vein. However, humans are most complex, and it isn't a natural state. In esoteric sociology, it can be viewed as when the individual spirit is lost and assimilates into a greater whole. The unconscious rejection of the assimilation is what in turn creates neuroses. For example, agoraphobia. Delving deeply through these concepts, one can take an understanding of how human should our environment be
oh that's interseting , going to look into that
This is incredible. Excited for the next chapter of this story, take your time on it too!
I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea if a thesis is even graded, but tell me you got an A+ on this. This is next level thinking. I've been noticing this phenomenon more and more prevalent across the entire spectrum of people that I interact with regularly in my life.
I love this video, I'm in awe of your ability to articulate these "heavy" ideas. This will put your brain to work, as it should.
"Hurryness" might be what disturbs me the most, about about our cultures deep dive into the internet age. And I thought it might just be that I'm actually becoming a "boomer", which, no doubt I am, but these ideas here can transcend generations.
To me it almost feels like, this whole idea can be rooted in Stoicism, and what the stoics taught in the ancient world.
This is truly next level thinking. thank you for this
Yes, I certainly want to know more.
You are by far one of the most interesting people on TH-cam.
Your presentation style is one of the best in any media I use.
Detailed yet consise. Knowledgeable yet never patronising.
Your eloquent voice, the rhythm of your speech, and the background music you use allows me to absorb the information you share.
As someone who lives with autism you are an utter delight to listen and learn from.
Thank you ❤️
your work has been mezmerizing and revealing for me and i thank you for the way you've helped me look at the world, at architecture and space, as an extension of us, as a story, and so on. i love urban planning, architecture, and story telling and you've shown me how tied together they all are. thank you!!
This has seriously hit me deeply. I'm so sad that you only have a 147k views. This deserves to do so much better.
I used to do the labyrinth thing with long drives getting lost on purpose till I found peace and I would GPS myself home. Makes so much sense now.
I also have never had a celebrity crush till just now but it's solely based on how deeply you go into a topic and how your brain works and the connections you make.
A very intriguing set of topics you bring to light. Hurry sickness and distractions from our leisure is very relevant. I've worked in design/advertising for a while now and my inability of unwinding due to being "productive" or lack of being productive is causing me to feel guilt when I shouldn't. It's also interesting to see how crunch culture has effected us more so now as we work from home. Separation of work/life has been blurred. However, excited to see how your series unfolds. Great video and can't wait for the next episode!
Very captivating video, you share some really interesting concepts. Can't wait to see how you expand them into your thesis!
Thank you! And me too! I still have to figure that part out 😆
Thank you for your wonderful work. I feel so educated, uplifted and better informed after watching your material. 🙏
such an inspiring story especially for a college student who's struggeling with all of that!!
can't wait for the next video
I'm definitely sick. I'm looking forward to checking out this whole series. You're a great storyteller!
I used to think anyone without hurry sickness was lazy and stupid but after a few years of really living it, and some Marshallese friends that have a slow islander lifestyle, I realized I was hurting myself by not slowing down
I'm from Venice and I can tell you that us, inhabitants of the maze city, know very intimately what you're talking about here: Venice's very structure is designed for a slow life, a pensive, meditative life. That's what people who stay here for a short time fail to notice of the place, and those who do, do it intuitively, without being able to point out as to what exactly they find magical of this place. The magic is the space itself of the city, it's very structure. If forces you to slow down and become mindful.
Amazing.
This is more like a video essay. All of your points really rang true for me. I could not relate more to what you’ve discussed here.
You’ve earned a sub. Thank you so much for giving this the attention it deserves. I am a chronic rusher who feels less and less accomplished the older I get, with the fear of mortality constantly urging me to do and be more. Even with being a rock climber, hobby pilot, and working 6 days a week plus school, I still feel like I am never doing enough.
This gives so much more appreciation for why the Bible emphasizes sabbath (day of rest) so much. It's important to have a rhythm of rest. It definitely applies in our culture today. Despite our constant business, it is still important to be still and remember the important things and the permanent things.
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10
Yup
This is a conversation more people need to be having. Thank you for the time and effort put into sharing this with us. ❤
I have been thinking about this and have been journaling (lol). I even feel privileged/embarrassed to be complaining about what I consider a "first world" problem. If you feel rushed/stressed/anxious because of a job, maybe find a job that makes you less stressed, or maybe try living within your means so that a job with a specific income isn't required. Earn less, but want less material things. I understand that this isn't always possible, but many do have golden handcuffs and are tied to a job because it pays well. I think it's okay to just be. There's also a smartphone habit that is an incredible privilege. We aren't meant to know what others are doing at all times. Delete that shit. I think people underestimate the feeling of not being in the moment. For goodness sakes, I've read so many internet posts from former bookworms and their current on-going inability to sit still and indulge in what was once an amazing hobby. I feel that an anxiety that arises from a lack of productivity stems from a feeling that you need more or aren't doing enough in your career/self-improvement. You need to let this go. This post is mostly self-reflection/introspection but please lmk if you can relate homie.
Meeting people from third-world countries who are incredibly happy living in the USA have placed a lot of my anxieties about life in perspective. Many are truly happy living off the government, etc... whereas I think I'd consider myself a failure if I were to be in their situation (and I also take the ability to simply be, have most of my needs met, express sexuality, find a stable job that routinely pays weekly/biweekly, and even express myself through clothing for granted). Why place so much self-worth on what we own, where we live, and our job titles...why not just be happy to live life? Of course, money can provide you with opportunities to improve quality of life (traveling, safer neighborhood, investment in interesting hobbies), but it's a tricky scale that we must learn to balance. Many immigrants also probably value connection with others and aren't fully entrenched in the "individualistic" go-getter attitude that our economy (for better or worse) encourages. I immeidately think of the word..."networking." Shiver meh timbers, I can't...it's sycophantic in nature imo, and lacks authenticity in regard to bonding.
I think these kinds of videos r interesting to watch and I hope to watch the next one 👌
Coming soon 😊
Venice is the perfect city for this production, no streets are like any other cities streets, it's a beautiful labyrinth that forces the hurried to think again... And get pleasantly lost. I will love to see the following parts of the series❤️❤️❤️
Coming back to this a year later I did not realize the impact this series made on my life, it started a chain of action that's been extremely refreshing to my life. Instilling habits of mindfulness and slowing down have been a reoccurring theme. I think of the labyrinth frequently ever since this and always wanted to get a tattoo of it.
Thankyou DamiLee!
Unfortunately, I had to put architecture behind me before I could know a balance-paced life. It is ironic, however, that it is as a software developer that I can set boundaries and take a step back from the high velocity and acceleration brought by technologic advancements.
I’m a software developer as well now who recently escaped the restaurant industry after a decade and I agree - I literally have now been told TO take breaks and, as you know, the answer can come to you in your sleep or when you decide to step away from the code.
This is really to hear about this, I also noticed that you are speaking somewhat more slowly that a lot of other TH-cam videos. Not sure if that's Intentional, but I found it quite poetic considering the topic at hand!
Probably the first video in months or over a year that I have watched in 0X speed. Thank you so much for making me realise how important it is to take my own time.
love the variety of topics you cover. keep the good work.
You have set my mind to a state of ease I can’t explain in the comments, thank you. The music almost half way through with the slower tempo was icing on this cake. I needed this video. Thank you.
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for this video. I work in IT and that broke my brain in a similar way. I realised this year, that I always stress from one thing to the next. That everything is just a giant to-do list and I struggle to live in the NOW instead of thinking about the next five things I should do.
Since GCP Grey made a video about themes for years instead of resolutions I tried to apply this to my life. So thanks to your video, the year 2023 will be my year of the labyrinth.
A year of learing, that life is not a race, since nobody wants to reach the end of it.
A year of ingraining into myself, that I need to live in the moment and focus on what I'm doing now, not what I have to do later (which will be nearly impossible for my ADHD brain to handle but I have to try anyway).
The more you stress and hurry, the quicker you will reacht that end. The human body is not made for constant stress and panic.
Don’t rush, don’t stress; calm down and relax. Live in the moment and slow. down.
So yeah, thanks for this video. It helped me a lot.
Thanks for articulating this sensation of getting lost intentionally 😅
I really enjoy this kind of walk, especially when in London, super relatable with the writing “…how my feet chose each wrong turning against my navigational instinct…” I found out that every corner of the city was there to be felt not to be passed by, and I could ‘see’ so much more.
Such great content!
Thank you for your imaginative "derive"and the beautiful filming
I really needed to see this today. I've separated myself from the grind of working for someone else only to start a business and an expensive hobby. It's hard to remember things don't usually just happen over night....there's always this urgency and impatience to BE SUCCESSFUL NOW and it's exhausting
This was really nice, I like how you illustrated these interesting concepts of evoking a human experience (contemplation/closeness/expanse) through the built environment. I literally never considered that a labyrinth was purposefully indirect, I never really understood them they always seemed like peculiar and ineffectual mazes to me. The way you explained the closeness/expanse paired with the filming of Venice worked really well.
I have this "Hurry sickness" too. I have lost too much and much to make up for, yet it gets messier as I attempt to juggle things without proper plan. You are brilliant on many levels, im jeliouse of how much you know about this world, and the way you express it shows your understanding to topics on a deep level.
Thank you for making this video, I enjoyed it.
I've felt this for a long time. Finally, someone made a video about it😍. Thank you so much for articulating this idea.
I love that you articulated something that I did too. We literally stepped on the exact same stones and felt a similar sense of peace while getting lost in Venice. I got lost in time when I visited Florence.
This video was amazing! i learned so much! im a college student and just started my next semester, everything already feels like its picking up pace and while there is a lot to do, i think it is important to take time out and really do what we want to. Felt like i needed this and i learned so much too, thank you!
Food for the mind, a rarity among contemporary TH-cam videos...
Thank you for sharing this video with us. Well thought, very introspective and extremely refreshing to view :)