I'm starting to realize that it's all been a pack of lies.

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  • @wolfbaer75
    @wolfbaer75 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +655

    We do jobs we hate to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't like.

    • @PUNKMYVIDEO
      @PUNKMYVIDEO 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      It's the American way!

    • @healthierlife4663
      @healthierlife4663 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well said!

    • @wolfbaer75
      @wolfbaer75 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@healthierlife4663 It's not my quote, I read it somewhere;)

    • @silly_hammy1
      @silly_hammy1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@wolfbaer75 its george Carlin ❤

    • @SweetHere111
      @SweetHere111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@wolfbaer75 Tyler Durden, Fight Club

  • @latisewilson4561
    @latisewilson4561 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1338

    The way people defend the programming is quite scary ... the moment you start to color outside the lines, you get stoned lol

    • @labaker3477
      @labaker3477 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      😂😂😂 I know it's serious but it's funny at the same time. At least, that's how I see it now after experiencing the pain. They will never know the joy of colouring outside 😅

    • @gggjjj2333
      @gggjjj2333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      That's why I get stoned and make my own lines ;)

    • @FirstName-z1e
      @FirstName-z1e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Best comment ❤

    • @andrewsnyder9262
      @andrewsnyder9262 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Blaze up baby

    • @GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW
      @GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      those are donkeys in animal farm

  • @bbellefson
    @bbellefson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1005

    The powers that be do NOT want you to discover just how little you have to BUY to be happy.

    • @andrewsnyder9262
      @andrewsnyder9262 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      The powers that be do not want you to realize how broke you are without access to credit.

    • @july06keisergrad
      @july06keisergrad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      We are the powers that be. We live in the Most Free country on the planet.

    • @andrewsnyder9262
      @andrewsnyder9262 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@july06keisergrad free to be an imbecile. Free to fat unproductive and unhealthy. Free to consume toxic things.

    • @ApexAL
      @ApexAL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@july06keisergrad no.. your freedoms are an illusion! The only thing you are "free" to do is not be interfered with by other people

    • @deadreckoning6288
      @deadreckoning6288 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@july06keisergrad Covid mandates and forced medical interventions say otherwise....

  • @ShaggNasty-yk1ie
    @ShaggNasty-yk1ie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +584

    "I want a nation of workers, not thinkers". (J.D. Rockefeller)

    • @infiad1275
      @infiad1275 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      That says it all doesn't it! Not a question. 💯

    • @d.f.9064
      @d.f.9064 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Rich people educate their kids with private education because they KNOW they've undercut the public education system, which serves them well.

    • @kare7840
      @kare7840 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      He's also responsible for Dr's being taught more about pharmaceutical than natural health.

    • @broken-promiseland
      @broken-promiseland 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My thing is a lot of ppl know these things but no one rebels in any way. We're supposed to be the home of the brave not the home of the slaves. Here's one thing we can do. ALL candidates are in the same secret societies. All candidates are in cahoots. You don't have to choose from the ones being pushed on you. Really want to save America? Really want to expose truth's? Vote outside the box. Put my name on the ballot. America JFK was going to reveal things. He didn't get the chance. No other president dared to. Know other president wanted to. We need a president not in their secret society, not scared of being offed. I'm that guy. I maybe just what America needs. Get the secret societies out of power.

    • @wardraven8755
      @wardraven8755 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jd rockefeller was one of the richest men in the world back befor women got their rights and the reason women got their rights.

  • @FirstName-z1e
    @FirstName-z1e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1117

    Signing a year lease on an apartment while working and grinding on a soul sucking job to support that apartment is pure bondage.

    • @12567NoYouCannot
      @12567NoYouCannot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      It is; and Also Getting into a 20-30 Year Mortgage.

    • @produceman13
      @produceman13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They control us with housing... I have a friend who moved to Indonesia, and he said you can just build a shack to live in for free in certain areas... I had to ask myself... In a "free" country like the US... why can't we build our own free housing if we are poor too? Remember too that the Supreme Court passed that law where they can lock up the homeless in a prison now.

    • @Scott-xb7ov
      @Scott-xb7ov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Try the streets.

    • @eequeenoid
      @eequeenoid 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Preach.

    • @eequeenoid
      @eequeenoid 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      ​@@Scott-xb7ov
      I'm doing it....and there are many parallels.

  • @garymensurati1631
    @garymensurati1631 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +413

    In my 70 years I have never experienced the complete horse shit happening nowadays, unfortunately. Thank you.

    • @PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude
      @PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Its,a different shit show now for sure. But then its always been. Remember OJ?

    • @jondough4116
      @jondough4116 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Watergate ect ect... always been a shit show for decades...

    • @RobSoap-i7t
      @RobSoap-i7t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Take the jab save your Grannie kinda nonsense

    • @greybone777
      @greybone777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Guess you missed 1963 and the coup.

    • @jcmjcm1945
      @jcmjcm1945 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Neither have we!!! We listened to our great grand parrents grandparents and parrents. We and our adult children are further then we thought we'd be now. We didn't follow the status quo and followed the advice and lessons our great and grand and parrents gave us. But it seems people ignore the past and will repeat it.

  • @3nigma2013
    @3nigma2013 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +574

    The whole thing is a scam, I've realized. I'm always busy, always working, hardly any time to enjoy my life and I'm just a little bit above survival. Still renting in my 30s. But when I talk to some people, they tell me "you're lucky you even have a job right now" and there's people out there that have been unemployed for like 2 years.
    I don't know, everything sucks. This wage slave thing has gotten old.

    • @smann7236
      @smann7236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      What do you do for a living?and do you invest?

    • @Mosfil
      @Mosfil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      It's this weird toxic(?) positivity thing - "oh, you hate your job? Some people don't have a job! Oh, your leg hurts? Some people don't have legs, etc."

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Everything sucks

    • @reubenmorris487
      @reubenmorris487 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      If you didn't work for a living you'd feel differently...

    • @shiptj01
      @shiptj01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You're right.

  • @alwaysbeyourself9328
    @alwaysbeyourself9328 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    I did exactly that by leaving the rat race and moving to Colorado to hike and explore the Rockies. My family and the rest of the world tried desperately to prove I was wrong, but it has been the most liberating, growth-enhancing and joyful thing I have ever done. We all came here to LIVE, to love, to enjoy our passions, our missions, our dreams, not to conform to societies fears and mediocrity, living lives of quiet desperation. Bravo, Tim. New sub!

    • @kwimms
      @kwimms หลายเดือนก่อน

      So you can't "LIVE" in the city? C'mon. Mountains have bears.

  • @eldudeirnostoicist4625
    @eldudeirnostoicist4625 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    Packed up my whole life into a container 6 months ago and parked it on a friend's property. Got on a plane and am currently finally living a life

    • @pod8234
      @pod8234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      So your friend gets to store your shit on their property while you go live your life? Lucky friend!

    • @eldudeirnostoicist4625
      @eldudeirnostoicist4625 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @pod8234 Yep! even paid12 months worth at Rent in advance!

    • @cylon5741
      @cylon5741 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eldudeirnostoicist4625 boom!

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@eldudeirnostoicist4625 😏💪

  • @GreenEnvy.
    @GreenEnvy. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    Telling 18 year olds to go thousands of dollars in debt for a worthless degree is where life starts to unravel.

    • @James-bo1ox
      @James-bo1ox หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Or telling them to get married and have kids they may not want or cant afford to have.

    • @drehill1276
      @drehill1276 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man, that’s the truth.

    • @djrickyb
      @djrickyb 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@James-bo1oxIt is crazy that for a woman 45+ years ago having a baby at 18 years old was totally normal and has been done by women for thousands of years. Today, it's frowned upon so much for hundreds of reasons including ruining your whole life. Even 22-23 year old women having children is considered a horrible idea in USA today.

    • @MaffyTaffyHaffy
      @MaffyTaffyHaffy 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      So true. And what’s even more of a mockery are the professors that are in professions like sociology that are teaching these students when they know there’s no feature for them… Like it’s so sad. I’m sitting here and I have 2° one in anthropology and one in philosophy, I don’t have any debt. So it’s whatever I thankfully had it paid off by my parents who forced me to go to college. But I can’t imagine those who chose some bullshit degree and have like 70 K in debt.

    • @MaffyTaffyHaffy
      @MaffyTaffyHaffy 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@djrickyb because it is a horrible idea😂 especially with the quality of man in the modern day. Men can barely take care of themselves and show up appropriately, so yeah, it’s really dumb for a woman to have kids with a man right now cause it’s not even cost-effective. Neither is the dating world. Women are better off without men. Most men cannot control themselves whatsoever.

  • @markalbert1283
    @markalbert1283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    People hate you if you're clever and they hate you if you're a fool. Just do you! It just doesn't matter.

  • @JCA51698
    @JCA51698 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +247

    Earlier this year, I actually said to myself, “This monotony is killing me!” Then I learned about becoming an English teacher abroad. In June I left my hometown in the USA and came to Guadalajara, Mexico to go to school to become TEFL certified. Loving life here in Mexico :) Less stressful and less costly.
    I'm coming back to the US at the end of the summer to sell most of my possessions with the plan of coming back to Mexico next year to live and work. I've given up on “The American Dream”. It's like George Carlin once said, “You have to be asleep to believe it.”

    • @gregmurphy2691
      @gregmurphy2691 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I'm a fellow tefl teacher, and I can tell you, you made a great choice. It's one of the best work, life balance jobs, with so many opportunities to travel and see the world. Good luck amigo 👍

    • @TheMusicmak3r
      @TheMusicmak3r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nice 👍

    • @reelfly
      @reelfly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      George Carlin was the realist and totally hilarious! Wish he was still around to hear his perspective on current society. 😁

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Usa sucks

    • @kimwarner1681
      @kimwarner1681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Brace yourself , I hope you don't have to go food shopping! lol, it is bad...and the prices keep going up and up and up....We hope to do what you did one day soon, this is unsustainable here now. And we make a good living, it is stretched thin now, it's ridiculous. and before anyone comes at me, no, we do not live beyond our means. there are people that do, and life was always expensive for that crowd but this country is different now, it is tough for everyone.

  • @MeeCee5204
    @MeeCee5204 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    I think it all depends on your personality. I actually enjoy a boring routine life. It gives me security and peace. Now that I'm retired, drinking coffee and sitting on my sofa playing games on my on my tablet while watching TH-cam is the epitome of a good day for me. If I want a little excitement, I'll go to Goodwill or the Dollar store. I always say I have nothing to do and all day to do it. This is what I worked 30 years for and I love it! 😊

    • @MickSupper
      @MickSupper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      My mom is the same way. She loves "security".

    • @lemuel7146
      @lemuel7146 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That's a good point about one's personality!

    • @whiskersandshyla9944
      @whiskersandshyla9944 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Sounds like a perfect life to me

    • @quicktoevil
      @quicktoevil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I love this comment. I can completely identify with the peace and security that comes with a routine.

    • @hitterandrewpickles4649
      @hitterandrewpickles4649 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      everyone is different.

  • @DeSmith-o4b
    @DeSmith-o4b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +211

    I retired in my 40s after beating late stage cancer. Life is more than work and making money, and buying stuff that you don't need.

    • @heinebohmann1566
      @heinebohmann1566 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Most people don't have the means to retire when in their 40s.

    • @TheLampini
      @TheLampini 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      My partner was deeply in the loop until he got cancer. His was also late stage and his recovery prompted a complete break out of freedom for us. I totally get how that experience changes your priorities 😊. We downsized massively, moved onto a boat which we own outright and he is making music and I make art. We are money poor but our quality of life is amazing. ❤

    • @DeSmith-o4b
      @DeSmith-o4b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@TheLampini I'm a lucky DotComer; although the economy is making me rethink retirement. 🤣

    • @DeSmith-o4b
      @DeSmith-o4b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heinebohmann1566 I'm lucky. Right place, right time, and killed myself to get where I am in my 20s. I agree.
      I try to coach high school and college kids on entrepreneurship and startups. Unless you're an athlete or entertainer, it's one of the few career areas where you can break out being in a technology startup and become a mini-Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Sergey Brin, or Vivek Ramaswamy. I'm not a billionaire, but I used recognizable tech entrepreneurs.
      I'm very comfortable and made enough. Fight Club is a guide for me, as is the Millionaire Next Door book. Someday I'm hoping to live out The Martian book and become a colonist. I've wanted to be an astronaut since I was a kid.

    • @TheLampini
      @TheLampini 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@ramon3897 we downsized. We have less "everything" to pay for. We make stuff and sell it, we live frugally. We care more about a good sunset than we do about money. We also live in the UK so we don't have to worry about healthcare costs. Not sure how we'd manage it under the US system tbh..

  • @williamm.138
    @williamm.138 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    5 years ago, my wife and I sold the big house with the big mortgage, paid off all debt, and bought a little cabin in the woods.
    Now we do what we like to do.
    We did the clock punching for 25 years, until we realized it was a waste of life.
    I'm so glad to be able to do, or not, whatever floats my boat!

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sounds like a great life!

    • @williamm.138
      @williamm.138 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know how money equals fun, but regardless, money is not an issue.
      I make what I sell/barter, and business is good.
      Besides, when monthly expenses are less than 1k a month, it's easy to cover.​@@bbing-99

    • @williamm.138
      @williamm.138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ramon3897 No Gov't assistance of any kind.
      Paid off house, no debt, and I'm an independent artist and tool maker.
      I make more than I need, and don't buy what I can't afford.

    • @Lilione111
      @Lilione111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      How do you survive financially? Did you have good savings? I know you don’t need much out there, but you still need some supplies, groceries etc.

    • @williamm.138
      @williamm.138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I work for myself as an independent artist.
      I also make traditional native wood carving tools.
      I'm as busy as I want to be!​@@Lilione111

  • @KentuckyAdventure
    @KentuckyAdventure 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +154

    'When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks. When you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks. When you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.' - Winston Churchill is what I hear that source is. Only part of what you are discussing, but every word of this is so true. I am just over 50 learning just how much of a prison I have lived in based on most of the same info your video discusses. It has made me who I am now, yes, but at what cost....at least I am getting on what I believe to be the right track now.
    “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Einstein

    • @TrevorHamberger
      @TrevorHamberger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh no. Not in my case. They're definitely thinking of me

  • @rwdchannel2901
    @rwdchannel2901 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +958

    My Baby Boomer uncle bought a house in southern California near the beach in 1978 for $78,000. His job was being a clerk at the grocery store. His wife worked part-time in fast food places such as Wendy's. They recently sold the house for $900,000. The only person who could afford to buy it is a doctor. Imagine being a clerk at a grocery store, buying a house, and about 50 years the only buyer that can afford it is a doctor with a $250,000 a year salary. That's how messed up the current economy is. It's everyone for themselves. The old people will gladly take the government-corporate money for the fake values put on their houses and 401Ks to help the globalists depopulate the earth. Things are so expensive that most of the Millennials aren't having kids and getting married.

    • @WageSlave_13
      @WageSlave_13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      You will also take government money if offered. It's money called Social Security and it's your money that you paid into the system

    • @produceman13
      @produceman13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kirkthedayman LOL "nation of blessing" More like nation of slaves.

    • @Scrunchie_777
      @Scrunchie_777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kirkthedaymanold man, you are part of the problem. How are people supposed to live a meaningful life when life itself is unaffordable, did you even read the original post? Being American is meaningless when self-preservation is above all else. Me me me before my bretherin - I'm doing fine so to hell with everyone else, it's obviously because the others are "lazy." You really live up to the boomer stereotype, well done.

    • @mattlaeff724
      @mattlaeff724 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Salary is 20% of personal finance. If said doctor still has 500k in Student debt -- they are broke. Only number that matters is Net Worth.

    • @Emiliapocalypse
      @Emiliapocalypse 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was with you until the depopulation of the earth. That is NOT what folks in charge want. They benefit from more meat for the grinder, more population to prop up the pyramid scheme of an economy. You can’t be outrageously wealthy without poor people to exploit. If the earth was depopulated, it would mess up their whole system. They want us having more babies to exploit as workers in the future

  • @hammersaw3135
    @hammersaw3135 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +391

    My brother Daniel died recently, he was saving for retirement and had no free time or enjoyment in life. He died from cardiac arrest in his 30s trying to figure it out.

    • @WTHenry2023
      @WTHenry2023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      Condolences on the loss of your brother

    • @FREEINGTHEMIND
      @FREEINGTHEMIND 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      🙏🏾❤️❤️

    • @YellowRoses10
      @YellowRoses10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      May your brother Daniel Rest In Peace🩵

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Sad😢

    • @retrogamer82
      @retrogamer82 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      We need to stop working ourselves into an early grave

  • @AbbyFlame-id4iy
    @AbbyFlame-id4iy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    100% agree. Don't walk away from the structured lie that is society, run for your life!!!!

  • @freedomm
    @freedomm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    I left the corporate grind and I couldn't be happier. You will never see me sitting in an office again.

    • @anunnacy
      @anunnacy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      First of all, awesome! I'm curious though:
      How old are you? How did you break out of it? And what are you doing now? (instead of corporate job)

  • @Relentless.assault
    @Relentless.assault 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +956

    I don't believe in working, I just don't believe in it. I believe in living 🎉🎉🎉

    • @GEEKED.OUT.NI66A
      @GEEKED.OUT.NI66A 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Roll up your sleeves, pull up ur bootstraps and just keep on keeping on! Gotta work hard! GGGRRRRRRR!!!!!!

    • @susanna8612
      @susanna8612 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      Me neither. Even seasonal jobs suck. I believe in working only when you do it for your own progress and goals... like if u wanna become good guitar player you need to practise to learn or if u wanna build a house, it will be lots of work before its ready or if you wanna pass a test you need to study.
      But those things you do because you want them and you want to learn.
      What I dont believe in is mechanically just doing something hours after hours, day after day, month after month just for money, money which does not make you even rich. Its joyless and takes away your precious time for something you might not even enjoy to do.
      And yes, sometimes we need to push ourselves to do things we dont like, life is not only celebration but if that dictates all your life and time, NO! Its not worth it.

    • @Relentless.assault
      @Relentless.assault 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@susanna8612 beautifully put, yes if it's not something of my own creation then it's just a waste of time and energy

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly y I hate usa

    • @bigchief2331
      @bigchief2331 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      Yep nor do I. I am happy being an underachiever. Despite a postgrad education I just mow lawns. In winter I basically don't work at all. And during the peak season I just take it easy. Because I am not going to kill myself for work. Best things in life are FREE and I need my freedom and autonomy to go for a run or hike in nature and just BE. I don't know how people go back and forth to their 9 to 5 job, day in day out. That is so depressing to me.

  • @abuadam01
    @abuadam01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    I am 52 and not a day goes by that I don't think about quitting my job and ride around the country on my small bike. 😊

    • @fredbantu3694
      @fredbantu3694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      So what is stopping you ? yourself maybe.

    • @EzeICE
      @EzeICE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That actually sounds awesome

    • @Freeedy
      @Freeedy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Just do it man, don’t think about it. Life’s too short as it is already

    • @abuadam01
      @abuadam01 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Freeedy 2025 looks like THE year its going down 😁

    • @mangoyacho
      @mangoyacho หลายเดือนก่อน

      @abuadam01 Very interesting indeed... you are right to hang onto that job to save enough money to use for the bike ride that you are so looking forward to. But what will you do after the small bike ride round the country?

  • @taichi29
    @taichi29 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

    When the recession started in '08 it woke me up. We've been told that we should get our degree, and go to work. I've started to see that we were not living, but existing. I've stopped chasing the lie, and start living.

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      It american way it sucks here italy knows how to live

    • @meisterlymanu5214
      @meisterlymanu5214 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yep, 08 fkd my life up, had to move country in 2013 but i actually found a wonderful work life balance in the sun. Quality of life, instead of chasing "stuff." It was my destiny. But i woulnt encourage kids today to do college and corporate.

    • @produceman13
      @produceman13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NJItalianGal747 They get to drink wine at lunch in Italy....

    • @Scrunchie_777
      @Scrunchie_777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@produceman13and take siestas

    • @JaminT.Jaddua
      @JaminT.Jaddua 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey I heard that brother

  • @Urban_atelierbyabe
    @Urban_atelierbyabe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I'm a contractor and I took 8 months off this year,after working 12hrs days for 18 yrs,best decision ever, I do love my job tho,but I have a side hustle too,that sustains me when I take time off,recovering is incredible 😊😊

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That’s awesome brother! I’m glad to you took the time to recover and invest in your well-being. Stay blessed!

    • @jbeachboy100
      @jbeachboy100 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@TimothyWard do you know about ketamine infusions and at home ketamine?

  • @Austin-zq1oc
    @Austin-zq1oc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    80% of what people spend their their time and money on is to impress other people. News flash: they ain't impressed...

  • @churchofpos2279
    @churchofpos2279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    My best life is now that I have gotten off the hamster wheel. I have gone from a 6 figure salary to being declared officially "low income" by the State and Feds. I have a small paid for cottage, paid for used cars, and buy my clothes at thrift stores/Walmart.
    I bought into consumerism for a long time, but now know that material things don't make you happy

    • @reelfly
      @reelfly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ❤ Kudos! You get it! Keep enjoying life friend. Well all deserve it.

    • @boatdoctors
      @boatdoctors 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I'm getting there man!!

    • @oldskoolmusicnostalgia
      @oldskoolmusicnostalgia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Now you will have articles lamenting that people like yourself are no longer paying taxes that sustain the very paradigm that drained you 😂

    • @Emiliapocalypse
      @Emiliapocalypse หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oldskoolmusicnostalgiaargh. Good point, people love using any angle to shame those who are not partaking in the wheel

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Emiliapocalypse pretty much, jealous.

  • @sergiovalenti7255
    @sergiovalenti7255 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    I’m going to be 60 next year, and I totally fell into the narrative. I’m beat down and I might be going through a divorce soon. I have no idea what’s going to happen, but I’m going to try to do my best and remain levelheaded. 🙏

    • @educ8te
      @educ8te 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Stay positive.The best is yet to come!

    • @kimwarner1681
      @kimwarner1681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can get a free consultation with a lawyer and go from there. Try a few different ones, you never know what may be in your favor, even if you can't retain the lawyer. they can tell you things you would never know. and P.S., I loved your jeans...lol

    • @claytonj001
      @claytonj001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Get it on and learn something while you feel the pain. My ex hit me out of the blue and it felt like she murdered me. I sat down and figured out what the lesson was. For me it was recreating me and seeing the life I was missing. Pray and listen.

    • @concepcionmenzona-stewart4615
      @concepcionmenzona-stewart4615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Take a Jiu JitSu class, it helps tremendously.. I did at age 57 & I’m 64 now & never looked back😊

  • @joannapatterson4625
    @joannapatterson4625 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

    Why I am retiring early. I have enough to pay the bills and reinvest. That’s all i need. I’m more than happy to leave the matrix for a quiet, peaceful life.

    • @jimb3093
      @jimb3093 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      same here!

    • @johnnyr19026
      @johnnyr19026 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      SAME HERE

    • @hereweare9096
      @hereweare9096 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It’s sad for the young people who don’t have that ability to do so. Governments are so corrupt

    • @mildred3378
      @mildred3378 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Go for it!! I retired early last year and don't regret it at all. I have zero debt and living comfortable on my pension income.

    • @MickSupper
      @MickSupper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@mildred3378 What a way to break the monotony. lol I don't think that was the point of the video, but if it worked for you then that's great.

  • @teresakenas1121
    @teresakenas1121 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "The prize is you enjoy doing it" Fabulous! Thank you for your positive, uplifting, energizing perspectives.

  • @RRODKKEN
    @RRODKKEN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    Hi everyone, I'm 54yrs young😂😂😂 an a introvert. I really appreciate Tim wisdom on how to experience this gift of life. I'm always looking forward on Tim sharing his prospective. Thank you Mr. Ward.

    • @RetireandGo
      @RetireandGo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I thank Tim for these discussion videos.
      Honest talk :-)

    • @johnnyr19026
      @johnnyr19026 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@RetireandGo Totally Agree.

  • @fionaslife
    @fionaslife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +136

    I left my job in July, I'm in Thailand LIVING🤸🏿 my days include riding my bike, going to the beach, and drinking my body weight in coconut water. ⛵ I think everyone needs to take a health sabbatical every couple of years.

    • @peterbates4696
      @peterbates4696 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My doc told me I should go easy with coconut water…. It’s got lots of sugar..

    • @fionaslife
      @fionaslife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@peterbates4696 I don't think that is true at all. Doctors don't study nutrition and so I would suggest you either ask a nutritionist or do your own research.

    • @peterbates4696
      @peterbates4696 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@fionaslife does it taste sweet…?

    • @fionaslife
      @fionaslife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@peterbates4696 not really.

    • @jsarp1310
      @jsarp1310 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can u give me some tips about Thailand please

  • @ParteraQuisqueyana
    @ParteraQuisqueyana 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    Once I read a comment that said that God is cruel because there’s homeless people and food costs money. I replied God is not the bad one; food is already free; MAN put a price on it. We’ve made everything that was easy into something complicated for ourselves, on the name of those who made it that way to enrich themselves.

    • @michaelgresham1980
      @michaelgresham1980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      100% god is cruel. Kids are born with cancer or deformed brains, wars start almost annually for essentially no reason, and our bodies are incredibly fragile, and it’s so very difficult to not be stressed with just basic living. Why aren’t we better than this?

    • @ParteraQuisqueyana
      @ParteraQuisqueyana 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@michaelgresham1980 We don’t know the reason; I just know that each of those situations can be made into a blessing or a curse depending on how we as humans react to it. I’ve worked with mothers whose children are born with anencephaly and they’ve given their babies a beautiful few minutes, days, or weeks of life, and they have brought their communities together in the process. Everything is about perspective.

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Great point!

    • @michaelgresham1980
      @michaelgresham1980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ParteraQuisqueyana this is exactly why church attendance is at all times lows. Young people are so very tired of dogma and subjective truths. You can’t turn every negative situation into a positive one. The reason why we strive for better things in life is because we associate negativity with negative events. The reason why so many adults are depressed is because life is not nearly as abundant like Jesus claimed it would be. The list goes on. For every feel good success story you share, you forget about the millions of tragedies that happened to innocent random people that were just forgotten by god. It’s pathetic at best to whitewash everything as “perspective,” boomer. It’s not about perspective. It’s about reality.

    • @ParteraQuisqueyana
      @ParteraQuisqueyana 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@michaelgresham1980 I’m not a boomer and I’m not Christian (so I don’t believe in Jesus as a god). I’m from the Dominican Republic; people are visibly happier there than in the US, which is arguably the richest country in the world. In fact, the DR was recently rated the happiest country of the world by an independent research group (I do believe this result because I can see and live the contrast). Why? It’s because in the DR people have faith and a different perspective; mental health is so much better because we have community and family; tragedies are greatly minimized when you have support from people you love; I’ve seen it time and time again. Bad situations will not go away, you will have to live with them ANYWAY, so you better make the best out of every situation; I mean, why not? Why would you want to make something bad even worse with a bad attitude? Sounds like you still lack more living to understand certain things; this knowledge can only come from experience and there’s nothing I can tell you that can convince you; you have to live it.

  • @kmc1steelers998
    @kmc1steelers998 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    A huge lie. My 22 year old daughter was so stressed with her job and quit, to go to a little part time that lets her breath and is getting ready for Americorps to learn new things, agriculture being one of them , to assist with feeding the homeless, and serving in areas of need. You're in this world to help others and live. I'm so glad my children have mastered being different and following what's best for you. I don't want to be 70 to have fun. We are not promised tomm

    • @GreenEnvy.
      @GreenEnvy. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I joined the peace corps when I was your daughters age. She will take the experience with her forever. She might even consider taking her Americorps skills abroad. I never left the country I was sent to. It's a better life here in Morocco.

    • @kmc1steelers998
      @kmc1steelers998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@GreenEnvy. Wow. Ty for sharing ❤

  • @greendesertgoddess
    @greendesertgoddess หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    He is absolutely right. If you don't do things different, things will continue to be the same! There is nothing worst than a mundane life!

  • @melvano4014
    @melvano4014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

    I retired at 44. 14 years later it’s still a blast. 7 hours at a waterpark yesterday hitting all the rides with the grandkids.

    • @ananda_miaoyin
      @ananda_miaoyin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes. I retired at 45. Three years later...it does NOT suck at all!

    • @EyesWideOpen...3.16
      @EyesWideOpen...3.16 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I retired at 43, governments choice not mine, 24 year career flushed down the pan for no reason…….i didn’t earn much in social care anyway so it’s no different in too much of a way, life isn’t about work, it’s about being in the moment and the work slave trap is all about the future…….when you can’t enjoy it!!!!!!!

    • @djrickyb
      @djrickyb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@melvano4014 That is amazing. What occupation did you have? Did you have a lot in savings when you retired?

    • @melvano4014
      @melvano4014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@djrickyb occupational therapist. Ran 3 rehab clinics. Paid for 5 BR home, 412k invested, 225k in bonds and checking and wife and I get 16k a month total monthly pensions after taxes.

  • @Scourgewor
    @Scourgewor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Since the age of 20 I've worked full time (drafting) which for the most part I've pretty much hated. This year I turn 50 and I'm at the point where I just can't do it anymore. I pay off my house in November and the plan is to rent the house out, sell everything and hit the road in a camper van. I tell people I've had enough of working and they say 'well at least you have a job' or 'you are too young to retire'. They just don't get it.

    • @LilyGazou
      @LilyGazou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Be careful about renting.

    • @LeeLiko
      @LeeLiko 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Sell and invest the profits. If you get tired of vehicle travel, then sell that and travel abroad.

    • @hitterandrewpickles4649
      @hitterandrewpickles4649 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      we are just slaves, all of us. its tragic really.

    • @geegeegarcia
      @geegeegarcia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'll be 50 in 2025 and I'm doing the exact same. I sold all my belongings back in 2015 before my 40th and traveled across country before settling back in California. The cost of living is extreme and taxes as a small business owner is crazy!!! I'm over it...

    • @hitterandrewpickles4649
      @hitterandrewpickles4649 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@geegeegarcia im getting that way too, don't see the point in wasting my life busting my ass on a 70 hour working week when most of it is taken from me anyway , that's just slavery.

  • @nathanmansfield6959
    @nathanmansfield6959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    The loop life was living and working and paying bills, taxes in the U.S. I was priced out of my neighborhood and said ok time to leave! Broke the loop by living in Ecuador. Now I work part time here and can afford life. Health and organic food is abundant. I'm running out of money next year and will have to come work a seasonal job back in the States to make money to live on for 3 more years in Ecuador. Seasonal work hard and then just BE!!!

    • @briant5135
      @briant5135 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What visa did you apply to stay on Ecuador for 3 years?

    • @nathanmansfield6959
      @nathanmansfield6959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@briant5135 professional visa with my college degree.

    • @WanderingMonk55
      @WanderingMonk55 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Same here, loving the seasonal life for part of the year, save money and then travel and live overseas for half the year! Ecuador sounds amazing 👍

    • @tombkk1322
      @tombkk1322 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Try Thailand someday. It’s another great place to live!

    • @oscarvaldez7142
      @oscarvaldez7142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tombkk1322 Bad idea since TL will start taxing resident expats on worldwide income starting next year.

  • @badgerbusiness9059
    @badgerbusiness9059 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I retired at 47, had a business, but covid made me just retire...best thing that ever happened! Spend my days with my wife and six kids and I'm happily content. We're not rich, get by on 75k a year, but we have what we need.

  • @YanniEhm
    @YanniEhm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Yes Sir, a string of lies, and manipulation from the cradle to the grave.

    • @greatest7391
      @greatest7391 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exploitation

  • @GlowUpSubliminalsAU
    @GlowUpSubliminalsAU 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Just sold my house, the mortgage was bs, the bank love the interest. Renting short term and moving in to van life. So happy.

    • @genossinwaabooz4373
      @genossinwaabooz4373 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      In Europe? (Given your username)
      In the US, there's some real tradeoffs and tips to make it work, all depends.
      Good luck & good journey to you!❤

    • @colorfulcollage
      @colorfulcollage 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In Canada, rent is more expensive than a mortgage if you bought your house before housing prices went out of hand. Cost of living is so depressing now.

    • @letsgobrandon911
      @letsgobrandon911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100% truth, a mortgage is a scam you are better off renting and saving the difference towards buying a home.

    • @cylon5741
      @cylon5741 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@genossinwaabooz4373 Darwin, Australia?

    • @RosyPosy4842
      @RosyPosy4842 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes mortgage and HOA is a scam. I'm gonna buy wooded land and a sawmill and build a cabin.

  • @jinjakka
    @jinjakka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    There are people that literally get angry with me, when I say I don't wanna do this or I prefer to live like that. But yet, the people on Instagram and TH-cam that they idolize, look at religiously and want to live like...literally went against the programming themselves to become who they are today. It's funny.

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Exactly!

  • @user-oo8ei4lj6s
    @user-oo8ei4lj6s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Life was more meaningful when I was a child. Now we have to ditch those wanting to control us. So yes. It is the same thing now.

    • @Pan_Paniscus
      @Pan_Paniscus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even if my early childhood was really great, my teenage years were not, so adulthood has just been a blessing for me 😅😅

    • @jalen1838
      @jalen1838 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kids don't have to pay bills and do slavery jobs they have better lives imo . They don't have a hovering boss over there head . Life has more meaning when you're a child. Being a adult you don't have no time for anything then your boss nags at you if you ever call out .

  • @shellpen7326
    @shellpen7326 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I’ve been feeling like this lately more than ever and this is exactly what I said to a friend it being a loop over and over.
    Yeah we go to school from around age 5 to 18 then work from age 18 till we retire whenever that may be , what a joke, it’s not a life.

  • @GenXPats
    @GenXPats 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great message! In 2021, we had this epiphany, sold our big expensive house, moved into a tiny house we had been renting out (no mortgage on this tiny house) and bought a 46 foot sailboat. Now we spend half of the year (soon to be all year) sailing and exploring the Caribbean! We're going to be doing more videos about this very topic. We appreciate your insight!

  • @montecristo280
    @montecristo280 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Truer words have never been spoken. As usual, Tim is spot on with his assessment of life on Earth. Thanks, Tim!

  • @jharris7838
    @jharris7838 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I been telling people this for the past few years. Some agree, others think I’m crazy, lazy, or are so blind and stuck in this matrix that they have no clue or take a second to stop and think for themselves.

  • @joebond545
    @joebond545 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +200

    Extroverts have this habit where they constantly need to be on the go, they get jobs, kids, marriage and all the social norms because they simply can't help but try to fit in with everybody else because they don't want to feel like the odd person. Trying to tell a extrovert to accept being the weirdo and going their own route in life is impossible. However introverts will really get great advice from this video

    • @gggjjj2333
      @gggjjj2333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's also because they're constantly craving dopamine from doing activities and talking to people. They're not able to just "be" they always need something external to validate their existence

    • @K1dsCanPlay2
      @K1dsCanPlay2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      nah man the difference is not whether someone is introverted or extroverted.

    • @NJItalianGal747
      @NJItalianGal747 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Nope I'm extrovert n hate the system.

    • @Faith-Foward
      @Faith-Foward 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wow what an interesting insight.

    • @roamn2472
      @roamn2472 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh man, you're so wrong. It only looks like we're trying to "fit in" because we can talk to ANYBODY and do. LOL. We simple love the energy of people, but trust that we understand the difference between puddle deep and substance.

  • @user-rj1vj5wk9f
    @user-rj1vj5wk9f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Its easy to say do something different. Most of us are trapped by rent, bills and jobs we hate, with little no savings

    • @SavannahSussan
      @SavannahSussan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Remember to vote your way out. We cant keep relying on the same group of people who got us here.

    • @freespirit-111
      @freespirit-111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True

    • @ToksOlaleye
      @ToksOlaleye 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, and there something called inflation. Once you take a break, your inflated commitments are waiting for you when you come back.

  • @GodServant1010
    @GodServant1010 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Tim. I am so glad I found your channel. At the age of 50 I felt like my life was a perpetual Groundhog Day.. I have been in a loveless marriage for almost 25 years, was living the “American Dream” with all of the trappings of success, was working at an extremely stressful, high paying job and I hated life.
    People thought I was having a midlife crisis when I quit my job, divorced my husband, and became a substitute schoolteacher, which is something I always wanted to do.
    And for the first time in my life, I was actually happy. That was 12 years ago and now I am starting to feel it’s time for a change. that’s when I stumbled across your video. I have begun revisiting my bucket list. I always wanted to do a cross country trip and I think that’s exactly what I’m going to do next summer.
    My mother, who is almost 90, is exhibit a on how not to live. She worked 42 years with the same employer, never taking off work and being in the model employee, only for them to fire her in the end. oh yeah, she saved lots of money, but she’s in bad health now. so she does is complain about how much her medication cost and she never lived life
    You’re such an inspiration .

  • @crystalreneeweibert3328
    @crystalreneeweibert3328 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +141

    I do it because I have a 12 year old daughter who still needs stability but she knows the moment I get her grown, I’m disappearing into the northern Montana mountains somewhere.

    • @f50koenigg
      @f50koenigg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wish I could just go and do that

    • @melhawk1352
      @melhawk1352 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Good on you. I too was a free spirit, but providing a stable life for my kids that is predictable and secure is repetitive and sometimes mundane, but being a reliable parent gives them that grounding and assurance. One day, when they've grown up we can hopefully all be free spirits together!

    • @Rockerlady
      @Rockerlady 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      She will still need you and you will need her. Don't disappear on her.

    • @UTP504
      @UTP504 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@RockerladyI’m sure she didn’t mean it in the literal sense😂.

    • @Rockerlady
      @Rockerlady 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@UTP504 Some people do once kid grows up.

  • @Eternallyhopeful7788
    @Eternallyhopeful7788 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +217

    I had a past manager always saying save for retirement. He died 2 years after he retired, never able to enjoy retirement. Makes you wonder. 🤔

    • @tombkk1322
      @tombkk1322 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      My father said the same thing and lived to 96 so I guess we never know.

    • @Eternallyhopeful7788
      @Eternallyhopeful7788 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@tombkk1322 Yep, exactly! 👍

    • @churchofpos2279
      @churchofpos2279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I had 2 coworkers insist that they were going to wait and retire ar 65. One died at age 62 and the other died 4 months after he retired.
      Lesson learned.

    • @Eternallyhopeful7788
      @Eternallyhopeful7788 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@churchofpos2279 Be wise yet live your life today… ❤️🙏❤️

    • @mllarson
      @mllarson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      One of my high school teachers died on the golf course a year or so after retiring. Now to be fair, he was overweight and a very greasy guy, so lifestyle choices probably lead to that happening.

  • @Cre8tiveHomeServices
    @Cre8tiveHomeServices 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The algorithm just read my mind on the walk I just came in the house from. Looked on TH-cam and this pops up and your videos haven’t really popped up on my feed anymore like they used to….weird but much needed. I like your channel, keep up the great work😂

    • @Heavon1999
      @Heavon1999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. This guy is gold minded. I thank him for it🫱🏼‍🫲🏾very good brother.

  • @taddeojudemugagga2306
    @taddeojudemugagga2306 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You are definitely right Mr. Ward, most people don't want to ask why me inclusive sometimes! Thank you for your presentations. Taddeo from Durham, NC

  • @mathewwaszak8582
    @mathewwaszak8582 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Timothy popped up on my algorithm. Immediately liked his voice and presence so subscribed and gave a thumbs up. So true, why do we and people stay in the loop!!! Cheers Timothy💪🙏👍

  • @alexmeyer1581
    @alexmeyer1581 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I used to have hope for a big change for the better. Now I’m 38 with very little reason to stay around. However I have freedom and I try to enjoy the little things. I have my health and my small pleasures. If I died tomorrow I’d be happy with the life I led.

  • @jameskirk7984
    @jameskirk7984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I'm a 59 year old fishing guide with an 8 year old, originally from Canada living in the Caribbean for 15 years, who would've thought. You're preaching to the choir my friend. Everybody gets1 chance at this beautiful life just live it.

    • @tawnihaynie1065
      @tawnihaynie1065 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your dream came true. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

    • @chriskane1726
      @chriskane1726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You had a child at 50? Can you tell me more about your situation? I'm 43 and really down about not having kids yet. Feels its too late and won't happen.

    • @jameskirk7984
      @jameskirk7984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chriskane1726 Actually 52. I also have a 36 year old daughter. I know I'm getting older. Just my reasoning as you get older a person needs a reason to wake up each morning and be use full to something or some one. The old dog new puppy thing. The only thing to fear is fear itself. I chose life not mortgage = bondage. Been a great ride so far Lavie et Belle. Have faith in yourself and your abilities that's what they're afraid of.

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@chriskane1726foster first

  • @elwynll
    @elwynll 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Great video Tim, needed this reminder! "what do you have to lose, try something!" rings in my head from some of your previous videos. I quit my corporate job back in March and travelled for couple of months. Back in my home town now, still no idea what I'm meant to do, still not working, still figuring it out. Keep trying until something sticks, keep on keeping on. Lets goo!

  • @davidr7819
    @davidr7819 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I followed my passion. Did a degree in music. Never got married. Followed a career in music and music teaching. Still doing it now. Endlessly rewarding sharing my joy in music. Always striving to be a better musician, even now at 59. My job took me all over the world…ended up with net worth of £700k ($900k) without having a ‘proper’ job. Do what you love ❤

  • @cuffstube
    @cuffstube 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Absolutely fantastic Tim!!! Nails everything I've been going through for the last decade.❤

  • @lorimcmahon407
    @lorimcmahon407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Message really resonates with me. Been in a worplace that is miserable for a decade. Took time off to evaluate and think. Leaving job soon. Cant wait to have new experiences through traveling. Already planned two trips this fall. No more 9 to 5. Pursuing self employment.

  • @DanRivers-v4i
    @DanRivers-v4i 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Love this. I'm on the verge of early retiring. I've changed the verbiage from "retiring" to "exploring other interests" since I get such a negative reaction with retiring, AND I do plan on further exploring interests I'm already involved in. And then there are the politicians who try to shame us into working until we drop just so their stocks go up, NAH.

    • @dennisstucke5430
      @dennisstucke5430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think that saying exploring other interests is correct if one is actually doing so. I like the term and think I will start saying the same thing. When I am sweating and working on my primitive property with hand tools and a stranger happens by and happens to ask while in a chat " Are you Retired" it kinda bugs me if you know what I mean. Regards

  • @Annihilate3275
    @Annihilate3275 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Great vid. Lots of truth here!

  • @mandyrose1729
    @mandyrose1729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I remember when I first asked, “why am I doing this?” it triggered a bad depression. It took a lot for me to cut bad habits bc I felt the doom of the 9-5 life settling in on my younger self. It’s been 12 yrs now and I feel the same even stronger. This video is so INSPIRING!! TY Tim! 💛

  • @VeryStupid4547
    @VeryStupid4547 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    "I don't want no gold watch for working 50 years at a 9 to 5."
    - Lou Rawls

    • @Curiousman-t8z
      @Curiousman-t8z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You don’t even get the watch now.

    • @fineweather4569
      @fineweather4569 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The irony of the watch was that it was a way of letting you know that you wasted all that important TIME slaving away and now you’re too old and tired to enjoy what’s left.

    • @VeryStupid4547
      @VeryStupid4547 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fineweather4569 🎯

    • @Orweliannightmare
      @Orweliannightmare หลายเดือนก่อน

      A waste of time in gold 🐑🤡

  • @nightfury6836
    @nightfury6836 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Well said my friend. Some people never even make it to retirement. My mom only lasted a couple of years after retirement. I called out of work and took two fantastic day trips with her and created some really awesome memories just a couple of weeks before she passed. She said I shouldn't have done that to "spend time with an old lady" lol. Little did I know that those were gonna be the last times we ever got to hang out together. It's one the best decisions I ever made!! "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon

  • @crwnofenlightenment
    @crwnofenlightenment 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Love you Timothy. Thank you for having the balls to publicly speak what most are afraid to say to the privacy of their homes amongst relatives.

  • @BryanKale777
    @BryanKale777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    It took me a while but you encouraged me a long time ago. I finally bought a motorhome and a full-time traveling in Colorado. I'm currently in Telluride which is an amazing place there are several dispersed campgrounds. Best choice I ever made

    • @robertlewis3116
      @robertlewis3116 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Beautiful area. Last Dollar Road and owl creek road near Ridgway are beautiful. Enjoy yourself!

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations! Enjoy Colorado!

  • @isaachall2831
    @isaachall2831 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is the truth, man! You have confirmed my already brooding and surfacing suspicions about this society.. thank you!!

  • @johncollier3175
    @johncollier3175 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I have worked hard jobs, construction, wreckin yard, and worse, all my life. I'm a 66 year old man
    now and after the grind of it all, raising a son by myself I am proud of what I've done. I raised a son by myself, supported various people and myself, and helped a lot of people. The grind is where you learn a wealth of real valuable lessons, spiritual things. Support who you have a duty to support, no matter what. Most of us have to be in the grind, or be a parasite. This man has a LOT to learn.

    • @quicktoevil
      @quicktoevil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. I think of how hard life must have been a couple hundred years ago when your work was literally tied to your survival; hunting, gathering, building shelter, growing and storing food. Hard work with uncertainty and calamity at every turn. Todays modern life is easy by comparison.

    • @whysaywhyx7100
      @whysaywhyx7100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. Like you cannot find joy in life no matter what you do. One YTer traveling the world revealled she is broke, now begging subscribers for money to keep that "free lifestyle" up. If no Change is made, she will be free and broke. Get a job, monetize a hobby or your gifts and talents. Nothing wrong with that either until you have enough money to do other things than a 9to5 if that is what you want This guy is using talking points too.
      Let's all rise to freedom in doing good no matter what you do. That pays dividends before God and man.

    • @sherryryczek4811
      @sherryryczek4811 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree. It no fun being brok and poor or a burden on others.

    • @gottasay4766
      @gottasay4766 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree with you on many of your points, there is satisfaction in reliably supporting oneself and others. And I agree that it would be a harder life if one had to farm, hunt, etc. to live. But I think here in the US, a shift needs to occur where the worker has more work/life balance. I have always taken pride in my reliability and the quality of work I do. I usually say yes when asked to do more. But I now see it does not flow back my way when I need something extra. I am looping and am in despair. Fortunately, I am very close to my full retirement age and plan to stop the loop. It is scary because I have become so programmed to show up.

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So you took his message personal🙄.

  • @terryenyart5838
    @terryenyart5838 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    As a workaholic and someone who has a nice home, shop, tools, equipment, cars, etc. True happiness can be an elusive lady. I've finally found some, but surprisingly, it isn't always what you think will make you happy. Balance and pursuing what you love, regardless of what others think, is all I can recommend.

  • @pj5551
    @pj5551 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You're so right, Tim..again!! 👍🙌 And I just love the truth and wisdom of this message. Thank you!! 🙏🌟😁

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wow! I really appreciate the support, my friend!

  • @Faith-Foward
    @Faith-Foward 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I just want to live for a living. This is what I've been saying for years and people think you're lazy if you have this mentality. No, actually I just choose not to pay for my existence because I don't believe in the inhumane treatment of humans.

    • @Gaz12345
      @Gaz12345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Very true. Here in the UK I am on "benefits" and people think you are lazy for doing so and living off the taxpayer. But my thinking is why should I pay much more tax if I was working but now that I'm not working I don't have to pay as much, just 20% of what it would be if I was working. Plus I get most of my rent payed for if I'm not working. Until work actually *pays* then why should I get up at 6 or 7am every morning and deal with commuters and nasty people/customers at work and all the stress of paying bills to be left with very little each month? Is that a happy life? not really.

    • @Faith-Foward
      @Faith-Foward 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Travis12861 no I don't want others to work to support my lifestyle. I want the world to be functioning in a manner that is sustainable and humane.

  • @sbe112
    @sbe112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Timothy for opening our eyes and for saying the things others are too scared to say.

  • @offworldlegacy1415
    @offworldlegacy1415 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You got me hyped up👍🏾 Another excellent video

  • @normapadro420
    @normapadro420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hi. I love your videos. This video reminds me of my entire life. I didn't believe anything that anyone told me. I just observed, because every time I heard negative outcomes. I learned to live life my way. I never liked following anybody. I'm a strong individual, and the duty that others had was to break me down just, because I wasn't living the way they were. I'm different. People pushed me away all my life, and this made me a power house. I learned how to live through solitude. All I can see is what I see in the mirror. I stopped believing a long time ago.

  • @tianickolemua2355
    @tianickolemua2355 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Thanks Tim! Blew my life up last October 2023 and don't regret it. This has to be the most liberating experience and I have never felt so free! Taking a year to regroup from the hamster wheel burnout. I put a plan in place and jumped. I trust myself more than anyone else. I appreciate all the encouragement and pep talks. You're so inspiring and I'm forever grateful that you are sharing your life with us.

    • @smann7236
      @smann7236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What are you doing now ? Travelling?

    • @AnomalyBelleza
      @AnomalyBelleza 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I love this. I blew my life up in 2022 😁 and am on a strong mission to not go back to full time work but to get part time remote and then build entrepreneurship and then control my day fully!

    • @tianickolemua2355
      @tianickolemua2355 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AnomalyBelleza Yeeessss! Good for you 😃 I will be working part-time and starting my business very soon when I come back stateside. Once everything is established, I will have a digital nomad life no matter what! This is the time to live and be happy with your life. Good luck to you!

    • @tianickolemua2355
      @tianickolemua2355 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@smann7236 traveling the world! Tomorrow isn't promised.

  • @deepandmeaningfulconversat4835
    @deepandmeaningfulconversat4835 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Your right we have all been programmed to stay on the treadmill, for most to awaken it takes a major crisis to force us to question the meaning of a grey life.

    • @kimwarner1681
      @kimwarner1681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      when your credit takes a hit because you paid off a card and have not used it for awhile or you want to close out that card, because, you are responsible and do not want nor need a bunch of lines of credit, which is debt, something is wrong with this system. They talk about you being responsible with their credit yet when you are, they lower your score. Nice scam they have going on us here. Someone from another country once said to me, regarding credit here, "that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard, why??" Good question. Control, all to control us and keep us on the hamster wheel as work slaves.

  • @HazMatt_Hamburger
    @HazMatt_Hamburger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There’s a lot of wisdom in this video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Midlifeanticrisis
    @Midlifeanticrisis 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You speak the truth that has always been hiding in the deep crevices of my psyche. It was suppressed by my fear of disappointing others and my programmed need to take care of everyone but myself.

  • @MaryDunford
    @MaryDunford 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    💯 I call it "thinking for yourself."

  • @shecawgo
    @shecawgo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Currently on sabbatical and it’s the BEST decision I’ve ever made

    • @smann7236
      @smann7236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Paid or non paid?

    • @boatdoctors
      @boatdoctors 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm just ending my Sabbatical. I could use more. Mine was 8 months.

    • @thelostcosmonaut5555
      @thelostcosmonaut5555 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's my first day back to work after a 3 week vacation. I did so much on my vacation. I worked out consistently, got a hunting license, worked on my short story, saw friends. Now I'm at work and all I can think about is leaving.

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Congratulations!

    • @BroJo420Cafe
      @BroJo420Cafe 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      enjoy

  • @hollywallace7372
    @hollywallace7372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Left the loop in May. Here in Alaska for my first season. It has been absolutely amazing! I do not ever want to go back to the loop. When i realized that i love to travel and i could get paid to travel, i knew the saying "Do what you love and never work a day in your life" would truly manifest for me. And it has!!! So grateful for your videos Tim.

    • @juliespoering3197
      @juliespoering3197 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      So happy for you! May I ask how you get paid to travel?

    • @hollywallace7372
      @hollywallace7372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@juliespoering3197 seasonal work.

    • @michaelgresham1980
      @michaelgresham1980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I second that question. Who pays you to travel?

    • @hollywallace7372
      @hollywallace7372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@juliespoering3197 seasonal work.

    • @CommoditySC
      @CommoditySC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelgresham1980 Probably just found a job there. Likely a hotel type place that gives you a place to stay, food etc on top of $$.

  • @livdouglas3410
    @livdouglas3410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    ...I retired from corporate America 5 years ago; glad I did! I moved to a senior community connected to a nature walking trail, I work part time at a senior activity center, I just love it, doesn't seem like work....I'm more relaxed, doing what I want to do, which is most of the time is absolutely nothing which is enjoy family, Children and grandchild....I'm not rushed about life.....I love life I'm grateful and thankful each day, because I understand life its more enjoyable and pleasurable....🌅🍮☕🍉🌳🌹🏵❤😊

  • @Martin-yr1wz
    @Martin-yr1wz หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These messages you so very well pointed out are on point. Also the fact that this video came to me is a great indicator that i am on the right path. Thanks man.

  • @rovert245
    @rovert245 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Love your vibe man. Just wanted to make sure I left to comment to say you helped change my life. Listening to you pushed me to take the leap to ditch all my stuff and go live my dreams in another country. It's all just a big illusion, people want you to stay in place so they can reinforce their own beliefs that they're doing the right thing by living the grind. I may still end up back in an office soon, but at least it'll be on my terms and I wont be afraid of what life can be if I just walk away.
    Best wishes to you brother.

  • @MokaandChai
    @MokaandChai 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Thank you Timothy. I’m 53 who was a crazy hard working person who put days and nights into a very successful business just to lose it all completely during the pandemic. Started over and now taking time to live my life. Work is not everything and you have inspired me to start sharing my journey. Keep going cos your stories inspire me a lot.

    • @danlovelock778
      @danlovelock778 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You haven't lost it all. You CANNOT fast track to experience. Start again, you'll do it faster and better this time. Spend the money holidaying and travelling and doing hobbies. You absolutely can do both

    • @MokaandChai
      @MokaandChai 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danlovelock778 Thanks so much. That’s exactly the plan for now and moving forward 😊

  • @pateastwood
    @pateastwood 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "This life thing does not have to be structured" That resonated with me

  • @claudenobles779
    @claudenobles779 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    1:29 Of course it makes sense. Let me explain. The past has momentum, habits and the benality of routine. And many haven't experienced a viable, visceral, more vibrant option to be pulled towards out of the quagmire of habits.

  • @uniquechild68
    @uniquechild68 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am soooooo glad to find someone saying just "THIS"...been saying this more in the past 3 years...and at 56 I choose to live my life each day to the FULLEST outside of what is considered " the norm"...I don't need more "STUFF"...ty🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️

  • @dfordbud
    @dfordbud 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    As a 21yr old I see this mentality in my parents and throughout my extended family and it all seems so ridiculous. I can see right through the consumerism lifestyles. They rarely live for themselves and don’t make any changes or new lifestyle decisions. They get defensive if I even suggest changing their ways of life. They are deeply fearful of going against the “script”.

    • @boatdoctors
      @boatdoctors 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's so hard to get out of the "prescribed" life

    • @jjudy5869
      @jjudy5869 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Advice from an old lady who has spent her entire life marching to a different drum. Don't point out how they are willing victims of the system. Just live your life as YOU see fit; you will be much happier in the long run.

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@jjudy5869here here🥂

  • @courtnayzeitler8564
    @courtnayzeitler8564 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    My childhood was out of control due to careless parenting. Stability is THE JOY as a 57 year old adult. Bring on my 30 year marriage, church on Sunday, raising 3 responsible kids. That’s meaning. I’ll take it ALL DAY LONG.

    • @cynthiabiel7714
      @cynthiabiel7714 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes, as long as it is the stability that you choose for yourself and not forces into.

    • @oldskoolmusicnostalgia
      @oldskoolmusicnostalgia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Provided you can find a reliable partner. The numbers alone (demographics) indicate it's increasingly unlikely and I'm not even getting started on getting no chance for ridiculous criteria based on hypergamy or height.

  • @ChaiTogether
    @ChaiTogether 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    I’ve never had a career, I’ve only had a life full of work ❤

    • @dblaze9757
      @dblaze9757 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Time to change.

    • @greyfox243.
      @greyfox243. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Careers are jobs with letters behind your name. It’s the same grind no matter what. Be the best at what you do, be thankful as much as possible. Learn new stuff and experience different things and find someone to enjoy your life with. Love God. Simple.

    • @kimwarner1681
      @kimwarner1681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same thing, all overrated anyway. the favoritism, nepotism still exists, career or job. the job title may be different but the cesspool of bs is still present.

    • @Ytorisv
      @Ytorisv 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@kimwarner1681 pretty much😩

  • @Jennifer-mv9pg
    @Jennifer-mv9pg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for giving me the benefit of your learned experience! Such wisdom you have acquired. I am definitely going to actively start doing more things for myself, and not feeling guilty for my simple pleasures

  • @KarenJackson-t5m
    @KarenJackson-t5m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love listening to you ! Talking as someone who has done what I want , not what society of family expected me to do . I feel totally
    Validated by your authentic self!.
    Respect and appreciation all the way from the UK ✋✋👍👍✌✌💓💓

  • @markluke8447
    @markluke8447 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I’m married and have three children, I need to work to provide a home, education, health-care, daily needs, taxes and ect- ect for my family.

  • @midheaven_mimi
    @midheaven_mimi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Your wisdom is a gift. Thank you for sharing it with us ❤

  • @Devonshireoldfart
    @Devonshireoldfart 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    Timbo, I'm 63, I've lived an interesting life, military, scuba diving, boat handling, construction( multi skilled, qualified and experienced) , kids had a cracking upbringing. I learned early on it's all bollox, the treadmill is a facade, aspirations are the carrot to the stick, 85% of people are arseholes, liars, thieves and users who have their own agenda, self! I've helped, been the hub of particular communities for decades, like many my age I've tried to live an honest and respectful life, but looking at the world? Can't put my hands on it, but something evil is certainly pulling the strings, exploiting and manipulating people and events. I'm content with my life, kids are grown up, they were brought up to respect and be contributors in society.

    • @chachenaki_kichenancha
      @chachenaki_kichenancha 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have been an Elvis impersonator for the past 10 years , still struggling to live a decent life...

    • @sergiozammel8261
      @sergiozammel8261 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@chachenaki_kichenancha Maybe time to impersonate Susanna Hoffs or something..

    • @andreavanda5402
      @andreavanda5402 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes, most of have the feeling that evil has taken a foothold on this planet. And the truth is that it has. We are just now realizing it because it has become so blatant. We are in the end times where everything seems meaningless, so better enjoy what we have left.

    • @matthewmccarthy2406
      @matthewmccarthy2406 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wealth inequality is the root of our problems. That is what is destroying the economy and everything else. The main purpose of Computers have been put to is the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands

    • @SavannahSussan
      @SavannahSussan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BIDEN HARRIS IS.

  • @KenzoTenmaM
    @KenzoTenmaM 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    My partner has been in a job she hates most of her life. At age 32 she's going back to school to study something she's passionate about. Yeah we'll be worse off financially, but waking up everyday and doing what you love is worth more than any amount of money.
    As usual you're too wise for your age Tim!

  • @TheBoyAustin
    @TheBoyAustin 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for all your videos. Doesn’t make me feel alone as much 🙏🏼

    • @TimothyWard
      @TimothyWard  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You are definitely not alone!

  • @nikkicalton2148
    @nikkicalton2148 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A voice of reason. I'm living my best life taking it one day at a time. Doing each day what that day brings that I enjoy.