Today I’d like to share with people about this video I randomly found.
Everybody knows.. Liza Koshy. She is an American actress, YouTube personality, comedian and television host. She began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel. – Wiki
She has almost 8 million subscribers on YouTube and 18 million on Instagram. The video I found is called “Why I took a break” posted 3 weeks ago. Usually she posts funny vlogs / comedy videos, but only this video is very serious but still has her funny good vibe, so it was not too heavy to watch at all. I felt different vibe at the same time as well because she is trying so hard to make this video as funny as possible even though she’s talking about deep stuff that she was going through past year.
At the beginning of the video, she said that she took a break because she couldn’t promise the same happy high quality videos like she used to. She tried to make this kind of honest opinion video many times in the past, but failed. And I am truly grateful that she finally did.
She look back in the video and said “If you’re in dark place right now, just know that you didn’t get a one way ticket there because you’ve got a round trip. You gonna come back around. I promise.” That’s what the girl who’s back with happy self and fully recovered says, so if she can do it, we can do it too.
And she explains that it’s important to find your own routine and recipe for our own happiness. It’s like if you copy exactly someone else’s happy life just because “they” look happy, you end up being more unhappy.
“You can take advice from other people, but you can’t live your life like other people. ”
After she became financially stable being public figure, she realized that being financial stable doesn’t mean that she’s mentally or emotionally are. And the quotes that she shared made me think a lot.
“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” – Winton Churchill
She explained that the problem was when she lost her enthusiasm, she pretended like she had and acted like feeling something that she doesn’t so that others can feel it too.
Also she stated the problem of social media. The important thing to remember is that always try to see the bigger picture. Everybody post perfect picture and we tend to think that everybody is having a good life and compare with it, but that’s not true. We all have ups and downs and people only share their peeks on SNS. She strongly encourage to people to be more open minded and talk about our feeling to others because you’re probably not the only one facing it.
“Your sns feed may feed you, but it can sometimes starve you of reality because it’ll feed you wrong idea of beautiful or other people’s life”
She says that by following inspirational social media account, it can help you from going too deep to social media world. It depends on what kind of inspiration you need, but I personally do like @jayshetty’s Instagram account.
Going to see therapist might help you too if you need professional help. If you don’t believe in therapy, there are lots of other options such as meditation, medication, positivity.
“Don’t let others tell you who you are or what you’re not. ”
Expecting change + doing nothing = insanity
Following a routine is easy and comfortable, but when you get out of your comfort zone and try new things, that’s when you grow and mature especially if you’re expecting change.
“Talk to your friend. but also be your own friend”
You tell yourself all the negative things you can possibly think, but try to eliminate that kind of thoughts because if your best friend say that, you’ll tell him/her the exact opposite. So be your own friend and prioritize your own happiness and mental health.
Literally, people might not talk about their problems to you, but everybody is going through something and everybody has their own problems and most of them probably went through the similar problem than you. So please be open minded and don’t judge the person because they choose you to talk and he/she maybe going through tough time.
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