to those who stay at home a lot.
Summary
TLDRThe speaker reflects on their past as a recluse, rarely venturing outside during middle and high school, preferring to stay indoors playing video games. They discuss the detrimental effects of this isolation on their mood and perception of time, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The realization of the importance of social interaction and stepping outside their comfort zone came later in college. They emphasize the positive impact of being around others and the need to break routines to improve mental health, make memories, and feel more productive. The speaker encourages others to step outside and engage with the world to avoid the pitfalls of prolonged isolation.
Takeaways
- 🏠 The speaker used to be a homebody, rarely going outside during middle and high school, preferring to stay indoors and play video games.
- 📚 The speaker's parents would try to encourage them to go out and do activities, but the speaker consistently declined.
- 😷 During the pandemic, the speaker's behavior didn't change much, still spending the majority of their time indoors and only going out occasionally.
- 🎮 The speaker's daily routine during the pandemic involved minimal schoolwork and a lot of time spent on YouTube and video games.
- ⏳ The speaker noticed that time seemed to pass very quickly when they were mostly indoors, with two years feeling like a week.
- 🕊️ The speaker found that going outside and being around people made them feel better and more productive.
- 🧠 There is a biological aspect to feeling better when around others, as humans are social creatures and being alone can trigger feelings of danger and stress.
- 🌱 The speaker realized the importance of going outside and interacting with others in college, where they started to look forward to attending school.
- 🔑 The speaker suggests that going outside and being around people can lead to a better mood, more productivity, and a slower perception of time.
- 🚴 The speaker encourages others to break out of their routines and spend time outside, even if it's just for simple activities like going to a cafe.
Q & A
What was the speaker's behavior during middle school and high school?
-The speaker rarely went outside unless it was for school. They preferred to stay indoors, playing video games and avoiding outdoor activities even when offered by their parents.
How did the speaker's parents respond to their refusal to go outside?
-The speaker's parents eventually stopped asking them to go outside as they knew the consistent response would be refusal.
How did the speaker's lifestyle change during the COVID-19 pandemic?
-During the pandemic, the speaker's lifestyle didn't change significantly. They continued to stay indoors, only going outside occasionally to hang out with friends.
What was the speaker's daily routine during the pandemic?
-The speaker spent most of their day indoors, waking up, watching YouTube, doing minimal homework, and playing video games for the rest of the day.
How did the speaker feel about their time during the pandemic?
-The speaker felt that time passed very quickly during the pandemic, with two years feeling like a week due to the monotony of their daily routine.
What positive change did the speaker experience during the pandemic?
-The speaker managed to lose weight during the pandemic, which they considered a positive outcome despite the lack of other meaningful activities.
How has the speaker's attitude towards school changed from high school to college?
-The speaker used to despise school in high school, but in college, they started to look forward to going to school and enjoying the social environment.
What realization did the speaker have about the importance of social interaction?
-The speaker realized that being around other people is crucial for mental well-being, as it triggers positive biological responses and helps avoid feelings of loneliness.
What advice does the speaker give to those who tend to stay at home a lot?
-The speaker advises going outside and surrounding oneself with other people to feel better, make memories, and slow down the perception of time.
What impact does staying at home too much have on a person's life according to the speaker?
-According to the speaker, staying at home too much can lead to a lack of productivity, a feeling of time speeding up, and a decrease in the quality of life.
What personal change did the speaker make to overcome their homebody tendencies?
-The speaker started going outside more often, such as taking a bike ride to a cafe, to break their routine and improve their mental well-being.
Outlines
🏠 Overcoming Isolation: From High School to College
The speaker reflects on their experience of isolation during middle and high school, where they rarely went outside and spent most of their time playing video games. They describe how this behavior continued into the COVID-19 pandemic, with school moving online and their days becoming monotonous and uneventful. The speaker then contrasts this with their current college experience, where they find themselves looking forward to attending school and interacting with peers. They highlight the importance of social interaction and the negative effects of prolonged isolation on mood and memory, drawing on evolutionary biology to explain why humans are not meant to be alone. The speaker concludes by encouraging others to get outside and engage with the world, as they have found it to be beneficial for their mental health and productivity.
🚴♂️ Embracing the Outdoors: A Personal Transformation
In this paragraph, the speaker emphasizes the importance of stepping out of one's comfort zone and engaging with the real world. They share their personal transformation from being a homebody who spent all day playing video games to someone who actively seeks outdoor activities, such as biking to a cafe. The speaker admits that they used to resist going outside and missed out on opportunities to learn new skills and join social groups. They now understand that staying at home can be detrimental to personal growth and mental health, and they urge others to take the initiative to change their routines. The speaker's message is a call to action for those who may be stuck in a rut, encouraging them to experience new things and live life outside the confines of their homes.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Social Isolation
💡Technology Addiction
💡Pandemic
💡Mental Health
💡Physical Health
💡Evolutionary Psychology
💡Social Interaction
💡Productivity
💡Routine
💡Personal Growth
💡Time Perception
Highlights
The speaker describes a period of their life where they rarely went outside and spent most of their time indoors playing video games.
The speaker's parents stopped asking them to go out as they always declined, leading to a very indoor-focused lifestyle.
During the pandemic, the speaker's routine of staying indoors intensified, with school being online and minimal outdoor activities.
The speaker reflects on the rapid passage of time and lack of memorable events during the two years spent mostly indoors.
The realization that staying indoors and being sedentary can have a negative impact on mood and overall well-being.
A positive aspect of the pandemic for the speaker was losing weight, but there was a lack of meaningful use of time.
The transition from high school to college brought a change in perspective, with the speaker starting to look forward to going to school.
The speaker found that being around people their age at university made them feel better and more engaged.
A biological perspective on why being around others can make us feel better, relating to our evolutionary past.
Loneliness can have severe health consequences, including a shorter lifespan and hormonal imbalances.
The importance of not being a 'Lone Wolf' and the benefits of social interaction for mental and physical health.
The speaker's personal realization of the negative effects of their routine of staying indoors and the need for change.
The benefits of going outside and interacting with people, even for simple tasks like going to the grocery store.
The speaker's advice for those who may be stuck in a routine of staying at home and the importance of breaking that cycle.
The feeling of time slowing down and making more memories when spending time outside and around others.
The contrast between the speaker's past as a homebody and their current desire to be outside and engaged with the world.
The speaker's personal experience and advice on the importance of stepping out of one's comfort zone and engaging with the world.
The potential for personal growth and skill development by participating in activities outside the home.
A final reminder of the importance of not staying at home and the benefits of being active and social for overall well-being.
Transcripts
I don't really know who this is going to
help but I remember that there was like
a point when I was in um middle school
and throughout my high school where I
just didn't go outside like I rarely
went outside if it wasn't for school I
literally wouldn't go outside for any
other reason right my parents would
offer me you know um let's go to the
grocery store let's go to Home Depot
let's just do something around like the
area right and I'll say hell no let me
just stay here let me play video games
and to the point where they even like
stopped asking me because they knew what
my answer would be it would always be no
to going outside right I was like so
like plugged into technology so like in
my comfort zone that I never wanted to
do that and then even when Co hit the
pandemic I still did that right like I
wouldn't go outside the only time I went
outside was maybe a few times in the
week just to hang out with friends but
apart from that I didn't even go to
school right cuz it was just online so
like literally n like 20 out of 24 hours
was just in my house probably more than
that actually like 22 right the vast
majority of my day was in my house and
you might have this you might think like
what's wrong with that right you'll find
that when you do that not only is your
mood dramatically affected but time
starts to pass so quickly bro the two
years that um
that like basically I had school from my
laptop like in my room it was two years
long it literally went by feeling like
it was like a week I'm not even lying I
zero memory zero recollection of like
any meaningful events that happened
because every single day was the same
thing I just got out of bed opened my
laptop watched some YouTube did like 20
seconds worth of homework and then just
watch YouTube and play video games for
the rest of the day and I didn't need to
do that right even though it was like Co
there was people actually like you know
bettering their life in Co the only good
thing I I was doing under Co was like I
was losing weight I used the
disadvantage to lose weight right but
actual in terms of like using my time
meaningfully bro was none of that and
even now recently we like you might have
this attitude right where I hate school
you know I hate going to school all
these things I had the attitude too is
in high school right like I literally
despise school but now that I'm in
college and um like at a big university
I realized like damn I'm actually
starting to look forward to going to
school because when I go there I see
like tons of people my age it's like
packed and it actually feels something
like it feels like you're making
memories there it feels like you're
doing something like there's something
biologically where when you see other
people people around you you immediately
start to feel better because think of it
like think of it biologically right you
know how dangerous it is for you to be
like by yourself in terms of like
evolutionary speaking like if you were
by yourself in the forest right you were
at risk of like getting eaten by a damn
tiger and stuff if you were away from
your family or tribe you were at risk of
um you know dying so then what happened
to us is that whenever we are lonely we
still have that same brain from back
then right so when whenever we're lonely
our brain is shooting the signals of
like get people around you like this is
not safe this is not normal and that's
why you find people who are lonely tend
to die earlier right it affects
everything you die younger because your
moods are like your hormones are screwed
up and stuff because your brain is like
really messing with you because it's not
good to be lonely right there's so many
reasons to not want to be lonely to not
want to be by yourself to not want to be
the Lone Wolf who just like stays in his
room all day and when you go outside the
more you go outside you even go to
something as simple simple as like a
grocery store bro but you just see other
people lots of other people I guarantee
you you will actually feel much better I
don't know like who really needs to
benefit from that but when I was just
thinking of some of the problems I had I
was going through when I was like young
like not not that long ago even like a
year ago I was still doing this right it
really was a lot a lot of it came down
to just like I had the same routine that
was like lonely as hell bro I would just
wake up and then you know scroll my
phone do my little work from home or
school from home thing go outside for
like 10 minutes and then come home and
you might fall in that routine right you
might like not really go outside that
much or if you do it's like just for
school something that you got used to
and then for the rest of the day just
spent in your house trust me that's when
you like the more you mature you realize
like damn it's actually better for me to
be outside the house to be doing stuff
than to be inside the house you not only
feel much more productive you get more
things done because you're like more
free to right it's hard to like do
things to be productive when your whole
family's at home like screaming at you
saying like food's ready and all stuff
but when you're outside by yourself and
it's just you like you're actually going
to start doing productive stuff you're
probably going to make more money that
way and stuff and on top of that you
genuinely feel
better right you feel so much better
when you go outside and there's like
actually people there's actually like
other Humanity but when you're I promise
you if you're just like locked in your
room like watching YouTube and stuff and
you think you know you're socializing
because you're seeing someone on the
screen it is not the same dude the more
you go outside like this is just I don't
know I don't know the signs behind this
but this is like just in my personal
experience The more I've went outside
The more I've like surrounded myself
with other people you feel much better
and you also feel like time is slowing
down you feel like you're making more
memories whereas when you're just at
home you know whether it's like work
from home school from home or just your
home body in
general it's going to feel like everyday
is the same every day is just being
repeated repeated until eventually five
years goes by and you feel like it was
just been like two weeks that's really
what Co did to me like and you can
probably relate to this right like over
the Corona
virus like tell me I'm not tell me I'm
lying right the Corona virus felt like
life was moving at 2.5x speed like do
you have any memories like from that
time when you were just at home it
probably feels like you aged like just
two years flew by right or like three
years flew by however long it was it
feels like it just flew by like I still
I'm not even going to lie to an extent I
still feel like I'm 18 17 but I'm 20 I'm
about to turn I'm turning 21 soon this
is the danger when you just stay at home
bro when you like when you don't like
expose yourself to anything new and
you're just staying at home in that same
routine of like okay that's what I did
when I was younger so I'm going to keep
doing it when I was 12 years old or
something like that I used to watch
YouTube all day so you know I'm going to
still keep doing it cuz if feels
good bro we have to like mature bro go
outside like into the real world even if
it's not for like working or something
like that go outside just surround
yourself like the other day I just I
took my bike went bike to a cafe and it
felt so much better than staying at home
and this is coming from someone who is
like literally a home body as hell if I
can change this anyone can dude my
parents used to not even ask me to come
outside cuz they knew I was going to say
no cuz I was just playing video games
all day and I was like always in my
comfort zone at home trust me that was
one of the biggest mistakes I made in my
like youth was just staying at home
there's so much beneficial things that
you can do like outside of your home bro
there's so many skills I could have
learned like I could have I could have
joined like C and memorizing classes I
could have joined like clubs at school I
could have done more sports stuff like
that just more things outside of the
house trust me when I say the house is
not your friend bro it might feel
comfortable right but that the house is
a place to rest it's not a place to like
live your life at least in my opinion
right anyway that's this that's the I
don't know really I don't really know
who needed to hear that but if you're
someone who stays at home h
quick reminder that that stuff is not
good for you bro it's really
not anyway bro peace
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