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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

- Guys, I'm making this video out of necessity.

There's a large part of me,

it's been the prevailing part of me as of late,

that makes me not wanna make this video

because it's unfiltered 'cause it's not ready.

What I want to say isn't totally polished.

I haven't thought of all the shots that I'm gonna use.

I haven't thought of the lenses that I'm gonna use.

And this perfectionistic part of me needs to die

because it's getting in the way

of what I want to do with my life.

I've known my whole life that overcomplicating things,

thinking about them a million times,

planning things endlessly,

pales in comparison to doing the thing

with an unrefined decisiveness.

Right now, I'm supposed to be editing

a completely different video

but it's taking me so long to do it

and I'm growing so increasingly frustrated with myself

that I had to pull out this camera

and talk to you guys about my own inner struggle.

And hopefully you guys can relate.

This is why I made this channel.

It's because I'm trying to live

and get out there as much as I can,

gain new experiences, and I will always

have sort of an aha moment

that I wanna share with you guys.

It happens all the time.

Talking about life and the best way to live it,

it goes so deeply into the core of my being.

I never stop talking about this type of stuff,

but what ends up happening

is I have something very genuine I want to say,

then I put on a whole charade around it

that sometimes by the end of it,

what I'm saying isn't as genuine.

It has turned from a core idea that is extremely authentic

into a little bit of a production.

And that's not all bad.

A good example of this is probably my favorite video

on the channel "Inaction is a Slow Death."

That video, from beginning to end,

is probably my favorite video on the channel by far.

Everything that I said was carefully considered,

not from a place of trying to sound smart,

but it was something I genuinely felt

with every fiber of my being

and the shots and all the imagery

that I used to convey this message came naturally.

It was like, "Oh, of course it'd be so cool if I did this."

And you know, "I feel like that would be

such a good moment if this happened."

But there are other times

where I kind of forget what I'm doing.

You know, I sit here because I have a deadline

for a sponsor, like this video by the way.

I'll sit here and it's like,

"Oh, it's time for me to sound smart now.

Here, when you think about your life..."

I watched older videos of mine where there's periods

where I just feel very based

and I just don't really care about how I'm coming across,

and I preferred that way more.

And it just reminded me

of how overcomplicated I'm making everything.

And you're probably the same way

because I have a feeling that I'm not alone

with my overcomplication.

I actually feel like procrastination,

and when you're not living your best life,

it's just a form of overcomplication.

I use the gym example all the time

but I think it's a really good example.

When you really want to go to the gym.

Maybe you've gone to the gym very consistently

in the past and you start thinking about,

oh how you should be going to the gym more.

So you start looking up, you know,

the best workout split to do,

the best supplements, workout clothes,

and your mind goes down this rabbit hole

that has nothing to do with working out

because all working out is

is going to the gym and lifting heavy stuff.

All you need to do to get jacked

is show up to the gym three days a week,

push more weight than you did last time,

and eat more food than you usually do, gradually.

That's all you need to do.

And I guarantee you you can have the best physique

of your life on beans and rice.

The only catch is, you show up to the gym

and you try as hard as you can

to push more weight than you did last time.

That is it.

And the person who does that day after day,

week after week, month after month,

will be in an infinitely better place

than the person who knows the best workout split,

the best supplements, yada, yada, yada,

the best diet to be on,

and maybe guiltily convinces himself to go to the gym

like a few times within that timeframe.

That person is left in the dust.

And I feel the same way

about making content right now, to be honest.

I'm watching so many people who, you know,

oh, make worse production value videos than I do

and they're killing it, you know.

They are crushing the YouTube game

because they're making content.

They're showing up and making videos

and sometimes it misses and sometimes it's a banger,

but they're just showing up.

They're putting in the work

whether an idea is super refined

and it's their favorite idea of all time or not,

they're just showing up,

talking to the camera, and putting in the work.

And it's really got me thinking

about how there is no substitute for putting in the work.

There is zero substitute.

And any sort of overcomplication or procrastination,

it's just denial.

You're denying the reality that you'll eventually have

to sit in front of the camera and talk to it.

You're denying the reality that you'll have

to drive to the gym and push heavy weights.

You're denying the reality that you're gonna have

to sit down and do your taxes and file them

and it's gonna be very difficult and very boring.

But it's a reality that you cannot escape from.

No matter how hard you try, you'll be faced with the suck.

Shit's gonna suck.

And the sooner you realize that

and embrace the suck for what it is, you fully submit to it,

then right around the corner

there is the redemptive element of it.

You embrace the suck and then you're transformed by it.

You feel good about yourself

because you're no longer living in this anxious denial.

You're sitting down, you're doing the hard thing,

and you're moving your life forward.

It's that simple.

Changing your entire life, being a good person,

being a strong person, developing virtue, eliminating vice.

There is not a thing that's complicated about it,

but it's not the same as it being easy.

It's very difficult, it's very uncomfortable.

It's a sucky thing.

But the sooner you can embrace the suck

the sooner that you can make something out of it.

You don't have to shroud your life in this anxious regret,

this denial, this running from,

"Oh, what if doing my taxes

is less fun than scrolling Instagram?"

It is.

But is scrolling Instagram for 16 hours fun?

I don't think it's very fun.

It's like there's dopamine or something, right?

There's something going on that keeps you doing it

but your soul leaves your body.

You start to decay as a human being.

That's not fun.

You're not living in this really good, enriching,

empowering existence when you're doing that.

You're living in denial.

But instead of living in a triumphant pain

you're living in a degenerative pain.

It's pain either way, but one builds you up

and makes you feel really good about yourself

and the other one makes you hardly recognize yourself

after a long enough period of time.

Utterly stripping you of your identity.

So this begs the question, you, watching this right now,

what are you overcomplicating in your life?

What is something that you want to make progress on?

You know, if it's a habit or a lifestyle change or whatever,

what is that thing and how are you overcomplicating it?

What creative ways are you employing

to deny the fact that it sucks?

So I implore you, I beg you to take a deep breath,

relinquish all that stress from your body

and put one foot in front of the other and go do it.

That's it.

Yeah, it sucks.

Embrace it.

I want to thank Athletic Greens for sponsoring this video

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As I've mentioned before,

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I reached out to them because I used their products

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So guys, turn off the phone.

Stop living in denial.

Go do what you need to do.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
necessity /nɪˈsesəti/ B2	noun - the state of being required
prevailing /prɪˈveɪlɪŋ/ C1	adjective - most common or strongest
unfiltered /ʌnˈfɪltərd/ B2	adjective - not filtered or censored
polished /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/ B2	adjective - refined or sophisticated
perfectionistic /pərˈfekʃənɪstɪk/ C1	adjective - having or showing a strong desire for perfection
complicating /ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - making something more difficult
decisiveness /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/ C1	noun - the quality of being decisive
frustrated /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - feeling annoyed or upset
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ B1	noun - a difficult situation verb - to make forceful efforts
genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/ B2	adjective - authentic or real
authentic /ɔːˈθentɪk/ C1	adjective - not false or imitation
considered /kənˈsɪdərd/ B2	verb - thought about carefully
imagery /ˈɪmɪdʒəri/ C1	noun - the use of vivid or figurative language
deadline /ˈdedlaɪn/ B1	noun - the time by which something must be done
procrastination /ˌproʊkræsˈtɪneɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of delaying or postponing
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B1	verb - to state that something is not true
transform /trænsˈfɔːrm/ B2	verb - to change completely
virtue /ˈvɜːrtjuː/ C1	noun - behavior showing high moral standards
eliminate /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ B2	verb - to completely remove or get rid of