After I moved out in 2022 and started making enough money, my behaviour changed.
I started going out every weekend and midweek too sometimes, to cafes or to some events. And I started to observe how it changed my thought process.
In college, if you would ask me my fav place to go out, I would have replied macdi (McDonald's).
Earlier I thought going out to eat food or meet new people was a waste of time and energy. And obviously money.
Now I think the opposite. I get this urge to go out if I haven't stepped out in two weeks.
And I started to observe what going out actually means.
I realised that it is exploration.
Everytime I step outside my cozy comfortable home, I explore a part of me.Â
Or explore a part of the city. Or explore food places. Or explore how every human has a whole different life going on in their head.Â
I started to see going out as exploring to learn more about what I know about the world. About me.Â
And not to say that I go out with a mindset to "learn" something. No.Â
Sometimes I will go and come back feeling nothing but exhausted.
But I have seen that this "going out" adds randomness to my scheduled life.
I never know what exactly will happen when I step out. Anything and everything can happen. I might eat the best samosa of my life or the worst coffee ever. I could end up waiting 20 mins for an uber or witness the best sunset ever.Â
And this randomness is important. This is what makes my life "exciting".
This randomness sometimes creates opportunities I could never see. People I would never meet.
So go out.
It could be shopping or going to a new restaurant you saw a reel on. Or meeting someone from twitter.
But go out. Life is too boring to be spent on a 5 inch display all day.
END.
Do you believe in vampires?
Trick question. If you answered yes, please reconsider your life decisions and pray for everyone around you.
So I came across the reason why the myth of vampires started. Super interesting:
‘vampyri’, the Serbian word for ‘back from the dead’.
Casey Neistat started vlogging. He uploaded a video for 365 days straight on youtube. I have watched all his videos. He has made some really good commercials too. His Nike one being the most known.
Timestamps of my fav parts from this pod:
12:10 Having a daily record of my life 24:03 100m views before monetisation BIG MISTAKE 25:26 Casey is addicted to Prime energy 26:41 Influencer monetisation + doing merch right 28:32 Beme - inspiration & hoodwinking CNN 41:09 Nothingness+ TOUGH upbringing + Trapping 46:04 Mum gave Casey ultimatum + leaving home 59:21 Moving to New York = from trailer park to tiny studio 01:21:20 Oscars + being a sheep isn’t safe 01:35:49 Tasting success - Bill Clinton 01:44:02 Not asking for permission- making ads 01:46:11 Failures too 01:47:08 Vlogging - cable access, HBO, Gonzo journalism 02:11:32 The importance of story - communicating universality
