Why it’s Impossible to be Behind in Life

thank you for journeying with me through my 20s in this one :). I've always felt resistant growing older but now when I look back at the lessons life have gifted me, I'm starting to feel more and more grounded in the fact that it's not a bad thing at all, and why it's impossible to be behind in life!

though I acknowledge my privilege of exploration, I hope you can take away the main key message that we shouldn't be comparing our life to anyone else's. I'm thankful for all the alchemized wisdom from my past experiments, and for you to witness this new chapter of my life :") happy last year of my 20s to me~

by the way PLEASE WATCH TILL THE END HAHAHAH promise you you won't regret it... love y'all!

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☇ Written & edited by me.
☇ special thanks to Sean & Weishi for their help onset T_T
couldn't have pulled through without them!
☇ also thank you Becky for the cameo & for letting us shoot at Apartmentofu

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[xzi]

I feel sometimes people just need to give themself permission to make the changes in their life that they've been thinking about. You truly are free to change your path at any moment, and it makes life so exciting. Wonderful video, I have no doubt you will make it on youtube as well. In a sea of noise, it's like hearing an old favorite song. That quality and warmness to it will never go out of style.

& Happy Birthday!

[eeshwar.mp]

the way the camera panned to the windshield and transitioned to u talking about the past is just peak cinema

[TheFlamingIcicle]

This was lovely. I myself am in this season as a 30 year old and I've never really just let myself say, "This is okay." I'm always stressed about making money after growing up in poverty and recently found myself out of a job after being incredibly mentally ill for the past few years. I have a degree I'm not using and I'm genuinely kept up at night (it's literally 3 AM right now) stressing about money, finding a spouse, a place to live, finding my calling, etc. Feeling behind is second nature at this point, but I like the way you spun it. We are so finite in an infinite universe, so who's to say I am too late or too early to find who I am supposed to be? Maybe, I am right on time.

[desthemess_]

the cinematography, the storytelling, the pacing, colorgrading, the edits, this was good I can't wait for the next one

[ShJX]

I just turned 30 two and a half weeks ago. I was depressed when comparing my life to my peers. They all were ahead of me financially and I felt as though I was being left behind. After a solid week of feeling terrible I came to the conclusion that if I am not happy with where I am at, I am the only one who can change it. I have decided to make positive changes in my life and to be proud of who I am. I am glad to see that I am not alone in this and hope anyone that reads this knows that too. Enjoy life every second you can, if you don't like where it's heading only you can change it.

[TomMRF]

"Director of Photography, Lighting, Colourist: Keane"
Keane, you're a genius

[Fantalla]

it wasnt until I was at my lowest at 26, that I finally allowed myself to just exist. Even though I was the saddest I had ever been, I didnt care what anyone thought of me anymore. I didn't have anything else to lose. Funny enough, that was when things actually started working for me. My career started to shine, regardless of whatever attention I got. Because I finally understood that there was nothing else in the world more important than what was inside my own brain on the morning of each and every single day. In those small moments. In those pieces of silence that let me just.. be. Reducing the scope of your world, will also reduce all the pressure and failure. It makes all the small things doable.

[victorialim]

What a work of art. Your channel will go immensely far — happy to be here at the start of your journey!

[KingQwari]

Wow... Im 30 years old and i aleays feel behind. Had my heart broken, lost my path in art, let down my fans, lived overseas and i almost ended my journey myself at several points. I live at home with my parents and i dont do much. Im trying to get into my happiness maybe doing youtube and continuing my comic or even making a comic company but im also unsure... Thanka for sharing this though it made me feel a lot better though some paths of thinking are still heavy kn my mind. Despite being 30, single, dealing with a hand injury and mental illnrss im still here.. thank you for this truly

[FunnyxFroggies]

Omg this was posted on my 29th birthday! This felt like my inner self narrating the video. I went to college because it was what I felt I had to do, and changed careers 5 times in my 20’s trying to find personal fulfillment. Despite the corporate mentality telling me that I’m “behind” I wouldn’t trade my journey for the world!

[macaroon]

I'm also 29 this year and feel like life is getting more gray every year. I'm letting go of all my hopes and dreams and all that other nonsense that holds us back and rather just letting myself not care about me and my identity anymore and just enjoying life and doing what I love. I think the problem for all of us starts after uni when we have this belief that we need to BE somebody and each year we put more and more pressure on ourselves. This is silly. Let go of the future so you can just appreciate life now. The future and the past are literally only thoughts - why let thoughts devalue your experience. Sometimes there's pain standing in the way of presence, then be present with that pain. everything is temporary, including joy and pain so just be present with everything, that's true appreciation of life.

[mileswestmoreland]

is it just me or are a lot of people around this age realizing that using your degree to work for other people for 40 yrs isn't realistically sustainable? I quit a job because of a bad boss and been out of work for a year and a half and now it seems like hustling on my own is my only choice, even with a degree and experience..

[sweetlysage]

turning 27 this year and I feel very much like i am late with every new thing I want to try. this put it into perspective for me! thank you and happy birthday. <3

[degenseverywhere]

Holy shit the cinematography and storytelling is AMAZING. This was able to allow me to self reflect and realised that we arent that different. Chasing for academic validation knowing that this wasn't something i wanna do really does suck. I am not yet ready to take the risk and i am glad you are able to. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[theresamk]

I cried at this and it's exactly what I've been struggling with all month. I turned 26 last month and 25 was such a hard year. It finally started to get better and I felt so stagnant and like I wasted all of my potential and I disappointed the universe or wasted all of my former teachers' time somehow. I finally started to recover from those feelings today, and your video drove it home. Thank you

[msquareddd]

This is a work of art!!! The transitions, the storytelling, the editing, ughhh perfection. I'm so glad to stumble upon this video.

[valentin.nguyen]

the camera work, details, and storytelling in this video are just... chef's kiss!! I graduated recently from university feeling the pressure that I needed to check all these boxes... but we're all truly going at our own pace ❤

[faultycommodity]

A lot of effort was put into this 6-minute video. I love how each scene was delivered with sincerity and care <3 The filming and editing is superb!

[guilleskitz]

Wow, just wow! I stumbled upon your video and I'm speechless. I'm also turning 29 this year and sometimes I feel like my younger days are getting left behind. Since 2020, I've no longer feel much joy in some things that I wanted to pursue. I have an affinity of making videos and photography, but I struggle when I compare myself with others. I feel like I'm not at the right place while at the same time, I need to work because I need money and I also need to work on myself.

Your video is pure art, loved your style and the way you made an honest message. I don't know you but I felt an actual joy that you're now making what you like to do. I also think that everything happens for a reason. So thank you Min!

[wednesdayaddamsghost]

I never really understood that uni required so much money just to learn and have life experiences. I always feel like that i couldn’t relate to wanting to go to an uni bc all i wanted is to do art. I can’t justified spending money on something that won’t be all about art. You’re the second person to say that attending uni is like a socio economic ladder or a status in society that you’re worthy of having a higher education. Honestly that makes so much sense and answers to my suspicions on why uni is not all that great.
This video is so cool, it’s like a film. Also, happy birthday, min!