Hairmergencies happen the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

@AllieYourAlly

5 жыл бұрын

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@DianaMcManaman

5 жыл бұрын

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@WateverWatever04

5 жыл бұрын

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@EcceJack

5 жыл бұрын

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@ThisIsReMarkable

5 жыл бұрын

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‘In Which the Puff is a Metaphor.’

Hairstylist 1: There’s a John Green on the phone, something about a lev- Hairstylist 2: -el 1 hairmergency? Hairstylist 1: ....yeah

@SamFlintHere

5 жыл бұрын

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@belindaweber7999

5 жыл бұрын

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@knittingwhilewalking

5 жыл бұрын

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@musiclover6481

5 жыл бұрын

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@Shrooblord

5 жыл бұрын

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I can't help but feel like he's basically talking about having a period. You never see it coming and then there is blood everywhere. Every month you think to yourself "I shoud mark it in my calendar to avoid the surprise". But you never do it because you just had yours, so there is plenty of time... So John, enjoy looking like a porcupine. You could be bleeding.

@pinianna

5 жыл бұрын

I was reading this, thinking to myself "Yes, this is relateable". And then I got to the last sentence and burst into laughter loud enough that I scared the cat 😅

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful comment that took me on an amazing and very sobering journey. -John

@oneofthemany7322

5 жыл бұрын

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@GenevieveDiggory

5 жыл бұрын

My friend, may I suggest the app “Clue”? It has changed my life. It tells me when I’m going to be cranky, crampy and bleedy. Each notification still always comes as a surprise though.

@anna_alexandra

5 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveDiggory Thank you. In fact I do use Clue to track my period. However my body just refuses to cooperate and stick to regularly scheduled disruptions of my life. But it's a great app, everyone who bleeds should get it!

*turns bad hair day into philosophical words of wisdom* Typical vlog brothers 😂

@booked_by_books

5 жыл бұрын

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@AllieYourAlly

5 жыл бұрын

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@mrclueuin

5 жыл бұрын

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@Tea_Tales_Travels

5 жыл бұрын

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@mounika.5861

5 жыл бұрын

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The great thing about John's videos is that I will watch one that proclaims itself to be about John's hair not only beacuse I know he can make it interesting but also beacuse I've been watching these for a while and I know there's a 0% chance it's actually about hair.

@Shrooblord

5 жыл бұрын

And here I was clicking it for its funny title and allowing it to gently carry me to wherever the stream may.

@sara-ww8eq

Жыл бұрын

Oh yea John is never actually talking about what he's talking about and its awesome

We hadn’t had a Hairmergency in a while!! This feels like old Vlogbrothers and younger John! welcome back puff!!

@WateverWatever04

5 жыл бұрын

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@jennyschwarz9741

5 жыл бұрын

AND HIS CRAZY EYES ARE CRAZY

@eldritchbf8223

5 жыл бұрын

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@Pinoghri

5 жыл бұрын

ALL HAIL THE HYPNOPUFF

@victoriamartindelcampo7827

5 жыл бұрын

All we are missing is sharpie or peanut butter face and we are back

ah, the puff

John Green had a Hairmergency. Henry VIII had a Heirmergency. And I, a fox, have a Haremergency.

@emilyrose4269

5 жыл бұрын

George Warburton +

@meganstanfield4698

5 жыл бұрын

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@MellanClear

5 жыл бұрын

I like you

@georgewarburton8111

5 жыл бұрын

Mellan Clear The problem is, the hare’s do not...

@MellanClear

5 жыл бұрын

@@georgewarburton8111 you're awesome, they don't know what they're missing :'D

THE PUFF IS BACK! HURRAY!

@emilyhartman2475

5 жыл бұрын

Puff levels are high

I hope we get a follow up mention in a video or a tweet that you did in fact schedule your next hair appointment. Accountability!

John, how many of your 100 Days habits have stuck? Do you feel like those help/would help with your burnout emergencies? I remember you speaking with a lot of hope about that!

@ashogan99

5 жыл бұрын

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@origamikatakana

5 жыл бұрын

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@PizzaManager101

5 жыл бұрын

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@booked_by_books

5 жыл бұрын

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@Nortarachanges

5 жыл бұрын

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This weird but cool situation reminds me somehow of climate change. People know its happening, but it's not at level 1 emergency yet, more like level 5 maybe. We are thinking of making a schedule but no schedule has been really made, and even if it's made we don't actually intend to go for the appointment. Gah!

@DianaMcManaman

5 жыл бұрын

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@hanabarrett6046

5 жыл бұрын

That is a really good explanation. People keep talking about carbon capture or giant mirror farms like me when I say "I can totally write a 10 page paper this weekend". We are just so bad at long-term planning. Ugh.

@Tea_Tales_Travels

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes and yes!

@bexceli

5 жыл бұрын

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@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

We're very, very bad at Level 5 Situations, unfortunately. And by the time this is a Level 1 Emergency, there will be nothing we can do about it. -John

I'm trying to get better at saying no so this happens less to me. When present me is doing a good job of looking out for future me, she uses monthly boards with columns that has "queue", "upcoming", "doing" and "done" and puts projects in those columns. Calendars are too deceiving. They show one event but not all the stuff that goes into the event and then projects start overlapping and then giant puff like crisis happens.

@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy

5 жыл бұрын

So like each month you have a list for your projects?

@RealElongatedMuskrat

5 жыл бұрын

I think my issue is that I enjoy making those columns a bit too much, an enthusiasm that isn't always matched in my work on said projects, so I end up with lovely, beautifully planned lists that never get crossed out 😂😩 the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry, eh?

@Razbeariez

5 жыл бұрын

White boards are the best!

@melanieaveryeasthope3980

5 жыл бұрын

SciJoy HH

@untappedinkwell

5 жыл бұрын

Team meticulous planning for the win!

This is so me. Except instead of optimism I have this quiet determination whispering "I can and WILL act like someone who doesn't have mental health issues." Leading to me slowly amassing different things until one day I'm looking around going "Where did ALL OF THESE responsibilities come from?!?" And I am then forced to either cut down or finish things so that I can rest. Only to do the same thing all over again.

@yranac

5 жыл бұрын

Brynley Louise you’re so not alone. I’m the exact same way. Act like I don’t have mental health problems then they crop up and I’m like “ frig where did these emotions come from?! This isn’t convenient at all!!”

JOHN'S HAIR IS ALWAYS AMAZING. NO MATTER WHAT

@aleyha_

5 жыл бұрын

@Rosie Gavin on vlogbrothers' videos, yassssssssss

@Beryllahawk

5 жыл бұрын

This was my reaction too. Your "hairmergency" is something my husband would kill for, and what I'd like to see on my son. In one case because he's going bald and in the other because he hasn't cut his hair in over a year and augh

> once I start to feel overwhelmed, I don’t become magically more productive ...I become less You have captured the struggle of my college self...and my current self.

From How Does this End to talk to retiring on here and on Dear Hank and John... It's ok if you'd like to stop, right? I mean I hope you don't, and I greatly appreciate what you're doing. But I'm a little worried about you. And that has never happened to me before as an audience member of anything. I hope you're alright. ~Isaac

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

Isaac, you're very kind and thoughtful to feel that way. I don't think it's that I'm losing interest in or passion for my work. Instead, it's that I'm trying to figure out how to recalibrate my relationship with work--in part because my kids (joyfully!) need a lot of my time, and in part because I've been driven so blindly by work for so long that I'm trying to assess the hows and whys of all that. I am okay! And I know it would be okay to stop! And thank you for the kindness. -John

@avryantoinette

5 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers We're all with Isaac. If either of you ever need a break... take one! Just because we like something in general and believe it to be a "right thing" for our lives, doesn't mean it's the right thing for this particular moment in time.

My love of vlogbrothers videos is so indescribable, there's just something so captivating and honestly stress relieving about them.

@jessv2572

5 жыл бұрын

Jake Marchbank +

@notaaccpp

5 жыл бұрын

Yes ❤️

THE PUFF, THE PUFF, THE PUFF IS GROWING HIGHER. WE DON'T NEED NO HAIRCUT LET THE PUFF GROW HIGHER (sung to the tune of the roof is on fire)

@Pinoghri

5 жыл бұрын

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John, you put into words something I've been feeling pretty much since the beginning of high school through today, but never been able to express. Thanks for that boost up the ladder of understanding, and I hope your burnout recovery goes smoothly.

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

Love that metaphor! -John

I'm all for epiphanies and self-care, but...I LOVE YOUR PORCUPINE HAIR, JOHN! ❤️😭

Off to draw porcupine John. It will be EPIC.

Thabn you!! I struggle with explaining to people why I essentially shut down whenever I'm stressed. It's always nice when others relate to your problems

Oh dear. The burnout. I took a gap year for the very reason of feeling extra extra brunt out in high school, and it was so nice and wonderful to not have all the deadlines and such. And now first quarter of college is killing me slowly. Not burnt out yet, but maybe a little singed. Much appreciated video.

@carlaafonso6194

5 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain. There is just so much work to be done! Hope everything turns out ok for you

Because I've just gotten a haircut! I look great! I am bulletproof!

So what i got from this is that you are writing a novel

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

well, starting to think about trying to write a novel, more like. ;) -John

@anniekate76

5 жыл бұрын

Hello commenter a few years from now finding this thread and laughing that he was talking about .

@tokkahafez

5 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers that is good enough for me

@kevinpearson7715

5 жыл бұрын

@@anniekate76 Haha.. See you few years down the lane.

@RemizZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinpearson7715 Well, not a novel, but something at least :D

Speaking as a hairdresser, yes John please, please, please rebook your appointments after your haircut instead of asking to be squeazed in last minute lol. Anytime you're in northern michigan though I'd be honored to give you a haircut and tame that beast XD

@triplebsjackson8868

5 жыл бұрын

Woah! Fellow michigander. Internet high five

@naomilovenpeace

5 жыл бұрын

A heart from the volgbrothers how exciting! I wish many good hair days upon you :)

@naomilovenpeace

5 жыл бұрын

@@triplebsjackson8868 Internet high five back at ya!

@barbienewk

5 жыл бұрын

Join the Michigan Nerdfighters Facebook group! It's among the most wholesome places in the internet

@rebeccastanke2605

5 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow Michiganders!! Over by saginaw here!

John, you'll never get any of those sweet fishing boat proceeds if you don't at least go sailing. That's like step one!

John, this is one of my favourite videos you've ever made. My wife and I feel so incredibly seen right now. What a wonderful analogy, that I understand intuitively, and can't wait to implement.

i did not expect this to go the way it did. John callin me out

Just answered the census and wasn't sure if I was more John or more Hank, and i ended up choosing John and this video DEFINITELY confirms this 😂😂😂

My mother gave me truly excellent advice many years ago when she told me that you have to take stressful or seemingly impossible situations “little bit, little bit”. When I have been truly overwhelmed I always try and remember to break down the things that I need to do into tiny manageable tasks, then try to prioritise those and just find a place to dive in, taking it all a little bit at a time. It’s been an invaluable piece of advice and one I try to pass on as much as possible, because whilst it’s not revolutionary it is something I know I tend to forget when I’m at that point of burnout.

@vampirica89

5 жыл бұрын

My mum often tells me the same. Still, I often struggle to follow it. :(

@Vardagaladhiel

5 жыл бұрын

Scattered Moon Shards So do I, but I figure if I do remember it occasionally then that’s better than never at all!

@vampirica89

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vardagaladhiel True. :) My problem isn't remembering about it, it's often inability to do even small tasks.

unfortunately, this is all too relatable. except i did schedule my next haircut, just too far in advance - and now i am stuck with very long bangs and 2 more weeks til my appointment.

@RealElongatedMuskrat

5 жыл бұрын

I greatly admire and respect your self control. I would be (and have been, in the past) in the bathroom at 4am with a pair of kitchen scissors, hyping myself up and laughing at my inevitably staircase looking fringe.

@lorenabpv

5 жыл бұрын

i do this all the time with my bangs and then i end up cutting them uneven at home

@4mpersan

5 жыл бұрын

Most hair places offer bang trims on a walk-in basis for only a few dollars - they’re awesome, and definitely extend the lifespans of longer cuts for at least another few weeks.

@zentouro

5 жыл бұрын

@@4mpersan oh my place definitely does - free even! but it feels mighty silly to come in two weeks before the next full cut when I definitely should have gotten the bangs trimmed two weeks ago.

@Mikazha

5 жыл бұрын

The benefit of cutting my own hair (although that again results in me sometimes impulsively cutting it because I'm not feeling great, and then regretting it slightly afterwards).

I absolutely love The Anthropocene Reviewed! and as a fan, I don't mind if it comes out on a different day :) so don't worry John

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

It's coming out this Thursday. EARLY this month. I don't know why. Who knows if it will come out next month. I am making this podcast in direct violation of all the rules of podcasting, but it's working so far. -John

@sellmoon

5 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers it's working very well if you ask me :D it's a delight to hear and I love the way it mixes personal stories and well researched facts. As long as it keeps going I (and probably we) don't mind the wait

@martham9980

5 жыл бұрын

vlogbrothers I also LOVE The Anthropocene Reviewed, just so you know 😀👍

NO JOHN I love your hare wiggly and puffy like a confused guinea pig

@belindaweber7999

5 жыл бұрын

😂 +

Puff levels are high! I wonder what percentage of Vlogbrothers videos mention Hank or John's hair? I'm thinking it's a lot. I love the philosophical bent of this one.

@ecaterinc.1744

5 жыл бұрын

I really miss videos starting with, GOOD MORNING HANK AS YOU CAN SEE PUFF LEVELS ARE HIGH... :D

Ohhhh, I guess I'm burned out... * Looks at list of twenty projects I'm doing for 'fun' * that explains it...

@arianatolbert3421

5 жыл бұрын

kiki Henrie Hi, Kiki! Just curious... is that an LDS temple you have as your profile picture?

@kiwithekiki234

5 жыл бұрын

Ariana Tolbert yeah! It's the Rexburg one!

I hope you're doing okay with everything, John

I got a haircut last week, most of my grey is gone, I look good, I feel bulletproof. I have not scheduled my next haircut and for me I have now seen my own mortality. Thank you John, you are a true inspiration

WHY is there ANY amount of DISLIKES on this freaking adorable video of absolute fluffy adorableness????

I hope your burnout recovery goes okay, John! You gotta get some bath bombs :D (Also I hope Life's Library isn't too overwhelming, bc I have a feeling it's going to be *awesome*.)

Thank you for continuing to publish insightful and relatable videos. As someone who has struggled with burnout over and over again, I am just now beginning to see the patterns, but this video helped to bring them into brighter focus.

I end up doing this a lot, but I never see it coming and couldn't understand it. Thank you so much for giving me words to better express this. It helps me so much and I really needed it.

This is pretty typical for me in the Army. Strict regulations on the acceptable length of my hair necessitate regular haircuts, which I opt to do myself to save money. Inevitably, at least once a month I look in the mirror at night, sigh quietly, and roll the next morning’s alarm back an extra half hour so I can spend some quality time with my Wahl clippers and their #2 guard attachment.

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe I need to get some clippers..... -John

As a professional crastinator I thrive in the small sliver of time that exists between the realization that burnout is going to happen and about level 2 of burnout. Of course, I'll never learn, because 1 out of every 36.7 times it works like magic.

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

You'll add the syllable "pro" of "procrastinator" another time, right?

@CorpulentFather

5 жыл бұрын

Marie Lastname actually I over achieved in attempt at humor and turned the pro into professional and made it the word preceding crastinator. Not a great joke, though. Sorry.

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

@@CorpulentFather No need to apologize for your joke. I got it and found it amusing enough. (Had heard it before.) I just made my own joke. Alluding to the fact (well, "fact" as pretended by me) that you had procrastinated while writing the word "procrastinator" in "professional procrastinator" and decided that writing the "pro" in "procrastinator" could wait until tomorrow. Because, you know, you're such a professional at procrastinating that you even procrastinate finishing words.

@CorpulentFather

5 жыл бұрын

@@camelopardalis84 I appreciate your replies and find the fact that we are going into such detail to explain our attempts at humor are simultaneously making them more and less hilarious. Don't forget to be awesome.

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

@@CorpulentFather We're being nice to each other and that can't always be funny. Or fun conserving. DFTBA as well.

The Puff!! I missed the puff, reminds me of the good ol' days of 2007...

This resonated with me in this specific moment. I had a conversation fifteen minutes ago about how I’m overwhelmed. I have nothing else to add because when I get this way my brain kinda shuts down, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. It means everything

By the look of the title I thought that Hairmergency would be a great sequel name to the movie Hairspray

A Hairmergency video with John telling us about getting out of hairy situation!

John, I get the same reaction to burnout, and I love watching your and Hank's videos, and I find you guys are great at what you do and the reactions you get from your audiences. You are inspiring people, and you guys make the smallest things greatly significant. Thanks for that.

Thank you for this John. I totally needed this. As a first year teacher, I'm definitely feeling the overwhelms.

well, this is the first time one of these videos has made me cry

@theyxaj

5 жыл бұрын

Are you okay?

@marsofficial3798

5 жыл бұрын

Yxaj no no really. not right now atleast. thank you tho

@theyxaj

5 жыл бұрын

Well, I understand if you don't want to put yourself out there, but there's a lot of Nerdfighters in these comments and we're all here for you if you need it.

@marsofficial3798

5 жыл бұрын

Yxaj thank you so much. i was just dumped by someone i gave my all to. it’s just hard right now honestly because they said they would never leave me or hurt me.☹️

@theyxaj

5 жыл бұрын

That really sucks. I know there are tons of other people who have gone through a breakup like that. Are you okay financially and shelter-wise without them? Have you got friends you can lean on and eat yummy food with, or whatever other self-care you need to partake in? I know when I'm feeling down, I'll turn to my favorite KZreadrs or streamers or nostalgic movies, anything that is familiar and warm and positive.

love and respect your way with words :)

I gotta say, I really needed this today. Last Friday I feel into what I think was my first experience of a college student burnout and had been feeling levels below ok for the longest time. This video was so helpful and uplifting and made me so grateful to have such wonderful role models in the brothers Green.

Thank you John. I do the exact thing -I love what I do I don't have to do any one of things I do to make money - but I am in a burn out cycle right now (hence I am watching this video 3 days after release). But now that you have identified the cycle for me I will hopefully do something about it for & in the future. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I know this video was posted in 2019, but it’s got some serious 2020 vibes.

That shirt is a very nice green

@ianfarrugia4495

5 жыл бұрын

John is a very nice Green

I love the big rocks first analogy. You'll fit more into a jar going first from rocks to sand than sand to rocks. And there is so much distracting sand I can mistakingly prioritize over what truly matters. Thanks for the reminder, John. The future belongs to those that can carry out plans when it is time to live then out.

This came at the perfect time for me. I've been struggling with anxiety due to being overwhelmed with school and extra curriculars for some time now and somehow you were able to articulate so well how I feel.

this is a very weird statement but once i noticed it i can't unsee it and as a glasses/contact wearer i feel like i can say this. Does it look to anybody else that John's glasses indent his head? Like through the lenses his face looks smaller so it creates this hour glass/rubber band around a balloon effect. Drawing it would make more sense but unfortunately i can't do that here. i hope someone sees this too so i don't sound ~completely~ insane. thank you and goodnight. also, very nice video. i enjoyed the metaphor. 10/10

@AllieYourAlly

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean! Mine do that too (more significantly than John’s lol) I’m pretty sure it’s because of high prescription lenses being so curved at the edges(?)

Is this like a Fall/NaNo season thing? I've seen lots of vlogs and KZread videos and insta posts about burnout and self-care within the past week. Is this part of the human condition? The circadian rhythm of emotions that, apparently, coincide with the seasons?

@sparksbet

5 жыл бұрын

Between being towards the middle/end of the first school semester for most people and being right before the infamous Holiday Season PLUS being when sunlight really starts decreasing and seasonal affective disorder starts acting up... November just kinda sucks.

Thank you for putting words to what I’ve been feeling the past two months. This helped a lot. Now for the digging myself out of it part.

@untappedinkwell

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck! I'm rooting for you. Best wishes!

Thank you John for voicing out what I have been feeling the past few weeks due to a national exam and stress to get into college. I hope that you’ll take time off and just sleep for a whole day! That has helped me in the past and maybe you can try it!

"Present you imagines Future you will be more productive." MY LIFE STORY. And I always end up hating Past me.

@DianaMcManaman

5 жыл бұрын

my life motto is: "This is a problem for future-me" and this has led to present-me always being slightly annoyed with past-me.

@novalenedailey-payne4151

5 жыл бұрын

@@DianaMcManaman amen

What's the decision on whether Hank will be punished for accidentally publishing a Hankschannel viddy here?

@untappedinkwell

5 жыл бұрын

Hank is being punished! You can submit punishment ideas in the nerdfighter census: www.surveymonkey.com/r/5S9C52R

@somaniradhika

5 жыл бұрын

@@untappedinkwell Yay! Thanks.

I really appreciate this video. I've felt the same with my cycle of anxiety -> not getting stuff done -> more anxiety about not getting stuff done -> avoidance of things giving me anxiety -> not getting things done -> more anxiety, and I've also found myself experiencing other symptoms that are either related to mental health or fibromyalgia. It's a terribly vicious cycle of telling myself, "Eh, it'll be better tomorrow probably, I can do it then," and then not doing it, so the last couple days I've called for a doctor's appointment and have been listening to time management advice little by little-and I feel good about that.

I do the same thing to myself. Usually getting overwhelmed makes my OCD escalate, and getting out of that mind state is not nearly as easy as it is falling into it. Thank you for this video John, it is extremely reassuring to know that I am not alone in my incongruent decition making pattern.

You get haricuts every 10 weeks?! I can only go like 5 before it drives me crazy

@vlogbrothers

5 жыл бұрын

Five weeks? Five weeks??? What are you, a billionaire??? -John

@Ethanisgood4u

5 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers Hahaha I wish! My haircuts are only like $15 and I get a beer with my barber afterward. I look forward to it every month!

I just put my hand to my hair and thought about shaving my head and literally in that moment I got the notification what's happening

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

I had a female classmate who considered shaving her head. Her sister, who was a hairdresser, took a look (well, more of a feel, probably) at her head and advised her against it. Because there seem to be people with strangely shaped skulls and my former classmate was one such person. Just thought I'd let you know.

@kurbaga6041

5 жыл бұрын

@@camelopardalis84 ah, how could I forget about my weird skull. Thanks for reminding me

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

@@kurbaga6041 Your *possibly* weird skull. ;)

@kurbaga6041

5 жыл бұрын

@@camelopardalis84 only one way to find out! ✂️

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

@@kurbaga6041 Well, there's the badass way, which you seem to have chosen and there's the wimpy way of going to a hairdresser and asking them to feel your skull and tell you if it has a normal enough shape for a bald/bold "haircut" in their opinion. I would take the wimply way with a probability of about 75 percent.

Same boat, in so many aspects of life. I often have to remind myself to do the thing that I don't really want to do/feel like I don't need right now because it will really benefit future me. Future you will thank you, so do the thing!!

I feel you Green. I can't seem to figure out why my productivity plummets when I need it the most, but being more forward thinking in my scheduling helps mitigate the problem.

We all die alone

@hollytaylor932

5 жыл бұрын

You ok buddy?

@act2act204

5 жыл бұрын

We are all chained to the passage of time

@act2act204

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to be acrobatic

@act2act204

5 жыл бұрын

But you have got to be acrobatic though

Your levels seem backwards.

@camzoman

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's a case of a situation reaching a high enough level then becoming a lower level of emergency, but level anything emergency is a bigger deal than even a level 10 situation.

This spoke right to my soul. As a college student and a musician (particularly, a music student), burnout is a very real thing and it's not only hard to deal with but hard to articulate. I often find myself tired and not wanting to practice/go to rehearsal and non-musicians in my life have a difficult time understanding why I, someone who loves music, would not want to participate in those things. Developing and perfecting a craft like music can become more life-consuming than time-consuming and it reaches the point of exhaustion. Thank you for sharing your experience with us

This is so true! Beauty is all about attention, but I believe that burnouts crave attention and so do hairemergencies. They are inevitable. They happened previously and will happen. To look at the brighter side, we've all been through them and we turned out fine. And there's hope that we'll get through this, if not alone then together. Acknowledging them and sharing them, holding one another accountable and being hopeful is all we can do about it as humans I guess. They are these reminders that we can actually care and have emotions. Thanks for another thoughtful video, John! We're here because...

any Bangladeshi watching??

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know about any people from Bangladesh. But there's someone mentioning their bangs that are too long. Good enough?

@moontasir

5 жыл бұрын

@@camelopardalis84 no.. what you mean by bangs ??

@camelopardalis84

5 жыл бұрын

@@moontasir I was referring to this comment, not at all expecting you to have read it, by the way: unfortunately, this is all too relatable. except i did schedule my next haircut, just too far in advance - and now i am stuck with very long bangs and 2 more weeks til my appointment. It was a dumb dad joke comment.

Thank you for this video. I’m a mom of three small children, who also happens to be getting her PhD and on an assistantship. I scheduled three major things for this month (never mind Thanksgiving) and I’ve been feeling burnt out all day. Just watching your video helped me see what the problem is for me. And I know that there is a way out.

John, you managed to put words to what happens with me every time I get a bad depressive episode. I just keep going and going, and I'm telling myself I don't feel like dying yet so I also won't feel like that in the future when this has gone on for months. And then a few months later I am a zombie who feels alone in the world and too exhausted to even smile, and I don't understand how I got there.

I wish I had John’s “bad hair days” as my “good hair days”. His hair is amazing b/c it seems like the mannerism he has of just grabbing his quaff right on the top of his head actually makes it look better!

This video actually really applied to my current situation. As a junior in high school I'm doing a lot this year and I kept scheduling more because I think I can handle it, and then I can't.

In which John Green describes the stresses in my life, my current anxiety levels and why I am currently taking some time off work. Thank you, John for helping me to feel just a little less alone.

This fits my situation lately perfectly. Thank you very much

at this point in the semester, i can definitely relate to this and i appreciate that

Sounds like you're working to take care of yourself, and I'm glad to hear this.

Omg that line about "exhausted fatalism" is EXACTLY how I feel when I'm overwhelmed. You're not alone, John! Wonderful video.

This was very relevant to my life right now - talking about burnout and doing what you love still leading there. I'm a senior at college now and working on grad school applications and my major capstone project and my other classes - all of which I'm lucky enough to love. But I've got a lot of deadlines this week and can feel my productivity going down (both from stress and because stress heightens my sensory issues) and your optimism and sympathy (even though you obviously don't know who I am) was very helpful

I relate to this so much! I'm so sure that next day/week/month, I'll be more organised, have more energy, work quicker etc and then I get to a point when I'm surprised and frustrated that I get through so little of my daily to-do list.

I really liked this one, John! Absolutely resonated with me. Thanks for this!

I am always amazed by the amount of projects you and your brother can juggle at once!

I swear John, you always seem to put out the right video just when I need it. Today I had to accept my hairmergency of having took on too much this semester, hitting burnout, having a bad mental health month and now having to drop out of school for the semester, if not the year. So much of what you said in this video had me going "yep...yep...that's me" including the putting off of haircuts.

This whole video is a mood

This exact thing happens to me with haircuts. I know it is going to get bad eventually, and I start feeling like maybe I should do something about it soon, and then I do not get around to it and then I end up having a late night where I can not sleep because my hair sits on the pillow wrong and I end up shearing it all off myself with fabric scissors. A good haircut always ends up talking a literal weight off my mind and I realize a lot of other stress was stemming from my hair, and I feel much better. For a few weeks. Many projects, like hair, will come back around . Cutting something off for now does not always mean it is gone forever. Cut what you need, heal how you can, come back to it when you are ready. Thank you for always trying so much JOhn.

YES YES!!! Just had that this weekend!!! Thanks for putting it into words😊

I am having both a hairmergency as well as a burn out situation, so this video was perfectly timed. Thank you, as usual, John.

Really felt this one! It's been nice diving back into your content again. Kind of amazed I've been watching you enough to notice you're going grey

Beautiful, honest, and inspiring as always.

So... it never occurred to me that I could say no when my hairstylist asked me if I wanted to schedule my next appointment. I, too, have learned something valuable here.

"Current-you imagines that Future-you will be slightly more productive and energetic than Current-you is" This is the description of my whole life. I plan things when I'm feeling motivated to do those things and then when the time comes and I have a lot (A LOT) of things to do, I shut down as if I were a computer. I've also found out that RECOGNIZING a pattern is really useful because you can prevent the burnout and/or be prepared for the inevitable. For me, I realise I'm getting close to that system shut-down when I sit on my bed and have between 3 and 5 books/novels open in a certain page, staring back at me, and I haven't been able to read anything for the past days. RECOGNIZING PATTERNS IS IMPORTANT PEOPLE I love this community. Thank you, John for this important video.

I identify with this SO much! I always blamed my chronic depression for my bouts of burnout but I've never stopped to think, "hey, maybe you did this to yourself and not doing it again is a good idea". This gives me a lot to think about. Thank you!