"Maybe it wasn't a sneeze, maybe it was a momentary lapse in judgement" is an amazing line

@shanleee

7 ай бұрын

Got me so good

@jamesn3122

7 ай бұрын

I never sneeze.

@Shutupalready47

7 ай бұрын

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@knowthatgirlnextdoor

7 ай бұрын

Please please please put it on a shirt, maybe next year with a pizza John doctor???

@brandonjustis

7 ай бұрын

@@knowthatgirlnextdoor "Pizza is normal. Sneezing is not." that would go so hard with a moustached Dr. John!

Just wanted to pop in to say that even if I was an initial doubter about killing the 4 minute rule, you (and Hank) have done such a fantastic job of maintaining your concise delivery of complex empathy that I haven't even noticed the difference with the leeway to more fully express your thoughts. Relevantly, your editing skills are clearly as sharp as they've ever been; we all have every belief in you, John.

@vlogbrothers

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's great to hear. I thought about trying to get this one to four minutes but I concluded it would've made the video worse. We'll keep trying to use your time well. -John

@sams1982

7 ай бұрын

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@patrick-west

7 ай бұрын

​@@vlogbrothersI think that was always my view on the matter, you both seem to care about "our time", so I've always trusted that you would put in the effort to make it as concise as possible without loss of quality. And I do very much think that you're succeeding.

@louiedidcote8260

7 ай бұрын

I very much agree with this take, as someone who voted to keep the four minute rule.@@vlogbrothers

@sabrinagibby4167

7 ай бұрын

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As someone who is coming to terms with the fact that she might be a bit more than a smidge depressed and anxious at the moment I feel you, John. ❤

@melissamybubbles6139

7 ай бұрын

I hope it gets better at some point. I go through fairly regular bouts of depression as well, so you have my sympathy.

@anniekate76

7 ай бұрын

I hope you are getting as much love and support as you need!

@patrick-west

7 ай бұрын

I just realised today that I'm "Burned all-the-way out" right now, but being tangentially part of this community is genuinely one of the top 5 things about my year to-date. So I hope the rest of you are finding atleast a little time to take care of yourself, especially (but not limited to) those of you for whom it's also winter. It's a hard Season, in a hard year, in a hard decade for many of us... Even those of us who are fortunate enough to have external support, so for whatever it's worth my heart goes out to you all.

@QuicklyLiquid

7 ай бұрын

I'm right there with you, stranger. What a strange time to be ourselves

@DasGanon

7 ай бұрын

Oh man SAAAAAAAAAAAAME.

"Sneezing is not normal, i never sneeze" has entered my lexicon to the point where i will say that every time i sneeze. It has worried multiple colleagues

@buffienguyen

7 ай бұрын

it saddens me that no one around me understand that brilliant bit but i am comforted by the fact that there are thousands around the world saying it with me

@farhavens

7 ай бұрын

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@brynpookc1127

7 ай бұрын

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@gerkwhit

7 ай бұрын

They should be worried. Sneezing is never normal.

@grambottle033

7 ай бұрын

Long live Neversneezer Scrooge

SNEEZING IS NOT NORMAL JOHN.

@ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758

7 ай бұрын

Sneezing is never normal, I never sneeze - Dr Neversneezer Scrooge

@nickwilliams330

7 ай бұрын

++

@IrisGlowingBlue

7 ай бұрын

I NEVER SNEEZE

@AndrewBennettNZ

7 ай бұрын

I really hope that whoever sent that question is a nerdfighter / continues to be involved with the community, so that they get to see just how deeply their question has affected John (and I'm sure many others, myself included)

@ate_a_radio

7 ай бұрын

i read this as the top comment whilst an ad was playing, with no context of what the video was about. very confused.

That little part at the end... Thanks for being vulnerable and leaving it in, John.

@taylor3950

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. I’m now considering if it’s okay to admit that you’re feeling a bit sad and scared before psyching yourself up.

@kristiknight7586

7 ай бұрын

@@taylor3950 oh yeah, in my experience it's not just okay it helps a lot to look that in the face, name it, and then go for psyching myself up

@ashleyjohnson3663

7 ай бұрын

It helps me so much to see people I respect have to do this too.

@arillusine

7 ай бұрын

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@dorianr4770

7 ай бұрын

was just gonna say the same

"just a smidge depressed and anxious" is one of those moments when someone whose words you cherish says something that speaks directly to your soul

You raised my hopes of a tuberculosis movie adaptation and then dashed them most expertly, sir.

Just a smidge depressed and anxious but still doing the things. ⭐️ A gold star for you and one for me⭐️ Had to call in sick but got the kids to school.

@alwaysyouramanda

6 ай бұрын

It’s the only way-! DO THE THINGS❤❤🥺💋

@mariacargille1396

6 ай бұрын

Just dropping in to say that I celebrate your prioritization and communication wins, and offer a virtual hug, fluffy critter. cookie, colorful leaf, etc, for whatever little bit of day-brightening an internet stranger can feasibly provide. DFTBA! 🦭 🍪 🍁

That "I write and I write, and delete and delete, and I write and I write" etc, is actually the opening line of my favourite poem in Hebrew, called "The Ticking Crocodile", where the writer talks about how he can't bring himself to write the very poem you're reading. This video reminded me of that poem a lot.

@Izzyprobably

7 ай бұрын

I’m trying (and failing) to find this poem- who is the author???

@AgentMaayan

7 ай бұрын

@@Izzyprobably Ben Sgerski. I don't think it was translated into English, so that might be the challenge.

"I'm just a smidge depressed and anxious at the moment" that wasn't a big thing, it was just mentioned in passing. I know what it's like when it becomes like that. I feel you, dude. keep on keepin' on.

the way you write reminds me of a stich in sewing called a back stitching. its the process and going a bit forward, then a bit behind, over and over to create a very strong stitch. sometimes, the work we take two steps forward, one step back, over and over on, is our strongest. because the care, time, and effort we put in, truly ties everything together

I recently got back into writing and it's hilarious to me that I have the opposite problem to John's. I have ADHD and my hyper focus is intense. Last month I wrote 63,000 words in 12 days. Sounds great but I wake up at 3 am because my brain won't let me not think about the story. I haven't cleaned my house at all. I barely remember to eat. Oh the pit falls of having a weird brain.

@-Teague-

7 ай бұрын

Maybe you need some time out of the house 😅

@Emily-gx6dd

7 ай бұрын

I have ADHD but I never honed my writing so while I LOVE it, I’m much better at technical/business writing but I LOVE fiction and I hunger to have stories inside of me bursting to get out, but no such luck yet. You got this!

@toastzombie18

7 ай бұрын

@@Emily-gx6dd Fiction is so much fun to write for me because there aren't any rules you have to follow. I write in a very casual voice that would probably be out of place in high fantasy, but it's perfect for urban fantasy settings. If you want to get into fiction writing, just go for it. That's what I've been doing for fifteen years now. I wrote a book about dragons when I was fourteen. It is terrible, but I love it. Best of luck to you!

Like Bob Ross once said, "we need both dark and bright days. Dark days are important so we can value the brighter ones." I'm a smidge depressed and anxious too John, hope we can get to brighter days soon!

That talk with yourself at the end was amazingly relatable, John. Thanks for helping me (and many other folks!) feel less alone in the chaos.

@laurenredding1419

7 ай бұрын

The fact that it goes out of focus as he rubs his eyes is just toooo good

John, you have not failed to finish writing about tuberculosis and the related social injustice. It is simply a vast topic and you have an encyclopedic knowledge of those things and just transferring that info would take a tremendously long time, but you actually care about explaining to lay people why this is so vitally important to all of us. The care and passion you have for the subject can never be related to the word failure, IMO. We love you; thank you for being you and sharing so much of that with the world.

@m.w.kaplan447

6 ай бұрын

++ not failed! not yet completed

whatever it is, do it at your own pace! I’m so excited to see what you’re working on, LET HIM COOK. We believe in you!

@changbinhyung6788

7 ай бұрын

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@abdulelahenani9737

7 ай бұрын

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@ryandonnell3382

7 ай бұрын

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@nickwilliams330

7 ай бұрын

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I relate so much to the smidge of anxiety and depression you’re facing john, so thank you for not making me feel alone in this ❤️

@ryandonnell3382

7 ай бұрын

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@nickwilliams330

7 ай бұрын

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@abdulelahenani9737

7 ай бұрын

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The best part of this video was when you said "The best part of this video is when you said 'I'm just a smiiiiiidge depressed and anxious'..." and we got to see your uplifting self-talk before you were aware we could listen in, but then you let us. Love you :)

I’m trying to finish my dissertation this month. Well, I have a week until the deadline from my institute. This year was hard for me, two family members passed away, my health wasn’t the best… my mantra is still and mir than ever: “a finished dissertation is better than a perfect one.” This video and your statement from today, John, helped me. Thank you for being awesome, also whole depressed and anxious.

@hopewilliard6781

6 ай бұрын

Good luck finishing your dissertation. Sorry it’s been such a rough month.

As a wannabe writer, I love hearing about other writers processes. And what have I learned? We’re all different! If you want to write, write. Use whatever process works for you. And taking advice from other writers is totally fine, but remember that it’s only advice, not a rule

@cameronschyuder9034

7 ай бұрын

Thanki for the helpful comment :D struggling w finding “my way” currently, hopefully will get a good feel for it soon

John, I just want to say how much I appreciate videos in which you talk about your own experiences with mental health and productivity (or lack thereof). My previously well-managed anxiety and depression have been wildly more volatile since the pandemic hit, and I cannot fully express how much comfort and reassurance I get from watching someone like you experience and deal with similar things. I see you, and you're doing great. Thanks for seeing me too.

Heartbroken to discover john -a person with legendary empathy for the immunocompromised and famously steeped in healthcare lore- sneezes directly onto his hands

@alwaysyouramanda

6 ай бұрын

Who washes their inner-elbows regularly..?

@mxwitcher

6 ай бұрын

​@@alwaysyouramandadon't make me think about it 😰

As some one who suffers from GAD and depression I just want to give you a big hug 🫂 You and Hank have brought me so much joy over the years in the darkest of times. I'm going to go vote in my Pizza John Eras shirt, my husband purchased for me. We have even gotten our daughter into watching vlog brothers. I know this won't make the anxiety and depression go away but I want you to know you've made such a positive impact in this world! ❤

Happy Na-Mo everyone! Stretch your hands! ❤

I follow some fanfiction writers who use NaNo as a means of working on their WIPs! Sometimes they’re multiple oneshots and sometimes they are ongoing fics that aren’t even complete by the end of NaNo even if they “win” the writing challenge. (This kinda just happens when fanfics regularly get into hundreds of thousands of words and I adore these labors of love.) it’s so neat seeing all these variations on NaNo imho! ^^-

I always feel so seen when John is vulnerable with us about his mental health 💕 Thank you.

We are John's acountabilibuddy and I am here for it. Close your eyes and imagine the perfect hug. Thanks for staying awesome, hope that thought made your day just a little better.

Trying to finish my dissertation and, for me, it's astonishing how much longer it's taking than I initially thought it would!

@HelenRosemarySmith

7 ай бұрын

Good luck with your dissertation!

@Dyundu

7 ай бұрын

I started my current dissertation topic in April of 2020 (I’ve been in dissertation-writing mode since 2017; the first two topics died on the vine, as it were). I just got the final approval of post-defense edits last Friday. Hang in there-you can do it!

@AlarKemmotar

7 ай бұрын

@@Dyundu thanks for the encouragement! It really does help. My proposal was accepted in December 2019, and I was set to start collecting data in spring of 2020 when covid hit and shut down all human subjects research here. Took over two years before I was able to finish data collection. Now everyone is impatient for me to finish, and I'm doing my best, but this just takes time to do right! Congratulations on your successful defense!

@melissamybubbles6139

7 ай бұрын

Good luck!

Hi, John! I clicked quickly because I needed to hear some positivity. Thanks for being such a light in the / my world.

Reminding yourself that you like the things you like when you're depressed is such a mood.

hearing a bit of this process was incredibly comforting to hear from someone I’ve looked up to for more than a decade, as someone who struggles with being okay with their writing process

I have never heard someone discribe my writing "style" so well. The editing as you go along. The layers. Feeling pressure to let people know. The muttering to yourself at the end. Right now I'm washing dishes to avoid writing before work. 🤪🤪

@AlarKemmotar

7 ай бұрын

It's funny how work can seem like a welcome break when it's helping you to avoid other work!

@rev.rachel

7 ай бұрын

And the fact that the first written draft is itself a revision! Me too!

@flowerheit4512

7 ай бұрын

i often feel the impulse to go back and revise and delete, but if i let myself get bogged down in the problems i have trouble moving the plot forward so what ive started doing just these past couple months is to just leave terrible the scene alone, try writing it again from scratch, it normally comes out bad again, so i just write a short note on what needs to go differently and why, then plow forward. it will still be there later, and when i have more words down on paper maybe I'll be more able to see that scene.

"Just finish something" is what I have felt trying to finish this last part of my masters. Only one month to go but it feels like the longest and most stressful one. You got this!! (Also, why did you have to remind me that sneezing isn't normal?? I can't stop sneezing this morning!)

@HelenRosemarySmith

7 ай бұрын

Good luck! You've got this too!

@andrineslife

7 ай бұрын

Good luck! The last month definitely isn't easy but you can do it!

@mina0653

7 ай бұрын

same! my thesis is due at the beginning of December, hope your November will be good and productive.

@emalieth8220

7 ай бұрын

go go go! you can both do this! I'll be working on my own thesis by your side!

@sexyscientist

7 ай бұрын

Why didn't you take megood18 as KZread username?

You got this, John! On the subject of your books, I'm a HS English teacher, and I implemented independent reading this year. I recommended your books to my students and so many of them loved them and said that they read the first book they've enjoyed in years. Thank you for all that you do!

As a fellow (although much, much less successful) writer, I am so glad to hear that I'm not the only one who goes a few days of writing and then gets hit with the "oh, gawd, there are so many problems with everything I already wrote!" feeling. And thinking, "Two thousand words a day? Yeah, I can do that. I know how this whole story goes. I can knock this out in two months." And then, not. Because writing is brain-meltingly exhausting, and I don't know how anyone can keep up a 2000 word a day every day pace for more than a week.

@jesseyshinn

7 ай бұрын

not gonna lie, there was a time when i could write 1500 words a day, and now i'm too chronically ill to write it over the course of 2 weeks.

@edwinwylegaa1727

7 ай бұрын

I feel you man I can't even imagine writing 2000 words a day for like a week, we're not alone in feeling that writing is absolutely beautiful but also an absolute struggle

@simplyepic3258

7 ай бұрын

I'm not a writer, but I've always written this way too. I honestly think it results in better quality writing. Problems get fixed as they're noticed rather than letting them compound and trying to fix it all later

@MarkThePage

7 ай бұрын

Editing as I go is the way for me too. Otherwise those thousands of words might get deleted anyway because they went in the wrong direction.

@allibutler3422

7 ай бұрын

@@jesseyshinn I hope that you get well enough to write again. From one spoonie to another, keep your head up. “The sun will come up tomorrow”, even if “tomorrow” is a month from now and the sun just peaks out from the clouds.

I used to teach math and in my first year as a teacher, I had a student who wanted to be a writer. I told her about Nanowrimo and she did it! She wrote a whole novel and sent it to me to read over summer break, which I did and I gave her some positive feedback and encouraged her to keep going. So now 8 years later, I'm finally attempting it myself. I figure, most writers would love to inspire the next generation and I already accomplished that (ironically while I was teaching math). So, any other success at writing would just be a bonus for me! Feeling like I can't fail has really helped me get going on my own project.

John, although I never intend to publish, book form, I wrote my longest short story, while my mother was bedridden, before her death. I knocked out 27,000 words in a month starting with the idea of a Tom cat, named Sophia, as a vital character to the fruition of the plot, and it felt like it wrote itself. At that time, I found I was writing 3 or 4 stories at the same time. I would only get a couple of hours away from being mom's caretaker, but I think the writing was more a therapeutic thing for me. I am amazed at your writing though, In no way could I ever create the types of characters and plots that you have.

I resonate with that whole "gotta turn ideas into language" thing. It's such a challenging process! Also, as I've often said, "Language is an imprecise way of communicating ideas."

I think a lot of us have been feeling a bit depressed and anxious, but that just means there's more empathy for our current situations to go around. You got this John, we believe in you. I look forward to an update on December 1st.

You got this, John! You’ve inspired me to finish many song and short stories that no one will ever read.

@wildflower1397

7 ай бұрын

With that one sentence, you have made me suddenly fascinated to read what you wrote. Just knowing it's something that is never meant to be seen makes me want to see it, lol. The funny thing is that I am not generally all that curious about the things people keep to themselves, so respecting their privacy is easy. Somehow you tickled my curiosity. 😂

Depression isn’t forever, it just is the feeling of forever

2:18 For those who struggled to catch what the full term was like me: National Finish your draft of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come on Month. it's assignment crunch time for me. I really needed this. I write in similar ways with you too John.

The best part of this video was the empathy and understanding you extended to other writers who are learning that their writing process is valid! Happy novel writing/revising!

I want to say I can’t wait to read whatever “the thing” is, but I can. You’ll finish it when you do and I’ll be glad whenever that is. Thank you so much for being vulnerable and honest, it was very needed for me in this moment.

That’s how I write too! It totally makes sense to me! And who says its not efficient??? Those other folks have to edit, delete, re-write, reorganize the whole dang thing. You sir are creating, crafting, shaping and polishing a beautiful masterpiece as you go! I can’t imagine not doing it this way.💜🧡💚

As someone who is just now recovering from a big anxiety peak, I am sending well wishes and good luck. Amazing that you have been writing!

I have to finish writing my master thesis, this was the motivation I needed

Sir, I've been working on an autobiography since March and I'm at 18,000 words and haven't even reached the good meat of the story. I will be doing NaFaDoYBIMSCoM now. Thank you for this kick in the ass. I needed it. This is my first attempt at writing and I'm finding it incredibly difficult to spend so much time reflecting on a traumatic past.

Hello! I am happy to say that I have to decided to take on this challenge and actually completed it today! I was originally planning to finish the first draft early December but when I saw this video I was like: “Dude, I’m writing a goddamn novella, I need to stop procrastinating”. And I’m insanely happy to finish it today. Thanks for your inspiration!

Those last two seconds hit me hard. Thanks for keeping it in. You're not alone in that feeling are I'm glad you have good friends/family to support you and a large community to cheer you on.

I don't remember these lyrics in all star

Thank you for including that last bit, it gave me such a big smile! And it was good.

Love this. Your honesty and dedication are so amazing. "A smidge depressed and anxious" is definitely going around right now . I don't know how you do as much as you do

That was 4:28 full of wisdom and a good reminder of why I really enjoy following this channel. "Maybe it wasn't a sneeze, maybe it was a momentary lapse in judgment" perfection Chef's Kiss "sneeze is never normal" I just love that line since the first time Creating artificial deadlines and believing they are real? Possibly the best tip ever? I'm extremely lazy when I don't have a deadline. I'll try this out. thank you John!

We can do hard things, John. I’m right there with you this month, trying to persevere and see a project through. Sometimes things become too much, but you are resilient and you can do hard things. 💪 Break things down, be kind to yourself and be confident in your own capability. You’ve got this.

Thank you for leaving on the bit at the end because for past couple weeks seriously the same mood. It helps to see it's not just me.

I first heard about NaNoWriMo years ago as a teenager watching Vlogbrother videos, and now after years of promising that I'd do it, I'm finally doing it. And I'm finding that writing 1,667 words every day is very not my writing process, but so far I've been able to power through just because I feel like if I don't do it now I will never actually finish my first draft. Anyway, as a struggling writer who's also just a smidge depressed and anxious, your video was weirdly motivational and helped me feel less alone. Thank you, John! ❤

Doing NaNo for this first time this year and grateful to this community for introducing it to me 15 years ago 🙌

The end of the video was very relatable, and somehow a little comforting. I've been feeling a smidge depressed myself, but if you're still moving forward, I can too.

Good writing, your deadline approaches. Thanks for sharing. God Bless You ( for your momentary lapse in judgement disguised as a sneeze)

Love and appreciation for You! You are not the only one experiencing 'a smidge' this year, this season. I think you are great and you are doing great things, even when you're not doing any-things.

The end bit just made me wanna hug you ❤

I went to college for art and our professors used to say that "sharing your idea" gives your brain the same feel-good chemicals as working on the idea and making it no longer necessary to finish the work to get those feelings, therefore stopping you from completing it. Obviously everyone is different! Just something to consider, it helped me to frame it as "dont talk about it, do it then show it"

@wildflower1397

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow, that is profound. So there's my problem, lol. I have been trying to figure that out for 50 years, and you just tossed it out there in a casual comment. I am extremely verbal, excitedly sharing every idea, and the need to get it all out is so intense. My creative process is the same way. The question is, could I hold my mental breath long enough to finish a project? Also, is that why I get a rush of energy every time I decide to do something that surprises someone I love? So much to unpack! 😂

@bretthake7713

7 ай бұрын

@@wildflower1397 I am far from a psychologist but it was my minor hehehehe - it's definitely true for me. This can be considered validation-seeking, the idea is basically that someone saying "great idea" is giving your brain rewards. You want to shift the approval-seeking to the actual finished product, not "the idea of" the finished product. I have to treat my ideas like the most top secret classified material or I will talk talk talk about how great my ideas are and never make anything 🙃... May not work for everybody but may be worth a try for you! Good luck!

This video helped me have empathy for my own struggle at the moment. Thank you.

You got this John! We’ll be here to support you, always

As someone who began watching in 2012 (and reading John's books after), I'm happy to hear we're able to keep moving past more of the very understandable TFiOS-era restrictions.

thank you so much for including your pep talk at the end, so relatable

I relate to this writing process so much. Thank you John. It's very encouraging to know that I'm not alone in the wildly inefficient writing-delete-rewriting experience.

Who else is like I will finish my master thesis, and if I die trying... been at it for a year, at this point I dont even care, I just wanna get out of this hostage situation😂

@mina0653

7 ай бұрын

literally me 😭 good luck buddy, we can do this

@PiedmontPerkYT

7 ай бұрын

you’ve got this!!!!

@vroomfondel42

7 ай бұрын

You've got this!! I'm defending my PhD within the next month (hopefully) and oooh boy the burnout is real. But we can do it!

I’m also doing this! I NEED to finish a draft of my thesis by the end of this month…. which is a vast and terrifying goal. (I am also a smidge depressed and anxious.) Glad to hear I’m in good company!

I'm just coming back tot his video after NaNo to mention that it helped me a lot. I didn't get to 50,000 words for NaNo this year, but I did complete a first draft of a story that...didn't actually need to be 50,000 words long, Understanding that I had the freedom to direct the story where it needed to go without worrying about a number while still having the pressure that a 1 month time limit provides was helpful.

Did anyone else see in the NYT this morning that TB has retaken the honor of being the #1 cause of death away from COVID? When I saw it, I wondered when you would next discuss it, John. Also, we writing teachers like to say that good writing is in the rewriting. Best wishes for your drafting process!

Every time I write something, the process is so different. For my first book I just had a very general idea of what I wanted and there was a lot of writers block. With the book I’m writing now, I know how it ends but it’s just the actual writing part that seems to take forever. I usually just tell the story and add the details later. There’s no one right way to write but having my advisor asking how much further I got in my book each week is good motivation for me.

@MarkThePage

7 ай бұрын

If you're in the flow to write just action today, then fill in the rest later! [describe comment section] [check what day it is] [should this go above or below the other comment]

1:13 "Sneezing is not normal. I never sneeze."

I LOVE your tuberculosis content and I will read your book whenever it comes out, whether it's in a year or another 3 years!

The combination of depression and anxiety just KILLS my productivity. WHY IS THAT!?

I imagine Writing A Novel Month is like Jazz, you just freestyle it and see what happens.

Appreciate you being open about the frame of mind and keeping that in the recording. Doing stuff outside of curling into a ball in a warm corner can be hard at times. Sometimes all times. Sometimes sometimes.

Thanks for including the piece at the end, John. So relatable. -A teacher with a very real deadline looming

Sneezing is never normal. Best wishes.

I'm going for the full 50k for the first time this month, and I'm on track so far! Best of luck to everyone attempting any kind of writing or revising this month!

@sexyscientist

7 ай бұрын

Go Izzy go!!!👯👯👯

@Sue-pn7mq

7 ай бұрын

Good luck!

The last 18 seconds of this video was the most connected I have felt with you and your content.

I’m not even gonna try and figure out what that means before watching, it’s too early in the workday for that. LOL Haaaaaappy Tuesday, John! Your mustachioed glare in rug form has greeted me at the top of the staircase leading to my office for a couple weeks now, and every morning it gives me a good chuckle as I go “good morning John” 😄 Hope PIZZAMAS was the biggest ever this year!

@ObviouslyBenHughes

7 ай бұрын

Not me forgetting a more than decade old Vlogbrothers inside reference, bad Ben! Bad! 😂

The most real is the last 18 seconds. It's me, out of focus, both literally and emotional, trying to finish a thing

@quackandcat

7 ай бұрын

+ saaaaame

All the love John. Thanks for leaving that last part in.

I like that videos can go a little long now. The candid bit at the end was relatable and sweet.

As an author with a large following and multiple literary awards, even if you consider your writing style inefficient- it obviously worked for you

Continuing with normal posting in a world where kids are being blown to bits is as dystopian as it gets

I appreciate the end section in particular. The staring into the void, the tiny pep talk. I am also a smidge depressed and anxious.

I’m trying to finish a chapter of my thesis this month before submitting it for my grad school applications so I will be joining you in this endeavor! I loved your secret writing streams during Covid and I still think about a couple of your lines from the book. Even if they never get published I still hold them closely! Thank you for all of the inspiration John!!

Thank you for including that last part, that was just to you. I do that too. And even though you recorded it i know you didn't have to include it. But you did. And thank you, because it helps. That transition between one hard thing into the next thing is where i get stuck sometimes. But at least I'm not alone in the in between stuckness.

you have looked into my innermost being and directly called me out. when i write (which is admittedly not often these days), as well as when i engage in similar creative endeavors, i can never disentangle the writing or creating from the editing & refining. they exist together as one thing. also, i am definitely more than a smidge anxious & depressed and really need to be better about taking my meds on a regular schedule.

It's just what I needed to hear. THANK YOU 💚✨

your pep talk at the end of this video is exactly what i needed to see right now. with the state of this world, i've found it hard to be functional. i spent yesterday verbally pumping myself up to do the smallest tasks after seeing this video and my god, it worked.

I feel you John, I also am a smidge depressed and anxious. I saw your tumblr post as well and felt really seen by it and its comments. For me, my mental health gets worse when the days start getting darker and where I live it has been extra dark outside due to rain the last couple of weeks. I hope we all feel better soon❤

you can do it! also how you described your writing process really resonated with me. i feel that's what i do!

When looking for this video again I to remember what exactly this was about, I found your first NaNoWriMo video from 2009 and you ending that video with "Hank, I'll see you Tuesday" to this video's "Hey Hank, its Tuesday." while jumping 15 years in age was some of the funniest KZread whiplash I've had in awhile. Keep on writing Nerds! 🧡

John, you inspire me, you have inspired me for 15+ years, and you will continue to inspire me for many more, I’m sure. It is in part because of you I was inspired enough to finally write my first novel, which is being published by a company that isn’t me on November 15th!! So yes, I can confirm it’s crazy hard to finish a book, and to revise a book (an act I really don’t enjoy but am probably good at), and I’m also anxious and depressed and am worried about the next book. Thanks for ALL of it ~Trav

Thank you for including that piece at the end.