why not let life surprise you
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What lessons did thrifting teach about identity?
My guilty pleasure used to be thrifting. I loved going into a store and trying to find a piece of clothing that would define my entire identity for a whole week in high school and then I would throw it out and forget about it. Bad habit. I learned from it. I don't buy stuff to throw it out now anymore. But what I think thrifting taught me was that the way clothes fit. matter more than the brand that you get. Sometimes you would walk into a thrift store and see Ralph Lauren and Levi's and you'd think oh my goodness we're cooking tonight only to try on these Ralph Lauren's that were a size 34 waist and they were way too big or they were saggy. I remember one time I think I stumbled across this North Face jacket that was worth like $300 and
I tried it on. It looked like I was literally swimming in the entire jacket. It didn't look good. And part of me still wanted to purchase it because I was like, well, it's a North Face jacket. They're great quality. Oh, it's a Patagonia vest.
Why is comfort often prioritized in choices?
I need to buy this. Until I realized, what am I doing this for? I'm not reselling this clothing. That's not what I'm doing. Why do I want to buy things that are predictable or feel safe? It's because there is a lot with safety that revolves around the human experience. I think we know it now. You want comfort. That's why it's so easy to get into a relationship that is another continuation of a terrible pattern that you've gotten into. That's why it's really, really easy to get super comfortable and watch Ted Lasso on the couch. It's so easy to seek comfort. And I think that the more predictable you make your life, the worse you will feel. Tonight, we are going to have one of the coldest nights, I think, in Austin, Texas this entire year.
I mean, it's January, right? But it's like, I'm feeling like I'm in the Midwest again a little bit with this weather, and I love it.
How can stepping into the unknown lead to personal growth?
Check this out in the background. You can kind of see the steam, the warm air, like, lifting up from the lake. I don't know if that's actually what's going on. I'm going to pretend to know what I'm talking about here. But, um... I never thought that I would have to wear a winter coat that I was wearing in Toronto in Austin, Texas. Here we are. The world is not a predictable place. There are patterns that we can observe, but if you think that you can live your entire life predicting what the world will bring you and what other people will do for you, you are mistaken. The world is very much like a thrift store. And I think the best thing you can do is understand what your options are and try to find the right fit.
And it won't look pretty. You might get a cardigan, a yellow one, that has some cigarette stains in it, right? Or somebody was a smoker before. It does not mean that you can't wear that thing and bring it your own style.
What insights are gained from trying new experiences like yoga?
It does not mean that you can't change something by putting your own spin on it. I urge you to do that. Anything that I've ever tried, anything that I've ever attempted, whether that's been artistic, whether that's been financial, whether that's been like relationship wise, I've been rewarded when I stepped into the unpredictable element of the unknown. And I didn't judge it. I didn't look at it and be like, well, I don't know. I'm kind of out of place here. I just went with it. Today I went to a yoga class, something that I swore to my teenage self I would never do because the optics are weird and yoga people are odd and they have man buns and they love Nepal and stuff like that. I don't know, just generalizations that were totally unfounded on anything other than people telling me about yoga and the culture around it.
So I decided to challenge myself. Yoga is so difficult. Nobody told me this. It is so difficult. You try to like do a cat stand and then like a reverse dragonfly. They all have these names and it's all going at you at like one second per change of motion.
Why is it important to avoid predictable patterns in life?
It is so difficult. I loved it. It was great. I felt so out of place. I felt so like an outsider in this space. And I knew that the stereotype of like a dude doing yoga, it's kind of been met with some, you know, he probably goes to Irwan for a smoothie later and, you know, whatever and does a meditation on the beach.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What lessons did thrifting teach about identity?
0:00–0:54
2
Why is comfort often prioritized in choices?
0:54–1:54
3
How can stepping into the unknown lead to personal growth?
1:54–2:51
4
What insights are gained from trying new experiences like yoga?
2:51–3:58
5
Why is it important to avoid predictable patterns in life?
3:58–4:55
6
How can you identify when something doesn't fit your identity?
4:55–6:07
7
What is the significance of embracing failure in personal development?
6:07–6:57
8
How can letting go of expectations lead to unexpected joys?
6:57–23:55