Name: What Happened to Simon?
Uploaded: 2020-10-14T20:25:11.000Z
Duration: 10 min 8 s
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At the time of my last instagram close in Japan, I wasn't doing very well.

Hell, I was concerned as well, because this year has been, without a doubt, the most challenging year of my entire life.

I'm sure a lot of you could say the same thing as well.

So I leaned into the challenge instead of avoiding it or complaining about it or numbing it, and I feel that it's been really transformative.

I've taken a step back from making YouTube videos, and I'm putting my efforts into a whole new project.

It's a big one, probably my most important one ever.

I'm spending a full year on my own wellness project.

Instead of pouring my hours into planning and filming and editing and publishing videos, I want to spend that time on developing myself.

What is the best version of myself that I can be?

What are the ways in which I can truly flourish?

And if you remember how our videos were like in Korea, when we used to publish eight videos a week.

You know that I know how to grind and I know how to hustle.

But now I'm spending that time grinding on myself.

That doesn't sound right, does it, though?

Maybe I'm level grinding my own character.

You might have noticed one of the big things that I've worked on, and it's that I've worked out Ah lot.

For the first time in my life, I finally feel comfortable shirtless.

Another thing that you might have noticed is that I'm a lot less frenetic on camera.

I am less agitated and all over the place.

I feel a lot mawr emotionally resilience.

I am at ease with what comes and goes, and I am open to the mysterious unfolding of my life.

Sounds like Simon moved to Canada and smoked a lot of weed that z not it at all.

It's actually, because I got a lot more into meditation like, ah, lot more Not, like, run away to the mountains and become a monk.

Or get one of those like breathy nama stay voices that some people tend to get.

I'm not at that level yet, but back when I was in Tokyo, I used to meditate for 10 minutes a day, and that was very, very transformative.

But now I'm doing something like an hour a day on most days, sometimes even more.

I feel like how I have a six pack on my body.

Okay, I don't know it, but I got you to think of a number between one and 10.

Okay, I know I'm joking about meditation, but truly I think this is the best thing that I have done for myself.

I feel a lot mawr present when I talk to people.

My eyes aren't jumping around all over the place.

I feel like I'm connecting with people like I've never been able to connect before.

But I'm not just practicing meditation for myself.

I've enrolled in a lot of classes at University of Toronto.

When it comes to mindfulness and meditation, I'm super interested in the neuroscience of it.

What happens to your brain when you meditate?

How are you developing that six pack in your mind?

I'm actually really happy to be a student again.

Curiosity is my strongest personality trait along with love of learning.

So this is so fun for me learning all this stuff, reading all about it.

I'm really interested in finding ways to share this with you as well.

And as soon as I do, I hope I can make some good videos about it Truly.

I think YouTube as a whole can have a lot more mindfulness and well being in it, and I have some ideas that I think can change a platform.

How can you to measure Mawr than subscribes and likes and watch time and revenue and maybe start focusing Mawr on the well being of its creators and viewers?

I know a lot of you have probably seen some creators burnout.

You might have even seen some of them fall apart.

I don't want you to to be a factor in their unwell nous or yours.

So I have some ideas as to how I want to change the platform as a whole.

And I'm working towards a vision, actually feels really good to set some goals and to work towards achieving them thing.

First day at the dog park s so small compared to this huge dog.

What's been very good for me as well is that I've reconnected with my friends and family in Canada.

I was super out of touch with him for like, more than a decade when I was in Korea and Japan.

But now that I'm back home and I can see them regularly.

Toe have the love and support of people who care about you.

I'm also spending a lot more time with my parents because they are getting older.

I mean, we're all getting older unless you're Chiana Reefs.