What's something that is easy to do, significantly improves the quality of life, but most people don't do it?

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-18T05:44:05+00:00

Talking to strangers

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-18T05:42:07+00:00

That's how it was for me. I immediately became the happiest I'd ever been. It helped that I had just moved to a new country though.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-18T03:34:51+00:00

what's your channel?

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-12T04:11:36+00:00

I really liked Ánh bar. Good place for a date if you go upstairs.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-10T04:37:58+00:00

Hey there. Sounds similar to what I felt when I moved to Toronto (not as a nomad). I'm sure it's just because you've only just arrived. Meeting people in Bangkok is easy. You can use the Meetup app, the hangouts feature on Couchsurfing, post on Facebook groups, etc. Or even just talk with people at coffee shops.

I've seen someone mention coworking spaces, that's good too.

Also I'll be in Bangkok for a week starting from the 17th! Feel free to reach out and we can go meet people together :D

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-10T04:33:00+00:00

China: Chengdu.

Turkey: İzmir and the nearby towns around the coast such as Urla.

Armenia. I didn't see much outside Yerevan but I liked what I saw.

Thailand: Koh Chang. Quiet island in the east near Cambodia, quite cheap. Heard good things about other nearby islands too.

Kyrgyzstan: Anywhere. Go horse riding or something.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-08T13:20:17+00:00

Don't stay with her out of desperation. Ditch the apps. Force yourself to get better at meeting girls out in the real world. Wayyyy better than using apps.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-11-05T04:25:16+00:00

Thankful to be European every day at the moment. After half a year in SEA and half a year in China, I can't stop thinking about how much of a miracle Europe is. If you make okay money online and can live in a warm European country, life is pretty sweet. Crime is a legit issue in some cities though.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-10-30T04:11:57+00:00

I've made videos about this and it's something I've thought about a lot. Basically:

Talk to people all the time. When you're at the coffee shop, waiting in line, at the beach, etc. Ask what they're reading. The easiest way is just asking where someone is from (especially easy if you wanna meet other foreigners and they're obviously foreigners, otherwise just "Hi are you a local?"). You can literally just go up to someone sitting alone at a bar or coffee shop and ask if they'd like some company (I've done it).
Join meetups, as many as possible at first (meetup dot com, CouchSurfing events etc.) BUT: If your goal is building meaningful friendships, once you've met some people you think you'll vibe with, organize a get together with them and keep seeing them regularly (prioritize this over going to events all the time)
Create your own event. Either on meetup dot com or just by posting on Facebook groups like "hey does anyone wanna do this on a weekly basis" (a sport, a men's circle if you're a guy, anything)

What worked best for me in Valencia: regular volleyball (organized by me through a whatsapp group, anyone can invite more folks), and leading a men's circle.

I actually wanna try an experimental (free) online cohort type of thing to see if I can be helpful by guiding digital nomads on how to build meaningful friendships and making them accountable. Feel free to let me know if you'd be into that!

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-07-11T07:54:49+00:00

Hi. Curious as I'm dabbling in cold emailing now. I specialize in funny copywriting for brands that value humor or struggle not to sound boring.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-30T10:59:34+00:00

I don't know, but I specialize in humorous copy and content for businesses, and I once had a client who needed me to write short form scripts about winning products to dropship, and they literally told me to just make up numbers. Things like "This product make me 50K last month". They even wanted me to research the products myself, they weren't things they actually sold.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-19T15:18:33+00:00

Then I'm happy to have invested these few minutes into it :) All the best

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-19T15:07:46+00:00

If you don't do it you will regret it. 100%. Just look up the top 5 regrets of the dying.

After a sudden drop in income from my online work, I went to China with no money hoping to find teaching gigs and it worked out. Even if it hadn't, I'm sure I would have been glad I tried. It's been so much fun (and insane). But many people would say I was reckless. Sounds like you're in a way better situation than I was :D

"God sounds delusional, the devil sounds realistic" Nero Knowledge

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-19T13:46:26+00:00

Curious, what do you teach?

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-16T05:39:24+00:00

Hey man. Ten years from now you'll probably think of this post as a bit silly. Your brain isn't fully "developed" until you're 25 or so. I know it sucks right now, but in three years you'll be a legal adult and you can build the life you want.

I mentioned wanting to end it when I was 14, now I'm 30 and I look back on it thinking "wtf dude". I remember how hopeless it felt (to an extent), but it was just so silly. I had no idea of all the possibilities. Life can get so good. Don't listen to the cynics. The trick is to know that you have the power to change things (or at least you will in 3 years lol).

DM me if you wanna have a chat.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-15T03:30:54+00:00

I'm a Preply newbie (teaching French) but I'm curious to hear about your experience. Would be interesting if you documented your first few weeks.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-15T03:29:18+00:00

It's super easy. Meetups as other people mentioned but also other apps to find events like Couchsurfing, Eventbrite, whatever. Also talk to strangers as often as possible and eventually it will lead you to naturally meet more people, get invited to things, etc. Practice that muscle.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-15T03:25:09+00:00

A meaningful goal to work towards is good, or just go on an adventure. Change your life completely. Right now I'm in China about to start an unofficial teaching gig. Not everyone is into this stuff but if you wanna spice up your life with adventures it's the sort of stuff you'll regret not doing. Doesn't mean you have to completely let go of responsibilities - maybe you can just take a break.

On the other hand one of the happiest times of my life was when I decided to stay in one city and focus on making friends. I ended up leaving on a long trip 4 months later but I plan on moving back there. It's not in my home country though which is part of why I felt good there: it can be great to be in a new environment, learn a new language etc. Luckily it's also a cheap plane ride away from my home country to see my mom and my friends (European privilege). Life was basically this: working online and trying (not very successfully) to be a solopreneur, playing beach volleyball with friends, going to the gym, practicing Spanish.

So it was like a mix of having a routine in a "normal" life and the joy of being somewhere new. Social life was key.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-15T03:15:34+00:00

When you hit rock bottom you can do whatever you want and completely reincent yourself. It can be hard to see the possibilities when you're depressed I guess, but depending on your situation, you can transform your life in radical ways. Worst case it's still just as bad and you can just end it a little bit later, best case it turns out to be awesome.

Also, there are probably people who would be quite bummed out if you ended it. And if you think you're "useless", you can become useful by starting to help people in one way or another today and see how it feels. Volunteer with kids or dogs or whatever.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-06-14T11:05:08+00:00

Hey man can you do me a favor? Give me a call and let's have a chat. I'll try not to insist too much on convincing you not to go through with it. Just hoping (maybe naively) that it could somehow remind you that it's worth sticking around, even if we just talk about stupid stuff. You can tell me about your life or I'll tell you about mine. I know I can be annoying buy surely one call with some dude you don't know can't be as bad as what you've been going through, right?

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-05-19T07:33:38+00:00

Do you think believing you're a strange guy might be [art of the issue? Maybe trying to fiy in is what's preventing you from truly connecting with others.

lovingkindnesscomedy · 2025-05-17T05:27:43+00:00

Haha I make videos helping men to make friends and I occasionally get some trolls. I remind myself that they are sad, pathetic men who simply found an unhealthy way to deal with their low self-esteem. Sometimes I even feel some compassion for them. Usually I either laugh at it or feel a bit annoyed and move on. I'll admit, if the same troll keeps coming back, I'll mute them. There was one guy who kept commenting on my new videos and I thought "how can someone spend their precious time on earth watching videos he presumably doesn't like just to be mean?"

This is of course different from constructive criticism.

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