 Something I always have to remember is to live in the world that I actually live in rather than the world that I wish I lived in. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, my channel is all about mental health. And what I like to do is pull different topics from the YouTube community to try to teach you how to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing. So if you're into that, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. So yeah, I'm going to talk about the real problem with Lily Singh, but it's not even really about Lily Singh. It's about society and just kind of the world as a whole. So every commentator on the planet has made a video recently, and I was trying to stay away from this topic in my last video, but it brings up something else. So let me catch you up to speed for those of you who don't know what's going on. Lily Singh sent out a tweet talking about how the Forbes highest paid YouTuber list didn't have any females on it. And a lot of people got really upset about that, you know, so I'm not jumping into, you know, that debate on it. But what intrigues me is how upset people are and why they're getting upset. That is what fascinates me. All right. So like I said, like a million commentators made videos on this and this is just something that cracked me up about the commentator community as a whole is that like everybody's like, Oh, I need to make a video about this too. Like, I mean, hey, I'm even getting views from it. So ain't no hate. Today we're going to be talking about Lily Singh and just just I'm just a little bit angry right now. I talked a little bit about last video, how I'm extremely annoyed when it comes to overly entitled babies complaining because they don't get spoon fit anymore. I have people asking, well, what is your opinion regarding what Lily's throwing out there? And what I would personally say is I think that Lily is basing a reaction to all of this on information that may not be completely factual as well as a misunderstanding of our environment here online versus that of the mainstream entertainment industry. One regarding the how factual the list is part. I don't want to blow up people's spots, but I've heard and seen some of the money that gets thrown around in the female beauty vlogger space and oh, that's what she's not in the Forbes list anymore. So please stop trying to force her on to it. I think today is going to be a big lesson in YouTubers and entitlement. I was on the Forbes list last year making millions of dollars. I'm still making millions, but not enough to get on it this year. I love how she like slightly chuck that in. You know, I was on it last year. Guys, I what I am a millionaire. But anyways, like it just it it's interesting to see what people get upset about. So the Forbes list is talking about how much money YouTubers make right and all of this stuff like it's been on Philip DeFranco to where people are talking about like like this thing about how much money people make like you guys like as a society like we need to like really check in with our priorities like there is so much news. There is so much news around you know like Idris Elba was you know this this year's like sexiest man alive right or you know, aside from the Forbes list about you know who's making the most money but how many times this year have you heard about how much money Jeff Bezos is making right like this stuff is just shoved in your face. We are constantly being told on a regular basis that looking good and making money that is what's going to make you happy and we are getting brainwashed by this and it just it bums me out as somebody with a mental health channel trying to bring awareness to mental health it bums me out how many people keep focusing on these things that we know we know for a fact will not make you happy something that I always remind people of I always remind like my clients of like when I'm working in a treatment center they're like but I want to make money I want to buy this I want to buy that like I remind them of the countless celebrities who have passed away from overdoses and suicides clearly clearly we have evidence that money and success does not always equal happiness something that I haven't kept screenshots of but I wish I did was some of you know I've been on like a weight loss journey the last year or so when I go on my Facebook page and I'm like at the gym or I do away and I'm like hey lost another five pounds hey lost another 10 pounds I get so much engagement from my friends and family right I get all these likes I get comments people saying congratulations this and this all this other stuff right but then whenever I talk about mental health it is crickets it is crickets like you guys I cannot stress to you enough six and a half years ago I was the worst person you will ever meet like friends and family did not want to talk to me because I was a garbage human being not only was I just angry I was lying I was stealing from people I was constantly having these mental breakdowns like why is it why is it that nobody's like hey Chris you haven't had like an episode in a while like that's pretty cool or hey Chris you haven't lost your crap on somebody lately you know like hey Chris you haven't screamed at somebody in public in years that is awesome like why are we not celebrating like mental health accomplishments that is what I don't get because like I said we know that you know what what you look like and how much money you make are not going to guarantee to make you happy and if we're going to be real too like your mental health and your happiness is it's way way more achievable than making the most money or being the sexiest person alive like that's just the way it is but anyways anyways one of the reasons I made this video is because I sent out a tweet yesterday that I posted on my Instagram I post on my community page and there's been some pushback alright and here's the tweet right here and I'll read it to you says alright I'm going to do it I'm going to do a video five YouTubers least likely to have a mental breakdown in 2019 let's shine a light on the creators you think exhibit exhibit the best mental health tag them in your reply and we'll do a vote so I've gotten some pushback on this and and people like oh you know you know people suffer in silence and all these other things and I'm like like I just want to make it very clear I am not in any way shape or form apologizing for that tweet not in a million years if you think I am you clearly don't know me alright like I get it I get why some people are like oh my god Chris but like you guys why like couldn't we argue the same point like we're putting these people on pedestals who are making all this money right like let's look at Chester beddington alright let's look at him alright how many times do people say he's like one of the best singers one of the best vocalist Lincoln Park is one of the best bands so we're putting him on this pedestal and he was dying inside alright so I am not going to ever agree with you that we should we shouldn't talk about how somebody is mentally healthy like why like okay what about the people we say who are physically healthy like you just over the sexiest man alive what if that dude is miserable what if he hates himself what if he hates how he looks you see what I mean so like again like one of the reasons I have this channel is to promote like mental health awareness and like my views are a little bit different but you know like here's the thing I'm trying to change the way that all of us look and talk about mental health and some of this stuff's difficult because we have a look that in a certain way so I will admit like you know just reading your guys's feedback and some of the pushback and there wasn't as much pushback as it may seem but it it felt like enough where I needed to address it because this is a topic that I'm very passionate about like I think I'm gonna just rework the title that's about it like I might change it to like the most inspirational people and tie it into mental health you know what I mean but we do need to celebrate people like if somebody's gone all of 2018 and doing well and they're happy and motivated and all these other things like let's talk about it and I get the argument that they might not be doing well mentally but but why can't we take things from them to inspire us you know what I'm saying like although I don't care about money like I'm inspired by the hustle that Gary Vaynerchuk has I'm inspired by his mindset I'm inspired by his mental health and his empathy for other people so again like even if even if these people are not doing the best mentally I think we should shine a light on people who are not causing drama not getting into fights on Twitter you know people who are acting right and being a good positive influence because one of the reasons I do this channel is to teach you what you can learn from people and something I admit that I don't do nearly as enough is shine a light is shine a light on the amazing inspirational youtubers who are a positive influence on every person that they touch alright so so again like I really want you to sit back and check your value system like why do you think money's gonna make you happy why do you think having the certain body's gonna make you happy real quick before I let you go I just posted a video about Trisha Paytas and how she keeps buying things to make her happy and I've already seen multiple comments saying oh she can just go buy a Lamborghini must be nice must be nice like are you not getting it are you not getting it she's freaking miserable like so what do you mean it must be nice like I look at that I'm like oh dang like I'm looking at somebody who is living proof that buying a 250,000 dollar car is not going to fill a void within me so never ever ever ever that think that just switching places with some rich person is gonna make you happy alright alright that's my little that's my little spiel let me know down in the comments below are you somebody who realized that money wasn't going to make you happy are you somebody I would love to know from somebody to down in the comments if you have lost a lot of weight if you have gotten in shape and you still struggle with being happy like there's nothing to be ashamed of there's nothing wrong with that but I do want people to learn from other people's experiences that this is not always the thing that is going to make you happy all right so let's have a conversation be nice be kind and love each other down in the comments sorry for bringing out tough love Chris today but I really had to talk about this alright anyways if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you hate it give it a thumbs down but either way subscribe or win the notification bell because you know just do it a huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel run patreon you're all awesome and there's a brand new patreon exclusive video up over there if you haven't checked it out yet alright thanks again for watching get your priorities straight and I'll see you next time