How to change your life in a year

Actually what i've come to realize is after watching thousands of self improvement videos over the years, and flooding my mind with concepts and formulas of productivity, succes, motivation, etcetera. What really helps you is shuting all of it down, social media, even youtube. And starting to DO, anything, just DO, and figure things out, just think for yourself, you are not going to find a magic bullet that's pain-free, the pain goes away once you start moving and getting good at what you are doing.

This guy does what it says on the tin. He gives us BETTER IDEAS. And I appreciate this guy as he has helped me so much mentally. Merry Christmas boys.

I am a recovering alcoholic. I stopped drinking and smoking at the same day. The same day I started run 5km everyday at 5am. It's now 6 months later. I'm doing 10km everyday. I haven't missed 1 day. I don't care If Im tired. I don't care If the weather is shit. The best thing i ever done in my life. And I love it.

1. Focus on one thing 2.Force yourself 3 Make the process work for you For the person who are in hurry 👆

The real gem of this video was the point about how you'll never actually interact with the goal itself, 100% of the time you are interacting with the daily process/habit. Your relationship has to be with the process. You can't interact with "having 1 million subscribers", you have to interact with the routine of making 1 video a week consistantly, atleast as an example for me trying to build my YouTube channel. Great perspective shift!

I will change my life.

This is so true. I started running just 5 minutes a day. The first couple of days was really hard to get motivated but I noticed I always felt great after the run. After a few more days I would be able to run without having a hard time catching my breathe and my mind would go “you know what I’ll go around the block one more time” the 5 minute run turned into 10 minutes. I felt energized all day and it made me want to run longer or do a couple of sit-ups when I got home, and I noticed I would look forward for my run everyday and this is coming from a very lazy person lol Whenever my schedules tight and I can’t go running I would feel like sht. People around me mention I’m more positive and I feel more relaxed mentally and physically. I would easily spend 10-30 minutes watching Netflix I know this sounds dramatic but the 5 minute run literally changed my life for the better.

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“Do it anyways + stop acting on feelings” has been an incredible game changer for me in the last month. I used to spend ALL my time thinking about all the changes I wish I could make “if I weren’t so tired, or if I had enough time” … well, after a while enough is enough. If you want to implement something new in your life, please just DO IT. You can decide after a few weeks if those things are worth keeping up or not. Stop psyching yourself out before you’ve even tried. Believe in yourself and the outcome. Give yourself permission to be happy.

#1 pick one thing to focus on - write down a list of things you want to work on - where do you see yourself in 5 years - write day to day habits that will help you get there - are you comfortable commiting to these habits every single day? #2 forcing yourself is a good thing - don't let the resistance get the best of you - pretty much 100% of the time, pushing yourself is the right decision #3 make the process work for you - you're on your own side - make the things you want to do easier/more enjoyable - modify the approach to help you You could be in a way better place in a year / a couple months if you apply those strategies everyday (Edit: I love how everyone in this comment section assumed I was a guy lmao)

This channel has some of the best content that I’ve seen. About 12 years ago I decided I was not content with my current state of affairs in life. So in 12 years time I obtain associates degree, worked as a registered nurse, obtain my bachelors degree, got a divorce, and have almost obtained my masters degree. Prior to this I was working a trade and stuck in a marriage which I found out after I filed for divorce was actually really bad. Please keep this up and let’s hope that young Americans will continue to listen to what you say and improve their lives so that we may improve the United States so it will continue to be a beautiful country that is a joy to live in. Almost all of the concepts which you were presented in some of your videos I have followed and they have led to the success that I’ve had so far. Keep up the great content

Duuuuuudeeee!! I typed “how to change your life” and your vid came up. I am AMAZED at the amazing advice you’re giving!! It’s like you looked into my soul and spoke directly to it. Like saying it is bs to listen to that voice in your head and doing it anyway. I’ve been listening to that “I’m too tired, I’m too this and that” voice all my life. You express everything so beautifully and clearly. I am in awe. I will listen to this every morning and develop the processes. I will also set the intention to report back a year from now. Thank you. You gave me tools to finally get my ish together.

"You don't interact with the goal, you interact with the process" (paraphrased) is such a good thing to remember. I'm going to apply these tips as I develop my art skills this year.

as someone who's been burnt out: when you're on your way to burnout, the voice in your head never tells you you're burnt out. it makes you believe you can and should do everything. in this case, you need to stop yourself, and not do all the things in the world to be productive, but instead focus on rest and recovery (especially if you haven't practiced that before). however as someone's who's also struggling with depression, that voice telling you that you can't do it is lying. you can do things like eat, exercise and brush your teeth. but when you don't, the voice is gonna tell you that you're lazy, and then it's just a vicious cycle of you telling yourself you can't do anything. you need baby steps and appreciating yourself for completing every baby step. in both of these cases, you need to be more gentle with yourself, and prioritize self care, instead of tHe hUsTle lol. for me, burnout was accompanied by depression, but they're extremely different & need to be handled differently (which is hard if they're there at the same time lol). the voice isn't always telling the truth, but it can also lie in both directions. most importantly, seek professional help if you think you might need it (i probably wouldn't have survived without real help tbh)

1:59 i'm actually watching this video in July

Its 31st of December today. Soon the clock will strike 12, then past it. But this time, i don't just want the year's number to change; I want to change myself too, for the better, gradually the best. There are three major things I want to work on. -My physical health -My mental health -Discipline. As of now I take up Discipline the prime thing to work on with a dash of daily yoga with adriene just for little me time, no goaley-goal as such (so as to save myself from the guilt later if i god forbid break in between). I hope i can make it work this time. I really do. Good luck to you all. A very Happy New Year to all my fellows who are on this wonderful journey to change themselves for the better :D

I have a sneaking suspicion that whenever my brain tells me I'm burning out, in reality it's just trying to avoid doing the difficult task.

You will make it. Yes YOU! It does not matter what everyone else told you, If you believe in yourself no one can stop you. I believe in you, you will make it. 2022 will be your best year. Your beliefs create your reality. BELIEVE

This is so spot on. I came to these conclusions naturally last January when I woke up basically on New Year’s Day (it might have been a day or two later, I don’t remember exactly) and was just exhausted with who I was and wanted to change. I have CPTSD with anger issues, so my goal was to really get my anger under control for real. To do that, I focused on yoga and meditation because I had read that it’s one of the best things for folks overcoming trauma. But I also knew that I was pretty pissed at myself for letting my body go for years and losing strength, so I made the conscious decision to approach yoga from a mental health perspective and not an exercise perspective (it’s absolutely both, but I was still a baby to the whole mind-body connection, so I had to make this distinction in the beginning in order to not get down on myself). So yoga and meditation became my method for achieving mental health (along with trauma informed therapy, of course). Omg this lead me down such a deep and rewarding rabbit hole over the course of a year!! I spent the first couple of months forcing myself to do it until I came to enjoy it and it was no longer a chore. I decided I wanted to learn more about it so I didn’t need to rely on YT, so I took a yoga teacher training course that delved into the philosophy and mind-body connection science, and I got competent enough to be certified and I can create my own sequences and teach. Everything I learned on the mat has real world application off the mat: the biggest being able to sit with discomfort, and finding my edge and going just past it. We learn to identify the difference between useful discomfort where you’re stretching into new areas, and dangerous discomfort where you’re actually hurting yourself, and how to pull away from that back to your edge. If that isn’t a metaphor for anger management, idk what is. But it went beyond that. Now I was learning to heal the parts of me that felt anger, to identify the hurt child inside that was fighting to protect me and to reparent that child. I went from anger management to healing and post traumatic growth. I’m not fully healed yet, but I do feel like fundamentally different and better person than I was a year ago. And it really is that simple: pick a goal and a method to achieve it, keep going even when you don’t want to, find ways to make it more enjoyable or meaningful, and I’d also say let yourself get sucked into the rabbit hole as you learn more and find new ways to improve. One year really can change your life.

This was great, thank you. I have been committed to bettering myself since I burnt out from work a month ago and finally took 2 weeks of PTO, my girlfriend broke up with me right when PTO started, but I am still driven, maybe even more so from the breakup. Your idea of recording things before morning coffee is great, and I have created a Google doc to record my progress. I'll leave a link to this video in the doc with a reminder to come back in one year and update this comment with what has happened. A few things I am not following though are I am not just doing one thing, I know you said that can be detrimental, but I have and am used to a lot of things "cooking" at the same time, I believe without the distraction of my ex and with a little discipline I should be able to get a list and action plan together and record my progress over time. In a way, my "one thing" is keeping this plan of what I need to do... I think the key is not letting yourself say "Ah, I'm too tired to work out" as you mentioned in the video, and being diligent about recording updates in the morning before coffee and setting goals and time into your routine. That's the plan, thank you for the advice!