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Hello everyone, welcome to my newest video
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On the last video regarding the 4 mindsets that changed my life, I received tons of positive comments
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Because of that, I thought to myself, "Why not make a video about habits?"
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So, this is a video about 7 habits that changed my life
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The first habit is self-care
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The kind of self-care that I mean here is the kind of self-care that has to do with our body
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Such as washing our face, using deodorant, and shaving frequently
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I realize that many of my viewers are teenagers and young adults
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So, I feel like if you're starting this habit at your age, it's a really good thing
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Because, in order to see a significant change, you'll need a year or two
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But, once it happens, there will be a boost in our confidence
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And that is going to help us perform better, take more risks, and be more open towards new opportunities
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During my high school years, I suffered terrible acne, but, when I started washing my face three times a day, but now I only do it twice, in the morning and before bed,
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Now, I feel like my skin has gotten better, and I feel more confident because of that
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Now, about shaving, some of you may mantain your mustache and beard, because of religious reasons or something else,
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but, many of you don't, many of you also don't shave your mustache and beard because you think that shaving it will cause it to grow even thicker
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First thing first, in my opinion, that's a myth
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Even if that's true, in my opinion, it's better to just shave it once a week, it only takes ten seconds
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It's better than having a catfish mustache for years
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The second habit is the habit of speed-listening
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This is a habit that I apply when I listen to YouTube videos, audiobooks, or podcasts
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The videos that I watch, I usually consume them in twice the normal speed
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Imagine if, in a week, we watch videos, listen to audiobooks and podcasts in total of 10 hours,
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If we listen to them twice the speed, we are going to save ourselves 5 hours
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For me, 5 hours is a lot of time that we can save for other things
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Of course, we don't have to apply this to everything, If I was watching an entertainment video, a drama, or a funny clip,
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I don't think it's fun to watch it in twice the speed
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But, If I was in a position where I want to extract some information from the content,
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I watch or listen to them in twice the normal speed
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So far, I never felt like I was losing retention. I feel like my memory and my focus is still the same compared to the time I watch in normal speed.
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If you want to save time, speed-listening is a habit that you have to try
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Another habit is to treat education as a necessity
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This is a habit that is kind of hard to articulate, so, I'm just going to give you an example
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Disclaimer, for this habit, if you're in a position where it's hard to fulfill essential needs, of course, you'll need to prioritize that first
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But, with the assumption that we have fulfilled the basic needs of our lives,
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For me, seeing education as a necessity is going to give you a positive impact
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For example, I didn't like spending my money on books, educational subscriptions, tutoring, etc. because I thought it wasn't worth it
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It was easier for me to spend my money on shoes and clothing compared to education
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But, since my junior and senior year of high school, as long as something is making me smarter, it doesn't take long for me to buy it straight away
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I believe that our most valuable asset is our head
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So, now, when I have a budget in 'necessities', I have some portion of it for education
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For example, 10-15% for anything that has to do with education, such as buying books, subscriptions to audiobooks, paid tutor, or skill developments
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I usually treat it the way I buy food
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Of course, just because it's education, we can't be carefree about it
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It's the same as buying food... we have to decide whether we need to make the food ourself or buy it, whether we need to eat at an all-you-can-eat or at a small food stall...
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...whether we want Japanese food or Pecel Lele
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It's the same as education, we need to apply our common sense by treating education like 'food'
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In long term, if we invest in our head, the return is faster and bigger than any other investment instrument
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The fourth habit is to write down my ideas
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Sometimes I regret the moments when I had brilliant ideas
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But, because I only keep the ideas in my head, I never them down or whatever,
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The ideas float away... in result, I remember that I dreamed of something, but I never remember what those dreams were
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So, by writing down the kind of ideas that we want to develop
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Whether we want to realize those ideas or not
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In the future, when we actually need them, there's a bigger chance that it is going to turn into reality, in accordance to our condition at that time
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Our brains are very good at processing information, but, they're not the best at storing them
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That's why I use existing applications and technology to help me have a second brain
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When I think of something I either write them down right away or I store them in my Notes if I'm holding a phone
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And then, I organize the unorganized ideas in Notion
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I have made two videos about Notion before that you can watch
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To put it simply, Notion is a mix of productivity apps that you see out there
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More importantly, we can use Notion to manage the projects that we have
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For example, we can use it when we are a committe of an event, or, in my case, I use it to run my channel
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Where I do not work alone, but I also have my teams with me
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in Notion, I like to make calendars that we can use together
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and the to-do list that each person can use and fill
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and then a script page that my team can directly comment
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I also really like Notion because of its simple and intuitive design
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And, In my opinion, Notion is a beautiful alternative for Google Workspace
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The fifth habit is to use a digital calendar
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For a project-based calendar, I like Notion better
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But, for daily time-blocking, I like Google Calendars better
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Because, almost everyone I know use Gmail,
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So, when I want to schedule a meeting, I just need to write down their email and they can add it to their own Google Calendar
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First thing first, this digital calendar is a really good reminder on what we need to do
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Next, when we know exactly what we're going to do at this and that time, we have a bigger chance of actually doing it
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compared to solely relying on memory and instinct
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Next, when we know that something is coming from 1PM to 3PM,
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We can look around that schedule and look for time for relaxation
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Because we know that at that time, we can relax,
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We don't feel as guilty, and, in general, we feel happier
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And then, if we schedule our daily routines in Google Calendar,
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We can look at our monthly and weekly view
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From that view, we can see how our daily and weekly routines look like
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Because of that, it's easier for us to plan and add activities in the future...
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because of the knowledge that we gain from the data that we have inputted into the digital calendar
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The sixth habit is a Nostalgia Machine
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So, this is a way for me to look back at times and phases in my life that I went through
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Since I started doing this, the world seems to work slower than it used to before
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Oftentimes, precious times just pass
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We may even forget what we had for lunch last Thursday
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The first nostalgia machine that I have is "Homework for Life"
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Homework for Life is an adaptation from a book by Matthew Dicks titled 'Storyworthy'
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So, what we have to do is we make an excel or a spreadsheet, on the left side you'll have the date
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And, on the right side of it, just one or two words that we can use to remember that day
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And the second one is, Quarterly Spotify Playlist or a Spotify playlist that I arrange every once in a while
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For some people, they like to make a Spotify playlist every three months... for me, I make them every three months
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For now, I already have three playlists, and when I listen to these playlists again,
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It reminds me of how I felt that time and what I was going through
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Of course, if you can live the moment, go ahead and live the moment at that time
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But, in order to do all this, I only need 5 minutes, or even less, in one day
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If we can spend our thirty minutes looking at Instagram stories that we forget the next day,
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I feel like 5 minute is not that big of a thing for an eternal memory
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And then, the sevent habit is to work out
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Honestly, this is not something that I do recently
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But, I'm saying it here as a public commitment so you can hold me accountable for what I said earlier
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Even though I rarely exercise now, I still remember the first time I used to exercise, by going to gym, or playing football, running, or anything that makes me healthier,
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It didn't just make me healthier physically and mentally,
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But, it also made me more confident and look cooler B-)
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But, most importantly, working out makes me sleep better
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Working out also gives me more energy to do better things in my life
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In general, I became a more positive, happier, and motivated person
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I also have bigger energy to learn new things
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Once again, these seven habits are going to be overwhelming if you apply them simultaneously
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So, just look at one or two habits that you guys want to apply
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And try to be consistent with those two habits before you move on to another habit
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'Of course, these habits are going to be easier to be applied if we approach it with the right mindsets
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For 'Four Mindsets that Changed My Life', you guys can check out this video
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Thank you and see you on the next video
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Translated by Rizky Citra Anugerah
