This will make you productive in 21 minutes.

00:21:36
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Summary

TLDRThe video offers insights on overcoming procrastination to enhance productivity by minimizing the activation energy required to start tasks. It highlights the importance of self-compassion, using intentional content consumption, engaging in journaling, practicing gratitude, and effectively reallocating time, particularly from social media, to allow for a more productive lifestyle. The speaker shares personal experiences and encourages viewers to recognize their potential, take immediate actions, and build habits that contribute to overall efficiency and well-being.

Takeaways

  • 🚀 Lower activation energy to boost productivity.
  • ✨ Practice self-compassion to combat feelings of inaction.
  • 📚 Consume intentional, structured content for learning.
  • ✍️ Journaling helps organize thoughts and reduces mental clutter.
  • 🙏 Cultivate gratitude to enhance happiness and motivation.
  • ⏰ Reallocate time away from non-productive distractions.
  • 🎯 Focus on incremental actions to build momentum.
  • 🌱 Recognize and trust your potential for growth.
  • 💡 Engage in creativity to improve productivity.
  • 🎈 Feel proud of small wins to establish a positive feedback loop.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video addresses the common issue of watching productivity content without taking action. It explains that the reason for this is the high activation energy required to start tasks. Instead of aiming for complete productivity (100), it's suggested to first aim for a smaller jump (50) to reduce the barrier to entry. By easing into actions, viewers can transition smoothly from inaction to productivity and uncover value in small, incremental steps toward completing tasks.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker emphasizes self-compassion as a crucial first step to overcoming procrastination. By offering oneself affirmations and encouragement, individuals can change their mindset and prepare for productive actions. The video also highlights the importance of consuming intentional content that promotes productivity rather than random distractions, suggesting formats like longer podcasts or structured learning platforms as more beneficial.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Listeners are encouraged to utilize content consumption as a catalyst for action. For example, listening to podcasts while doing chores can motivate individuals to get up and be productive without feeling the need to disengage from content. The speaker shares personal experiences with structured learning that helped them improve their productivity and suggests that engaging in creative activities can also foster enhanced productivity through a cycle of progress monitoring.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:21:36

    Finally, the video presents practical tips for creating time by reallocating hours spent on less productive activities, particularly on social media. It advocates for reducing screen time and emphasizes that deleting distracting apps can lead to significant productivity gains. The speaker urges taking simple actions like unfollowing non-inspirational accounts and suggests a trial period without social media to experience increased focus and productivity. The completion of any of these actions is framed as a small win, boosting confidence and leading to larger productive outcomes.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the main issue with watching productivity videos?

    They often lead to inaction, as viewers get stuck in a loop of consuming content instead of applying what they learn.

  • How can I reduce my procrastination?

    By lowering the activation energy needed to start a task and by practicing self-compassion.

  • What is a good way to consume content productively?

    Opt for longer, structured content that encourages learning and mastery.

  • How can journaling help productivity?

    It helps clarify thoughts, reduces mental clutter, and builds self-confidence.

  • What is an effective way to create more time?

    Reallocate time by reducing or eliminating time spent on social media and non-essential activities.

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    is this you you want to be productive so
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    you watch a video on how to be
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    productive you get motivated by one
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    video but see another productivity video
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    and just keep watching them and end up
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    not doing anything well you're in the
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    right place because you know why they
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    don't work those videos mostly share
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    actions you should take wake up early
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    start your task for Just 2 minutes time
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    block and then just simply follow
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    through on that schedule but that's
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    exactly our struggle when we can't be
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    productive if we could just take those
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    actions we wouldn't be having these
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    problems and click on a video about how
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    to be productive in the first place so
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    how do you become productive right this
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    moment well imagine the thing you're
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    supposed to be doing right now to be
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    productive see exactly you already know
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    what action to take you just can't do it
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    there's nothing wrong with you you're
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    just trying to go from zero to 100 in
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    other words the activation energy for
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    you to do the thing right now is too
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    high that's why you get stuck in this
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    Lube of watching video after video which
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    keeps you at zero while you try to jump
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    to 100 however What If instead you try
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    to jump from 0 to 50 on the productivity
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    scale then all you need to do is to
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    jumpn scary then all you need to do is
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    jump 50 more points to get from 50 to
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    100 which is the task you want to do
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    wouldn't it be so much more efficient to
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    get to 100 like that that's why today
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    we're going to lower that activation
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    energy and gradually ease you into that
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    action you'll learn five things that
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    will make you want to do the task you're
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    supposed to be doing even if you're
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    watching in bed 18 te it's Amy I was
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    valid Victorian while playing Varsity
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    Sports and maintaining an average of 8
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    hours of sleep per night I also got a 4.
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    in chemical engineering at Caltech and I
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    worked as a business management
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    consultant and this was all while I had
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    migraines which are a disorder that
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    essentially makes you lose chunks of
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    your day now I'm passing on my learnings
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    to help you a school and life the cool
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    way which means using holistic mindsets
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    and habits this video's five tips will
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    actually make you productive and the
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    cool thing is these are all easy things
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    that you can do the moment this video
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    ends without even having to get out of
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    your comfy position yes whether you're
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    on your couch in bed on your commute you
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    can kick off your positive feedback loop
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    and become productive because start
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    where you are use what you have do what
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    you can Arthur Ash encourages immediate
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    realistic action to build momentum
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    number five is the best tip that will
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    automatically get you ahead of most
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    people and make you feel like a wizard
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    let's go you watching this video means
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    you're already awesome because you
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    likely feel like you're not doing enough
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    which means you internally feel like you
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    have some potential that you're not
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    reaching and then you seeking out to
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    learn from this video means you're
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    ambitious according to Dr Lori Santos
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    who is a professor at Yale teaching
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    about happiness she emphasizes that the
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    first step to getting out of a rut and
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    to stop procrastinating is to show
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    yourself compassion everyone struggles
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    with being productive that's why I was
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    able to keep myself going because you
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    have to be your own cheerleader like you
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    right now and a lot of the comments I
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    get are being very self-critical saying
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    things like oh why can't I do this I'm
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    stuck in this Loop and feeling so
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    hopeless but that drains energy so
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    instead In This Moment close your eyes
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    and give yourself a mental pep talk just
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    like a best friend would this seems so
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    small and so minor but I promise that
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    when you take a step back to talk to
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    yourself outside of the electronics and
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    noise you will feel a sense of calm and
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    more preparation for the next step
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    because you're affirming to yourself
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    that how you feel is normal here are
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    some great examples of affirmations you
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    can tell yourself even better give
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    yourself some customized advice you can
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    say remember how you helped out your
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    friend last week you're so kind or think
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    back to remember how you aced that math
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    quiz that you thought was going to be so
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    hard you can do hard things again more
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    mindset shifts like this are included in
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    my 7-Day transformation guide which you
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    can have for free with a link in my
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    description so if you're stuck in this
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    Loop of consuming content did you know
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    you can turn this consumption into
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    productivity the key is to consume
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    intentional content so right now you
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    might be watching random scattered
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    YouTube videos that peque your interest
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    but instead of getting off your phone or
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    laptop completely just make a simple
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    switch to the type of content two ways
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    one consume longer like really long
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    inspirational content where consuming
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    the content itself is productive because
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    you learn and number two you can consume
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    structured content like a series of
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    videos that progresses logically because
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    then you'll actually feel a sense of
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    progress moving forward so the first one
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    that would be books or listening to a
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    podcast like for me I really like
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    listening to Alex heroi or modern wisdom
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    and the cool thing about listening to
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    podcasts is that in your moment right
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    now maybe you're in bed maybe you're on
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    a couch you put on a podcast you can
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    watch the video of the podcast or you
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    can close your eyes and eventually as
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    you're listening to it and you hear
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    about these really inspirational people
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    and their stories of how they were
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    struggling so much yet you know ended up
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    in success you'll be like yeah you know
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    and feel yourself like gravitate toward
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    doing something helpful to you like for
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    me when I start to listen to a podcast
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    I'll eventually be like you know what I
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    might as well be doing my laundry right
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    now and I'll get up be doing my chores
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    and I don't even have to stop listening
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    that's why this first way really works
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    in harmony where it's like you're
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    consuming content but you switch the
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    type of content and then you do
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    something productive while still
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    consuming that same content it's very
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    gradual the second way is that
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    structured cont content this structured
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    content is what makes learning via a
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    platform like skillshare more productive
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    than watching random Youtube videos in
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    fact I've been learning how to level up
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    my Google Calendar organization on this
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    help you level up in specific skills
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    like film illustration productivity and
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    content creation so I've been using
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    Google Calendar since my first year at
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    Caltech but I only use like the basic
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    functions to get what I need however
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    recently I have a lot more on my plate
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    like wedding planning so I'm learning
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    how to use categories and color
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    customization with the class chaos to
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    come not only can you go through a
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    structured class on how to be productive
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    So Meta but bonus tip make time for
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    creativity this year because when you do
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    you'll find it helps with productivity
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    since you'll be getting yourself used to
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    creating instead of consuming simply
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    because you genuinely want to because
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    it's fun skill shares classes like easy
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    watercolors or art for self-care can
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    turn your creativity into a practice and
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    you get a check mark next to each video
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    that you complete which is a sign of
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    visual progress and according to Atomic
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    habits that is super important for
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    building good habits the first 500
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    people who use my link in the
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    the bestseller The Seven Habits of
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    Highly Effective People the first habit
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    is to be proactive this third tip helps
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    you do just that and that is to journal
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    I've been journaling ever since I could
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    remember I think like third grade I
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    remember reading entries about playing
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    tag at recess and like having little
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    Elementary School crushes taking this
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    habit of journaling through middle
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    school high school college and even till
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    now has done wonders for my productivity
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    efficiency Effectiveness mindfulness so
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    many benefits because often times when
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    I'm feeling really lost or disheartened
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    discouraged I will just Journal my
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    thoughts out and I feel like it just
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    takes these dark clouds in my head and
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    removes them puts them in paper where I
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    just don't have to think about it
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    anymore then when my worries are all
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    clear I'm just like huh I literally feel
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    lighter and able to do the task so here
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    are some specific reasons why journaling
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    is so helpful and some helpful guiding
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    Journal prompts first it keeps you
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    proactive not reactive instead of
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    consuming content you're taking control
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    so even if you don't have pencil and
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    paper remember I promised you that you
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    wouldn't have to get out of bed you can
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    just simply take out a Notes app on your
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    phone and write your heart away secondly
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    like I said in my experience it will
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    lower your activation energy and shift
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    your mindset this exercise helps you
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    understand yourself better too and you
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    can use these guiding prompts third
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    reason is journaling builds confidence
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    linking it back to point number one of
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    be your own cheerleader really reflect
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    on your past wins so you can remind
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    yourself of what your capable of fourth
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    reason is that you get to problem solve
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    through presence so when you watch
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    productivity videos it is so ironic
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    because those videos are actually making
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    you less able to solve your own problems
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    and the obvious reason for why it can't
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    solve your own problems is because the
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    maker of the video does not understand
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    your specific problems that's why when
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    you watch one you will still feel like
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    you don't have the solution and you
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    still have that obstacle and so all you
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    do is stay in this position of being
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    stuck journaling solves this because it
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    puts yourself youself yourself in the
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    present moment so you can identify your
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    own obstacles and customize Solutions
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    and here are some guiding Journal
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    prompts for that just brain dump and
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    writes to your heart's desire literally
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    you only have to write for like 2 to 5
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    minutes focus on clearing your mind and
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    planning the next step if you couldn't
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    tell I am a Potter head this is Hermione
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    Granger's wand and the funny thing is is
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    that I like it not because I'm a geek
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    geek no no no it's because because Harry
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    Potter represents something so much
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    bigger than that and it inspires me
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    day-to-day because when I think about
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    this amazing magical story written by a
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    single woman JK Rowling in a cafe and it
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    has become this huge phenomenon I am
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    incredibly just mind blown at what
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    humans can do not only does the world of
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    Hogwarts and the story make me really
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    happy but it reminds me of human
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    potential and even more so my potential
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    now I know we're not all like genius
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    writers like JK Rowling but the key here
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    and what I learned is to look for human
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    potential one person can turn ideas from
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    their head into physical books into
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    eventually an amusement park and
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    millions of people being happy but also
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    this TV humans made that too and it
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    probably just came also from one spark
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    of inspiration this lotion that helps me
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    with my Eczema that also was cre created
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    by humans and it helps me a lot and
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    there are so many things right in front
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    of your eyes right now that were created
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    by humans just like you why am I so
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    passionate about talking about living
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    your best lives and getting off of your
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    phone and to create something with your
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    smart brain is because I believe so much
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    in human potential and specifically I
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    guarantee that you have a lot of magical
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    potential because if you were to just go
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    out there and take action and to follow
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    the passions that were placed within
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    your head and that speak to you then you
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    are finding your place in the world and
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    basically fulfilling your destiny and
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    making that kind of impact that you were
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    meant to make so to be productive and to
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    Spur yourself to take action I suggest
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    you look around see any object and
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    approach it with a sense of curiosity of
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    Amazement like you're in bed and your
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    sheets are so comfy like wow someone had
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    to manufacture that someone had to
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    design it and to figure out just how to
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    make it this comfortable and fluffy you
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    can think ah if the person who invented
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    the dishwasher didn't take action then
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    we wouldn't have this incredible
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    convenient invention right now and so
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    it's appreciation for the little things
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    and even the little impact that you can
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    make that will have outsized impact in
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    the future basically any awesome thing
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    that exists in front of you right now
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    started as an idea but it would have
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    stayed only as an idea and no one would
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    know they had the idea if that person
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    didn't take action on it and what a loss
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    would that be so what loss would there
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    be if you didn't take take action there
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    are a lot of things to be scared about
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    for what humans can do like look at the
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    environment but we can also take it as a
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    positive too because I feel like for me
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    I get excited about what characteristics
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    I have what personality traits what
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    circumstances I have where what can I do
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    to contribute to this fabric of the
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    human race wow sounding so deep now so
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    this point number four is really an
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    observation and mindset one but
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    essentially it's also teaching you to
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    have gratitude you might have heard by
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    now but gratitude is something that
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    makes it easier to be happy to
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    sustainably succeed and to stop
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    procrastinating but why this tip number
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    four is a different kind of gratitude is
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    that instead of thinking of what things
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    happened that you're grateful for you
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    are grateful for things simply existing
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    just like you are worthy just for
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    existing your actions or difficulty in
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    taking actions don't Define your
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    inherent value as a person and wow this
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    again links to point number one about
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    being your own cheerleader because you
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    as your cheerleader of your favorite
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    team you will always see the beauty in
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    them and you'll always be waiting for
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    them to get back up because you trust
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    their strength and abilities that's why
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    when you look for human potential like
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    this tip number four you can also find
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    the potential within yourself number
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    five the atomic tip the best tip this is
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    something productive you can do right
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    now that will have Atomic benefits for
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    you to be even more productive and and
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    to sustain your productivity for days
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    and weeks and even months to come I'm
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    not kidding it is create time nope nope
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    nope that's not just it you have to
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    learn how to create time but Amy
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    creating time is impossible yes it does
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    seem that way huh only 24 hours in a day
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    but this will make you a wizard you're a
  • 00:13:51
    wizard Harry you can magically make time
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    by allocating it the word allocate is so
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    in incredibly crucial and I want you to
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    really know a visualization of this so
  • 00:14:04
    this story will make it all clear I get
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    many many emails per day and
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    unfortunately I cannot respond to all of
  • 00:14:10
    them but one of them was like hey Amy
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    I'm A struggling student I have this
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    many classes and I have extra
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    curriculars and I have a job to do on
  • 00:14:17
    the side and I also have to do this
  • 00:14:19
    homework blah blah blah and I want
  • 00:14:20
    Straight A's but I'm just so tired and I
  • 00:14:23
    feel like I don't have time and then I
  • 00:14:25
    go like two paragraphs later and it says
  • 00:14:28
    oh yeah and my screen time is 6 hours
  • 00:14:30
    and gosh it's just it's very saddening
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    to me because first of all your answer
  • 00:14:34
    is right there but second of all it's
  • 00:14:36
    like because of social media and our
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    phones and this technology we are
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    essentially losing hours of our days
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    which translates to losing years of Our
  • 00:14:47
    Lives I don't think we could ever be
  • 00:14:49
    reminded of this too much so the easiest
  • 00:14:52
    way to create time by reallocating time
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    is to delete what is less useful and
  • 00:14:58
    taking your time and
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    yes that is drum roll social media and
  • 00:15:04
    video games or binging Netflix and
  • 00:15:07
    before you click away and you're like oh
  • 00:15:09
    screen time that was the last tip that
  • 00:15:11
    was your magical best tip well duh of
  • 00:15:13
    course that's nothing new well let me
  • 00:15:15
    ask you doesn't that say something and
  • 00:15:18
    have you done everything in your power
  • 00:15:20
    yet to follow through and convert that
  • 00:15:23
    advice you've heard so many times and I
  • 00:15:25
    want to be the first to say that social
  • 00:15:27
    media has a lot of benefit
  • 00:15:29
    that's why I can reach you right now
  • 00:15:31
    that's why I can connect with amazing
  • 00:15:33
    friends who I otherwise would have never
  • 00:15:34
    met however because I also understand
  • 00:15:37
    the detrimental benefits of it I will
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    take action because if you know
  • 00:15:42
    something and you don't take action
  • 00:15:45
    that's the same thing as you not knowing
  • 00:15:46
    it at all so you know I'm just like you
  • 00:15:49
    as hard as it was so I could take my
  • 00:15:52
    GMAT standardized test to the best of my
  • 00:15:54
    ability I deleted all of the social
  • 00:15:56
    media apps off of my phone for like 3
  • 00:15:58
    months and gu guess what I scored a 760
  • 00:16:00
    out of 800 which is a phenomenal score
  • 00:16:03
    on the first try I essentially cut out
  • 00:16:06
    this disadvantage of social media which
  • 00:16:08
    would have decreased my attention span
  • 00:16:10
    decreased the amount of time I would
  • 00:16:12
    have had to study and decreased my
  • 00:16:14
    motivation to study further every time
  • 00:16:17
    before I visit China I will delete all
  • 00:16:20
    of my apps again and that is because I
  • 00:16:23
    want to be fully present with my
  • 00:16:25
    grandparents who might not be here much
  • 00:16:27
    longer time is precious social media
  • 00:16:30
    social media will always be there there
  • 00:16:32
    will always be infinite things for you
  • 00:16:34
    to consume that you will not get through
  • 00:16:35
    them in your lifetime and that's exactly
  • 00:16:38
    why it's not worthy think about it it's
  • 00:16:40
    the things that have limits and scarcity
  • 00:16:43
    that have value so all right the lexury
  • 00:16:45
    part is over what are the actions that
  • 00:16:47
    you can take right now so number one the
  • 00:16:50
    top recommendation is to delete the apps
  • 00:16:53
    completely like literally try it for 2
  • 00:16:55
    weeks and see how magical your life
  • 00:16:58
    becomes some of you told me oh but I
  • 00:17:00
    chat with my friends on Instagram DM so
  • 00:17:02
    I'll be left out if I delete the app
  • 00:17:03
    then talk to your friends find an
  • 00:17:05
    alternative and if your friends aren't
  • 00:17:07
    willing to switch to an app so you can
  • 00:17:09
    curb your social media usage so you can
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    have a better future well then they're
  • 00:17:14
    probably not the right friends for you
  • 00:17:15
    to have number two Purge your following
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    every time someone comes on your feed if
  • 00:17:21
    they do not make you feel better they do
  • 00:17:22
    not make you better you're going to
  • 00:17:24
    unfollow them or mute their posts you
  • 00:17:26
    can even go directly into your following
  • 00:17:27
    list and unfollow all the people like
  • 00:17:30
    Kim Kardashian sorry Kim and you can go
  • 00:17:33
    follow some helpful study YouTubers or
  • 00:17:35
    productivity people like yours truly or
  • 00:17:39
    some of these recommendations and just
  • 00:17:41
    want to emphasize this is not as good as
  • 00:17:43
    option number one number three is to
  • 00:17:45
    rewire your algorithm even though I
  • 00:17:47
    don't scroll on the for you like short
  • 00:17:50
    form content on any platform when I go
  • 00:17:52
    search something on Instagram I will get
  • 00:17:54
    distracted by the explore page which
  • 00:17:56
    used to be filled with like Instagram
  • 00:17:58
    models who would make me feel bad about
  • 00:18:00
    myself and then I I would click into
  • 00:18:02
    them and just to see their other
  • 00:18:03
    pictures and their clothes so I changed
  • 00:18:06
    my whole feed to be filled with Shibu
  • 00:18:09
    instead they're just such cute little
  • 00:18:11
    fluff balls number four set double app
  • 00:18:15
    timers I set an app timer for Instagram
  • 00:18:17
    on my phone like in apple settings but
  • 00:18:21
    also did you know that Instagram itself
  • 00:18:23
    you can also set an app timer now
  • 00:18:26
    because you know you can just ignore app
  • 00:18:28
    timers if if I reach the time limit I
  • 00:18:30
    will have one block and then if I I
  • 00:18:33
    ignore it then I will have a second
  • 00:18:34
    block so even that second layer of
  • 00:18:36
    friction the second block being like
  • 00:18:39
    your time is up that actually causes me
  • 00:18:41
    to just get off and stay off honestly
  • 00:18:44
    aren we kind of tired of hearing to use
  • 00:18:47
    social media less if we're tired of it
  • 00:18:49
    then you know let's just let's just act
  • 00:18:51
    on it right because it's such a big
  • 00:18:52
    problem and I think honestly that every
  • 00:18:55
    single productivity selfimprovement self
  • 00:18:58
    growth video should mention even a
  • 00:19:01
    little bit about reducing time on phones
  • 00:19:04
    and social media it's a good reminder
  • 00:19:06
    because otherwise it would be ignoring
  • 00:19:08
    the most impactful things we could do to
  • 00:19:11
    be living our best lives way more
  • 00:19:13
    impactful than any other tips because
  • 00:19:15
    think about it it's a baseline to have
  • 00:19:18
    time it's a foundation to have our
  • 00:19:21
    brains other tips would just be like
  • 00:19:23
    happy bonuses so let's protect our time
  • 00:19:25
    and brains first after you do one of
  • 00:19:28
    those five tips tips feel proud of you
  • 00:19:30
    for doing something this feeling of a
  • 00:19:32
    small win has an outsized impact because
  • 00:19:35
    it just lowered your activation energy
  • 00:19:36
    so you can jump to 100 so much more
  • 00:19:38
    easily in fact if you feel like you
  • 00:19:41
    didn't make a big difference in that
  • 00:19:42
    moment that's exactly what's supposed to
  • 00:19:44
    happen because it's going to ease you
  • 00:19:46
    into the big thing finally you have to
  • 00:19:48
    trust that if you don't try for the
  • 00:19:50
    invisible benefits now you will get the
  • 00:19:53
    visible consequences later boom I
  • 00:19:56
    actually made it up myself I had that in
  • 00:19:58
    my back pocket for a couple months now I
  • 00:20:00
    just have so many ideas that take a
  • 00:20:02
    while to be shared sometimes because I
  • 00:20:04
    can hardly make a 1hour YouTube video
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    saying everything I want to but that's a
  • 00:20:08
    top thing that gets me so excited to
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    create just for the sake of creating and
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    turning the thoughts in here into
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