Practice #18 - Monk Mode is Holding You Back

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,840 You've heard of monk mode. If you haven't, it's just a simple period of time where you do certain 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:16,800 things. For example, you like do a 30 minute workout every day, and then you don't drink alcohol, 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:23,520 and then you do like, I don't actually know the rules or like the actual initiative, but it's 4 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:30,640 pretty much a simple plan to un-mess up your life. So like to get your life back on track. 5 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:37,120 And yes, that works, and that's good. Definitely recommend it for people that are like, 6 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:44,880 have a messed up life right now. But the thing is, that's not enough. Like, monk mode is not enough. 7 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:52,400 The thing is that once you get to a certain point, monk mode is actually way too easy. 8 00:00:52,400 --> 00:01:00,240 What the real monk mode is, is first of all, the no alcohol, the no smoking, like yet that's 9 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:07,360 given. You do not do any of that at all. You never do any of that. And then the next thing, working 10 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:13,440 out every day, that is a given. Like you do that every day, unless you need a rest. Like you, you 11 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:20,800 work out every day, and you only rest when you need it, which may be six days after six days. It 12 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:26,160 might be after eight days. It might be after 20 days. You only rest when you need it. And then 13 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:33,280 the next thing is you meditate every single day, no matter what. And then you eat healthy. You eat 14 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:41,600 impeccably. And you are at a such, you get to such a point where you prefer not to eat unhealthy foods. 15 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:48,560 And you get to such a point where the only time you eat unhealthy foods, and actually, let me 16 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:56,000 rephrase that, the when you consider that you're eating unhealthy foods. So when you when you eat 17 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:04,240 a food that you believe to be unhealthy, it's only because of the situation that has been that it has 18 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:11,440 been like, kind of bestowed upon you to do that. And that food that you chose to eat in that certain 19 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:21,120 situation is only unhealthy to the point where it has seed oils or it has like estrogenics in it. 20 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,400 Like that is the only thing. Let me let me explain. Let me give you a real example of this. So you're 21 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,840 you eat impeccably, you prefer to eat impeccably, and you never eat like junk food. Like that's just 22 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:42,160 not even on your mind. Like you may be in a house full of junk food, let's say you live with other 23 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:48,080 people who eat junk food, you may like see junk food all the time. But it's not it's just not even 24 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:54,800 a thought that comes in your head to eat it. Like you just never think to eat it. And you always 25 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:01,440 just eat perfectly. And what I said that the only time you don't eat perfectly is when the situation 26 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:08,880 arises. And you don't go out the thing is you don't go out of your way to do this. The only example, 27 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:16,240 like the one example of this happening is if you're on a vacation. When you're out of town, 28 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:21,120 first of all, you should try your best to pack food, which is what I do. But there are certain 29 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:27,920 times like let's say you're at all you can eat or an all inclusive vacation, where like you're at a 30 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:34,000 resort. And the only there that's the only food available. First of all, you subconsciously make 31 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:40,880 healthy eating choices from the selection. But you're not like but there are there may be seed 32 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:47,120 oils in those like that they may have been cooked in seed oils. So what I'm trying to say is that 33 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:54,960 in this monk mode protocol, you eat impeccably no matter what, unless you're in a situation where 34 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,360 that's kind of the only option you have. And then even if that's the only option you have, 35 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:05,920 you still eat very healthy and way healthier than that normal person. And let's talk about seed oils. 36 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:14,160 The real monk mode protocol, you cut out seed oils completely. You also cut out all bad, 37 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:22,960 all bad health products. So all bad soaps, laundry detergent, those fabric softeners that you put 38 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:29,360 into the laundry, you cut out all of this trash, all of this garbage, because all of this stuff 39 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:35,600 is very bad for your health. Like this is like this is just the monk mode protocol. You cut all 40 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:43,120 that out and you replace it with healthier items. And then you come to exercise number two, you 41 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:50,560 exercise cardio every single day. So first of all, you work out every day. And then you do cardio 42 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:58,240 do cardio every day. And then you wake up early. So for me, I wake up at four in the morning. Excuse 43 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:04,560 me, let me get some water. All right, wake up in the morning. We haven't even gotten into the juice 44 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,840 of this monk mode protocol. So if you think all this stuff is extreme, just wait until I get to 45 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:16,000 the end. So you wake up early in the morning, four o'clock, five o'clock, three o'clock, 46 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,400 maybe I don't know, I prefer four o'clock. And then what that means is you actually wake up, 47 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:28,160 you go to bed early also. So wake up or go to bed at five o'clock, six o'clock, seven o'clock, 48 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:37,440 eight o'clock, I prefer six o'clock, PM, like six PM. And all of these things you wake up early, 49 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:47,040 go to bed early. And then we get to your room, your environment, it must be extremely minimal. And 50 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:55,120 you may be you may think you're minimal, you are not minimal. The thing is that your room has to be 51 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:02,240 completely empty, because your room is a reflection of your mind. And if you have if you have a single 52 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:10,800 unnecessary object in your room, it must be gotten rid of. First of all, bed frames, get rid of that. 53 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:17,920 Put your bed on the ground. That is the first step. But let's just completely get rid of your bed. 54 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:26,240 No conventional beds are a part of this monk mode protocol. You sleep on a tatami mat. This 55 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:31,840 tatami mat is made of rush grass. And if you don't know what it is, look it up on Amazon. 56 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:38,080 It's like 100 bucks for a tatami mat. And it's basically kind of like sleeping on the floor. 57 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:45,280 So you sleep on that. And you completely clear your room. So you have nothing in your room, 58 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:53,760 except for your bed, like a fan, and your alarm. And you have an actual alarm clock because you 59 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,560 don't have your phone. Let's get to the phone. Well, actually, no, let's get to the phone later. 60 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:04,560 But let's still talk about this room thing. Nothing in your room. You sleep on the floor. 61 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:13,760 The only things in your room is an alarm clock, a fan, a stopwatch, like a timer, and then a 62 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:22,960 journal, pen, and an air purifier. And your room must be completely pitch black. So that means that 63 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:28,480 you buy blackout curtains. And just blackout curtains with a curtain rod is not enough because 64 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:35,440 light seeps through the sides. So you nail blackout curtains with a hammer and a nail 65 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:42,560 onto your window, like over your window. And I have it so I can open my curtains still. 66 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:50,000 They're not like fully movable, but I can still see outside my window if I choose to and get some 67 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:57,360 natural light in there. But I have that. And then also in my door, nail blackout curtains to your 68 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:04,480 door. This is crucial because your sleep is extremely important to your health. And so 69 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:10,560 when there's light coming into your room while you're trying to sleep, that actually makes it 70 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:16,160 less optimal and less efficient. So you're not getting as good asleep. And then it's extremely 71 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,680 good for meditating because when you meditate every single day, it's super good to be in the dark. 72 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:28,800 And then let's get back to another action that you should be doing every single day is sitting 73 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,160 in darkness just thinking, just sitting there staring at a wall just thinking you can't even 74 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,280 see the wall because it's too dark, but you just sit and think on your Tissan army man. And this 75 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:47,760 is because this this allows you to just contemplate life and think of any random thoughts that you have 76 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:54,320 and also just try and get some clarity in your path forward. This is extremely important habit 77 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:59,440 to have. So your room is completely empty. Now let's talk about your closet. For a long time, 78 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:06,000 I had my room completely empty, but my closet was still a mess. And I realized that it's time to go. 79 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:13,360 It's time to go extreme minimalistic with my closet. All I have in my closet is my dresser, 80 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:19,440 which by the way, move your dresser into your closet, because it takes up space in your room 81 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:26,000 and you don't want that clutter in your room or in your mind. And then so you put your dresser in 82 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:33,760 your closet. And then I have a filing cabinet in my closet for where I put my business papers. 83 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:41,200 And then I put my books in that because I also had I used to have like maybe 100 books stacked into 84 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:47,200 my bookshelf in my closet. I got I put all of those in the attic and only chose a select few. I 85 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:54,640 chose like five books to keep in my closet. And I am expecting to get more books in the future. So 86 00:09:54,640 --> 00:10:00,640 that will that number will increase. But you you just want to question every single thing that 87 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:07,680 you have in your room. And if you don't use it on a day to day basis, then it either gets pitched. 88 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:13,440 If you have not used it in the past like month, then you've got to get rid of it. If you don't see 89 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:19,200 yourself using it in the near future, get rid of it, throw it away, or put it up in the attic. 90 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:27,120 And then if you have an attic, put it in storage. And then if you use it, but not every single day, 91 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:33,920 then put it in like a cabinet like I've put in the filing cabinet. Like every single thing that I 92 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:42,800 have in my room is something I use. And then let's talk blankets. So during the day, keep your room 93 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:49,600 impeccably clean, impeccably empty, because every single morning when you wake up, you fold all of 94 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,240 your blankets and put them in the closet. That's how you do it. So then your room is 95 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:00,160 completely empty. And then you can use your tatami mat for studying purposes and meditation 96 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:10,160 purposes. Like this stuff helps. Now let's talk phone, phone usage. First of all, my phone is like 97 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:17,840 in the opposite side right now I'm in my basement. And I keep my phone in the basement at all times. 98 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:25,360 And it's it's got all of the productivity things on it. So I actually don't have any apps on my 99 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:30,160 home screen. And I deleted all of my non essential apps. So basically, I did the same thing that I 100 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:38,160 did to my room to my phone. So I questioned every single app. If I don't use it, I delete it. And 101 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:45,600 then that and then, first of all, delete all your games and YouTube, Netflix, like all that crap, 102 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:52,480 get rid of that. Delete your Instagram, TikTok, and actually go a step further and delete your 103 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:59,200 accounts permanently. When you delete your account permanently, you clear up so much mental, 104 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,160 like that was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made to do that. 105 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:11,040 So you delete all this stuff, and you go through and minimize minimize your phone. So 106 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:17,360 turn on grayscale mode, delete all of your apps from your home screen. So it's completely empty. 107 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:23,600 Put on like a black home screen and a black lock screen. So there's no like weird stuff like 108 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:30,800 wallpapers, extremely minimalist. And then go through all of the steadings and make everything 109 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:40,160 bare bones. So go to such extreme to where you have to click the power button to turn it on, 110 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:46,080 like your phone doesn't automatically turn on when you pick it up. And then also make it so 111 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:55,040 you have to manually search. Like usually when you swipe down on the iPhone, like there's recommended 112 00:12:55,040 --> 00:13:02,480 apps, get rid of those apps, make as you have to manually search for every single app. And I've got 113 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:07,200 my phone is so minimalist that I've gotten rid of like all of the widgets. Like when you swipe to 114 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:13,440 the left, there's all of that crap, like get rid of all that. And then the only thing I haven't 115 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:18,720 figured out how to get rid of is when you swipe to the right, there's like all of your apps that 116 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:23,760 you have laid out. I don't know how to get rid of that, but it doesn't really mind. I don't really 117 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:31,040 mind because I never swipe to the right anyways. And then another thing to do is when you're not 118 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:39,120 using it, keep it in airplane mode and power it off completely. Like that is essential. First of all, 119 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:46,080 to get rid of the emfs, but also to make it so it's like a two minute delay, or not a two minute, 120 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:51,760 but it's like a 30 second delay. From the time that you pick up your phone to the time you're 121 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,560 actually on an app. So you have to like you literally have to sit there for 30 seconds and ask 122 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:02,480 yourself, do I really need to do this? And it also makes it a chore. Like oftentimes, okay, 123 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:09,200 actually, no. Let me also say, keep your phone in the basement or in the attic or wherever as 124 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:16,800 far as possible as where you mainly are. So that means that for me, I keep it in the basement. 125 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:22,560 During the day, I'm upstairs. And so that means that when I want to use my phone, I literally have 126 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:30,800 to get up, walk all the way down the stairs, walk all the way across the basement, because I keep it 127 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:36,000 on the opposite side of the stairs. So I have to walk all the way across the basement, turn it on, 128 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:42,400 which takes like 20 seconds, it takes like 20 seconds to even turn on, turn on airplane mode. 129 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:47,440 And when you have it powered off like that, it takes a long time to turn off like airplane mode 130 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:54,080 and all that stuff. And then like get it connected to data, like it takes a long time for all this 131 00:14:54,080 --> 00:15:00,640 stuff to load. And so I know how long it takes. And so I'm upstairs, I'm like, do I really need 132 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:06,240 to use my phone? No, I don't. And I find a different solution, because it'll take way too long. Like 133 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:12,240 that is what you have to get to that point. So that's, that's the monk mode protocol. I might 134 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:19,360 be forgetting some stuff, but I don't know, carry around a metal water bottle with you at all times. 135 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Also, that's one thing, keep it filled up at all times.