Practice #21 - How to Get on Self Improvement as a High School Student

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,160 how to get on self-improvement as a high school student. 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:08,160 So my self-improvement journey really started freshman year 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,040 after I got cut from the soccer team, 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:11,880 and I realized I had to train. 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,240 So I started doing cardio, 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,560 and then I did cardio, 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:22,240 and then I tried out for sophomore year for the soccer team, 8 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:23,200 and I got cut again. 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,720 So then I realized I had to do weights. 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,600 So I was doing weights and cardio, 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,760 and then I also realized I had to practice my soccer skills. 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,040 So I was training my weights, cardio, soccer skills. 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,840 I was taking cold showers, 14 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:42,120 and I was starting to really dial in on my health. 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,440 And so then I was training, 16 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,280 got to an all-time peak fitness level, 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,240 and then I got injured right before trouts, 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,360 so then I ended up not trying out that year. 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,200 Best decision I've ever made, 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,320 because then I started reading books. 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,920 And with all this extra time after school, 22 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,120 now that I'm not playing a sport, 23 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,880 I started reading books, 24 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,280 going to the gym, 25 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,880 and just starting to dial in on my life. 26 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:14,960 And then slowly but surely, 27 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,800 I started making changes from the books that I learned. 28 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,280 Like, one book I read called How to Break Up Your Phone. 29 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,160 I started literally breaking up with my phone, 30 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,040 and now my phone is all the way on the other side of the room 31 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:34,800 in the basement all the time on AirPlay Mode, 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,240 do not disturb, power it off. 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,160 I just don't use my phone anymore. 34 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,960 There's been multiple weeks 35 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,280 where I have zero minutes of screen time total on my phone. 36 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,840 And so I started making all these changes. 37 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:55,640 And now, because I want to basically do self-improvement full-time, 38 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,440 I graduated early. 39 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,360 So now I'm out of school 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,720 before I even was supposed to be done. 41 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,560 And the thing is that I was originally planning on going to college. 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,320 Like, I never really wanted to go to college, 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,240 but that was my plan. 44 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,040 That was my path. 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,160 And, or at least that was a path I was going to take, 46 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,240 just because that was what everyone else did. 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,960 And then I started taking control of my life 48 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,520 and my actual life got better. 49 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,640 So I want to basically walk you through 50 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:29,920 how if I had all the knowledge I have now, 51 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,920 and I had to restart as a freshman, 52 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,360 summer going into freshman year, first day, 53 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,880 let's just say first day of freshman year. 54 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:44,760 If my brain got teleported into myself 55 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,400 when I was freshman year. 56 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,000 So I had all this knowledge I have now, 57 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,600 and I had to restart physically as a freshman. 58 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,520 The first thing I would do is hit the gym. 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,400 I would start waking up in the morning. 60 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,880 I would go to the gym before school. 61 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:07,320 And I would basically just start lowering my waking up time. 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,680 So I would start waking up at, let's say, 63 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,800 six o'clock instead of 6.30. 64 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,560 And then I would wake up at 5.30. 65 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,440 And then, like, over the months, 66 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,000 I would wake up earlier and earlier and earlier 67 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:24,240 until I was waking up at a time where I was happy 68 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,720 with that time for the time being, 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,480 until something else I wanted to do. 70 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,240 For example, I was, during my freshman year, 71 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:37,600 I was waking up at maybe 6.20, 6.30. 72 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,400 And we were on Zoom. 73 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,320 So we were online. 74 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,400 So I was basically going to school at my house. 75 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,000 And I was able to wake up before school and go on a run. 76 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,360 That's what I did. 77 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,320 But if I had to restart, I would basically 78 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:55,000 get in the habit of waking up early and then really 79 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,280 be intentional about it. 80 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,480 And then also make sure that I'm going to bed early also, 81 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,240 because that was my mistake I made before. 82 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,360 I wasn't going to bed early enough. 83 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,600 Nowadays, I'm waking up at 4 AM and going to bed at 6 PM. 84 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:15,360 So basically, slowly but surely, lower your sleep time 85 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,440 to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. 86 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,320 And then make it a habit to go to the gym before school, 87 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,280 because this allows you to be consistent 88 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:25,840 and it's way more convenient. 89 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:28,120 So go to the gym before school. 90 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,920 And then you also get the benefits. 91 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,840 And then the next thing is, I would 92 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:35,880 make sure that I was taking all of my required classes first. 93 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,000 Like this is something that not many people really 94 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,480 take into account. 95 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,400 But one of the essential things that I would want to happen 96 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,920 is get out of school as soon as possible. 97 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:53,720 Because I know that school is not helpful whatsoever at all 98 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,720 for me. 99 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,240 So I'd want to get out of school as quick as possible. 100 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,880 So that means getting all of my credits done, 101 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,000 getting all of my required classes done, 102 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,280 and not taking any non-required classes. 103 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:08,240 Just get all my graduation requirements done. 104 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,320 And then I would make it, I would start, 105 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,400 I would just focus on the gym for a little while. 106 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,120 So maybe freshman and sophomore year, 107 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:17,960 I would just focus on the gym. 108 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,800 Just try and build my physique. 109 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,880 And then slowly but surely, while I'm doing this, 110 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,440 because I'm focused on the gym, I 111 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,320 would want to get more sleep, get better sleep, 112 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:28,440 more optimal sleep. 113 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,800 I know I'd also want to get more hydration and also 114 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,280 get a healthier diet. 115 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,680 So slowly but surely, freshman and sophomore year, 116 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,800 I would just focus on my health, my physical health. 117 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,240 And then eventually, I would start meditating. 118 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,640 And well, actually, no. 119 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,000 Before all that, I would start reading books. 120 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,840 And this is going to help replace the habit of using 121 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:50,280 the phone. 122 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:52,800 Because I imagine in freshman year, 123 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,320 I was definitely addicted to the phone. 124 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,720 I was playing video games. 125 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,360 And I would slowly but surely start 126 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,240 to read books, self-improvement books, nonfiction, 127 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,880 and get addicted to that. 128 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,200 And then start to cut out the phone. 129 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,360 And then start to cut out the video games. 130 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,360 And then I would slowly but surely start 131 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,320 to cut out all the friends. 132 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,640 And also, basically, just slowly but surely 133 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:19,520 start to leave society, essentially. 134 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,720 And stop doing all that stuff. 135 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,680 And delete all my Instagram accounts, 136 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,280 or delete all my social media stuff, 137 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,960 the accounts in the entirety. 138 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:36,480 And then eventually, I would start meditating. 139 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,200 And then get onto a consistent routine. 140 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,880 And then get dialed in. 141 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,360 Make sure I'm meditating every single day. 142 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,320 Make sure I'm reading every single day. 143 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,360 And that would just be my focus. 144 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,760 I'd go to the gym before school, go to school, come home, 145 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:51,520 eat. 146 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,160 Well, I would eat before school. 147 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,720 So I'd pack a healthy lunch for lunch. 148 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,240 And make sure that I eat first thing in the morning. 149 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,880 And right now, I wouldn't do that. 150 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,840 Because right now, I have different goals. 151 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:07,280 But if my goal at the time was to build my physique, 152 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:09,600 then I would make sure I'm eating literally 153 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,640 first thing in the morning. 154 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,120 Like maybe 30 minutes after I wake up. 155 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,200 And then go to the gym. 156 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,360 And then go to school. 157 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,480 Eat lunch there. 158 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,360 Make sure I'm meal prepping. 159 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,880 Come home, eat, read, meditate in the morning and at night. 160 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,480 And then go to bed. 161 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,000 And that would literally just be my life. 162 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,800 And then eventually, I would start transforming my room 163 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,200 and getting really more locked in onto self-improvement. 164 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,480 For example, getting rid of my bed, 165 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,840 buying it to Tommy Matt, getting rid of everything 166 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,720 in my room, clearing it all out, just dialing in on my habits. 167 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:49,200 And then eventually, around junior year to senior year, 168 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,840 I would start posting on YouTube. 169 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,600 And basically, what I'm doing, what I'm explaining to you guys 170 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,080 is what. 171 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,600 This is essentially what my journey has been, 172 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,800 except I'm making it more optimal and more dialed in 173 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,840 and start earlier. 174 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,720 Because I didn't really start lifting until sophomore year. 175 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,400 And I didn't start reading until junior year. 176 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,000 But all of these things, at this point, 177 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,640 it's probably like junior year. 178 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,320 And I'm not using my phone. 179 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,800 I'm not watching nothing. 180 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,720 Not doing no video games. 181 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:21,960 Not doing anything like that. 182 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,840 I'm pretty much dialed in monk mode. 183 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:32,160 And then I would want to start posting, just recording 184 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,240 on the podcast. 185 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,160 Just start a podcast, because this 186 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,560 will help if I just do daily episodes, 187 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:43,720 like I did in my past journey, or in my actual journey. 188 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,880 I'll just do daily episodes and practice my speaking ability. 189 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,560 Now, I even worried about YouTube, 190 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:51,760 just focusing on the podcast and just developing 191 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:52,760 my speaking ability. 192 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,360 Because I know that me personally, I started not even, 193 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,360 like I was not even fluent when I was speaking 194 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,680 into the microphone. 195 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:04,520 But now I'm able to speak fairly well, in my opinion. 196 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:09,200 And then we get to eventually, after maybe 100 days, 197 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,720 let's just say, of speaking into the podcast, 198 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,040 I would start a YouTube channel, which the podcast was 199 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,400 posting on to YouTube. 200 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,280 And then I would basically, actually, let's rewind a little 201 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:21,800 bit. 202 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,280 Let's go back to maybe 50 days or 40 days 203 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,440 after the podcast positive feedback loop has started. 204 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,280 So basically, what that means is, 205 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,960 after I have gained so much positive feedback 206 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,920 from the podcast, for example, I've 207 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,240 seen so much personal growth from it. 208 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,280 And I actually like to do it. 209 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,800 And I would not want to quit or not want to stop. 210 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,560 Once I'm basically on autopilot doing the podcast, 211 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,320 I'm basically guaranteed to keep it up, 212 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,520 unless I consciously change something. 213 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,000 That's the positive feedback loop. 214 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,280 So basically, once I form a positive feedback loop 215 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,280 on the podcast, after a little bit of reinforcing that, 216 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,960 I would focus on maintaining the podcast, 217 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:09,080 but then I would also start posting three YouTube shorts 218 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,000 or TikToks or both every single day. 219 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,400 And that would help me improve a different skill, 220 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,280 like my really focusing on my hook 221 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,800 and condensing the story down. 222 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,320 And I would just post those. 223 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:30,400 And then it would also help with me writing 224 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,440 like copy, because basically writing those descriptions, 225 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,320 I think, is copy. 226 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:35,560 I don't really know. 227 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:36,360 Doesn't really matter. 228 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:41,520 But then after a little bit of that, I would delete, 229 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,920 or not delete, but I would unlist literally everything 230 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,880 from my YouTube channel, which is exactly what I did. 231 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,600 And I'm really glad that I did all this, 232 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,400 even though it was all kind of like not purposeful. 233 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,960 I would unlist everything and completely restart fresh 234 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,480 from the YouTube channel, but put it 235 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,280 onto a public playlist so people and me can go back 236 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,680 and look at where I came from. 237 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:08,720 And then after that, I would just dial in, 238 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,320 lock in on the YouTube channel, which 239 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,040 is what I've been doing over the past maybe five weeks, 240 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,280 six weeks, maybe a little bit longer. 241 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,320 I don't know. 242 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,760 And that is basically where I'm at right now. 243 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,320 And going back to maybe junior year, 244 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:30,040 if I finish all the requirements, and honestly, 245 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,440 I would probably go to summer school if I was restarting. 246 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,240 I would probably do summer school 247 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,760 because I would want to get all the requirements done 248 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,240 so I could graduate at the end of sophomore year, 249 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,840 the end of junior year. 250 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,320 The goal would be to graduate as soon as possible. 251 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,440 Literally get that diploma and dip. 252 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,800 And this whole time, you're going 253 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,880 to want to show your parents that you're serious. 254 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:56,760 Don't tell them. 255 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,120 Just slowly but surely show them that you're serious. 256 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,280 And then eventually they'll learn more and more books. 257 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,920 Read the millionaire fast line, read unscripted, 258 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,840 read the four hour work week, read all these books, 259 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,800 and learn of your path. 260 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,440 Learn where you're going to go. 261 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,840 And realize that school is not really going to help you. 262 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,840 And then also you're going to want to, 263 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,200 like your parents are going to need to see 264 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,720 that you're actually not going to live at their house 265 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,960 for the rest of your life. 266 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,400 They're going to want to see that you're actually 267 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,000 going to become financial independent. 268 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,480 So because they're not going to let you graduate early 269 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,640 unless you prove yourself. 270 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,280 So that's basically the plan. 271 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,080 You graduate as soon as possible so you 272 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:43,760 can focus full time on self improvement.