Practice #35 - Quit Everything; Full Time Self Improvement

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,140 Be reflective on what you're spending your time doing and whether it's actually helping 2 00:00:06,140 --> 00:00:08,480 you achieve your goals or not. 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,960 Because I spent a lot of time playing soccer. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:19,420 Now I'm glad I played soccer my whole life because it was fun and I didn't really have 5 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:21,440 any other purpose other than that. 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:27,340 But during junior year I was still playing soccer and it was definitely affecting me because 7 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:34,040 my club or my team had practice at like 7 at night. 8 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,040 7 o'clock at night. 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,640 So I wouldn't get home until 10 o'clock and then we would have a game every single week 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:48,440 on Wednesdays on a school night that was an hour away and it would be like at 8 o'clock 11 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,760 at night, 8.30. 12 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,240 So I wouldn't get home until like 12 o'clock. 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:02,720 And this was a huge issue because my bedtime was 6.30 last year at that time. 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:10,320 So I was staying up late for 3 out of the 7 nights a week which was really bad for my 15 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:15,840 health and my mental health and just everything in general. 16 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:23,440 Plus the fact that I was spending a couple hours every day practicing and thinking about 17 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,840 soccer even though it wasn't even helping me with my goals. 18 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,760 My goals were not involved with soccer. 19 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,440 I had other goals other than soccer. 20 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:34,560 Now I love soccer. 21 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:39,280 I'll play soccer in the future but not now because I'm focused on this. 22 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,440 I'm focused on my purpose. 23 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:46,840 And the thing is that you've got to be very reflective on what you're spending your time 24 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,040 doing. 25 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,360 Another example, soccer, another example, school. 26 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,160 I was wasting a lot of time, 8 hours a day on school so then I cut it down my senior year 27 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,560 to like 4 hours a day and then now I'm doing 0 hours a day of school. 28 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:09,360 I graduated early because school is a huge waste of time and energy and thoughts and 29 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,280 whatever and it's not just the 8 hours you're spending at school. 30 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:20,120 It's also the prep time so how long it takes to get ready for school, how long it takes 31 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:28,320 to pack everything, how long it takes to drive or bike or get to school and it's also how 32 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:34,960 long it takes or how long you spend and how much attention you spend thinking about things 33 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,800 that happened at school or thinking about things in the future at school or thinking 34 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,520 about anything related to school. 35 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:48,080 And this aspect is also with the soccer point of view like the sports also. 36 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:56,080 So anytime you're preparing or thinking about it or anything like that outside of the actual 37 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:04,680 activity that is a waste and that is also taking away time from your actual purpose. 38 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:13,680 So I only got maybe one good hour of time every day to work on my purpose last year, 39 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,560 junior year. 40 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,360 Now I get 24 hours every day. 41 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,680 Well I didn't count sleep last year so I'm not going to count it this year so now I get 42 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:30,200 like 12 hours or 14 hours every day to work on my purpose. 43 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:35,400 So school and sports are the two big ones. 44 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,640 There's also other things like your friends. 45 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Are you wasting time socializing? 46 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:49,880 If you have a purpose, being social in the first place is a waste, waste of time. 47 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,400 But if you, okay so there's another thing. 48 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,600 If the people you're spending your time with are not like-minded with you. 49 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,480 That is an extreme waste of time and it's also hurting you way more because you're becoming 50 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,240 them and you don't want that because then you'll end up like them. 51 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:12,480 So school, sports and friends are huge things. 52 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,760 So quit everything. 53 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,200 Quit school, quit sports and quit all of your friends. 54 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,880 Stop hanging out with people. 55 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:29,000 Stop going to school and stop playing sports because all that remains is the work to be 56 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 done. 57 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,080 So if you actually want your future to be amazing then there is some work that needs 58 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,560 to be done and that's all that needs to be done that's going to get you forward. 59 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:45,400 And school's not helping you, sports aren't helping you and friends aren't helping you. 60 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:51,400 So quit everything and focus 100% on your purpose.