How to Actually Stick to a Routine (even if you don’t feel like it) — Transcript

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1. 0:00For a very long time, I have been known
2. 0:01as the routine person. I have morning
3. 0:04routines, [music] evening routines,
4. 0:05healthy habit routines, workout
5. 0:07routines, but I wasn't always this way.
6. 0:09If you met me in college, I actually was
7. 0:12incredibly [music] lazy. I had an 8:00
8. 0:14a.m. biology class. I think I missed 90%
9. 0:17[music] of it. I still passed the class.
10. 0:19I just could not wake up. I also did not
11. 0:21work out in college. I would be the one
12. 0:24going to the gym because I know it was
13. 0:26good for me, but then I would be walking
14. 0:28with my phone in my hand. That's the
15. 0:30kind of person I was in college. And
16. 0:31then once I graduated, everything
17. 0:33flipped [music]
18. 0:33and changed. So, if I can do it, you can
19. 0:36do it. So, I'm going to give you guys 10
20. 0:38tips of how to actually stick to a
21. 0:40routine and do what you said you were
22. 0:42going to do. Excuses and
23. 0:44self-discipline. It's pretty crazy how
24. 0:46fast our brains will make up an excuse
25. 0:49as to why you can't do something or why
26. 0:51you won't do something. I also noticed
27. 0:53that in college, I just lacked
28. 0:55self-discipline. [music] I needed
29. 0:56someone to tell me or to force me,
30. 0:58otherwise, I just didn't want to do
31. 1:00things. And as a teacher, I'm very big
32. 1:02on encouraging kids to [music] have
33. 1:04intrinsic motivation and not just doing
34. 1:07what their parents told them to do, but
35. 1:08do it because [music] you know it's the
36. 1:10right thing to do. But, we need to be
37. 1:12really real with ourselves. Am I not
38. 1:13doing this because I'm making excuses? A
39. 1:16lot of times I say, "It's not that you
40. 1:17can't do it, it's you don't want to do
41. 1:20it." Me not getting up for my 8:00 a.m.
42. 1:22classes, it's not that I physically
43. 1:24could not. [music] I didn't want it bad
44. 1:26enough to make the effort to go. I just
45. 1:28did not care about the class. But, if I
46. 1:31had an 8:00 a.m. flight, would I make
47. 1:33it? Totally, because I spent money on it
48. 1:35and I want to go on the trip. It just
49. 1:37goes to show that if you really want
50. 1:38something, you would do it. And if
51. 1:40you're watching this video, you probably
52. 1:42want to create routines and be
53. 1:44productive. Next is to create
54. 1:46sustainable expectations. If you want to
55. 1:49have a morning routine, pick three
56. 1:51non-negotiable things that you will do.
57. 1:53For example, one could be reading the
58. 1:55Bible or just reading something in the
59. 1:57morning. That's one. Number two is
60. 2:00seeing sunlight first thing. Number
61. 2:02three is having your coffee after you
62. 2:04eat breakfast [music] and not have it be
63. 2:06the first thing that touches your
64. 2:07digestive system. Three things, three
65. 2:09non-negotiables that you are going to
66. 2:11stick to every single day. Start with
67. 2:13that first [music] because sometimes we
68. 2:15want to change too much and then it
69. 2:17becomes unrealistic and we tend [music]
70. 2:19to just give up. Number three,
71. 2:21piggybacking off of number two, plan out
72. 2:23your day but pick one major task you
73. 2:26want to get done that you know if you
74. 2:28did this, you will feel like you had a
75. 2:30productive day. [music] For me, because
76. 2:32I work from home, my list of things to
77. 2:34do is never ending. I could keep [music]
78. 2:36working and I just have to get to a
79. 2:38point of, okay, if I finish this one
80. 2:40task, then I know I did what I [music]
81. 2:43needed to do for the day. When I'm done
82. 2:44with that, I can stop and not feel
83. 2:46guilty that I could have been more
84. 2:48productive cuz no, I got something
85. 2:49really big [music] done. For example, a
86. 2:51YouTube video is a big deal. Number
87. 2:53four, don't be afraid of failure. I feel
88. 2:56like a lot of times we start to give up
89. 2:58on ourselves because we don't like that
90. 3:00feeling of, oh, I said I was going to do
91. 3:02this and then I didn't, so now the whole
92. 3:03day is a wash. It's okay, it happens,
93. 3:06but you need to keep going. Next is
94. 3:08following a system. If you want to do
95. 3:10something, you need to follow a system
96. 3:13in order [music] to get it done. Let's
97. 3:14say one of my goals is I want to get
98. 3:16better at Korean or I want to learn a
99. 3:17new language. Then I need curriculum, I
100. 3:19need a system to follow. I can't just
101. 3:21say that and then pick and choose random
102. 3:23videos. So thank you to [music] Rosetta
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104. 3:27this video. So the best way to learn a
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113. 3:45language skills. [music] You're learning
114. 3:46through visuals, repetition, and context
115. 3:49instead of constantly just translating
116. 3:51while strengthening everything from
117. 3:53pronunciation and listening to speaking,
118. 3:55[music] writing, grammar, so you can
119. 3:57actually communicate in everyday
120. 3:58situations. Then you have features like
121. 4:00chat missions, which let you practice
122. 4:02more realistic conversations, [music]
123. 4:03and true accent speech recognition,
124. 4:06which gives you instant feedback on your
125. 4:07pronunciation, so you can hear native
126. 4:10speaker audio, practice speaking, and
127. 4:12build confidence as you go. I also like
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129. 4:15make learning fit your own routine,
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136. 4:25mix things up and focus on what works
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144. 4:39for as low as $15. Next is habit
145. 4:42stacking. So, take something that you
146. 4:45already do, whether it is watching TV or
147. 4:48listening to music, and habit stack. Put
148. 4:51another habit that is productive and
149. 4:54stack it together. [music] For example,
150. 4:55my husband has been doing a walking
151. 4:57challenge with his friends, and he
152. 4:59noticed instead of watching TV on the
153. 5:00couch, I can watch TV while walking. So,
154. 5:03he has been getting in more steps
155. 5:05[music] by doing something he normally
156. 5:07would do, but being productive, too.
157. 5:09Another example is listening to music
158. 5:10while [music] folding your laundry. Or I
159. 5:12like to eat breakfast and read my Bible.
160. 5:14So, habit stacking, something that
161. 5:16you're already doing every single day,
162. 5:18adding something else to be more
163. 5:19productive. Next is to optimize your
164. 5:21phone to support your productivity.
165. 5:23[music] So, my phone is pretty much
166. 5:26always on silent. I don't like to hear
167. 5:28dings and rings constantly, cuz it's
168. 5:30very distracting when I'm doing things.
169. 5:32And then after 9:00 p.m., my phone
170. 5:34reminds me, "Hey, it's time to wind down
171. 5:36and get ready for bed." I also have all
172. 5:39my phones go into do not disturb mode,
173. 5:42and there's a time limit on everything
174. 5:44where I cannot access certain apps after
175. 5:46a certain time. [music] So, my phone is
176. 5:48working with me instead of just being a
177. 5:50really big distraction late at night
178. 5:52when [music] I should be sleeping. So,
179. 5:53these are different ways to help
180. 5:55optimize your phone to work for you. Tip
181. 5:57number eight is accountability with your
182. 5:59friends. I was so busy thinking about my
183. 6:02friends, I forgot to record this part,
184. 6:03but it is so important [music]
185. 6:05to have people beside you who are
186. 6:07like-minded and motivated and also value
187. 6:10the things that you value, too. Next is
188. 6:121% better every day. This was something
189. 6:15I had to really remind myself because
190. 6:17[music] especially during my recovery
191. 6:19from surgery, I felt like I am not
192. 6:21performing and working out at the max
193. 6:24capacity that I used [music] to. But, we
194. 6:26need to remember that it's about
195. 6:27improving a little bit every single day.
196. 6:29So, you getting a 10-minute workout in
197. 6:31instead of a 30-minute workout, that is
198. 6:33still better than sitting on the couch
199. 6:35doing nothing. Instead of choosing to
200. 6:37not work out at all, hey, you moved your
201. 6:38body for at least 10 minutes, [music]
202. 6:40and that's a win. You're getting a
203. 6:42little bit better every day and working
204. 6:44towards that 30 minutes. Honestly, any
205. 6:46movement is better than no movement. Or
206. 6:48even if you read five pages [music]
207. 6:50instead of a whole chapter, that's okay.
208. 6:52You're still making progress and
209. 6:54creating that habit of [music] reading.
210. 6:56I think we get into this mindset of it's
211. 6:58all or nothing, but the in between is
212. 7:00good, [music] too. Next is thinking I
213. 7:03get to instead of I have to, and
214. 7:06eventually it will become I want to. So,
215. 7:09a lot of things in life we think I have
216. 7:11to go to work. I have to do a grocery
217. 7:13run or I have to cook, but it is [music]
218. 7:15I get to do these things. I'm so
219. 7:17thankful I can, and [music] slowly you
220. 7:20want to, and you're thankful for it.
221. 7:22But, it's really about your heart and
222. 7:24your intention, and understanding like
223. 7:27there's so much to be thankful for in
224. 7:28this life. We get to do so many things.
225. 7:31We are very privileged, [music]
226. 7:32and to even be able to watch a YouTube
227. 7:34video that shows you have a device where
228. 7:36you can watch. And just be grateful for
229. 7:38each day [music] that we're alive and
230. 7:39we're here. So, do what you said you
231. 7:41were going to do. Stop making excuses
232. 7:44because [music] if you want it, that
233. 7:46should be good enough. If you like what
234. 7:47you see, please like and subscribe and
235. 7:49I'll see you later. Bye.
236. 7:54>> [music]