I've been meaning to make this video

forever and I think it's really

important because I want you to live a

good life and it's how to improve your

life well number one is to join the

Orthodox Church become a Christian

repent be baptized and focus on growing

closer to Christ and I learned a lot of

these life hacks through becoming a

Christian cuz I wasn't raised Christian

I think this is a good meme too like

working out going outside getting

sunlight is going to make you feel good

having a good social life having a good

job uh go to college or trade school be

responsible Financial stress literally

lowers your IQ go to bed at a good time

don't stay up late playing video games

eat healthy avoid soy and processed food

drink water and drink filtered water a

lot of the tap water has a lot of bad

things in it so if you can try and drink

filtered fridge water or if you can buy

uh B bottled water I I really believe it

makes a difference in acne and and

headaches and things like that

but most people in life are going to

settle with being mediocre and do not

reach anywhere close to their full

potential I think I was going down this

path of mediocrity in high school but

when I started college I wanted to do

something anything to change this I

wasn't happy with where I was at and

where I was going I knew I was capable

of so much more than where I was at I

knew I hated where I was at and that I

couldn't just stay in my comfort zone

anymore I needed to challenge myself

which requires the possibility of pain

embarrassment certainty and other things

that the brain uses to try and keep you

stuck in your comfort zone to keep you

stuck where you're at now that I have g

under gone this journey and this is a

lifelong process and I'm sure I'm going

to have many more tips as I grow older I

thought to be beneficial to share these

habits mindset shifts that can help you

become the best version of yourself of

course I think this all stems from

putting God first we are all given this

life from God and we have the

possibility to use our life to glorify

God or to be a slave to sin it's our

choice in this process we heal our mind

body and soul people misunderstand the

rules that God gives us God does not

give us rules arbitrarily to control us

rules that God gives us are to help us

self-actualize but more important than

just self-improvement we can have

communion with God theosis and

salvation what I like to do is think of

the person you love to be around and

think why you like being around them you

know be more like them be positive see

the bright side in things and work on

this every day to become more like the

positive influences in your life

everyone wants a quick fix all their

problems but the reality is is that the

only way we can change is to commit to a

permanent lifestyle

change permanent lifestyle changes are

difficult and take time they delay

gratification and don't bring us to

instant gratification that all the bad

things bring us doing a temporary diet

to lose weight is rarely effective

because after a few months mons people

revert to their old ways everything else

is the same exact way to adopt a

permanent lifestyle change that's why

for example permanently eating healthier

and working out is going to be the best

way for it if you want to lose weight

not just a temporary diet every habit is

like this we need to change our old ways

and live as if our old self is dead this

goes with everything I have been

depressed suffered with anxiety and

everyone just wants to offer a bandage

instead of a permanent solution which is

a life lifestyle change I think the

habits and mindset that I talk about

throughout this presentation is going to

be solution to how to live a good happy

fulfilling life but this requires work

and time it's going through the Journey

and going through this journey helps us

better understand and appreciate the

whole process sins of the flesh send

many people to hell and this is why in

Christian life it's so important to

build willpower and to resist and

moderate our desires especially through

tools like fasting everything in the

modern world is geared towards

empowering our sin by giving instant

gratification giving into instant

gratification by living a hedonistic

lifestyle only leaves us feeling emptier

and a slave to the world pleasurable

moments are nice but what we all really

desire is a fulfilling life which

requires doing uncomfortable things

delaying gratification and serving a

higher purpose you demonic happiness is

achieved through good experiences Life

as a whole living a meaningful and

purpose ful life but above our happiness

is live a life worth living which is a

life that is dedicated to Christ and

serving the church and hopefully

becoming a saint I believe that

happiness is a choice we can always find

a reason to be sad and mad at the world

or we can find a reason to be happy and

optimistic about the future the martyrs

all died with a smile on their face

because they had their happiness in

Christ and we should Thrive to be like

them in my high school and college

psychology classes we learned about

maso's hierarchy needs and I think this

is really important to understand maybe

why you're not happy achieve all this if

you're focusing ultimately on God

because the richest man is not who has

the most but needs the least and the

richest man is the one who has communion

with God so my number one advice is to

get good friends and remove or have a

boundary with the toxic people in your

life and why I say this is because look

at your five best friends or the people

you spend the most time with that is you

if they're all smoking weeds spreading

NE negativity staying up playing video

games what do you think you're going to

be doing we mirror the people around us

if you're friends are not ambitious have

different values and no goals then who

is going to motivate you to be better

will end up dragging you down

intentionally or unintentionally to be

more like them for better or worse and

this is why we can look at someone like

Jesus he had the 12 apostles his friends

and he made all the people around him a

better person and that Holiness that

Grace still spreads to us to this day if

your five best friends are ambitious put

God first are motivated in their career

spread positivity are trying new things

have a good mindset stay active with

hikes read lots of books bettering

themselves and challenging themselves

then you're likely going to do that you

can help each other grow this is why

your friends matter so much and why it

is one of the biggest factors in who you

will end up becoming your network your

boys your girls everything flows from

this so surround yourself with people

that you want to be more like because

your friends good habits and bad habits

will rub off on you so please be aware

of that it can change the outcome of

your life and open up so many doors if

you surround yourself with like-minded

ambitious people it can help you get a

job meet your girlfriend learn a new

hobby you want friends that are

challenging you and if you're you have a

friend who's in a bad place stay and

help them but don't make people your

personal project because ultimately

they're making decisions at the end of

the day and so just have a healthy

boundary with that we want to help

people realize that you can lead a horse

to water but you can't make it drink you

can be the best influence on your

friends but they can still make terrible

decisions so just be careful and this is

exactly why toxic friends can be so

devastating because everything from them

robs off on you including depression and

personality traits their habits their

moods are literally Contagious on you

it's the same with family co-workers

anyone that's around you you become more

like the people you're around we want to

help people and I've made huge mistakes

trying to make people my personal

project thinking I I can fix them I can

fix them you cannot fix people people

are only going to change if they want to

you don't need to cut these people off

but just have a boundary and sometimes

cutting them off will be necessary you

will naturally grow apart when you

realize it is not your obligation to fix

someone that is a huge burden it's an

impossible burden because only they can

change themselves and nothing will

change until they want to change you

can't make someone change we end up with

a lot of our friends by circumstances

especially when we are young and it can

be tough to come to terms with this as

you mature it is fine and normal to grow

apart from people when I started to

focus on myself and make positive

Lifestyle Changes like quitting video

games minimalism and Christianity my old

friends make made fun of me and were

very negative they will try to do

everything the way you down because they

want you to stay where you're at so you

stay with them they are stuck in their

comfort zone and they don't want you to

grow so naturally you get sucked in also

this is when I realized it' be better to

be alone some sometimes it is better to

be alone than to have toxic friends that

will that will diminish and undermine

your good habit I learned to put God

first to focus on God learning the faith

I got ahead of my college classes I

tried different jobs I saved all my

money I volunteered at local food banks

I started learning to Video Edit and

started making YouTube videos because I

had a goal I had desires for myself I

kept myself busy kept improving myself

put God in my values first it was lonely

especially since this was happening

during the worldwide pandemic and this

is when I grew the most when I was alone

and I actually got to discover my own

values doing this I eventually met all

my current best friends it just focusing

on God and focusing on myself who share

the same mindset and goals as me I had

no idea how this would play out years

but patience is key if you put God first

and your values first you can make your

own path where you will naturally run

into others who share the the same goals

Ambitions growth mindset next most

important thing is to get out of your

comfort zone learn to be okay with

failure and rejection because this is

the only way to grow change the way you

think about failure because you only

truly fail when you give up because

every time you fail or get rejected this

is a learning experience fear the

unknown the new the uncertain and the

only way to overcome that fear is to

embrace it if you're scared to give a

presentation in class if you're scared

to talk to a girl if you're scared to

try something new the only way you're

going to get over it is to do it and

once you do it enough your brain will be

like I'm I can't do it anymore I can't I

can't keep saying this is really scary

cuz you've done it so many times if you

are scared of giving presentations do it

a thousand times you won't be as as

scared we should fear nothing but God

most things that scare us in modern

society are completely harmless they're

not going to kill us you should actively

seek to do challenging and embarrassing

things because this is how you expand

your comfort zone and if you're not

expanding your comfort zone then it's

shrinking every week every day so you

should do something that you think is

scary every day you stay home avoid risk

you are boxing yourself in and your

comfort zone is shrinking it could be a

casual conversation with a stranger in

elevator it could be raising your hand

in class it could be asking a girl out

it could be making a class presentation

trying standup comedy singing dancing

anything the thing you realize is that

no one really cares if you do something

super embarrassing so just keep doing it

and then you won't care and you won't

have anxiety about it you will realize

it's not as bad as your head makes it

out to be it is all in your head no one

cares no one is going to remember even

if you did the most embarrassing thing

even if you pooped your pants it's not

going to matter in like a few hours it's

not going to matter in in a year so just

everything in perspective the only thing

that really matters is our salvation but

who cares about a little bit of

embarrassment so go challenge yourself

try new events talk to new people

challenge your friends anxiety is always

worse in your head and Imagination this

is why it's so important to not

fantasize about things and instead be

present in the moment if you have no

expectations then you have no anxiety

occupy yourself in your mind if if you

were constantly expanding your comfort

zone then your brain's just going to

give up on trying to scare you cuz

you're Fearless anxiety in your brain is

just like a skitso trying to make

everyone live in fear do not listen to

them put yourself out there take risk it

only gets harder with age so it's a best

to do it now when you're young you have

the most time and you have the most your

mistakes don't matter when you're you're

young no one's going to remember what

you did in middle school high school

college so take risk and be have

calculated risk it's really important to

be comfortable with failure and

rejection if you want to date a girl you

find the perfect girl but you have no

experience you're going to be so scared

and anxiety can overwhelm you but if you

constantly just are putting yourself out

there and you expect rejection and

you're comfortable with rejection then

you're never really scared and you're

falling in love with the process and and

seeing failure as a learning opportunity

important to be assertive and not

passive no one is going to save you

except Christ so you need to be your own

Advocate because no one else is going to

in life people are going to use you

people are going to do what's best for

them do not be the quote unquote nice

guy do not be a pushover do not be

afraid to offend people because if you

do this you will inevitably be walked

over and compromised on your values be

brutal be honest assert what you believe

say the truth and do not censor yourself

people will respect you way more if you

are honest instead of just trying to not

offend anyone people who are

controversial and real are more

interesting and respected than people

who just try to be people Pleasers or

peacekeepers don't be a people pleaser

and sometimes the truth hurts this is

what we're called to do as Christians

it's to say the truth the truth is

unpopular so be assertive stand up for

yourself stand up for others you can't

expect other people to advocate for

you and part of this is not simping is

don't be desperate don't be desperate if

you're trying to date a girl and getting

her a bunch of presents on the first

date you need to convey that you are

high value by not simping by not being

desperate by showing that you have

multiple options same with a a business

deal if you're doing a business deal and

the company knows you're going to go

with them you're not as attractive they

have more buying power and so by not

being a s by being assertive and having

self-confidence you will be more

attractive it's so essential to not simp

especially in romantic relationships

stop watching the news it's so important

to avoid Doom scrolling I really like

this quote from Denzel Washington if you

read if you don't read the news you're

uninformed if you read the it you're

misinformed honestly it's just going to

make you sad like seeing what's

happening across the world across the

country and it's making you depressed or

like some Global thing that you have no

control over just have a boundary with

it you don't need to know this in a lot

of ways ignorance is bliss on this like

you don't need to be constantly be

informed it's not like the government's

going to call you up and say oh what do

you think on this issue so really just

stop watching the news stop using social

media so many people will fall into the

Trap of Doom scrolling you need to

control what you are consuming so many

times going for on Reddit Twitter and

consume blackpilling content that makes

them depressed and agitated it's

annoying it fills them with anger and

hate and they feel like they have no

control but you need a focus on real

life not on social media like focus on

the people around you your friends your

work your school start a book club start

a club at school volunteer help your

local church be busy with in real life

things I used to wake up and I would

just go on social media feel like the

world is doomed the world is ending I'm

depressed blackpilled hopeless Doomer

but in the real world it's it really

isn't that bad it's always worse than

your imagination so bad to go on these

things when you're bored because your

brain just wants dopamine it wants that

insta hit dopamine so you go on

Instagram or Tik Tok and then it can

show sexual content which can you lead

you into lust into sin so don't be bored

busy with in real life things and not

just spending time endlessly scrolling

on these apps it's a waste of time

you're wasting your life I like this

quote from St pizos what I see around me

would drive me insane if I did not know

that no matter what happens God will

have the last word God is in

control another huge time waster is

video games I think they can be okay in

moderation but if you're young you

should be focusing on so many other

things on working out on focusing on

college or focusing on a trade school

focus on spending time in real life with

friends I have 2,000 hours in a video

game called rust I have 1,000 hours in

CS:GO 1,000 hours in OverWatch uh

thousands of hours in Madden I have

nothing to show for that if I was

learning a skill I would literally be an

expert so instead of just playing video

games it's really important to spend

that time learning a skill that is

actually going to help you in life and

video game addiction is so bad again it

brings instant gratification it's just a

honic treadmill you do the same over and

over again you're not actually achieving

anything like real life is the best

video game next thing stop watching TV I

mean TV shows literally suck right now

they're all full of sexual content very

very violent content where it's just

over the top and you're going to be so

much happier spending time in real life

reading books focusing on having friends

over TV show every once in a while is

fine I'm again I'm just talking about

over all is you should just not be like

a TV person who just needs to always

watch TV I think that's really important

and once you stop watching TV you you're

not on social media you're not on news

you have way more free time and you can

do things that actually are meaningful

stop watching anime R anime and I think

a lot of it is just very very degenerate

and it's a it's a form of escapism all

these things are meant to sedate young

men and Escape who live real life

watching sports I used to be obsessed

with football I used to play Madden all

the time and then I'd go I'd play

football in high school and then I'd

watch college football NFL football all

day on Sunday just the same thing over

and over again and grown men like spend

so much time it's literally just bread

in circuses I mean who cares like who

won the sports ball game trust me like I

used to be so obsessed with it and know

like every player it's just a

distraction group Sports can be fun like

in real life like go play like Ultimate

Frisbee or volleyball or something but

like just constantly watching sports is

a waste of time stay 100% sober this was

so essential and this is a part of your

friends is you don't want to be around

people who are drinking and smoking

because they're they're really limiting

themselves you want a clear head drugs

are only a liability on your health your

wallet your soul you know first alcohol

weed cigarettes caffeine they all cost

you money you need them you don't need

them to survive weed is a gateway drug

that's the reality weed is the most

dangerous I think because it can just

make you feel super happy playing a

video game and eating pizza versus

people use it as a coping mechanism

because when they're sober their life

sucks but if your life sucks then you

have to do things to improve your

situation and the growth comes from

suffering you have to embrace it

cigarettes Vape they're terrible for

your lungs I mean I can explain all the

scientific evidence but get addicted and

just stop all have the willpower to stop

these things that are killing us you can

stop it's just how bad you want to stop

you know I was addicted to nicotine

before I got rid of it I would get any

headaches and feel anxious it's terrible

for your brain hard to stop and why a

lot of people are unable to stop is

because the people around them are

smoking cigarettes they're doing Vape

they're doing drugs and so it's really

hard to stop something if all your

friends are doing it it's going to make

you relapse more and so that's why you

know the number one thing is you want to

be surrounded by people who aren't doing

this it's going to help you in in the

long term many young people say life

sucks get drunk this is very sad way of

viewing the world and I remember so many

of my people I knew you know saying oh

you know can we see a movie but can can

I can I be high when we see it can we

hang out but can I be high you know it's

like everything ends up surrounding the

their their addiction is they need to

constantly have it like they can't have

they can't have fun without it and

that's no way to live and it's really

corny but I say be high online be on

Jesus and I hate dealing with drunk

people it's so obnoxious people die from

alcohol and just terrible you know whine

every once in a while I think it's fine

in moderation but it's just don't be

around people who are chronically like

this especially if you're young because

you can quickly get dragged into it it's

just annoying to deal with people who

are high and drunk don't do drugs the

next thing is noof fap it is so

important that you do not masturbate it

is a sin go to a priest go to confession

if you're struggling with this and don't

watch porn do anything to make sure you

are not addicted pornography is a

demonic industry it is meant to

literally trap your soul when if you're

seeing that they're literally trying to

trap your soul so just think about that

you know if you're if you feel like

you're about to lust go jump in a cold

shower if you're doing it in bed on your

phone don't put yourself in that

situation keep yourself busy a lot of

people fall into this addiction because

they are bored so don't be bored and

avoid the places like Tik Tok and

Instagram where they're doing the things

that are tempting you keep yourself busy

if you work out and are tired at night

time you're not going to do this so just

really it's really how bad do you want

to stop but I say this is so important

to feeling confident about yourself next

is work out and go for walks you know

you could do 100 push-ups every day no

excuse you have the time go for daily

walks pray on the walk listen to

Orthodox talks Jay Dy you know go out in

nature if you can go to the gym do go

with a friend build yourself and your

friends up your mind body and soul

working out you'll be able to go to

sleep easier at night you're not going

to be lay in bed scrolling that's really

bad for your eyes just go to bed because

you're going to be really tired by from

working out lots of sins happen when we

have too much time working out reduces

stress it's very clear that exercise is

good it occupies our time just keep

yourself in good condition like work out

just go for walks just do something

every day and it's really important for

your overall hygiene you know this is

kind of a side topic but take a shower

every once in a while make sure you're

clean wear deodorant brush your teeth

floss good habit Listerine have good

breath you know if you want wear a

little bit of Clone smell nice take a

shower take care of yourself smell good

and have a fresh breath I mean so many

guys fail on this basic level of just

hygiene and taking care of yourself take

care of yourself because no one else is

going to do it eating healthy and doing

intermittent fasting is lifechanging do

not be gluttonous Implement some form of

intermittent fasting ing which means

just you know no no breakfast lots of

benefits intermittent fasting and

there's lots of studies talking about

the benefits it energizes you makes you

feel more focused you start being

occupied with doing things instead of

just thinking about food especially when

you're just bored and you start eating

do not bored eat it is so bad for mind

body and soul keep yourself busy the

food you do eat don't eat super

chemically Foods greasy Foods bad

calorie foods eat good high quality food

meat veggies F your body avoid dessert

or minimal you know to lose weight fat

is terrible it's a visible manifestation

of your sin and you have you have the

power to stop how bad do you want it

calorie deficits can help to eat less if

you're trying to lose weight but again

it's a permanent lifestyle change

obesity is a huge problem in America it

lowers your lifespan it makes your life

worse it ruins your sleep ruins your

happiness but it's very easy you just

eat less do a calorie deficit and when

you do you eat high quality food and

work out in the Orthodox fast is also

important to control your willpower you

need to be able to have a a zipper on

your mouth because if you can't control

yourself that can send you to hell you

don't want to be weak and not in control

get all your strength from God fasting

there's lots of different YouTube videos

on this but just do some form of

intermittent fasting and have a zipper

on your mouth to get to your ideal

weight and also to be more focused fake

it till you make it you aren't confident

tell yourself you are affirm it in your

head in every situation think what would

a confident person do and do that

when we normally have the opposite

effect where we overthink oh I'm not

confident I'm not ready guess what no

one no one is like we have this impostor

syndrome but everyone is Faking it till

you make it so you just got to do it too

stop thinking and just do things

literally we box ourselves in and let

our inner thoughts dictate how we have

to act and we should think what should

Jesus do and just do it you know what do

confident people do just do it what

would a confident person do in a

situation just do it like you can change

this tomorrow if you approach everything

you do and think what would a confident

person do and you do that eventually you

will be that it would just be your your

muscle memory and the best time to start

this is right now everything in this

video the best time to start is now not

later not to put things off but to start

good habits now cuz there's no magic

pill there's no easy life hack you know

whatever you are scared of or whatever

whoever you want to be you just have to

do it right now you just have to think

what would that person be the person I

want to be and do it and keep doing it

identify yourself as confident keep

affirming that in every situation have a

high self-esteem and know that you're

going to succeed and you will have

success in every aspect of your life in

dating in your job you will have success

in every aspect of your life from dating

to your job you will feel better if you

just make yourself a confident positive

person become and act like the person

you want to be the next thing is

embracing minimalism it's really good to

live below your means and simplify your

wardrobe I have an entire channel on

this declutter for example I go no

underwear Commando mode that's one less

thing to worry about dress nice and do

it on a budget wear simple things not a

bunch of brand clothes you can just wear

all black all black wear is great I just

own black t-shirts and black pants and

that reduces decision fatigue we make so

many decisions every day just find your

favorite outfit and wear it every day

that's a great place to start I used to

wear some goofy stuff and it's not

Timeless but now my all black outfits

they're Timeless I have a few outfits

but I have copies of them it just makes

my life so much easier not having to

worry about what I'm going to wear every

day and no one really notices if you

wear the same thing every day it's just

one last decision that you have to make

every day it's really good to declutter

your wardrobe and that's a good General

mindset the mindset of minimalism it's

very chrisan to live below your means

you don't need stuff experiences can

make you happy you just need God that's

what the Saints dependent on happiness

is a choice and when you realize that

it's going to be easier to be happy if

you can be happy being a minimalist

being Frugal and poor then you can be

happy no matter what went a little

extreme and got rid of too much stuff

it's all about having the right amount

of things and be purposeful about your

consumptions not just buying things

endlessly saving your money don't just

buy things if you're bored you know if

you want something put in your shopping

cart wait 7 days to see if you actually

want it and you can do this when you're

decluttering your room or decluttering

your clothes you can put them in a

basket and then you can put that basket

away and see do I actually think about

it or do I not actually need it and then

you can sell it give it the Goodwill

something like that you know declutter

your life declutter your phone declutter

your mind because if you have a messy

room you have a messy mind if you have a

messy surrounding it's going to cause

you more stress all of these are

manifestations of your mind so clean

your room clean your phone clean your

wardrobe clean your head so you can

focus on what really matters and be more

productive my biggest realization after

being a super minimalist is that I was

too attached to my things the problem is

not having things but how much we care

about them and having a good

relationship with those things and not

being too materialistic it is fine and

good to have stuff because we're not all

called to monasticism but we can let our

material belongings blind us we need to

be purposeful about how we spend our

time money life be introspective and

self-aware about your own behaviors

especially your spending habits which is

why Financial minimalism is so important

because a majority of Americans are

living paycheck to paycheck the goal is

Financial Freedom or having enough

passive income that covers your monthly

expenses which can be done through real

estate crypto dividend investing Etc but

we'll never accomplish this if we're

spending all of our money all of our

paycheck and have high monthly expenses

so the solution is to save as much money

as possible to live below your means

hopes to become financially literate

through YouTube channels like Graham

Stefan Luke Smith David Ramsey Financial

stress lows your IQ High interest debt

as soon as possible make a budget create

an emergency fund with 3 to six months

of emergency expenses and live below

your means have a simple life wear all

black clothing have less decisions find

ways to simplify your life and this is

something you can do right now is

declutter your room declutter your stuff

and live below your means to not buy the

nicest things I think of the early

Christians they didn't have you know

Gucci bags they didn't have like 20

pairs of shoes they lived with very

little and they were extremely happy and

we want to be like that the next one is

ignorance is bliss a lot of things we

just don't need to know like it's just

unnecessary as I was talking about

earlier I like this quote thoughts are

like airplanes flying in the air if you

ignore them there is no problem if you

pay attention to them you create an

airport in your inside your head and

permit them to land so just be careful

with with thoughts and don't be mindless

and don't just endlessly consume news

and content that's going to make you

stressed like just be purposeful about

what you're consuming just focus on

giving not taking I realize that taking

and buying stuff for myself is only

going to make me so happy and when you

give when you go out and volunteer your

time at a food bank or at your local

church or you just give someone

something you don't need like you're

getting rid of all your stuff you're

going to feel much happier so really

focus on giving is fall in love with the

process is if you are making a goal you

can't just say oh I want 100,000

subscribers on YouTube you need to write

out the goal and you need to write out

the things that we will get you there

for example uploading every week your

content better like things that are

quantifiable and if you fall in love

with that process it's not a matter if

if you will succeed but when because if

you're consistent and you're accept

failure and you fall in love with the

process then you love the journey it's

not about just reaching the destination

it's about the lifestyle and that's

what's important as a Christian is

falling in love with a Christian

lifestyle and doing everything and being

grateful for it you need to practice

being habitually grateful for everything

that we have in the process the next is

as my channel always talks about joining

the Orthodox Church is I think every a

lot of things that I've talked about

have been very Christian because

salvation is the number one most

important thing the side benefits of

going to church when you you know stay

for lunch and coffee hour you start to

meet people you know help at vegors

you're going to meet like-minded people

you know I met my best friend and wife

at church you know go on Retreats Divine

Liturgy heals our soul go to confession

it humbles us and then when we receive

communion God you know God in the

Eucharist that we really have the

greatest thing that a human can have

that's true well

put our struggles in perspective by

reading the lives of the Saints daily

daily they had terrible lives the faith

to them was worth dying for when we pray

and fast daily and live just like them

we grow closer to God and we should

mimic the Saints and we should read them

daily to keep our life in perspective

and see how privileged we are really and

also don't burn yourself out when you're

new to the faith again I've talked about

permanent Lifestyle Changes Everything I

talked about we you should do for life

not just temporarily like if you're

going to become Orthodox don't just do

it for a few months or a few years the

goal is to build a sustainable Faith a

prayer rule that you can do like do

other hobbies and be Orthodox Christian

for life all need something to be

confident about and the things I've

listed so far everyone can work out

everyone can have a positive mindset

just how bad do you want it show must go

on our life is like a play and we may

have bad parts in it really bad parts

and just like actors mess up in a in a

musical but they don't just get sad and

get down on themselves The Show Must Go

On they continue on and it's not about

what happened in the past it's about

what you're doing right now what that's

what matters do not be self-loathing

view every failure as an opportunity as

something important for your salvation a

good learning opportunity and be

optimistic and force yourself to see the

bright side of things and you can Al you

can be honest with the bad side of

things but just don't get in a in a loop

of everything's bad and getting down on

yourself because your life must go on

just continue to take it day by day like

I talked about earlier permanent

lifestyle changes are very important all

these things we want to do for for life

you know with with food and the fast for

example when you're new to Orthodoxy

some people may try and do the the full

fast when they're just starting and they

may burn themselves out but I think it's

better to start with like a small

incremental change if you're looking

into Orthodoxy you don't want to be

radical and change super far one way and

then the other starting to fast it's

important to know the spirit of the law

is it's supposed to help us grow closer

to God so fast is supposed to help us

build well power and stop addictions so

and grow closer to God so what you can

do is you can you know stop eating

sweets on certain days as part of the

fast you can stop watching TV you can

stop watch playing video games and focus

more time and prayer make a small

incremental change and then eventually

you can get to a place where you're

doing the full Orthodox fast that's

really important is to not burn yourself

out small incremental permanent changes

the next is being able to walk away and

pick your battles this is similar to

what I was saying earlier building on

being assertive and do not sing is a

major sin and people lose attraction

when you are desperate so don't be

desper it is so important to be

desperate simping is when you want to do

everything to please someone and you

never are mean never say no be mean be

playful no one wants a s you need to

have leverage which means being able to

leave a situation being able to walk

away people want something more when

they know they can lose it so so have

confidence in yourself to be able to

walk away from situations people with

low self-esteem do not respect

themselves very often so why would

anyone else respect them they wouldn't

so find something to be confident about

there's so much you can be confident

about about working out studying Focus

focusing on God put God first stand up

for what you believe in you could be the

most qualified person but if you have no

confidence in yourself you will fail

versus a least qualified person but they

are super confident will succeed when

you get a job and talk to people you

realize everyone is making it up as they

go so just be confident have confidence

in your ability and accept your mistakes

as learning experiences if you're going

to do something do it with 100% 1,000%

effort do not half ass anything if

you're going to ask out a girl either

don't do it or do it with 100% effort

there's no in between it's not like the

movies where you go up to them and you

say you're the most beautiful girl and I

got you all this stuff no you want to

limit compliments you want you want to

be playful again you want to be able to

walk away you're going to waste a lot of

time arguing and spending your time with

certain people so please pick your

battles WID wisely talk with people who

are open to changing their mind you can

waste so much effort and time and just

annoy Yourself by thinking logic will

con convince everyone it's really

important to know that for yourself to

know this other person and if they're

actually open-minded this is a really

good tip the F minute rule if something

takes 5 minutes to do like taking out

the trash only takes one minute just go

do it right now and everything like that

that's how you get a lot of stuff done

and once you it's it's kind of like the

Snowball Effect you start doing it more

and more and then you feel more

confident about the other things and

then by the end of the day you've

accomplished so much because you were

just doing all the little tasks getting

the Snowball Effect the next thing is go

to college or build a scale I have a

video on College I recommend Community

College and then transferring to a state

school trying to live at home trying to

do it as cheap as possible and get a

degree in something that's useful

something that will help you get a

better job or build a skill by going to

a trade but just do something build a

skill learn video editing just don't

waste your time do not waste your free

time I cannot stress that enough some

final things I want to say is mindful

consumption really important that the

music movies TV shows everything that

you're listening is going to affect you

if you're listening to a bunch of sad

music you're probably going to feel sad

if you're watching sad movies you're

probably going to feel sad so surround

yourself with good literature with good

music um and Orthodoxy we we have that

laugh a lot if you were serious it's

going to be hard to get through life so

have a balance please laugh have a sense

of humor yes everything we do matter if

you constantly are focusing on every

single little mistake that you make

you're going to go mad so just laugh

have faith in God make jokes Everyone

likes to be around people who are funny

and laugh and so just find the balance

between being serious and also being

light-hearted because uh you know life

is stressful there is a lot of suffering

and it's all about finding that balance

but just remember laugh daily make other

people laugh nice to be around if about

this on my minimalism Channel a lot but

dopamine detoxes are really good and get

rid of time wasters get off the honic

treadmill like if you give up watching

TV give up uh YouTube for a week give up

uh Instagram or Tik Tok and just focus

on being more mindful going on walks

things like that it's good to just it's

like a mini retreat that you can do in

your own house and there's lots of

YouTube videos on early on dopamine

detoxes the other thing is go to bed

early sleep affects your health and

happiness the most so go to bed on time

get enough sleep act it's an Act of

Faith it's easy to stay up on your phone

and but whatever you're doing on your

phone is still going to be there when

you wake up in the morning and you're

going to feel so much healthier and

better when you get enough sleep and

your body will recover from illness

easier for example I used to stay up

playing video games with my friends late

at night worst decision ever I would I

would wake up super late in the day I

would feel really bad but then I started

waking up early you know living for the

day living for tomorrow you know not

focusing on instag gratification and you

shouldn't be on your phone like an hour

or two before going to bed because it's

going to ruin your sleep um because of

the blue light so be really careful so

just have a sleep schedule stick with it

you know you don't need to wake up every

day at like 4:00 a.m. like an ABC that

may work for some people but it's just

you need to have routine routine is so

important routine and discipline a sleep

schedule and go to bed at the same time

every day and get make sure you get

enough sleep I mean I recommend probably

like you know everyone's different but

like 8 to 9 to 10 hours if you can get

it and it's also really important that

you need a purpose a meaning to wake up

every day that motivates you because

when you're motivated you you wake up

you know I wake up early when I'm

excited so find something that will

motivates you you know a podcast you

love was depressed and I felt like I had

no purpose I could sleep for 10 to 12

hours and not actually feel like I was

rested because I didn't have motivation

I just wanted to to sleep so go to bed

early and find something that makes you

excited to wake up in the morning things

I talked about earlier drink water stay

very hydrated drinking water can help so

much it can help with acne drink

filtered water um I don't recommend tap

water acne do not pop your PIN pimples

that's just going to cause scars and

acne again has caused primarily

by lifestyle choices like your diet and

sleep so fix all the lifestyle things

before you put a chemical on your face

um I I personally experiened some good

things with uh curology but I think it

is a more about lifestyle changes about

not eating super sugary Foods about

drinking enough water getting to sleep

on time all this will help your acne I

mean you look at pictures from people of

60 years ago and there was like no acne

but now they put all this crazy stuff in

our food like you look at the

ingredients of food and there's like a

thousand ingredients so for okay that's

over exaggeration like like 50

ingredients and like everything so just

eat good food it's really important to

to wait till marriage one of the biggest

mistakes you can make is to have sex

before marriage it's going to nothing

good comes from this because it creates

attachment and it can easily get broken

since you're not actually married you

can get STDs you can have at a wedlock

birth um a woman May abort the child uh

sexual misconduct charge and it's a sin

so just wait till marriage it's you're

going to thank yourself and it's going

to have going have much more meaningful

uh relationships and love not hate it is

really easy to hate the world and a

focus on the on all the bad things don't

be resentful God forgives you know how

God forgives us so we can forgive other

people the happiest people they're not

resentful they don't hold things in they

don't build things up and bring stuff up

from the past be like the happiest

people the people who actually move on

and care more about love and don't cuss

it makes you look bad it makes you seem

more uneducated Point there's no point

in getting mad just be positive smile be

the best person you can do not hold

grudges happy people are not resentful

they move on and they have boundaries

they know their value another one is

stop complaining practice being

habitually grateful thank God every day

is a gift thank you I have eyesight

thank you that I'm alive that I have a

family what whatever it is put

everything in perspective as a gift sick

humbles us and makes us realize

everything we took for granted when

we're sick we just want to feel normal

and then when we're normal we just want

more and more so just keep everything in

perspective and thank God for example

atheists are habitually ungrateful they

say God is all powerful why don't have a

million dollars they're starting wrong

God owes us nothing he gave us life gave

us Christ thank God for everything good

and bad stop complaining and be grateful

Martyrs didn't say God why would you do

this to me they thank God for the honor

of being able to have a meaningful life

tell God that you love him tell your

parents that you love him appreciate the

little things God is everywhere even in

the mundane God gave us everything

reality is is that God fulfills our

desire we want so many things we say why

isn't God giving us God gives us so many

great things but it's when you see the

bigger picture you have to be patient

and don't constantly compare to yourself

to others like looking at Instagram and

saying oh look at what they have and I

don't have be grateful for everything

you have this is a key mindset that you

are habitually grateful every day and do

not be a complainer no one wants to be

around a complain complainer the person

that person who's a complainer doesn't

want to be a complainer you end up being

a miserable person spread the misery

don't have people around you who just

complain be happy people want to be

around positive people be that person

that's what we're called to be as

Christians the Saints weren't

complaining ERS another good quotee from

St pus so in every test let us say thank

God because this was needed for my

salvation was done last thing victim

mentality victim mentality always finds

a reason to complain be humble don't

brag be humble you were entitled to

nothing we don't deserve our greatest

gift our life we belong to God thank God

God has the humility to become man and

die for my sake then I should have

humility before God and my neighbor I

should not feel entitled to anything and

having a external versus internal locus

of control focus on what you can control

accept what you can't control and trust

in God do not victimize yourself do not

complain as I said earlier it's

important to set goals and actually work

towards them because if you're just kind

of aimless and you don't have any goals

how are you going to accomplish anything

but if you set goals and you show the

parts of the goals the kpis that you

need to achieve those then you can

actually work to achieve those like if

you want to lose weight okay how you

going to do that you could focus on a

calorie deficit every day and you could

focus on working out three times a week

and then test yourself every week to see

if you did that another side note is I

don't recommend that anyone get tattoos

especially when you're young because

you're probably going to regret it and

they are really expensive a simple life

is a good life I don't mean a boring

life a life without excitement I mean

the opposite I mean a life that has

lived to the fullest cuz none of it was

wasted a life with no regret no

resentment and no clutter how can we

live this life I Try by not watching the

news why waste your time and energy

thinking and worrying about something

you have no control over I don't watch

TV I don't have Instagram or Tik Tok I

don't have social media I would honestly

get a flip phone besides navigation cuz

our phone is the biggest distraction

from actually a living life I used to

look at my screen time and see how much

time I was wasting on my phone and I

realized nothing on my phone was

actually making me a more satisfied

person and it's not just my phone all

the stuff I owned wasn't what was

actually making me happy when I

simplified my phone my wardrobe my room

in my life I could focus on what

actually matters that's why I have a

simple wardrobe mostly black I don't

waste my time deciding what I'm going to

wear every day I just found my favorite

outfit and I wear pretty much the same

thing every day I don't waste time

shopping as an activity thinking about

what I could get I get new clothes if I

know exactly what I want and then I do

it the cheapest way possible I go to a

thrift store or I just go to Walmart

also I don't own any underwear it has so

many health benefits it's less clothes

to wash I don't spend money on it it's

less clutter it's one less thing to

think about I give myself a haircut so I

don't have to drive to the barber and

spend all that time getting my haircut

and paying them I just cut it myself it

takes a quarter of the time and it's

free in my room I made it exactly how I

want I don't need anything else I was so

purposeful about my room cuz I had

nothing for a year I took my time and I

saw exactly how I wanted my room to be

and I made it exactly how I wanted

everything about it is purposeful and it

is still somewhat minimalist and

everything in it adds value to my life I

have my icons for God I have my books to

increase my knowledge and for research

and my desk to create there is no

clutter less clutter less stress a

simpler life optimizing your life

optimizing your brain decluttering your

mind so you can focus on what actually

matters don't over complicate your life

with stupid stuff if you're you're going

to stress about something make it worth

it cuz most stuff isn't worth your

energy time is your most valuable

resource so don't spend your time and

energy on things that don't matter don't

spend your money on stuff you don't need

cuz that is time you are losing the more

you buy the more it costs so the longer

you have to work so the less time you

have this is why living the simplest

life and needing the absolute least is

the true path to wealth freedom and

happiness ignorance really is bliss

focusing on improving yourself and

focusing on the people around you in

real life your friends your family your

church going outside being with God

going on a walk being purposeful about

everything you do how you spend your

time what you buy what you consume I

don't think about eating the rest of the

day it's not worth my mental energy I

eat less I'm at a healthier weight I'm

focused all day it costs less money I

spend less time eating and I have more

time it's just one other thing that

makes my my life simple we only have a

limited amount of time on this Earth so

Make It Count make the day count

stressing about something that doesn't

matter isn't worth it live a life worth

living that is a simple life a life

where you know your

purpose I hope you found this video

really helpful I really enjoyed making

it and I hope this helps improve your

life comment anything that I didn't

include there's probably way more things

I could these were just the things that

I could think of and I really wanted to

just get this video out because I think

you know if you think about the things

in this video and you try and apply them

in your life I I can almost guarantee

that you're going to have a better life

thank you so much trust in Christ God

bless

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