there are about two months left in 2018 and that is still plenty of time to
accomplish some last-minute goals that could really change your life
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it's Joseph and Tasha with one big happy life and we make videos about how to
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make myself laugh it's so funny okay today we're going to talk about 10
things that you can do to change your life before the end of 2018 because
there's still about two months left that is plenty of time to do something that
can have some real impact number one read a self-improvement book and
actually implement some of the concepts in it I've been reading a lot and one of
the best books that I've read this year is the subtle art of not giving an F yes
I have also read that book and highly recommend it to books that I read this
year that I really liked in addition to the subtle art of not giving an F is
tribes by Seth Godin and then also after look down at it cause it's a long title 15
secrets successful people know about time management the productivity habits
of seven billionaires 13 Olympic athletes 29 straight-a students and 239
entrepreneurs by Kevin Cruz so that one is really really good that long time
makes you feel like it's going to be just like super inspirational stuff and
not necessarily practical application stuff but those 15 points every single
one of them is very useful and if you just stop and do just the first one just
implement that it can be really really helpful if your goal is to increase your
productivity because you have goals and things that you want to accomplish by
the end of the year number 2 make more time for your family and also your
friends it can be really really easy to get all caught up in all sorts of
different things but at the end of the well I guess more like the end of your
years yeah the thing that you're gonna wish you had done more is universally
spending more time with family and friends because they're the people that
you remember and really care about you and obviously you're caring about them
and so the best way to do that is just to spend some time with them now the
holiday season is obviously the perfect time for this so just make sure that
you're building in that time and that when you're there you are fully present
and not on your phone and that you're really building those relationships with
your loved ones number three declutter your house and
clearly if you've been watching the channel Tasha has been kicking butt
cleaning up and helping us all declutter yeah I've heard that fall cleaning is
the new spring cleaning and I really do have to agree there's something so I
don't know cathartic about clearing out things as you're getting towards the end
of the year it's like getting rid of the things that don't serve you at the end
of the year so that you have you're making space for your new beginnings
it's symbolic but it's also like having a whole bunch of stuff cluttering our
physical spaces really does impact how we feel about those spaces and our
ability to feel happy and stress-free in those spaces so if decluttering your
whole house feels overwhelming first of all you can check out our cleaning
videos where I tackle the cleaning for the sake of those videos I'm doing it
just as a single person now keep in mind Joseph and Alexis do help clean the
house and they do help declutter I just have to put that out there but you can
watch those videos I also have videos where I go room by room and just tackle
one room one closet one space just try that and you'd be surprised how much
that will motivate you to tackle other spaces in your house number four take a
course to strengthen a skill that you may want to have to help further your
career so there are lots of great courses out there that can teach you
things like even something as in-depth as teaching you how to program if you
wanted to make a career shift or teaching you how to cook if
wanted to be a chef or just be a better cook for yourself at home there are just
so many amazing classes out there to help you sharpen your skills whether
it's in your life or in your career and so many of them don't actually cost that
much money there are a lot of things that are kind of subscription-based or
low fee now you really be surprised I've taken some courses for video editing and
stuff like that so you can find anything it is amazing
number five ask your boss for more responsibilities at work on this channel
we like to focus on people being able to earn more money and from their day job
especially yes because it is an overlooked thing people focus on side
hustles like you have to work more or work harder no you can just work
differently so how do you land that promotion go to your boss and you say
hey I would like to work on some more stuff I think that this would be a good
idea pitch them the responsibility that you want to have make it an easy yes for
them and you will get that work and that responsibility and really show off what
you can do and worse come to worse even if it doesn't end up translating into
more money at your current job it will pad out your resume for when you go to
job hunt to get your next best fit for your professional development which will
also fingers crossed come with a 10 15 20 percent pay increase when you make
the job number six focus on just the most important goal that you have
remaining so if you made a whole bunch of New Year's resolutions or a whole
bunch of goals for 2018 hopefully you accomplished quite a few
of them but if you didn't get to all of them take a look at the list pick the
one that is going to have the biggest impact and make you feel the best and
most satisfied for making your accomplishments this year yeah just and
just focus in on that spend the next you know six to eight weeks of 2018
just focusing on doing what it takes to tilt your life towards helping you
accomplish that one goal number seven find a mentor so having a mentor in your
life can be really instrumental in your personal or
professional growth it just kind of depends on what kind of mentor we're
talking about here and it can just save you so much trouble in trying to figure
it all out yourself when you can talk to someone who has an invested interest in
seeing you succeed and who has been there and done that so it can stop you
from running down fifty thousand rabbit holes and say hey I can see this clearly
this is what your next step should be and finding a mentor isn't always easy
which is why it may take you a couple weeks it may actually take you a couple
of months depending on you know whether or not you're actually plugged into your
field or a group of people that are interested in the same things that you
are but maybe you can start by finding an online mentor maybe someone whose
blog you've been following for a while reach out to them see if they want to
have a you know a digital cup of coffee where you both pour yourselves coffee
but you're video chatting and try to build a relationship with someone would
you guys believe that I was Tasha's mentor at one point it worked out so
well I am the best mentor number-8 take the time to figure out what you actually
want out of your life I feel like this one should be number one like this that
is the key but this one is a very is very important and so this might be the
one thing that can you already don't know that this should be your one goal
for this year because because is that important because it affects everything
else it can tell you if the job that you're in right now matters or does it
matter at all it can tell you if the place that you're living is really
important to you or not the car that you're driving how much you're saving
all of those things are directly affected by where you ultimately want to
end up and so you can't plan for the future until you know what the direction
is that you want to go now let's just say that you have no idea where you want
to go you like nothing is even calling to you at all what you might want to do
is back into it by focusing thinking about the things that you don't like
about what's going on right now so you know what you don't want to do so you
definitely don't want to do that so if you start moving away from the things
you don't want to do you are by definition moving towards the
things that you do want to do number nine go ahead and start that side hustle
hopefully you have a hobby or something like that and you've been thinking hey
this could actually make a little bit of extra money and go ahead and give that a
shot because years winding down have a little bit of extra time on your hands
you might as well try to turn something that you're passionate about already
into a little bit of extra money because the holidays are coming and that means
holiday parties that means cards that means gift cards that means gifts we all
know that this can be a really expensive time of year what better time to go
ahead and do something fun and get paid on the way so just get started on that
side of hustle even if you don't feel ready even if you don't you know know
exactly where you're going with it you'll figure it out along the way
all right last thing number 10 start budgeting now we cannot hammer this home
more so right next to figuring out what the hell you want to do with your life
is figuring out what the hell you want to do with your money you figure it out
control of it the only way to do that is to figure out what you're doing with
your money and also what you want to be doing with your money that's how you
track and make sure that you're not spending too much you're not saving too
little that can get it on to control so those are our tips for making your 2018
go out with a bang and changing your life before we hit New Year's
resolutions season at the beginning of 2019 so drop your tips down below let's
this is a community effort we're all here to help each other out and we'll
see you guys in the next video bye