in this video we are going to be sharing seven habits that changed our life for
the better hopefully
hey guys! It's Joseph and Tasha from one
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creating a life you love today's video is all about sharing some of the habits
that we have developed over time that have had the biggest impact on our life
a lot of people ask us all the time if we are really this happy and the answer
is yes but it takes a lot of work we're constantly kind of reassessing what's
working and what's not working and so having habits that are focused on
building your best life our best lives are what kind of help us along the way
I just want to say I am sorry I have a bit of a cold and I might not sound I
can normally do so let's get started with that list
so our first habit is saving money this should not come as a surprise to any of
you guys if you are unless you are brand new to our channel and we are all about
saving money the peace of mind that comes along with having a chunk of cash
just kind of stashed away and protected is really awesome even if it's not
really like an overarching strategy you've got it all figured out why you're
saving money just putting it away for anything is still just a great great
thing and the fact that we're saving so much this year has really reduced my
stress level and it makes me really happy to see what we're doing our second
life changing habit is prioritizing self-improvement we love to learn and
learn new things and I think that for me is what self-improvement is learning how
to do a new task or be better at living life and honestly taking the time to
learn new things try new things first of all it's like great right because that
means that you are actually living your life
and you're not just letting life pass you by but also it kind of helps you
discover what really makes you happy because like I know for me I had no idea
that making youtube videos would make me happy because normally I'm kind of
private so but it's only from actually doing them and experiencing what it's
like to edit and make vlogs and things like that that I've learned that it's
actually something that I really enjoy doing and it's something that makes a
great side hustle too. Similarly I have read a lot more this year than I have in
years before and so I'm rediscovering how much fun it is to read and learn
about new things in that way habit number three cutting cable and that
doesn't seem like a habit because it's actually getting rid of something and so
what we mean by that is just being more selective about the media that we
consume it used to be that when we had cable well we just sit down in front of
the television and just look for random things to watch now we do still have
things like Netflix and Amazon Prime and so we do still watch things but we're
far more selective about what which shows were willing to watch absolutely
we look for things that like the descriptions need to look very
interesting and so we we budget the time we're much more intentional about it
before like she said I just always be on and now it's it's quieter it's nice we
have more conversations. Actually Joseph was the worst he would get up first thing in
the morning on the weekend and the television is on and I'm like Joseph why
is the television on like can't we just kind of have some quiet just talk and so
now like I brought him over to the dark side cause it also has saves money now
that we don't have cable to be fair it was my idea to cut cable no I had been
asking him to cut cable and he kept saying no don't believe these lies. it's true
Habit number four is practicing gratitude so that is just being conscious of the
wonderful things that are going on in our lives I think we can all especially
when we're working towards big goals that
take a long time to achieve we can all kind of get bogged down in how slowly
we're moving towards those goals and forget that there are actually really
awesome things going on in our lives right now that we can be happy about
practicing gratitude is probably one of the things that I have to work on the
most and so it has been very difficult for me to tell you how I feel about it
but I think the best way to talk about it is that I am a very critical person
of myself and of the things around me and I have been working with Tasha with
a lot of help to get better at it and so I I talk on the channel sometimes about
things that I would like I've made jokes about getting a truck like I need a
truck but our cars are just fine they're fantastic cars they're safe
they're reliable we have tons of stuff to work on the house and that's all fine
because we still have a house we still have this home that we're building with
our family and so it doesn't matter basically how bad it gets like we can be
thankful for things and we're very fortunate to have each other and and so
I think being more grateful for those things can completely change your life
and I think it's also really important for us especially to recognize that this
is it never gets actually bad I mean as much as like so I was in that job where
I really disliked the boss and it was awful but at the end of the day I was
still making you know six figures at a job working 40 hours a week having
excellent benefits and yet it sucked but it wasn't the end of the world I went
and got another job so that's just keeping things in perspective and being
grateful focusing on the things that we can be grateful for while we work
towards changing the things that we don't love it as much it's just just a
really wonderful habit to develop almost everything is #firstworldproblems
the fifth life changing habit is regularly reassessing your life and
your goals we constantly do this constantly rethink and we and it's great
because that's how we actually accomplish great
big things yeah there's this huge myth that somehow you have kids and your life
is just over and you just have to sit in one place and absolutely not like we
categorically reject that and so or even the fact that once you pick a career
that's the career that you're stuck with for the rest of your life
no absolutely not and so we check each other on that and we ask each other well
how are you feeling is this what you want like what can we do to make out to
build our lives in the direction that we both want to go I will just give you three
major examples that we talk about quite often the first one is early
retirement do we actually want to basically become uber savers uber frugal
so we can retire in ten years or do we want to work a little bit longer and
actually have you know a little bit more like a luxurious lifestyle where we can
travel more often where you know maybe we don't have to downsize as much those
are things that we talked about the second one is moving locations this is
an extremely high cost of living area neither of us are thrilled with that in
the least and so we talk about taking the plunge switching jobs looking for
things in cheaper areas almost constantly and so even though our kids
you know the school districts where we are are good but we would move them if
it's better for our family and so we talk about that the third thing is
Tasha doing something else because for work
she likes her job actually has loves her job loves the work and loves the impact
but that still might not be the best job for her because she's so creative I
don't think that it stimulates enough of that side of her abilities yeah it's
it's tough and that's kind of why I like the YouTube channel because I get to
talk about personal finance and and doing that kind of stuff but I also get
to be really creative and so I love making the vlogs and putting that to
music I do all of that editing getting better and better at it I also
love writing for the website and I love doing DIY projects and design around the
house and so if I could have a career that somehow and incorporates all of the
things that I love that's what I preferred to do so we'll see how that
goes I think you should take out the bread is
that we have bread baking right now we made this bread I put it in the oven and
Tasha did the rest yeah I baked it it got a little crusty because we were
trying to I was long-winded yeah okay habit number six is making time for
family and we have you know we're both lawyers and we have purposefully chosen
career paths that allow us to be at home with each other and with our children
there is nothing that I love doing more than spending time with my family I love
Joseph I love our children and most of the time we are all in the same room
together you know just kind of we may be doing our own things but we just like
being in the same physical space as each other and I like them we've built a life
that supports that the key to that is we focus on doing activities that everybody
enjoys and from just we make appointments to to really focus and like
every week spend some family time together it's on our Google Calendar we
frequently played board games although we haven't done it in a little
bit yeah Reeves makes board games a little harder he'll just like dash
everything to the ground yeah so he's a bit of a game changer because of the age
gap but but that's okay that's that's another reason why we love doing our
vlogs because it gives us a chance to have the entire family out doing
something and it's it's still having fun making YouTube videos for us win win and
you can always find those with your family and I guess habit number seven
just to throw an extra one in there is to say that we all support each other
and support each other as individuals and encourage each other to do what it
takes to live our best lives and really question
and he sort of assumptions anything that we're doing to make sure that we are on
track as individuals to live our best lives she's not kidding she's the heart
and soul of the family that's what she means we said that.
I love you. I love you too.
Okay, so thumbs up subscribe hope you enjoyed the video and can take these to heart
and change your own life alright see you guys next time bye bye