in this video i want to talk about easy ways to make your life more enjoyable my channel is very
focused on goal setting productivity planning organizing i just don't see the point in any of
it if you're not enjoying your life at least most of the time and in this video i want to talk about
some things that you can do to enjoy your life a little bit more to make things more interesting
to make things a little more fun some mindset shifts to embrace as well as actionable stuff
to start doing first start with this mindset shift if you have committed to doing something
go one to two steps above the bare minimum if you're going christmas light looking like
you do every year deck your car with christmas decorations bring matching hats if you are going
on a long drive make your car cozy and create a themed playlist if you're picking up a friend
from the airport bring a sign with their face on it and their favorite donut there are definitely
a lot of things in life that i think it's okay to half-ass we don't need to go all out for
all of the things when it comes to the little experiences that essentially make up your life
go the extra mile those little experiences make up your days your weeks your months your life so
even when it comes to more mundane experiences like dropping your friend off at that event
or helping your friend to paint or move go the extra one to two steps to make those experiences
memorable this can be really easy to action when you sit down and you look at your calendar for
the week to come look at each event that you're going to or activity that you're doing and ask
how can i go all in on this what's one extra step that i could take to make this a more memorable
and enjoyable experience another way to create a more enjoyable life is to create more variety
in your habits so in stephen geyser's book elastic habits he talks about how the appeal
of a slot machine is because you don't know what you're going to get every single time that you
go back there's variety in the experience it's exciting you don't know what's going to happen
whereas with our habits we're doing the same thing every day and depending on your personality type
that could lead you to absolutely thriving but to some people it leads them to becoming bored
and then feeling repulsed by their habits is a word that i would use just like ugh like i don't
want to do that i've done that every day for the last two weeks one way to move past this is to
create variety in your habits by giving yourself a list of options so i like to call this a habit
menu so for example if the feeling that you want to embrace it in your life is peace or
zen the habits that you could do to support that feeling are things like meditation a long walk in
nature as well as journaling all of those things contribute to a feeling of peace so instead of
committing to doing just one every day commit to choosing one of the three one of the habits from
your menu you might wake up one day and decide that you're going to open up your app intention
my app for self-care and mindset exercises that are highly actionable you're going to choose the
self-compassion meditation and you're gonna have a really emotional but fulfilling session and
meditation or you might wake up and be like i'm just gonna go on a long walk in nature today no
podcast no music that'll create a feeling of zen or you are going to journal on your limiting money
beliefs which will create feelings of zen in the future all of those things are going to get you to
where you want to go but you'll also feel a little less trapped and a little less bored during your
days i think this one is for a certain personality type but it's definitely something that appeals to
me to take action on this try picking a feeling that you want to work towards and then think of
the different habits that could support that creating your own little habit menu the next
way to make life more enjoyable is to add creative constraints in the areas of your life where you
feel uninspired so maybe there are some areas in your life where you used to get a lot of enjoyment
out of it but now you feel a little lackluster a little bit about it in thomas frank's skillshare
class productivity for creatives he talks about how when he was feeling uninspired by video
creation he created a one-hour morning routine but his constraint was that he had to create it
within the style of scott pilgrim versus the world not only did it make the process of video creation
more enjoyable but it also gave him a whole bunch of learnings when it comes to setting up shots
creating certain styles using his camera when you have no creative constraints it can lead to being
complacent particularly if whatever you've done has worked for you you follow the path of least
resistance because that's kind of what our brains are made to do and it makes sense but then you
end up bored you end up feeling uninspired and that's where creative constraints can come in
you can do this in any areas of your life it doesn't just have to be about video creation it
can be about the clothes that you wear every day the posts that you put up the articles that you
write the way that you decorate your home there are different kind of constraints that you can use
to get yourself inspired again and to turn things that were once fun into something that is once
again fun firstly you have input constraints so things like time money materials so create jewelry
but create your jewelry from only things that will once garbage create a prototype but give yourself
only a day to create it create an amazing meal but use only what is in your cupboard currently to
make it you can also create rules to follow while you carry out your process so for example dress
yourself for a week but use the word magic to inspire you every outfit has to be inspired by the
word magic create your videos reviewing romantic comedies but do it in the style other crash
course on youtube create an article but under 300 words this video is sponsored by skillshare which
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today the next way to create a more enjoyable life is to learn how to have hard conversations and
this very heavily leans on the quote hard choices easy life easy choices hard life because obviously
having hard conversations is not a fun time it's usually not enjoyable but the benefits that you
get after the fact definitely make your life more enjoyable something that i journaled a while ago
was most of your problems can be solved through a hard conversation that hard conversation could be
with yourself sitting yourself down having a tough conversation but a lot of the time it
is also with other people in your life if you think about the problems your friends
have shared with you recently a lot of them are going to be interpersonal so things like my mom
keeps on overstepping my boundaries my friends are taking advantage of me my boss keeps on
undermining me during meetings my colleague has no idea what they're doing all of those problems
require a hard conversation in order to solve them but most of them don't get one there's a lot
of talking about the problem feeling frustrated about the problem but rarely do people actually
have a hard conversation with the person that they're struggling with not all hard conversations
immediately solve problems by no means but by having them you're taking responsibility for the
problem and you're doing something about it you can exist knowing that you're not just constantly
complaining about stuff but you are doing stuff about stuff learning to have hard conversations
with people has absolutely been one of the most difficult journeys for me as someone who like
many others has been raised to put my happiness on the line for other people some resources that
i personally have loved have been hayley paige mcgee on instagram i absolutely love her account
great for a recovering people pleaser as well as the absolute classic life-changing book on
non-violent communication the next way to create a more enjoyable life is something that i have been
doing lately which is deciding on the mood that you want to create in your life and then taking
just one step actions to create that mood so for example right now it is winter where i live and
if you follow me on instagram i've talked about how winter usually makes me miserable i dread it
every single year i hate the cold weather i really don't like it gloomy days but i've decided this
year that winter will not be miserable it will be cozy creating a cozy mood in my house isn't
really an ongoing commitment there are just a few little steps that i can take lighting some
candles getting some really warm lights getting my hoodie set so to embrace this mood it's not like
i'm creating a list of daily heighty habits to do in my life i'm doing one step actions that i never
really have to revisit cozy just means candles it means fairy lights it means blankets it means
warm lights in your home these are little changes that you can make to your environment to create a
cozy mood and a lot of moods can be created with just one step actions feeling a little magical
could mean investing in some and glittery lip gloss cracking out harry potter buying yourself
flowers i feel like back in the day the people who did this really well with those girls on youtube
they had a new look to their room for every month of the year most of it was diy and inexpensive and
i just think we all need to follow suit decide on the mood that you want to create for your home and
then take a little one-step actions to start creating that mood if you liked this video you
might be in the mindset to do some media resetting and if you are i have a few videos for you
i'm gonna have a link to a playlist of all of my reset videos that i have created that will get
you in a really fresh mood a clean slatey mood let's make changes mood that's gonna be on the
screen as well as down below i appreciate you so very much and i will see you soon