in this video i want to talk about seven things that you can do at the mid-year point
of your year to hit refresh and totally reset your mind i actually created this video as a
bunch of ideas that i want to implement in my own life to reset for the middle of the year
and i wanted to make it really actionable so after every point i'm actually going to have
on the screen a list of ways to kick off to start that particular action these are pretty
immediate quick action steps that you can take so that you're putting these things into practice
the first thing that you can do to reset is to choose one book that you want to read that
focuses on how you want to feel or what you want to bring into your life you want to find a book
that applies directly to whatever it is that you are going through whether it's emotionally
physically externally internally something that ideally has some good reviews and is actionable
for example if you want to heal your anxious attachment style you might read the book insecure
in love by leslie becker if you want to feel more connected you might read the book i thought it was
just me by brene brown the key to this isn't just reading the book or finding the book it's actually
taking it and turning it into action growth really isn't constantly listening to business podcasts or
self-growth videos or reading self-growth books growth is listening to something and then taking
action on it reading a book and then applying it watching something taking notes and then doing
something about those notes consumption does not lead to growth consumption followed by action does
the next thing that you can do to reset your mind for mid-year is to take a one-week break
from social media and media in general so that means tick tock instagram twitter as
well as netflix stan disney plus and all of the other platforms that there are and then
find those times in your calendar where you would usually be watching tick tock or watching netflix
and schedule in activities that make you feel inspired and that make you feel motivated instead
there is absolutely nothing wrong with social media or netflix or any of the other platforms so
long as you feel that you're in control of your use of it but if you keep on telling yourself
you're going to practice the night routine you are going to start reading that book you're
going to start journaling but then you end up scrolling through instagram or on your twitter
watching two episodes of a show instead of reading your book then it might be time to take control of
your social media and media habits social media can be a numbing tool so you'll find that if you
are stressed if you're sad if you are overwhelmed you're probably going to lean on social media and
other forms of media more than you usually would but then it becomes this cycle because you're
stressed you're overwhelmed you're sad and then you're using social media more and that's making
you more stressed and more overwhelmed and more sad so if you are in a state where you feel like
you're overusing social media and it might be as a result of how you feel in your day to day
or about your life then take a week to reset and replace the times where you would usually
lean on social media to lean on other things that will actually make you feel a little bit
better it will counteract the stress the sadness or the overwhelm whatever it is that you might be
going through if you are bored schedule in time to learn something new if you are feeling sad
schedule in time to connect with the people that you love instead of defaulting to consuming media
the next idea that you can use to reset for the middle of the year is to plan in a favorite
things day a favorite things day is a ritual that i like to plan into my quarters my months
and it's a day where you fill it with all of your favorite things your favorite things are often
much more simple than you probably realize if you haven't intentionally thought about them
your favorite thing could be a coffee in bed of a morning sleeping in a little bit getting yourself
in nature watching a sunset eating your favorite takeaway they offer nothing radical they're just
like life's little happy moments and a favorite things day is just combining all of those little
things and putting them into a day if you don't know what to put into your favorite things day
think about what you value and start to plan in activities based around those values because
usually things that you value are always going to be things that are your favorite things so if you
value connection you could plan in a picnic with your friends if you value freedom you could create
a list of your favorite things and then pick from those things throughout the day depending on how
you feel in the moment if you value learning take yourself to the park and learn some watercolor
if you are taking a social media sabbatical it's also the perfect week to schedule in your favorite
things day because not only are you going to have all these cozy happy enjoyable moments that make
you feel really good you're also going to feel really present while you are in those moments
you're going to be very much there and not half in your phone and half on the activity at hand
another way to refresh for your mid-year is to write down the ultimate guide to your unhappiness
this is one of my most liked posts from the last year it's just a picture of me in the mirror but
the caption is what people were drawn to and that is the ultimate guide to my unhappiness
the ultimate guide to my own happiness includes being too busy to take time to learn and to take
time to read waking up late every single day doing a lot of networking and no connecting lots
of talking about doing things and no doing things this is really a mini anti-visioning exercise it
is really simple and easy for you to do and you can do it for any area of your life you could
write the ultimate guide to my unhappiness in my friendships the ultimate guide to my unhappiness
in my relationship the ultimate guide to an unhappy morning for me the ultimate guide to an
unhappy evening for me you can apply it to every single area of your life and you're always going
to uncover something or get clarity on something that you already knew so for me by acknowledging
that not reading and not learning is going to contribute to my unhappiness it really says to me
that i need to integrate reading and learning as a part of my daily routine even if that is
just reading 10 pages of a book each day by acknowledging that not connecting with my friends
and my family on a pretty regular basis will lead to my unhappiness that shows me that in my weekly
planning routine i need to have a step that says okay plan in some connection in your week
by identifying what will inevitably lead to your unhappiness the things that you already know will
lead to your unhappiness you can then take those things create systems for them put them into your
routine this is one of my favorite activities to do so much so that i revisited it quite regularly
and i also included a probably more extended version of it in my skillshare class this is a
class with four exercises to create clarity and to create motivation i'm gonna have it linked
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something i already knew was placing constraints around your creativity he talked about how he
created a video on the one hour morning routine and his creative constraint was to make that video
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the next thing that you can do to reset for mid-year is to update your productivity systems
and by productivity systems what i mean is how you capture ideas thoughts and tasks how you
organize ideas thoughts and tasks how you plan to take action on ideas thoughts and tasks and
how you actually make sure that you take action on ideas thoughts and tasks to walk you through how
exactly to do that would truly take an entire video i'm gonna direct you towards two videos
that i've made in the past that are all about organizing your mind organizing your tasks in a
way that makes you more productive the first video is how to organize your mind and get things done
and the second video shows you my productivity system how i organize my life in no [ __ ] i'm
going to have those two videos linked down in the description if you don't have any systems
set up to capture to organize to plan and to take action it's time now to create those systems and
if you do have systems set up evaluate those systems and ask yourself what isn't working
if you find that you're not actually capturing all the ideas that come to mind because you don't
always have access to your phone what can you do to make sure that you're still capturing even when
your phone isn't there if your weekly reset keeps on getting missed because you think it's annoying
it's cumbersome it's too long can you split it in half can you reduce how much you do in it can you
work a little bit on it every single day so at the end of the week it's not so big and painful
for a new season we create a new playlist environmental changes signify change so if you
move houses your brain is like okay change like time to reset let's get productive or do things
differently if you maybe get a new car sometimes that can signify change if you change the setup of
your room that can signify change but sometimes you just don't have the ability to create that
significant of an environmental change in your life we can't all move house every six months but
something you can do is update your playlist which will definitely signify change if you are a person
who listens to playlists to wake yourself up maybe you listen to a playlist in the car or
when you're making dinner freshen that playlist up or ideally create a whole new playlist filled with
songs that match the vibe that you really want to bring in to the rest of your year alongside that
create a whole new playlist filled with all of the podcasts that you would like to listen to
ideally match those podcasts up with the things that you're working on in your life so if you
are starting an ecommerce business add in a bunch of podcast episodes all about learning to start
an e-commerce business or if you are creating a youtube channel fill that playlist with podcasts
all around creating a great youtube channel three podcasts that have episodes that will definitely
end up on my playlist are simplify they always have just great high quality episodes they're
usually with authors so people who are experts in their field i think that's why i like that podcast
so much the old boys club is a new one that i heard from shameless i'm not kidding when i've
talked about how much young people need something like this for so long and i'm so glad that this
resource now exists it's two young people talking about australian politics in a way that is
relatable and understandable which is something that somehow has not existed for so long and it
blows my mind how inaccessible politics has felt as a young australian and how much the resources
that are available are filled with jargon that makes it really difficult to feel like you can
really understand what's going on in australia and a new favorite podcast what is it all for
which is a business podcast all about creating an intentional business i really enjoy this podcast
it's by a couple who also run wandering aimfully i just really enjoy their approach to business
and i think that it's an approach that is often talked about when applied to life but not often
talked about when applied to creating your business and that needs to be discussed more
the next way to refresh your life for the media is to do a one week sleep reset this
is very applicable if you are someone who stays up watching tick tock goes to sleep at different
times every night finds yourself sleeping in but then sometimes maybe waking up a little bit
earlier and your sleep is just at a confusing state right now according to why we sleep by
matthew walker two-thirds of adults worldwide do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep a
night humans are literally the only species that deprive ourselves of the sleep that we
need and studies have shown that more sleep makes you physically more attractive and look healthier
one of the best ways to get more sleep is to go to sleep the same time every single day and to
wake up at the same time every single day making sure that you are getting at least between seven
to nine hours of sleep if you aren't waking up and going to sleep at the same times every single day
take a week to just intentionally work on that specific habit to get yourself into
a consistent sleep routine it is one of the most impactful self-care habits that you can
work on if you get your sleep down a lot of other things will fall into place naturally
just for a week do the whole no screens for two hours before bed that we all know that we
should do but we simply don't like doing stick to the same sleep schedule and reset your mind
if you liked this video and you are looking for more ways to reset i recently created a
video called 10 ways to reset for a new month a lot of those things you can definitely apply to
mid-year resetting as well some of them i'd probably take them and then make them just
a little bit more intense for a mid-year reset but like i said i like resetting
that multiple times throughout the year i'm going to have that video linked on the screen
as well as down below i appreciate you so very much and i will see you soon