i'm only 21 years old now i'm not saying i know the key to a good life philosophers have been
trying to figure that one out for thousands of years and i'm not saying that anyone knows it
in fact but i do think that there are five time investments we can make to improve the quality
of our life from improving the quality of our relationships to exercising daily
we can make big adjustments in our life actually in private videos i like to watch other people's
to get some inspiration and when i typed up time investment i could not find a single video i could
only find videos about warren buffett and charlie munger and other finance related investments and
that's kind of a problem for me not all of us have money to be investing in but all of us do have
time there are things that we can do with that one hour a day that we have and i think it's important
to talk about these and level the importance of them with money investment so i hope that
these five time investments i'm gonna mention are something that every single person is feeling this
can learn from and hopefully achieve because none of these involve social status or money
and no matter where you are in the world these five things are things that we can actually do
on like financial investments learning a new skill i've spoken about this many times on my channel
because humans are so tied to the jobs we do and the hobbies we have and adding a new skill gives
us a sort of other form of identity and i think it's really important especially in your 20s when
you're trying to distinguish yourself from the crowd you know when you're in high school you're
really just trying to be like everyone else and eventually when you go into university or your
young adult years you realize that you need to do things for you that distinguish and that make
you unique skills actually give us value which we can turn into joy also having a new skill
could technically help you financially whether you want to spend an hour a day learning how to code
which could potentially get you a job in coding in the future or maybe you want to learn graphic
design so you can go on fiverr and start having a part-time job on selling some graphics there are
so many free or cheap sources out there that it's more accessible than ever to learn a new skill but
in turn could give you money when we have skills in our life we have achievements we can say oh i'm
actually fluent in french or i can code sql and having worth in our life is something that can
really affect our mental health and being able to say that we have a passion and a purpose in life
is extremely vital now if you're trying to think about what kind of skill you could learn
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let's look on to the second one which is spending time on the relationships in your life we
become who we surround ourselves with and it's really important to find people in your life that
inspire you and have friendships that actually work there's such a stigma that you have to have
friends for life but in reality a lot of friendships are based off of convenience you
make a friend at work you make a friend in a new class you make a friend who is a neighbor and just
the same way that we don't go that we don't marry the first person we date we shouldn't become best
friends with the first person we see we should be friends with people that are good influence
on us people that inspire us to be better people that are kind to us and i really think that as a
whole humans need to spend more time thinking about who the people they're surrounded with
are another kind of segment to this which isn't just making good friends is taking care of the
friendships and relationships you have whether that's meeting up once a week for a coffee
or when you see your friend maybe not doing so well taking the time to ask them how they're doing
and of course be genuine with it this way you can make deeper connections with the people around you
and in turn it's going to do good things to you the third time investment we can make is finding
our life's passion now i'm not saying this is easy and i'm not saying you're gonna find it within the
next week i'm also not saying that your passion is gonna be something you're gonna be passionate
about for life for example my first 18 years i was passionate about music but the past three years
i barely touched the piano even though it was my passion my whole childhood into my adulthood it's
not something that i feel the same way about our passions can change as we grow old and they can
also develop more what's your hobby when you get off work do you go straight to the couch and watch
netflix or do you open a good book do you cook a great meal what makes you happy in life and are
you spending enough time on that having a passion is so good for a mental health just like having
a skill it gives us another form of identity it gives us a reason to wake up in the morning
because sometimes going to work is not good enough the fourth time investment is physical health i
have made a full video which i'll link up here on the circadian rhythm but let me quickly define it
for you guys the circadian rhythm is basically our internal clock and when we wake up in the
morning and we open the blind and we see sunlight the sunlight is therefore telling our body it's
time to wake up it's time to go and if you get out of bed and you go walk in the morning you're also
helping your body to realize times of day and these these are really important and that's why
when you wake up you want to get straight out of bed and open the curtains and let light in
you want to be seeing more light throughout the day you want to be exercising as well and you
want to be dimming light so i don't know reel that outside to your phones and laptops before
you go to bed so you can sleep well these are all things that really affect our health and as
much as we're kind of conscious that we know we need to sleep well we need to exercise every day
you should really look into the signs of the circadian rhythm you can't feel your best
if your body is suffering so remember if you're feeling down one day to take a day off
and to focus on what usually gets you better find exercise that you find enjoyable and not
horrifying now on the other side of health we have the fifth time investment which is your mental
health i'd like to think i'm a bit of a mental health advocate on this channel even for my banner
non-toxic productivity you can look great from the outside and concealer can cover anything but if
you're struggling in the inside then these other full-time investments i've talked about are all
for nothing you need to be feeling good to do good in life i'm not saying that we're gonna be 100 100
of the time there are bad days and good days and that doesn't mean that you're not taking care of
your mental health it's kind of like a wave you know good days bad days but it's something to
think about you know are you taking care of your mental health are you calling friends and telling
them what's on your mind are you talking to your significant other about a bad day you had at work
are you calling a therapist if that's what you need i've found that for me what works in keeping
my mental health is even during covert times being sociable whether it's a zoom call with someone or
talking to someone i'm living with i'm journaling down my feelings i'm quite a good journaler now
and i find it's a great way to get out what you want to talk about everything that you're feeling
inside and all the stress or maybe joy in your life i've also really enjoyed reading self-help
books because they kind of make me feel pumped to do something good too some people are into yoga
some are into writing it's really whatever makes you feel great mentally but just make sure that
you're listening to your body and if you're not feeling great you can't just put it in the back
of your head because you have work you have to focus on your mental health okay i hope this video
was insightful for some of you guys like i said there are other forms of investment than money
and these five are things that we can do from the comfort our own home and for free or for
very cheap let me know below do you guys take care of these five things in your life and how are you
doing lately i'd love to know okay thank you for watching this video i hope you enjoyed if you did
here are two videos i recommend and if not that's okay i hope you have a lovely day and bye bye you