“You see this guy here staring back at you?
That's your toughest opponent,
I think that's true in the ring
and I think that's true in life”
- Rocky
That's your toughest opponent,
I think that's true in the ring
and I think that's true in life”
- Rocky
Last night my Netflix app on my phone wouldn't open on my iPhone 5S, so instead I went YouTube searching. On the homepage was a link to a video for a channel I subscribed to but haven't watched in a while. Originally I subscribed to the channel after I came across this video
and this video
Pro Wrestling and Magic, some of my favorite things and I thought it was hilarious.
The video on the homepage was this
and out of nowhere, it clicked, it finally got it and I had an a ha moment, the kind when you finally figure out a incredibly difficult math problem.
Seems so easy and really basic.
"Motivation is great for getting you started, but it's horrible for getting you to finish. You know what's great for getting you to finish what you started?
Good habits.
Humans are habitual creatures. Psychologists have found that according to your brain,
almost everything you do is part of a habit.
It could be a good habit like brushing your teeth
or a bad habit like procrastinating.
Its all the same,
your brain can't differentiate between good ones and bad ones.
They're all just habits, so
every time you bite your nails
every time you hit the snooze button
every time you hesitate before starting a conversation with a girl
you are adding one more brick to your pyramid of bad habits.
Hears the scary part,
that's actually satisfying your brain, because again,
your brain just likes habits,
doesn't matter if it's good or bad
as you can probably imagine it is much easier to feed our mind with bad habits than it is with good ones. But the thing that snaps me back to reality is to think about it like this,
every single thing you hate about yourself is because of bad habits
everything you want to change
everything you can't seem to accomplish
everything that you are failing at is all because I've this reason
the good news is it's actually much easier than you think to satisfy the habit craving in your brain with good habits.
You need good habits because they serve as a foundation to keep you on track when your motivation disappears
when implemented properly good habits make it so that if you miss a day of doing it, you start feeling weird like something's missing." - Kong
So of course from there I clicked on the link for the longer version, I watched the 1st and 2nd video and was like OK I think I get it. Most important thing I took away from the first video was consistency. As in being able to do it every day straight, no excuses, no breaking the chain.
I really want to get my shit together, in every part of my life.
For the next 30 days, I'm gonna do these DAILY HABITS:
Jurassic Gains Meal Plan
(cause I need to lose weight so I'm not obese and I don't get diabetes)
Workout (Except Sunday, I mean it is the day of rest)
(cause I want to be in shape and avoid a heart attack or stroke)
(+ It wouldn't hurt with the ladies)
1 Hour Learning a Song on Piano
(honestly for fun and maybe learn a little something about song structure)
1 Hour Learning Music Theory
(cause I need to know what the fuck I'm doing on a piano and to make less shitty music)
2 Hours of working on At and First
(so I can finally finish these two songs and work on 831 (my first EP of songs that I work on completely on my own, no tutorials, that will hopefully be slight less shitty than WASAF
and because I'll hopefully learn a lot of music production techniques)
Make $$ (At least 5 days a week)
(so I can move the fuck out of my moms house, I moved back in a few months ago in Milpitas and that's enough, time for me to flee the nest again, I was definitely over it day 1)
Save $50 on days I work
(cause if I'm being serious about music, I need to move back to Los Angeles)
I'm actually not gonna start til Sunday, why not today, honestly because Duke Dumont is Thurs and Sat is Kaskade and I know I'm gonna fail the meal plan those days big time.
I want to do all 7 habits for 30 days. It's gonna be hard, oh yeah, thats right, the other part of the other video was a part about the hard part. In short, it's gonna suck at first, but eventually it'll start feeling good. I'm not gonna be able to go out a lot like I used to. Unless I've already committed to it, I most likely wont be doing it.
Tomorrow Pre-Season starts, its everything minus Jurassic Gains.
Why tomorrow and not today, because 8 is my favorite #
I'll reevaluate the habits in 30 days.
I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .
I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
- Michael Jackson
(but really Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett)
(Yes I looked it up.. I was curious.)
(I forgot I was gonna start adding what I was listening to as I was writing, more for me than anything; just to see what I was listening to however many years ago when my memory is gone)
Kaskade - A Little More
Kaskade - Lessons In Love
Kaskade - Phoenix
Kaskade - Day Trippin
Duke Dumont - I Got U (MK Remix)
Kaskade - Last Chance
Kaskade - I Remember
Kaskade - Promise
Kaskade - Tear Down These Walls
Duke Dumont - Need U (100%)
Kaskade - Disarm You
Kaskade - Never Sleep Alone
Duke Dumont - Robert Talking
Kaskade - Angel On My Shoulder
Duke Dumont - Wont Look Back
Duke Dumont - The Giver
Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive
Kaskade - Whatever
Kaskade - Us
Kaskade - Breaking Up
(was definitely getting ready for Duke Dumont tomorrow and Kaskade this Sat, can't wait for this epic weekend!)
