how to get on self-improvement as a high school student.
So my self-improvement journey really started freshman year
after I got cut from the soccer team,
and I realized I had to train.
So I started doing cardio,
and then I did cardio,
and then I tried out for sophomore year for the soccer team,
and I got cut again.
So then I realized I had to do weights.
So I was doing weights and cardio,
and then I also realized I had to practice my soccer skills.
So I was training my weights, cardio, soccer skills.
I was taking cold showers,
and I was starting to really dial in on my health.
And so then I was training,
got to an all-time peak fitness level,
and then I got injured right before trouts,
so then I ended up not trying out that year.
Best decision I've ever made,
because then I started reading books.
And with all this extra time after school,
now that I'm not playing a sport,
I started reading books,
going to the gym,
and just starting to dial in on my life.
And then slowly but surely,
I started making changes from the books that I learned.
Like, one book I read called How to Break Up Your Phone.
I started literally breaking up with my phone,
and now my phone is all the way on the other side of the room
in the basement all the time on AirPlay Mode,
do not disturb, power it off.
I just don't use my phone anymore.
There's been multiple weeks
where I have zero minutes of screen time total on my phone.
And so I started making all these changes.
And now, because I want to basically do self-improvement full-time,
I graduated early.
So now I'm out of school
before I even was supposed to be done.
And the thing is that I was originally planning on going to college.
Like, I never really wanted to go to college,
but that was my plan.
That was my path.
And, or at least that was a path I was going to take,
just because that was what everyone else did.
And then I started taking control of my life
and my actual life got better.
So I want to basically walk you through
how if I had all the knowledge I have now,
and I had to restart as a freshman,
summer going into freshman year, first day,
let's just say first day of freshman year.
If my brain got teleported into myself
when I was freshman year.
So I had all this knowledge I have now,
and I had to restart physically as a freshman.
The first thing I would do is hit the gym.
I would start waking up in the morning.
I would go to the gym before school.
And I would basically just start lowering my waking up time.
So I would start waking up at, let's say,
six o'clock instead of 6.30.
And then I would wake up at 5.30.
And then, like, over the months,
I would wake up earlier and earlier and earlier
until I was waking up at a time where I was happy
with that time for the time being,
until something else I wanted to do.
For example, I was, during my freshman year,
I was waking up at maybe 6.20, 6.30.
And we were on Zoom.
So we were online.
So I was basically going to school at my house.
And I was able to wake up before school and go on a run.
That's what I did.
But if I had to restart, I would basically
get in the habit of waking up early and then really
be intentional about it.
And then also make sure that I'm going to bed early also,
because that was my mistake I made before.
I wasn't going to bed early enough.
Nowadays, I'm waking up at 4 AM and going to bed at 6 PM.
So basically, slowly but surely, lower your sleep time
to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier.
And then make it a habit to go to the gym before school,
because this allows you to be consistent
and it's way more convenient.
So go to the gym before school.
And then you also get the benefits.
And then the next thing is, I would
make sure that I was taking all of my required classes first.
Like this is something that not many people really
take into account.
But one of the essential things that I would want to happen
is get out of school as soon as possible.
Because I know that school is not helpful whatsoever at all
for me.
So I'd want to get out of school as quick as possible.
So that means getting all of my credits done,
getting all of my required classes done,
and not taking any non-required classes.
Just get all my graduation requirements done.
And then I would make it, I would start,
I would just focus on the gym for a little while.
So maybe freshman and sophomore year,
I would just focus on the gym.
Just try and build my physique.
And then slowly but surely, while I'm doing this,
because I'm focused on the gym, I
would want to get more sleep, get better sleep,
more optimal sleep.
I know I'd also want to get more hydration and also
get a healthier diet.
So slowly but surely, freshman and sophomore year,
I would just focus on my health, my physical health.
And then eventually, I would start meditating.
And well, actually, no.
Before all that, I would start reading books.
And this is going to help replace the habit of using
the phone.
Because I imagine in freshman year,
I was definitely addicted to the phone.
I was playing video games.
And I would slowly but surely start
to read books, self-improvement books, nonfiction,
and get addicted to that.
And then start to cut out the phone.
And then start to cut out the video games.
And then I would slowly but surely start
to cut out all the friends.
And also, basically, just slowly but surely
start to leave society, essentially.
And stop doing all that stuff.
And delete all my Instagram accounts,
or delete all my social media stuff,
the accounts in the entirety.
And then eventually, I would start meditating.
And then get onto a consistent routine.
And then get dialed in.
Make sure I'm meditating every single day.
Make sure I'm reading every single day.
And that would just be my focus.
I'd go to the gym before school, go to school, come home,
eat.
Well, I would eat before school.
So I'd pack a healthy lunch for lunch.
And make sure that I eat first thing in the morning.
And right now, I wouldn't do that.
Because right now, I have different goals.
But if my goal at the time was to build my physique,
then I would make sure I'm eating literally
first thing in the morning.
Like maybe 30 minutes after I wake up.
And then go to the gym.
And then go to school.
Eat lunch there.
Make sure I'm meal prepping.
Come home, eat, read, meditate in the morning and at night.
And then go to bed.
And that would literally just be my life.
And then eventually, I would start transforming my room
and getting really more locked in onto self-improvement.
For example, getting rid of my bed,
buying it to Tommy Matt, getting rid of everything
in my room, clearing it all out, just dialing in on my habits.
And then eventually, around junior year to senior year,
I would start posting on YouTube.
And basically, what I'm doing, what I'm explaining to you guys
is what.
This is essentially what my journey has been,
except I'm making it more optimal and more dialed in
and start earlier.
Because I didn't really start lifting until sophomore year.
And I didn't start reading until junior year.
But all of these things, at this point,
it's probably like junior year.
And I'm not using my phone.
I'm not watching nothing.
Not doing no video games.
Not doing anything like that.
I'm pretty much dialed in monk mode.
And then I would want to start posting, just recording
on the podcast.
Just start a podcast, because this
will help if I just do daily episodes,
like I did in my past journey, or in my actual journey.
I'll just do daily episodes and practice my speaking ability.
Now, I even worried about YouTube,
just focusing on the podcast and just developing
my speaking ability.
Because I know that me personally, I started not even,
like I was not even fluent when I was speaking
into the microphone.
But now I'm able to speak fairly well, in my opinion.
And then we get to eventually, after maybe 100 days,
let's just say, of speaking into the podcast,
I would start a YouTube channel, which the podcast was
posting on to YouTube.
And then I would basically, actually, let's rewind a little
bit.
Let's go back to maybe 50 days or 40 days
after the podcast positive feedback loop has started.
So basically, what that means is,
after I have gained so much positive feedback
from the podcast, for example, I've
seen so much personal growth from it.
And I actually like to do it.
And I would not want to quit or not want to stop.
Once I'm basically on autopilot doing the podcast,
I'm basically guaranteed to keep it up,
unless I consciously change something.
That's the positive feedback loop.
So basically, once I form a positive feedback loop
on the podcast, after a little bit of reinforcing that,
I would focus on maintaining the podcast,
but then I would also start posting three YouTube shorts
or TikToks or both every single day.
And that would help me improve a different skill,
like my really focusing on my hook
and condensing the story down.
And I would just post those.
And then it would also help with me writing
like copy, because basically writing those descriptions,
I think, is copy.
I don't really know.
Doesn't really matter.
But then after a little bit of that, I would delete,
or not delete, but I would unlist literally everything
from my YouTube channel, which is exactly what I did.
And I'm really glad that I did all this,
even though it was all kind of like not purposeful.
I would unlist everything and completely restart fresh
from the YouTube channel, but put it
onto a public playlist so people and me can go back
and look at where I came from.
And then after that, I would just dial in,
lock in on the YouTube channel, which
is what I've been doing over the past maybe five weeks,
six weeks, maybe a little bit longer.
I don't know.
And that is basically where I'm at right now.
And going back to maybe junior year,
if I finish all the requirements, and honestly,
I would probably go to summer school if I was restarting.
I would probably do summer school
because I would want to get all the requirements done
so I could graduate at the end of sophomore year,
the end of junior year.
The goal would be to graduate as soon as possible.
Literally get that diploma and dip.
And this whole time, you're going
to want to show your parents that you're serious.
Don't tell them.
Just slowly but surely show them that you're serious.
And then eventually they'll learn more and more books.
Read the millionaire fast line, read unscripted,
read the four hour work week, read all these books,
and learn of your path.
Learn where you're going to go.
And realize that school is not really going to help you.
And then also you're going to want to,
like your parents are going to need to see
that you're actually not going to live at their house
for the rest of your life.
They're going to want to see that you're actually
going to become financial independent.
So because they're not going to let you graduate early
unless you prove yourself.
So that's basically the plan.
You graduate as soon as possible so you
can focus full time on self improvement.