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I started doing 5-minute journal at the beginning of the year. Became quite obsessed with journaling, I'd say its one of the best habits a man can have. Life changing, always being aware of your position in life, where you've been, where you're going. And thanks for the Tools of titans it was a blast reading it. :)
Yes, this 5 min journal is one of the tools that we can use daily to balance negativity and chaos. This helps us to look for the things we are thankful for even in the worst of times. And it's free and quick to do.
My reasoning for journaling was listening to Kobe Bryant talk about how he would rewatch his games was literally right after his game. I started a new career, and in learning my new craft I thought, “ok I can’t record myself or vlog at work, but I can write everything down that happens at work”
LOVE YOU TIM, reading the 4 hour workweek 10+ years ago changed my life forever, and now I get to help other people build their dream lives, you are an absolute legend keep inspiring a generation 💪🤑🔥
Everyone is taking good notes here - so Tim you're onto something. QUICK TIP/CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Try writing your morning pages in lyrical prose or rhyme, you'd be surprised at how it unlocks your your ability to navigate your subconscious undercurrents in a higher dimensional flow of language. Essentially, push the limits of morning pages to it's ultimate goal of helping you break through your linguistic and spiritual boundaries, culminating in the totality of your personality surfaced and integrated into your awareness - individuation as Jung would say. 💜
OMG morning pages... literally saved my life! I was so dumb I thought the ‘Artist way’ (dragon on the front) was going to help me draw.... next day opening the book ... I was like, WHAT!!! Totally got me out of my head... so grateful 🙏!
I have a bullet journal. Has an index, future log, grid format and 3 page markers. I use it for a habit tracker and to reference throughout the week, month and year. Highly effective for me.
What most don't know is that the "Morning Pages" Julia Cameron wrote about in "The Artist's Way" originated from B. Wilson, co-founder of AA. He used to write to 'higher power' (whatever that is for you...God / Creator / Universe ...) with his wife & they would share afterwards. It's originally called 2-way prayer.
Tip for the 5 minute journal. Instead of answering the question "what would make today great?" change it to "what can I do to make today great?" The former question implies that you are expecting something to happen, and passively waiting for something great to happen during your day. Take action with the latter question.
Awesome tip! Thanks :) I'd love to make my own version of the journal because I'd also change a few things but I have no idea how to make a custom journal lol.
@@waltz9230 I just bought a blank journal and I the prompts in each day (I didn't want to commit the $$ for the journal without knowing if I would benefit from the practice or even commit to it. If I like it when I finish, I'd like to buy the journal to support the creator). The inspirational quotes are great, and you can find some to add in if you want, but they're not really necessary. Just write in your prompts, fill in your answers, and go.
@@aboucher0319 @Duke Nukem - For many years I bought inexpensive journals - sometimes lined, sometimes blank (for doodling/drawing as well as writing) - and covered them in beautiful paper with Date and Theme on the cover. I had boxes of them when I moved countries - many filled with Morning Pages; quotes from books I was reading and self-exploration and therapy. Then I did something DRAMATIC - I had a JOURNAL BURNING PURGE which I wrote about on my blog - soon to be an article on Medium. The point is - blank cheaper journals are just as brilliant. Though true confession - in recent years I've fallen in love with good quality Bullet Journals.
Thanks for this video Tim. I've been wanting to write my thoughts more and I struggle with achieving this. One of my main blockages is the belief that what I write isn't important enough, that my better thoughts disappear. Seeing that you just go ahead with writing things that may seem pointless at the time has encouraged me to just get on with it. Also seeing that you embrace a "hokey" idea like the 5-minute journal has changed my own opinion on it's worth, I will start using it and see how it goes.
I have a long-form journal, bullet journal, and recently started 5-minute journal. In my bullet journal, I'll jot down write notes and personal thoughts sometimes. In my long-form journal, I make my own notebooks and try to make it just the right length for a month, starting the first day of my period. So no matter what happened last month, that's gone on my shelf, and it's time for a fresh month.
Loved it all Tim! One recommendation for next time - draft up a visual notebook example. You explained in great detail but would still love to see a visual example.
I love the appreciation list, birds, rain, stars (don’t have fireflies in uk - that I have seen anyway) I was saying yes! All the way through this! I’ve been doing morning pages for about 120 days now and it’s very stress reducing. Your MP sound reassuringly like mine. Will dig out my five min journal again, and grab a pocket one for when those moments of inspiration arrive. I like the idea of reviewing the pocket notebook. I am an aspiring writer and frequently get stuck or low. So this was super helpful.
Wowww....yes, come over to the U.S. in the summer and you see them everywhere lighting up at dusk! Loved to catch them when we were kids! Kept them in a jar overnight and then set them free! They are beautiful and fascinating!
Get a laptop to do a video log and downloaded to a thumb flashdrive to put inside as an archive. Go on the next day to do the next save in laptop or a smallest external drive.
I don't have time to watch any videos right now, but I just wanted to say I have a ton if respect for you and what your doing, I subscribed when I realized this was your youtube channel, I'm going to turn on notifications for your videos and stay tuned. Hope you have a great rest of your day!
Completing itty bitty tasks create momentum. There is magic in momentum. Momentum in metaphysics means Galilee. The better the momentum The better the moments The better the memories.
Nice video, looking fresh Tim. I use Colornote app on my phone day to day and save to a word doc yearly. I also use a notepad for faster note taking then transcribe to Colornote to better organise. For events/seminars I use notepads then transcribe to Colornote then a word document. Similar to 'passing' I didn't know what I was doing had a name. Keep up the great content!
Considering how much time you spent in Argentina, I am curious how or why you didn't pick up on the mate. When I lived in Berlin I was kinda impressed that a lot of germans who visited south america were keep on drinking mate, and they even have soda based on that.
Do you have epilepsy? Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content. It is a symptom associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, which is the cause of the Geschwind syndrome, a mental disorder.
There was once a time when someone who felt it was necessary to tell everyone what to do and when no one would listen they would kill themselves. How I yearn for the old days.
Sounds great. Real life? Not sooo much. People are far too complex. They compartmentalize, apply selective memory, discredit you; anything to allow them to ignore your example and not have to consider your opinion. That's been my experience. The world is changed by good and evil alike. By opinions, lies, propaganda, i.e. information wars. The world 'progresses' by Truth alone. If one's example does not align with their opinion then they are a hypocrite. Resolving hypocrisy in one's life will dissolve the ego.
Types of note-taking: 1. Brainstorm / Insight Notebook - for interesting goals and ideas 2. Morning Pages - aka brain vomit; for reducing anxiety and worries 3. 5-minute Journal - for focus, appreciation, and keeping anything simple Key to note-taking: multiple passes and constantly asking what did I think was important or cool thru different times, so you’re not just spewing onto the page and then forgetting it Example: 1st pass: when you first took notes 2nd pass: maybe a week or a month after the note was taken; underscore ideas you find interesting at this time 3rd pass: maybe a quarter after; encircle ideas you find interesting at this time Action item for me: add this on my brainstorm / insight notebook 👍
He had explained it in one of his podcasts if I recall correctly. Tim explained the absurd ideas would increase the chances for the actionable steps or ideas to stand out for the second and third pass.
Yes, maybe 20+. Always need paper, always have pen (like precise B5, fine point). The problem is trying to devote a notebook to specific info, which never works. Ideas, info, etc, dreams need to put to paper right then, no waiting. Later I carefully pull pages from multiple notebooks, then collate carefully. Labor-intensive, hyper-focusing, is somehow very satisfying and meaningful, no explanation nessesary. Besides, the right pen and paper is a journal of itself.
Ahhhhhh!!!! It's me it's me. I have lots of journals. I write everyday, everything. And ofcourse my ADHD and maladaptive daydreaming are helping me to create stories. You know sometimes I think that I can be good storyteller. I don't know why I feel that people will like it. Hahaha
Take-Aways: 1) Catch-all note taking, writing thoughts downs with a cataloguing/indexing system at the front of the journal; brain-storming, insight, review, answers, problem solving 2) Morning Pages: a way of getting whatever anxious thought is in your head out of it and onto paper. Reducing anxiety and neuroses. 3) The Five-Minute Journal: three AM prompts for the morning and two PM prompts for the evening for reflection. Focus and appreciation. Thanks, Tim. Danny Tétreault.
Hey Tim, great video! Just something i've noticed: You seem a lot more relaxed, at ease and generally happier these days. I've also noticed that you're showing a lot more vulnerability in your videos and podcasts which I love, maybe this is one of the factors in your change of energy. Love your videos and this one in particular will help a lot because my headspace often feels overwhelmed with thoughts, ideas and general distractions. Thanks
@@antediluvianclockwork9769 idk if free pdf is available online? But ordering online isn't an option in some countries. Only essential items are being delivered
No you don’t have to organize journal notes. You just need to let your Hand write. ( tactile muscle memory ) You don’t need to save most of what you are Just reducing your overactive, Overthinking mind. Eventually your mind will unfold all of the Folds in the grey matter. And you can build clarity without anxiety Not in one day. My best mind is when I first wake up, But the thoughts are fast and brief, and tend to evaporate if I wait It’s that euphoric wake up, becoming awake AWAKe and Aware and in the wowie Wow I am Awake Wow I’m awake These are by far the best thoughts to try and capture When you are feeling most Alive and Becoming Alert No one needs an index these first thoughts The stuff that is important will be recalled , and reinforced when your bunked up clarity becomes cool because you are only unfolding subconscious grey matters of What will be from (repressed) personal experience.
My monkey mind needed to be reminded of these cool tools today. Morning pages, and journaling in general, truly is a superpower. It gives you clarity and relieves anxiety.
If you enjoy journalling and learning new languages, I encourage to take your notes in the language you want to learn. It has helped me a lot with studying french. Thanks Tim for the great content you provide to us !
Hi, could you share where you have been learning french from? I have been practicing on Duolingo since 115 days and wondering if its the right resource to use.
Wow. The index idea is awesome. I’ll definitely use it. I already create my own index on books, adding pages or stories I’d like to come back that are not specified on the main index. using it for personal notebooks will be super useful Thx Tim, reading “the 4-hour workweek” changed my life.
Morning pages are the best , I did for 3 years it even help me with my depression and my anxiety that thanks god I don’t have it anymore. Everybody should read the artist way
Last year, I stopped using ALL media that involves photo uploading and "documenting" my day.... I took that 'extra' time and returned to practicing the piano daily. I also read Moby Dick, started gardening, recorded an original blues piece, and improved my skills at trimming my horse's hooves. .....boy oh boy how I don't miss Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
"No hurry, no pause" is actually a well known popular saying here in Spain - and I think that it is also said in many places in South America: sin prisa pero sin pausa :)
I've hear it as: "Slow is smooth and smooth is faster than fast". In terms of going fast, you'll make mistakes that need to be corrected or will otherwise further lead you off course.
@@kochevar99 I'm the opposite. I never take notes, even during school. I keep everything in my head and I'm very anxious!! I don't know if there's such thing as hypographia
@@kochevar99from wiki : " Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content. It is a symptom associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, which is the cause of the Geschwind syndrome, a mental disorder."
I've kept journals / to do list / sketch book / doodles / whatever since I was a kid. I have a library of them that I probably would never show to anybody but cherish and will never get rid of. It's interesting to be able to go back and see what my mind was doing at certain times of life, and how much the initial impressions of events have changed in my memory (shockingly sometimes). So happy to see someone else doing the exact same thing. You're brave to share yours, so thank you! Keep up the inspiring work :D
I have an image of Tim during the French revolutionary terror adorned with lavish white-powdered wig climbing the scaffold, then crawling backwards into the guillotine...
Thank you Tim! When I feel down, or need a dose of inspiration, I watch your videos or read your books. I also started writing 5-min journal in 2017 after I watched your youtube video sharing about it. That year is one of the darkest moments of my life, and this 5-min journal helped me to look for small things or small reasons that I was thankful for (despite all the chaos and fears and anxiety I was facing during those times). Thank you, thank you, thank you Tim.
I finish every night with two questions. Things I'm grateful for today 1.2.3. Celebration time. Things I need to take more care 1.2.3. Help me to get ready for tomorrow.
Thank You, I'm 26 years old and I've been into journaling since my teenage life - not even sure how to do it properly until today! I'm very grateful to your video as powerful tool to quality life.
I know it was a random thought but the fact that you even had an idea to just give your money away as a form of feeling less anxious says a lot about you. Many can’t even remotely get themeselves to think like that ❤️
Thanks Tim. I switched to notes on iPad because of handwriting recognition. Game changer for referencing notes. Have you ever considered going this route and why?
Tim, I was reading your 4 hour work week when I finally had it. I was being abused in a job and I was so unhappy. I quit my job, sold my house, and put all my energy into building myself up. It's been just over a year and I've designed my own journal. I'm working in getting it out to people as a free download right now, but I just started my own youtube channel. It's all inspired by you. I figure whatever i do, my youtube and putting myself out there to people is a great first step. I finally have the confidence. I'm an avid journaler too, I've just translated ot into video. Thank you for the inspiration!!
This makes me feel much less worried about my journaling. In 18 years of having multiple journals etc, often times I felt it was so detailed and structured, as it was a kind of compulsive disorder. This looks similar to the practices I developed for myself. Thanks
For years, my problem has been that I never seem to go back and review what I’ve written in the past. For a long time, that was because I was scared to revisit whatever pain or anguish I’d been going through previously. Now that things are more settled in my life, it’s more that I’m always busy and moving on to the next thing. There are never enough hours in the day. How do you work a review process into an already-full schedule? Is the benefit worth the effort?
Review your now and journals at the end of the week for 30 minutes. You'll be surprised the insights you gain from seeing your thoughts on a pattern days later. You could potentially see how you are growing and where your focus is.
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I started doing 5-minute journal at the beginning of the year. Became quite obsessed with journaling, I'd say its one of the best habits a man can have. Life changing, always being aware of your position in life, where you've been, where you're going. And thanks for the Tools of titans it was a blast reading it. :)
Yes! 110% agree with you on journaling as the best habit one uses to elevate their life.
Yes, this 5 min journal is one of the tools that we can use daily to balance negativity and chaos. This helps us to look for the things we are thankful for even in the worst of times.
And it's free and quick to do.
Good work, definitely something that can help to focus oneself
I was going to buy your book but fail
I think the two takeaways from Tim Ferriss are this: introduce habits, discover (beneficial) things that you want to do compulsively
My reasoning for journaling was listening to Kobe Bryant talk about how he would rewatch his games was literally right after his game. I started a new career, and in learning my new craft I thought, “ok I can’t record myself or vlog at work, but I can write everything down that happens at work”
LOVE YOU TIM, reading the 4 hour workweek 10+ years ago changed my life forever, and now I get to help other people build their dream lives, you are an absolute legend keep inspiring a generation 💪🤑🔥
@Jordan K thanks man!
Everyone is taking good notes here - so Tim you're onto something. QUICK TIP/CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Try writing your morning pages in lyrical prose or rhyme, you'd be surprised at how it unlocks your your ability to navigate your subconscious undercurrents in a higher dimensional flow of language. Essentially, push the limits of morning pages to it's ultimate goal of helping you break through your linguistic and spiritual boundaries, culminating in the totality of your personality surfaced and integrated into your awareness - individuation as Jung would say. 💜
Ohh lmao
@@LamAnopro_ Why are you laughing 🤨
OMG morning pages... literally saved my life! I was so dumb I thought the ‘Artist way’ (dragon on the front) was going to help me draw.... next day opening the book ... I was like, WHAT!!!
Totally got me out of my head... so grateful 🙏!
I have a bullet journal. Has an index, future log, grid format and 3 page markers. I use it for a habit tracker and to reference throughout the week, month and year. Highly effective for me.
What most don't know is that the "Morning Pages" Julia Cameron wrote about in "The Artist's Way" originated from B. Wilson, co-founder of AA. He used to write to 'higher power' (whatever that is for you...God / Creator / Universe ...) with his wife & they would share afterwards.
It's originally called 2-way prayer.
That’s astounding! I did not know that.
Thanks Tim for sharing your skill sets for writing Journals for self growth and learnings.
Tip for the 5 minute journal. Instead of answering the question "what would make today great?" change it to "what can I do to make today great?" The former question implies that you are expecting something to happen, and passively waiting for something great to happen during your day. Take action with the latter question.
Awesome tip! Thanks :)
I'd love to make my own version of the journal because I'd also change a few things but I have no idea how to make a custom journal lol.
@@waltz9230 I just bought a blank journal and I the prompts in each day (I didn't want to commit the $$ for the journal without knowing if I would benefit from the practice or even commit to it. If I like it when I finish, I'd like to buy the journal to support the creator). The inspirational quotes are great, and you can find some to add in if you want, but they're not really necessary. Just write in your prompts, fill in your answers, and go.
@@aboucher0319 @Duke Nukem - For many years I bought inexpensive journals - sometimes lined, sometimes blank (for doodling/drawing as well as writing) - and covered them in beautiful paper with Date and Theme on the cover. I had boxes of them when I moved countries - many filled with Morning Pages; quotes from books I was reading and self-exploration and therapy. Then I did something DRAMATIC - I had a JOURNAL BURNING PURGE which I wrote about on my blog - soon to be an article on Medium. The point is - blank cheaper journals are just as brilliant. Though true confession - in recent years I've fallen in love with good quality Bullet Journals.
Love this idea
great one! thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this video Tim. I've been wanting to write my thoughts more and I struggle with achieving this. One of my main blockages is the belief that what I write isn't important enough, that my better thoughts disappear. Seeing that you just go ahead with writing things that may seem pointless at the time has encouraged me to just get on with it. Also seeing that you embrace a "hokey" idea like the 5-minute journal has changed my own opinion on it's worth, I will start using it and see how it goes.
I have a long-form journal, bullet journal, and recently started 5-minute journal. In my bullet journal, I'll jot down write notes and personal thoughts sometimes. In my long-form journal, I make my own notebooks and try to make it just the right length for a month, starting the first day of my period. So no matter what happened last month, that's gone on my shelf, and it's time for a fresh month.
Loved it all Tim! One recommendation for next time - draft up a visual notebook example. You explained in great detail but would still love to see a visual example.
I love the appreciation list, birds, rain, stars (don’t have fireflies in uk - that I have seen anyway) I was saying yes! All the way through this! I’ve been doing morning pages for about 120 days now and it’s very stress reducing. Your MP sound reassuringly like mine.
Will dig out my five min journal again, and grab a pocket one for when those moments of inspiration arrive. I like the idea of reviewing the pocket notebook. I am an aspiring writer and frequently get stuck or low. So this was super helpful.
You don't have fireflies???????????
Wow.
@@MJ-vf1im never seen any in the uk no. Would love to see them.
Wowww....yes, come over to the U.S. in the summer and you see them everywhere lighting up at dusk! Loved to catch them when we were kids! Kept them in a jar overnight and then set them free! They are beautiful and fascinating!
His voice & look are charismatic.
Get a laptop to do a video log and downloaded to a thumb flashdrive to put inside as an archive. Go on the next day to do the next save in laptop or a smallest external drive.
THX for the inspring content Tim Ferriss.
I don't have time to watch any videos right now, but I just wanted to say I have a ton if respect for you and what your doing, I subscribed when I realized this was your youtube channel, I'm going to turn on notifications for your videos and stay tuned. Hope you have a great rest of your day!
Maaaate I just searched for this 5 hours ago. I was surprised you had nothing. Thanks for hearing me on the ether.
I should mention that the video has only been published for 2 hrs since I started to watch
I am here because Matthew Hussey mentioned you and I am glad ge did. Why did I not know about you?
thanks for your video, always help improve ourself
Tim....this. is. awesome!! As a major note-taker myself and a fan of yours for a while, this was great.
Love the idea of indexing... Curious what the 'disposition' of a full journal is... Scan? Archive? Throw away? Thanks for sharing, Tim.
HI Tim, love your content, your an oasis of calm in these crazy times, keep posting man
God Sent. Was thinking to study stratergy to take notes since past 1 week.
hi Tim，很高興在這認識你，十年前我讀你的書，現在又開始讀你的書尋找力量
Trying morning pages!
Thank you, this was super helpful. Will be watching this video again and sharing your tips with my community
Tim, I would love to know how you organize your evernote.
Thanks, it did actually make me feel better when you said that you're a terrible writer.
Completing itty bitty tasks create momentum. There is magic in momentum. Momentum in metaphysics means Galilee.
The better the momentum
The better the moments
The better the memories.
thank you for this!
Nice video, looking fresh Tim.
I use Colornote app on my phone day to day and save to a word doc yearly.
I also use a notepad for faster note taking then transcribe to Colornote to better organise.
For events/seminars I use notepads then transcribe to Colornote then a word document.
Similar to 'passing' I didn't know what I was doing had a name.
Keep up the great content!
Thanks for the insight
This is extreme useful. Thanks, Tim.
karmically wonderful. lmao. You're a saint.
Please make a video on fasting. U mentioned 10 day fast!!! U surely have some great insight nd experience abt it
I think I may be on the verge of Hypergraphia; gotten through a lot of post-it notes recently, time to upgrade to a notebook, lol
Thanks Tim!
Do you guys carry a pocket notebook with you at all times? When do you actually take notes? I'm really curious
The best
Considering how much time you spent in Argentina, I am curious how or why you didn't pick up on the mate. When I lived in Berlin I was kinda impressed that a lot of germans who visited south america were keep on drinking mate, and they even have soda based on that.
Awesome stuff Tim! Love this new format you're doing. Also, the place you record this on looks awesome!
what is it called when you have a box of notes from other people/philosophers? of the past?
Love the organization. Also, how you are sharing me
Are the listener grab a cup of coffee.
Great advice, thanks!
Tim u r superman knowledge
the .5 numbering system just blew my mind.....
When I have to manually number I use R and V (recto and verso) to distinguish the front and back of the page... but .5 would make a lot of sense, ha.
This is amazing, thank you so much!
Where do you find good quotes?
Just curious, why not number pages normally with whole numbers 🧐
Thanks Tim great tips as always. Calm down with the "top secret" stuff in your note book, covering up the pages, you funny bro.
I get it " top secret stuff " - side chicks names ;)
have you tried Roam Research yet?
Those are nice journals , they available anywhere?
MORE COFFEE!!! 😂
Do you have epilepsy? Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content. It is a symptom associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, which is the cause of the Geschwind syndrome, a mental disorder.
Hey Tim, Do you happen to use the Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change?
Where are you? Looks cool.
Hope it helps one of you out there ... humble last words
Actually, I stopped taking notes at one point. Don't know why, but should get back to it
There was once a time when someone who felt it was necessary to tell everyone what to do and when no one would listen they would kill themselves.
How I yearn for the old days.
Appreciate you, Tim
Is that a virtual background or not? I NEED TO KNOW.
Go 🖕 yourself
@@ThePasindu okay, I'll do that as soon as I find out whether it is a virtual background or not.
@@rajathnandan8893 😂 no no, that's a restaurant/coffee shop in Austin, TX
“Sell ALL my houses.”
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
--Paulo Coelho
Books In Review 🤯
Sounds great. Real life? Not sooo much. People are far too complex. They compartmentalize, apply selective memory, discredit you; anything to allow them to ignore your example and not have to consider your opinion. That's been my experience.
The world is changed by good and evil alike. By opinions, lies, propaganda, i.e. information wars. The world 'progresses' by Truth alone. If one's example does not align with their opinion then they are a hypocrite. Resolving hypocrisy in one's life will dissolve the ego.
This is actually a quote by Paulo Coelho
@@sulakshanalamubol127 thanks
Paulo Coelho is a pride for Brazil 🙌 Even, I really wasn't expecting his mention in US page
Good stuff mate
hey ali
hey shohanur
Hey henning
Sup Ali
100% agree!
Types of note-taking:
1. Brainstorm / Insight Notebook - for interesting goals and ideas
2. Morning Pages - aka brain vomit; for reducing anxiety and worries
3. 5-minute Journal - for focus, appreciation, and keeping anything simple
Key to note-taking: multiple passes and constantly asking what did I think was important or cool thru different times, so you’re not just spewing onto the page and then forgetting it
Example:
1st pass: when you first took notes
2nd pass: maybe a week or a month after the note was taken; underscore ideas you find interesting at this time
3rd pass: maybe a quarter after; encircle ideas you find interesting at this time
Action item for me: add this on my brainstorm / insight notebook 👍
Thanks
Thanks, I was looking for a summary comment
Amazing abstract.
To me the morning brain vomit would *induce* anxiety, not relieve it!
Much better to start the day on a positive note!
Key is multiple passes.
10:44 state, story, strategy 👍
Why does volunteering at a retirement home need more explanation than cutting off your feet?🤣
Tim explained "volunteer at a retirement home" but not "cut off my feet" lol
He had explained it in one of his podcasts if I recall correctly. Tim explained the absurd ideas would increase the chances for the actionable steps or ideas to stand out for the second and third pass.
Still awaiting the video where he has no feet
Does anyone else find they have millions of half full journals all over the place? Not sure if it's me or my adhd 😅
Yes! And here I go for 2021 😂 some people simply don't learn 😂
Look into Bullet Journal. I need something simple and in one place, too.
I have found a workaround. I use a folder where I can add and throw out pages
Yes, maybe 20+. Always need paper, always have pen (like precise B5, fine point). The problem is trying to devote a notebook to specific info, which never works.
Ideas, info, etc, dreams need to put to paper right then, no waiting. Later I carefully pull pages from multiple notebooks, then collate carefully. Labor-intensive, hyper-focusing, is somehow very satisfying and meaningful, no explanation nessesary. Besides, the right pen and paper is a journal of itself.
Ahhhhhh!!!! It's me it's me. I have lots of journals. I write everyday, everything. And ofcourse my ADHD and maladaptive daydreaming are helping me to create stories. You know sometimes I think that I can be good storyteller. I don't know why I feel that people will like it. Hahaha
Take-Aways:
1) Catch-all note taking, writing thoughts downs with a cataloguing/indexing system at the front of the journal; brain-storming, insight, review, answers, problem solving
2) Morning Pages: a way of getting whatever anxious thought is in your head out of it and onto paper. Reducing anxiety and neuroses.
3) The Five-Minute Journal: three AM prompts for the morning and two PM prompts for the evening for reflection. Focus and appreciation.
Thanks, Tim.
Danny Tétreault.
Hey Tim, great video! Just something i've noticed: You seem a lot more relaxed, at ease and generally happier these days. I've also noticed that you're showing a lot more vulnerability in your videos and podcasts which I love, maybe this is one of the factors in your change of energy.
Love your videos and this one in particular will help a lot because my headspace often feels overwhelmed with thoughts, ideas and general distractions. Thanks
Tim Ferriss is a beauty. Keep up the good work homie
Didn't expect to see you here lol
Fawkk
Tim Ferris first phrase in Tools of Titans
"I'm a compulsive note taker"
Great book btw
Yeah I want to buy his book but fail
@@masternobody1896 how could you fail on buying an inexpensive book?
@@antediluvianclockwork9769 It's lockdown dude
@@udaykhati1162 buy an ebook, download one or buy a book online haha
@@antediluvianclockwork9769 idk if free pdf is available online? But ordering online isn't an option in some countries. Only essential items are being delivered
No you don’t have to organize journal notes.
You just need to let your Hand write.
( tactile muscle memory )
You don’t need to save most of what you
are
Just
reducing your overactive,
Overthinking mind.
Eventually your mind will unfold all of
the Folds in the grey matter.
And you can build clarity without anxiety
Not in one day.
My best mind is when I first wake up,
But the thoughts are fast and brief, and tend to evaporate if I wait
It’s that euphoric wake up, becoming awake
AWAKe and Aware
and in the wowie Wow I am Awake Wow I’m awake
These are by far the best thoughts to try and capture
When you are feeling most Alive and Becoming Alert
No one needs an index these first thoughts
The stuff that is important
will be recalled , and reinforced when your bunked up clarity becomes cool
because you are only unfolding subconscious grey matters of
What will be from (repressed) personal experience.
My monkey mind needed to be reminded of these cool tools today. Morning pages, and journaling in general, truly is a superpower. It gives you clarity and relieves anxiety.
If you enjoy journalling and learning new languages, I encourage to take your notes in the language you want to learn. It has helped me a lot with studying french.
Thanks Tim for the great content you provide to us !
Tres bien! :)
That is fantastic advice, unlocked a new realm. Спасибо большое, y buenas tardes:)
Good advice. Thanks!
Hi, could you share where you have been learning french from? I have been practicing on Duolingo since 115 days and wondering if its the right resource to use.
@@wojciechptasinski2541 Thank you friend! These resources seem really helpful!
Wow. The index idea is awesome. I’ll definitely use it.
I already create my own index on books, adding pages or stories I’d like to come back that are not specified on the main index.
using it for personal notebooks will be super useful
Thx Tim, reading “the 4-hour workweek” changed my life.
What is the 4 hour workweek about?
@@deepthought422 hacking life and work.
Morning pages are the best , I did for 3 years it even help me with my depression and my anxiety that thanks god I don’t have it anymore. Everybody should read the artist way
Glad it helped you out
Siel8387 thank you 🥰
hanane boulisfane I would love helping you out, but I’m not a native English speaker , my mother tongue is Spanish
Love Morning Pages, they constantly help me realize the decisions I need to make!
Last year, I stopped using ALL media that involves photo uploading and "documenting" my day....
I took that 'extra' time and returned to practicing the piano daily. I also read Moby Dick, started gardening, recorded an original blues piece, and improved my skills at trimming my horse's hooves.
.....boy oh boy how I don't miss Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
"No hurry, no pause" is actually a well known popular saying here in Spain - and I think that it is also said in many places in South America: sin prisa pero sin pausa :)
shhhh
The famous “slowly but surely”
Ancora y delfín.... Se ahí vienen esas frases :)
I've hear it as: "Slow is smooth and smooth is faster than fast". In terms of going fast, you'll make mistakes that need to be corrected or will otherwise further lead you off course.
Hypergraphia is great. Our brain needs expression to function to its optimal and writing is a great way of expressing.
I think hypergraphia is an actual clinical disorder though. Not just the desire to write a lot.
I think I may have it too, but my channel is my keyboard...
@@kochevar99 I'm the opposite. I never take notes, even during school. I keep everything in my head and I'm very anxious!! I don't know if there's such thing as hypographia
@@kochevar99from wiki : " Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content. It is a symptom associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, which is the cause of the Geschwind syndrome, a mental disorder."
Tim is someone I've learned alot of value from and has helped me develop new healthy habits. Great mentor
Justin Tackett Indeed! Tim is a valuable person as a “virtual” mentor of sorts.. a great teacher to us all!
I've kept journals / to do list / sketch book / doodles / whatever since I was a kid. I have a library of them that I probably would never show to anybody but cherish and will never get rid of. It's interesting to be able to go back and see what my mind was doing at certain times of life, and how much the initial impressions of events have changed in my memory (shockingly sometimes). So happy to see someone else doing the exact same thing. You're brave to share yours, so thank you! Keep up the inspiring work :D
Tim: "cut off feet"
Me: O.K, you've got my attention.
I found this inexplicably hilarious
I have an image of Tim
during the French revolutionary terror
adorned with lavish white-powdered wig
climbing the scaffold, then
crawling backwards into the guillotine...
Thank you Tim! When I feel down, or need a dose of inspiration, I watch your videos or read your books. I also started writing 5-min journal in 2017 after I watched your youtube video sharing about it. That year is one of the darkest moments of my life, and this 5-min journal helped me to look for small things or small reasons that I was thankful for (despite all the chaos and fears and anxiety I was facing during those times).
Thank you, thank you, thank you Tim.
You've been a blessing to many people's lives. Bless you more Tim!
I thought I was the only person who kept different notebooks for different topics. It seems I'd be adding two more. Thanks for sharing these tips
I finish every night with two questions.
Things I'm grateful for today 1.2.3. Celebration time.
Things I need to take more care 1.2.3. Help me to get ready for tomorrow.
Tim: this notebook is for one of the few exercises I like to do when I'm overwhelmed..
Me: so like, all the time?!
Takeaway: I need to show my feet more gratitude. They are really useful for walking and standing.
😂😂😂
Thank You, I'm 26 years old and I've been into journaling since my teenage life - not even sure how to do it properly until today! I'm very grateful to your video as powerful tool to quality life.
Have those yellow legal pads in every room in the house, never know when you'll have one of those "eureka" moments, lol!
I know it was a random thought but the fact that you even had an idea to just give your money away as a form of feeling less anxious says a lot about you. Many can’t even remotely get themeselves to think like that ❤️
“The Four Hour Journal”
Thanks Tim. I switched to notes on iPad because of handwriting recognition. Game changer for referencing notes. Have you ever considered going this route and why?
Sometimes I make ketchup
Tim, I was reading your 4 hour work week when I finally had it. I was being abused in a job and I was so unhappy. I quit my job, sold my house, and put all my energy into building myself up. It's been just over a year and I've designed my own journal. I'm working in getting it out to people as a free download right now, but I just started my own youtube channel. It's all inspired by you. I figure whatever i do, my youtube and putting myself out there to people is a great first step. I finally have the confidence. I'm an avid journaler too, I've just translated ot into video. Thank you for the inspiration!!
He really helped me too. I haven't started a youtube channel yet, but maybe I will. Slow and steady is the key.
I quit my job too!!!
@@bobyarnly128 it is, I just started but am slowly chipping away at it - doing it for a whole year, every week a new challenge
@@feliciaeffers4915 good for you! It feels so good to take control ♡
Amazing, good job! Your journey sounds profound! Keep sharing it, documentation is important
This makes me feel much less worried about my journaling. In 18 years of having multiple journals etc, often times I felt it was so detailed and structured, as it was a kind of compulsive disorder.
This looks similar to the practices I developed for myself. Thanks
For years, my problem has been that I never seem to go back and review what I’ve written in the past. For a long time, that was because I was scared to revisit whatever pain or anguish I’d been going through previously. Now that things are more settled in my life, it’s more that I’m always busy and moving on to the next thing. There are never enough hours in the day. How do you work a review process into an already-full schedule? Is the benefit worth the effort?
Review your now and journals at the end of the week for 30 minutes. You'll be surprised the insights you gain from seeing your thoughts on a pattern days later. You could potentially see how you are growing and where your focus is.