YES! this was a quote i had to pause to say out loud as well! i am definitely guilty of giving myself unrealistic expectations and then being hard on myself for not accomplishing them when i am clearly setting myself up for failure in order to see if i can get as much done as I plan out on my google calendar! it was horrible! lol now i budget more time than i think projects will take and bank the extra time to use toward other activities or self care time (:
I'm going to start only watching UA-cam videos in the gym, that way it encourages me to go to the gym but it also stops me wasting time at home doing nothing
My tips on preventing laziness: - minimize social media accounts, who you're following etc. - start good habits together with friends (going to the gym together, book club for babes📚) - meal prep healthy food to not have to cook for several days🌶 - find things you like (for me: skillshare classes, listening to ted talks etc, reading self-development books, drawing) and enjoy doing even after a long day at work Loved the video🌷 Lots of love 💙💚
I have 8 children and my husband and I homeschool them. I also love quilting. The new habit I have formed is to get 1 hour of free time after lunch to sew and I also sew at night after the majority of the children are in bed. Starting with continuing to stick to our school routine and being more diligent with putting the babies down for their naps AND being very strict with myself to go to my hobby room helped SO much. My husband also elevated my cutting table and installed some inexpensive ‘white’ lights in the hobby room and now I am sewing every single day! Small, inexpensive fixes and bite sized goal setting works!!
I agree! Especially for those in school. Once you get close to the holidays, it’s easy to stop prioritizing studying for finals and start prioritizing watching pointless cooking videos on Facebook for hours on end. 🙃
Making a list of "Things that make me feel like I'm spending my weekend well" vs "Things that make me feel like I'm wasting the weekend" really helped me (with laziness wrt my weekend habits). I found that part of the reason why I wasn't really able to answer "What did you do this weekend?" questions at work was because I was doing too many things on the latter list, and have really shifted my focus to doing things on the former list!
I think to stop putting yourself into a box is so hard! I agree as soon as you start noticing it, it's easier to stop but still takes so much work! We definitely create our own walls - time to knock them down! xx
i think another really great point would be to think about internal factors that could make you lazy... like an iron deficiency, poor nutrition or even depression. all of them can deplete you of a lot of energy and influence your behaviour. talk to your gp and get on top of these things!
yes!!! for years and years i thought i was so lazy, but when i cut my sugar intake and started being more active i gained so much energy! really the sugar thing is huge.
very true take on it!! procrastination related to fear or depression can be paralyzing as well! but this would be a LONG video if she spoke on every single topic that can contributed to laziness lol
I needed this. I'm trying to be a more productive human being, but I have a terrible habit of getting into bed after work and not leaving it. For me it's just a matter of getting up, but that can be so hard to do ugh
I do understand! it sometimes helps me to put things on my bed that hinder me from getting into it or bring my work (laptop, camera, etc.) into bed with me so that I remember but I am sacrificing if I decide to not work on my goals/dreams! (:
Just what I needed! Thank you so much for this😭 I'm so angry at myself for spending the morning, afternoon and even until 5 AM watching on UA-cam, eating nasty foods, locking in my room doing nothing, scrolling through IG and Facebook and procrastinating, telling myself I can work on that later but never do. Ohgosh how I hate myself😭 Thank you for this!
I spent lots of time on my phone... I would charge my phone in another room that is two or three room away from my study... so that every time I want to check it I literally had to walk pass all the rooms and go... thankyou soo much for these ideas... look forward to everything you shared
I’m little by little trying to make it harder to reach for my phone and spend pointless time on it. I have turned off my notifications. Installed this app called forest which helps you be productive by setting a timer for like 30 mins (or longer) if you leave the app in those thirty minutes the tree you are growing (to add to your “forest”) will die. I’m also going to move my phone charger to a new location so I can’t reach for it. Thanks for this awesome video:)
I like that you used the information from last months book awaken the giant in this video! Combine pain with the things you want to stop doing and pleasure with the habits you want to stimulate. Nicely done!
I'm going back and rewatching so many of your videos and actually taking notes, trying to learn, be kind to myself, and set realistic goals. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for presenting the possibility of change in a way that's believable and seems achievable!!!
I am a long-term follower. Wondering if you could do a video on how to be productive or to curb laziness and slugishness when affected by mental illness? I understand it is a touchy topic but I am struggling and you motivate me beyond means
I like it that your videos are actually full of really good content and after exploring a lot of productivity related articles and videos I still get to learn something new from your channel. A lot of youtubers just talk about stuff that everyone already knows and it doesn't actually add anything to my life, but your videos are just so substantive and thought through. The tips and the reasoning behind them are really great. Lots of love ❤️
I've done or tried many of the negative reinforcements here. It's so easy to point out your own failures, isn't it? What I'm trying now is to find the satisfaction and even amplify it into pleasure if I can, in the things I want to succeed at. So many of my "want to's" require planning, working at something hard, and finally achieving a goal. Finding the pleasure along the way is harder but sweet when I can do it.
When you don't know your goal or why you do those things you're doing that's when you start being lazy and procrastinate. I am at this stage right now but I think I already accepted what my inner voice has been saying for a long time and now I need to finally make some changes until 2017 ends!
perfect timing, just yesterday I told myself enough is enough! So my issue was that I was procrastinating doing things I wanted to do but that were hard so I started to procrastinate with cooking, cleaning and of course Netflix, Instagram, and youtube in particular. What I did was that I took a step back and looked at how I felt at the moment (depressed, lonely, like everyone hates me, including myself) and then did a reverse plan of how me feeling like this came to place. I am depressed and unaccomplished and lonely
I'm re-watching your habit and productivity videos today and taking notes in my bullet journal. Having my ideas, notes, calendar, goal list, to do list, etc. is one habit change that has improved my life radically. I appreciate you and your encouraging/doable videos. I appreciate your thoughts on the three pillars of setting up for success - environment, routine, and identity. You R-O-C-K!
Thank you. I just found your videos today and I'm watching them one after the other. They are incredible! I love your outlook and your approach to making these videos. They are so well made, straight to the point and easy to apply!
This video was incredibly helpful. I wrote down throughout every step of the video a list of what you are saying and how it implies to me. Thank you so much for the guidance.
I used to get up at 6am every single day and I am currently trying to get back into that routine. I’ve had such a hard time getting up in the morning! But here’s my plan: - don’t be upset when I don’t get up as early as planned - find my “why” for early mornings - turn on the lights as soon as my alarm goes off - don’t lay there a single minute after turning on the light - reward self! Take time to work on editing my UA-cam videos or planning out future content (it’s what I have fun doing). Thank you for the tips. ✨
Emma Louise take it slow. take small steps. remind yourself that you're worthy of the feeling of accomplishment, remind yourself that you deserve better than to feel just complacent in being lazy. you've got this. you are more powerful than you might think.
Take it easy and just keep being patient with yourself. Try to do what she said step-by-step. Also pick up a journal or bullet journal to start planning how your going to implement her advice.
Try and get excited about little things that involve routine and organization. These are things that I enjoy, so it makes it easier for me, but think of your day-to-day life in a different way: make inspo boards on pinterest (fashion, instagram inspo, nice quotes), make a motivation board and print out photos and quotes that make you feel good and pumped. Add little things to your routine like taking a bubble bath or adding plants to your environnement that you can take care of (succulents or whatever that don’t put too much pressure on you) etc.!! Much love xxxxxxxxx
This video is perfect timing with finals coming up! I️ want to make it harder for me to sit my ass on the couch and accidentally watch 3 hours of Netflix and make it easier to study. Not exactly sure how I’m going to do this yet, but I’m excited to figure it out! Thank you, Muchelle! :)
I found this very helpful. I'm trying to program my life as best I can for the new year. I recently moved into my OWN place and I'm loving this sanctuary vibe so much ... but, as I was moving out of my old place with my old house mate, he took the couch and we canceled our optus/fetch account. This means, while I still have a TV in my living area of my new place, it is physically harder to binge shows and aimlessly slouch on the couch. I have to PHYSICALLY pull up a chair, and PHYSICALLY connect my laptop to the HDMI. Its painful, so I've found myself reading more. Painting more. Focusing on myself. So my point of sharing this is, GUYS believe Muchelle when she says environment is a major part of your habits, both positive and negative!
Surround yourself with productive people. I agree with your advice re making it easy to exercise. When we moved to our new place, one of our requirements is to be close to a park or conducive area for exercise. That way, I won’t have to go far just to exercise.
My biggest lazy problem is addictive binge eating. It's harder to stop than most think. I keep saying to myself that moving to the new house in a month is when things will really change and that's when I will make new habits and live a healthier lifestyle but maybe I need to start now... Thanks for this video, Muchelle! :)
I’m watching this while trying to pull myself out of a depressive funk during finals time at university. I’m majorly struggling to get anything done but I needed this video right now. I plan on putting this ideas (and some of the other videos ideas) into action starting next week (after finals week...cause I need a reset) Thank you for being so motivating and so realistic
Thank you so so much...today was my slug day and now I CANNOT sleep thinking I wasted my day, I didn't study, beating myself up. Ur concept of slug day really reduced my anxiety to a certain level. Thank you, thank you, thanks a ton!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing these ideas with us. This was literally the one I’ve been looking for forever... not necessarily giving us “tips” but actual “reasonable logics” I think every person who’s fighting against their laziness for months and years should be watching this.
My kids start going to school and kindy and since then, I don't know what to do with myself so I spend a lot of time in bed or on FB. I like this. So glad I searched.
Your Video is so inspiring!(as always) You're the only UA-camr I really stick to. When I found your channel in summer, it made me change my way of thinking and approaching things. Thank you for all the advice, quality content and joy you brought me! Related to the video: Wich are some ways to make studying easier?
I love these small wins! I have this habit tracker I just made in excel, and it helps a lot. I check everytime I read. I set a small goal of 5 minutes, but everyday I read more since I read on the train to and from work. I also set a goal to do 100 repetitions of an abs workout (thanks to blogilates), and I also check if I stretch for at least 5 minutes. I do so for things I want to be better at and get consistent at. I write down in my journal everyday what I eat (to track my food habits, where I am doing good and where I can be better) and my expense habits (funnily I spend less money now that I have to write everything down - I'm just thinking is it worth buying this little thing/food item if I have to write it down?). I write down things I want to do at least once a week, like backup my phone and computer, wash clothes, clean my room and so on. and it feels so good whenever I do this. Of course start small and managable, don't try to do it all at once cause then you might fall off easily.
noooo sounds productive to me! feeding your bank of knowledge self educating yourself through anothers @muchelleb experiences and insights that sounds incredibly productive to me! lol
What a wonderful video, as always! I love your kindness-towards-self approach in all things. I want to lose the habit of staying in bed in the morning, browsing through IG and watching youtube videos. And instead I would pick up an old habit that I kind of 'lost': Doing 20 minutes of Ashtanga yoga in the morning. I will definitely try these approaches. Thank you! :)
i love that first statement, that there are no lazy beings only lazy habits. i want to add that there also lazy life circumstances. we should aks ourself whether the life we are living allows to be productive and get things done constantly. Do you eat and sleep enough? how exhausted are you after a day at work? how exhausting are the relationships you have? some of us just have a very stressful tiring day to day life and we need to acknowledge that and adjust our expectations and plans.
I'm struggling with TV and social media atm. I live in China, but am home in Sweden for two months to work. I had all these ideas of what I wanted to do with my spare time, like reading, studying, sewing and knitting. But mostly I end up in front of the TV. The problem here is that I'm staying with my mum, and the TV is the most central piece of her living room (and often already switched on), and apart from that I'm squeezed in to a tiny spare bed room. It's so hard. But I'm working on it, and like you said, every little win is still a win. Downloaded crackbook - thank you! Never heard about that before. Also bought some of the books you talked about before, just finished "the ONE Thing", and working through that an my notes now. Always great content on here.
I want to spend less time on UA-cam because I just waste my all time with UA-cam and I want to start studying hard for my all exams and just for school. I'm gonna take out of my room computer and clean the book shelf, I have already started to spend less time on my phone so I'm not procrastinating that much time now. Thank you for this video!
Ugh I am have been home for this entire pandemic and I literally do nothing every day. I eat like trash and feel awful. I'm trying harder to be productive and this video has been a grate help. Thank you😊
Great advice, I'm going to apply this to my life and look to live more productively! I think the key takeaway for me is to stop putting myself in the "lazy" box. Yes I have bad habits because they are easier but I can work on crafting new, better habits! Also curious as to where you live? I noticed this was uploaded in November but you seem to have great weather there at that time!
Thank you so much for your videos! They are always inspiring. I sleep in my workout clothes, so getting up and doing fasted cardio is easier. And I have taken all of my social media apps off of my phone to prevent getting sucked in to their void. :)
Your videos are always so wonderfully put together and explained. I really appreciate that even though you're talking about lifestyle changes you sound supportive instead of demeaning. Keep up the good work! I love your videos!!
this video is helping me so much right now, thank you!!! I think I wanna make it harder to log onto Twitter and Instagram etc for now, like maybe I'll log off so I'd have to put in my username and pw in again every time I want to use it!
I want to spend more time on school, workout daily, and be a morning person. Now I know that these will all take a long time to implant into my life but I want to start now and hopefully have them all down by my birthday, which is early February.
When the sun hits you and it makes you glow in this video.. you look like an angel. You've helped me so much. Thank you! 1 habit I wanna break is going on my phone so much. Like I don't know how to block watching UA-cam videos because I don't use the app. I use safari. Someone help?
Linda Raka You could put UA-cam on a block list. I think there are apps or ad ons that let you go on the website for some time e.g. 30 mins and then the page is blocked.
Going to keep my planner and study notebooks in an easier to access spot and will cut up veggies like carrots for snacks so I can just grab those instead of popcorn :) Also will bake less cookies so I don't just eat those and will make sure to buy healthy snacks so I'm more inclined to eat those then to go to the store to buy something unhealthy when I crave it.
I've been posting youtube videos since 2015. At first it just started out as a creative outlet. After the first few years I realized that I was actually really passionate about creating. I have decided to fully committee to making this a full-time gig. The lazy habit that I would like to change is to stop constantly stating that I am super intimidated by the technical aspect of creating content. This video was great
I want to be able to do my homework every night and I know I have to stick to the pomodoro technique and give myself "good rewards" (reading a book, colouring, exercise, skincare) rather than me being on my phone or computer
This is so me and I suffer from social anxiety as well, but I’m trying to do better in my life. I spend 95% of my time in my bed with negative thoughts. I have a big fear of job interviews, but I always get the job at the end. I really need to fight the demon in my head with negative thoughts so. I am going to try my best with this video of great tips.
I love fruit and veggies like mango and avacado. its more expensive to buy them ripe but to make eating healthy easier, why not but them ripe instead of waiting. Love your videos!
I am going to start programming in C. I'll start by a few easy exercises instead of taking in all the concepts at once and trying to swallow them; step by step
I was just thinking about the idea of self-identity. I have a problem with being responsible. I've been telling myself I'm irresponsible, but I've come to realize that if I self-identify was irresponsible, that is how I will act, whether I want to or not.
My top tips for making checking social media harder: 1) TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS - you won't be reminded to check it all the time 2) Log out of your accounts - if I'm trying to be productive I always sign out of my apps so that if I mindlessly press on the app I get an instant reminder that I should not be doing this right now. 3) I set myself a timer for 21.00 every day to remind me to log out of my accounts, so I don't scroll through instagram last day at night and first day in the morning 4) I have a folder with Facebook, Instagram and other procrastination inducing apps whose position I change regularly in order to avoid opening the apps without thinking and getting stuck there Hope that helps someone :D
"are you lazy or are your expectations of yourself too high?" Love this!
YES! this was a quote i had to pause to say out loud as well! i am definitely guilty of giving myself unrealistic expectations and then being hard on myself for not accomplishing them when i am clearly setting myself up for failure in order to see if i can get as much done as I plan out on my google calendar! it was horrible! lol
now i budget more time than i think projects will take and bank the extra time to use toward other activities or self care time (:
I'm going to start only watching UA-cam videos in the gym, that way it encourages me to go to the gym but it also stops me wasting time at home doing nothing
ooh i LOVE this!!
Going to use this
genius
LOL nice!
This terrifies me, but that is brilliant.
I hate how much I'm addicted to UA-cam, on days when I don't watch it I get tonnes done!
My tips on preventing laziness:
- minimize social media accounts, who you're following etc.
- start good habits together with friends (going to the gym together, book club for babes📚)
- meal prep healthy food to not have to cook for several days🌶
- find things you like (for me: skillshare classes, listening to ted talks etc, reading self-development books, drawing) and enjoy doing even after a long day at work
Loved the video🌷
Lots of love 💙💚
Thank you for summarising the points
YES!! just reading your reply I got a little extra energy!! (:
I have 8 children and my husband and I homeschool them. I also love quilting. The new habit I have formed is to get 1 hour of free time after lunch to sew and I also sew at night after the majority of the children are in bed. Starting with continuing to stick to our school routine and being more diligent with putting the babies down for their naps AND being very strict with myself to go to my hobby room helped SO much. My husband also elevated my cutting table and installed some inexpensive ‘white’ lights in the hobby room and now I am sewing every single day! Small, inexpensive fixes and bite sized goal setting works!!
Perfect timing literally the perfect time.
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Same haha
I agree! Especially for those in school. Once you get close to the holidays, it’s easy to stop prioritizing studying for finals and start prioritizing watching pointless cooking videos on Facebook for hours on end. 🙃
same here!!
Same here! Haha
Making a list of "Things that make me feel like I'm spending my weekend well" vs "Things that make me feel like I'm wasting the weekend" really helped me (with laziness wrt my weekend habits). I found that part of the reason why I wasn't really able to answer "What did you do this weekend?" questions at work was because I was doing too many things on the latter list, and have really shifted my focus to doing things on the former list!
I feel like everyone watching this is being super lazy rn including myself
Lottie Davis haha right?? I've been sitting in front of my computer watching UA-cam for the past 2 hours. I'll get up soon :)
only ethical so do I!
Haha, I mean, life's hard - hopefully the vid helps tho xoxo much loove 😊
Yeah... 😂
charlotte davis yup! I am super lazy :/
Sleeping early! I plan on putting my phone away at 9pm, getting into bed before 10pm, and using my bed for sleeping only.
That one it's been really hard for me too.
Me too but I can't put phone away. I take it in bed -.-
GOALS!
Man I really wish I could do this! Self discipline 😫 soo hard
It took me yeaaars to be able to do that (I have a lot of sleep issues), but I’m finally doing it and it’s SO worth it.
You’ll love it.
I think to stop putting yourself into a box is so hard! I agree as soon as you start noticing it, it's easier to stop but still takes so much work! We definitely create our own walls - time to knock them down! xx
Smile with Mel yes! I agree. I don’t know how though
Please please do one on procrastination.
i think another really great point would be to think about internal factors that could make you lazy... like an iron deficiency, poor nutrition or even depression. all of them can deplete you of a lot of energy and influence your behaviour. talk to your gp and get on top of these things!
yes!!! for years and years i thought i was so lazy, but when i cut my sugar intake and started being more active i gained so much energy! really the sugar thing is huge.
such a good point, yesss agreed xoxo
Jesse Ingram totally agree!!
Jesse Ingram I feel the same way
very true take on it!!
procrastination related to fear or depression can be paralyzing as well!
but this would be a LONG video if she spoke on every single topic that can contributed to laziness lol
Need to play this as my alarm clock every morning
Lol great idea
I have to watch or listen to something inspirational to get me motivated and inspired to get a portion of my life together girl! lol
I needed this. I'm trying to be a more productive human being, but I have a terrible habit of getting into bed after work and not leaving it. For me it's just a matter of getting up, but that can be so hard to do ugh
nesekaba same!!
I do understand!
it sometimes helps me to put things on my bed that hinder me from getting into it or bring my work (laptop, camera, etc.) into bed with me so that I remember but I am sacrificing if I decide to not work on my goals/dreams! (:
Just what I needed! Thank you so much for this😭 I'm so angry at myself for spending the morning, afternoon and even until 5 AM watching on UA-cam, eating nasty foods, locking in my room doing nothing, scrolling through IG and Facebook and procrastinating, telling myself I can work on that later but never do. Ohgosh how I hate myself😭 Thank you for this!
I spent lots of time on my phone... I would charge my phone in another room that is two or three room away from my study... so that every time I want to check it I literally had to walk pass all the rooms and go... thankyou soo much for these ideas... look forward to everything you shared
I’m little by little trying to make it harder to reach for my phone and spend pointless time on it. I have turned off my notifications. Installed this app called forest which helps you be productive by setting a timer for like 30 mins (or longer) if you leave the app in those thirty minutes the tree you are growing (to add to your “forest”) will die. I’m also going to move my phone charger to a new location so I can’t reach for it. Thanks for this awesome video:)
Your content is so full of substance. Very efficient use of my lazy time :)
I felt my laziness coming back and this showed up on my feed .. thank you so much. This was much needed
Every video title of yours triggers me so much looool DRAG ME
such a mood DX
LOL right!
I like that you used the information from last months book awaken the giant in this video! Combine pain with the things you want to stop doing and pleasure with the habits you want to stimulate. Nicely done!
Yess - sometimes you just need to hear a similar message in a different way 🙏 xoxo much love!
I'm going back and rewatching so many of your videos and actually taking notes, trying to learn, be kind to myself, and set realistic goals. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for presenting the possibility of change in a way that's believable and seems achievable!!!
I am a long-term follower. Wondering if you could do a video on how to be productive or to curb laziness and slugishness when affected by mental illness? I understand it is a touchy topic but I am struggling and you motivate me beyond means
I like it that your videos are actually full of really good content and after exploring a lot of productivity related articles and videos I still get to learn something new from your channel. A lot of youtubers just talk about stuff that everyone already knows and it doesn't actually add anything to my life, but your videos are just so substantive and thought through. The tips and the reasoning behind them are really great. Lots of love ❤️
Yes!!!! She actually has info that work and are new. Watching her vids make me a better person so I don't feel guilty watching so much UA-cam! 🙌
I've done or tried many of the negative reinforcements here. It's so easy to point out your own failures, isn't it? What I'm trying now is to find the satisfaction and even amplify it into pleasure if I can, in the things I want to succeed at. So many of my "want to's" require planning, working at something hard, and finally achieving a goal. Finding the pleasure along the way is harder but sweet when I can do it.
When you don't know your goal or why you do those things you're doing that's when you start being lazy and procrastinate. I am at this stage right now but I think I already accepted what my inner voice has been saying for a long time and now I need to finally make some changes until 2017 ends!
perfect timing, just yesterday I told myself enough is enough!
So my issue was that I was procrastinating doing things I wanted to do but that were hard so I started to procrastinate with cooking, cleaning and of course Netflix, Instagram, and youtube in particular.
What I did was that I took a step back and looked at how I felt at the moment (depressed, lonely, like everyone hates me, including myself) and then did a reverse plan of how me feeling like this came to place. I am depressed and unaccomplished and lonely
I'm re-watching your habit and productivity videos today and taking notes in my bullet journal. Having my ideas, notes, calendar, goal list, to do list, etc. is one habit change that has improved my life radically.
I appreciate you and your encouraging/doable videos. I appreciate your thoughts on the three pillars of setting up for success - environment, routine, and identity. You R-O-C-K!
so beautiful quality, which camera do you use? xx
It’s been 3 years and she hasn’t told you :(
quaility isn't beautiful,quaility is high or low or realistic or fake
Thank you. I just found your videos today and I'm watching them one after the other. They are incredible! I love your outlook and your approach to making these videos. They are so well made, straight to the point and easy to apply!
This video was incredibly helpful. I wrote down throughout every step of the video a list of what you are saying and how it implies to me. Thank you so much for the guidance.
Great advice. Your videos have actually started to help me turn my life around. Today especially was really productive!
I used to get up at 6am every single day and I am currently trying to get back into that routine. I’ve had such a hard time getting up in the morning! But here’s my plan:
- don’t be upset when I don’t get up as early as planned
- find my “why” for early mornings
- turn on the lights as soon as my alarm goes off
- don’t lay there a single minute after turning on the light
- reward self! Take time to work on editing my UA-cam videos or planning out future content (it’s what I have fun doing).
Thank you for the tips. ✨
Any advice for implementing some of this when you have chronic depression?
Emma Louise take it slow. take small steps. remind yourself that you're worthy of the feeling of accomplishment, remind yourself that you deserve better than to feel just complacent in being lazy. you've got this. you are more powerful than you might think.
Emma Louise please look into medical cannabis. xxoo
exactly what I was thinking
Take it easy and just keep being patient with yourself. Try to do what she said step-by-step. Also pick up a journal or bullet journal to start planning how your going to implement her advice.
Try and get excited about little things that involve routine and organization. These are things that I enjoy, so it makes it easier for me, but think of your day-to-day life in a different way: make inspo boards on pinterest (fashion, instagram inspo, nice quotes), make a motivation board and print out photos and quotes that make you feel good and pumped. Add little things to your routine like taking a bubble bath or adding plants to your environnement that you can take care of (succulents or whatever that don’t put too much pressure on you) etc.!! Much love xxxxxxxxx
This video is perfect timing with finals coming up! I️ want to make it harder for me to sit my ass on the couch and accidentally watch 3 hours of Netflix and make it easier to study. Not exactly sure how I’m going to do this yet, but I’m excited to figure it out! Thank you, Muchelle! :)
Is it sad how fast I clicked on this? 😄
Not at all xoxo much love
Sameeeeeeee haha
NOPE!
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I found this very helpful. I'm trying to program my life as best I can for the new year. I recently moved into my OWN place and I'm loving this sanctuary vibe so much ... but, as I was moving out of my old place with my old house mate, he took the couch and we canceled our optus/fetch account. This means, while I still have a TV in my living area of my new place, it is physically harder to binge shows and aimlessly slouch on the couch. I have to PHYSICALLY pull up a chair, and PHYSICALLY connect my laptop to the HDMI. Its painful, so I've found myself reading more. Painting more. Focusing on myself. So my point of sharing this is, GUYS believe Muchelle when she says environment is a major part of your habits, both positive and negative!
I wish I was motivated enough to actually do this 😂
Alexis Danielle same!! Me too
Alexis Danielle sameee
Surround yourself with productive people.
I agree with your advice re making it easy to exercise. When we moved to our new place, one of our requirements is to be close to a park or conducive area for exercise. That way, I won’t have to go far just to exercise.
My biggest lazy problem is addictive binge eating. It's harder to stop than most think. I keep saying to myself that moving to the new house in a month is when things will really change and that's when I will make new habits and live a healthier lifestyle but maybe I need to start now... Thanks for this video, Muchelle! :)
I’m watching this while trying to pull myself out of a depressive funk during finals time at university. I’m majorly struggling to get anything done but I needed this video right now. I plan on putting this ideas (and some of the other videos ideas) into action starting next week (after finals week...cause I need a reset)
Thank you for being so motivating and so realistic
Thank you so so much...today was my slug day and now I CANNOT sleep thinking I wasted my day, I didn't study, beating myself up. Ur concept of slug day really reduced my anxiety to a certain level. Thank you, thank you, thanks a ton!!!!
Wow!!! Thank you thank you!! So needed this right now!! Great pre- prep for the new year too.
great video!! I'm going to start logging out of my social media accounts every night so i don't look at it first thing in the mooring.
i’m watching this after taking a four hour nap so i think i needed this
Thank you so much for sharing these ideas with us. This was literally the one I’ve been looking for forever... not necessarily giving us “tips” but actual “reasonable logics” I think every person who’s fighting against their laziness for months and years should be watching this.
My kids start going to school and kindy and since then, I don't know what to do with myself so I spend a lot of time in bed or on FB. I like this. So glad I searched.
I needed this so bad. You’re always inspire me to be a better person❤️
I really needed this video this (last) week. Thank you Michelle!😘
I love your content.
Your channel is of the few that have helped me make real changes in my life, little by little.
Thanks. :)
Saving this on my watch later to always watch it when I catch myself slipping, this is wonderful
Your Video is so inspiring!(as always) You're the only UA-camr I really stick to. When I found your channel in summer, it made me change my way of thinking and approaching things. Thank you for all the advice, quality content and joy you brought me!
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Wich are some ways to make studying easier?
"Go to sleep in your exercise clothes", LOL! That is a great idea! This whole video is great, thank you.
I love these small wins! I have this habit tracker I just made in excel, and it helps a lot. I check everytime I read. I set a small goal of 5 minutes, but everyday I read more since I read on the train to and from work. I also set a goal to do 100 repetitions of an abs workout (thanks to blogilates), and I also check if I stretch for at least 5 minutes. I do so for things I want to be better at and get consistent at. I write down in my journal everyday what I eat (to track my food habits, where I am doing good and where I can be better) and my expense habits (funnily I spend less money now that I have to write everything down - I'm just thinking is it worth buying this little thing/food item if I have to write it down?). I write down things I want to do at least once a week, like backup my phone and computer, wash clothes, clean my room and so on. and it feels so good whenever I do this. Of course start small and managable, don't try to do it all at once cause then you might fall off easily.
Beig lazy af watching michelles video while lying in bed
noooo sounds productive to me!
feeding your bank of knowledge
self educating yourself through anothers @muchelleb experiences and insights
that sounds incredibly productive to me! lol
What a wonderful video, as always! I love your kindness-towards-self approach in all things. I want to lose the habit of staying in bed in the morning, browsing through IG and watching youtube videos. And instead I would pick up an old habit that I kind of 'lost': Doing 20 minutes of Ashtanga yoga in the morning. I will definitely try these approaches. Thank you! :)
This was perfect ❤️❤️ perfect of correcting those lazy habits before the new year !
thank you. you really recommend awesome apps and extensions and I generally find your videos very motivating :)
i love that first statement, that there are no lazy beings only lazy habits. i want to add that there also lazy life circumstances. we should aks ourself whether the life we are living allows to be productive and get things done constantly. Do you eat and sleep enough? how exhausted are you after a day at work? how exhausting are the relationships you have? some of us just have a very stressful tiring day to day life and we need to acknowledge that and adjust our expectations and plans.
I'm struggling with TV and social media atm. I live in China, but am home in Sweden for two months to work. I had all these ideas of what I wanted to do with my spare time, like reading, studying, sewing and knitting. But mostly I end up in front of the TV. The problem here is that I'm staying with my mum, and the TV is the most central piece of her living room (and often already switched on), and apart from that I'm squeezed in to a tiny spare bed room. It's so hard. But I'm working on it, and like you said, every little win is still a win.
Downloaded crackbook - thank you! Never heard about that before.
Also bought some of the books you talked about before, just finished "the ONE Thing", and working through that an my notes now. Always great content on here.
all these tips are so good, thank you! I can't wait to start implementing them ☺️💕
I want to spend less time on UA-cam because I just waste my all time with UA-cam and I want to start studying hard for my all exams and just for school. I'm gonna take out of my room computer and clean the book shelf, I have already started to spend less time on my phone so I'm not procrastinating that much time now. Thank you for this video!
Ugh I am have been home for this entire pandemic and I literally do nothing every day. I eat like trash and feel awful. I'm trying harder to be productive and this video has been a grate help. Thank you😊
you always put out videos on the right topics at the perfect time :)
Thank you, I needed to listen all those things ❤️
Great advice, I'm going to apply this to my life and look to live more productively! I think the key takeaway for me is to stop putting myself in the "lazy" box. Yes I have bad habits because they are easier but I can work on crafting new, better habits! Also curious as to where you live? I noticed this was uploaded in November but you seem to have great weather there at that time!
I feel like you secretly watched me and then thought "this girl needs this video, she's wasting her life away" haha
Mareeen14 haha me too!
such a good idea for making things harder/easier! I love your perspective :D
You are amazing, thank you for your help. This is very insightful.
Thank you so much for your videos! They are always inspiring. I sleep in my workout clothes, so getting up and doing fasted cardio is easier. And I have taken all of my social media apps off of my phone to prevent getting sucked in to their void. :)
Your videos are always so wonderfully put together and explained. I really appreciate that even though you're talking about lifestyle changes you sound supportive instead of demeaning. Keep up the good work! I love your videos!!
Procrastinating like hell being lazy while watching this 🙃
I stopped being a "kind of" lazy human being when I sold my last TV, 8 years ago... SO LIBERATING! Love ur videos! Thanks!
this video is helping me so much right now, thank you!!! I think I wanna make it harder to log onto Twitter and Instagram etc for now, like maybe I'll log off so I'd have to put in my username and pw in again every time I want to use it!
I want to spend more time on school, workout daily, and be a morning person. Now I know that these will all take a long time to implant into my life but I want to start now and hopefully have them all down by my birthday, which is early February.
This is so great, and came at such a perfect time. Thank you!
simply the best youtuber of all time! love your videos, always so motivating!
Your advice is so accurate and realistic to implement, that's why I'm subscribed.❤
When the sun hits you and it makes you glow in this video.. you look like an angel. You've helped me so much. Thank you!
1 habit I wanna break is going on my phone so much. Like I don't know how to block watching UA-cam videos because I don't use the app. I use safari. Someone help?
Linda Raka You could put UA-cam on a block list. I think there are apps or ad ons that let you go on the website for some time e.g. 30 mins and then the page is blocked.
Thank you so much!! I'll look into that's
This hit me on a spiritual level 😂🔥 I can't wait to do this in my journal this evening! Thanks Muchelle 😃
Yeees, sending lots of love your way xooxx
Going to keep my planner and study notebooks in an easier to access spot and will cut up veggies like carrots for snacks so I can just grab those instead of popcorn :) Also will bake less cookies so I don't just eat those and will make sure to buy healthy snacks so I'm more inclined to eat those then to go to the store to buy something unhealthy when I crave it.
I've been posting youtube videos since 2015.
At first it just started out as a creative outlet.
After the first few years I realized that I was actually really passionate
about creating. I have decided to fully committee to making this a full-time gig.
The lazy habit that I would like to change is to stop constantly stating that I am super intimidated by the technical aspect of
creating content.
This video was great
I want to be able to do my homework every night and I know I have to stick to the pomodoro technique and give myself "good rewards" (reading a book, colouring, exercise, skincare) rather than me being on my phone or computer
You are the best @muchelleb.. I wake up and see your videos.. thank you so much 🙏
I LOVE THE TREES AS A TRANSITION, SO PRETTY.
ive been needing this so so so so badly. thank you and immense love to you!
OMG You help me every time☺️Thank you for this video ❤️
LOL I needed this girl, thank you! Is that Estée lauder foundation on your dresser? Its my fav ;)
aw yay, just what I need ☺️💕
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This is so me and I suffer from social anxiety as well, but I’m trying to do better in my life. I spend 95% of my time in my bed with negative thoughts. I have a big fear of job interviews, but I always get the job at the end. I really need to fight the demon in my head with negative thoughts so. I am going to try my best with this video of great tips.
Well done! As usual another excellent video! Thanks!
I love fruit and veggies like mango and avacado. its more expensive to buy them ripe but to make eating healthy easier, why not but them ripe instead of waiting.
Love your videos!
So simple but I never thought of things this way. Super helpful tips, thank you!
You are sooooo helpful! Thank you💕
I am going to start programming in C.
I'll start by a few easy exercises instead of taking in all the concepts at once and trying to swallow them; step by step
i was planning to be lazy and procrastinate today, but then i saw this! thank youu!! 💗
I was just thinking about the idea of self-identity. I have a problem with being responsible. I've been telling myself I'm irresponsible, but I've come to realize that if I self-identify was irresponsible, that is how I will act, whether I want to or not.
This is so simply explained. Thank you
Girl this video is so needed :) my lazy habit is lay in bed after gym and don't do anything in the evening 💔 guess where I am right now 🤓
My top tips for making checking social media harder:
1) TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS - you won't be reminded to check it all the time
2) Log out of your accounts - if I'm trying to be productive I always sign out of my apps so that if I mindlessly press on the app I get an instant reminder that I should not be doing this right now.
3) I set myself a timer for 21.00 every day to remind me to log out of my accounts, so I don't scroll through instagram last day at night and first day in the morning
4) I have a folder with Facebook, Instagram and other procrastination inducing apps whose position I change regularly in order to avoid opening the apps without thinking and getting stuck there
Hope that helps someone :D