Watch the full video here! You’ve been grinding — gym, cold showers, meditating, and pretty much everything you’ve heard well of — but if you’re being honest… you still feel stuck. No matter how much people tell you “results take time,” you’re still not satisfied. And here’s the thing: I used to be in the exact same place, bro. And then I found the lifestyle that changed everything for me almost overnight: essentialism. 📌 Why You’re Not Seeing Progress Imagine you’re cooking four meals at once. You’ve got all four fires going, veggies half-cut, pots boiling, smoke alarms beeping… Two hours later, you end up with two overcooked meals, one half-cooked mess, and one meal that's just barely edible. Now, that’s your life right now. You’re trying to max out every area at once — school, side hustles, fitness, studies, relationships, and doing all this while trying to stay healthy. Bro, no wonder you don't see progress. Even a god couldn’t keep that up. Your energy is scattered, so your results are scattered. Now picture this: you turn off every burner except one. You finish cutting with ample time, cook the meal perfectly, and serve something that’s actually amazing. At least the family's eating one good meal. That’s essentialism — focusing most of your attention on one main area to maximize progress. And now immediately, that sounds scary. So let me clarify some of those fears you might have. 📌 “But I Want It All” Of course you do. Me too. I want to be jacked, make money, build amazing relationships, retire my parents, and still live a happy, healthy life. But here’s the thing — you can have it all, just not all at the same time. Cook one perfect meal first. Then move on to the next. Eventually, you’ll have them all done… and none of them will taste like regret. 📌 “But Is This Short-Term Sacrifice Really Necessary?” Yes... kinda. You don't need to SACRIFICE areas temporarily. You can do another feature of essentialism that makes things less scary — a feature I call minimum viable effort. Instead of turning the other burners off, you just keep them on low heat.

Solo hiking the West Lion was a reality check. 9hrs, it was the longest and most challenging hike I've ever done. I had to make the difficult decision to turn back before the summit-the scramble was too sketchy, and I was running out of time and water. Hiking has always been an escape for me, but lately, it's been more of a distraction. I'm going through a breakup, and honestly, things have just been shitty. I want to dive back into creating videos, but my mind is constantly being reminded of her. I know the best way to move forward is to focus on building my page and grinding, but it's hard to shake the sadness. I've been feeling stuck on video ideas. I'm not sure what exact audience I want to target and I'm trying to figure it out. I haven't made it big yet and I'm not sure what value I can provide to my audience. Sure I can make cool videos and edits of my life but I also want to give out helpful advice. I'm not some big influencer yet so would people even want to hear my advice?

Wanting to get into social media creating a brand where I post about a ‘lifestyle’ of self improvement eating clean organic foods going out into nature and what not. I have almost 4-5 years content experience but that was 2 years ago and social media has changed a lot. What would be a good first video?

First week of work completed, not stopping the grind. 4hr hike up to St Marks Summit. Gotta keep myself more accountable for mysleep schedule tho.

Been consitent with exercise. Woke up early and went out for a hike in deepcove. I feel like hiking has definetly improved qol Found a better company to work for. Starting new job monday, gotta adjust to my change in schedule. Full-time job can be tiring but I gotta make sure I dont slack off. Been consistent with gym and meals so far. Havn't skated in a few days so im gonna make it my goal this week to get out and land some tricks. Good progress learning how to create faceless content. Currently editing my first video. I might also get into personal branding as well. I think the main thing stopping me is that im not used to talking into a camera(shy) and not sure what type of content or message I would like to put out.