8 Ways To Make YOUR Life BETTER In 2021
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about 8 things I want to incorporate into my life in 2021, and why you should too. I hope you can find some inspiration in these 8 things you should incorporate into your life in the new year.
Transcript
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where we're going to be talking about
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So I was thinking about videos that I wanted to make as we are closing out 2020.
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And of course, a lot of terrible things happened this year.
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But I also know that there were a lot of things that I was thinking about that I could improve on for next year for myself.
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Because every year, right, as the year wraps up, we all start to think, okay, how can I change?
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And how do I kind of use that feeling to make this whole transition between years work to my advantage?
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So I was thinking about ways that I could improve.
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Because I know that there are a ton of ways that I could be a better person, that I could do better,
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and that I could just fulfill my potential, as well as just grow and be the best version of myself.
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That's something that I always want to work on.
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It's something my husband and I constantly talk about.
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And it's something that we really try and inspire in one another.
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And so I wanted to talk about with you guys eight things I want to incorporate into my life in 2021.
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Eight things that I think I should be doing in 2021.
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And maybe you guys can take some inspiration from that.
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So I'm excited to share these eight things that you should do in 2021.
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The first thing that you should incorporate into your life in 2021,
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and I should incorporate into my life in 2021, is to give charity.
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But going into 2021, we've actually discussed it.
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So tithing means that you give 10% of your income to charity.
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But this year, we really feel like we can and we should.
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And it's really important to us that we do start giving back to the people out there who are in dire straits
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We are so grateful that we can afford to tithe and give back to different organizations and things that matter to us.
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And I think it's something that all of us should be doing, right?
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All of us should be giving charity to the organizations that we care about.
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Charity isn't always about the other person and what they need.
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But it makes you a better person too because it reminds you that your money really isn't yours.
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And because of that, it really becomes important for us to share it and view our money as something that doesn't define us.
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So I think this is something that's really important and is a really good way to start off the year.
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Just thinking, okay, how am I going to give back?
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And for those of you who can't yet afford to actually give monetary charity, there's also other ways you can give back to important causes or to just certain people.
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Volunteering, helping, these kinds of things are super important.
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And I think that more of us should be doing it.
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So in 2021, that's definitely something that I have got on my list of things I want to do to be a better person.
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The second thing I wanted to talk about is being kinder to the people in your life that you know that you can kind of take out your stresses and vent to a little bit.
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Because I think one of the things that is very common is that when you have someone in your life that you love and who you know loves you,
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you'll actually be less kind to that person or to those people than you would to just a stranger.
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The person who loves you is going to forgive you no matter what.
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But a stranger, if you're rude to them, they're not going to give you the benefit of the doubt and they don't have to see you the next day.
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Whereas somebody that you love, you can be a little bit harsher to and not as careful about how you treat them.
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And I think that that can be something that happens when you get really comfortable with someone.
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And I know that for me, I'd really like to be the kindest version of myself to everyone I know.
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Not just to the people who I've just made acquaintances with, but to everyone in my life and to the people who I really love.
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I want to be the best version of myself, even with the people who I don't have to be the best version of myself around.
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And I think this is a really good thing to incorporate in 2021 for all of us,
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which is that you shouldn't allow yourself to be the worst version of yourself with the people who will forgive you just because that you can.
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Just because you can be a worse version of yourself, just because you can be a little less kind to someone,
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doesn't mean that you should be less kind to someone.
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And honestly, that encourages us to find those things in your life that are triggers for you to be less kind and less good to the people around you.
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It really encourages you as a person and encourages me as a person, of course,
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to find out what are the things in my life that are making me less nice and less kind to people
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that make me want to lash out and figure out why I'm behaving that way so that it doesn't happen again.
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And that really is something that is worth exploring, is figuring out how to be a better person
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by figuring out what those things are that really make you upset, whether that be stress or specific triggers,
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whatever it is, figuring out how to actually learn how to deal with those emotions in a healthy way.
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So that is definitely something I think we should all work on in 2021.
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The third thing that you should do in 2021 is turn to God in moments of doubt.
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I think that even for those of us who are religious,
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it's not always first impulse to think about God when you're in an upsetting situation.
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Sometimes, even in the most stressful of times, we don't think to turn to God for help
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And then when you do think of it, all of a sudden it's like,
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Why didn't I sit down and really try and connect with my creator?
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And for those of you who are like me, who don't have that immediate response of,
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I should consider my relationship to God and pray.
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I think it would be good to make that second nature and just like a habit,
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where if I get upset about something, if I get stressed, if I'm feeling overwhelmed,
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or if something bad is happening, that I immediately think,
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okay, how can I turn this into a religious moment for me?
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And even if it's just to pray, there's something about knowing God is there
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And I know that for me, in those moments that I have turned to God,
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when things were not going my way, I felt so much better in that moment.
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And it was kind of an obvious thing that I should be doing more often.
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So I definitely want to be turning to God more often and more frequently
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and kind of more in those situations where it should be obvious
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And I think that this is something that we can all incorporate more into our lives.
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Number four is to challenge yourself to think through and compare
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So what I'm really talking about with this kind of thing is
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if you're watching a historical show or reading a historical book
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and it has a leftist skew and it's presenting somebody from history in a certain way,
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go and figure out and research if that's accurate,
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if that is something that actually is presented to you without any bias
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or if it is being presented to you in a certain way to get you to feel a certain thing.
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So this is something I come across all the time.
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It's not just in shows, it's in podcasts, it's in TV shows, it's in movies
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where I am learning about a certain topic and all of a sudden I start to feel like,
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hey, I don't know that this is totally accurate.
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I need to take a second and research this because I don't know
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if what they're telling me is actually totally true.
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Now this is 100% true on the other side of the aisle too.
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So if you're listening to something that has a conservative skew
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and you're not totally sure if something is accurate,
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You always want to research things that are presented to you as fact
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So you have to be the best protector of your information
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And I know that this is something that sometimes I can be lazy about
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because if I'm going to take certain podcasts or shows as fact,
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I can't just take them as fact if I haven't done the research myself.
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And I'm sure that you guys have been in similar situations.
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So this is definitely something that you should be doing in 2021
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when it comes to getting information from all of these different media sources.
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Number five is to be more intentional with your time.
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I'm sure that many of you struggle with it too.
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like our phones, our computers, all of that stuff,
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to be easily distracted and to waste time without choosing to waste time.
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trying to be more intentional with my use of time.
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but kind of delineate that time beforehand and say,
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okay, I'm going to take 15 minutes and just play around on my phone.
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playing on my phone would obviously kind of bleed into that time
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that I would really be wanting to use for just reading a book.
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So using your time wisely and trying to remember why being intentional is so important.
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It's a way for you to look back at the end of the day and say,
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I really made sure that all of the times that I wanted to spend doing these certain things
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didn't get wasted doing something else I don't care about.
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And this is not to say that I am always successful at this.
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But it's something that I really want to work on in 2021.
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And I think that you guys probably want to work on this too,
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because it is something that it just makes you feel so good
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you know that you really spent your time wisely
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and you spent it in a way that you wanted to spend it
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but I'm kind of wrapping it in with being intentional with my time.
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I don't know that it necessarily makes you a better person,
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but it's something that I would like to do more of in 2021.
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that you guys can incorporate into your lives too.
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And that's if you have certain pieces in your wardrobe
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iron them as soon as they get out of the laundry.
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Or at least kind of leave them out of your closet
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so that you can wear them because you've ironed them already.
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and they're not ironed, you're not going to grab those.
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Now that's not the only thing that I have to do, right?
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That's not the only thing that we should do is ironing.
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so that you can actually get good wear out of them
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It ends up being more respectful to the pieces that you own
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If it's something that's too much work for you,
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you may need to invest a little bit of extra time,
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Now, an example for me is that I have a shirt with cuffs
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If I leave that in my closet the way that it is,
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I don't want to wear that because it is wrinkled.
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So figuring out how to actually wear the clothes
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is something that we should all aim for in 2021.
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And there was a stretch of time early on in quarantine
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where I was doing the same routine every morning
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okay, I want to do something else in the morning.
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And as you guys may have seen in my scoop video
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I talked about how I've been incorporating a routine
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in a year that was really hard for so many people.
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But as soon as you remember how blessed you are,
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all of a sudden that stuff really can disappear.
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And so I would really encourage you guys in 2021
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