Take a 40-minute shower
For me, always working towards a greater goal is essential to having any motivation to work or improve in my life. Philanthropy and the ability to one day impact millions of lives in an extremely positive way is my biggest driver, so when I saw MrBeast tweet about how his newly established charity was looking for projects to help others, I responded immediately. I knew this would have an extremely positive impact for others.
Fast forward to the day of the shoot with Beast Philanthropy (MrBeast’s charity), and I had this lingering thought on my mind. It’s been three days and I haven’t posted any content. At the time, I aimed to post five to seven YouTube Shorts a day, so I was about 15 videos behind in my mind. Yikes. This was an extremely toxic mindset, and almost miraculously, MrBeast snapped me out of it with the first few words he spoke to me on shoot day.
His magic advice? He took a 40-minute shower before coming to the shoot.
The busiest man on YouTube ? maybe even the planet. But even MrBeast makes time everyday to relax, collect his thoughts, and focus. Even if it isn’t a 40-minute shower, there is time in every single one of our days to slow down and focus.
I realized how I allowed creating content to infiltrate other aspects of my life. But being able to take moments out of your day to breathe, or do more of the things you love to do, is so important.
My version of a 40-minute shower has become sitting outside on my porch for 40 minutes when I wake up, doing nothing.