Why I Stopped Watching YouTube (and why you should too)

So..a few days ago, by mistake, I went to the gym and forgot to take my headphones.. if you’re the one who goes to the gym, you appreciate the disaster that could happen without them…I did my workout without watching a YouTube video or listening to music, or all I did was sit down and think about myself, my future, my relationships, and everything I needed to accomplish. This enlightened me and opened my eyes. So I’m leaving YouTube. let’s talk about this….

Hi my friends Keramadic here and welcome back to a new potion OK (let’s talk about the elephant in the room) and the title of this video is correct but not quite the way you’re thinking I’m not quitting making a YouTube video but I’m stopping stop using YouTube for 30 days. I have a YouTube detox program [moment of realization] Leaving my headphones at home was a moment of realization for me that I haven’t been thinking about my life and myself honestly and how I feel in years, I’ve been taking up all the time I haven’t already scheduled working within medical school or recreation With friends, with only content consumption, any content of mine is constantly filled with music or videos or podcasts which means I am constantly distracted with no space in my mind to think.

I was sitting with a friend on this balcony here last week, and I was telling him how excited I was that I had started a team for this YouTube channel and that I had his assistant find some time for me during the week to shoot more new videos, which takes time and effort. Growing up and that I’m so excited for all this free time he looked at me and said Yeah that’s great but you can also use all that free time to relax and be quiet That’s when it hit me like a train I realized the idea of ​​just relaxing, being quiet isn’t on my priority list to do anywhere I have free time I’m jumping right on to the next thing on my to-do list or creating some new work for myself so I can improve the channel further, re-doing more with my life, I guess this constant state of me being on the go and getting things done has kept me from being able to stop for a while second.

|| And thinking about myself and my life, something needs to change….. because that’s not what I want to be A/I want to be someone who thinks deeply about what they do and how they feel. B/ Keep doing this for so long, this can’t be healthy. [SPACE FOR OPPORTUNITIES] The truth is, I spend a lot of time watching YouTube… whether I’m in the bathroom or cooking a meal here in the kitchen, or I take a shower, as usual, every night… or when I’m walking to and from the train and when I’m on the bus or the Tube. I never stop. I’m always doing something, I’m always distracted, I don’t stop consuming content and between medical school and this YouTube channel my time is stretched out, and on top of it all and through all these little breaks in between I find myself doing a podcast or watching another video On YouTube and I know for a fact that I can spend that time more satisfyingly than just mindlessly watching content, — just ignoring the kitchen sink for a second.

Now, I don’t know about you guys but I can only do one of these things at a time. I can either watch a YouTube video or think about my life, Usually, if I remember there’s something important I need to do I’ll pause the video I’m watching and then deal with the situation, by making a phone call, sending a message to someone, or whatever But I can’t do those two things at the same time.

Now some of you watching me may be thinking that there is nothing wrong with what I am doing, and this may be the way you or other content consumes time, that is perfectly fine. Everyone has their way of doing things, but for me personally, I think I’m trying to become a more reflective person, and I’m trying to think about why I do the things I do and how they make me feel…

This is something my whole life I’ve been constantly ignoring and pushing Out of my head, so this is kind of a big awareness for me about something I think I should think about more…. — Sometimes I talk to my friends and they recount or tell me about something that happened and it goes through their way of thinking about why something happened, And how that made them feel, why it made them feel a certain way, and I listen to them and think to myself that I can’t imagine and think about the things you’re going through, and I’ve never thought about those events in my life that way, things happen to me as they do, and if they’re good, they’re Good, and if bad, then bad, and I don’t think much of it after that. [solution] One of the ways that I think I can be a more reflective person to others, someone who is more in tune with their feelings and emotions and my thinking, is to quit my YouTube consumption for 30 days and see what I learned from that…

I think it’s It would force me to sit down and think for myself, it might sound like I’m over the top or like I’m going from zero to 100, which can be a fair criticism of what I do…. but honestly if you’ve watched this channel and followed me for a while, you know that’s who I am It is now, so I will put everything I have into being, and this is the best version of myself.

To do all of this and achieve my goals in those situations where I have to think and take a moment to be with myself, I’m going to do just that…… No more YouTube videos of when I cook, when I take a shower, when I walk around my apartment, no more …. If I want to sit and watch a certain YouTube video, I will, I don’t see anything wrong with that, just don’t want to mindlessly watch YouTube videos while doing other activities, not being in the moment, being Actually while watching the same video.

[Consequence, What’s Next] So believe it or not, I have a fairly short attention span. So at first, I’m sure I’m going to get bored. And I’d be itching to reach for my phone and throw anything, just to keep myself busy, but the more I force myself not to, the more comfortable I’ll feel for being with my thoughts, which is the ultimate goal here. … And just like anything else, or any new habit you build, there’s always this kind of awkward phase at the beginning, where you’re trying to bring it into your life, which can be hard and then you know how to do it more and more as it gets easier. You just have to push yourself through this really hard part in the beginning, every time I feel the urge to reach for my phone I will try to take that as a reminder to spend that time thinking on my own.

Every weekend I will reflect on how I feel doing this and I will take the advice I need from my friends I will take a little extra free time and hope that making this kind of informed decision will lead me to a higher level and closer to the person I want Being in the future so guys this is why I’m leaving YouTube for 30 days I hope you guys enjoyed this video and liked this kind of video more open and honest let me know if you ever thought of doing something like this Yourself or if you’re currently doing this I’m reading all the comments so feel free to leave a comment and I’ll respond to as many as I can and that’s it.

I’ll see you at the next one…..Peace….. let’s try it again, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.