How To Get Your Life Together At 30 - To Anyone Feeling Lost, Lazy & Unmotivated | Cal Newport

[@Concojone5]

I've seen several of Cal's videos and I finally get his message. The lightbulb moment came in the 15 seconds starting at 6:47. The instruction to avoid screens ("technology") makes sense. My mother used to call someone who watched too much TV a "TV slave" (in the sense that you were like a deer in headlights, caught in a prison). Indeed, screens do that to us.

[@st0s193]

Your body isn't designed to be sedentary and to consume all this excessive info & visuals - it's a tool so use it as a tool

[@la6136]

This is such good advice. Everyone needs to do this no matter what age you are.

[@tismeDenis]

Too true 👍

[@sniitzel]

Perfect timing, cuz I just turned 30 and I feel like I don't have my shit together. Digital stuff plays a huge role in this. The very thing that made us achieve so much also holds us back. Oh, the irony...

[@KEWENAYCH]

Extremely undervalued advice, Cal. You should have way more exposure for the value you provide. Big respect for what you do. I will be implementing your advice in the pursuit for a more meaningful and purposeful life. 🤙🤙

[@goldeagle6391]

I am so glad I found this KZbin channel

[@Ha88Ba]

what a good advice !!! logging out all social media platforms , and starting take a deep understanding of self

[@aldenho2561]

This is one of your best videos Cal.

[@Mikolaj_Kapusta]

This is so well said! Right on point! Thank you so much for your work!

[@ddfelder2]

This was golden. Definitely much needed advice.

[@birupandaa]

Love this ♥️♥️♥️

[@shadiixz]

Thanks for this content, do you suggest any book to go deeper in this topic, especially your own? Thanks

[@DebbieYD]

Cal’s book Digital Minimalism has a 30 day programme for digital decluttering. It’s a great book. His book Deep Work is a great follow up.

[@Jeni-u4r]

Hi Cal, I'm not sure if you respond to messages on here but would you consider podcasts/audiobooks also a distraction to be removed in the first part (technology cleanse) of your advice here?

[@door.8]

I'd suppose it has to do with your goals and how you want your life to be. Are those podcasts/audiobooks just filler/background noise for your day or are you focused on really paying attention to them and adding value to your life? I know it's not the same, but in my case, I love videogames and I know I can get lost in them, so I have made a structure for my life where I only play them on the weekends and that's if I do not have any social commitments. It allows me to focus on other important things in my weekdays and also allows me to really enjoy them when I do get around to playing them, be it 2 - 6 hours, since I know I got my work/personal goals done already. Every 3 to 4 months I allow myself play time throughout the week, if I've completed the tasks of that day. For books, I have given 1 hour a day for reading and made it a habit before going to sleep, no screens, just the book. So maybe you could play around with your personal system and see where podcasts/audiobooks fit better

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

i consider them to be. working on increasing quiescence.

[@ParhamDoustdar]

Someone else had asked this a few episodes back. Paraphrasing Cal's answer: focus on long-form content (books over blog posts, podcasts over tweets, etc).

[@PCP1992]

Anybody tried getting on antidepressants to stabilise enough to get back on track?

[@Ensource]

do everything else first. ie: things like exercise, health foods, walks. think of meds as a kind of last resort. check out arthur brooks talks on happiness as well.

[@AF-mm8hb]

7:51

[@criticalbil1]

Will this also work if you're 50? 😅

[@Concojone5]

I'm 42 and this hit home.

[@contentmeow]

How about rebooting your life at 40?

[@EddyQ64]

40 is the new 30 🙃

[@contentmeow]

@@EddyQ64 I came back to see if you hadn’t added 😉 instead of 🙂. Haha. Cynical 40 me.

[@Ha88Ba]

i'm mid 30 !!! it run for me .

[@X82oo781]

Keep up to news though. It’s important. TO know what our government is doing in our name. He’s right though about news letters. Chris hedges has a good one

[@Tetra_Elementra]

Hah, Maybe it's just a coincidence. But i think the reason why this video hasn't blown up is because youtube won't reccemend it to people because he calls out youtube.

[@RogasTV]

What happened to fps? It looks like 3:2 pulldown. It does not make any sense to post 25fps videos. Most people have 60Hz displays, so please use 30 fps.