Why You Don’t Want To Study (or do ANYTHING) After 4hrs of Youtube Binging
Summary
TLDRThe video script addresses the struggle of productivity amidst the lure of social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. The speaker, who once battled with similar issues, shares a personal transformation story and offers practical advice to break free from the cycle of procrastination. The essence of the solution lies in becoming hyper-aware of one's thoughts, processing negative emotions through voice notes, and analyzing daily habits to set barriers against mindless scrolling. The speaker also emphasizes the impact of large corporations that design these platforms to be addictive, and suggests a self-improvement system that uses a point-based scoring method to encourage positive behaviors and discourage negative ones. By setting and achieving personal milestones, the video encourages viewers to shift their focus from short-term digital gratification to long-term personal growth and fulfillment.
Takeaways
- 😀 Spending excessive time on social media can lead to feelings of guilt and unproductiveness.
- 📉 Recognizing and processing negative thoughts is crucial for breaking the cycle of procrastination.
- 💡 Self-awareness and understanding one's thoughts are key to overcoming distractions.
- 🛠 Creating a self-improvement system can transform productivity habits.
- 🤔 Addressing the underlying reasons for procrastination helps in tackling the root cause of the issue.
- 🚀 Changing one's environment and routine can significantly improve focus and motivation.
- 📝 Tracking habits and setting clear goals are effective strategies to reduce social media usage.
- 🔍 Understanding how social media platforms are designed to capture attention can help in managing usage.
- 🎯 Setting positive milestones and aligning daily actions with long-term goals fosters personal growth.
- 👥 Engaging in meaningful activities like spending time with friends and exercising is a better way to relax than mindless scrolling.
Q & A
How many hours does the person in the transcript spend on social media platforms daily?
-The person spends an average of 7 hours daily on YouTube and TikTok.
What does the speaker suggest as the first step to overcome procrastination?
-The first step is to train oneself to become hyper-aware and learn to process thoughts.
What is the self-improvement system that the speaker and their friend created?
-The self-improvement system is a point-based scoring system that awards positive points for accomplishing daily goals and negative points for not adhering to them.
Why does the speaker say that simply telling oneself to 'just work' is not effective advice?
-It is not effective because it doesn't address the underlying negative thoughts and mental state that prevent someone from concentrating and being productive.
How does the speaker feel after spending hours on social media?
-The speaker feels worse, with a rush of negative thoughts and feelings of guilt for wasting time.
What is the second action point suggested by the speaker to regain control over one's life?
-The second action point is to deeply understand how one's attention is being stolen by social media platforms and to analyze and change one's habits and patterns.
What is the reason behind the speaker's belief that social media platforms are addictive?
-The speaker believes they are addictive because there are giant companies that invest heavily in studying our brains to figure out how to keep users on their platforms.
How does the speaker suggest changing one's habits regarding social media usage?
-The speaker suggests turning off notifications, setting timers on social media apps, and deleting some apps to create barriers that force a pause and reconsideration before using them.
What is the third and final thing the speaker did to end their social media addiction?
-The third thing is implementing the point-based system that aligns with their ideal self and setting milestones to work towards, which makes social media seem trivial and less appealing.
Why does the speaker believe that binging on social media is not a good way to relax?
-The speaker believes binging is not good because it is a waste of time and costly, and it does not address the need for relaxation in a healthy and productive manner.
What is the speaker's final advice for someone struggling with social media addiction?
-The speaker advises to proactively process emotions and actions, analyze habits and patterns, and set milestones and goals to work towards, which will make social media usage seem irrelevant.
Outlines
📱 Overcoming Social Media Addiction
The first paragraph discusses the struggle of being unproductive due to excessive time spent on social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. The speaker shares a personal message received and reflects on their own past experiences with similar challenges. They emphasize the importance of being hyper-aware and processing thoughts rather than resorting to the common advice of just quitting social media cold turkey. The speaker introduces a self-improvement system they co-created that helped transform their life, and discusses how escaping negative feelings through social media can lead to a vicious cycle of guilt and decreased productivity. The key takeaway is the need to understand and address the root cause of distractions and negative emotions, and to use strategies like voice recording thoughts and changing one's environment to regain focus and motivation.
🛡️ Defending Against Attention Theft
The second paragraph delves into the manipulative tactics used by social media companies to capture and retain user attention for profit. The speaker expresses concern over the continuous optimization of internet content to ensnare users. They share their personal realization of how their attention was being stolen and the spontaneous decisions leading to wasted time. To combat this, the speaker suggests strategies such as turning off notifications, setting time limits on apps, and removing visual cues that trigger the urge to use social media. They also introduce a point-based system that rewards positive behaviors and penalizes negative ones, which helped them align their daily actions with their long-term goals. The paragraph concludes with an encouragement to set milestones and work towards them with excitement, realizing the insignificance of social media in the face of personal progress and self-improvement.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Productivity
💡Social Media Addiction
💡Procrastination
💡Hyper Awareness
💡Self-Improvement System
💡Voice Note
💡Attention Marketplace
💡Habit Analysis
💡Barriers to Usage
💡Milestones
💡Ideal Self
Highlights
The individual spent an average of 7 hours daily on YouTube and TikTok, leading to feelings of guilt and unproductivity.
The speaker used to spend 4-5 hours daily on social media, feeling trapped in a cycle of wanting to be productive but failing to do so.
The speaker emphasizes that going into 'monk mode' and quitting all social media is not the solution for everyone.
Becoming hyper-aware and learning to process thoughts are key to breaking free from the cycle of unproductivity.
A self-improvement system co-created with a friend transformed into a powerful tool for personal growth.
The act of escaping negative feelings by using social media only leads to a resurgence of those feelings and a worsening of mood.
Negative self-talk and wasted time can ruin mental states, making it difficult to concentrate and be productive.
The speaker suggests recording a voice note to reflect on why work was avoided and to rationalize negative thoughts.
Changing one's environment, like going to the gym or a cafe, can provide a fresh perspective and motivation to tackle work.
Understanding how attention is stolen by social media platforms is crucial for regaining control over one's time.
The speaker analyzed their own habits and implemented barriers, such as turning off notifications and setting time limits on apps.
A point-based scoring system was used to motivate positive behaviors and discourage negative ones, like excessive social media use.
Aligning daily actions with the goal of becoming one's ideal self can reduce the desire to use social media as a form of relaxation.
Setting and achieving milestones through a personal system can lead to a sense of accomplishment that makes social media seem trivial.
The speaker advises proactively processing emotions, analyzing social media habits, and setting personal goals to overcome unproductivity.
The importance of finding alternative, healthier ways to relax and the acknowledgment of the power of social media platforms in capturing attention.
Encouragement for the audience to take small steps towards self-improvement and to recognize the irrelevant nature of excessive social media use.
Transcripts
I had all this important work to do this
week but got nothing done I think it's
because I spent an average of 7 hours on
YouTube Tik Tok daily which as you can
imagine made me feel horrendous I wanted
to study but I just couldn't and now I
feel like a waste of space and like my
brain doesn't work think about how
messed up feeling like that is how it
affects you because this was actually a
message I got in my DMs the other day
and while reading it I realized I was
the same 3 years ago I was averaging
four or 5 hours on socials daily and I
knew I wanted to get this done that done
be productive but I just couldn't it's
like I was Shackled to keep repeating
this exact same cycle of wanting to work
having a lot of work and then not doing
anything anding YouTube all day but I
broke out of it and in this video I'm
going to teach you how and it's not what
you think everyone out there is telling
you to go monk mode quit all social
media and just work just do the work
when we all know that's crap advice
otherwise you wouldn't be watching this
right now what finally worked for me and
I'm going to tell you straight away is
number one training myself to become
hyper aware learning to process my
thoughts and number two A
self-improvement system that my friend
and I created a couple years ago that
transformed into something unimaginable
now obviously when we have a slight
negative thought or something happens in
the day for example my dissertation
advisor the other day fully crapped on
all of the hours of research and work I
did so I came home obviously kind of
deflated and what did I do I didn't even
think about it I just sat on my bed and
went on YouTube to relax but the reality
was I was escaping this bad deflated
feeling of what happened right
suppressing it and by spending an hour
on YouTube it worked I forgot about
everything I lost awareness but as soon
as I got off my phone I felt worse all
the things I was thinking about came
rushing back and I hated myself even
more for wasting the time and isn't that
how you feel after hours of binging I
can't believe I wasted all this time why
could have just just done more work been
more productive I suck but take a second
and think about it do you really think
that you're now going to be able to get
up and start work and study positively
and productively with full concentration
after you've just thrown all this netive
crap out of your head and it makes sense
right the more down you feel the more
guilt you feel the harder it will be to
properly concentrate so it's not that
we're being lazy or procrastination
that's happening for us the reason
you're not working is because all that
negative talk especially after you waste
of time ruins your mental state and what
makes it worse is that you don't bother
to internally process how you feel what
you're thinking what led you here
because instead of processing it like an
adult what you do is listen to everyone
else who tells you to just work just put
in the work do nothing else just just
work but it doesn't always apply because
how can you expect yourself to just work
when you have all this negative crap
bombarding your head all this guilt I
can't focus it's heavy stuff you can
only do good focused work study smart
when you sort those thoughts out so the
first action point of the video is that
when you feel horrible about not doing
work you don't just tell yourself oh I'm
being a loser I'm being a baby let me
just push through blah blah Instead This
is literally what I do when I'm going
through a lot of stuff when I'm
overwhelmed this is the solution I
record a voice voice note saying exactly
number one why I don't want to do this
work reflect on it talk it through like
an adult why was I not bothered with
doing this dissertation was it too
boring was it like could I not
concentrate on it have I put too much
pressure on myself is this whole thing
too stressful because I've overwhelmed
and made myself feel like this needs to
be perfect which I have I didn't work on
it when I came home because I didn't
feel excited about it I felt down about
it and I wanted to make it perfect but I
had to scratch from my I had to start
from crash with my plan and so I just
went on YouTube cuz that was the easier
option and I acknowledge that I
acknowledged the fact that it was too
difficult and I just went with the
easier option there now take a deep
breath stop playing the blame game and
number two think about now what can you
do to change how you feel about this
what can you do to remove that pressure
the solution for me that day literally
was to go to the gym for half an hour
come home get showered and then go to a
cafe refresh change the scene completely
and on the walk there let's think about
this essay in a positive Outlook it's
good that I need to improve it it's good
that they told me what I need to fix so
I'm now going to go and fix it start my
research from scratch and kind of build
up from there obviously go deeper into
your reasons and your your discussion
with yourself in that voice note but
there's always a solution mindset way to
think about it instead of cursing
yourself for wasting time acknowledge
the negative thoughts rationalize them
and now think what do I need to do to
overcome this do I need more help more
advice about the work am I confused do I
just need to remove the pressure from
the work make it it more fun the second
thing you need to understand is there's
a reason I don't blame anyone for
jumping on socials it's because we are
so outgunned in this game like honestly
way more than you think because there's
platforms out there that aren't just
slightly addictive it isn't just the
algorithm for years now there have been
hundreds of heavily invested industries
of people Mega giant companies that have
done thousands of functional Neuro
Imaging studied our brain who are 24/7
Around the Clock trying to figure out
one thing and that is to how to get you
to stay on their platforms this last
week I looked into how deep it goes the
studies and all of it it just really
scared me to my core every tiniest
aspect of the internet attention
Marketplace is being optimized every
single day and we are the products they
sell they make money from our time their
profit is directly linked to how long
you scroll how long you see their ads so
obviously you're going to be spending
hours on it obviously your brain is
going to turn to technology when it
wants to suppress Escape any negative
emotion that you face into day tiess
boredom whatever and before you know it
you've lost awareness it's been hours
and then you blame yourself for being
lazy so the second action point to get
your life back is to deeply understand
how your attention is being continuously
stolen from you in the day just start to
notice it in your day literally just
write it down if you don't want to write
it down at least think about it think
about how you're jumping on this
platform think about what's keeping you
on there I sat and analyzed my habits
for a day last year as a challenge with
my friend and what I found was that I
was on on my phone every bathroom break
I was going on Insta for every transport
thing that I had to do I was and every
every silent situation I was putting a
podcast on putting music on my response
rate to WhatsApp notifications was just
insane and that was just in the first 3
hours of the day and yeah of course I
was frightened but what I noticed was
that my time wastes weren't planned they
were split-second boredom related
decisions so I turned off all my
notifications and put timers on my
social media apps for 10 minutes a day
and I deleted some of them as well
because putting barriers with my phone
with YouTube on my laptop discoloring
all all the thumbnails removing the
titles everything what it does is that
it helps prolong the Split Second
decision it makes you just pause and
think okay what am I doing why am I
extending this Tim or why am I disabling
this YouTube Stu there's no point in
wasting my time here I have better
things to do so track your patterns and
habits for a day and see what you can do
to change it I know some of you may be
past this point of disabling apps and
stuff so think about bigger barriers
think about adding like layers to your
to your specific issue and you may not
have the same split second thing problem
that I have but analyze your own habits
and patterns and think what you can do
to change it is there a routine that you
can develop can you change the settings
on your phone somehow it's simple stuff
and yet I know that 95% of you won't
even bother to do this you won't even
bother to help yourself even if it's
ruining your life even if it's making
you feel like your brain is broken the
third and final thing that ended my
social media addiction was the system
the system was something that me and my
friend created a couple years ago in
quarantine and it's something that
deserves a whole video of its own but
essentially this was a point-based
scoring system where you got positive
points for the amount of hours you work
for doing a workout for new social
interactions for reading meditating
journaling basically every day sticking
to the goals that you set for yourself
and you got negative points for not
sticking to the goals for example not
maintaining a good sleep schedule
excessive bad junk food and excessive
social media usage but to be honest it's
not really the negative points
associated with the social media usage
the stuff I'd get minused off my score
that actually pushed me to not use it it
was more about me not wanting to use
social media because that meant that I
was getting more and more aligned every
single day with my ideal self the person
that I'm aiming to be and that is what I
was accomplishing with the system I was
gradually getting fitter stronger doing
hard work for my degree meeting new
people learning web design writing
articles that would eventually lead to
me making this this YouTube channel
making all these videos that I made over
the last 2 years and as soon as I
started to set milestones for myself
through the system started to accomplish
them start to even get a little bit of
the progress you realize how trivial
social media is how much of a waste of
time and how costly it is to even just
use it to relax because we've
established that we are outgunned in
this battle there's never going to be
any moderation the the platforms are too
powerful in grabbing us and keeping us
there there's bigger better things that
you know you want to do to become the
man that you want to so if you want to
relax then yeah go do it but go do it
with your friends with your family go
pray go exercise because binging isn't
the answer and I'm not saying that you
need to quit it all right now but what
you can do is number one proactively
processing the emotions and your actions
by voice noting to yourself number two
analyzing your habits and patterns when
using and staying on the socials just
for a day and number three starting to
set Milestones goals for yourself
working towards them and getting so
excited to improve that you realize how
irrelevant all of this is anyways I hope
that was a somewhat fresh perspective
and that it helped this is only the
start of us working towards a better
more purposeful proactive future for
ourselves thank you so much for watching
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