a day in the life of an overwhelmed person

Good morning guys! I was planning to wake up at 7:30 and it's currently 10:30, and I'm a little bit sick. Oh, I hate myself! Just kidding, I love myself. Okay, so now I'm about to have my breakfast. I have my iced coffee which is one of my favorites, and then I have a musli with some chia seeds. I don't know if you can see it.

While I'm having my breakfast, I decided to actually recall a bit of biology using Notion, and I'm gonna answer a bunch of questions that I made in the past. Active recall is one of the most effective study methods. If you don't know about active recall, or if you have never heard about active recall, I can make a video about it, but Ali Abdul has a video about it you can watch as well.

So, as you can see, I have like the whole bunch of topics here. Today, I'm gonna do the circulatory system. When you click the toggle feature, the answer appears, and you just basically answer all of them. I know the Anki key as well, but firstly I study with Notion, and if I repeatedly get that wrong, I do it with Anki.

And in 20 minutes, I have a Zoom meeting, so I have to be real quick. My Zoom meeting is canceled, so I have a bit of time. I have the Zoom meeting at 2 PM, so I have two hours. I think I'll study a bit of biology. A lot of you guys want to know why I'm studying biology and chemistry and stuff, even though I'm taking a break from med uni. One day, I hope I can explain it. I don't know, so yeah, let's study!

I went to the toilet for a quick little break, but then I found myself watching YouTube videos, like very random ones for 15 minutes. So, I just rushed and came back to my desk, and yeah, oh, I don't know, I just cannot focus really well today. Ah, but yeah, I got back to studying!

Whenever I get bored when I'm studying, I usually like to play some classic music to entertain myself. I listen to classic music and work for 10 minutes or so, and then I get into my zone once again. Then I stop the music, and I also have this mini fan that I use because my room is freaking hot. I have an air conditioner in my room, but since I'm a little bit sick, it's not a good idea to turn the air conditioning on.

Like, I got this from a supermarket, and this was only like 12 liras because it was on sale. 12 liras is, I think, one dollar, less than two dollars. And now let's turn on my mini fan and let's go back to studying!

By the way, I'm not this productive normally. When I film vlogs, I become more productive because I know that somebody's watching me, and I think it's a good thing because it overall increases my productivity, and I can motivate you guys. So, I think it's a win-win situation for both of us.

Okay, so my Zoom meeting has ended! Now I have about one hour until the PTYA starts. PTYA is part-time YouTuber academy, which is Ali Abdel's course for those who are aspiring to become YouTubers or already like intermediate YouTubers and advanced YouTubers, whatever that means.

I have a little bit of time until then, so I decided to spend this time productively. I'm currently watching the Ali Abdul Skillshare class about how to study for exams and evidence-based masterclass. If you didn't watch this class, I would highly, highly recommend you to watch Ali Abdul's courses. It's so freaking good, and I really love Skillshare.

I watch a bunch of courses from them because rather than spending time on YouTube, like on Skillshare, you get more valuable information that you wouldn't get on YouTube. So, if you want to spend your time productively but still enjoy and learn something, then Skillshare is like the perfect way to do it.

I don't know if this just sounds so sponsor-ish, but this video is not sponsored by Skillshare. I just love Skillshare itself. We have a session called performative speaking: how to be a better speaker. Now I'll join that, and yes, that is not actually true.

I literally wasted a solid 30 minutes of my life on YouTube by watching Jeffree Star videos. Like, why did I do that? I started with a body language gesture analyst video analyzing Dr. Mike's apology video, and I started from that video and then went to, like, I don't know. Then I watched a couple of Jeffree Star videos in double speed, and I got entertained by the comment section.

Then I realized that I'm wasting my life, so I stopped watching it, but I wasted a solid 30 minutes of my life watching Jeffree Star YouTube videos. And yeah, so by watching Jeffree Star YouTube videos, the only thing that I learned is how rich he is.

So, yeah, that was it. That was about 13 minutes, but yeah, ah, it happens! Like, it happens, you know? The important thing is the majority. Like in "Atomic Habits" by James Clear, he says that every action is a vote. A single vote doesn't mean anything; the majority determines who you are, what type of person you are. Just because you did something unproductive like for months, you won't become an unproductive person.

But if you continue to keep voting on productive actions, the majority will be productive, so that you become a productive person. That's the kind of perspective that I have. So, whenever I do something unproductive, I don't feel that much guilty about it.

I just continue whatever I'm supposed to do so that I can change the majority and become the person who I want to be. So, that's the kind of thing that I learned from "Atomic Habits." I'll add the link down in the description below, but yeah, read that book. It's amazing!

I also have a video which I'll attach here; you can watch it there as well. I think I'll make myself a cup of coffee and then start studying. And yeah, I'll check my schedule once more because I think I have another meeting at 9 PM or so, or 10 PM. I'm not really sure. Yes, 10 PM.

So yeah, see you soon! These days, I'm literally in a slump. I don't realize how time passes. I just do the random things. A lot of people think that I'm all the time productive, but not at all! Like, for example, today I only studied for three hours.

I was planning to study for like four or six, but it's currently like 9 PM, and I only studied three hours. I woke up today at 10:30. I was planning to wake up at seven. I don't know, maybe I'm just in a slump. It's pretty normal. But like, when I look at Ali Abdul or Nasser Karma, they're like all the time productive, and when I just compare myself to them, I just feel like, I don't know.

If it happens with you guys as well, no offense to those people. I really admire both of them, Ali and Nasser. I'm liking Ali's PTY course, PTYA. Ali Abdul's course is with like about 200 participants, I guess. They divided those participants into different houses, and there, you meet like with 10 people, I guess, every single week.

And you have a house master who is another YouTuber, and my house master is Nasser Karma, Karma Medic. The course is from Ali Abdul; it's just like a dream come true. I like, every single week, when I'm talking with Nasser, I'm just like so fangirling because Nasser and Ali are just like my favorites.

Oh, and why I'm smiling so? He's down to earth; he gets his work done. He does all of these things, like the studying, his personal life. You know, when I look at Nasser and Ali and when I compare myself to them, I'm just like, "Oh Ricky, you're not enough, you're not enough."

Like, there's always constant thoughts in my mind saying that, "Really, you're not enough at all." And yeah, I don't know if people feel like that, but for those who are thinking that I'm always productive, I'm not at all! Like, for me, I'm the most potato person ever. I'm just like not productive at all.

The reason why I love consuming productivity is it's just like different tactics and tricks, and I try them. I definitely think that I grew so much from them. A lot of people say that like hustle culture or something, but I don't think it's hustling. Like, being productive means you get your shit done in order to make time for the things that you care about.

You know, I want to become productive not because I want to do more stuff, but because I want to make time for the things that I truly care about. For example, like exercising, or reading, or making YouTube videos, like you know. But most of my days, I just like spend my day like potatoey.

Maybe it's productive for someone, but for me personally, it's not enough. Like, I accept myself, but it doesn't mean that I'm not gonna grow. I accept my circumstance right now, but I don't say to myself, "Okay, it's okay, that's me," and stuff.

I say like, "Okay, today was a potato-ish day, but we will try tomorrow again," and I'm just aiming to do one percent improvement. I first met Ali Abdul three years, or maybe two years ago, and I started to watch his videos, and my perspective on life literally changed from there.

I started to become more and more and more productive, little by little. I think it definitely changed my whole perspective and how I spend my day. Productivity is sort of a journey in my opinion. You won't become a productivity master in a day.

You start slowly, grow, and grow, and grow. And yeah, I think I'm much better when you compare it to two years ago. But sometimes I feel like this is not enough, but I stop that thought and say it's okay. One percent improvement, atomic habits—don't forget that!

And I just calm myself down, and I try to make the day count. I don't know why I'm giving this random teddy talky, titty talky. I don't know why I'm rambling today that much. Maybe because I want to procrastinate. But yeah, I made myself a cup of tea.

We have the house party that I mentioned in 45 minutes. I think I'll do a little bit of productive stuff like I'll check my mails, I'll respond to them, and also I'll plan what I'll be doing. And yeah, I said that I'll be planning maybe a couple of times, but I didn't, so I should be doing those things.

No, we don't say I should do this or I have to. We say I want to. I want to check my mails, and I want to respond to them. I want to, I want to, I want to study. I truly want to study. Okay, I think it's okay right now.