Day 4 – Everything Is Better at 6 AM!

Hello, everyone!

It is the third day of the cold shower challenge now, and I must tell you that I feel absolutely great! After only three days I feel hooked. It is as if the cold shower is my only daily dose of dopamine and serotonin. My toughts are clearer, my body feels lighter and warmer, I have energy to do anything, at any time. I have realized that the ice cold water only feels cold for the first 20 seconds or so, after that you get used to it and it just doesn’t feel as cold as it is. This is most certainly an unique experience, and I’ll make sure to complete this challenge and tell you my thoughts in 27 days now!

If you haven’t joined my challenge yet, I highly recommend you to do so, more information here.

Moving on to the main topic of today’s post.

Can you tell me what do people like Tim Cook, Howard Shultz and Richard Branson all have in common, besides the fact that they are some of the most successfull businessmen in the world today?

They are all early risers.

So I did some research and found that the list doesn’t end with these three great minds. Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Hemingway and many other were also early birds.

Getting up early has many benefits:

• You are less likely to skip a workout when you get up early
• People who get up early usually eat healthier than those who like to wake up late
• Getting up early incleases your dopamine and serotonin levels, meaning you’re less likely to suffer from depression if you’re an early riser
• Early birds are usually cheerfull and happy people
• If you get up early, chances are you’ll be more productive that day etc.

–More productive, you say?

Of course, these are only some of the benefits of waking up early, there are many more benefits to it. But the thing that caught my eye is of course the productivness thing.

So I was thinking, if some of the most succesfull people EVER are doing it, why isn’t everybody else doing it as well? I mean, we all want to be succesfull, we all want money, we all want fame, nice houses, luxurious cars, fancy clothes and all, but the thing is that WE DON’T WANT TO WORK FOR IT.

This is what differs the 99% from the 1%, we all want to get in the 1%, but nobody is willing to push him/herself to the limit. I mean, these people are not superhumans, they are just regular homo sapiens just like you and me.

So I said to myself – it is time to start doing what the 1% does.

And thus I have made a plan. As an appendix to my 30 day cold shower challenge, I add 30 day waking up at 6AM, making it a 30 DAY WAKE UP AT 6AM AND TAKE A COLD SHOWER CHALLENGE. That’s right, for the next 30 days, I’m going to wake up at 6AM and immediately take a 5-minute ice cold shower.

Sounds fun now, doesn’t it?

I can’t wait for the next month to share with you guys my experience.

Is anybody up for the challenge?

Let me know what are your experiences!

Best regards guys.

Love,

V

 

Day 3 – Follow Your Passion!

Hello, everyone!

Today I want to talk about something very important to me – following your passion.

So I have this friend. For few years now he is filming himself playing video games and he is posting those videos on YouTube. He is really good at playing video games, and his videos are truly great and funny and all, but his they just can’t seem to get as much attention as they should.

So what does he do? Does he get demotivated? Does he feel like he should quit filming?

NO.

He still continues filming. And his videos are still as good as ever. And he still continues working hard even though he still isn’t getting much attention.

So why is he still doing it?

Because he is passionate about it.

He loves what he’s doing, he is good at it and he is never going to quit it.

And neither should you.

If you love something, if you’re passionate about it, if you feel it in your bones that you should pursue that and that only, then do it! What is keeping you from it?

If you want something, go get it. Period.

We are all in this world for a reason, and that reason isn’t to just blindly follow the system and do what the society wants us to do. Stop following the path everyone wants you to follow and create your own path! It might be tough, it might take some time, but if there is one thing I know, I know that it is going to be worth it.

Do you feel like you should create? Create.

Do you feel like you should sing? Sing.

Do you feel like you should draw? Draw.

Just do it, do the thing you love, do the thing you are passionate about. If you are really passionate about it, you are ready to grind, you are ready to invest your sweat and your tears to make things work out.

The thing is – you need to stap fearing the failure. This is not the time for it. We are here only for a limited period of time. If you don’t like what you’re doing right now than stop doing it at this instant. Find your passion. Find your obsession. Aim high and grab your dreams! No one is going to do it for you, you need to do it yourself.

And I know that you are going to make it, same as I know that one day my friend’s videos are going to get the attention they deserve.

Do not let the society to shape your future, it is up to you.

I believe in you.

Thank you for reading!

Love,

V

P.S. If you want to check out my friend’s YouTube channel, it is right here!

Day 2 – Cold Shower Challenge

Hello everyone!

Have you ever woke up in the morning and felt like garbage even though you had more than enough hours of sleep? And what’s even worse is that the feeling doesn’t seem to go away during the whole day!

As someone who tries to handle a lot of work during the day (and by a lot, I mean A LOT), I absolutely hate this feeling. There is nothing worse than trying to read an important lesson, or trying to write an article online and dealing with my eyes closing every five seconds.

So I decided to do my research and do something about it. Guess what I discovered?

Cold showers.

Yeah, that’s right. As it seems, cold showers are not only good for your health and skin, but they have a tremendous impact on your focus and memorizing abilities.

Now I don’t have to tell you how much of a benefit would that be to me as a college student?

So I decided to do a challenge. A 30 DAY COLD SHOWER CHALLENGE.

For the next thirty days, I’m going to shower for 5 minutes in ice cold water every morning as soon as I wake up.

The goal is that, after those 30 days, I will be so adapted to the cold showers that I won’t be needing any other kind of shower any more.

I cannot emphasize enough how excited I am for this. As someone who loves challenges (and experimenting on myself), I am absolutely thrilled about this experience.

Want to join me?

Let’s see where we’ll be 30 days from now!

Thank you for reading!

See you tomorrow,

Love,

V

P.S.

Check out this video on cold showers, it is great!