 Hey guys, it's nice to see you again here on the channel. It's okay, and I actually can't believe that this is my 63rd upload on the channel, but technically it's my 60th for the year 2020 60 videos uploaded on this channel for the year 2020 and I began this year with a very simple mantra Which has provided me with you know the kind of energy that has seen me through quite frankly one of my favorite or one of Best years in a very long time. I would say that it's one of my favorite years of my adult life And I know it sounds a bit odd to say that a year like 2020 has been amazing for you Like dude where you asleep the whole time or what but that's that's the truth for me. I started this year from a New beginning mindset. I had just quit my job in order to start afresh as a freelancer So for me no matter what happened in this year My mantra was to do to learn and to repeat do learn repeats I've tried to embody it in every venture I have attempted and it's paying off for me so far and I had I really had no expectations except following through with you know The ideas that I got and learning from them as much as I could that was all for me I was ready to take in the experience and learn as I go On the part of earning as a freelancer, I honestly didn't expect so much So I guess it's why I'm gonna blown away because I didn't set a target But some way somehow even in the pandemic my needs have been met and have been exceeded So all I have to say is I am very grateful So yeah, let me share some of the lessons I may have picked up on the way this year Just 2020 which may mean a lot to you In 2021 and these are in no particular order of importance, but I found that They may be connected to each other one way or the other. That's why for me It's really important. So the first one is to start to begin I guess in order for everything to add up, we have to start somewhere. That's the truth I made a huge leap into what seemed to be a dark space It didn't make sense before because I didn't know where I was going other than what I had imagined or where I Imagined I wanted to go and this can be likened to you know being confronted with a dark path Which you choose or you chose you have a vision of what lies beyond this path You know where you want to go, but your torch can only see as far as your feet and At this point you have to start moving to shed more light on the rest of the path and what's in front of you so it's Only in taking the first step and the next and the next and the next that you uncover what comes your way and Based on your abilities, you know how to deal with these things that come your way should anything come Whatever your idea is, whatever your plan is, it will just continue to be or remain an intangible part of you until you start Your idea isn't too Difficult it is not too outrageous It's your path and you never know what you can get out of this journey till you take your first step That's what I can say and I use this analogy of the torch here to kind of represent Your abilities the research that will go into this particular thing you want to do and the backup plans that you may have otherwise, you're literally just walking into the dark and That's not fun the second thing is Progress over perfection You don't like this one. What are the things that I'm you know learning to come to terms with this year is the thing that has Always been yes or continues to be the bane or a bane in my life, which is progress over Perfection as another thinker. It's usually the other way around for me. I Prefer perfection over progress Or better still perfection is the only way if it must be done. It cannot fail There's no room for failure. Otherwise, why do it? It has to be done correctly is the best or nothing the end results has to be worth it. Otherwise Why try and I seem to forget that perfection isn't generic and what I think may be perfect it may be mediocre to someone else and The things that you know, I think are my bests that I mean not my best I shouldn't see the light of day turns out rather okay so perfection was only in my head or has only been in my head and this mindset has stopped me from beginning so Many things because I didn't think they'd be perfectly done if I didn't have Everything in place to make sure that I do not fail So one of the key lessons or advices I have finally decided to practice this year is progress over perfection the struggle has always been you know due to my general lack of patience and usual huge expectations of Things and the outcomes and guess how they become easier for me this year to just Get over this perfection mentality. It's just by doing learning and repeating The third point is consistency is The only key now this year has taught us more than probably any other year collectively I know it doesn't sound over the top when I actually say that this year It made more sense and it hit home to recognize that there will always be obstacles and unexpected things coming our way worldwide our Biggest unexpected challenge has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Everybody's gone through it now What's unexpected things due to an overthinking Paranoid person like me is to throw me off completely It does coming from the previous point. I made which is progress over perfection I sometimes, you know tends to give up easily on things because my perfect plan got interrupted by something else like well, it's not my fault that it failed or Not my fault that I didn't see you through, you know, something else happened and it's not my fault And that's why I couldn't finish so at least, you know, I could share the blame with Something that I didn't ask for that's what makes it easy for me to so with progress over perfection also comes Consistency progress is nice, you know, but if you try consistency With progress, you know, the momentum isn't necessarily even for me. That's my opinion of progress I'm not quitting. No, but I'm not exactly doing it as Consistently as I should that's how I can define progress Consistency is what keeps the ball rolling and making you admire progress even more If you get that momentum and you don't use it or keep moving you have a tougher time breaking through obstacles I think physics even says it With consistency, you know, I've adopted a shorter burst, you know experimentation theory where I tell myself that I'm going to try this thing for a week or a month to see where it goes and then after that Why not continue to see where it goes continue some more till it becomes easier to just do it and it becomes habit. So I guess these two go hand-in-hand progress and consistency and Even when you don't feel like it Why not just do a little to honor your commitment of seeing some through or something through for the time period that you gave yourself That's how it works for me Four is to give yourself time to rest Point four now the hunger to thrive has been more real this year than when, you know I got my first job in 2012 Starting on the fresh page, you really can't be picky with opportunities that come your way, you know You learn to look at what you can get from me You know what comes your way than just immediately dismissing it, which is what I usually tend to do Basically, there's no wrong or right. That's what it is So this year being the year that you know I sought to explore creativity on my own terms and conditioning myself to give Give it 500% almost all the time For some reason coming into the year with, you know, such a flat expectation Background of how my day-to-day would be I found myself Always working I would either be working on a personal idea or I'll be overthinking How I would exceed expectations for someone I wanted to work with or somebody who wanted to work with me And this I always believed would solidify things, you know, like, you know, putting a stronger foot forward all the time And again, this was more like a mutated version of perfection over progress because I always was working Where I tell myself that I'm making progress But I forget that with a steady climb rest is also Required at some point. I said it's in different videos on this channel that We need to know when to stop and I'm only at the end of the year and gradually Actually consciously enforcing this for myself. It's not been easy So the fifth point I would say is you can't do it all Ask for help. This is extremely difficult for me or someone who is Always wanted to be self-reliant by virtue of the fact that he's a perfectionist and also extremely hard to impress So I usually tend to do things my own way and I find that it's a big drawback, but I usually can help it There was also, I mean, there was so much that I wanted to do this year I want the year begun. So many personal projects, you know, that needed collaboration to execute I thought I did a decent job, you know, communicating these expectations to the people I wanted to work with I also tried as much as possible to let things happen Without interference or trying to micromanage as people are very capable but things didn't go as planned with most of them and I Ended up shelving them and moving on to things within my personal reach again relying on myself to do it After all, I didn't start the year only trying to explore and not to make a living Man must drop. However, I have to say that in some very few instances where I have asked for help From other people and let them do what they are very capable of doing. It turned out to be pretty amazing So I'm grateful for that. And there are also instances where I asked for help for things that were brewing or coming my way That ended up falling through But the truth is it was really good to know that there was help out there people who are willing to help Whenever those projects would actually Happen So overall, it's been the best part of my learning experience, but I'm not going to Stopped from asking for help. I'm still gonna ask for help. Help is very important for growth You can learn a lot from it. So ask for help Point number six a jack of all trades is a master of none Simply I honestly didn't know how to title this particular lesson. I wanted to call it You can't do it all again or don't dip your finger in every jar Which has way too many interpretations Basically, what I'm trying to say is I explored or toyed with a lot of ideas that were potential income earners and as a freelancer You feel that there's a lot of room to explore multiple streams of income. That's what it is and There's actually a ton of ways to go about this so many things I have watched so many videos on things you can do to earn extra money and Not have to do it full-time. There are people who have cracked this particular code and I'm making so much money Without having to do too much work so it made sense to give it a shot and this birthday I You know a couple of ideas including my very own merchandise brand which for some reason has thought Let me just say for one major reason I completely underestimated the fact that It's not a low maintenance kind of income stream and that it requires a lot of work and attention And so coming from my previous lesson of asking for help because you can't do it all I Am going to find help in sustaining this venture because I see it as having a really great potential And I don't want to let go of it So on that note if you're one of those people who Supported qualms my merch from the beginning. I really appreciate your love and support and I promise I'm going to streamline things or streamline how to do things and get more for you very soon And let me also apologize sincerely to all who were caught in the shortage space where I couldn't meet your order requirements Due to a few you know structural inconsistencies. I'm going to reform all those things and I'll come back better I promise. So lesson here for me is Do not scramble to take on more than you can manage without actually thinking things through You can't do everything. It's better to do a few things and be thorough than to do a lot with 20% effort Which brings me to my final point Our final lesson failure is Amazing when I began the year I was you know starting on the black canvas Like I said coming from being in a structured space or a structured environment for about eight years and For the first time in my life. I was excited about Experimenting I was excited to try things and rather strangely I was also excited about the failures that would I would encounter because failures, you know would at least be on my own term and I would be solely Responsible for getting around them and actually doing better. So that was it for me I honestly also thought that I'd have a lot of time on my hands not doing so much So I guess I was pleasantly surprised with how the year turned out so far. I managed to do So much especially with this vlog being one of the biggest experiences and Experiments for me, which fortunately is still ongoing At certain points in the journey when I would feel comfortable with some of the things that I was doing because I was consistent I was tempted to take on more and Do different things whether they were you know income earning or not And that's where I got caught in being overwhelmed by some of the things Which I wasn't able to apply the level of consistency at hope to do but like I said In the beginning of this I mean points the beauty of it all was that I was Going to be able to do this on my own terms and take responsibility for them, which quite frankly Was rather or has been rather liberating for me that I was able to learn and decided what I would want to try again Another way or what needed to be continued or what I didn't have too much energy Spent on so I hope to fail some more in the new year and then from these experiences That I've made this year such a great one for me. Yeah so I'm truly happy with how 2020 has turned out and I so look forward to the next one so in signing off this year with my last video of 2020 I would like to do something which I've also learned to do a lot this year Which is making a conscious effort to remember the little things that I have done adding up to the bigger picture and be truly Grateful for them. I have said it in more than one video this year that Gratitude goes a long way and also celebrating your little wins means more in the long run So on that note, I'm truly grateful for your life Spending your time and your energies with me and being part of this journey, which is still continuing And you're one of the reasons why My year 2020 has been amazing and I couldn't be more grateful and to all those I personally encountered who walked with me who shared with me gave me taught me You know yourselves If I decide to mention names and forget some I'll be in trouble So all I can say is you are all truly wonderful and I love you So thank you all for making 2020 the best catch you in a few days Happy new year to you and peace